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For one star Vietnamese, try Vung Tau Iii in Newark. They're still working to earn their stars. This restaurant features delivery and valet parking.
3.0 of 5 stars.
Came here exactly one month ago with my best friend. She had introduced me to try a "new" (to me...never had it before) dish which was a concoction of thin egg noodle with seafood topped with...
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Craving for Bun and a Thai Iced Tea we thought we would try Vung Tau.We ordered egg rolls served w/ mixed greens, and steamed rice vermicelli served w/ grilled onion beef and mixed vegetables, and...
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My family and I probably eat here twice a month. we live 40 mins away but the drive is worth it! this place is soooo good. the service is a bit slow because theres only like one waiter but the food...
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Their Beef steak rice plate is good. Everything else is okay.
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It really bugs me when all my friends think the only thing there is to Vietnamese food is pho. If they didn't live so far away I'd take them here. My family and I have been coming to this restaurant...
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I like the fish porridge here.
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I went here after work with some co-workers and everyone loved their dishes. The service was mediocre though. The lady walked up to one table to take their order, but those people wanted to ask...
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This is probably the first Vietnamese restaurant I've been to that doesn't serve pho! I suppose they were trying for a bigger variety of dishes - they had bun, rice plates, and some dishes you can get...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have been coming here for the past 13 years with my family and I. Man this place is so good. I had my high school graduation dinner here. I also had my mothers birthday party at this restaurant....
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Vung Tau is definitely on my list of great Vietnamese restaurants. The broken rice plates are superb, and the entrees are very well executed. Why am I only giving this place three stars? Because the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Four stars are for their egg rolls alone. They are the BOMB. They are like double or triple deep fried and served with lettuce, so that you can help mitigate the impact done on your body. A friend...
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I really want to give it a 2.5 but not bad enough to justify 2. Anyways.So honestly I've been going here since I was in college - and we used to love the rice plates. Mainly because it was cheap.Well...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I literally come here almost everyday, I grew up with this restaurant. This place is one of the cleanest Vietnamese restaurants that I've been to in the Bay Area. The service is friendly and I get...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I've been here twice and have been disappointed both times. When I first moved to the Bay Area, I remember everyone saying that this is one of the finest Vietnamese restaurants ever. So I gave it a...
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I luv luv luv Vung Tau I & II. This location is 2 stars down from their original 2 restaurants. The service and decor need improvement.I went here for lunch with a girlfriend today. Service was...
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been to their other location in San Jose and I liked the food so we decided to try this one out. The ambiance isn't quite the same as San Jose. Much simpler, much smaller. I thought our table...
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is my first VungTau. I was sad to move away from Fremont partly because of this restaurant. They have the best spring roll ever. I also love their Pork dish. The staff are great. They don't have...
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
craving Vietnamese food last night, my family and I ventured to Newark to get some dinner. I am not really familiar with Vietnamese places in Fremont since I usually eat in San Jose, but my mom...
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is pretty good. I admit that some of the food that I have here could be had at home but when my parents aren't cooking the special usual stuff and I'm just craving for something Vietnamese...
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Was my favorite Vietnamese restaurant until I was served spoiled shrimp during my most recent visit. I ordered the shrimp in tamarind sauce. Usually, the shrimp is firm, but this time it was mushy and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When my friends tell me they want to try Vietnamese food for the first time, I take them here. Vung Tau is a good place for first timers because unlike pho restaurants, it is clean, good service, and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When I'm craving Canh Chua (sour soup) this is where I go to eat it. Sometimes it takes awhile for a server to come take the order but as long as I get that hot bowl of soup rice, I'm happy. My...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
love love love their crispy eggrolls! today we came here for dinner and i got the bahn hoi with grilled onion beef and my friend got the claypot with grilled chicken, chinese sausage and ginger. both...
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Worst Vietnamese food ever... felt like an old IHOP inside, the service was terrible, the food was even worse, and when you complain about the food all you get in return is the chef coming out himself...
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Well, nothing special about this joint IMO. Large selection of plates, although most seem like just repackaged versions of the Bun dishes. Food isn't great, but food isn't awful either. Waiters are...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Vung Tau is one of my favorite places to go to for Vietnamese food in the East Bay when I visit my family. They are never too crowded and the food comes out fairly quickly too. I always order the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My wife is a big fan of this restaurant, me...not so much!! I will admit the food is decent here but the service is joke. Plus I ususally feel so thristy after I dined here due to the amount of msg...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My family have been eating here for the past 7 years. This is one of my son's favorite restaurants. He always orders the rice plate with the grilled pork. It's very good. I order the soup noodles,...
yelp.com - user review - 02/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I haven't tried many Vietnamese restaurants but I doubt there are many that top Vung Tau by taste, selection, price, ambience and service (well, maybe besides other Vung Taus). I come here with my...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My family and I have been a fan of the Vung Tau chains for quite some time now. People claim that the one in Dixon Landing is the best one, but it is also the most crowded. This particular Vung Tau is...
