San Francisco, CA.

Tulan Restaurant

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For three star Vietnamese, try Tu Lan Restaurant in San Francisco. Located in the Soma area, this restaurant is mildly expensive. When you step inside the restaurant, you'll notice a casual atmosphere. This place features lunch. This restaurant is good for groups.

User Reviews of Tulan Restaurant

Yelp.com Review - by chris s.

4.0 of 5 stars. Yeah I'm fan - #17 to go or eat in, either way I'm satisfied. If you want authentic Vietnamese food look no further.
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Gina W.

2.0 of 5 stars. Hmmm...mm, I am surprised Tu Lan has such a high rating. I was disappointed. I was mentally prepared for the restaurant's poor ambiance, dirty seating/cooking areas and the discomfort of being in...
yelp.com - user review - 05/08/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Dave C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Always a good bet when you have a craving for cheap and greasy. A party of four can easily dine here for under $30. I always get the imperial rolls and Ginger chicken. The windowless box of an...
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Rene V.

4.0 of 5 stars. i love the vermicelli noodles with the imperial rolls. these imperial rolls are bigger, tastier, and less greasy than any others i have tasted in a long time. the food is good, the prices are great,...
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by kenny t.

5.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan is the bomb. For a whole in a wall, you just can't beat it. I have to admit, it's in a shaddy part of the City, but if you can get passed that, you'll be blown away at how good, and affordable...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Wendy C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Yeah, it's dirty blah blah. Get your food to go. yumyumyum nomnom
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Angi C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Ok, so this is not the best Vietnamese food I've had. And it's definitely not in a part of town I like to hang out in. But I have to tell you that if you, like me, assumed that placing a huge take-out...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jay M.

4.0 of 5 stars. I live in Little Saigon, so its not very often that you'll find me out of my neighborhood eating Vietnamese food. But I will make the exception, for Tu Lan Restaurant.This isn't just a greasy spoon...
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Roger R.

4.0 of 5 stars. I always seem to end up here when in the mid-Market/downtown area. I must have a thing for hole-in-the-wall places. Plus, food is cheap! I've been coming here for years and every time I try their...
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Mitch A.

4.0 of 5 stars. Interesting place and pretty authentic. I felt almost like I was in Saigon again ;) I ordered the #17, Pork kebab with imperial roll and rice noodle. It was very tasty. The only complaint was that...
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by John B.

3.0 of 5 stars. Whenever I go to Tu Lan I never see Julia Child! We must have different schedules.
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Zelda K.

4.0 of 5 stars. The health department must have been bribed with imperial rolls into not closing this place down.Julia Child loves Tu Lan and a friend dragged me there. I was warned about the lack of cleanliness, so...
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Brian M.

4.0 of 5 stars. I love this restaurant !!!I have been eating here for decades,and it's still the best vietnamese food I can find anywhere.I highly reccomend it -you'll be glad you did.
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by meagan m.

1.0 of 5 stars. sorry, but i feel like everyone should be privy to my experience here. the food might be great, but the restaurant is horribly infested with roaches. i will not be back, since i am horribly phobic of...
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Anthony K.

5.0 of 5 stars. I am an avid searcher of those hole in the wall type places that really surprise you and this is one of them. This is definitely a soma/tenderloin secret and worth the visit and very easy on your...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by johnny l.

3.0 of 5 stars. OK, a few facts:Defecation is the final act of digestion by which organisms eliminate solid, semisolid or liquid waste material (feces) from the digestive tract via the anus.A broom is a cleaning tool...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jane D.

1.0 of 5 stars. Why hasn't this place been raided by the health department? Someone took the term hole in wall way too literally. The floors and tables were dirty and sticky. The bathroom was literally a closet...
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Rochelle I.

5.0 of 5 stars. Super hole in the wall restaurant, but don't let that fool you.. the food is awesome. We ordered curry fried rice with chicken, rice vermicelli with beef, some beef dish with herbs and imperial rolls....
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Rachel F.

4.0 of 5 stars. Yea yea yea, this place has been reviewed a bazillion times. I know. Whatever. So here I go throwing in my two cents. This place is awesome, yet (for me) inconveniently located. But for you...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Regina C.

4.0 of 5 stars. my boyfriend said that i had to try their chicken fried rice. he said there was some special sauce that they put into it that was amazing and he isn't able to find anywhere else. so we go to the hole...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Stephen W.

5.0 of 5 stars. More than enough for two dishes and cheap. Two can easily get full and then some here. The food is delicious and freshly prepared. Will be back.
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Dilip M.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is a great hole-in-the-wall place. The Imperial rolls are super HUGEThen we had the sweet and sour pork and the chicken curry VN style...let me tell u...both were AWESOME. the curry was SPICY,...
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Kalani K.

3.0 of 5 stars. I work downtown and have ordered from this place for lunch a couple times. They give generous portions for the price. It's a real small hole in the wall spot and gets packed quick during lunch hour....
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by jasmine o.

4.0 of 5 stars. HOLY SHI---guacamole. 600 reviews?!?This place is a great hole in the wall. I can't think of anything better within walking distance of downtown/Union Square that is as affordable or satisfying....
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Shannon M.

5.0 of 5 stars. Sinfully good and an amazing opportunity to see the 'other side' of San Francisco. Get the Imperial Rolls for sure. Best hole-in-the-wall in SF, hands down.
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by m. m.

3.0 of 5 stars. so i tried a few entrees, and they have pretty decent Imperial Rolls. i find their pork kabab to be too dry, tough, and basically over cooked. i really enjoyed their lemon beef salad though; it was...
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jeff A.

1.0 of 5 stars. Ugh, save your dignity by going somewhere else. Gross smells, awful food and disgusting decor abound.The bathroom is abominable.Smells like fart to me.Food was blah. We got tofu/vegetables/fried...
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Peter B.

4.0 of 5 stars. A vietnamese dive with a review from Julia Child. What more could be added? I know, #21 is excellent, and if you splurge and add a diet coke, you're out for $9 after tax and tip.
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Chris M.

4.0 of 5 stars. Given the ratio of good to bad reviews about TuLan, one can obviously assume that you are likely to have a good experience.The pork Imperial Rolls you hear mentioned in a lot of these reviews are...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by tatiana d.

4.0 of 5 stars. Whenever I hear Tu Lan, I think of 2 Live Crew. I think it's the "Tu" in the beginning. Well with that being said, Tu Lan, me love you long time (I know it's horrible but I can't resist a cheesy rap...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Zoe K.

5.0 of 5 stars. This place is just really good. Period. I see people docking stars for the atmosphere/decor, etc., but that's simply not what this place is about. You want excellent, cheap food? Go here. I know the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Brad D.

4.0 of 5 stars. Best imperial rolls ever. Think of TAº Lan's food as a fantastic reward for enduring the walk there. This is the only food I crave and need to get here and nowhere else. Oh.. and cheap! lunch for 4 is...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Amanda B.

4.0 of 5 stars. went here with some lovely ladies on friday night. between the three of us, we ordered the crispy noodles, the wide egg nodles (#21, i think) and the chow mein. i liked the egg noodles the best.the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Kevin C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Kevin C needed some serious nourishment after Kevin C and his date sat through the 2.5 hour slugfest that was Watchmen. Kevin C liked Watchmen, but Kevin C liked Tu Lan more.Tu Lan features the best,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jack C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan is a quick and affordable place between Union Square and Civic Center. I always find myself magnetically drawn to it around dinner time. Why? First thing going for it- affordable. For $7 you...
yelp.com - user review - 03/21/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jay G.

5.0 of 5 stars. As for Vietnamese food in the city I am gonna give it to Tu Lan. They have to be #1 or at least top 3 in your list for "Best Imperial Rolls In SF"! I don't go there too frequently even though I am...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Janet S.

5.0 of 5 stars. Man that is a lot of food. I am never able to finish one combo plate on my own. I have to split it with my coworker. Today, we split the number 17 (imperial roll & grill pork with rice noodles) and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Donald W.

5.0 of 5 stars. Get the number 24 and you cant go wrong
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Alexander K.

3.0 of 5 stars. This place is ok. I go here often only because it's right down the street from my office. It's quite popular with the locals (there is always a line), but I can't help but think that it's kind of a...
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Whitney F.

5.0 of 5 stars. two words... number seventeen.
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Cy D.

3.0 of 5 stars. Guess I'm back - and back as in back to my on again, off again love affair with Tu Lan.Here's a story I don't really tell often, but it's true.My grandmother allegedly operated this joint in the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by BigJohnS F.

5.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan is not an over-hyped tourist trap. It is a great Vietnamese restaurant, and a great value for the dollar.The prices are what Vietnamese food should cost in San Francisco.The Imperial Rolls (Cha...
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by John B.

5.0 of 5 stars. Hands down one of the best restaurants in the city. Yeah, it's a dive. Yeah, it's in a scary part of the ghetto. No, that doesn't matter.I usually go with either the crispy noodles with bean curd...
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jean-Arellia T.

3.0 of 5 stars. Before heading to the Mezzanine (across the street), we came here for a quick dinner...The cubed beef was good...tender and tasty, but I wish there was more seasoning to it, and added a dipping sauce...
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by jamie c.

3.0 of 5 stars. I have never been in the place myself but my boyfriend used to go pickup food for us there when we lived in downtown San francisco.I food is pretty good.The prices are very, very economic. But that...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by V L.

3.0 of 5 stars. I would give this place a 2 but since Julia Child liked it, I'll give it 3. It's in a super sketchy part of town, I kept thinking my car would be broken into on the street here which wouldn't make up...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Quinallison J.

4.0 of 5 stars. ....and I did come back again! Taking a break from Wonder-Con my friends and I strolled on over this place and woe is me, I gave up fried food for lent, so I couldn't eat the fried rice this time. But...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by ethan l.

5.0 of 5 stars. saturday lunch time. i see the chef in his funny plastic apron, standing at the front door, picking his teeth with his fingers. my thoughts:1. either business sucks, and he's hammering to go home,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Leslie T.

5.0 of 5 stars. I don't care that this place is in a bad neighborhood, or that the interior is a bit dirty and very ugly, or that the staff will barely speak to you. Bottom line is that their food rocks, it's quick...
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Roman M.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place is wicked good. No I'm not from Boston but I just like saying that cause you don't expect such a dive to have such great flavor and quality. Anything I've ordered from here has been...
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Beth K.

4.0 of 5 stars. Everytime I go to the south part of Market near 6th, I have to stop by Tu Lan's. There is usually a line going out the door and people willing to wait outside on the street for some good cooking....
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jaime W.

4.0 of 5 stars. Big portions (I usually split 1 $6 order with a friends and there's plenty for both), low prices (even for beer!), a genuine vibe that makes me feel like I could be in Ho Chi Minh (well, it's really...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Caitlin M.

4.0 of 5 stars. THIS FOOD IS FREE. I mean, not really free as in actually FREE but damn near as close as you're going to get to a free meal in San Francisco. Especially since what they're serving you is about 3...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Wakako U.

4.0 of 5 stars. Good eat is a good eat, shit hole or posh.
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Mairead J.

4.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan is by far the best Vietnamese in the city. #16 is my favorite... vermicelli noodles with imperial rolls. I crave this dish when I'm away at college. The staff is super friendly and other eaters...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by mr bolo b.

4.0 of 5 stars. I remember eating a meal at TU LAN at the counter and a huge cock roach was crawling on the edge of my plate! I simply used my finger and flicked him off and continued eating my meal. LOL!
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Anthony T.

4.0 of 5 stars. One liner: So many people don't get it about this restaurant, but for those that do, it is amazing.If you think the food here is too greasy, you don't get it.If you think the line here is too long,...
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Dang L.

3.0 of 5 stars. This place is ALWAYS crowded, every time I walk by and it doesn't help that there happens to be no room whatsoever! Anyways I thought I'd give a try one day to see what the buzz was all about. Fairly...
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Roger W.

3.0 of 5 stars. i like the beef steak and won ton soup. but the place looks dirty. you also need to know what you want to order, cause they are always busy.
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jim W.

4.0 of 5 stars. The setting, the patrons, the owners and the food are straight out of a Dirty Harry movie. For just a few shekels one can get enough for dinner and take-home.. with friends you are guaranteed a...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Christopher W.

3.0 of 5 stars. I decided to give this place another try...co-workers have been raving about Tu Lan. It turns out I've actually been here once before. I went here before a concert at the Warfield and go food to go...
yelp.com - user review - 02/18/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by flyn h.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is may be the sketchiest place ever, but the food is phenomenal. The imperial roll vermicelli noodle dish is super tasty and the portions are giant.
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jason D.

4.0 of 5 stars. Good value, good service, and poor ambiance. It's also in the middle of gritty 6th Street. This is a truly hole-in-the-wall place that only locals (rarely tourists) would know about.Try not to dress...
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Tom L.

3.0 of 5 stars. if you're seeking pho, leave. otherwise, stay, ask for extra napkins to wipe off the grease on your table and enjoy the other menu items.
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by John G.

2.0 of 5 stars. I can tell by the way my last post has been rated that some people think I am joking. A roach really did crawl out of my number 11.
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by sheri n.

5.0 of 5 stars. don't come here for the ambiance, this place has been here for decades and it's right in the heart of 6th street, so beware of the bystanders on the street. do come here for the DELICIOUS vietnamese...
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Amoura B.

4.0 of 5 stars. Do not let the shady neighborhood scare you away...wade thru the hos, meth/crackheads & derelicts & get ya yummy on...All Vietnamese food gets held up in comparison to Tu Lan in my world; I have yet...
yelp.com - user review - 02/06/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Elaine L.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place is a hole in the wall but the food is definitely good. Don't expect any frills or cleanliness; just expect awesome fried rice and just every dish is good! My non-Asian friends introduced...
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Brittany R.

5.0 of 5 stars. Okay... so I work a few block from the place and have heard co-workers talk about how good it is for a long long time! Finally I had the opportunity to try it! From the outside I would have NEVER set...
yelp.com - user review - 02/02/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Linette P.

4.0 of 5 stars. They say you always learn and take something with you from your past relationships. Well Tu Lan is most def. a place that I will always thank my ex for. Thanks E. Besides the pimps and hoes...
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Vivien C.

5.0 of 5 stars. Yum, but bring a gun, pepper spray and/or strong guy with you
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by James C.

5.0 of 5 stars. Great food at a very affordable price. Huge servings, like 1 order is good for 2 people. Everything I've eaten here tastes good, but the kitchen looks pretty dirty. Good service, for the most part...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Sarah C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan is the go to place for cheap $5 vietnamese soup and $2 beer. I would only take close friends here to grub. Let's say it can get sloppy and the restaurant is pretty stingy w/napkins. Take...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jacquelyne L.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is home grown, what your mom makes at home, stick to your rubs good Vietnamese food! The fiance often neglects places to take me if it's in a sketchy neighborhood, and yes Tu Lan is in the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by L O.

