Vanessa's Bistro 2 — Restaurant in Walnut Creek

This place is bad in too many aspects. I feel I'm pretty generous in my reviews very rarely do I leave a 1 star but this meal for 4 cost me 160 ish and gave me food poisoning. The food itself along side being expensive was bad. I usually like to leave alternatives in my recommendation but I only know one place in sanjose that serves similar food that isn't bad. The bahn mi was about 90% bread and 10% crab. The fried chicken was decent but they clearly cut the chicken so thin to make it seem like it's more than it is and as a result dried out the chicken. The spring rolls were chewy and was more rice than roll. If you see this review GO SOMEWHERE ELSE even if you're looking for Vietnamese food...

This is one of those restaurants that probably only has a few dishes that are great and the rest are disappointing. Service was nice but the food, not so much. I stopped by here since most of the places around the area had long waiting times but I figured out why after I tried their food. My friend ordered a banh mi and he enjoyed it. I ordered fish tacos and the tortillas were burnt black. There were like one or two small pieces of fish in the tacos. I also ordered some scallop dish I don't remember the name of and it did not taste fresh. They tasted old and had an unbelievably strong stale fishy taste to it. I probably ordered the wrong dishes so if you ever plan on coming here, don't order...

We came here for dinner this past weekend and enjoyed our time. The service was good and despite them being busy they got us a table.

Drinks were refreshing and plenty strong. Our main issue stemmed from the food. We ordered the oven roasted pork tapas and were not impressed. The pork had plenty of flavor but was way over cooked. Some pieces were so dry we couldn't chew them well.

My wife ordered a raw fish dish with a slight saute and according to her, it tasted like they sauteed in a pan with no seasoning. I had the chicken and steak garlic noodle bowl and was quite pleased. We will definitely try to visit again to give them...