If you're familiar with the Ls, you already know what to expect when it comes to the area surrounding this family-owned restaurant which is not the best. If you're driving here, be sure not to leave anything in your car. The last time I visited was back in 2018 or 2019. Walking in, the space is very small, seating a maximum of about 20-24 people. My boyfriend and I ordered the BBH and Pho Tai. Both noodle soups had a noticeably sweet undertone in the broth, which isn't what we're used to. My boyfriend wasn't a fan of his Pho Tai. It lacked that rich, beefy depth that makes a good bowl of pho satisfying. He said that if he weren't so hungry, he probably wouldn't have finished it. As for my BBH, I felt the same way that it was missing that bold savory spicy kick. The sweetness was interesting and different, but not something I'd find myself craving. Next time, I'll definitely be trying something else. read more

This is my favorite hole in the wall place. There's only six tables and so you may have to get food to go. They make desserts and sometimes sell a lot of things quickly, but truly a place to try in the tenderloin. read more

Fresh. Authentic. Comfort Vietnamese Dishes. I think I found my go to and around the corner little Vietnamese restaurant. No frills, simple family restaurant business. Owners and workers are very friendly, good customer service. Once you've decided on a dish to enjoy, you'll be impressed. Consistently prepared, delish, and trying different entrees is always a welcome surprise. Their noodle soups are the go to, but I always like to try something different. Recently, I tried Pork Lemongrass with Rice Noodle, I was in heaven, all the spices mixed with the noodles and meat made it a favorite. If your up for a simple, relaxing place for a bite to eat, check them out. They are the totally underrated, deserve better experience. read more

Tuyet Mai - Pork Lemongrass with Rice Noodle - Vietnamese Near Me - San Francisco, California

Great spring rolls with generous portions and reasonable prices. The restaurant is airy and clean.

I was hella craving some comfort Hue cuisine and doordash banh beo and banh nam (my two favorite breakfast growing up). It brought back so much memories, it was very good and hella thiccc. This place is Viet certified! read more

Tuyet Mai - Banh beo and banh nam - Vietnamese Near Me - San Francisco, California

We tried Tuyet Mai via delivery and in person previously. It may just be me, but I find that they have more interesting offerings on their menu then other Vietnamese restaurants we usually frequent in SF. Delicious. read more

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This restaurant specializes in Hue cuisine, and, in my humble opinion, Hue cuisine is the best kind of Vietnamese food. There's a lot of options on the menu, but I highly recommend you choose something from the top section where it says "Hue Specialty Dishes" or something to that effect. I ordered the Bun Oc which was yummy and came with a plate full of herbs. Vietnamese food always comes with a lot of herbs, and, if you don't get the herbs, then you should ask. The herbs bring all of the flavors in the dish together. Next time, I'll come back for the Bun Bo Hue which is probably one of the most well-known dishes from Hue. The only reason why I didn't order this dish is because my mom makes this at home and it's hard to beat mom's cooking, ya know? The meal was served with tea. I'm not sure what she put in the tea, but it's so very tasty. Can't wait to come back here to try all the other Hue items! P.S. Sometimes their front door is locked (for safety reasons), so just knock and someone will promptly unlock it for you. P.P.S. Next time my Vietnamese parents come to visit, I'll take them here. In other words, this restaurant is very authentic and I highly recommend. P.P.P.S. All the customers in the restaurant ordered in Vietnamese. You know it's a good Vietnamese restaurant when all the customers are Vietnamese. read more

Friendly staff and service, not just the Asian grandmas that dump everything and leave. Bun Bo Hue small: Loaded with meat and they also do pig feet here! Actually ate the pork blood this time because it didn't have too much of an iron/blood taste to it. There was a sweet aftertaste to the broth which kind of threw me off but delicious none the less. Huge menu so if you want a slice of Vietnam, this is the place! Banh khot: delicious! Excellent crunch on the outside to go with a creamy inside along with a shrimp. First time having it so not much to compare to but definitely give it a shot! read more

Tuyet Mai - 20. Vietnamese Mini Crepe-banh khot - Vietnamese Near Me - San Francisco, California

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Ordered with DoorDash Maybe it was my fault for not looking at the ingredients before ordering. but the the Bánh Cuốn is NOT bánh cuốn. Usually the filling consists of ground meat (pork or chicken) with ear wood mushroom and others. This filling is like a cut up grilled pork (that you'd find in those rice platters), with nothing else, and crunchy garlic + some pork patty sprinkled on top. Maybe this is another version of it that I'm ignorant of. Even considering it as it's own dish, the taste is maybe mediocre at best...would not order again. BBH was good, lots of meat, somewhat spicy but have a sweet after taste. I don't mind it but have had better. I think for the price it was very meh. read more

Tuyet Mai - 17. Steamed Rice rolls with Pork Patty - Banh Cuon - Vietnamese Near Me - San Francisco, California

The venue is located in tenderloin, not the best neighborhood for pedestrian to take a stroll. I really appreciate that they serve real Tapioca for their banh canh dish, however the soup base just did not cut it. The servers were extremely friendly, and gave me lots of lemon when I asked for some. After squeezing four lemon wedge, the soup got enhance to a more savoury flavour. Pro: Friendly service, takes credit card Cons: No wifi read more

Best Vietnamese meal I've ever had and the owners are so lovely. Deserves more business 10/10

I ordered Banh Canh Cua but what came was bland and did not taste like what I ordered; also the vegetables were soft and withered.