3.0 of 5 stars. Came here for a coworker's birthday dinner last month. Apparently, they all used to come here a lot. I liked it... I mean, it wasn't the best vietnamese food I've had, nor were they the cleanest, but...
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by S. M.

1.0 of 5 stars. i am so tired of hipsters over the years trying to force me to eat at this detestable place. just because julia child in a drunken stupor deemed it good once, like 20 years ago, doesn't make it good....
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jennie L.

4.0 of 5 stars. recently I went back to tu lan and tried the chicken fried rice. or should i say, chicken crack rice?? I swear they put something in it, because I went like twice in a week. anyways, it has a nice...
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Kellie P.

3.0 of 5 stars. This is a tiny hole-in-the-wall joint that's packed to the gills with tables and kitchen. The smell from the kitchen was incredible, and I thought for sure that I was in for an amazing treat....
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Shin C.

1.0 of 5 stars. Second worst Vietnamese restaurant I've visited in SF. My friend who suggested the place actually apologized to me after we ate there.
yelp.com - user review - 01/17/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Scott B.

5.0 of 5 stars. The imperial rolls are amazing and they give you two, cut into 6 pieces with plenty of sauce on the side. These things are huge and very inexpensive (under $5). I've never been disappointed with a...
yelp.com - user review - 01/17/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by david b.

4.0 of 5 stars. It's hard to say how many stars I want to give this place but it goes down to being run by people with all heart and happiness in making their food; they're friendly and fun and they have an upstairs...
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Sean J.

3.0 of 5 stars. I have been meaning to write this review for quite some time, but did not want to hurt any ones feelings so I delayed posting. It's a long story and nothing bad. I am a fan of Vietnamese food, and for...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Nikki M.

4.0 of 5 stars. Oh Tu Lan, the hangover food of the union square worker bee....how I miss you. You and the arrow bar went hand in hand, and it's just not the same without my late night visits. But daytime visits are...
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Yelp.com Review - by Puddy C.

3.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan, what can I say that has not been said?Yes the neighborhood is crap but if you cant handle a little Frisco charm you shouldn't come here.They are not rude, they're effective. If you want...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Ericka A.

4.0 of 5 stars. They are super rude here but man is their food tasty and cheap. I crave their imperial rolls. I just wish it was cleaner in this place, it's pretty gross but I still eat their food and love it!
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Larry G.

4.0 of 5 stars. Ok this place is a dive but great Vietnamese food. I had the bar-b-q beef and imperial roll over rice. Imperial roll was superb but the bar-b-q beef was so and so. It was pre-made and they...
yelp.com - user review - 01/10/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Will S.

4.0 of 5 stars. I love Tu Lan. There's simply no other way to put it. Whenever I'm considering eating Vietnamese in the city, it's always the first choice on my mind. The Imperial Rolls are delicious, as are their...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Sally K.

5.0 of 5 stars. Who needs church when you've got Tu Lan? Fuck! They aren't even open on Sundays.Best food ever, especially since it's impossible to spend more than $10 per person.
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Yelp.com Review - by Barry O.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place is an SF institution. Julia Childs used to frequent Tu Lan.The chef is amazingly quick and consistent. The food good for what you pay. Ambiance isn't good, but there's definitely a...
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Yelp.com Review - by Linda H.

1.0 of 5 stars. If I could give zero stars - I would! This place is undeserving of the one star I am forced to give. Where do I even begin?-The place is cramped, filthy and most likely disease-infested.-The phrase...
yelp.com - user review - 12/28/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Moe J.

4.0 of 5 stars. Great food in the depths of the ghetto. The seating is not terribly comfortable. Nonetheless, the food here is authentic and quality. You can watch your food being cooked right in front of you if...
yelp.com - user review - 12/26/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kevin K.

5.0 of 5 stars. I don't bother getting Vietnamese food anywhere else in the city. If you like authentic vietnamese food then you'll dig it. This place is the real deal. Sure there are crack heads and junkies lurking...
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by miika m.

4.0 of 5 stars. What's salty/cheap/filling after a night of debauchery?T U L A NAfter a raucous and naughty evening spent in the company of young thirty somethings milling about at Harlot and another 45 minutes...
yelp.com - user review - 12/21/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by joseph G.

5.0 of 5 stars. This has to be my first experience of vietnamese food growing up. the place is kinda small but the food totally makes up for it. The fried noodles with assorted vegetables is enough for 3 people and...
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Rich B.

5.0 of 5 stars. Excellent place. You won't be disappointed.
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Yelp.com Review - by Genevieve Y.

4.0 of 5 stars. Date & Time: Tuesday December 9, 2008 @ 5:30pmCompany: MichaelCrowd: Colorful Neighborhood Characters & Adventurous ProfessionalsVibe: ChillDecor: Hole-in-The-Wall. Greasy Counter-Seating....
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Yelp.com Review - by Liz H.

4.0 of 5 stars. Not the prettiest place I have ever eaten but the best Vietnamese food I have ever eaten. When I am in SF, this is the first place I go.
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Yelp.com Review - by Sarah C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Fast, cheap and GOOD. Tu Lan is in a sketchy area of town (don't plan to meet your friends out on the street here), looks and smells like a total dive at first, but don't be fooled!The food is very...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jan M.

1.0 of 5 stars. I used to love this place in the early 1990's but then my office moved away. Went there recently and was shocked by how bad the food was. The grease (admittedly clean-tasting grease) overpowered the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Heidi C.

4.0 of 5 stars. TU LAN is . . . TU goooooooooooooooooodTU long of a wait around the lunch hour (roughly 15 mins but that is a LOT to ask for if you only have 1 hour!)TU g-g-g-g-greasy (but you don't need chapstick...
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Yelp.com Review - by Koka S.

4.0 of 5 stars. Small place but the food was great. The portions were huge and the bill was tiny. This is my type of restaurant.
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Yelp.com Review - by Dennis L.

5.0 of 5 stars. DROOOOOOOLLL...Tu Lan makes a mean lunch!!Imperial Rolls - definitely a must order. soaked in oil and larger than normal, you can't go wrong.Fried Rice - enormous portions. tasty, with a hint of curry...
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Yelp.com Review - by Maryann B.

5.0 of 5 stars. I heart this place! I first came here before going to see Ghostland Observatory with some friends and I felt like I won the lottery. The food is authentic just like my aunts back in Vietnam. The...
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Yelp.com Review - by Mike F.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is my first review on yelp and what better way to start than with the best restaurant of all times ever???Tu Lan is as good as it gets. There is many a reason that this place is always packed-...
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Yelp.com Review - by Stephanie W.

1.0 of 5 stars. Before going to a show at the Warfield on Tuesday night, I stopped at Tu Lan with a couple friends. Upon entering, we discovered the place is larger than expected. There's even a back room and...
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Yelp.com Review - by Dolores L.

2.0 of 5 stars. My coworker recommended this restaurant so I decided to give it a try. Anywho, I came here with my friend after work one day. The place is super small and stuffy. I ordered bun bo hue or the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Johnny N.

5.0 of 5 stars. One of the best Vietnamese restaurants I've found in the Bay Area. Huge portions, very cheap prices, and very flavorful. It's fun snagging a seat at the front counter and watching the cooks make the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Rachel F.

5.0 of 5 stars. Great food and at such a good price. That is combination that is hard to find these days. Now I know where I will be eating during this economic crisis.....
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Yelp.com Review - by SLO C.

4.0 of 5 stars. I swear to the mighty Zeus this place is amazing. Hails in the straight ghetto. Tip of the TL this place is a mecca for outstanding service and delicious food. They may seem shady as fuck, but trust,...
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Yelp.com Review - by P D.

5.0 of 5 stars. The food is absolutely delicious here. I love the imperial rolls and just about everything else on the menu. The food is fresh, it comes in big portions, and best of all its cheap! The restaurant...
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Yelp.com Review - by James K.

5.0 of 5 stars. A hidden diamond in the rough. Having walked through the barrage of crackheads on 6th street, I happened upon this pokey little place.Less than $5 for a plate of good food capable of feeding any...
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Yelp.com Review - by Carly W.

5.0 of 5 stars. One word: delicious! I went here last night with a girlfriend and we got the imperial rolls and two entrees and the bill was 17.50, what a steal. Plus they give you TONS of food and it's fresh.
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Yelp.com Review - by Joe S.

4.0 of 5 stars. What more can I say, I have been going to this hang out since Julia Child use to eat there and it has not changed the food is consistent and good, its always easy to walk in, or call ahead for a quick...
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Yelp.com Review - by C P.

3.0 of 5 stars. The food is very good, plentiful, and inexpensive. But it only gets three stars, because as a restaurant - a place to sit and enjoy a meal served to you with friends - well, just get take-out, and...
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Yelp.com Review - by Donnie B.

4.0 of 5 stars. this place is one of those hole in the wall spots thats really good. the imperial rolls are off the hook. the pho is good and the grilled pork is one of my fav's. it's in the tenderloin but dont let...
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Yelp.com Review - by Glyde W.

3.0 of 5 stars. lunch breaks...time to hit up Tu Lan. BBQ Beef over rice is pretty damn nice.
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Yelp.com Review - by Sean P.

3.0 of 5 stars. A hole in the wall on 6th street between market and mission. I was a little nervous when my friend led me to this place but let me tell you, Don't judge this book by it's cover. Excellent food. The...
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Yelp.com Review - by Heather W.

4.0 of 5 stars. I was skeptical about coming here after years of hearing about Herb Caen rave about this place. It is a bit nasty on this street as all businesses on 6th street are but this all changed after I tasted...
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Yelp.com Review - by Karen T.

4.0 of 5 stars. MMMMM....I would have never stepped foot in the place passing by. My friends made me come here and now I love it, I crave it. Their eggrolls are HUGE! and sooo good! I always get those and the pork...
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Yelp.com Review - by Darren M.

5.0 of 5 stars. I decided to try this on the walk home last night. Since I am a nut for pho, I decided to give their Hanoi-style pho ba a try. My last attempt at a different type of pho (at Turtle Tower Restaurant...
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Yelp.com Review - by Andrew Z.

5.0 of 5 stars. Number 24 me love you long time!!!
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Yelp.com Review - by Sweet P.

5.0 of 5 stars. One order of the veggie chow mein and a carafe of wine makes two people happy for under $10.
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Yelp.com Review - by jennifer b.

4.0 of 5 stars. i wonder why this place is so famous? i expect vietnamese food to be this good. yes, it's good, but not amazing.
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Yelp.com Review - by catherine l.

4.0 of 5 stars. If it was crime to love oily foods, Tu Lan would be hell. Working a block away , I am constantly trying to tight the urge from ordering the renowned number 24. However, the 6.75 price has helped keep...
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Yelp.com Review - by allison p.

4.0 of 5 stars. #15.that's all you need to know...and if you can't handle the neighborhood, then don't eat there.
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Yelp.com Review - by Ava S.

3.0 of 5 stars. So, I ended up at Tu Lan because I lost a bet. Losing the bet entailed taking 4 people out to dinner at the restaurant of the winner's choice. Since I was unemployed at the time, I capped the meal at...
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Yelp.com Review - by Sonia S.

5.0 of 5 stars. 5 words for my 5 stars: Lemon Beef Salad To Goupgrade to 5 stars because the salad was so good, so fresh, so tasty..enough for two people..and only $6! Actually, you can't really go wrong with any of...
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Yelp.com Review - by Xavier G.

5.0 of 5 stars. This place is absolutely incredible, and it's my favorite restaurant that I've gone to in this city. First of all you got to get past the looks: the menus look dingy, the restaurant is small and...
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Yelp.com Review - by Don B.

4.0 of 5 stars. The four stars are for convenience, speed of execution, and value. When I sit down here it feels like the noodle bar in Blade Runner and I half expect Gaff to grab my shoulder and tell me I need to...
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Yelp.com Review - by David F.

5.0 of 5 stars. 3.5 stars for Julia Child's favorite restaurant in the city?? that is some pretty snobby yelping if you ask me. one of my favorite hole in the wall's in the city. 17 all the way, full pour on the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jeremy W.

4.0 of 5 stars. Minus points for being in the sight-seeing district. (And by sight-seeing district I mean definitely not the sight-seeing district)... But major, insane, crazy amounts of points for the awesome food...
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Yelp.com Review - by Mag F.

5.0 of 5 stars. If you think the food here isn't great, you simply don't appreciate authentic Vietnamese food. Of course you've got to try the rolls and fried rice, but I would recommend the Half Moon Cake :D....
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Yelp.com Review - by Yholl B.

4.0 of 5 stars. i wanted to order every dish that i saw on other diner's tables and ate as much as humanly possible and still had a 3-pound box of leftovers for my BF at home. the girls and i each ordered a dish...
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Yelp.com Review - by Francisco G.

5.0 of 5 stars. I love the cockroach story Irene and it won't stop me from giving this place the highest rating ever! And not you or food poisoning or even god himself can stop me! No one can stop me for the love...
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Yelp.com Review - by Scarlet L.

3.0 of 5 stars. yummy yummy food in a shady shady neighborhood. I get #24. imperial rolls, yum. Oh don't wear nice clothes, you come out smelling like food. does anyone else notice the multiple calendars on the wall?...
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Yelp.com Review - by kristen n.

3.0 of 5 stars. At first, I used to love this place. I ate there weekly and would rave to friends about how fab and cheap their food was. But as of late my food has been over salted. LIke, gag me salty. I kept coming...
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Yelp.com Review - by Dan F.

4.0 of 5 stars. If you want to survive on about $6 a day in San Francisco, this is the place. The servings are HUGE. It could easily be your only meal of the day. The food is GREAT. The location is TERRIBLE.If you...
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Yelp.com Review - by Andy S.

5.0 of 5 stars. The food tastes great, the portions are huge, they are fast and inexpensive. EAT HERE!This place was described to me as a "hole-in-the-wall", but don't let the decor deceive you, this place serves...
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Yelp.com Review - by Stephen L.

5.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan is my favorite restaurant. It's seedy and sketchy, but I love it!I always get the Imperial Rolls (#16).I have gone over 100 times, and not had any related health issues (knock on wood)
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Yelp.com Review - by Vijay P.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place should be featured Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. I used to eat here frequently when I was working for Wells Fargo, and this place was always packed with people in suits. All I have to say...
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Yelp.com Review - by Irene N.

3.0 of 5 stars. I would seriously give this place 5 stars if I could, because for a long time it truly was one of my favorite Vietnamese restaurants. You can get a delicious, heaping dish of food for $5.00 and get...
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Yelp.com Review - by Vicky P.

5.0 of 5 stars. I wouldn't say its a place to come frequently(and I wouldn't recommend it), but eating dangerously has its rewards. This hole reminds me of being back in old hong kong. Dirty environment but good...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jennifer C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan. Tu MOTHERF*#$@ Lan. The food here is TO DIE FOR... and that's saying something cause you actually might die here.The place is straight up FILTHY. The Menu is hideous with a black-and-white...
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Yelp.com Review - by Joel V.

