39. Satay beef pan fried noodles: 4/10; not much satay flavor. Fish fillet with corn, no rice: 6/10; lots of gravy. Their portions are filling. read more

Adequate but not much to recommend. Small portions and priced high. Solid taste but nothing you can't find at any place ... serviceable but no real real reason to eat there. read more

I have to rate this 1 star because the waitress will tell you how much you need to tip them. horrible service. And I saw a lot of bug on my dish. read more

I was craving HK style food for dinner. Hopped on yelp and found this place. I'd been to this shopping plaza for Koi palace and 85 degrees a bunch of times but never knew this place was here. We came in and it wasn't too busy, which made me a bit skeptical but it got busy as we ate. It's actually not a huge place. Maybe 8 booths and a few tables. I wouldn't call it a hole in the wall but had that feel almost. Mostly clean though. I like it - no nonsense and just concentrate on the food. I got the baked pork chop rice and the bf got the beef and wonton noodle sauce. Both came out quickly and piping hot. My rice dish was sizzling sill and the soup was steaming. It was still steaming by the time it was finished 20 minutes later. Mmm, I love hot food. The pork chop rice was on point and hit the spot. The tomato sauce is wonderful - tomato-y and carrot-y and slightly sweet. Need to figure out how to make it. Fried rice underneath it and the two big pieces of pork chop. I like that they also serve it on two plates so you can remove the pork chop and place it on the second plate to cut it up. But I didn't want to waste any of the sauce and rice so I manned up and cut it all on the same plate. I only tried the broth of the wonton soup. And it was quite good. But my bf liked the wontons and the noodles were al dente, as it should be. I did wish it had bok choy or another veggie instead of lettuce and cabbage. Oh and I forgot that they gave us both the veggie house soup before our entrees came out. My bf, who doesn't even live tomatoes really liked this tomato based soup. And though it had a slight kick, I liked it too. I love anything with tomatoes. So many of the Chinese and HK classics - chow mein, chow fun, etc. I will definitely come back anytime I'm craving good old fashioned Chinese food. read more

Top Cafe - Baked pork chop rice - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Good foods when most restaurants close in the middle of the night. The price goes up recently due to inflation, but food quality stays consistent in past years. Friendly staff who are very responsive read more

I give this place a 4 Star, the food is very good! The fried tofu is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Beef stew ho fun soup is on point, the noodles aren't mushy!!!! The beef stew is a very good portion and very flavorful. The pork and old age egg porridge is good, needs a little more flavor but nothing a pinch of salt can't fix. The waiter that was working was pretty nice. The only thing I have to complain about is that there are a lot of little flies flying around that landed in the food...... so they should probably do something about that.... read more

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Good lord this place is cheap during "tea time" or as i like to call it CHINESE FOOD HAPPY HOUR! anyways... "tea time" is in the after noon where a variety of things only cost 3.50 madness. my bowl of wonton noodle soup (that was pretty good i might add, nothing special though) was only three fifty. Maybe that's what the loch ness monster wanted money from chef's dad for, to go to top cafe and get wontons. read more

Top Cafe - Nutty menu - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

I came here with my friend to eat a late dinner. I have never been here so I looked through the menu only to find not a lot of things that appealed to me. There weren't a lot of choices on their menu (the one with the pictures - not the one with the green border thing). Since I had to study for a quiz, I thought I might need some brain food. I looked to see what the cheapest item on the menu and it was the Spaghetti Bolognaise for $6.95. The next cheapest item that appealed to me was the Sauteed Sliced Pepper Beef with Spaghetti for $7.25. I ordered that one. While we waited, we got a bowl of beef tomato soup which was good since it was cold outside. The first thing I usually think of when I see the word "spaghetti" would be an image of spaghetti with tomato sauce and that kind of thing. When my food came, it had no tomato sauce, to my surprise, but it actually looked good. The waitress told me that the plate was hot and she was right. I moved my plate while holding the napkin around the handle and it was super hot. The food was tasty and just the right portion, too. I wasn't full but I wasn't hungry anymore. I'd say majority of the food here might be pushing the expensive side because the cheapest item I saw that would be enough for one person. This place was small since the capacity was 26 and cash only! read more

