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Thien Tam Vegetarian Restaurant

Restaurant Family restaurant Vegetarian restaurant Vietnamese restaurant Pho restaurant

One of the Top rated Family restaurants in El Monte


Address

10345 Garvey Ave, El Monte, CA 91733

Contact

(626) 579-1050

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (263 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Saturday: 8 AM to 5 PM
  • Sunday: 8 AM to 5 PM
  • Monday: 8 AM to 5 PM
  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: Closed
  • Thursday: 8 AM to 5 PM
  • Friday: 8 AM to 5 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: restaurant (13) vegan (12) good (11) rolls (9) noodles (8) vegetarian (8) Vietnamese (8) soup (7) spring (7) veggie (7)
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  • 5/5 Esther T. 2 years ago on Google • 176 reviews
    This is a small family run business in a strip mall, nice and clean. Tasty in flavor, big in portion, very reasonable in price. Orders come out fast regardless it is the busy lunch hours. Recommended items: all soup noodles item, plus # 9, 19, and 23.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 K K. 7 years ago on Google • 179 reviews
    This restaurant is located in a small plaza with limited parking space. Overall the food was ok. We just happened to ordered the wrong one that we were not thrilled about. I had #18 which was supposed to be a vegan version of #19 but instead of having the fake meat, they gave me spring roll. I thought that had egg in it, no?! Anyway....disregard, I had it. The other one is #15 which was a popular item on the menu. Yet it has too much rice noodles. Not as spicy as we expected. It's still pretty flavorful tho. I don't love this place but think it is pretty okay and decent.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tiana T. 3 years ago on Google
    The Hainan chicken rice is so good! Rice is flavored perfectly and the 'chicken' was a great taste and texture. Will be back soon!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Vinh T. 2 years ago on Google
    Try their bun hue, hai Nam chicken, mi xao don and banh xeo. Just so impressed with how good the food is and that it’s all vegetarian. So glad this place exists and my friends loved it.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Kajool S B. 2 years ago on Google
    It's a small and nice place. The staff was very kind and helpful. We had #15 Bun Hue, #9 Mi Xao Thap Cam, and #2 Spring rolls. This is a good place for vegetarians.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Bruce A. 6 months ago on Google • 110 reviews
    First this is Vietnamese vegetarian. We had the spring roll appetizer with veggie shrimp. One of the best if not the best spring roll I have had in a restaurant. When we do spring rolls at home, we set out a variety of meats, tofu, veggies and lots of fresh mints. Our whole family loves extra mint and these rolls had plenty where most places put literally only a couple of leaves. We had wide noodles with veggies and veggie meats, and the veggie soup with vermicelli pork belly and other soy meats, served pho style with mints, bean sprouts, shredded cabbage. jalapeños. etc. Both dishes were as good or better than other places serving meat. Purchased some vegan spicy flavored soybean Jerry to go. We will definitely be back! Note closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mia N. 10 months ago on Google • 63 reviews
    One of the best vegetarian restaurant in my opinion. The restaurant kinda small but cozy vibe. Nice friendly staff was a plus. Love the tasty food and their good price for quality. Bun Bo chay here is a Must!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Angelizm 6 months ago on Google • 101 reviews
    Amazing quality & fresh VEGAN food! #18 is the vermicelli bowl w/2 spring rolls - which has chopped lettuce underneath the rice noodles (so it looks like a lot. FYI, getting extra food in a Chinese restaurant is awesome & a blessing!!!) This dish was served with vegan fish sauce! (*I tried asking for the secret recipe & was denied 🤣). My mom wanted the tomato-based soup w/noodles, which was delightful! I really like the house-made tofu because they tasted like fish cakes! We had spring rolls w/peanut sauce (because we requested to it instead of fish sauce) and that was light & flavorful too. I ordered the #6 which the pan fried thick rice noodles w/veggies - this has been my favorite! (Sorry I didn’t include a pic…I ate it too quickly!) Overall, the staff is friendly & knowledgeable of vegan food. I think the prices are very good for unique, tasty, & fresh VEGAN food! I would come back again ❤️

  • 5/5 Carlos C. 2 years ago on Google • 34 reviews
    It is a small place, but the food is very native. Authentic and worth the drive. If you like Vegan Pho, this is an oasis waiting for you.

  • 4/5 Kimberly J. 1 year ago on Google • 28 reviews
    This remains one of my husband's favorite restaurants he's ever been to (mostly based on the menu selections). We had moved away and came back to visit family and made sure to visit this restaurant too. I had #22 or 24 (can't remember which, the one with lemongrass), he had #17. The chicken was very flavourful! We had our toddler with us and were surprised the restaurant didn't have booster seats. It wasn't a big deal for us, we usually keep one in the car just in case. The dining room can feel cramped during lunch and dinner rush, but if you're looking for a quick place to eat with many vegetarian options, this is a good spot!

  • 5/5 TP L. 11 months ago on Google
    Good variety of options. They taste good too.

  • 5/5 Adrian S. 11 months ago on Google
    Wow! So excellent! The food was so clean and delicious. So refreshing to be able to order anything on the menu! Wish I lived closer!