3.0 of 5 stars. For what this place is, it is A-OK!!!!THe chicken fried rice was amazing! Exotic flavors with an amazing curry taste. Probably one of the most original and best fried rice entrees I had in a while!The...
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Yelp.com Review - by Miles C.

5.0 of 5 stars. This place is FUCKIN awesome. The people act like they could give two shits about you. And I swear to God they talk shit about you in vietnamese. It just makes it that much more exciting. The food is...
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Yelp.com Review - by Big W.

5.0 of 5 stars. First and foremost, Tu Lan is NOT somewhere you are going to take your aunt and uncle when they come visit from London. It is NOT a date place nor is it a place to take some business partners to talk...
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Yelp.com Review - by Kristin P.

5.0 of 5 stars. The imperial rolls here are absolutely to die for, I crave them all the time. The food is delicious, fresh and quickly prepared. Sure, it's not much to look at, but get over it-- it's authentic...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jay S.

4.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan is always a safe bet around close friends.This is definitely not a first date restaurant. The fried rice is amazing and the ingredients are fresh. I don't know when people will realize this but...
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Yelp.com Review - by Laura A.

5.0 of 5 stars. I have never gone wrong ordering anything on the menu at Tu Lan. My favorites are the Sweet and Sour Chicken Soup, the Ginger Chicken, The Imperial Rolls are awesome (if you're chilly, hungry and...
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Yelp.com Review - by roxmarie g.

3.0 of 5 stars. I went last week before an event for a quick bite, and I'm over it. It really is just a filthy place, and it feels and looks like it. It's a conundrum because Tu Lan is special, and know my tastes and...
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Yelp.com Review - by Mila M.

1.0 of 5 stars. This place does not deserve the one star they got. I heard that this place was decent considering the area (6th & Market is probably the most disgusting block full of crackheads in the city), so I...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jim S.

5.0 of 5 stars. If things like aesthetics and food hygiene are important to you, then this is not for you.If, however, you like great Vietnamese food, then get in line and enjoy a great meal. Bring friends who are...
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Yelp.com Review - by Karen C.

3.0 of 5 stars. All I can say is I had a quite interesting time at Tu Lan. While me and my hubby were waiting for a table, this homeless guy tried to give my husband a bottle of Vitamin water that looked strangely...
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Yelp.com Review - by Lashanda G.

2.0 of 5 stars. I stayed up all night watching someone throw up and writh in pain due to food poisoning contracted after having your "oh-so-yummy" and "oh-so-cheap" shrimp fried rice for lunch. To add insult to...
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Yelp.com Review - by Shay F.

4.0 of 5 stars. As a friend of mine would say, this place has GREAT VALUE. Seriously, for what you get in relation to the price you pay, this place is pretty good. I did get warned a few times that there are pest...
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Yelp.com Review - by Melanie V.

4.0 of 5 stars. Fantastic Imperial rolls! The grilled steak plate is awesome, haven't tried much else here but I'm sure it's all good. I took my BFF here before a night out on the town, she ordered chow mein and...
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Yelp.com Review - by Amanda C.

4.0 of 5 stars. I would brave getting stabbed, hassled, and yelled at again for a #17.If Julia Child ate there it can't be bad.....right?
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Yelp.com Review - by Chris A.

2.0 of 5 stars. Tried out Tu Lan on the recommendation of my coworker who was recommended this place by proxy. I don't plan on going back. It's cheap and plentiful, and that's about all it's got going for it. Yes,...
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Yelp.com Review - by Heather K.

4.0 of 5 stars. not the poshest atmosphere but food is really really amazing!!!shrimp fried rice i love u!! used to come here almost weekly but mellowed out my addiction. try it!
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Yelp.com Review - by Amy N.

4.0 of 5 stars. Get the fried rice and the chicken salad. They are the rock stars of the menu. In fact, they put all other fried rices and chicken salads of their kind to shame. SHAME!Do not get the won ton. Tasty...
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Yelp.com Review - by kristi l.

4.0 of 5 stars. If you can get past the element of grunge, the people are chill, the food is amazing, and cheap, great portions, and well, I would become a regular there if I lived in the area. The spring rolls are...
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Yelp.com Review - by Joseph R.

3.0 of 5 stars. Honestly... the neighborhood doesn't bother me... I ride the "dirty eight"... so I'm used to dealing with people who smell like urine with their pants around their ankles... the occasional person with...
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Yelp.com Review - by Mike H.

4.0 of 5 stars. If it is good enough for Julia Child then it is good enough for me.This is the real McCoy.Having eaten in Hanoi (yes the one in Vietnam), I can tell you that you won't find a better Vietnamese food in...
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Yelp.com Review - by Dan T.

4.0 of 5 stars. Well, I finally ate at Tu Lan after 10 years of being told how wonderful it was. I admit that I try to eat at all of the "marginally priced/kick ass" restaurants because I love cheap food that rocks...
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Yelp.com Review - by Mike S.

4.0 of 5 stars. I like Tu Lan. The prices are very reasonable, the comes quick and the food is good. The chicken fried rice is really good; yellow curry flavor rice with pieces of chicken that are slightly charred...
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Yelp.com Review - by Ervinna L.

2.0 of 5 stars. I am glad I finally got a chance to experience THE Tu Lan that everyone talks about. I have been wanting to try out this "hole in the wall" for some time! It looks ghetto and is located at one of the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Shoshana D.

3.0 of 5 stars. I walked here from my office (close to the Ferry Building) to try this infamous hole in the wall at long last for today's lunch adventure. I can see why Tu Lan is so well know. Portions are large,...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jenn Y.

4.0 of 5 stars. lip smacking delicious! thats all i can say about this place. it is a diamond in the rough. don't let the outside or the neighborhood detour you from this place it is worth the wait in line! there...
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Yelp.com Review - by tom o.

5.0 of 5 stars. There is a place in Hampden (Baltimore MD) that had the same profile: Hole in the wall with fantastic food. When I moved out West, I felt that I had lost that piece of my past. Until Tu Lan.Tu Lan...
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Yelp.com Review - by Whitney R.

5.0 of 5 stars. The first time I came here, a friend who was broke at the time took me and another friend here. We were of course wary: the place is tiny, decrepit looking and on 6th street. But we sat down and...
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Yelp.com Review - by Deanna J.

5.0 of 5 stars. Good Gawsh! The imperial rolls are super huge nevertheless very tasty. I had the #16 - noodles with veggies and that yummy sauce. I love this place! It is cheap good food and does not get better than...
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Yelp.com Review - by Guava C.

4.0 of 5 stars. What a godsend for a broke grad student. The dishes are huge and cheap and pretty damn delicious. A little greasy, but honestly, the most delicious foods in the world usually come with some shiny...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jun B.

1.0 of 5 stars. I love hole in the walls but I draw the line when the staff pees with the toilet seat down and do not flush. Such is the case in Tu Lan. I have heard great things about the tasty Vietnamese food...
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Yelp.com Review - by Mike K.

4.0 of 5 stars. Wow. I was completely knocked away by Tu Lan. I came here for lunch earlier this week to meet a friend and immediately felt like I was at the wrong place or misread the name of the place he wanted to...
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Yelp.com Review - by Sevn M.

4.0 of 5 stars. I lived right next to this place for a couple years and probably ate there one too many times. The vegetarian dishes were great, especially the veggie soup. They do quite a bit of business, so...
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Yelp.com Review - by Iain T.

5.0 of 5 stars. I work around the corner from Tu Lan and can't recommend it highly enough; I eat there twice a week. Yes, the area is less than salubrious and the place itself doesn't seem to have been decorated for...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jeff R.

4.0 of 5 stars. There's a couple of dishes on the menu that are great, my favorite is the vegetarian spring rolls. There's also a number of dishes that would be pretty good if they weren't swimming in oil. But...
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Yelp.com Review - by Quartknee K.

2.0 of 5 stars. I think the food is greasy and bland but it's super cheap and if you can navigate the crack whores, bums, hustlers, and ruffians well enough to get into this place you've already won half the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Annette K.

5.0 of 5 stars. A trip to Tu Lan is an embrace of the complexities of life. How, you might wonder, can a lemon beef salad so fresh, crispy, and tasty come from a kitchen so grimy? I find it's best to block out the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Ian H.

4.0 of 5 stars. for me Tu Lan is a little more about the ambiance than the food. The food was ok, I would place it as upper average vietnamese. The atmosphere, I loved, its totally gritty and small with the kitchen...
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Yelp.com Review - by Rio D.

5.0 of 5 stars. So for real, the only vietnamese food i can think of.. that i've had in the past is pho from some spot on clement.UMM.. I can't believe i've been depriving my taste buds of the insane delicious-ness...
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Yelp.com Review - by Tanster M.

3.0 of 5 stars. What I like about this place is the burrito-sized Cha Gios. If you're a fan of Cha Gio but hate that they're usually only finger-length, this is the place to come. I always drop in when I'm in town...
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Yelp.com Review - by crystina v.

4.0 of 5 stars. this restaurant is typical hole in the wall joint. actual, it's the exact same size as restaurants in vietnam. where every corner of space is utilized to the best of it's ability.you're seated as...
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Yelp.com Review - by Stanley L.

4.0 of 5 stars. Can't go wrong PHO the price. HAHA, sorry, can't help it.Place is pack during lunch. Theres gotta be a reason for that.
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Yelp.com Review - by Shumi S.

4.0 of 5 stars. Yea, I like this place.It's like eating on the streets of Saigon and BKK.Chaotic but yet the food is so tasty...When we walked in, they were about to wrap up so we were forced to order some random...
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Yelp.com Review - by Cam D.

5.0 of 5 stars. Good, cheap, filling. I wouldn't say everything is fantastic there, but the pineapple beef was pretty damn good. Made some killer leftovers for the next day too.
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Yelp.com Review - by Andrew G.

4.0 of 5 stars. Was craving pho, but didn't like the wide noodle style served here. It was my first time with the wide noodles, and I definitely prefer the more thin style. Also the beef quality was pretty bad, but...
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Yelp.com Review - by Richard N.

4.0 of 5 stars. Oh thanks for reminding me.I HATE this place!!!!! ewwwwwwww.That's why I've been over 100 times.Think about it. Throngs of people have been going here for Lunch and Dinner for ever. If you think...
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Yelp.com Review - by Keane N.

5.0 of 5 stars. Anyone complaining about the location, really, there are worse places you can go. At least you can get off at a bus/metro/bart stop and walk there in a couple minutes, and can avoid walking through...
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Yelp.com Review - by Aaron V.

4.0 of 5 stars. With a current health department score of 92, Tu Lan is probably the dirtiest looking clean restaurant in SF. It's also an institution. They've been serving up ridiculously large and cheap portions of...
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Yelp.com Review - by Rob T.

5.0 of 5 stars. If you're afraid of this location and the decor then there's a really simple solution: don't go the fuck in and stay the fuck out. I don't want you yuppie scum ruining my favorite Vietnamese place....
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Yelp.com Review - by Josefa M.

5.0 of 5 stars. This place is in the epicenter of shitsville. Let's not dress it up.If you normally eat your organic, cruelty-free Fancy Feast cat food from a crystal bowl, prepare yourself. This place serves some...
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Yelp.com Review - by Geralyn Y.

3.0 of 5 stars. Ever since I told her about this place a year ago, my mom (bless her heart) can't get enough of it. She's always ordering take out for my family (at least once a week) and insisted that we celebrate...
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Yelp.com Review - by Amy B.

4.0 of 5 stars. I went to this place on the recommendation of a friend from work when I asked for cheap, good food near the Mezzanine. I looked it up on Yelp as well, and I was a little scared with everyone talking...
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Yelp.com Review - by Alexandra C.

4.0 of 5 stars. I love this place. Love, love, love it. I've made my boyfriend drive to San Francisco specifically to go to Tu Lan. "But what are we going to do afterwards?" "I don't care. LET'S JUST GO TO TU...
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Yelp.com Review - by Sam T.

3.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan...Tu greasy.I can't start to describe how dirty this place is. But if you've been around 6th and Mission... Market... then you know.The first floor is very congested. You can sit up at the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Ken G.

4.0 of 5 stars. Okay - I went to Tu Lan for the first time a few months ago and the Imperial Rolls blew me away - they were incredible and the best fried rolls I'd ever had. Everything else I had, however, wasn't...
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Yelp.com Review - by Charlotte M.

3.0 of 5 stars. Got a massive, massive bowl of pho for $4.95. It was massive. Gigantic. Couldn't finish it. It was yummy and what I needed to help stave off whatever plague was running around the office.And yes,...
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Yelp.com Review - by maria p.

4.0 of 5 stars. i suppose people are oblivious to what the true meaning of Hole in the wall!! of course the place is filthy. that whole freakin area of downtown is!! but it's all good if you walk those few corners...
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Yelp.com Review - by shaine h.

4.0 of 5 stars. JEEBUS, all you whiners complaining about the area, LIKE YOU DIDN'T KNOW. if you're squeamish about 6th and market, then head out to embarcadero and spend your bones on slanted door already. dang man...
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Yelp.com Review - by Scott D.

5.0 of 5 stars. SOOO very good!I guess a lot of the sauces for their various dishes taste similar but the food tastes great and the prices are really cheap!
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Yelp.com Review - by Alexis B.

2.0 of 5 stars. I doubt I would eat here again unless the company was paying for it. And then again the company paid for it last time and I think their opinion is the same as mine. This place is dirty to match it's...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jeff H.

2.0 of 5 stars. Jungle style vietnamese food! If only I had an AK47, straw hat and silky pajama trouser, I'd be a perfect VC customer. I had the greasiest pho in my whole life here and couldn't finish it. To wash...
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Yelp.com Review - by Po L.

4.0 of 5 stars. I only go to the nice places.I am Asian. OH, you couldn't TELL?!Trust me when I say the Fried Rice is really really really good there.Also, really really really cheap.-The Asian
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Yelp.com Review - by Ray M.

5.0 of 5 stars. Sure, its hole in the wall, but for like $10 bucks you can get two beers and enough food for two meals. You can t go wrong with #24 the rice and imperial roll and pork kebab. The beef spicy noodle...
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Yelp.com Review - by Rocky K.

4.0 of 5 stars. Shrimp Fried Rice!!! Hallejalulah! (sic).Totally worth stepping over the crackheads to get to this place.This place looks like a random dive diner, except with the diner, you get a 50-ish waitress...
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Yelp.com Review - by Robert M.

3.0 of 5 stars. Once you make your way through the crack heads and the out door swap meet there sits a local dive called TU LAN. The location can be intimidating, but this place is a straight up Vietnamese...
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Yelp.com Review - by Lola D.

