Here are Mr. Nguyen’s latest list (03/12/2024) for the San Jose coffee shops. I decided to change it up a bit as there are just too many cafes here, but really only a few are worth going to, so I have removed those that aren’t worth being listed. This is just a list. I decided not to rank the cafes anymore because my opinions don’t really match most of you. These are only the opinions of Mr. Nguyen, and you may not agree with them. The price of drinks have gone up, and the average is now $8 per cup of coffee and $9 for juices and smoothies. Food is approximately $12-$16.
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1. Fantasy Café
1040 McLaughlin Ave
San Jose, CA 95122
Fantasy Café (formerly CN1) is a classic Vietnamese coffee shop to go to. It is lingerie/bikini only, but their uniforms are probably the most creative of all the cafes and leaves a little bit to the imagination. Boss lady, Chi Uyen, has a great eye for Vietnamese café fashion. The waitresses are by far some of the hottest girls in the history of Vietnamese coffee shops in San Jose. This coffee shop is a great place to take people who are new to the Vietnamese coffee scene. Fantasy and has banned the smoking inside all day and night. Coffee is $8/cup, and they have beer here as well. It’s a nice place to go to in the evenings for a beer. Fantasy closes at ~9PM.
2. Paradise Cafe
2400 Monterey Rd.
San Jose, CA 95111
www.instagram.com/cafeparadise408
Paradise remains at the top because of hospitality and talent. Their staff remains top notch in San Jose, and at any given time, they have about 3 or 4 girls working in lingerie. They have plenty of TVs for your sports viewing pleasure and a nice outdoor patio with umbrellas and heaters for cold weather. The location is somewhat out of the way for those working the tech scene, but they do have some great food options at their shop as well as many options around the café for those engineers looking for a spot to eat and drink Viet coffee. The tacos are awesome! It’s a good place to come in the evening to hang out also, and they typically show boxing and
MMA fights.
3. Nhà Hotspot
2133 Morill Ave.
San Jose, CA 95132
www.instagram.com/hs_sj
Nhà Hotspot is the new iteration of Hotspot Café and remains high in my book because of the great service and food. The place is brighter than it used to be, and the menu is even better than before. The location is a bit far from the hustle and bustle of Little Saigon, but it is well worth the drive. The attire is strictly PG, but it’s a somewhat refreshing change from the more risqué cafes. The venue is spacious, and the waitresses are extremely friendly and attentive. They make an effort to remember the regulars by name here, which actually gives this place a more intimate feel. Smoking has been banned completely. They have plenty of TVs to watch your favorite sporting event, Vietnamese and Korean pop, or EDM and hip hop music videos. During football season, it’s probably one of the best places to watch every single football game on TV.
They offer a variety of food and drinks for a very affordable price. Beer is on the menu. Coffee
is $8/cup. Visit their Instagram site to get updates.
4. Em Quyen
1998 Tully Rd.
San Jose, CA 95122
I believe the general consensus is that Em Quyen is the best risqué café right now. Most guys on this forum love this place, and it’s a constant subject of conversation. It’s a great place to grab a cup of coffee in the morning before work. With smoking banned all day, this place is one of the cleanest. In my opinion, the girls here are the hottest of the 3 rique cafes. Quyen is still one of the prettiest owners around SJ. This place gets packed frequently, and due to the small size of the café, it’s not uncommon to share tables with complete strangers. There are plenty of HD TVs to watch your favorite soccer matches or football games. No food is served here, but you can bring your food over to enjoy the games on TV. Coffee is $8/cup. Bring lots of cash for the Happy Hour (or what I call the shakedown). The shop closes around 5PM.
5. DV Cafe
1947 McLaughlin Ave
San Jose, CA 95122
https://www.instagram.com/dv_cafe_/
DV Café is the newest café in San Jose located right across from EQ and next to Palm Cafe. Attire is on the same level as EQ. The venue is nice and clean, and it’s non-smoking. The girls are extremely friendly, and a tip goes a long ways there. If you’re looking for risqueness, this ranks high on that scale, and I suggest you check it out. Bring lots of cash. Coffee is $10/cup, and they require you pay upfront as well as leave a tip when you leave. This place closes at 5PM.