  • 5/5 Samir A. 4 months ago on Google • 7 reviews
    Excellent food, I have never had a bad meal here. The food is great, and has a unique and unforgettable taste to it. I don't think there's a better vegan Vietnamese restaurant out there

  • 3/5 Quoc C. 8 months ago on Google
    It is typical "vegetarians" restaurant (using flavoring to achieve the "meatless" desire effect). I have tasted much better and vegetarian dishes using better alternative ingredients from other restaraunts.

  • 5/5 Nic 5 months ago on Google
    Excellent, friendly service. They're quick to recommend various dishes, and everything is very clean. Food is delicious, and fresh and affordable. Highly recommend to anyone

  • 5/5 Scott Gabel (. 7 months ago on Google
    The food is great. A gem for Buddhist vegetarian and vegan food. Staff are friendly and helpful. The dining area is small and having the door open all the time can leave it hot or drafty.

  • 5/5 Trouble M. 2 years ago on Google
    Soooooo delicious! I love the lemongrass vegan chicken and hai nam rice( I hope I got that right 😅) spring rolls with the peanut sauce mmm mmm! Must stop here if you're hungry in the area!

  • 5/5 David Y. 1 year ago on Google
    It's really a hole in the wall restaurant, but their food is really delicious some tasted better than the real meat original version. Service was good too.

  • 5/5 Ling T. 1 year ago on Google
    Pho broth was rich with flavor. Noodles were not too dry or overcooked. Healthy side plate of veggies. Appreciate how it is vegetarian focused!

  • 5/5 Raul R. 1 year ago on Google
    Friendly service. I've eaten here a few times. I don't live nearby, but it is always worth the trip. Great flavor. One of the best Vietnamese restaurants in general. Great use of spices. Every dish is full of flavor. Great noodles in the Bun Bo Hue!

  • 4/5 MC 1 year ago on Google
    Small restaurant and is packed when I went. Wait was 20-30mins. Food was average. I have had better ones.

  • 5/5 Nancy K. 1 year ago on Google
    Delicious Vietnamese Vegan. Never knew it existed until a friend brought us here. Everything we had was amazing.

  • 3/5 David L. 2 years ago on Google
    The food was good. Expected the restaurant to play more traditional music. The staff was courteous. The parking design is not the best.

  • 5/5 Chris S. 2 years ago on Google
    Tasty Vietnamese veggie food. Staff was helpful and kind. We both had the #18 Bun Bi Cha Gho. Loved it. Definitely be back.

  • 5/5 Christopher D. 1 year ago on Google
    Seriously. These folks here serve quality vegan foods in generous portion sizes at a very fair price. As a long time vegan, most vegan/vegetarian restaurants that I have ate at typically serve average quality foods that are expensive and greedy with their portions. Not here. These people here are genuinely kind quality folks with positive attitudes that are running the show the way it should be done. Even my friends and family that eat meat say that this restuarant serves some of the best food they've ever had. Hands down I recommend this spot to everyone. Much love and respect yall🤙

  • 5/5 Edgar Alexander L. 2 years ago on Google
    Love this place. Been going here for almost 15 years. Great Vegan/Vegetarian food. Great place for new vegetarians and people who just want to try healthier food choices.

  • 5/5 moxievegan 2 years ago on Google
    Always delicious 😋

  • 4/5 Teddy H. 2 years ago on Google
    Good food especially lemon grass chicken!

  • 5/5 Phillip A. 4 years ago on Google
    To be honest I did not know what to expect. I have never had a Vietnamese Vegetarian food before even I used to love Vietnamese food when I lived in Sydney. They open from 9-3 and then re-open at 5-8. Service is very good. Cash only. We ordered Lemongrass Chicken ( very flavourful and not tough), Spring Rolls (with Taro - this is my least favourite) Bun Hue (Noodle soup with tofu, mushrooms, Bean Sprout, Thai Basil and Mint), Sour soup (even it is too sweet for my taste, but I still like it), it has pineapple, mushrooms, bean sprout, tofu. The sour soup does not have noodle in it just soup. We'll definitely come back! :-)

  • 5/5 Gerso G. 3 years ago on Google
    What the Pho?! Hands down the best vegan Vietnamese place around the eastern outskirts of LA. I heard of stories of people inviting their meat earring friend here and they come back on their own. I certainly understand why! Authentic and legit! Super lit!

  • 5/5 JL R. 4 years ago on Google
    My fave! Lemon grass chickn

  • 3/5 ECU B. 6 years ago on Google
    The food is not bad. The staffs are okay.

  • 5/5 Squishy K. 2 years ago on Google
    I got the 3 veggie shrimp egg rolls and my sister got the pho. I was surprised how tasty and full the egg rolls were, pretty much the same as animal rolls. My sister didn't like the veggie meat texture, it was a bit chewy for her, she eats animals tho. I drank the pho broth and it was delicious but I didn't know the noodles were egg for some of the pho so my mistake. I had no idea so many of the items were plant-based/vegan due the to restaurant name saying Vegetarian. I would like to try the Hainan veggie Chicken and more in the future! Small amount of parking, does have dine in.


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegan options
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Delivery

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