Kali Noodles & Tea Bar - Vietnamese restaurant in San Jose - 374 E Santa Clara St, USA

Stopped by this restaurant while looking for a restaurant which we haven't visited. It has parking next to the restaurant. The restaurant is pretty big with outdoor sitting. It is the type of vietnsmese chinese cuisine. It was not that busy when we arrived. The unique stuff on the menu is that you can choose a couple of types of noodles and choose 2 if you want. While looking for the menu, I think at least 3 times they asked us what to order. It is a bit annoying since we told them to give us a minute. We just try to figure out what to order. We order white and yellow noddle soup. It comes with slices pork, shrimp, and quail egg. The soup comes with pork bone. The soup is clear and yummy. The noddle is ok. Wecalso order beef stew white and yellow noodle. The gravy l is yummy, but the beef is a bit tough. Pricewise, it is a bit high compared to the portion. Overall, they are good. I like the beef one compared to the noodle soup.

Came here 3 times. First time was from a friend’s recommendation, then fell in love with the noodles. I left Vietnam for 3 years and was longing for some authentic Hu Tieu. Have tried many places but their dishes were not genuine at all. Then, by my husband’s friend’s recommendation, we came here. My husband and I were pleasantly impressed with the quality of the noodles and the broth. The staff is nice. We came 3 times and the staff have been friendly and helpful. Some of them even tried to be humorous. This place has been added to our frequent list. Will come again!

Probably the largest servings of pho and hu tieu I've ever had, but the price reflects that. Definitely one bowl for two people! ..unless you're really hungry. Flavor wise pretty good, up there with Pho San Jose and Pho Dao. Location is right by a famous burned/rebuilt church and has it's own parking!

It only took them 2~3 minutes to bring the meals on our table, which was unusually fast and made me doubt about the process of cooking. But everything was fine at first, until I saw a fly flying to my bowl. And then more flies are coming that the owner had to use a electronic mosquito swatter. From that moment I already lose my appetite and the pork was also not that fresh. After we went home, my friend had a stomach ache till next morning. Overall, the taste was so-so, not to say it’s bad because you can still eat it, and the flies are not acceptable to me. Never ever going there again. Btw, two meals cost us 47$. Very not worth it. 🙂

We love this place! Great food and great service! Our server was very sweet and attentive, our food came out super quick, which is always awesome when you're out with kids! My 6 year old and I shared an order of filet minon pho and it did not disappoint. The filet minon pho serving was huge with a good amount of protein, we ended up giving some to my hubby because we could not finish it, the broth is simple and clean, not over the top. I forgot what my husband ordered because I was busy enjoying mine! We ordered a strawberry lemonade which was too sweet for me but my daughter loved it, I love their iced coffe!

A casual and quick serve place for hungry souls. Their main dishes are noodles (different from phở - phở is also served as listed in the menu). Guests have options to select different type of noodles wheat based, or rice based, then choose whether to have broth in a separate bowl or combine with noodles similar to phở. For this type of noodles, the meat is mainly pork, shrimp.

A really good place to enjoy Vietnamese food, with a varied menu and a little different from the typical Vietnamese place. The staff is very kind and the place has enough space to enjoy your food inside or outside. The place is clean, doesn't have that "food smell" and you can see how as soon as one party is leaving the staff immediately cleans and disinfects the table, utensils, and chairs. For lunch, today I had: - Vietnamese cruller - Beef stew white & yellow noodle soup (served with need chunks, beef tendon, carrots, beef broth, bean sprouts, green onion, cilantro, and basils) - Vegetarian Pho (white rice noodle soup served with fried tofu, daikon, carrot, onion, broccoli, enoki mushroom, bean sprouts, basil, vegetable broth).

+ Great variety of pho noodle soups. There are quite a lot of menu items (e.g pork intestines) that I have not seen in any other Vietnamese pho restaurants in Bay Area. + Personally really enjoyed the wide rice noodles. + Good portion size - The soup has a slightly sweeter taste than usual.