Quan Hue Restaurant

Annie is awesome, best customer service. If you can't speak Vietnamese, her English is just as good. The food here is fantastic and delicious. The banh khot is the best I had in the bay, it was fresh and crispy with a hefty amount of greens to pair with banh khot. The banh beo is delicious, nice thin rice cake with a good amount of shrimp topping with some chicharrón. If you didn't know, she also caters! If you need some party trays, strike a conversation with her about it. If you want her popular dish the bbq roll bánh ướt thịt nướng for your next party. Go give her a talk because those sell out everyday and it's limited.

One of the few places in town that make banh khot well. Unfortunately, it is overpriced, but it is good quality! Crispy exterior and the perfect amount of batter-to-shrimp ratio. They have many other Central Vietnamese dishes, but I only come here for the banh khot. If only it was more affordable, I would come here more often. FYI - 7 pieces of Banh Khot is $16.50***They accept Apple Pay :)

Anther go to for Vietnamese food craving spot & the lion plaza. There's not a lot of places we've found that sell banh uot thit nuong, so we always return. We also love the banh xeo! Since nothing is premade it takes a little bit for things to be cooked and for her to ring the bell to let you know it's ready. Service is sharp and straight to the point because there might be a language barrier, so just point or say the number you want. Credit is accepted, but cash is cheaper and they charge for to-go containers as an FYI. Prices over the years have definitely gone up, but the quality seems to remain the same. They sell a variety of other staple Vietnamese dishes and sometimes have things off the menu (leftover for sale from catering orders).

The whole service and food was really really good! I highly recommend coming here for all your Vietnamese foods. When I arrived, the owner was so very nice and sweet. When I ordered, she was kind like my auntie and asked if I would like tissue for my nose and provided hot tea as I was waiting. She didn't have to provide me those things but she did and it made the food taste better. My food came out so fast while we were talking I lost track of time. I loved the egg rolls so much, I got the crepe, moon cakes, and beef steak salad. I love how the beef steak salad came with shrimp chips to eat with. Every bite was so refreshing and fresh. The moon cakes looked too pretty to eat and the crepe cake was so good. I wanted to order more but my husband and I were so full. We live in SF and drove all the way here just for her good cooking. Will definitely come back. A++++++++++++++ highly recommend coming.

Not many places in San Jose offer banh knot, but Quan Hue is one of the couple of places that does! Located in a food court, you'll have to navigate through a corridor of shops and then a courtyard from the parking lot in order to reach Quan Hue in the back of this Vietnamese shopping plaza.The Banh Khot (also called Vietnamese Moon Cakes on their menu) consist of nine pieces and served with greens, mint, and a dipping sauce. These seemed to also be filled with a mung bean filling inside and topped with a shrimp. We also got some Shrimp and Pork Spring Rolls that came three to an order and were served with a peanut dipping sauce with sriracha on top. These were pretty sizable, and I really liked the peanut sauce! They ran out of Banh Beo, so we decided to get something else that was somewhat similar. Their Banh Uot Tom Chay are rice rolls with ground shrimp on top. They come with a side of bean sprouts and fish cake, as well as a dipping sauce.

I was craving banh kot so badly since I had it in LA. This place had high ratings, so my husband and I ventured out to this food court area in East San Jose. The food court was absolutely bustling which was a great sign the food was legit. It's quite packed inside and the bathrooms were out of order. My husband found a table outside which was a little chill. My hubby ordered Bun Bo hue and I went for my banh kot. My husband's soup came out in 5 minutes looked tasty with all the trimmings. Mine was a 20 minute wait as they were making it fresh. When it finally arrived, I was famished and it was piping hot. It looked so tasty and came with tons of greens to wrap up my little banh kot pieces. There was an abundance of mint, romaine, cilantro, ram rao, and some other leaves that were tasty. I also had fish sauce which I requested no chili. When I put it all together, the flavors exploded in my mouth. Everything was so fresh and these were just as good as the ones I had in LA. I wish I knew how to make these at home! Overall an easy 5 stars! I'll be back!

A stall or spot located in the food court area of Lion Plaza. This place feels family owned and operated and has been here for years. The folks here are friendly. They specialize in Vietnamese food from the Hue area or central Vietnam. I haven't really tried a lot of their dishes, because the first time I got the food here is when my brother brought me here to pick up some of their banh uot thit nuong or BBQ pork wrapped with rice cake before heading to a UFC event in the San Jose arena years ago. My parents and I were having a Vietnamese food day and this is one of the places I insisted on stopping by because I wanted it their rolls. I'm sure the rest of the food is delicious if it's anywhere near the quality of the BBQ pork rolls that we had. I hope to try more items on the menu in a future visit. On this visit, though, we had to reserve some stomach space lol.Such a nice gem located in a crowded Vietnamese food area.

Found this gem by accident. Bo Ne was so busy that a lot of customers who don't want to wait 40-50 mins for the order (me included) have to venture around and check out other options. This little place caught my attention because of its bahn beo on the picture menu. I had it one time in Vietnam for breakfast on the street and it was soft and delicious! Let's backup a bit. We were planning to try the Bo Ne, which is inside the same food court and take note, this is not the Lion Market food court as i originally thought. Park on the Lion Market supermarket parking lot, then as you walk towards Lion, you'll see an alley (could be blocked by the merchandise the vendors set out), walk pass the alley and you'll enter another court yard with more shops. Look for a door and enter as it's the food court. This place is inside the food court! The whole ambiance is as authentic as going to Vietnam. Don't expect clean utensils or sanitized ways of food handling. As I was waiting for my food, I saw the lady cooking in the kitchen dumped the food from a plate to a take out container, then without gloves touched the food item by item to rearrange the plating, then took it out to the front counter, and slid the fingers across the door frame as she walked back to the kitchen. There was a clear black patched area on the door frame that marked probably the daily touchy wear and tear. They give a cup of hot tea with the order and there's no free water in the food court. Now back to food. Bahn Khot is also good. It looks like deep fried and I was worried it would be too hard and dry, but no, the circular shape bite size tart was soft in the inside with a taste of coconut milk. It's delicious. The salad is universally the same across all dishes which has a few kinds of herbs and a few pieces of lettuce. Those herbs are not my liking but do look authentic. The bahn beo which is steamed rice cake with sprinkled shrimp on top is very soft and flavorful. Very lovely to finally eat it here again. It seems their other popular item is #9, BBQ pork in rice roll. I see people order a whole party tray of it. By 1pm, when customers wanted to order it as a lunch item it was all sold out. Next time I will want to try this, which looks like a spring roll but thinner with BBQ pork and lettuce inside. They take credit card and if you pay cash they give you a small 3.8% discount. But they even take American Express credit card. So all is great! Happy we found this dingy place!

The banh khot here is pretty good! It's a bit pricey, but I think it's one of the better banh khots around here. The outside is crispy and the inside has a soft texture-- reminds me of the ones I had growing up.They also do catering here, FYI. They have other items on their catering menu that isn't on their normal menu.

We have ordered party trays here for years. The most favorite dish is Tái Sách Tương Gừng which is gone in just a blink of eye. Every time our small office has party, that dish is requested