MMM... so tasty! But oh soooooo much MSG. =( LUCKILY I'm not ultra sensitive to MSG. Happy days for me. =D I come here often after hanging out at Dave & Busters. Food tastes so much better when you're buzzed. =P I still like the food even sober, but their food is pretty salty. My favorites... Rice Porridge With Pork & 1,000 Year Old Egg: I honestly can't stand the egg, but I work my way around it. =P A lot of porridges taste bland to me, but this one definitely packs a punch in flavor. Pretty cheap. It's even cheaper during lunch and it comes with milk tea. Pork & Vegetable Chow Fun: This dish is very saucy. I like how they give you pork spareribs versus thin slices of pork. There's not much variety on the veggies... the only give you bok choy. Tastes pretty good to me. If you're lucky, they'll give you their beef stew on the house as a starter for whatever you ordered. This place is good for a late night food run. Despite the MSG, it beats going to Denny's. read more

Dude. I love Top Cafe. Their jok (porridge) is about $5-$6, real good portion and authentically cantonese. Yum. I'd say choose the fried tofu over the fried calamari. Calamari is a bit chewy but tofu is always perfect. Rice plates are good, so are the baked dishes. My favorite is always baked dish with white sauce. I could eat that all day and happily forget it's carb loading. read more

It's like 10:30pm and a friend and I just got out of the gym. We're starving and want some noodles. So what can we get at this hour. Top Cafe to the rescue. I got the wonton noodle soup and my friend got the plain wontons and it really hit the spot. It was actually not bad. Service was great too. We were at this tiny table but as soon as a group left the waiter moved us to a booth. That's quality service I dare say. Good cheap chinese food at later hours reigns high in my book. read more

my favorites here: baked chicken rice with tomato sauce + fried egg + lemon tea Pros: cheap, open late, free soup, lots of off menu items, easy parking (compare to next door @ Milpitas Square) Cons: VERY spicy soup, not very clean (even for a Chinese restaurant standard), off menu items are in Chinese only (though i think they can make you whatever you can think of) note - cash only read more

The only times I've been here is from after picking up my girlfriend from work which ends at 12:30am. She introduced me to the spaghetti bolognese, which was heaven! They give you a nice big portion of it, and it comes out steaming hot in a clay bowl. There was a time when I was sick , and my baby brought me home some won-ton soup from there after she got off of work because she's fantastic like that. But anyway, it was wonton galore! Most places that serve wonton soup give you miniscule pieces of meat, and maybe 5 or 6 wontons at most. Here they give you wonton's that fill 3/4th's of your bowl and a gang of meat packed inside of it. I'd consider this place a night time after hours eatery. read more

Made a phone order for the baked pork w spaghetti and tomato sauce (I had to say tomato b/c they have different sauces). I literally had to repeat my order hella times because the guy on the phone barely spoke or understood English. I asked to speak to someone who spoke English and he said, "yes" but still remained on the line....I wanted extra cheese, and he kept repeating "chillies." -____- I told my bf they were going to get out order wrong and what do you know, they did. Instead, they made us spaghetti over yellow sauce w potatoes. How do you get yellow sauce from tomato sauce and potatoes from pork.....lol?!?!? The worker gladly made a new one and we brought it home to eat. Almost done w our food, my bf found a little friend. Yes, a bug... Despite all that, the dish wasn't bad and reminded me of Filipino spaghetti b/c it was sweet. Just wish they gave more pork and more cheese like I had asked for. read more

Top Cafe - BUG!!!!! - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

I think this is the only HK style cafe in the Milpitas area (besides the Dixon Landing location). The place is small, but they're open until pretty late. The menu is smaller than at some other HK cafes, but they'll make pretty much anything you ask for. Standouts include the egg and shrimp gravy chow fun and seafood udon. I typically go to these places for the baked rice dishes (with seafood, pork chop, etc), but their oven was broken that day?! Sadly, that took out most of the things I wanted on the menu. Things aren't too greasy here. Food comes out pretty quickly. Service is standard, not bad. It's not pristine, but it's not dirty, and the bathroom is decent. It's cheap and pretty convenient, since it's in the Ulfert center and not the main ranch 99 plaza (Asian parking lot madness...). Cash only. read more