4.0 of 5 stars. I heart Tu Lan. I hadn't been here in a really long time and nothing has changed. Great food. Huge portions!! The Vietnamese coffee rocks! oh, and its hella cheap. The only downfalls is that it's...
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Yelp.com Review - by Paulo L.

5.0 of 5 stars. Oh my dam! Tu-Lan is on YELP!?!?!?!?!?!All I got to say is....."Shrimp Fired Rice"......
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Yelp.com Review - by James J.

4.0 of 5 stars. so it's not the cleanest place in the world, but at least the kitchen is right there in front of everyone. also, this place gets so much traffic, that all the ingredients must be fresh.the food is...
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Yelp.com Review - by Gregory M.

2.0 of 5 stars. I'm not sure why this place gets such fave reviews. Watch out for copious amounts of grease.
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Yelp.com Review - by Juliet K.

4.0 of 5 stars. Back in my mother's hometown in Japan, there is a now-closed ramen place that I remember from my childhood. The place was noticeably filthy - dingy windows, a prehistoric sticky linoleum floor, and an...
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Yelp.com Review - by Barry A.

5.0 of 5 stars. Always attentive.Always friendly.Always courteous.Always prompt.Always fresh.Always bold.Always content.Always going back.
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Yelp.com Review - by sujan h.

4.0 of 5 stars. I can't believe the people who are complaining about the decor and location of Tu Lan. Where else are you going to eat in that area for $5 that's not a fast food chain and oh, happens to be a huge...
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Yelp.com Review - by Darren K.

4.0 of 5 stars. Very good. Been there forever. I always get Julia Child's favorite, number 17 I think? Imperial rolls with bbq pork over cold rice noodles, which is one of the 2, maybe 3 Vietnamese dishes I...
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Yelp.com Review - by marcus m.

5.0 of 5 stars. Sure, it might not be the healthiest food.... And it may not be the cleanest place I've ever eaten. I will definately say, however, that I LOVE tu lan. Something about the shrimp fried rice is just...
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Yelp.com Review - by Michael S.

2.0 of 5 stars. What do you get when you go to Tu Lan:1) A tour through the worst part of SOMA. Gavin this place is a fucking disaster. People openly doing crack, people strung out, etc... I never like walking around...
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Yelp.com Review - by John B R.

4.0 of 5 stars. what an experience! Surely you will enjoy Tu Lan, that is of course if you dont mind a dirty atmosphere and greasy food. But it tastes great! I recommend bringing your own alcohol, it will make the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jason R.

4.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan is one of these places I'm shocked I haven't reviewed.I've been eating there ever since 2000, and you know that dude that works the frier with the bandanna around his neck? I think he's...
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Yelp.com Review - by Nicole G.

3.0 of 5 stars. I had heard about the hype that is Tu Lan for years, and had to try it out. I was tired of not having experienced "that ghetto fab Vietnamese joint." So, Jessica and I went on a little adventure down...
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Yelp.com Review - by Dee M.

3.0 of 5 stars. I'd like to start by saying that for me, most of the time, it's all about the value and the experience. This place is not for the faint of heart or germophobes. Wandering in SoMa last night, through...
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Yelp.com Review - by Pepe C.

3.0 of 5 stars. Not too bad, it's okay. It's cheep and it's hot inside. Great place to eat during winter. Heh. Reminder: they not always care for you and will put in pork anyway after you request kosher plate. Be...
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Yelp.com Review - by Aaron H.

2.0 of 5 stars. The food is at a reliable standard of quality which is marginally above the fast food records and the other hole-in-the-wall restaurants. Last time I went there I saw a woman who was doing food prep...
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Yelp.com Review - by jessica t.

3.0 of 5 stars. Their imperial rolls are worth the buzz.They're off the hook. Good.Tu Lan's portions are also impressive considering the price.And despite the place being perpetually busy - the service is actually OK...
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Yelp.com Review - by Molly N.

5.0 of 5 stars. There is no better deal downtown that will give you vegetables and protein at such a good price. My boyfriend reminded me what a great place this is and I was lucky enough to bring a business meeting...
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Yelp.com Review - by Patrick B.

5.0 of 5 stars. Their imperial rolls are so good in that- I want something crunchy and tasty sort of way. You can almost hear your arteries clogging with lard. I also had the number 17 which is a little lighter since...
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Yelp.com Review - by Wonder W.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is a five star rating that isn't for the weak. Yes Tu Lan is a crappy hole in the wall but its the best fu**ing hole in the wall that I have ever been!!! They couldn't even show it on the food...
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Yelp.com Review - by Eric Y.

4.0 of 5 stars. Talk about another hole in the wall place. Think & use Ross's secret "unagi" sense from Friends. Beware of your surroundings! here esp. at night because you never know who or what you may...
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Yelp.com Review - by Miss M.

5.0 of 5 stars. If I ever get pregnant, I will crave Tu Lan's Pork Kebab with Imperial Rolls over rice noodles (#17). It's so good, I will work the street for a bowl of those deep fried egg rolls and subtle-scented...
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Yelp.com Review - by mike o.

4.0 of 5 stars. If I had to compare Tu Lan to a relationship, it would be one of those that started off intense, you couldn't get enough of eachother. Everything that happened was perfect. But overtime you notice the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Nir B.

4.0 of 5 stars. Youw ill definitely feel full at this place. THey give you a lot for your money. I don't think it's true Vietnamese food though..you have to go to San Jose (Lion Market) for that. It is in the ghetto...
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Yelp.com Review - by Geordie E.

4.0 of 5 stars. #17 Pork Kebab with Imperial roll over rice noodles (bun cha gio thit nuong). It's perfect. Don't dump the sauce into the bowl.... dip your a bite full into the sauce.This way, your noodles don't get...
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Yelp.com Review - by Terry C.

3.0 of 5 stars. YUM. Cheap, good and quick. The neighborhood, not so good but if you go via Market it isn't so bad.
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Yelp.com Review - by Dong T.

5.0 of 5 stars. Best egg rolls I've ever had in my life. The meat in their bun cha gio thit nuong could be a little bit more tender. Sometimes when I order it it shows up at the table in like 2 minutes so I wonder...
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Yelp.com Review - by Amy R.

4.0 of 5 stars. I recently met a friend here for late lunch. I work nearby, and maybe I just don't know enough about 6th street to know better, but I am a small lady and I walked by myself (at first walking much...
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Yelp.com Review - by Ausewaldoe J.

5.0 of 5 stars. i don't think i have ever ate anything bad here before. it's always great! i have tried so many things but the egg rolls continue to be my favorite. the staff is great, sonny one of the servers. you...
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Yelp.com Review - by katherine d.

4.0 of 5 stars. The first time I ate her I was 19, and as a true lady never reveals her age lets just say it was a long while ago. Every time I have eaten here the food is consistently, hauntingly & totally...
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Yelp.com Review - by J C.

5.0 of 5 stars. I have been going to Tu Lun for over 7 years. I have never had a bad meal. I have told many people and never a negative reply. I have stuck to one rule though, never eat there. take to go. The...
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Yelp.com Review - by Alfredo N.

5.0 of 5 stars. I used to live in SOMA so the neighborhood does nothing for me. the crackheads, hookers, drug dealers and homeless don't phase me. If you truly spend time in SF you'll come to realize this is part of...
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Yelp.com Review - by Matt V.

4.0 of 5 stars. Where else can you go eat and watch the chef buy shoes from a homeless man...while cooking.eewFood is pretty alright. I've found better, but not at the price and with the hours...
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Yelp.com Review - by stephy s.

4.0 of 5 stars. I'm a firm believer that every restaurant bathroom should deliver amessage and at Tu Lan, it's that...Cock, is in fact, good. Well I couldn't agree more, bathroom tagger guy, but let's move onto the...
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Yelp.com Review - by eric i.

4.0 of 5 stars. ok, this place is grungy as all hell, and right in the goddamned ghetto of six street. but it's also pretty damn good. hella cheap, hella quick, and it won't kill ya too quickly. maybe it's the...
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Yelp.com Review - by rick h.

5.0 of 5 stars. best vietfood on the seedist blockyou can get a hooker, crack, and some fresh human fecal matter outside.MOON PIE IS BOMB!
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Yelp.com Review - by Honey L.

2.0 of 5 stars. So disgusting I couldn't eat without feeling a little dirty inside. The place is an absolute fucking mess complete with sticky floors and walls. I saw things that made me think of bolting out the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Anthony K.

4.0 of 5 stars. I went in expecting griminess and authentic Vietnamese cuisine. I walked out satisfied after only spending $10 on a huge meal.Unfortunately, the imperial rolls were a disappointment as they were just...
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Yelp.com Review - by Ron T.

3.0 of 5 stars. The food and decor could not contrast each other more at this spot. The place is a sh#%hole and is on one of the worst corners of Market St. But the food is absolutely awesome! The food is cheap and...
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Yelp.com Review - by Charles C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Sublime. Much the same menu as other Vietnamese places in the neighborhood, but the quality, freshness, and care that goes into each dish is amazing. Sure, not the best neighborhood or ambiance, but...
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Yelp.com Review - by Joel A.

4.0 of 5 stars. Don' t let the location of this Hole-in-the-wall/ Restaurant Deceive you! This place is a hidden gem amidsts the winos, homeless people,bums, hustlers, drug dealers & hookers. If you can pass all...
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Yelp.com Review - by jen d.

4.0 of 5 stars. the food here is pretty good, not as good as, say, cordon bleu but there are many more choices on the menu here and thats a big plus. i had the imperial rolls with meat and also the tofu veggie spring...
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Yelp.com Review - by K Y.

3.0 of 5 stars. This place is not the cleanest place...BUT the food is very worth the price! Pretty delicious. I am accustomed to the vietnamese eateries of the east bay, all of which are very good in and of...
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Yelp.com Review - by Angie R.

3.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan is a good little Vietnamese joint floating in the 6th St. miasma of addicts, hookers, homeless crazies, SRO's, broke-ass elderly folks and all the other embodiments of what happens when you...
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Put on your kevlar and go get some noodles!

OK, so this place is pretty sticky. Kinda gross and greasy and in a neighborhood that could be used for a scene in a movie where young kids are coppin' for heroin and they wouldn't need to hire ANY extras. If...
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Yelp.com Review - by Carla C.

4.0 of 5 stars. My family's been in the city for a few decades, and is under the impression that its ghettos are the same as they were in back in 1973. What this translates to is my father having a heart attack and...
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Yelp.com Review - by Julie M.

4.0 of 5 stars. Went here for lunch today. In any restaurant the one thing I always try to figure out is their 'system'. See I believe that the 'system' or lack there of can determine the value of your whole...
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Yelp.com Review - by Dan B.

2.0 of 5 stars. Oh, the places I will travel for lunch.The location:I thought walking through Larkin Street was bad. Larkin Street looks like Rodeo Drive when compared to 6th St.The food:Their shrimp fried rice is...
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Yelp.com Review - by elaine m.

5.0 of 5 stars. Julia Child herself approves, as the menu states.The grilled pork over rice noodles with egg rolls is the best. End of story.You gotta dodge a lot of crazies to get to this hole in the wall - and it...
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Yelp.com Review - by christopher a.

3.0 of 5 stars. i like how filthy 6th street is and how filthy tulan appears to be, which makes me laugh at people who complain about that aspect after unsuspectingly being recommended to go to tulan for their...
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Yelp.com Review - by Swarup B.

5.0 of 5 stars. what a nice cheap find! sure it's in the middle of shady-ville and there are numerous numbers of sketchy folks hanging out outside the place but don't let that deter you! a great bang for your buck...
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Yelp.com Review - by Cindy W.

4.0 of 5 stars. Ok Tu Lan gets 4 stars because it's in a different category of eats, where decor doesn't count (aka real dive), and cheap price per lb (aka big quantity) deserve 2 stars. The tradeoffs are worth it...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jen L.

5.0 of 5 stars. It was 2003 and I was young, thin and enamored with San Francisco. My how things have changed. But, somewhere during this first trip to SF, I was stumbling quite scared past a slew of scabey-looking...
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Yelp.com Review - by Mat K.

2.0 of 5 stars. Quick.Dirty.Cheap.Greasy.The same way I like my men.Not the same way I like my Vietnamese food. A few blocks away you can hit up the Larkin Street Little Saigon places for much higher quality food at...
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Yelp.com Review - by andrea f.

3.0 of 5 stars. First time I ever saw this place, I was scared shitless.But my boyfriend at the time dragged me in, swearing it was the best.So, I went. And I liked it. It was pretty darn good.And enough food to...
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Yelp.com Review - by liz p.

2.0 of 5 stars. Though I have only been here a few times, I've been an advocate of Tu Lan in the past based on the good experience I had the first couple of times. I haven't been here for a long while and I went here...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jerry M.

5.0 of 5 stars. I love this place! Part of what I like is that if I had not been introduced to it by my trusted friend Jeff, I'd never have eaten there. The ambiance is a little third world with the cardboard on the...
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Yelp.com Review - by steve s.

5.0 of 5 stars. me and julia child's favorite vietnamese spot. herb caen liked it too and the spring rolls are something special. nevermind the smell of winos and homeless just come down to tu lan and experience the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Elijah W.

5.0 of 5 stars. Imma fat man! So I know good food when it's staring steaming hot at my face, and this spot is the best Viet food joint in the Bay, NO LIE!Imperial Roll is is mad good, partner'd with the bomb @$$ fish...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jeorge J.

4.0 of 5 stars. i have a love hate relationship with Tu Lan. you cannot beat the amount of food and the price this place offers. the food is very tasty, with mediocre quality. its not the cleanest place in the city...
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Yelp.com Review - by Justin D.

5.0 of 5 stars. This place is the place to go for cheap, HUGE portions. Service has always been amazing. Super friendly and great food.
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Yelp.com Review - by Todd F.

4.0 of 5 stars. 465 reviews, nothing else needs to be said.Food was awesome and inexpensive, service was fast and the homeless people outside were stinky. I would definitely not recommend this place for someone who...
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Yelp.com Review - by Vilen G.

5.0 of 5 stars. People on yelp are either trippin or from some boondock ass town. I grew up on 6th street (have been living there for 15 years), and if you seriously have a deep fear of the neighborhood then you...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jonny C.

5.0 of 5 stars. Yeah, so 6th and Mission is the city's fairest block. I have seen the following things walking to and from here:-A homeless guy with a troll/gator hand wearing industrial strength nuts on his diseased...
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Yelp.com Review - by Julia H.

4.0 of 5 stars. Their tofu hand rolls served on a bowl of rice noodles is delicious to the point of continual craving. Large portions and very inexpensive.
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Yelp.com Review - by LT N.

1.0 of 5 stars. I am vietnamese, so I am a little more particular in my choice for vietnamese food. Why does everyone LOVE this place? The sauces are not thickened properly. The noodles were so runny and slippery...
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Yelp.com Review - by liz c.