Excellent food! Large portions, and super friendly staff! It's a small, family-run restaurant in a rough neighborhood, but don't let that stop you from visiting! read more

Ordered Pho from DoorDash. It was supposed to include rare steak, but was mixed with the hot soup and by the time I got it, it was fully cooked and tough read more

Whoh Whoh whoooooh! Enjoyed lunch today at this restaurant. Fantastic! Delicious food! Tuyet Mai is a great example, family-owned business in downtown San Francisco. Everything is reasonably priced for the quality and excellence of the food. Very authentic! The owners have been in the same location for 35 years. Bravo to the chefs! They were kind, generous, friendly, and really care about the happiness of their customers. We ordered the number one (a beef soup), a Vietnamese crepe aka Bánh xeo, and a mini crepes with squid and shrimp, aka Bánh khot. All were served with fresh vegetables, herbs and paired with a delicious fish sauce. Our meals also came with a complimentary mug of tea which was refilled. I personally enjoying this food as it brought back fond memories from my childhood. It represented the best time in Vietnam from the past. I will have to come back to taste other traditional dishes soon. If you are fun, and up for an adventure tasting the very traditional Vietnamese food, Tuyet Mai must be your destination! I can't wait to return! Bon appetite! read more

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Stopped by for lunch. Nice, nice people. We were greeted with a tall glass of tea and an extensive menu. We shared shrimp and pork summer roles with a delicious and somewhat spicy dipping sauce. I had Bun Mam soup with noodles, shrimp, fish, squid-- delicious. My wife ordered what she thought would be a banh mi sandwich, but was delightfully surprised to get the equivalent of an open face sandwich with stewed beef cubes, salad and garnish with a sliced baguette on the side. Very filling and satisfying. If you are not in the Tenderloin, you can always order delivery. Food is quite good. Seems to be family owned. I love that San Francisco still has mom and pop places like these. read more

Tuyet Mai - Bun Mam - Vietnamese Near Me - San Francisco, California

Came here on Sunday at 11am for banh xeo. Restaurant smells like urine inside. I think it's because they leave the door open. They were backed up with take out orders. Totally forgot me. Almost 1 hr and I have not had my order yet. Disorganized, poor ambiance. maybe better luck with take out. Though one delivery driver cancelled the order for taking so long. Finally got my order. Tasted fine. Was offered no napkin. Then when I finished, cashier disappeared... what a terrible experience. Won't be returning. read more

I live Nextdoor and have recently started ordering to go. I love this kitchen and the cooking is so good

Great service. Went here for some Bun Bo Hue and some other appetizers. The bun bo was coo, nothing crazy but gets the job done. The banh béo was good and so was the banh ướt. The nước chấm is sweet kind of like southern style. This place is basically in the tenderloin so I can't judge them for that. That environment is not their fault but don't be surprised. However the staff are super super nice. Gotta support my Vietnamese elders! read more

Best Banh Khot I've had in San Francisco. Typically have to go all the way to San Jose for good Vietnamese food especially dishes like banh Khot or Banh Xeo. Now I can go here for my fix. Doesn't come with the assortment of greens that I'm use to in San Jose but good enough to not have to make a 45 min trip. A lot of the other dishes were good as well. There's a ton to choose from as for any authentic Vietnamese Restraunt. Good thing is that it's not in the bad part of TL it up high enough to not have to deal with some of the shenanigans you have to deal with in the lower parts read more

Yes yes hunny, why not?? Tuyet Mai is tucked off on Hyde, capturing the true meaning of hidden gem. When we stopped in it was a quiet afternoon, but seated at a table with a pot of tea and our delicious food we felt at home and satisfied. Would go back! read more

