Vanessas Bistro 2 Vietnamese Restaurant in Walnut Creek

Unique dishes, jumbo prawns with garlic noodles were little too salty for my taste but it was delicious. The Ahi tuna was fantastic, nicely presented, atmosphere is very cozy and nice. The staffs were very friendly and helpful. The price is little bit high but it was worth it.

Went on a Saturday night. Great food, quick service, but very small portions for the price. The calamari was delicious, but several other restaurants within a few blocks offer calamari at a lower price or much larger amount. The menu on the website has outdated pricing, but I attached the menu from when I went in Aug 2022.Many of the restaurants in downtown Walnut Creek, including Vanessa’s, offer great happy hour menus/prices though. I’d recommend this place for happy hour. The Moscow mule was good, had the perfect amount of “kick”. Spring rolls were also good and the bean sauce was also a bit spicy but delicious with or without it.

What a surprise great food and service. Got here during happy hour had some appetizers then dinner. The food outstanding (see photos).

Definitely want to come back! So much to try. Everything we had was great. Food was delivered fast and everything was tasty.Duck 👍Papaya Salad 👍Fish Tacos 💯Tuna carpaccio 👍

Came here with a friend and had a legit dinner. The lemongrass chicken was unreal. It had a peanut sauce that was delicious. The chicken wings were a close second. I know what you’re thinking, “If I wanted wings, I’d go to BWW.” These are not those wings. These wings have a flavor touched by the food gods. While the prawns and the tacos were good, they were missing a little something, so I added the sauce from the lemongrass chicken and that did the trick. Overall atmosphere was legit. I’ll def go back.

My first time having dinner here at Vanessa Bistro with a French Twist. The food were delicious. We ordered a slow oven roasted pork, fresh prawns spring rolls, vermicelli noodle salad & Lychees martinis. Yum! In addition to the delish food. The staff were very pleasant, attentive and provided us an excellent service! I highly recommend this place. 💕

Went with a colleague and really enjoyed it. We were seated on the first floor, had a waitress who did not mind answering questions and enjoyed a bit of humor. The food was quite tasty and not overpriced. They were featuring half-priced bottles of wine from their already reasonable prices, but since i was the only wine drinker, i passed. Definitely worth a return visit to try more things.Only negative was that our waitress offered us both a choice of rice with our dishes, but neglected to tell us there was a charge for it.

This place is bad in too many aspects. I feel Im pretty generous in my reviews very rarely do I leave a 1 star but this meal for 4 cost me 160 ish and gave me food poisoning. The food itself along side being expensive was bad. I usually like to leave alternatives in my recommendation but I only know one place in sanjose that serves similar food that isnt bad. The bahn mi was about 90% bread and 10% crab. The fried chicken was decent but they clearly cut the chicken so thin to make it seem like its more than it is and as a result dried out the chicken. The spring rolls were chewy and was more rice than roll.If you see this review GO SOMEWHERE ELSE even if youre looking for Vietnamese food look else where.

Good portions & quality of food. The customer service was on point. One of the best mojitos Ive had in a loooong time. We had multiple dishes and they all were delicious. Everything tasted so fresh.

I went to this restaurant for after the Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Bedford Gallery as they advertised they had a happy hour. They did have a happy hour menu but it was still expensive. I had a Lychee martini, their Petrale Sole fish tacos & tuna carpaccio & spent $10 more than our favorite dim sum restaurant feeding 2 hungry people & taking home leftovers. However, the Martino and food was delicious, presented beautifully and restaurant was located within a block of the Bedford Gallery. So not a bargain but a nice place.