4.0 of 5 stars. I used to work at Arrow Bar, yes me, blonde, and gangster rap fanatic since kindergarten.. used to bartend at nasty ass Arrow. The only cool thing about 6th street, other than the occasional funny Bum...
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Yelp.com Review - by Nizaria D.

5.0 of 5 stars. BELIEVE THE HYPE. Or don't. Tu Lan might be SF's best culinary secret or it's worst nightmare. It is a mystery that no number of Yelp reviews can reveal.What I am trying to say here is that I am...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jay W.

5.0 of 5 stars. Mr. Roach here is cool. He's my bessss fren. He keeps me company while I eat before he scurries away through the greasy crack in the wall.Mr. Eyelash is cool too. He likes to hang out in my Ginger...
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Yelp.com Review - by Brad P.

3.0 of 5 stars. A lot has been written about Tu Lan on Yelp. There's a lot of hyperbole with lots of haters and plenty of huge fans. Put me in the latter category, with a healthy dose of "let's-be-honest" about...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jackie M.

4.0 of 5 stars. I have been hearing about Tu Lan for some time now. My boyfriend always wants to come here but knows that I'm a paranoid pansy and might be scared off by its homicide-friendly location.6th and...
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Yelp.com Review - by Catherine C.

2.0 of 5 stars. Humm... I'm usually a fan of hole-in-the-walls in questionable neighborhoods, but Tu Lan just isn't one of them. Crammed and smoky, I'm surprised the Fire Marshall didn't bust them for putting tables...
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Yelp.com Review - by Kevin H.

5.0 of 5 stars. good food. cheap food. lots of food. the beef cubes were def very good, and the ginger chicken was good too, but a little spicy (doesn't help that the place had some real bad circulation). I'm not a...
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Yelp.com Review - by Mollie M.

4.0 of 5 stars. I havent been here in almost a year, but it's been on the brain for the last couple of weeks. I think I need to make a trip out to the 'loin to get me a fix. I used to eat here more regularly when my...
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Yelp.com Review - by John W.

4.0 of 5 stars. Excellent food, big portions and cheap prices. Everything you'd expect from a hole in the wall restaurant. Not exactly the cleaniest place but then again its a dive so whatya expect? Imperial rolls...
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Yelp.com Review - by Dustin B.

5.0 of 5 stars. If you find yourself walking around in Soma, searching for some good food, this is the place to go. Our landlord recommended it to us. The food is good, especially the Pho, Spicy Beef Soup, or...
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Yelp.com Review - by albion r.

4.0 of 5 stars. I adore how this is considered SOMA. it's so just a spit from Market. it's like saying you're from the City when you're really from Sacramento. silly.all I know is that it IS divine. there's no way...
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Yelp.com Review - by Calvin C.

5.0 of 5 stars. Talk about Beat-like atmosphere. When you skid past the dirty beggars at the beginning of sixth street and duck inside and instantly snear "What a Dump!", just plop down at a barstool and grab a...
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Yelp.com Review - by Stephanie C.

1.0 of 5 stars. I've got pretty thick skin and I love a good dive. But this place had roaches walking up the walls. The bathroom sink was a bucket and the toilet didn't flush. And I suffered through it all for...
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Yelp.com Review - by Hale L.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is a reliable choice considering the hood. The Julia Child endorsement is not a factor for me but it helps. I must admit eating at the bar scares me. Most of the time I call and get take out. The...
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Yelp.com Review - by Rene M.

4.0 of 5 stars. Great food and amazing cheap at the same time. I agree that the restaurant can get chaotic at times but head upstairs for a calmer atmosphere.Yeah, the neighborhood isn't great but the food is worth...
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Yelp.com Review - by Josh B.

5.0 of 5 stars. Things I would do for Tu Lan Imperial Rolls:1. Put a wok on my head, crouch behind a tree on 6th street, and yell, "Gerry ain't passin' this hedgegrove!"2. Punch a nun in the face.3. Have every one of...
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Yelp.com Review - by Anton Szandor L.

5.0 of 5 stars. Delicious food, large potions, inexpensive prices. Mmmm, Imperial Rolls.
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Yelp.com Review - by Ken p.

3.0 of 5 stars. My BF loves, this place, I was not impressed the few times I got take out. Well last week, we ate there.What a trip, something out of blade runner, the energy, the chaotic mess called the interior....
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Yelp.com Review - by Oliver N.

4.0 of 5 stars. Good, cheap, tasty vietnamese. The phở is excellent.I don't spend much time in restaurants on streets plagued with crackheads - and I don't mean people that seem cracked out, I mean people...
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Yelp.com Review - by Lupe P.

4.0 of 5 stars. Lotsa food and real cheap. I work at 6th and Market so the neighborhood is fine for me and I order Tu Lan at least a couple times a month. The Fried Rice and Beef with Mushrooms are my favorites....
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Yelp.com Review - by glady m.

3.0 of 5 stars. Great place for cheap eats, and yes-this-hole in the wall can be verry busy. Allot of the food is greasy but..that's what your paying for.
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Yelp.com Review - by Catherine O.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is on the top of my list for favorite Vietnamese restaurants. I make a trip there a couple times a week for my lunch break...braving the slums of 6th and Market St. I don't mind the walk through...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jade L.

3.0 of 5 stars. Okay, I'm sick of my friends saying "Oh I love Vietnamese food! I go to Tu Lan all the time!" First off kids, this is not really authentic Vietnamese food. Most Vietnamese meat dishes are grilled...
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Yelp.com Review - by Betty N.

3.0 of 5 stars. Not bad for a Vietnamese dive restaurant in SF. We had to go upstairs to eat. I thought the bun bo thit nuong with cha gio could use more peanuts. But great marinade, noodles were tender, and the...
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Fast,Greasy, Chinese style vietnamese food...

Good service for a high volume place. My girl is vietnamese so i've had lots of vietnamese food . This place is kind of chinese/vietnamese. A lot more greasy. You get a lot of food for the money though and...
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Yelp.com Review - by Fannie S.

5.0 of 5 stars. OMG. I can't believe that I forgot to Yelp about this place!It's great, cheap and fast Vietnamese (americanized) food! I love their Imperial rolls, their #24, their crispy noodles, and their vt...
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Yelp.com Review - by Erin L.

5.0 of 5 stars. At this hole-in-the-wall you will get mounds and mounds of food for under $5. And it is so worth the diarrhea.
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Yelp.com Review - by Katie K.

3.0 of 5 stars. Luckily the smell of urine disappears when you step inside of Tu Lan, but the grime remains. I had the best vegetarian fried rice (though I have my doubts about how truly vegetarian it was) in a...
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Yelp.com Review - by Michael H.

5.0 of 5 stars. Although the location of this establishment is in one of the shadiest parts of San Francisco, the food is well worth the risk! This small Vietnamese joint cranks out delicious dishes from the times it...
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Yelp.com Review - by Monica L.

3.0 of 5 stars. Large portion but they screwed up my chownmein. This is a good place for quickie and cheap asian food, nothing fancy. Definitely not a place for first date! good place for exes ;-)
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Yelp.com Review - by Owen G.

2.0 of 5 stars. 20 years ago I probably would have given it 4 or 5 just for the funkiness and cheapness of it. It begins to wear thin in your 40's, however, and getting to the neighborhood isn't a "walk in the park"...
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Yelp.com Review - by Erin O.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place is a lovely dive. If you want to have a nice, sit down dinner, look elsewhere. If you want food fast, very tasty, cheap, and you don't mind your clothes coming out smelling like you stood...
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Yelp.com Review - by Yanny S.

5.0 of 5 stars. I looooove this place. The spring rolls, the fried fish (I forget which one I order), the chicken salad (lots of cabbage, there's a sauce and not dressing, and comes with rice!). It's a Vietnamese...
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Yelp.com Review - by David C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Just order the #24 and thank me later. Best bang for your buck. Just hold your nose if you need to stand outside to wait for your order so you don't smell the tapioca. Cash only and i actually...
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Yelp.com Review - by Lauren S.

5.0 of 5 stars. AMAZING. The first time I ate here was pre-Vietnam trip, with a Parole Officer and case workers (don't ask). The second was a couple weeks ago while we were waiting for the Queens of the Stone Age...
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Yelp.com Review - by Roderic C.

5.0 of 5 stars. 5 stars considering its a dive. Its more of a quality/cost rating.It is super cheap and it is kinda dirty, but at a single place I've paid more and seen worse. Ya know? I had a pork shish kabob thing...
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Yelp.com Review - by Corey V.

4.0 of 5 stars. Bang for the buck. You want ambiance go to a different hood. You want good food fast and cheap then you got the right place.
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Yelp.com Review - by A K.

5.0 of 5 stars. Awesome, Awesome, Brave the bums and go there. You will not regret it. Dont miss out on the Fried Rice with Shrimp, VN style.
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Yelp.com Review - by zoe h.

4.0 of 5 stars. Delicious food, terrible atmosphere... but the food helps you get over the atmosphere. I love Vietnamese food but I'm not a fan of overpaying for it, which can happen quite often in San Francisco....
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Yelp.com Review - by Baoping L.

4.0 of 5 stars. I've been here twice now, and the food is both excellent and cheap. It is a small restaurant...there's a handful of tables upstairs too. It's definately a place where you wanna go family style....
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Yelp.com Review - by SID D.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is actually nowhere near as good as the Vietnamese food I grew up with in San Jose but it is really cheap and really tasty!
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Yelp.com Review - by mia s.

4.0 of 5 stars. Yeah the place is dirty but for the same reason I tolerate my children going to the germ farm that is preschool, i allow myself to eat at such holes. It builds up my immune system while providing me...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jim S.

2.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan is one of those interesting and slightly queasy little San Francisco hole-in-the-walls. Oh sure Ms Child loved this place - but she's dead. Tu Lan proudly displays a "Best of the Bay" banner...
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Yelp.com Review - by N S.

4.0 of 5 stars. Despite my inner clean freak, I'm giving Tu Lan 4 stars. The food is very good. Flavors are wonderful. I love the fried rice. But.......The place is filthy and it's in a horrible neighborhood. In...
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Yelp.com Review - by Scott G.

5.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan's decor will not surpise you. It's a hole in the wall about 1/2 a block south of Market, hidden among the sleeping homeless and boarded-up doors. So why is there always a line of people...
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Yelp.com Review - by Laurence W.

4.0 of 5 stars. Crispy noodles with everything (#20, I think) is the way to go. Not necessarily because it has magical flavors that you haven't had elsewhere, but more because the dish literally has *everything* in...
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Yelp.com Review - by Dan N.

4.0 of 5 stars. I just found the latest punch-in-the-face restaurant.Not that I'd never heard of it before. The place is kinda infamous as a delighfully holey-in-the-walley joint in a "fun" (eh, sketchy) part of...
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Yelp.com Review - by Castro S.

5.0 of 5 stars. The food is awesome and the service is quick. The area is scary though, so don't show up looking glamorous or bling'd out. I recommend take out over eating there. My favorite is the chicken fried...
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Yelp.com Review - by Cristian M.

4.0 of 5 stars. You can't beat it for price, efficiency or taste. However you can beat it (or get beat in the surrounding 'hood) in regard to ambience. I work a block away so I rarely eat there and when I do, I...
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Yelp.com Review - by rocky m.

1.0 of 5 stars. FILTHY and disgusting. Here's my Tu Lan story.The place looks bad but the food is so tasty, so I had been calling in take out for a few years. I went in for take out once without calling ahead,...
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Yelp.com Review - by Cindy C.

3.0 of 5 stars. I was told this is a SF landmark that has to be visited... So, I did. The food was very tasty. The special friend roll that was giant was perfectly fried and very flavorful. So yummy the 3 of us...
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Yelp.com Review - by Creighton B.

3.0 of 5 stars. Was not that impressed with the To Go experience this time. Much better when sitting in the restaurant. I thought that the Ginger Chicken and the Pineapple Beef we way too saucy and flavorless....
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Yelp.com Review - by Geoff D.

3.0 of 5 stars. Hmmm, based on my first visit to Tu Lan, the food did not live up to the hype, but the sketchy environment inside and out did.Granted, for $13 we got a huge and pretty good dish of chicken curry and...
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Yelp.com Review - by Halle T.

3.0 of 5 stars. I went here for lunch today and assumed that the low prices meant small portions... so I ordered pho ($4.50) and #74-- hard noodles with vegetables and tofu ($5.50). Turns out, the portions are HUGE...
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Yelp.com Review - by www.Maibaumexposed.com P.

5.0 of 5 stars. all you need to order is:imperial rollpork fried rice and they even serve BEER!!and close you eyes while your eating it or just get it to go.I really love this place.....
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Yelp.com Review - by carlos a.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is NOT the place to bring your Marina-dwelling socialite girlfriend. With that said, the food is amazing. Shoot, if I took a girl here and she didn't like it that would be a deal-breaker, no...
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Yelp.com Review - by Josh W.

5.0 of 5 stars. So far it is the Best economical Vietnamese food I have found in the city. Fast, hot and consistent. Complete hole-in-the-wall but in a strange way I love it. Seafood is great, noodles are always...
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Yelp.com Review - by Emily M.

5.0 of 5 stars. YEAYEAHSSS! This was a truly an adventure.This place epitomizes "hole in the wall". This is where a rat would enter the building if it were people-sized. I imagine that this place could have existed...
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Yelp.com Review - by Angela K.

3.0 of 5 stars. Yes it's very cramped, super loud and you will leave smelling of lunch the rest of the day. But it is very fast, tasty and you will leave having spent around 6 bucks.I was worried at first but now I...
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Yelp.com Review - by Cindy S.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place is probably one of the best hole in the walls you will ever find. Situated near the scary Tenderloin district, only brave souls and those who want good Vietnamese food dare go to Tu Lan....
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Yelp.com Review - by jeremiah w.

4.0 of 5 stars. i mean, if julia child loved this place, then you should be able to overlook the scary kitchen. it also would lower the realism of the experience.i've been here about seven times and i always order...
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Yelp.com Review - by Wendy L.

4.0 of 5 stars. If only it was closer to work. And yes, walking those four blocks really is far for me... So delicious and a great spot for a Friday lunch - I had the bun with pork and imperial rolls. It was so...
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Yelp.com Review - by Natasha R.

4.0 of 5 stars. Have you ever had something so good at a restaurant that whenever you go back you think about ordering other things but end up ordering that item? Well that is the case for me and the Combo (shrimp,...
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Yelp.com Review - by Bill M.

4.0 of 5 stars. It's a city landmark and while there is better Vietnamese in the city, I don't think they might be as fast and consistent as Tu Lan. They are the masters of the to-go principle. You can poke your head...
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Yelp.com Review - by Brian P.

3.0 of 5 stars. Great Food, just forget about the vicinity that your in. It's pretty damn bad on 6th street, people shooting up right next to you, pissing on the side walk.. gross.... but i mean the food is so bomb!...
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Yelp.com Review - by Margo G.