Top Cafe - Sauteed Sliced Pepper Beef with Spaghetti - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

The vegetable is not clean causing many bugs in our food. Also, the lady was very rude to ask us how much tip we should leave. Bad service bad food. read more

Ok-ish portion during covid. Can't feed myself. too much rice, not enough meat/protein. Quote from another Yelper "Food quality has decreased drastically during this pandemic." - very true. The Cupertino joint was one of the favorite, worth at least 4/5, making traditional southern-china 'western food' and chinese-hongkongese style food. But now.. The baked dishes are the only one worth 3/5, but it just wouldn't feed me. read more

Crispy and salty tofu is good. Minced beef is made of tomato sauce, very very very little bit of beef and vegetables. read more

Top Cafe - Salty Fried Tofu - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Very authentic Hong Kong style cafe dishes. Really like the baked seafood with fried rice. It's not too cheesy. Minus 1 star as typical services expected for Chinese restaurants read more

They're open till 3 am. You can't beat that. The food is consistently good. So consistent, in fact, that it barely changed over the course of 15 years. It's as if this place were frozen in time! Simple no frills good food. Scrambled eggs + shrimp over rice: $8.95. Hong Kong milk tea: $3.15. Taste of nostalgia: priceless. read more

Top Cafe - Shrimp with scrambled eggs over rice: $8.95. - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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This place is one of many stores offering late night meals (ending at 3 AM) in a plaza full of Asian restaurants. We came here around 10 PM and the place was full. The items we ordered were below average. The friend dough was literally saturated in oil and not crunchy. The beef and preserved egg congee did not taste good either with the beef being too salty. Finally, be aware that parking may be hard to find in this plaza and that this establishment takes cash only. read more

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Had a tofu and fish filet dish and it was so salty! Pros: Open until 3am every night. Less crowded than Barber Court or the Top Cafe in Cupertino. Cons: Cash only. Small (dining room and portions). Extremely salty food. This area in general does not have the best HK cafe-style food (or most other Asian food) I've ever had, so this is actually better than others I've tried, like Venus Cafe. I have at least 4-5 really good go-to choices for HK cafes in the greater LA area and most of them are open until 4am, so this is yet another cuisine I have yet to find replacements for up here despite searching the entire East and South bay rather heavily since 2013. So depressing that my good friend (another LA transplant) has chosen to raise his children to only know the subpar Chinese food available here, despite hating the Chinese food up here almost as much as me. Don't get me wrong, there is amazing Ethiopian, Indian, and Afghani food and oysters and sourdough bread up here, and other foods I'm less knowledgeable and picky about. But I can't find satisfactory iterations of the basic comfort foods (to my tongue) that I grew up on: Cantonese, Shanghainese, Japanese, Italian-American, NY/northern NJ staples like bagels and pizza, and Northeastern and Middle Atlantic seafood like Maine lobster and Maryland crab. read more

Typical Hong Kong Cafe, been coming here since the early 2000's. Salty fish fried rice, Haw Fun, baked rice dishes. All pretty good.

Top Cafe is your typical Hong Kong style cafe... which to me equates to comfort food. Their menu is extensive so there is bound to be something for everyone. My favorite thing to order is their wonton noodle soup but sometimes I like to switch it up and order their thousand year old egg porridge. The wontons are flavorful and the noodles are cooked perfectly. If you have the time, is suggest you prefer their baked dishes. The only downside to this place is that they only accept cash. read more

Day Shift Staff are not friendly and are borderline rude. They seem to give the Chinese customers better treatment. Night Shift Staff is the opposite. Very friendly, warm and welcoming. I will only visit during the night shift. Food taste great for a good price. read more