This place is cheap and just down right home tasting. They are always open late. My favorite things to order here is really the fried chicken wings and the porridge. The beef and pepper fried udon is also super delicious here. The salt and pepper fish is definitely on the saltier side but delicious with porridge. =D read more

For a time we were eating here so much because we live so close by that the waitress knows us extremely well, and knows to bring me hot tea and the bf iced water the moment we come in, so my opinion is definitlely biased. We love the service and food is super cheap! The food is ok, nothing spectacular, EXCEPT for the Baked Seafood Rice. Heavy white cream sauce piled on top of fried rice, all topped off with some artificial crabmeat, mussels, and squid, and cheese, baked then brought out to you piping hot and bubbling. If you're into artery blockers I guarantee you'll love this dish! Definitely not healthy but it is SO good!! Last night I had the preserved vegetables and shredded meat with thin rice noodles in soup, which was pretty good. What can I say? Top Cafe brings out my fobby side. This is the one spot where you'd actually hear me speak in Cantonese to a non-family member and reading the Chinese specials on the wall. read more

Their dry fried beef flat noodle / Ho fun (Gan Chao niu he) is very good! Cash only though

Call it what you like, it's more like a Bottom Cafe rather than "Top". The food here is not very good at all, in fact it's down right nasty. I was curious as to why a cook kept walking out back and into the kitchen repeatedly. Perhaps digging through the trash for some extra spice or unique flavoring to their dishes. Or maybe he was fetching a dead animal to make his next concoction. Whatever it is, it's quite unsettling. The atmosphere is like a psychiatric ward, white walls, fluorescent lights, and that's it. If I had to sit there for more than thirty minutes alone listening to the fobbiness that comes out of this joint, I just might condemn myself. I guess if you lack any sense of taste, and are completely wasted late night and need something to absorb the alcohol to help you upchuck it out later, then this is definitely a place for you. Sensible dining can be found elsewhere. read more

My go to place when I crave for Hong Kong style cafe food or when it's too late at night. They serve Hong Kong style western food like baked pork chop rice or Cantonese style rice porridge and noodles dishes. I have been going there since they open eons ago. The quality and taste of the food are really consistent. What I like about the food is that they always come out steaming hot! read more

A definite hole-in-the-wall establishment with no real life or character and when I say that, my fingers are pointed at the waiters. Easily the most unenjoyable part of the experience eating here is just witnessing how the waiters tend to ignore, rush, and commit unsanitary acts. The complimentary milk tea they serve you are watered down and something I don't think I'll ever drink again after what i saw - the waiter repouring the leftovers into the main serving pot or whatever you call it. Aside from the dirty activities that go on around here, the foods are kind of unique. Some of the dishes offered looks like it could give you a heart attack (cholestrol filled) but the prices are good and food portions are HUGE. I'll come back when I need to cleanse my body of toxic waste, because I'll probably be in the bathroom all night eating here :). read more

We came here on a slow night for dinner. I was surprised that the baked porkchop with curry rice dish was so tasty, but thoroughly disappointed with my wonton soup dish. The wontons tasted old, and had a foul taste/smell. We would definitely skip on this dish the next time we do come by. The egg foo young dish was mediocre for me; nothing special to write about, but my hubby enjoyed it. *Cash-only! read more

Great for light night food. I come here when all the other restaurants are closed but it's not bad. They have some good HK style food including my favorite baked pork chop over spaghetti. Cash Only. Open Late. Can't go wrong. Staff is helpful even though you think it's dingy. read more

Oh man I was a tad terrified walking up to this little joint at 9pm on a Sunday night. The white fluorescent light and the seemingly empty restaurant from afar made me hesitant to walk in. But once I pushed through the door and saw around 4 tables occupied (AT 9PM SUNDAY?), I knew my worries were just silly. We ordered items that can best decide the authenticity of any HK style restaurants: beef chow fun, baked pork chop on rice, and OF COURSE, their hk style milktea. Foodwise, it was like eating the stuff back home. The pork chop rice WAS missing my favourite cheese on top but the flavour was all there and the portion was PERF. Beef chow fun was delicious too, a tad on the oily side but hey, that's the whole point right. And boy, the MILKTEA. Many places in Bay Area believes HK style milk tea is like thai tea, and that the sweetness is mandatory. NO INCORRECT, you use evaporated milk instead, which is what this place did, so bomb diggity. Service...I don't know who would complain, but the lady was HELLA nice. Also she gave me THREE FREAKING REFILLS ON OUR MILKTEA!!! That is unheard of in Asia or North America. Opening hours are from 7am to 3am...let's just say this will soon become my second home . read more

eh, I thought Top Cafe was mediocre. I love Hong Kong cafe style foods, and Top Cafe was just okay. I ordered the vegetables over birds nest noodle - the dish was pretty bland. the interior of Top Cafe is also pretty janky - yeah, it's got that hole in the wall feel to it, but for a hole in the wall looking place, there better be some good food! so my question is, where is there good HK style cafes in the South Bay? I know there are tons in SF, but how about here? read more

