Gio Cha Ngon

I stopped by for *cheap gas next door and stumbled into this unassuming place! Glad I did bc they had a banh mi that I never had before...Bo la lot (grilled beef in betel leaf) in a sandwich form. Yass! Sandwich had all the usual stuff, but the star was the meat. Right texture, hot, and flavorful. Glad I stopped by and will be back!

Came here honestly by accident when looking for Duc Huong since they're located so closely, didn't realize until after I already bought the goods and left. Oh wells.Got the combination banh mi (dac biet) and asked for garlic bread instead of regular and extra meat. The nice lady who speaks limited English at the register only charged me a $1 for the extra meat. Quite generous if you look at the photo.There is a buy 4 get 1 free deal just like at Duc Huong. They take Venmo here but I paid in cash and didn't bother to ask if they take credit card since usually small businesses prefer cash anyways. I have to say I couldn't taste any garlic at all, the meats are pretty good and pate is okay. Bread is just okay as well. They also sell cha lua in the leaf wrap if you are into that, they have several options.

I visited the store that Gio Cha Ngon took over a few years ago ever since I was in kindergarten (previously called Thanh Lan). Luckily, that store passed down their recipe for Banh Mi Ga to Gio Cha Ngon and my family has still been going here ever since!Located near Vietnam Town in San Jose, Gio Cha Ngon is located on a quieter corner with a super small parking lot and a busy gas station. They sell various types of Vietnamese cha and banh mi here. Everything is pretty affordable - the women who work here are super kind too!I don't recall if they take card, but I do know that cash is preferred (plus, they also take Venmo!). We always order the classic banh mi ga (chicken banh mi) here since we can't find any other store that sells and makes it as good as they do. I'd recommend asking for all of the vegetables on the side for you to add yourself so that it doesn't get soggy if you don't eat it right away! As another tip: ask for it toasted if you do plan on eating it ASAP. :-)

New Banh Mi place. Every Banh Mi place has their own specialty sandwich. This case, it's their banh mi ga-- cha bong (shredded chicken) and their pate! I always include pate in all my sandwiches. So far this is the only place that has packed on the pate. Wow! It's also well made and tastes so delightful! Maybe even the best pate I've had. But before making that judgment, I do want to give it a couple more tries to see if they're consistent. And they make cha ga (chicken) as well as cha bo (beef) instead of just pork. I do eat pork, but I try to limit my intake and when I saw that they serve chicken meat I jumped on the opportunity! The batch I bought was a little too salty, but that won't stop me from purchasing more. Just cut a thinner slice eat it with bread or rice. I hope they fix that though, but overall flavor and texture is great. My new go to shredded chicken and pate sandwich joint. So delicious! Glad to support ma and pa shops. :-)

The bread is stale and a little hard.The cha lua is not as good as other places close by. Tre tron barely have any tre in it. The pig ear for the tre is cut too thick, so it is gummy and chewy. It is supposed to be sliced thin. It has more mango in it than tre, so it be called mango salad. Food quality is alright and not that good.

Love their chicken sandwiches (banh mi ga)!! Best Chicken banh mi in town, it's really similar to the famous Chicken banh mi in Sai Gon back then. They also have pate for $6 half a pound, it's really moist and flavorful, if you don't use it fast enough you can freeze them for next use as well. Their Cha Hue, Cha Chien and Cha Oc (snail pork roll) are my favorite cha options.

Food was okay. I got their Dac Biet banh mi. The bread and meat was good but I prefer other Vietnamese sandwiches places. I came here and it's decent but not great. Service is good.

Best tré trộn in town in my opinion. I tried the Bo la lot bánh mì, not worth $8, would not consider to buy that banh mi again.

This is the first time I bought stuff from this place and the services were good at the time I paid. When I went home m, I found down that the Vietnamese butter for bread was bad, the butter was not solid, it had liquid oil at the bottom. I called the shop and told them what happened. They said I needed to smell it to see if it was edible and if it was bad, I had to return it to the shop so they could give me a new one or return the money. I told them that it was bad that they gave me the bad butter, and it was my fault that I didn't check it before leaving the store. They then immediately said the butter wasn't bad, it was edible even there was a thick oil at the bottom. I told her that it wasn't the first time I bought this kind of butter, and this was the first time that I saw it in this condition. She then got mad and said if I said her butter was bad, then she wouldn't want to give me back my money nor exchange for a new one. She then hung up on me.So they just don't live up to what they just said then. Customers just have to suck it in and throw their bad product just because THIS SHOP WON'T ACDEPT THAT THEIR PRODUCTS TURN BAD.

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