Cháo Đêm — Restaurant in Garden Grove

CASH ONLY! Only 7 days a weeks, 10 AM-3 AM!

3.5/5 overall, but 5/5 for late-night cravings and quail balut

CASH ONLY. Open 7 days a week, 10 AM to 3 AM! That alone earns this spot serious points for night owls and post-party cravings.

We came here on Saturday, 7/19/2025 at 10:35 PM, party of seven after our cousin’s wedding dinner reception. Expect a wait during peak night hours, but tables turn fast, so it’s manageable.

Overall: 3/5 for quality of food, 5/5 for rare menu and late-night hours. You don’t come here expecting top-tier cooking, but you do come here for those dishes you can’t find at most places, especially not past midnight.

What we ordered: -Hot Vit Muối – $5: Standard, nothing memorable. -Củ Cải Muối – $7: Skip it. Tough texture and off-seasoned. -Cháo Ếch Singapore – $13: Lacked the bold flavors it’s known for, I don’t get the hype about this dish. -Cháo Lòng – $13: On the sweet side and a bit thin in texture for my taste. -Lòng Gà (L) – $12: My second favorite dish after the quail balut. Worth ordering again! -Giò Cháo Quẩy – $2.50: Stale. -Cút Lộn – $24 for 2 dozen: GET THIS! If you love duck balut, this is the jackpot!!!!! -Cánh Gà Rôti – $14: The chicken itself was standard, but the rice it came with was so flavorful I would order just the rice next time. -Cơm Gà Kho Gừng – $14: Forgettable. The sauce and texture lacked punch. -Bình Trà Nóng – $3: Cold, diluted, and not refilled. -Nước Đá Me – $5: More ice than tamarind. Skip.

Cost Breakdown: -Subtotal: $112.50 -Automatic Gratuity (Party of 7 @18%): $20.25 -Total: $132.75

Final Notes: -If you’re Vietnamese, you’ll recognize this as classic nhậu-style food. Think drinking snacks, late-night bites, and comfort foods for hangovers or hard cravings. -Strip mall parking is free and plentiful before 11 PM. -Loud environment is expected—most folks are coming from bars and clubs. -Must Get For Balut Lovers and Intestines Chicken Lovers: Cút Lộn (quail balut) and Lòng Gà. -CASH ONLY SO BRING IT!

Great for what it is: a place that’s open late and hits specific cravings you won’t find elsewhere in Garden Grove and Westminster area. Just don’t expect high-end cooking and top...

Extremely bad services. Only the porridges look kinda okay, but for other plates such as rice plates are disgusting.

01/22/2023 - This was the only restaurant opens up to 3 am so we decided to eat here after enjoying our countdown for lunar new year. It was crowded, we had to wait in line for half an hour.

We went in for 2 people. They brought a big ice water pot without giving us any cups to drink. My friend ordered chicken curry with rice and I ordered "Cơm Gà Hải Nam." Waited for another half an hour for the food to come out, but it was not "Cơm Gà Hải Nam" it was something else like fried chicken and rice. I said I didn't order this, but the old server guy's attitude got me mad. He said like "oh just eat it, it's already made anyway." He didn't even say sorry to me or anything. He came back to my table and said the same thing because I wouldn't eat it as he bringing out the dish for the other table.

As I got up to pay the meal, I didn't eat any of it. They even charged me the price of "Cơm Gà Hải Nam" which is $13 a higher price than other rice plates.

I was thinking of not starting a new year like this, which is why I didn't want to make it a big deal. I just didn't tip them a single cent. Never coming back.

Not recommend this place. Should...

The name of this place means "midnight porridge", which I feel is an apt name for it, as it is a great place to get food late at night. For those that have never had it before, rice porridge is a great comfort food that is easy on the stomach and filling. For a lot of Americans I feel it is similar to chicken noodle soup growing up, great when you are sick or on a cold night or want something to just "hit the spot". Rice porridge (also called congee in chinese restaurants) is just like that. Of course you can add chili sauce to it if you want something spicier, and this place has some nice add-ons you can mix into or put on top of it, but it is one of those nice simple dishes that is particular great after a long night and you want to grab something before heading back to your home/hotel. The wait for it was kind of long at around 11 pm, not sure if that is normal but we waited about 30-40 minutes for table to open up. We went to nearby shops while we waited though so it wasn't too bad. We got the chicken and duck, the duck was a bit dry to me, but the chicken...