The food here isn't great but it sure does hit the spot. They are open late and usually your limited to taqueria's, pho, or fast food but if you want some quick, inexpensive Chinese food then this is the place to be. I had the baked pork chop which is basically a pork chop baked with tomato sauce over it but I actually enjoyed it more than I though I would. Portion was more than enough for me but I still managed to scarf everything down. The pork chop could've been leaner but it still wasn't bad. My buddy and I walked out only paying about $14 and we were both stuffed. Seating is ok for small groups but big groups might have to wait. Service is lacking, but expected. read more

Surprisingly tasty hole in the wall Cantonese cafe fare. After picking up my friend from the airport around midnight, we were both hit by an attack of the munchies, so we headed up to Milpitas to find some grub. Sadly, House of Noodles was already closed (1am), which left either Top Cafe or China Palace. As a matter of principle, I refuse to go back to China Palace, so Top Cafe it was. We split the vegetables & beef chow fun and the preserved egg & pork porridge. Both were surprisingly tasty, though on the salty side. Definitely comfort food. Of the two, I liked the chow fun better, but that's probably because I'm not the biggest preserved egg fan in the world. They played Cantonese pop primarily, but did have one song by 4 in Love that I recognized. Don't come for the ambience (unless you like hole in the walls), come for the decent, cheap eats that are available until late. read more

I'm going to give this place 4 stars. Here's why: I live in San Jose and this is the only place that I know that serves porridge (other than dim sum places) I'm from Oakland, where there is a huge chinatown, where there are many places to find porridge. But in SJ, Top cafe is really the only other place that has it. That has it until 3AM! They are so dependable! Because everytime you are craving chinese food, there's a lot of places you can go. But around 2AM, the clubs are closing, and you are looking for a place to EAT. Your usual choices are Denny's or mexican food. The food is good! The hours are GREAT. The only down sides are that they only take cash. --and its pretty much a hole in the wall. read more

Top Cafe may have its fair share of detractors, but I will always have a soft spot for its cheap prices and complimentary peppery tomato bisque. The hours are convenient (open until 3:00am on weekends!) and service is consistently quick. The waitress that's always there late into the night has put up with a lot of my and my friends' crazy antics over the years and is still always polite and pleasant when I stop in, even going so far as to remember my usual order each time I do! I admit, people throw around terms like "dirty" and "ghetto" when referring to this place. Sure, this isn't Michelin star-grade fare. And okay, the bathroom doubles as a supply closet. But if I am inebriated at 2:00am and have $10 in cash on-hand, this is where you'll find me perched in a booth enjoying a steaming ceramic bowl of baked spaghetti (or seafood). read more

I came here for a late night dinner with my boyfriend, after watching Ted. I got the Sauteed Japanese Udon with Seafood, and my boyfriend got the Baked Seafood with rice. Our total was 17something, which didn't make sense. I felt like they overcharged me. Or maybe they charged me for the milk tea they gave me after I complained about a fly that I found in my soup (the House soup they give). So sad, the soup tasted good, that is until I discovered the fly. I mean, I get it. It's Milpitas. Bugs everywhere. But a fucking fly??? Come on! The place is pretty small. In case you have trouble looking for it, it's across from the infamous China Palace... read more

1. Club sandwich with fries - decent 2. Pork chop w/ ketchup and rice - okay A hole in the wall chinese restaurant. don't expect it to be the cleanest place. i'm chinese so i'm used to it. read more

Great fast Chinese food. Very cool place to hang out with friends. Servers are friendly. They have security guards after midnight. But still don't keep valuable things in your car. Open late night, convenient food for people who got off work late. Took off one star just because they accept cash only. read more

Top Cafe - Fried instant noodle with spam - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