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh Vung Tau how I miss you soooooooooo much! Moving up to Portland with the rainy, cold, and gloomy weather.. a bowl of the hu tieu (sp?) with the pork, shrimp, crab claw, and the crispy shrimp...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Solid option when you're in the mood for Vietnamese. Had a great menu with items I don't normally see at Vietnamese places. But of course they had the standard soup and rice plate offerings to...
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i think this is the best vietnamese restaurant. the quality of their food is much much better than the others and its a CLEAN restaurant - so yes the prices are going to be a bit higher but that is...
yelp.com - user review - 12/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Delicious and good-quality Vietnamese food! After having tried their various rice and noodle dishes, I can confidently say that the food here is one of the best Vietnamese I've had. It's not typical...
yelp.com - user review - 12/25/2008
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This place has good food and good customer service. Their bun bo hue and their barbecue beef dishes are really great. The prices are just like you average vietnamese pho restaurant. The restaurant has cute...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/03/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Food is okay but over price,.
yelp.com - user review - 11/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The food is HELLA good here. I'm Vietnamese, so I've been to a lot of Vietnamese restaurants - this place is one of the best! Food is consistent. Service isn't bad. A tad on the pricey side, but...
yelp.com - user review - 10/06/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Everytime I come here, the only thing I end up ordering is the sizzling steak with mushrooms. It's not a big steak, but they serve it sizzling in this mushroom gravy, I can probably eat a whole pot of...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The good: great vietnamese food. Their rice is pretty good (broken rice with pork chops and egg, #166 I think?). For a drink/dessert, gotta get the red bean drink. It's one of the best I've ever had....
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is a casual Vietnamese Restaurant. Nothing special to that occasion. of Vietnamese cultural. Like all food taste is subjective. I found this place to be pretty good but then again once my father...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This restaurant, for the price is slightly above average. We went for dinner and had the vermicelli with grilled beef and prawns, the shaking beef and tomato rice and a few other dishes. They were...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is the BEST Vietnamese restaurant in Fremont, but not the best that I ever had. I am spoiled since I live in East Side San Jose. This place isn't as nice as the Vung Tau in Downtown San Jose, nor...
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Get the Suong Sa Hat Luu and Goi Cuon! YUM! That's enough for my meal =)
yelp.com - user review - 07/25/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Worst service ever. I went here with my boyfriend for lunch. We were quickly seated and given our menus. Other parties were seated, taken their orders, and given their food. We were still waiting....
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I come here tooons with my family! We absolutely adore this place, teehee.The food is GREAT. I'm a fan of their grilled beef dishes. Bun Thit Nuong, Bun Hoi Thit Nuong, Com Thit Nuong, just ......
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Vung Tau 3 is the best (non-Pho) Vietnamese food for the $ in the Fremont area. Nguyen Vu used to be better, until they changed ownership. If you like Tamarine in Palo Alto, come here and get twice...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Exceptionally clean and good service. The ingredients are fresh and it shows in the taste. They have a good variety of rice plates. Not a pho place so go elsewhere if youre looking for soupy stuff....
yelp.com - user review - 07/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the decor in this restuarant is very nice and clean..they actually got my drink order messed up...but the food was not that bad..the portion was the right size
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the best vietnamese restaurants in the bay area! It can be quite busy on saturday night if you're going to bring your family here. I usually get the onion beef with flat rice noodles and...
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Good food, and very bad service.It's a really good food, but the way they treat their customer might repel a lot of people. It's one thing you forgot to bring a drink, but it's another thing you...
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Gosh, this is one of best Vietnamese restaurants in the Bay Area. This one is comparable to the old Slanted Door on Valencia in SF (don't ask me about the new Slanted Door at the Ferry Building,...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A good place to eat rice plates. Don't fancy the fact that they charge you for a tiny bowl of broth. But oh well, got to have my soup.
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Vung Tau is good for family style meals because you can't really get quality family Vietnamese food in the area. The individual plates/bowls are alright. Nothing special. You could probably go else...
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I come here a lot with my family, and when I say alot, I mean like whenever we go out to eat, which is often, my grandma likes this place.The owners are very nice, and the servers and quick and...
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I honestly have to admit this place is great.. it never disapoints me and i've been to many many vietnamese restaurants. the only thing that annoys me is the parking, even though it's in a plaza, the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
-I wish they made pho-Tender grilled pork in bun thit nuong -Crispy eggrolls-The restroom is pretty clean-Their restaurant looks dirty but their food looks clean-The price is average for vietnamese...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I was not pleased with the Strawberry shake and the eggrolls. The strawberry shake tasted like a water smoothie and the eggrolls weren't fresh. Tasted like it has been sitting at the counter all day...
