The place is decent, not too shabby. The staff is alright, though not particularly friendly. I found the food to be lacking; I ordered the duck, and it was quite oily, cold, and salty. The egg noodles didn't compare to VH in Oakland, which I can understand given the lower prices. Overall, it was an acceptable meal, but I don't think I'll be returning anytime soon.
Cash only!

The food is great; my family has been coming here for years and years. Our recommendations are the bbq pork over rice (tip: you can ask for a fattier or leaner cut when ordering depending on your preference) and the house special ho fun soup.

Both the Chinese and Vietnamese options are good and the prices are reasonable. There’s one staff member that is consistently pretty aggressive and rude, but in general they will help you.

The best soy sauce chicken I ever have. Everything I stop by, I will get the soy sauce chicken. The wonton noodle soup is also good. Charshiu and roast pork are average. Duck is good. It was very busy when we arrived because of the sunset night market event. The service was very quick. Your order comes in no time. It is cash only.price is reasonable. This plas is mostly a local eatery.

Updated review 4/2/2025: Lam Hoa Thuan has a pretty good dry thick egg wonton noodles $13.20. The restaurant itself is noisy. If you sit too close to the front, you can hear endless chopping of the take-out BBQ meats. I noticed the clientele has changed to half mandarin speaking mainland Chinese people. There was one guy tonight on his speaker phone talking the entire time in mandarin. That was annoying. I ate my noodles as fast as possible and left.

Updated review 9/4/2023:
There's always a line in front of Lam Hoa Thuan for the BBQ take-out items on weekends/holidays during peak hours. The lines do move fairly quickly as there are two butchers. Today I was fortunate enough to pick-up some BBQ spareribs, $11 a pound at 2pm. They are always sold out when I come after work on a weekday. The flavor for the BBQ spareribs can be described as juicy, smokey and sweet. Since I'm already here, I decided to dine-in and get their #2, combo wonton noodles dry (Hủ Tiếu Khô), with soup on the side, $13.50. I love their Teochew style noodles served dry. Service was excellent.

Original review: Indoor dining is finally back at Lam Hoa Thuan! This has to be the best revenge meal from Covid restaurant closures I had. Their #7, house special egg noodles (thick or thin noodles) $11.50 is my favorite. I love how you can order it dry with soup on the side (chiu chow style). It is sort of like lo-mein but with an oilier texture and minced meat.

This has to be one of the last hold outs of take-out only restaurants. They only served BBQ by the window during March 2020 - August 2023. O, how I miss their noodles. We used to come on the weekends after our bike rides. It was something we all looked forwarded to. Their menu is now truncated though. It feels great to finally get something I've lost.

It’s a hit or miss depending on what you get. I ordered the orange peel duck and it was dry and disappointing. The noodle soup was tasty. Their bbq duck and other bbq items are definitely delicious. I like their soy milk.