In a nutshell: Decent place to eat at when you're drunk. In detail: It's 2 in the morning. You've been out all night. You're drunk. Most of all, you're hungry. Your options are limited to Denny's or a "ghetto" Asian place like Top Cafe. What do you do? If I were you, I would pick a mediocre wonton noodle soup over a "Moons Over My Hammy" any day. And plus, I don't like cheese so a "Moons Over My Hammy" wouldn't even be an option for me. But I digress. I find myself coming to Top Cafe every now and then after a night of drinking. The food here hits the spot to a certain extent. I think I've only ordered the wonton noodle soup and chow fun here. Even with a drunken state of mind, I know not to be ridiculously adverturous by ordering something like baked spaghetti. Ugh. That crap looks like...well, crap. For the most part, the items on the menu seem edible enough. But you hardly care when you're drunk and hungry. I have yet to go here to eat while sober, so be forewarned that my review could be inaccurate. Heh. read more

I have never enjoyed Top Cafe, both here or at the Cupertino Branch. Yes, it's cheap and open late...but the food is low quality and really does not arouse my taste buds. Amongst the uninspiring foods: -won ton soup -chicken and salted fish fried rice (so salty) -deep fried pork chop (it was ok though, for what it is.) Decent: -gai-lan (chinese broccoli) It's not too clean either and all the specials on the wall are written in Chinese so it sucks if you can't read it. Food comes quickly though! read more

I ate here last night. I'll write a better updated review later. I only write reviews for places that I go to and that I like. I wouldn't go out of my way to bash a place unless it was completely horrible. I also like reviewing small places so that other people who might otherwise never discover these places can find them. I had the baked fish and my friend had the baked ox tongue (interesting pick, if you ask me). $20 after tip. Food was tasty and came with a free tomato soup (a little too sweet, or maybe loaded with MSG?) Baked XYZ is definitely Hong Kong style. It's good. Get it. Open late! read more

Ah first time here, a couple of my friends swear by this place on the asian side of McCarthy ranch. Service - The service was just as it should be, questions and repetitively coming back to check if we were okay. So here's what I had tried through the course of the meal. Won Ton Noodle Soup (-1) - The wonton's were as generic as the noodles, and they give you a ton of noodles. The only thing that kept me eating it was the decent broth. Calamari Rings - Nothing to rave about, anybody can fry up some calamari rings from costco and add some slivered onions Half/Half rice (-2) - Abomination, rice was dry. The shrimp used was packaged small shrimp, not fresh, with a wanna be alfredo sauce that just exudes jar-ism. The red side was tomato paste mixed with a little spices and water, topped off with sliced chicken; it's like the sauce in Spaghetteos. Side Soup - Chicken broth mixed with tomato paste. Fried rice - Ah the winner of the night, fresh rice with slices of cabbage and some meat. Perfect savoriness. --------------------------------------------------------- Overall - It's the perfect spot for after Dave n Busters because it's open till 3am. If I do come back, I'm trying the fried porks, with the fried rice. YELP! read more

1.5 Stars. Their food is lower in quality than 99 ranch but costs more. The service was unattentive and careless, but not rude. I ordered Beef Stew Wonton noodle soup and they forgot the wontons. It took about 10 minutes for the waiter to come over, then another 15- 20 minutes to get the wontons. They only get you 4. They are dense and not particularly flavorful. 99 ranch gives you 6 and they are plump, softer,juicier, and more flavorful. I went with 2 others and the bill was just under $28. I paid with 2 twentys and the waiter gave me alittle over $ 2 in change. I called him on it immediately and he just shrugged and casually handed me a ten. He didn't care that I caught him. That's why they deserve 1 star. I'm not likely going to go back. read more

If you had a long day, find some joy in absolutely knowing that when you order some good ol' HK style cafe food, you will feel better. Late night eats? This place hits the spot in your tummy. The food isn't meant to be luxuriously delicious; it's perfect as late night food. I had the beef and egg over chow fun noodles. Silky egg sauce, YUM. That being said, I enjoyed the experience I had just being here, not necessarily just because of the food. I enjoyed this place because it made me feel like I wasn't in America. The workers talked in the rough sounding canto, throwing around "dieus" and canto slang. Love it. Old time Canto music was playing in the background and the waitress would sing along. I also love that the waitress didn't assume I couldn't speak canto and talked to me in canto instead. The place is a bit run down but I think it adds character. If you sit facing the register, you can look through the small opening and see into the kitchen where the chefs are laboring behind woks, steam coming off freshly cooked dishes. Overall, this place could be just the right remedy after an exhaustive day and you're looking for a simple, comforting, hot meal. read more