2.0 of 5 stars. You get what you pay for. It's cheap and it's a lot of food but nothing to write home about. I've had WAY better Vietnamese food elsewhere. It's greasy and I don't think I have ever seen them really...
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Yelp.com Review - by Rachel H.

4.0 of 5 stars. Everyone else has written about the neighborhood, so yea, it's in a bad neighborhood. But it's well worth it. They have yummy fresh food and Julia Child on the cover of the menu. I recommend the tofu...
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Yelp.com Review - by Shayna C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Best bang for your buck in terms of Vietnamese. It's relatively fresh and Super DUPER cheap. I always like the fresh spring rolls and their Pho is the peerrrrfect remedy for flu season.Yeah, it's in...
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Yelp.com Review - by Greg P.

4.0 of 5 stars. When a former co-worker of mine mentioned this place to me and the location I thought he was insane. But guess what, this hole in the wall in one of the grimier areas of SF turns out some great...
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Yelp.com Review - by gray v.

4.0 of 5 stars. gotta love a place this cheap, that delivers good food with attitude. i asked for more time to decide and the guy told me "just choose already" oh, he knows the way to get on my good side. the rest of...
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Yelp.com Review - by Irene S.

4.0 of 5 stars. total shithole. totally infested with crackheads and hookers and there's dirt everywhere.but also-totally delicious. if you won't come in here because it's too gross (and it IS too gross), you'll be...
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Yelp.com Review - by beth m.

4.0 of 5 stars. Tu LAN is the ONLY reason to go to sixth street/crack townthey have it all- delicious food, wide-ranging menu, low-prices, swift service...do yourself a favor and call head with your order to just...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jason M.

4.0 of 5 stars. When I think of the things I miss about SF, Tu Lan is always- ALWAYS- in the top five. I used to sit at the counter, watching in amazement as flaming gobs of grease would fly out of the pan,...
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Yelp.com Review - by Daniel S.

3.0 of 5 stars. OK, it's a shithole. A yummy shithole.A delicious, dirty, more-food-than-you-can-eat, crackhead-infested, flavorful, Africa-sweltering-hot, cheap, packed to the gills, goo-caked-on-the-walls kinda...
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Yelp.com Review - by Wendy W.

4.0 of 5 stars. Come for the food, but be weary of the crackheads right around the corner. Deep in the seedy 6th street of San Francisco, you get your share of bad elements. But the food is worth it, I always get the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Elizabeth D.

5.0 of 5 stars. The first person to review this place is seriously the Christopher Columbus of San Francisco in my book. This is the best Bun Cha Gio you will ever have. The best carrot meat salad. Just the all...
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Yelp.com Review - by Sunny D.

2.0 of 5 stars. Good prices on Vietnamese food, but very heavy on the grease and not a very comfortable environment. Made me feel sick later. I had almost left because it was too crowded and hot in there, and in...
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Yelp.com Review - by Eric W.

1.0 of 5 stars. 0 Stars.Undeterred by Kristina R.s 1 star review, I bravely decided to try out Tu Lan.Arriving during the lunch hour rush, a packed house and a crowd in front waiting for take-out comforted any doubts...
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Yelp.com Review - by Paul B.

5.0 of 5 stars. I met striped my friend, Daniel, at Starbucks right around noon for lunch. He was sitting on the bench reading the paper when I arrived. We had originally thought that Welcome Home might be a good...
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Yelp.com Review - by Tiffany S.

5.0 of 5 stars. Yummmm!!!! good. cheap. tried it for the first time yesterday and already can't wait to go back for lemon beef salad.. heaven. (oh and it's cheap so that makes it somehow even better).... for sure...
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Yelp.com Review - by laura b.

4.0 of 5 stars. you know, i think tu lan is pretty great. the atmosphere is horrible, the service is non-existent, and there sure are roaches in the bathroom, but the food tastes really good. and it is cheaper than...
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Yelp.com Review - by Emily D.

4.0 of 5 stars. The food at the place is really, really good. I wouldn't take squeemish friends there because it is on 6th and Market and it is a total dive. If you can handle that, then go there immediately. I have...
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Yelp.com Review - by Trevor S.

2.0 of 5 stars. While definitely qualifying as a "hole in the wall", this place has lousy food and you need to detonate atom bombs at your table to get any attention from the people who work there. The service is on...
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Yelp.com Review - by G. P.

3.0 of 5 stars. When you near the shittiest and you smell the prettiest, Put yo'self on the seated list.And, you will get most delish...(why I do not write poetry)This place has the best Vietnamese food in the worst...
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Yelp.com Review - by jamie f.

3.0 of 5 stars. The place is a hole-in-the-wall Viet place, but it's good - esp the imperial rolls. When I take Caucasian friends to have pho for the first time (esp in the Tenderloin), I encourage them to order the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Eric O.

3.0 of 5 stars. This place is pretty much what you pay for. I've literally seen them buy meat from bums who come in telling them they got some skirt steak or something and would be willing to sell it to them for...
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Yelp.com Review - by Joey R.

4.0 of 5 stars. Oh damn! I used to live upstairs from Tu Lan. Great Vietnamese food, and cheap too! The one time I remember the most, I was there with 4 guys, we all ate and had tons of leftovers, and the bill was...
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Yelp.com Review - by Veljko S.

5.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan I love you. The others may sneer at your dirty lace or matted hair, but they never laugh when you meet their gaze with your shining eyes. You keep the worst sort of company, around the...
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cheap, hot, spicy, greasy, fast vietnamese food

I can't believe Tu Lan is on Citysearch...how random. A few years ago I used to work in this area and several people kept talking about the "great Vietnamese" around the corner. I ended up going a few times...
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Yelp.com Review - by dan s.

4.0 of 5 stars. A friend & coworker lives near here, and it's on my way to BART, so after working late one night we headed to Tu Lan.Pros: lemon beef salad was uniquely excellent. Beef cube dish was just a notch...
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Yelp.com Review - by Paige C.

4.0 of 5 stars. After a short adventure through the grit and human stain of 6th street you will enter the food temple of Tu Lan. No, the food isn't the best vietnamese; but the price, atmosphere and entertaining...
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Yelp.com Review - by Sean K.

5.0 of 5 stars. A friend of mine said he loved Tu Lan so much, he'd proudly wear a Tu Lan t-shirt around town. Of course, we reasoned, it would probably look really dingy and greasy on the outside, but the inside of...
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Yelp.com Review - by Nima K.

5.0 of 5 stars. I finally had to see what the zillion reviews were all about. We got some sort of lemon beef salad and some chicken thing. Portion size is out of control! My iron stomach just soaked up all the...
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Yelp.com Review - by We Gotta Eat, B.

3.0 of 5 stars. Oh, how I would love to give this place 5 stars. The food is awesome even though if you order the fried rice for take out, the bottom 1/4 of the box will be swimming in grease. The imperial rolls...
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Yelp.com Review - by Danny C.

5.0 of 5 stars. Come here if and only if you1) are prepared to eat a LOT of food2) want to spend virtually zero on food3) like Vietnamese 4) don't mind dodging crack heads on your way in and out of the placeAward for...
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Yelp.com Review - by nicole f.

4.0 of 5 stars. Welcome to crack town!!! Okay I love Vietnamese and it is amazing there. IF you are the faint of heart, this might not be the place for you. I went w/ our new rookie at the office. He is 6'2, you...
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Yelp.com Review - by Deb I.

3.0 of 5 stars. Never mind the cracked out homeless person lying across the doorway. Step over him and walk inside. Order the imperial rolls and the grilled pork over vermicelli. You will be glad you did, and it will...
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Yelp.com Review - by Eddie w.

1.0 of 5 stars. You call that food?
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Yelp.com Review - by Priscilla L.

1.0 of 5 stars. I used to love this place, but it seems to have gone down hill like a lot of the restaurants I come back to after a year or two. I remembered the Imperial Rolls being the best in the world, and my...
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Yelp.com Review - by Patrick B.

4.0 of 5 stars. 4 stars because of the toothless hooker outside that keeps trying to get me to buy her food here. If not for that this would definitely be 5 stars. The food here is amazing, the portions are...
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Yelp.com Review - by Sarah P.

5.0 of 5 stars. I don't care what anyone says. This place is the best. I have tried A LOT of Vietnamese places in SF, and this is hands down the best. Love the PHO (vegetarian noodle and spicy beef), imperial rolls...
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Yelp.com Review - by mickey l.

4.0 of 5 stars. Wow, I think I am the 400th person to review this place, so it must be high on the Yelp Hit List.I dined here a lot in 1999. Some of their food is quite good, like the Steak, for about 7$, one of...
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Yelp.com Review - by Lyzbeth S.

1.0 of 5 stars. Review 359Tu Lan is to great Vietnamese food as the drawing of Julia Child on the menu cover is to great art. It is neither horrible nor wonderful. The prices are rock bottom cheap and the portions...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jack H.

4.0 of 5 stars. HUGE portions of decent Vietnamese food, for the price.Imperial Rolls with Pork are truly one of the best dishes I've had for under $6, ever.Yes its grungy, but they have such high turnover of food...
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Yelp.com Review - by Tristan H.

5.0 of 5 stars. Sitting upstairs was much more fun/scary before they installed air conditioning up there...The imperial rolls are to die for.
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Yelp.com Review - by steve m.

1.0 of 5 stars. oh man, this place is so NOT VEGETARIAN.you know that hot water they ladle into the all the dishes? yep, it comes from that huge pot. well, there are bones in that pot.kind of a bummer.
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Yelp.com Review - by Daniel C.

3.0 of 5 stars. The place is so cheap, I don't think I could ever trash-talk this tiny squeezy joint on sleazy Sixth Street. I'm a regular, and so is my finicky Vietnamese friend. If you get stuck in line during the...
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Yelp.com Review - by shanestar h.

5.0 of 5 stars. thank god for tu lan. my favorite is the shrimp and tofu yellow curry..i always eat at the counter and watch them cook. i also think they have the BEST imperial rolls ever, especially if you like your...
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Yelp.com Review - by Tiffany M.

2.0 of 5 stars. I went here with my friend and we ordered fresh spring rolls w/shrimp, chicken salad, and asparagus and crab soup all for roughly $18. AND we had leftovers which we gave away to a homeless person...
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Yelp.com Review - by Annie A.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is an awesome (dingy, yes, but awesome none the less) little hole in the wall. I tend to be an impatient diner and was pleased with how quickly I was seated and received my food, even during the...
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Yelp.com Review - by apple r.

2.0 of 5 stars. Friend dragged me here. He said that it was raved about by Julia Child and other famous people. This is true. The food was ok. One thing we noticed. There was a rice cooker on a crate near the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Scott H.

4.0 of 5 stars. Love this place! I totally feel like I am in some place in southeast Asia sweating and having some good cheap food. Makes the beer you are sipping taste that much better. You don't go for the decor,...
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Yelp.com Review - by Tori F.

1.0 of 5 stars. Ew. There was a cockroach crawling on the wall next to my table. This place is filthy, the food was not good.Don't believe the hype.
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Yelp.com Review - by Alec S.

5.0 of 5 stars. This place feels like SE Asia when you're in it. Somehow they manage to maintain 85 degrees and 100% humidity inside just like the real Vietnam. It makes the beer taste better.Get the VN fried rice...
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Yelp.com Review - by Joshua G.

4.0 of 5 stars. Wow, over 300 reviews! Thats the most fuss on Yelp I've seen over any restaurant.
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Yelp.com Review - by K W.

4.0 of 5 stars. Diamond in the rough. Neighborhood is shady. But, the food is worth it. . Leave it up to the non-touristy, scary part of Market Street to offer some authentic, decent, well priced food. The...
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Yelp.com Review - by Carolina S.

4.0 of 5 stars. Oh, Tu Lan, you are one crazy little hole-in-the-wall of a restaurant. I have the distinct honor of working in the alley right around the corner from Tu Lan (in an office, not on the street, mind you)...
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Yelp.com Review - by alex s.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is the best, and, well, only Vietnamese food I've ever had. The service sucks, but you can forgive them since it's sweltering hot in this tiny ass restaurant with an upstairs section for extra...
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Yelp.com Review - by Tim S.

2.0 of 5 stars. Last time I ate at Tu Lan, there was a cockroach crawling on the wall next to my table.If you see it, tell it I said hi.
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Yelp.com Review - by ross g.

4.0 of 5 stars. I like this place for two reasons:1. It is always 400 degrees inside, so I feel like I'm back in my grandparents kitchen.2. Even the largest plates of food don't cost more than 5 dollars.I didn't even...
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Yelp.com Review - by Damon S.

5.0 of 5 stars. A good Thursday concept:SFMOMA, half off after 6 and open until 9, come around the corner to Tu Lan, order something that includes an order of Pork Spring rolls, then walk right around the corner onto...
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Yelp.com Review - by Krista F.

4.0 of 5 stars. Just having come back from SE Asia, I found this place to be relatively clean... I have to agree with another Yelper, it's 6th street and if you expect anything more you're in the wrong neighborhood....
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Yelp.com Review - by Satoru Y.

4.0 of 5 stars. Great cheap hearty Vietnamese food.I find it unfortunate that many people complain about thow dirty it is. Don't complain about the appearance of the place. It's a local joint on 6th street; what...
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Yelp.com Review - by Ahnui Y.

1.0 of 5 stars. I ate a meal here that tasted like it had been pissed on. I'm dead serious. It was ammonia-esq. Freaking disgusting. There is no reason to go here ever. Seriously. The food is not good. And because...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jenna M.

3.0 of 5 stars. I went here for the first time today. Vegetarian items available-The area of town smells bad Super fast service-Too small to really sit down and eat inside
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Yelp.com Review - by Maus Y.

4.0 of 5 stars. I hesitate toward Vietnamese joints that are too nice in decor and presentation. This place seems to validate my thing for going "dirty & cheap". Yes, its in the hub of lower Market, but so worth it....
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Yelp.com Review - by Mellie D.

2.0 of 5 stars. This is Vietnamese fast food and I was tempted to give it 3 stars for decent clean score. Review is based on 1st and only visit. I had the grilled pork with quiche and rice and it was pretty good but...
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Yelp.com Review - by Andrew M.

3.0 of 5 stars. I'm not sold on this place yet.A friend and I went in here for lunch and I had veggie spring rolls, Pho and a lemon soda. The spring rolls were excellent. Fresh and full of flavor. The Pho was a...
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Yelp.com Review - by Tom K.

4.0 of 5 stars. The food here is an easy 5 stars. Its so damn good. Plus add a star for the price. You can get stuffed in this joint for ten bucks or so. But you need to take a star off for the homeless crack...
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Yelp.com Review - by Magdalena ..