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
There are only two things I get: the noodle soups, and the Korean BBQ with the tomato rice. Then again, I'm not Vietnamese so what do I know. But really, that tomato rice kicks butt.I like how I never...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The food there was nothing spectacular to any other Vietnamese Restaurants. I ordered Com Suon Bi - BBQ Pork Chop & Shredded Pork, and with my amazement the dishing being nearly $10, doesn't even come...
yelp.com - user review - 12/28/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Like many previous people have said before, this place is all about the rice dishes and soups. It's just a well rounded restaurant with good food and a good atmosphere.However, there is one thing on...
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A very intricate restaurant with nice decor. The food is pretty good. It makes me feel like I'm having dinner at home almost. The service is pretty awesome.. parking however isn't always that great.
yelp.com - user review - 12/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place. No fancy decor, and very casual dining. Good price and delicious food. (photos uploaded) This is the third Vung Tau restaurant I've been to. When I first found this place, so...
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm glad my husband picked this place for dinner tonight since I haven't had Vietnamese in ages! He had the rice dish with grilled beef onion and shredded pork. He was so hungry he cleaned his plate...
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Good Vietnamese food that is not PHO. The food: 3.5 stars while the service: maybe 2 stars. The menu is huge which is usually a bad idea to me b/c it is harder to keep certain things fresh, and if...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The food gets four stars, compared to the rest of your Vietnamese options in the Tri-City area, this place is good and authentic. Catfish clay pot is awesome and so are some of the appetizers.I'm...
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Hmmm, I guess now I'll have to try the ORIGINAL VT! :) I actually like VT2 better, but this place was nice and cozy and our food came out soooo fast. One of the waiters here was a bit clueless and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
i would give this place 3.5 stars. i happened to have come 2x in the last 3 days. they serve pretty hefty portions here, and everything is decent. i particularly like the grilled pork bun which...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I took my entire family here (5 of us). Everyone's dish was just average. Egg rolls were good, though.Please note that they do not serve Pho here.Update: 10/07. Tried the bun (vermicelli) with pork &...
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a much more comfortable restaurant than the standard pho joint with numbers on the tables. So it's more sit-down dinner than quick and easy lunch. I like the flat rice noodles with onion...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My food was served with a smile, so yes, it is a cultural thing. My peeps are always good to me. And that's how it should be. In fact, the servers were terrific. Our water glasses were refilled...
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This particular restaurant is the sister restaurants of Vung Tau in Milpitas and San Jose. They serve the more traditional Vietnamese style of foods. They have a lot of fun dishes that you may not...
yelp.com - user review - 01/08/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The first poster got it right, "BESIDES PHO". There is no pho here people! I really wanted pho that night, but ordered a soup recommended by the staff to be similar to pho. I know, I know, I...
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you want some Vietnamese food besides Pho, then head over to Vung Tau. The menu is filled with a variety of delicious dishes. Take your pick from hu tieu (rice noodles) to rice plates and...
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
order the eggrolls, they're hella good!
yelp.com - user review - 12/01/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One of the things my husband and I missed most about San Jose was the readily available Vietnamese food off of Tully. While there's more than a few pho places to be hand in/around the TriCity area,...
yelp.com - user review - 11/29/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
We were seated right away but nobody came back to take our orders! We were there for a good 20 minutes...I asked for some water when the waiter passed by but it never came so we decided to leave. We...
yelp.com - user review - 11/20/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Almost everything you ordered from the menu is great! Have to try the grilled beef wrapped around onion! The service is not great but the food is really good.
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
BEST FOOD, SERVED WITHOUT A SMILETheir onion beef will amaze you. Their hot pot fish is astounding. Their duck salad served with a bowl of noodle soup is an excellent deal for under $8.As far as...
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Geez there are so many haters of this place.. but i tell you wat .. they have the best spring rolls ever.. granted.. i believe they may have changed the cooks recently.. but this place is quite legit...
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Being the first time I've eaten Vietnamese food that wasn't pho, I was nicely surprised! My coworker recommended coming here for lunch, and I love trying new things, so I was totally game. Walking in,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of my coworkers is Vietnamese at work. She took us there one time and ordered something other than pho for us. What a surprise! It was so damn good. Everyone took a menu home and got ready for...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, so I got used to maintream pho.. thus making me unequipped for the acquired taste that you need for Vung Tau's pho. They use different ingredients for some of their phos which I wasn't ready...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
UPDATED 8/1/06: we gave it another go here and yeah, it sucks. overpriced, BAD food...NEVER AGAIN!!!********************************nothing great about this place. i can't help but compare all...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This is the third Vung Tau I know of. The first in SJ, second used to be in Milpitas (owners opened up Tamarine in PA), and last in Newark. This one doesn't compare to the others. Their dry noodle...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2006
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My wife actually found this place first and brought me. We always get the rice paper spring rolls, they're the freshest and best we've had. Some of our other favorites are the rice stick noodle with...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/05/2005
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good, dependable noodle and rice plates, and excellent sour catfish soup. slow service and uneven quality of main dishes...
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