The food is excellent and the service could be better. The entree is delicious and so are the soups. The ambiance is busy.

What a fun meal! There aren't a lot of Vietnamese restaurants in the bay area that does turmeric fish (cha ca la vong) $33 like Thien Long. It smells great if you let it sit for a bit and let the little fire under the metal plate sizzle the dill and onions table side. You can wrap your own spring rolls (+$3 for rice paper) like Anh Hong in San Francisco. It does come with big pieces of leaf lettuce so the rice paper is not necessary. I liked how it comes with a piece of rice cracker you can put inside the spring roll. The yellow spice turmeric is great for burning fat tissues. But since the fish is fried, it negates the health benefits of this meal. On a side note, we had their seafood crispy egg noodles $16.50 as an appetizer. This was good. I wouldn't come here especially for their crispy noodles. Service was excellent.

Thien Long continues to be one of my favorite and most consistent restaurants in San Jose.  

If you're looking for a Vietnamese Restaurant in San Jose to introduce friends and family to delicious Vietnamese food, take them here. There are so many yummy Vietnamese food dishes and options for everyone to choose from.

What we ordered:
Bánh Bột Chiên Trứng
Chả Cá Lã Vọng
Pad Thai
Com Suon Bo Dai Hang

The Bánh Bột Chiên Trứng and Chả Cá Lã Vọng are our go-to everytime we visit.

For this visit we tried the Pad Thai to satisfy our Pad Thai cravings.  It wasn't the best, but was loaded with protein and flavorful.  I enjoy chewier rice noodles for my pad thai.  

My niece enjoyed her Com Suon Bo Dai Hang. The meat was tender, and it was a pretty hearty dish with rice and veggies.

It's a cash-only restaurant so bring cash!

My friends and I decided to come here before catching a movie down the street. We arrived around 6:30pm on a Friday evening and we were surprised it wasn't packed like it usually is. There was even plenty of parking.

As soon as we sat down we were greeted and the server took out drink orders and we ordered our mains soon after. I ordered a Vietnamese iced coffee and it was very good. If you love strong iced coffee you'll like this. It does have condensed milk Incase your diary intolerant.

What we ordered:
#46 BBQ chicken and fried egg over rice- served with a small soup
#59 Chow fun with stir fry vegetables
Chicken pho with fish noodles
Vegetable pho soup
Vietnamese iced coffee

All our food was good and so was the service. My bbq chicken plate did take a lot longer than I thought it would. After my friends received their mine come out much longer I even had to ask how much longer. I'm not sure if this is the norm for this dish but if you get the BBQ chicken dish, order it right away.

Their food and service is good. I recommend their business!

They have great foods and great services. I will come back . Prices reasonable. I love their BBQ. Yummy

Cash only! We come here only for the cha ca la vong! I don't like dill so I always ask them to put it to the side. Def worth buying the rice paper to roll the fish and veggies up. 10/10

I tried their well-known fish dish with thit nuong and it was delicious. It was even to go and I couldn't believe the taste. With the non-stick together rice noodles, fish sauce, and crispy onion and peanut combination. Everything was packed so carefully. The crispy onion/peanuts were wrapped tightly, for my drink, the ice was separate from my red tapioca, pandan, grass jelly drink. I definitely can't wait until I go back.

Btw this place is cash only (and they have an ATM inside near the bathrooms)!

I love to come here for the grilled fish (#36B) and add the rice paper! The grilled fish is served hot with dill and onions (lowkey the best part). Aromatics and the sizzle from the hot plate are chef's kiss. On the side, they provide various herbs, cucumber, lettuce, noodles, and sauces for a personal make your own spring roll experience. This dish satisfies my craving every time. Plenty for 2-3 people! I've had the grilled beef version before but it was alright. Although I haven't gotten it myself, I heard you can get half beef and half fish.

I've also had their beef pho - the soup base was alright but beef was so tender!! Their banh xeo is humongous and the bun rieu is okay.

They have a lot of seating but can get busy during dinner time on weekends. The service is fast and nice!

Tumeric fish (Chả Cá Lã Vọng) is the thing to get. You don't need to come here for anything else.