Little Vietnamese Bistro in San Bruno

Not your typical Vietnamese, extensive menu of unique noodle soups and rice dishes not seen at other restaurants. French-Vietnamese options available.#21 Spicy Beef and Pork Noodle Soup comes with beef rib and pig feet. While tasty, the broth could have used more spice and lemongrass, less fish taste. #2 Shrimp Rolls came overstuffed with vermicelli and a peanut sauce lacking hoisin.Overall, excited enough about the menu to come by and try again.

Too lazy to cook, came here for dinner. Ordered two appetizers and two bowls of noodle soup. The meat of the egg roll was too salty. The 5 spice chicken roll only had 3 little pieces of meat. they used chicken broth for the pho. The crab meat & tomato noodle soup is the only dish done it right

Very tasty pho and generous portion, the beef carpaccio was so good, although it’s slightly different than how other places serve, the sauce would be a little bit blend, but the beef was very fresh. Service was great, the waiter was warmhearted, very nice lady. I will definitely come back and try more items from their menu, this can be my goto pho if I’m in town

Excellent food. Good flavors, Fast service, generous portions and reasonable. Price. We ordered #21 the spicy beef noodle soup and the #17 regular pho. Meat to noodle ratio was excellent. Definitely coming back.

New Vietnamese restaurant in San Bruno? Of course I had to check it out.Theres free street parking although empty spaces can be sparse depending on the time of week/day (I hope you are okay with parallel parking). Inside the restaurant there is ample seating, though. And the inside is very clean and nicely decorated.The entree portion size for the garlic noodles was VERY generous for the price, and everything was fresh and flavorful. The imperial rolls appetizer came with lots of decorative garnish while still remaining true to its purpose: being tasty.I didnt manage to get any photos of their menu but there are lots of appetizing options here, I can easily see myself coming back.My only gripe—and its a relatively minor one—was that after I got my food my waiter pretty much didnt check on me at all (e.g. asking if the food was all right, if I needed a refill of my drink etc.). No biggie, I just had to flag him down after a while but still... considering it wasnt busy it wouldve been nice if they asked if I needed anything else during my meal.At any rate, I cant wait to go back!

Great new Vietnamese restaurant at a very affordable price! We had the spicy pork and beef noodle soup, shrimp salad, and springs rolls. Everything was delicious and filling! The noodle soup had an enormous piece of pork that coulve been a meal on its own! The staff was very friendly and professional. Highly recommend!

Sign says they are newly opened so I stoped in for lunch. I got two soups one beef and one chicken. The staff were very friendly and caring. The service was fast. The venue was clean. I ordered large soups and they are really large. I am not a fan of large screen tv in my dinning area as I’m there to eat not watch some insipid tv show. The broth for the beef soup was weaker than I typically like, so my recommendation is to try some of the classic non soup dishes they offer.

Came here after work with a colleague’s recommendation. Ordered the Pho (#20) soup was bland and noodles were overcooked, just overall what I’m not used to coming from NYC and eating at authentic Vietnamese. Had the French style squab which to me was fried squab tossed in sauce, in other words not that different from Chinese style minus sauce. Should have known it was not authentic Vietnamese when I saw the Chinese characters on the menu. Waitress was friendly, just to the food was meh.

Decided to try this new vietnamese restaurant especially since they had bun rieu on their menu. Ordered the imperial rolls, pork chop with rice, 5 spice chicken with vermicelli, and large bun rieu to go(their take out menu numbers are different from their regular menu numbers, so dont get confused!). The food was ready in about 15 minutes. Inside was a lot bigger than the outside lets you think. Theres a good amount of tables and it is very clean inside. The food was well packaged and the large noodle soup was a generous portion. I was a little disappointed that the imperial rolls only came with 2 rolls, but they were pretty tasty. I liked that they put fried shallots with the noodles it came with. The vermicelli noodles did not come with fish sauce which we thought was a bit odd, but at least we had some from the other dishes. The pork chops were a bit small, but it did come with 3 pieces. The bun rieu came with fried tofu and crab/pork meatballs. The presentation of the meals were good but I think the meals lacked flavor overall. The noodles were a bit bland even though there was a strong crab smell. Even the vermicelli was quite bland. While I do hope to come again and eat in their restaurant, I wish their dishes had a bit more flavor.

When I first went, it felt like a home cooked meal.I was raised eating a lot of veggies.This 2nd time I went went, I got #19. Oh boy was I disappointed 😔. Nearly no vegetables, just meat & noodles 🍜.Granted there was flavor, but I missed the flavor of vegetables.It wasn’t really a proper home 🏡 cooked meal 🍜 that I truly craved.I would have rather gone to“Got Pho 🍲“ ( my #1 totally favorite Vietnamese restaurant) or “BayHill Vietnamese restaurant” (my #2 favorite Vietnamese restaurant with Bah Mi sandwich 🥪).I feeling that I could have chosen better, not “Little Vietnamese bistro.”