"I'm for mystery, not interpretive answers.... The answer is never the answer." - The Art of Fiction Location: The Tenderloin District, San Francisco. I had a really nice, but mysterious dinner here. First, my dinner was delicious, and jasmine tea as smooth as smooth. The service (family owned & operated) was very friendly to the point that I felt they wanted to adopt me, lol. Yet even though everything was a green light I can't help notice the "mystery" I had... this mysterious place is called Tuyet Mai. I've been on a Asian persuasion mission this past week, dining at Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai restaurants, and tonight Vietnamese called Tuyet Mai. After perusing Yelp I find Tuyet Mai with solid reviews and what stood out was "family owned" and "delicious foods". I was sold to cross the safety zone and enter into Tenderloin territory, if you know, you know, and yet where most authentic Vietnamese restaurants are located. Tuyet Mai it is! After zigzagging the hood I find Tuyet Mai on Hyde St. & O'Farrell St., a stones throw from an Adult Theater, Liquor Store, and derelict whatever that was, yet the location on Hyde was actually calm with a good vibe. I enter with a warm "Engrish" greeting and handed the menu. Jasmine tea is served. I decide on the dry vermicelli with spring rolls & bbq pork. I then ask the Mrs. on what does "meat roll" on another dish meant. Her response was "you try it" lol. Um ok. So she makes my dinner with added "mystery meat" lol. The Bun Cha Gio is served pretty quickly. And I notice after a few bites of the "mystery meat" that it's some sort of sausage sliced up. Pretty good actually. My dinner was delicious with a good ratio of meats, vegetables, and vermicelli. The fish sauce was on point and allowed the combination of foods to mingle well. The jasmine tea flowed nicely. In the end, I recommend Tuyet Mai to all. The only caution flag is my "mystery" bill. See many come to the Tenderloin to eat "cheap" Vietnamese food. I expected the same. And why I was charged an additional $3 is a mystery indeed. It most likely was for the "mystery" meat that I only had a question on but the Mrs. added it to my plate. I guess, I had no clue I was ordering it?! Kinda like ordering a foot massage but being told to go all around the world... read more

Tuyet Mai - Dry Vermicelli Combo of Spring Rolls, BBQ Pork, and (mystery) meat lol... plus really smooth jasmine tea! - Vietnamese Near Me - San Francisco, California

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This Vietnamese restaurant sells Hue specialties. I've "Bun Bo Hue" and variety of dishes. I can compare with lots of Vietnamese restaurants in the Bay Area. Bun Bo Hue is very good - taste is very authentic - with sauce / salty. I rated it 5/5 (if you know how to eat Bun Bo Hue - Vietnamese spicy soup. I also tried "Bun Mam" - fermented/rotten fish noodle (I rated it 2/5) - the soup needs to enhance more "fermented/rotten" fish. Mi Quang: taste is above average to good. Texture of the soup and noodle are good to very good. I rated it 4/5. read more

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I use to frequent this restaurant all the time. This was my first time back in at least 5 years. The owners are still the same as before but the quality of food has gone to sh*t. I had a bun Bo hue and my wife had a pho dac biet. My bun Bo hue had very little flavor than before and my wife's fish had no pho smell or flavor what so ever. We had to ask for some ingredients to try to improve on the dish with no luck. They could tell my wife didn't like the food from all the extra ingredients she was pouring into her pho. By the end of the meal, my wife maybe took 5 bites before jus kicking it to the side in disgust. I wish the food was the same consistency as it was years ago. Word of advice, don't eat pho at a Vietnamese restaurant if you can't smell the pho aroma in the air. read more

I get noodle soup delivered from here sometimes. The food is good, but usually too much for one person, so I try to make it into two meals.

Honestly the worst bun bo hue I ever had, one piece of beef rest are cheap fatty pork that made me want to puke, blank soup, soggy noodles, basically nothing was made right. I think this is the first time in my life I haven't finished a whole bowl of BBH. I can tolerate the pee smell given the location, but whatever the excuses are (Covid, inflation, business difficulties and whatnot), bad food is bad food for review purposes. I see the pictures from previous reviews years back and the difference in quality is night and day. Would not recommend anyone to come here while visiting sf, tons of other options in Chinatown instead. read more

Tuyet Mai - Spicy Beef Broth- Bun bo hue nuoc leo - Vietnamese Near Me - San Francisco, California

Everyone was very kind here! The food was tasty, comforting, and came out quickly. It felt like we were eating in someone's house, very cozy. read more

I miss this place...very comfy, fair priced and the family who owned the place was so kind and the food was made with they cared and you could taste it in the food - I hope they come back! read more

Been a while since ive been here and it was a different owner, Wasnt shabby. Had the bun bo hue and bun reiu. It was a cool flavor better than most ive tried in SF. If i had some pork blood in my BBH it would of been a lot better. Other pictures had it in there so maybe they forgot. Straight hole in the wall. Staff was nice and generous when i asked for stuff. They gave me a great portion of shrimp paste and peppers. Id go back to try more items. read more

Tuyet Mai - Bun bo hue and Crabmeat, Tofu & Tomato Noodle Soup-Bun rieu - Vietnamese Near Me - San Francisco, California