Real Lai Cha! Came here spontaneously on a Sunday night. This is clearly the best Hong Kong style milk tea in SF & the Bay Area. They use evaporated instead of condense milk (how it's supposed to be). Clearly nothing better than that! I had beef chow fun rice and it was legit. I'd say the quality is Vancouver level. They also have a "white" menu, haven't tasted it but looks good. I heard they have bad customer service here but I have to disagree. When I was there, they were extremely friendly. Besides for the price and the quality of the milk tea, everything is acceptable. Cash only guys. read more

Top Cafe - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

A whole in the wall but food is ok. Got the pan fried noodle and it was surprisingly tasty baked spaghetti was underwhelming. Might come here again if I was in the area though. read more

Economical Hong Kong style breakfast. Good services and great staff. Don't be afraid to ask if you need some recommendations or if you're unsure with the menu. read more

The one thing that San Jose highly lacks is good restaurants to eat late at night. Have a good buzz going on and need to get your grub on? Maybe you got the late night munchies? Then this Hong Kong style dive is your spot. This is absolutely one of my favorite restaurants to go to late at night. It's one of the few available places not named Denny's to cure any late night cravings up until 3am. You don't come here for the atmosphere, as it's a bit run down and on the dirty side. It's pretty small and gets very packed late at night. Also this is a CASH only place. But with any small dive spot, the food is cheap and very good. Cream of the Crop: Baked Seafood (http://s3-media4.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/WQ6y_PIw-EIq2T10bggezg/l.jpg) and Baked Pork Chop over rice are both for the win. The first couple of times I've come here I always ordered the Baked Pork Chop. But lately I've been hooked on the Baked Seafood. The white sauce is piled on top and it's so rich and creamy. It's loaded with squid, crab meat, oysters, and cheese that's baked to perfection. Summary: Cheap, simple, and good Chinese food until 3am. Let's do this! read more

Top Cafe is a Hong Kong style cafe. They are open late (until 3am) so after a night out, my friends and I stopped here on the way home. Five of us ordered baked pork chop over rice, salted fish & chicken fried rice, seafood and chow mein. This was more than enough food at this hour. I wasn't a fan of the baked pork chop, but I really liked the salted fish & chicken fried rice. The chow mein was okay. Overall, the food was okay, but it did come out rather quickly. I would estimate that the food came out in 5 minutes! Note: they are cash only! We did not know this until after we ordered, but luckily I had enough cash to cover us all. read more

Very bad attitude. I arrived at 9:20 and told me it would close at 10:00. Called me as soon as possible and told me impatiently that I must need cash. why this attitude read more

3.5 stars. Would have rounded up instead of down, but the day-shift lady is rude and unfriendly. The night shift lady is super nice and remembers who we are and what we like to order every time. At 2AM, this is the place we always go to fulfill any Chinese food craving, mostly just because we like the lady who works the night shift. Food is average. Cash only. read more

Top Cafe - Wonton soup without noodles - Not on lunch menu but you can still order it and pay dinner price for dinner portions - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

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I LOVE this place!!! The food here is always excellent and hot! The staff is super friendly and always refill your water. If you have a big group they give you a huge bowl of this awesome soup to eat. Seriously the free soup is the bomb! The only cons here is how small the restaurant is and also its a cash only place. Recommend going here even though it's a bit far, but oh so forth it! By the way you only get the free soup at this Top Cafe location. read more

