Vung Tau II Restaurant

We went there around 7PM on Sunday. The restaurant was kind of busy. We were seated right away but were waited a long time to order. The sweet and sour soup with catfish and lemongrass grill spare ribs were amazing, they can be eat together with rice. Sauté clams with basil was just so so even though the clams were kind of chubby. Tom Kho Tau is good but it definitely frozen shrimps so the freshness was reduced. I won’t spicy lemongrass chicken, it was slices chicken breast, so boring and taste weird.

For dinner, I was invited to have some Broken Rice Plate (Com Tam) since I heard this place is a good place. However, it was not what I expected. The portion is small compare to our regular Vietnamese restaurants. The grill pork chop was some how dry and not tender. Fish sauce is the heart of the Broken Rice Plate, but it disappointed me because of its plainness. Servers were not friendly. Overall, 3 Stars for both the dish and service are reasonable.

The staff was so friendly and helpful. They set up outdoor seating for us when I asked if outdoor dining was available. It’s a family business and our server (Jan) recommended a lot of items. You could tell how proud she was of each dish! The food was excellent!