Came here once late at night with some friends who loved this place......... I slashed their tires and stranded them after the inedible meal I don't remember it being as dirty as other people have mentioned, but i do remember the food was TERRIBLE! they just pile a bunch of tasteless, bland, white or brown ( depending on what you order) saucy glop on top of some rice and call it food. UGH!!! i literally took two bites and refused to put my taste buds through any further torture. Now, when top cafe comes up in the list of suggestions of where to eat after 11pm, i shoot the offender a withering glance and screech, are you @#%$%^ crazy?? go to in-n-out or even denny's instead read more

This place is so not hong kong style eatery. It's more like cornstarch and water eatery. Almost every single rice dish is drowned with the same brownish, cornstarch and water slop. If you order the oxtail with wine sauce over rice, you get FATTY oxtail pieces, with brown slop. You order kung pao chicken...YOU GUESSED IT...chicken with brown slop (oh..i almost forgot the stale peanut garnish). I've tried the baked seafood with rice and it really doesn't compare to the oakland hong kong style cafe's. With the baked seafood with rice, you get seafood and WHITE glop. Yummmyyyy! Try the porridge with egg and pork - that was actually decent tasting. The food is cheap (which might explain the lack of flavor), and they accept cash only. It might also be safer to bring your own utensils. read more

I was there for breakfast this morning. I have been to this restaurant once in a while in the past 10 years. There was only one waitress serving 6-7 tables but the wait for ordering food was not too bad. It's a typical Hong Kong style restaurant that it's not too clean and the service was barely acceptable. Food was ok. Basically you get what you pay for. read more

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This is my go to spot for Chinese/asian food. Don't let the pictures and negative reviews deter you from here. This place is like any typical OUTSTANDING Chinese restaurant. Food is amazing. Staff is friendly. Could get pretty busy at times and May seem like they're brushing customers off but believe me when I tell you their food is delicious. This place is the equivalent of "taste so good make you wanna smack yo mama" type of dealio. read more

A decent, late-night eatery where you can find American/Chinese fare for an affordable price. The food is not special in any way , nor the location clean nor spectacular, but the ability to eat here at 2 am is always a plus. Also has lunch specials that cost around $4. Favorite item on menu: fish and chips, which consists entirely of microwaveable miniature fish sticks and French fries. Pluses: Late-night eating, cheap menus items, lunch specials Drawbacks: Food quality, cleanliness of restaurant read more

Conveniently open late, good variety, delicious baked dishes (baked Portuguese chicken omgahh), $1 drinks (wonderfully strong coffee), excellent service (prob because my dad frequents this place so much)--what's not to like? Oh yeah, it's kinda...not clean. Just don't question it and it'll be fine. read more

Pro: food taste okay. Con: cash only, food delivery was slow, more than 20 mins long, host don't understand English very well. Place can use upgrade in cups and utensils. I was going to the place next door but it was under remodeling, so I gave this place a chance. read more

Five stars for service. I especially like the lady who work evening shift. She's very accommodating and I observed she remembers what regular patrons like. I agreed with other yelpers that the place look dirty, but recent visit last week I notice the restaurant has new paint and touched up on their counter. Food are mediocre, typical Cantonese quick cafe menu. A definite place to visit for quick bites and late night patrons. read more

Yeah the place is pretty dirty, i honestly havent been back there in a while. but the only thing i love is the baked pork chop over rice. but so cal makes it sooooooooooooooo much better. Or maybe its so good cause I come here when I'm drunk after DnB's. read more

I love how this place is open for a late-night snack or whether you flew in late from the airport. This place is always good. I love getting their two kinds of fried rice (yeen yerng chow fan). One side is creamy, the other side is like tomato-soupy. It's so delicious and the quality is always phenomenal. I am in love with this place for late-night eating. I have heard that their HK-style milk tea is also delicious but pretty strong so it might keep you up for a while. The atmosphere is pretty relaxed as people chat away with loved ones and friends. Price-wise, it's average priced for a Chinese restaurant. Not too shabby. I would definitely recommend this place as a late night snackery. read more