4.0 of 5 stars. I pretend I'm in Vietnam when I enter the place. It seems to make it easier for me to be there. (Always takeout though, I don't eat in the restaurant.) However, I have to admit, it's some of the...
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Yelp.com Review - by jen h.

1.0 of 5 stars. They keep food in the bathroom cabinet here. I had to call the SFDPH on that one, even if it was just vermicelli. Or maybe those were actually a package of maggots...who knows?However, I don't...
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Yelp.com Review - by Thomas F.

3.0 of 5 stars. Big deal if there's a picture of Julia Child on the menu with a semi-rave review from 30 years ago? Big deal if it's "trendy" and "hip" to eat there because you have to walk down 6th Street through...
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Yelp.com Review - by Bergamot L.

4.0 of 5 stars. My friend's family owns this place. Neener, neener, neener! But before I found out that little nugget of knowledge about my friend, I was long-since a fan of Tu Lan. Oddly, for a Vietnamese place, I...
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Yelp.com Review - by G M.

5.0 of 5 stars. I haven't been to Tu Lan in awhile. Is it still awesome? I would bet the farm it is. Sit upstairs. Have some V coffee. Watch people. Eat crunchy noodle thing with brown sauce thing on it. or......
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Yelp.com Review - by Stephen H.

4.0 of 5 stars. Yes, not the cleanest place, but what place within two blocks from 6th and market is clean? At least here people are too busy eating to rob you of your life (ala Carls Jr.)I've only had #17 the pork...
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Yelp.com Review - by Sondra C.

5.0 of 5 stars. When I took my Moroccan friend here, we couldn't get anything with meat in it cause it's not halal. So we got spring rolls and shrimp fried rice. She loved it. (Hub and I normally order...
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Yelp.com Review - by Dave G.

4.0 of 5 stars. Once a year, for various socio-political-religious reasons, I fast for about four hours. At the passing of the first hour, the hunger pains climb up from the depths of my stomach, clawing their way...
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Yelp.com Review - by Mr P.

4.0 of 5 stars. I was reading the reviews this morning and realized that I have not written one for Tu Lan yet. How could I have not written a review for a place I have been going back for almost 20 years!The first...
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Yelp.com Review - by rene d.

3.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan - I like this place, despite the nasty floors and fighting the urge to give the cooks skincare products. I imagine truck stop food would taste like in Vietnam, and the shady characters outside...
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Yelp.com Review - by Derek O.

3.0 of 5 stars. The food is delicious, but you will pay for it later in the form of stomach cramps, all manner of strange fecal textures and greasy, gingery flavored farts.You can actually feel Tu Lan exuding from...
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Yelp.com Review - by Amber N.

3.0 of 5 stars. This place serves up greasy Vietnamese comfort food by a bunch of Chinese people who came from Vietnam. The service is decent for most but fabulous if you break out the Vietnamse. I tried to order a...
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Yelp.com Review - by J M.

5.0 of 5 stars. I love this place! For lunch I frequent here and usually grab a few of my favorite plates once a week or so.The BBQ Pork / Imperial Roll combo plate is the shit. I think it's number 15 or 17 on the...
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Yelp.com Review - by duh j.

5.0 of 5 stars. yeah i'm giving it 5 stars even though most folks would probably hate this whole- in-the-wall-in-every-sense-of-the-word establishment.cleanliness is lacking, but they do try with the up keep. they...
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Yelp.com Review - by hen a.

3.0 of 5 stars. vietnamese food of enormous slobbish proportions....east meets west...while food 'n' platters full....slatternly questionable....yet...cult following.....establishment feelin' almost...
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Yelp.com Review - by Gillian F.

4.0 of 5 stars. Yum-I love this place!
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Yelp.com Review - by Shane V.

5.0 of 5 stars. Seriously one of my top ten best gustatory experiences. Walk in with only $10 and walk out with a full belly and leftovers for some of the homeless dudes hanging around outside. The only downside of...
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great food. scary neigborhood

Great Food Great Value. The Best in Town.
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Yelp.com Review - by Kimberley A.

3.0 of 5 stars. I love Tu Lan, but whenever I stray from my standards, it tends to disappoint. I'm not an expert on Vietnamese cuisine, but when I order something apart from pho bo, bun, cha gio or bo chanh, it...
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Yelp.com Review - by HUNG L.

3.0 of 5 stars. After eating here you're throat will feel like you just walked across a desert without having any water. Can you say M.S. to the G. Their food is really oily and tons of MSG in it. Flavors was very...
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Yelp.com Review - by stuart l.

4.0 of 5 stars. Yes yes, I hear you. Tu Lan isn't the cleanest place. Ok ok, the staff yell at you from across the way. Maybe sometimes the tables are still a bit wet when you sit down. The plates are plastic....
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Yelp.com Review - by kimi w.

3.0 of 5 stars. Aw, Tu Lan. so much hype (thanks in large part to Julia Child). I like this place in part because I have a soft spot for gritty hole-in-the walls. It's not for everyone, that's for sure. If you love...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jamie B.

4.0 of 5 stars. If your looking for a nice chic, clean place to eat and lounge.....THIS IS SOOOOOOO NOT THE PLACE! If you are looking score crack. meth or a hand-job, THIS IS NOT THE....wait a minute, actually you...
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Yelp.com Review - by domini a.

2.0 of 5 stars. this is so hard for me... i know people adore tu lanbut i got spring rolls, and the tofu saladand was burping for a whilethen threw the whole mess up a few hours laternot food poisoning, but i don't...
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Yelp.com Review - by Dan S.

3.0 of 5 stars. How can I be giving beloved Tu Lan a three-star review? Because when I went there two weeks ago, my food was FLOATING in grease. I wept. I absolutely adore Tu Lan, which typically had cheap, tasty...
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Yelp.com Review - by Andrew P.

4.0 of 5 stars. I love Julia Child. I fell in love with her when, during one of her cooking shows, she was pan frying a pork chop and burned it, so she decided to add in water and turn it into a stew instead....
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Worth it!

I have been here many times the food has always been wonderful. The dishes are a unique blend of flavors. One of my favorite dishes is the tomato beef. If you are not adventurous, unimaginative or just maybe...
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Yelp.com Review - by Filter S.

1.0 of 5 stars. Why eat near where others deficate?
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Yelp.com Review - by Kevvy K.

4.0 of 5 stars. The restaurant isn't really nasty and dirty; it's a hole in the wall. That's it. And being a really cheap, yummy hole in the wall, it attracts some borderline homeless peeps. That's it. Where the hell...
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Yelp.com Review - by j r.

4.0 of 5 stars. There are the people who refuse to eat with dirt and hair and flies and roaches and dirty toilets. This review isn't for you, so go back to your happy place. Order the #16 immediately(#17 if you swing...
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Yelp.com Review - by sugar b.

2.0 of 5 stars. One word: hair.I was a faithful follower of the beef salad. Until I found a hair in it that obviously wasn't mine. I can handle dirty restaurants. I'm a firm believer that there's a direct correlation...
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Yelp.com Review - by Wayne W.

3.0 of 5 stars. When they first brought me my big, heaping noodle plate, I wondered how that could possibly cost just five bucks. After a few bites, I understood. The food is not bad, although you can feel it killing...
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Yelp.com Review - by Ellen O.

4.0 of 5 stars. my first experience going to tu lan frightened me. i had just moved from portland, oregon and happened to be working in the area. a co worker dragged me over to 6th street, where i was sure that...
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Yelp.com Review - by Dee M.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place is a hole in the wall restaurant located in an undesirable neighborhood. BUT their yellow curry shrimp fried rice sure is good!
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Yelp.com Review - by KayJay ..

5.0 of 5 stars. Maria D said it best, people either love or hate Tu Lan.Did I love or hate it? Lemme tell ya.Here is the IMMEDIATE plan:I plan to quit my job, go out, find a dealer, get hooked on crack and/or heroin...
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Yelp.com Review - by Steven U.

2.0 of 5 stars. I've eaten here at least twice in the last few years mainly because it was close to the Warfield and I didn't want to walk too far to find something else in the scariest part of SF (6th and Market)....
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Yelp.com Review - by Protex P.

4.0 of 5 stars. I'm emabrrassed to like this place in the same way I'm embarrassed when my girlfriend starts to Google something and 'Clockwork Orgy' pops up in the "help" bar. I'm embarrassed because it's so...
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Yelp.com Review - by nobu k.

5.0 of 5 stars. It is always hard to go threw in the small front door because a few street people are always hanging out, smoking whatever they smoke and takeout people are waiting.But,This place is the KILLER!It's...
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Yelp.com Review - by Shannon M.

3.0 of 5 stars. My review is pretty much a carbon copy of Joe R's...Last night my mater and I had a quick pre-theater dinner...we ordered Shrimp Curry Fried Rice, Vegetables with Chicken, Imperial Spring Rolls and...
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Yelp.com Review - by John C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Filthy, yet fabulous. Seriously, don't touch anything except your utensils. The reviewer with "Pretend you're actually in Vietnam" has the right attitude.
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Yelp.com Review - by Amanda A.

1.0 of 5 stars. When I was living in scummy Hollywood, I ate at my fill of nasty restaurants, so Tu Lan didn't intimidate me. I don't care how good everyone thinks the food is (it's really not), I am not going back...
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Yelp.com Review - by Daniel H.

2.0 of 5 stars. I used to like Tu Lan (the name reference to refridgerator is pretty funny though) but after going there a few times you'll realize what kind of food it really is -- loads of MSG and oil. Their lemon...
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Where do I even begin

Where do I even begin....maybe it's the nice brisk walk past the crackheads and "street vendors." to get there...or maybe it makes sense to start about 20 minutes earlier when you convince a co-worker to be...
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Yelp.com Review - by Joe R.

5.0 of 5 stars. Its a dive The food is great.My favorite is the yellow curry shrimp fried rice.I usually go during the day has an electic day time crowd.
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Yelp.com Review - by Joy H.

5.0 of 5 stars. Hole in the wall, but delicious and ridiculously cheap food!
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Yelp.com Review - by Asha H.

4.0 of 5 stars. Let me start out by saying that the food was great at this place, and I would totally go there again and again and again.That said, let me start from the beginning. It was 7:30 and the six of us...
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Yelp.com Review - by Sean K.

4.0 of 5 stars. At least once a week I get the Chicken Salad for takeout. It's cheap, delicious and totally fills me up. If you don't like a little dirt or roaches, then what are you doing in the TL? : )
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Yelp.com Review - by Helen T.

5.0 of 5 stars. Julia Child knows her stuff.I walked into Tu Lan and ordered my usual at every Vietnamese joint I've been to since I was a kid-- rice noodles with charboiled pork and eggrolls or, here at Tu Lan, the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Kenny H.

4.0 of 5 stars. Sketchy neigborhood, cramped eating quarters, a little dirty but KILLER food at great low prices. I guess prices have to be low for that area though. Nothing else to say. 3 of us ate for about $22,...
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Yelp.com Review - by M O.

1.0 of 5 stars. This USED to be my favorite Vietnamese restaurant despite the fact that it was a greasy spoon. But when my coworker found a live COCKROACH in his fried rice, we've sworn it off. Yes, live.We got to Tu...
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Yelp.com Review - by Christopher C.

1.0 of 5 stars. Hole in the wall? more like Hole in the Sewer. I don't care how cheap or tasty the food is, if I'm catching TB just by walking into the place, I'm not going to praise it. I'd eat in here again if I...
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Yelp.com Review - by Albert H.

4.0 of 5 stars. I know.. Tu Lan is in one of the worst parts of town and it is definitely one of those hole-in-the-wall joints. As bad as the neighborhood is, the imperial rolls at this place kicks ass! When I...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jen J.

4.0 of 5 stars. If you love deliciously greasy Vietnamese food...you must eat here! Tu Lan is the ultimate SF dive experience. It's the kind of restaurant where you practically have a foodgasm from how good the food...
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Yelp.com Review - by Mark A.

5.0 of 5 stars. ** Big Play's Official Bargain Bites! **Tu Lan is the classic, wonderful dive! (Mostly) great food, good portions, & good prices! Yes, it is in a very bad area - ladies, I would not go alone at night,...
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Yelp.com Review - by pea p.

5.0 of 5 stars. I first went here when my friend Elise took me one night before a movie. This is my favorite kind of restaurant. THE FOOD IS SO TOTALLY YUMMY AND I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS PLACE. But 276 other...
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Yelp.com Review - by Hong K.

4.0 of 5 stars. Is there anyone who hasn't written a review of this place? This is Chinese style Vietnamese food, I think. I wouldn't really come here for the pho. Instead, I opt for:- imperial rolls. these babies...
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Yelp.com Review - by melissa m.

4.0 of 5 stars. Who hasn't been to Tu Lan on 6th street? If you haven't.. you definitely have to eat at this hole in the wall authentic Vietnamese place. Nestled in the heart of 6th street where crack heads sing...
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Yelp.com Review - by Hyung L.

3.0 of 5 stars. Ok the infamous Tu Lan. Man I just have to say I'm a big fan of the hole in the walls. Since I work right nearby on the weekends I've been goin there like evey weekend for the past month and I have to...
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Yelp.com Review - by Josephine H.

4.0 of 5 stars. I've driven by Tu Lan before and noticed the enormous line outside at all times of the day and also that it is conveniently located on "crack alley." This is definitely not the best place to park your...
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Yelp.com Review - by Kelan T.

4.0 of 5 stars. Sleazy 6th St does not offer a lot of food options, but Tu Lan saves the day with absurdly cheap homestyle Vietnamese dishes. Apprently this is the kind of food Vietnamese people actually cook for...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jessalyn A.

2.0 of 5 stars. I really don't get what all the fuss is about. Once, while sequestered in the no-cool-food zone that is 6th and Market for an event at the Luggage Store (i.e. my roommates were performing and needed...
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Yelp.com Review - by Tiffany D.

4.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan is very yummy. Has a kinda dirty feel to it but then one bite will make you feek better. The service here is kinda hit and miss, like one day they will be really cool and then the next ignore...
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Yelp.com Review - by Diane C.

2.0 of 5 stars. Good food, disgusting atmosphere.I used to be a fan and I let it slide that it's always dirty in this place and there are always odd characters outside...hey it's San Francisco right.That was until a...
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Yelp.com Review - by Karsten P.

3.0 of 5 stars. Eating in the upstairs room is a little claustrophobic -- you get the feeling you're on the mess deck of some beat-up old Russian submarine -- but the food is solid for the price and the portions are...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jennifer L.

3.0 of 5 stars. I didn't get sick, and I couldn't eat again for the rest of the day. I'd say that was worth the $10 I spent. I was seriously too full after half of my #17 that I only picked at a salad at dinner...
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Yelp.com Review - by Derek Alistair J.

4.0 of 5 stars. cheap and good. its hard to picky on a budget but this suits me just fine.
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Yelp.com Review - by Charles C.