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Top Cafe is one of those spots that you go to after you leave the club/bar if you don't want Pho. Get this, it's even good when you're sober, so I'm definitely a fan! The service is always great here, even if you're group is loud and obnoxious.The waiters are always patient and attentive. Some of my favorites here are: Shrimp and Egg over rice: If you don't like your egg "runny" this dish is NOT for you. I LOVE soupy things, which is why I enjoy this simple dish so much. Splash a little soy sauce on top and you have yourself a delicious meal. They give you a huge plate of rice, and tons of shrimp and egg. Yet, somehow, I always finish it. I guess it's just THAT good. Sizzling Pepper Beef Spaghetti: If you're feeling like noodles, then I definitely recommend this dish. It's peppery, not too oily, the noodles are a little crispy, and they give you a good portion of beef all on a sizzling plate Baked Spaghetti: Another amazing noodle dish. If you want something more comforting and not oily, this is the dish for you. Their "spaghetti" sauce is pretty good, and when it's baked with the spaghetti, the spaghetti sucks up all its deliciousness. The best part is that all their dishes are less than $10 so it's the perfect midnight snack or a great way to sober you up. read more

Top Cafe - Baked Spaghetti - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

I used to come to this place a lot because it opens late and it serves good HK style dishes here. I used to come here with my friends after 12 if we ever want some place to hang out and talk after dark. If you come here you got to order the pork chop with rice because it is one of the best dish around town. Me and my friends would order this all the time. Why 3 stars? Because the price is just a little bit on the expensive end (about $10 per person), and besides the pork chop, I wouldn't recommend anything else from here. Everything else is average to decent, also I am not too into the HK style cafe, nothing against it, but is just not my thing. Also competitions are getting tougher as more HK style cafes are opening up. If you come get the pork chop for sure, and also come if you into the HK style cafe. By the way wrote this at 5 in the morning. Let me know if I need to fix my grammar/spelling read more

Came here for lunch today. It's your typical ghetto, HK style cafe type of restaurant. Nothing fancy here. Ordered the Beef Chow Fun w/ Black Bean sauce with Spare Ribs. There was a hint of spiciness due to the Jalapeo, delicious! Also got the HK style Milk Tea, hot! Yum! Food: 4 stars Ambiance: 2 stars read more

This place is good and cheap. Every time I come here with my friends and wife we always get free soup. The workers here are very friendly. The place is small. Cons: Bugs flying around the front door Packed Price went up read more

This place is open late until 2 o'clock or 3 o'clock AM The service is great even though there is only one person there but they try to accommodate you as much as possible. What is scary is that the whole place is always pretty dirty. Floor, table and chair is usually dirty and sticky. Before it wasn't as bad ... the last couple of years it started getting worse. Thought it might have an improvement since another Top Cafe opened in Sam Jose, but I was very wrong. The kitchen was dirty and the cooks looks very dirty but it was expected for a Chinese restaurant of this type of pricing range what you don't expect is to find penny size bug in your soup! Normally I wouldn't even care that much but the soup was lukewarm which tells me its been sitting there for a while if a bug was there it might have just been crawled in and still uncooked read more

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CASH ONLY! P. and I went here for lunch 9/5/06. I enjoy HK style food and have been here before. It's an ok place for a good amount of food. We got free tomato/carrot soup with lots of black pepper in it which was nice. I ordered the baked seafood over rice. It comes out straight out of the oven and steam is coming out of it. Very temperature hot so wait like 5-10 minutes before digging in. It's pretty tasty. Lots of shrimp, 1 oyster, scallops, and calamari w/ creamy white sauce over rice and some cheese over it. Sounds a bit gross but it's good. $5.95 or so. P. got baked spaghetti bolognese $5.95-meat sauce over spaghetti and some cheese over the sauce and baked. It's also straight from the oven-so wait 5-10 min too. He seemed to like it. Drinks: P got HK style milk coffee-he liked it, said not too sweet. I wanted the HK style tea but they couldn't make it for me, don't understand. I got a ice honey lemon drink-just ok. $1.25-$2.50 for drinks each. They have those secret Chinese menus on the walls so if someone can read Chinese goes with you then you have it made, I should have asked but the waiter couldn't speak English so didn't bother. Before tip was $18.60 or so. CASH ONLY!! I'd go back to try wonton noodle dish or oxtail w/ wine sauce over rice. read more