6. Palm Café
1969 Tully Rd. San Jose, CA 95122
www.instagram.com/palm.cafePalm Café still make the list, but as usual, the smoking kills this place. The waitresses rank high on the hotness scale, and their uniforms are excellent. I would like to visit this place more often, but I can only stand the cigarettes for so long. Waitresses are generally hot. You can view their roster on their Instagram. They do serve beer here, which bumps this place up a few spots. I’m assuming the coffee is $8 here also. This place is open late.
7. Nguyen Espresso
1659 Tully Rd.
San Jose, CA 95122I’ve decided to include NE because it gets talked about a lot on this forum. However, it is one of my least favorite spots. Risqué factor is like EQ. Venue is small and cramped, but it is clean (relatively speaking) due to the non-smoking policy. The service is decent. This place is recommended for newbies to the coffee shop scene if they want to see what these cafes are all about. Coffee is $8/cup.
Every shop the ugly Jessica works at goes out of business in 2 years.
Luv cafe was the best coffee shop in the Bay Area. After they closed, customers tried out other shops but none were any good. People thought customers would start going to other shops, but that didn’t happen. Usually when a shop shutdown, no one cares. For luvcafe, people still talk about that place. That place will be missed.
Luvcafe sucked, that’s why the girls left to go work at other coffee shops. BTW, I will not go to fantasy anymore.
None of the shops wanted them. Jessica begged and agreed to less pay at fantasy. I will not go to fantasy anymore.
Please do not use my name… that is blasphemous…. PS, I will not go to fantasy anymore
If someone like Jessica had to “beg” can’t imagine what the other girls had to do
There’s two Jessica’s. One is hot the other is ugly. The ugly one begged.
If she’s ugly then how is she able to work everyday at Fantasy ? You sound like a broke bitch.
She either uses her car or takes public transportation to get to work.
Fantasy: both Jessica’s giving lap dances.
Guy standing in parking lot looking for cops. It’s safe. Bring lots of cash.
This site is now the site where people complain about coffee shops.
I will not goto EQ anymore.
I will not goto fantasy anymore.
Complainers Suck. I hate complainers. Why do you guys always have to complain! Allow me to explain. I open the web page looking for useful info, and then all I see are people complaining about the complainers. Don’t be that guy the guy who complains about the complainer, instead, be the guy who complains about the coffee, or the shop, or the whatever. Just don’t complain about the complaints. I think I am confused … And bored. I need some coffee.
EQ has fallen off my cock. They only have themselves to blame. Let me explain.
1. EQ girls are BY FAR the prettiest
2. I’m a seasoned veteran in the coffee game, I go about 2-3 times a week usually hitting Vi and NE, but I’ll mix in a DV night party and will hit EQ about 1-2 a month for old times sake
I make those two statements so the eq reddit warriors know that I actually like the girls there and I’m saying this because I yearn for the good ole days of EQ – now, to what I exactly I’m referring to you ask?
It’s this absurd rule which has been in place for idk the last 6 months, where girls are no longer allowed to sit down on you and instead we get “air dances”, and then randomly you’ll get a HH 4 times a day where anything goes, completely nude dances and she will jump on top of you
Let me say this slowly so this can sink in for everybody reading this… If the place were to get shut down, it’s getting shut down. A scenario doesn’t exist in which EQ gets raided but hold on wait a second we went to VAR, there was no direct contact it was just an air dance carry on guys…. Especially when theres a frickin HH going out every 2 hours
It’s not just me complaining, people are going way less and this affects the girls aka them making less money. You walk into EQ these days and it’s half as crowded as it use to be. The only thing that can make sense to me on why Quyen is doing this, is she doesn’t want to have to be “on” the entire day at work meaning watching the door carefully to see who’s coming and going and she I guess thinks the air dances provide her relief from this – which like I just stated, isn’t factually correct
Listen it’s her store and she can do whatever she wants, I’m just stating what everyone else that attends EQ is thinking, and what I have discussed in person with a whole lot of you
Cry me a River
….first rule of the fight club. Learn it. Then look into the mirror until you realize how selfish you are.
Damn. No one showed up to Isabella bday at fantasy. Y’all hate fantasy that much you won’t support you girl Isabella.
Who’s the Asian guy with that gives out free massages to the girls and other guys in the back near the counter?
There’s one of those at each cafe. Cheap customer trying to get free feels without tipping. If you are going to do that you better tip also.
Who’s the Asian dude with a kid’s haircut that gives free massages to the girls and guy customers in the back near the counter at EQ?
It’s the same dude at both NE and EQ. Always do the footwork for the girls to buy food and drinks. One girl told me he got friend zoned.