5.0 of 5 stars. YES. goddamnit anthony, you finally got it right.i don't come here nearly as often as i should. the family of a good friend of mine owns this place, and they crank out the best vietnamese food that...
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Yelp.com Review - by Christina S.

4.0 of 5 stars. this place scared me when i first looked at it. it's on a shady corner and it looks dirty. once you get inside, it's a whole new world. the fried rice is the best i've ever had....seriously. i...
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Yelp.com Review - by m m.

5.0 of 5 stars. they have the best combination plate. when i'm craving for some Vietnamese food and i'm in the area, i give them a call to place my order. i have ordered from them maybe twice or three times and i...
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by scott r.

5.0 of 5 stars. i can understand why this place gets alot of negative reviews. first, there are alot of snobs in sf, or america in general. secondly, yes, it is a total hole in the wall. maybe the holiest in the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Gerard Y.

5.0 of 5 stars. "A hole in the wall" as my sister called this place when we went here awhile back. It is hard to miss and easy to walk by when you're in this area. It blends in with the neighborhood. Sure it's...
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Yelp.com Review - by Melanee N.

4.0 of 5 stars. Holy shit, Vietnamese iced coffee RULES. That had to be some of the best iced coffee I've ever had. If the Vietnamese Iced Coffee Camp is up at Burning Man this year, they are going to be seeing a...
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Yelp.com Review - by Richard S.

3.0 of 5 stars. Edit: Dateline January 2008. Okay the bugs on the wall are a bit too authentic to enjoy the good food. What was a 5-star place has been complimented with 3-star creepy crawlers.Sorry to be so petty....
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Yelp.com Review - by Rose T.

4.0 of 5 stars. If you want some good Vietnamese food this is the place to eat at! It is a whole in the wall restaurant & it does tend to get pretty crowded not to forget it is located in the ghetto. It's all worth...
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Yelp.com Review - by David D M.

4.0 of 5 stars. Not tu expensive, tu packed, tu hot, not tu much air conditioning, tu go, tu floors, tu little, tunight I think I'll get some pho.
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Yelp.com Review - by Reggie G.

1.0 of 5 stars. I have been here many times, and it is so horrible. I really want to like it. I forget how gross it is and go back a few years later... and it is so greasy and gross. I think they actually rub meat...
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Yelp.com Review - by Mai K.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place make you feel like you are in Vietnam, trying to get street food from the crowded alley. Jammed with people. Tons of take out orders during lunch. Amazingly they know who ordered what......
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by pizzazz g.

4.0 of 5 stars. 3.5 stars. Tu lan is such a contradiction. There are some really delicious dishes here (bun with pork and imperial roll, fresh spring rolls). And the prices are super cheap. Unfortunately you have to...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jenny K.

1.0 of 5 stars. Too gross.
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Shaun L.

3.0 of 5 stars. The Fresh Spring Rolls are like rolled bits of heaven. It is hot as all get out in there (do not go upstairs on a nice day...think its hot by the counter, well heat rises)...and yeah...it's the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Renee D.

4.0 of 5 stars. I love this place, cook with the snotty hands and all.
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Melissa S.

1.0 of 5 stars. The cook was wiping his nose with his visibly dirty hands while he was cooking when I entered the place. I knew I was in trouble. *shudder* My stomach hurts just thinking about last night.My...
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Yelp.com Review - by Rob P.

1.0 of 5 stars. This placed sucks and is like fast food. That's all I have to say!
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Richard K.

4.0 of 5 stars. What can one say about this place. It is simply the best for what it is. I've been coming here on and off for years. You know what to expect when you sit down and order. The quintessential hole in the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Miss Brenna T.

5.0 of 5 stars. I hit up Tu Lan for dinner last night for the first time in a year or more, and aside from a few shiny upgrades to the front of the restaurant, everything from the panhandling puppeteer out front to...
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Yelp.com Review - by Kimberly D.

2.0 of 5 stars. This is not a good place to go to unless you're craving vermicelli, imperial rolls, or a huge plate of whatever food. Most of the a la carte plates have ambiguous descriptions on the menu and there is...
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Yelp.com Review - by Mirabelle J.

3.0 of 5 stars. There's a lot going on at this place. If you're not the type to go for huge towers of crispy noodles flopped down on the frying pan hastily stirred about with sauce, handfulls of vegis from various...
yelp.com - user review - 02/09/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Enzo L.

4.0 of 5 stars. What can I say that hasn't been said. Just some great dishes that get overlooked and shouldn't be.1. Lemon Beef Salad - Julia Child loved it and yet I hardly ever see it on any table but my own.2....
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Yelp.com Review - by Lauren S.

5.0 of 5 stars. The restaurant looks like it belongs in the neighborhood. Its a hole in the wall in the middle of the seedy part of Market. Maybe its for the best though, cuz with their limited seating, if people...
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Yelp.com Review - by John c.

5.0 of 5 stars. The place is divey, but the food is divine! (Corny, I know) Their imperial rolls over vermicelli noodles are the best I've ever had at any Vietnamese restaurant in town. Their other dishes are just...
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Robert L.

4.0 of 5 stars. I came here based on the recommendations of Yelpers in the Talk threads. Thanks guys!The food is very cheap. We ordered one appetizer and two entrees, all for under $20. I don't know of any other...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by yutai l.

2.0 of 5 stars. Review based on three visits.Food: Overly salty. Nothing exceptional. Their pho is just ok. their grilled pork is usually over done. their fried spring rolls are not generally that crispy. their other...
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Raul L.

4.0 of 5 stars. What more can be said about this place... It is what it is - a dive Vietnamese in the 'Loin. The food can be fried, etc. but when it is, it's still good. If you want non-fried, non-greasy, they have...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jen G.

5.0 of 5 stars. Ooooooooooeey! What a delightful Friday night! My first real, live Yelp event and some sweet, sweet Vietnamese food to boot. What more could a girl ask for? Well, it's funny that you ask. On our way...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jason S.

4.0 of 5 stars. I love this place!!!Tu Lan makes the best imperial roll I've ever had...period. The crispy noodle dishes are top class and don't forget to try the Vietnamese coffe, soooo good! As for the dirt, the...
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Yelp.com Review - by jeannine v.

5.0 of 5 stars. You need to ask yourself are you going for the food or for the decor? The Imperial Rolls are the BOMB! The Steak Salad kicks ass! What ever you do don't put your sunglasses on top of your head while...
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Yelp.com Review - by Monica R.

2.0 of 5 stars. This place confounds me.Despite the presence of flies making desultory trajectories in the kitchen, the crackheads milling about, and the water served to us giving off the suspicious sheen of Hep C,...
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Yelp.com Review - by Anna Y.

4.0 of 5 stars. Hole in the wall Vietnamese restaurant in a ghetto run down area near market. Food is very inexpensive. Dishes start as long as $4.25. Portions are huge and quality is not bad. It's a little oily...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jose S.

4.0 of 5 stars. Another Hole in the wall place that is $$$. i mean how cheap can you go when ordering combination chow fun, 3-4 rice plates that's good for 5 people? $40 maybe, $45, ...$50? Close but no cigar... a...
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Julie K.

5.0 of 5 stars. This hole-in-the-wall joint has some of the best Vietnamese food I've ever eaten in my life and is freaking cheap too. It's in a super sketchy neighborhood and I can't be mad at that because it helps...
yelp.com - user review - 01/20/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Shelly S.

1.0 of 5 stars. Hell to the NO. First, let me start by saying I have NOT been here. My boyfriend [JASON YOU BETTER BE READING THIS] is always trying to talk me into going here and I always refuse. The point of this...
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by bob l.

5.0 of 5 stars. ...if julia childs liked this place its gotta be good and it is...only glance at the decor cause ya really don't wanna see it...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Justin L.

4.0 of 5 stars. "Time/Date: Friday 8:30 pmType/Quality: Quick Thai food with all the Taste. Its what you want out of a quick hardy Thai meal. Nothing is fancy but the food tastes great.Price/Quanity: $ 6 dollar...
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Yelp.com Review - by Dave H.

4.0 of 5 stars. K! I've been going here for years now. You can't beat this place! You don't have to have alot off money and this place rocks. It's all about Imperial Rolls here, friends! Order that for sure. A beer...
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Yelp.com Review - by jenn c.

1.0 of 5 stars. Disgusting, foul and unhealthy. Nobody ever expects this to be like "Le Colonial" but you really don't expect to have cockroaches dropping onto your lap from the bottom of the plate that the server...
yelp.com - user review - 12/31/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by GG A.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is not gourmet food. This is the dirtiest neighborhood in San Francisco. That aside, Tu Lan owns a piece of my heart.. The piece that's clogged and hardened. Wonderfully greasy, bad for you,...
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Susanne C.

4.0 of 5 stars. In the stone ages, when I was still working before I got to be a retiree,my office was halfway between fifth and sixth on Market street. I could either go to the SF Centre and spend money at the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jeremy W.

4.0 of 5 stars. I have been reviewing a lot on Sixth Street lately. Don't fret, I am not on drugs. If I were on drugs, all wearing shorts and flip-flops on the corner, buzzing people in the shabby rooms upstairs...
yelp.com - user review - 12/25/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Rebecca H.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place is a hole in the wall. If you have claustrophobia or germaphobia, this may not be the place for you. It's good though, cheap, and the portions are big. There is always a line (especially at...
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Why has the department of health not shut this place down yet?

It's kind of like what being in a smoker's lung must be like - dirty, cramped, and smelly. If you don't mind grease on your seat, the floor, and everywhere else, or if eating out of dumpsters is your cup of...
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Yelp.com Review - by Ti I.

4.0 of 5 stars. The definition of "HOLE IN THE WALL". I love this place not just because of that, but because the food rules, especially the beef steak. The interior is shoddy and service not worthy of Chez Panisse,...
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Anthony R.

3.0 of 5 stars. I'd been meaning to go to Tu Lan for about five years now, ever since my friend (and long time Bay Area resident) Janice proclaimed it "the best Vietnamese in San Francisco." Well, time gets away...
yelp.com - user review - 12/15/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by David C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Fuck, I guess I'll be the 220th review for this place. Since the fried rice, bun thit nuong, and the cha gio seem to be well covered, I'll try something else.Back when I was poor and ate at Tu Lan...
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Nick C.

2.0 of 5 stars. Tu Lan is one of the most interesting resturants in San Francisco. What they don't pay in rent ~ you save in the price of the food. It is true that it is in one of the most depressed streets in all...
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Yelp.com Review - by Codester H.

4.0 of 5 stars. So they remodeled over Thanksgiving weekend, and by remodled I mean slapped a fresh coast of paint on the walls, scrubbed the floors, and hung some lamps over the counter. They may have washed the...
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Yelp.com Review - by G Funk Er A.

3.0 of 5 stars. Came here after jury duty selection at the Bryant courthouse and tried their Bun with BBQ pork and imperial rolls. Satisfying, but the pork and rolls were greasy. The rolls are really, really tasty...
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Yelp.com Review - by Bathrooms Only ..

4.0 of 5 stars. When a restaurant admits to being "sleazy" straight up on the menu, you know it is probably a dump. And hell, 6th and Market is the most wyld corner on Market. This is where I caught a woman with a...
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Yelp.com Review - by Cindy B.

4.0 of 5 stars. I'm Vietnamese and I grew up in Orange County so I've had a LOT of Vietnamese food.My fiance and I used to come here a lot when we were broke as hell (aka unemployed). We would always order the #17....
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Yelp.com Review - by Nenette Y.

4.0 of 5 stars. MMMM, this place packs a salty/hefty/greasy mound of food... I go here every other month for the chicken curry, fried rice, imperial rolls.And true the location is sketchy cuz it's on 6th Street, but...
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Yelp.com Review - by Jens S.

2.0 of 5 stars. Erm, not a big fan. Vietnamese food is my personal soul food and this place leaves me feeling null and void of soul. This place might nourish coke-addled hipsters, local bums, and the like, but the...
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Yelp.com Review - by Matt Y.

4.0 of 5 stars. The Imperial Rolls are really greasy and excellent!The floors and walls are equally greasy, but not as excellent.My Vietnamese friends swear by the pho and so do I. When you're sick, have a friend...
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Yelp.com Review - by Michael G.

5.0 of 5 stars. San Francisco is great for its "hole in the wall" restaurants...and they say if there is a long line out the door, its a good place to eat.This place is close to a hole in the wall; modest is the term...
yelp.com - user review - 11/14/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Kristy G.

1.0 of 5 stars. I've worked in the area for several years now and loved the food (inexpensive and very very tasty) until yesterday when I was waiting over 40 minutes to pick up my wonton soup that I had ordered over...
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Yelp.com Review - by Genghis M.

4.0 of 5 stars. One of the best cheap eats places in the city. Don't expect ambiance or decor, and after all, you are walking down 6th street to get your hands on good cheap eats. The vietnamese meals are delicious,...
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Yelp.com Review - by maruschka k.

2.0 of 5 stars. Metaphor of the day: "Every restaurant has cockroaches. At least *here*, you know where they are. "Apply that to whatever you want, and it works! ;)I hadn't been here in years, and it's definitely not...
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Yelp.com Review - by Blake E.

4.0 of 5 stars. This block of Sixth Street holds many a treasure: Arrow Bar, Club 6, and Tu Lan. I always knew I needed to go here, and finally had occasion to go tonight. (Foreigner friend in town; unaware of San...
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Yelp.com Review - by greg a.

5.0 of 5 stars. never been to tulan? play it safe and try #24. then, next time you bring your friends here because you swear "it's the best food (you've) ever eaten" order a half dozen dishes and pig out. EVERYTHING...
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Yelp.com Review - by brainflower A.

4.0 of 5 stars. I highly recommend the ginger fried fish. I love it, I crave it, and it's better here then anywhere else I've tried.
yelp.com - user review - 11/04/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Jill K.

2.0 of 5 stars. Sure it's cheap, but there are hundreds of other great Vietnamese places in this city that don't serve your salad with a nice big dead fly in it (true story).Have dined here once (do NOT recommend it,...
yelp.com - user review - 11/03/2006
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Greasy - Inexpensive - Fast - Furious - Vietnamese - In Funky Neighborhood

I'm surprised I'm coming back to this greasy, smoky and stinky, dirty, disgusting place with sticky tables and chairs, but the food is decent, not really authentic though, if spicy hot it is HOT, don't try...
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Yelp.com Review - by Amme H.

3.0 of 5 stars. The spring rolls were very tasty, fresh not fried. The tofu over crispy noodles were also good, but there was something a little off about the sauce. And yes, it may be the dirtiest place in town....
yelp.com - user review - 10/29/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Samir P.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place is definitely a hole-in-the-wall. Small, crowded, probably doesn't meet the health code standards (don't quote me on that). However that have great tasting Vietnamese food which is really...
yelp.com - user review - 10/27/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Ed U.

4.0 of 5 stars. TRUE CONFESSIONS FROM A BUDGET DINER...