CASH ONLY Last time I was here the their oven was broken! How can I get my baked pork chop without baking it?! I was really upset, but I guess they just put pork chops on the plate and had the tomato sauce over it. It tasted okay, but I have had better. The plate had a few broccoli pieces, wish there was more. I also had a hong kong milk tea, which definitely did not have enough condensed milk, it tasted very much like tea instead of milk. I was very unhappy with my drink. My friend, though, got the milk tea hot and his tasted so much better! I remember coming here another time and the food was better when we had it family style. The service was okay. read more

I've been on a mission to find good Portuguese baked chicken. This place was okay; not amazing but not bad. There was a lot of sauce for the amount of chicken and there were gloops in the sauce; I'm not sure why. There were onions and bell peppers too, and the sauce was quite yellow. The flavor was pretty good, I just wish there were more pieces of chicken and more vegetables too! I did like that the rice came separately though. Service was alright; not too great. We had to ask for water and for the check, and they made us wait a while for water too. Quality of food is okay, quantity is a bit lacking for the price; the dish was $8.95 pre-tax, which I guess is acceptable. I don't think I'll be coming back here though; I'll probably stick to Wok Star's baked portuguese chicken! read more

so so chinese food. My friend told me this place is great, but on a Thursday night, NOT a busy night, the staffs are still not able to be friendly.... in fact, a bit rude. The food is not TOP, and lots MSG！Not sure I will come back again. read more

I love getting the baked seafood. It is a must get!! Too bad my gf never lets me order it much. Apparently it's rich in calories and cholesterol as said by Agent Terry from Jatbar http://www.jatbar.com/reviews/Milpitas/Top_Cafe.asp The baked seafood is creamy, rich and it really hits the spot. Sometimes I crave for it soo badly. I really think it's bad for you, but it tastes so good. It's like full of msg, butter, lard or something bad for you [but, oh so addicting] read more

A small place in Milpitas square that could be considered a hidden gem. I love their won ton soup and their porridge but what's even better are their baked dishes which is extremely saucy. If you're in the area, remember to check it out! Tip: try the Spanish coffee!! It's not your typical iced coffee..it has ice cream on it which makes it so much better! If you're a sweet tooth person, I would recommend their red bean. read more

Where do you go after the bar/club/lounge and want to eat HK style food around 2 am? Top Cafe! Cash only of course so don't forget. -Baked Pork Chop over Rice is the business read more

Top Cafe - Pork Chop Rice - Chinese Near Me - Milpitas, California

Always trust a big guy where to find good food.. so when a friend of mine took me here one day.. (diverting from the usual restaurants I go to in the same plaza).. and told me to try this dish.. I just listened and figured I'd try it. What happened? Well.. there's only one dish I've ever eaten there, and to this day I still get that same dish every time I go there. The baked pork chop over rice. The sauce is just awesome that me and my friend usually ask for extra to slather on top of our rice. Also the soup they give you also tastes great.. Certainly makes me hungry thinking of that dish... sooo good. read more

The four stars is purely for the waitress, Ling, and good company. Ling is very accommodating and sweet - one time I was cold and having the chills, and she was nice enough to give me her jacket to wear! She also remembers that I love ho-fun (or thick white rice noodles like in Vietnamese Hu Tieu) and iced lemon tea. Whenever this place runs out of ho fun, she comedically says so as I get ready to sit down. My alternative is usually udon fun. The atmosphere here is, to be honest, one of the dirtiest out of the Top Cafe locations, so don't expect fine dining here. Also, lots of Cantonese locals or people straight from HK, or fobs frequent this place. I do feel out of place sometimes here as well as I (out of bad habit) tend to respond in English whenever a waiter/waitress (or anyone else Cantonese for that matter). It's a place for "siu yeh" or a late supper. Lots of badminton players and ping pong players come here at night after an intense workout. I'm a pretty solid regular here as this place is open late, up until 3am approximately, and I'm pretty sure if I checked in every single time I came here, I would be at probably 20 or 30 so check-ins. read more