I'm in a mission to find good bun bo Hue in SF. Tin failed terribly. I recently tried this place and the lady owner told me she was from Hue. I got banh beo, which is prepared in Southern style not Hue for sure. Their banh khoai is interesting. It's like banh xeo but will egg and mushroom in it. Now the back to bun bo Hue, it's sweeter than I expected, 6-7/10 if I have to give a rating. Of course it's no where near Bun bo Hue An Nam in San Jose. read more

$11 for a bowl of pho? Northern style at that too? I love the hole-in-the-wall, no frills vibe the restaurant gives inside. The bowl of pho is closer to the medium size you typically see at other places but it was enough to satisfy my lunch-time hunger. read more

Tuyet Mai - Pho Dat Biet - Vietnamese Near Me - San Francisco, California

This is a neighborhood hole in the wall that's been around for years. Where real Vietnamese people eat. This place will show you that there's more to Vietnamese food than pho. Been coming here since I was a kid and always crave their BBH. Banh beo and banh bot loc are up there as well since no one really serves it in SF. If you wanna complain about urine or service... you probably grew up spoon fed. It's a mom and pop shop, they work hard and I'm so happy they survived the pandemic bc a lot of places didn't. Hope they never close read more

Decided to try a new viet place to go (tried a lot of places during lock down) Strangely I never heard of this place but we placed our order. It's definitely not a big display location, but a hole in the wall type. I think they had their doors locked as I tried to walk in (could be all the Asian hate crimes lately...come on people!) but the sweet lady opened up and I told her our names for pick up. Thé aroma was so intoxicating the drive home, I couldn't wait to open it I did a quick reheat for my BBH and I got mine without the pigs feet or blood. It was a lot of soup and meat, which is pretty good for my bucks. There was also an abundance of noodles as well, it felt like a large size! The broth is more beefy than it is spicy like some places does it, a bit on the sweet side if you will. I added a bit more shrimp paste to my broth to give it a bit more balance, but that's my preference! The meat could have been cooking while in the container but mine was just a bit too tough. Overall, it was pretty damn good and much better than pho2000 Will come again! read more

I really don't know want to believe it but in pretty sure my noodles and chicken were washed with soap or something? I thought It couldn't be but the more I ate the stronger the taste of soap was :( I'm just hoping this isn't the case but definitely tasted it. The water bottle I ordered also was open and smelled like Coca-Cola. read more

This place is delivering during COVID and has a pretty decent soup. I had a Bun Bo Hue and the soup was flavourful and spicy in the right amount. Great option for weekdays lunch! read more

Got a bun bo hue for delivery, flavor is really good but not spicy enough for me so I had to add some more to make it more spicy. Definitely the portions are huge so that's a plus! read more

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I used to order alot of Bun bo hue from here but is no longer taste good anymore. Couple slide of beef, no tendon..

Good and friendly service but sadly, the food was much less than impressive. Bland food with horrible, dry tasteless pork that looked to be dipped in red food coloring. My wife ordered a Pho, however the broth was very bland as well. Given the nice folks, I just wish I could have written a more positive review, but this was our rather disappointing experience. read more

Every time I think I've done a thorough sweep of all the decent Vietnamese restaurants in the Tenderloin, I find another one and this one is definitely just decent, no more, no less. It's family-run, which I like very much, and the space is modestly decorated. The food itself is not the predictable selection but central Vietnamese variations that originate from the town of Hue. Now believe it or not, I've been to Hue in my travels, but I can't for the life of me, remember anything that unique about the cuisine in that area except I did take a private cooking class in nearby Hoi An from a sassy, sharp-tongued chef named Miss Vi. I was folding that banana leaf with hospital corners, but I digress. This place focuses on Hue's clear-broth noodle soups, so I ordered one, the $8.30 bowl of Hu Tieu Ngoc Mai with shrimp, chicken, squid, fish balls, and a whole lot of cilantro (photo: http://bit.ly/29GgtWg). It was actually a bit bland for my taste with the broth too watery to savor really. However, the complete miss for me was the $7.40 Bánh Xep, the pork pot stickers which were skimpy on filling and just a little too limp and under-cooked in texture to satisfy (photo: http://bit.ly/29FrGoW). It wasn't enough to scare me off as I have a feeling with a bit more guidance, I could have ordered more fruitfully. Otherwise I could just show them what Miss Vi taught me in the kitchen. FOOD - 3 stars...a bit disappointing but perhaps my palate was shaped by other parts of Vietnam so as not to be more discriminating AMBIANCE - 3 stars...a modest setting SERVICE - 3 stars...very quiet TOTAL - 3 stars...like Hue, it's in the middle somewhere read more

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Excellent! Truly superb! This place has a huge menu & is absolutely authentic. It seems to be family run & they are all lovely people entirely. I've eaten here many times & each was a pleasure. read more