Saigon Kitchen in San Jose

Review №1

2023-09-11 12:57:34

Heard their catfish was supreme, so that was our main reason for coming. Well, it was just ok. Needs more seasoning/salt. It’s beautiful though. However, two other dishes were very good. The first was a fried tofu appetizer. Perfectly fried with slightly crispy outside and soft inside. And yummy. The other is the garlic noodles with cubed beef. A little sweeter than I prefer but mouth watering. The crab and lobster fried rice was so so.

Review №2

2023-08-27 21:31:16

Everything is delicious and fresh! The spicy sweet escargots are very flavorful. The lotus leaf wrapped rice is delicious and unique. Salad is refreshing. Tofu is silky!

Review №3

2023-06-03 04:09:23

Went for lunch with several schoolmates. During lunch hours, the place is not crowded. The restaurant is best known for its grilled catfish - we did order this special dish, just that we forgot to take a picture to post. The server mentioned that grilled catfish dish took the chef half an hour to prepare.

Review №4

2023-05-15 09:13:08

The grilled catfish was in all the reviews so we had to try it. It was cooked perfectly, tender on the inside and super crispy on the outside. It tasted plain without the sauces though. The veggie and herb plate that came with it were plentiful and fresh 👌The beef 3 ways was yummy, especially the one wrapped in a leaf.They also have a kids menu with American food items on it like chicken strips and fries.

Review №5

2023-04-15 22:42:28

Came here for some Banh Canh on a friends recommendation, and tried the fried crab salad. Both were honestly amazing. The atmosphere was that of a nice quiet peaceful place even during lunch. Servers were extremely attentive refilling my water 3-4 times and even provided extra napkins without me asking once I used my one provided one.This restaurant really is the holy grail of high end Vietnamese dinning. Their use of crab, and lobster across their menu shows a deep understanding of Vietnamese seafood cuisine. They dont just throw it in there to up the price. They throw it in there to add flavor and provide a unique experience. The banh canh I had here was like no other in San Jose. Extremely flavorful, savory while being lightly sweet with perfect hints of lobster seething through every spoon. The crab salad was really rich in flavor and had a unique texture. they battered and deep fried a shredded up soft shell crab and served it along side a combination of Papaya, mango, crunchy kelp noodles and other greens for a combination of sweet, savory, and crunchy goodness. Highly recommend coming here.

Review №6

2019-10-19 03:56:25

We were looking for some place for dinner and just from the outside we liked that we saw people going in a bit after 5pm. The menu is large and much to read, the 7 course beef caught my eye right away. My friend has never tried it so she agreed. We asked how much food was in the order. The waiter told us it was enough for 2 people. From what we can tell, it was for 3 people. We couldnt finish it all. Though I think for three people you would add another beef dish.The service was great, very friendly and the order came out quick. My friend got this honey tea with lychee which was delicious.What we saw coming out of the kitchen later on as more people came in was large platters of the whole fried fish. So our plan is to come back and try that as well as the whole stir-fried lobster but were going to need more people to help us with that.

Review №7

2019-12-25 17:33:49

This particular restaurant has vast of entrees on the menu, suitable for family gathering and special celebration. However, the quality of foods being served has gone down hill.Salad and herbs are not as fresh as it used to be.Over all the only dish that I liked mostly there is the mango seaweed salad.

Review №8

2023-07-31 01:54:20

Food was mediocre at best. Everything was way too salty, way too sweet, or way too sweet and salty. One dish was too salty to the point of being inedible.In addition to the mediocre food, the service was also not that much better. We ordered a drinks for the kids and asked for hot sauce. 40 minutes into our meal and asking the waiter 4 times we finally told them the 5th time they came we asked to cancel it and that is when they came with it saying we couldn’t cancel it at that point. The kids were done and we had to pay for the drinks the kids didn’t even drink. Looking at the lemonade, there was 1/2 inch of sugar on the bottom of each of the cups. The hot sauce never came.Overall, there is nothing I’d come back for. Between the food and the service, it’s a dud.

Review №9

2023-09-04 20:18:23

Nice when craving Thai food, though the menus are a bit overwhelming with selections!

Review №10

2022-06-25 20:32:48

The food here was absolutely delightful. The ambience was just superb. The food came out rapidly and tasted exquisite. It almost reminded me as if I was an actual Vietnam would definitely recommend to come back here.