Trieu Chau Restaurant, San Diego CA

Food was mediocre. Service was good. They were attentive to their customers. But I don't know how the restaurant got an "A" rating from the food inspector. They have empty boxes stacked in one corner all the way from floor to almost the ceiling, things all over the place, very disorganized, messy and that is in the customers' tables area. Very much like a hoarder's house. Relate that back into the kitchen. Not for my taste if you know what I mean.

Great soups! Fair portions and prices. Favorites are duck egg wide noodle soup, served dry w/soup and bone on the side; and the combo egg wide noodle soup, served dry w/soup and bone on the side. The taste of the broth is rich and exceptional. The duck isn't overly fatty or mostly bones as is the case in other duck soup restaurants. This is an example of a mom & pop restaurant that takes pride in their food and wants to serve the best to their customers. The owner is super friendly and makes you feel like a guest at her home. Update: We got the duck egg wide noodle soup, served dry w/soup and bone on the side; and the combo egg thin noodle soup, served dry w/soup and bone on the side. Both were excellent as usual! If you are having trouble deciding which soup to get, you can't go wrong with the combo. It has BBQ pork, duck, chicken, shrimp, ground pork, and fish balls. Update: Prices have increased, but still excellent quality. Update: Got the duck egg wide egg noodle soup and the beef and meatball thin egg noodle soup, both dry w/soup and bone on the side. The duck soup was excellent and the beef soup was very good. Update: Got the large duck egg wide noodle soup, served dry w/soup and bone on the side; and the large combo egg thin noodle soup, served dry w/soup and bone on the side. Both were excellent.

Found this restaurant while searching for a place to eat for lunch. I am not sure while it received good reviews. I ordered egg noodles with wonton. But I got egg noodles with wonton, roasted duck, shrimp, chicken wing, meat balls. I couldn't finish the bowl since the duck tasted badly since it was days old. The shrimp was not fresh. The broth was not flavorful to my liking.

I used to love this place and was a definite family favorite for their variety of authentic food. Sadly the last couple times we've seen roaches out in plain sight and it's since kept us from enjoying it. Go at your own risk but their food is good otherwise.

Very good lighter than mi Huang thanh I'm used to but good flavors. The lemon soda isn't that great though. Chinese donut are doughy I like it.

Very unfortunately they no longer in business, hope they reopen soon, cause they were my family favorite place

Nice place for transitional southern China noodle cuisine and much more. Will repeat my visit.

Hate to give three stars for a mom and pop place, but it didnt hit the spot for me. Good portions and price, fresh. I got the fried popcorn chicken and ginger chicken. Popcorn chicken was fried well but was too sweet? Ginger chicken straight up tasted like chicken and vegetables just fried with sugar and soy sauce.

It might be that cambodian food is not my type of cuisine, but everything was TOO sweet, no spice and barely any salt. People were nice though, try it you might like it.

IS INFLATION A MYTH? How did they whip up our food in like 3 minutes? Why did my huge portion of soup (pictured) that came with 2 slices of duck, 2 shrimps, meatballs, a drumstick, a bit of pork and my choice between different types of rice or egg noodles, only cost 11.50? My buddy got the bone marrow soup (not pictured) and it was only 5 bucks! Quality food perfect for struggling students in the area (lol), hearty and healthy. The soups taste like pho soup btw.

Whatever garlic sauce/pieces they use are are also packing with flavor. They put it in our soups and also in the popcorn chicken. Just one thing to note though, all the garlic deliciousness are in one spot on popcorn chicken plate. I recommend picking some up and eating in conjunction with a piece of popcorn chicken.

Will be back. Prices like this are like a relic of the past that we need to take advantage of! What a gem of a place.

My friends and I had a great first experience here! We are all from Canto region in China and the food here taste very authentic! I loved the combination noodle soup I got - very good size, variety of ingredients, and really good flavors! I'll definitely come back here and highly recommend this place!

Simply authentic. It's like a hidden gem that i wish more people will get to know about, but at the same time I want to keep this place to myself so it won't get too busy. The ice coffee with condensed milk pairing with their hand made You Tiao is amazing. We always go for their dry egg noodles with bbq pork and wonton for brunch. The meat bone soup on the side is so good. The porridge with century eggs is also another great breakfast/brunch option, i also love their stir fry flat rice noodles with beef.

I had their seafood mix egg noodles soup and rice porridge. Both smelled really good and looked good but the broth is really really bland. The chinese donuts weren't fresh. It was probably previously frozen because I know how homemade ones are supposed to taste like.

Absolutely delicious food. I love the popcorn chicken, but they have a wide variety of authentic Asian foods including Thai and Chinese

Oh my goodness… if you love finding hidden gem/ mom and pop own or privately owned restaurant that are so good, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE! I came here with some friends after a retirement ceremony down town and we tried everything we wanted and it was amazing!

First we got the Chinese donuts with a side of warm condensed milk, at least I think that’s what it was. The donuts were so delicate but had an amazing crunch and the side dip of condensed milk was just the cherry on top! Just a nice sweet starter. Then we got sat and pepper calamari and salt, salt and pepper shrimp and egg rolls as appetizers (I know it sounds like a lot but I was with a few people) the salt and pepper seasoning on these was absolutely amazing! The peppers were so pronounced but not in an overwhelming way and it complimented the salt on both the calamari and shrimp! It was really such a beautiful stunning and tasty appetizer! We were trying not to take to many at once! The egg rolls were also delicious, nice fresh flavors inside them and just really delicate! My friends ordered the pad Thai which was pretty good. My other fried ordered orange chicken a it was so fresh! It taste like they had just made the sauce five minutes ago from actual oranges! It was so pure! And I got the bone beef stew with rice noodles and oh my goodness it was so wonderful! If you like pho you will enjoy this soup! It is not pho but PLEASE, don’t limit yourself to just pho because there are so many more soups out there! It was so light and fresh and the meat was so tender in it!

The staff was so nice and tentative to us! They were also very welcoming! Ugh I want to go back already!

Legit. We are from OC and very tasty like OG Trieu Chau in Santa Ana, which we have been going to for 30+ years. They got all the classics: Noodle soup, duck, Chinese donut, fresh soy milk, sate sauce, wonton noodles and today we tried popcorn chicken. Goes perfect with rice. Friendly and mom and pop owned.

The food was all good and large portions. The orange chicken was very meaty and the orange sauce really good. The pork chop was also delicious. Every thing we had was good. We will visit again.

I ate here about two years ago and remembered it as being good. Well, it was excellent! More Thai and Vietnamese than Chinese. All the dishes we had were well done. The fried calamari was well seasoned and not greasy. We also had the lemongrass chicken and drunken noodles. They adjusted the heat for my wife. Both dishes were flavorful with generous amounts. It's small and I like walking in and seeing all the locals and there families eating there. You know it's going to be good!