Thanh Tinh Chay Restaurant

About Thanh Tinh Chay Restaurant

Thanh Tinh Chay Restaurant is a Vietnamese restaurant located at 4591 El Cajon Blvd in San Diego, California. Our San Diego guide covers 1,904 food and drink spots, and this is one of them. Expect mid-range prices, around $20–30 per person.

Thanh Tinh Chay Restaurant is open 6 days a week, usually 10:32 AM – 9:00 PM (closed Wednesday).

Thanh Tinh Chay Restaurant's menu features 94 dishes and drinks across 9 sections, including Noodle Soup, Announcement, Stir Fry Noodle, Appetizers, and Vermicelli Noodle Bowl. Listed prices range from $30.95 to $40.60, with a typical item around $36.50. Dishes worth a look include Spicy Beef Noodle Soup, Saute Soft Noodle Pork Belly, and Baby "Clams" Lemongrass.

Available service options are delivery, takeaway, and dine-in. Visitors describe the atmosphere as casual, cosy, quiet, and trendy, and it is a good fit for groups, tourists, and university students. It is especially popular for lunch, dinner, and solo dining. Offerings include coffee, comfort food, healthy options, organic dishes, and quick bite.

Accessibility features: wheelchair-accessible car park, wheelchair-accessible entrance, wheelchair-accessible seating, and wheelchair-accessible toilet. Payment methods accepted: credit cards, debit cards, and NFC mobile payments. Parking: free of charge street parking, free parking lot, and parking. For questions or orders, call (619) 255-0134.

Quick facts

Category

Vietnamese Restaurant

Address

4591 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92115

Phone

(619) 255-0134

Price range

$20–30 per person

Hours

Open 6 days a week, usually 10:32 AM – 9:00 PM (closed Wednesday)

Menu

94 items · $30.95–$40.60

Listing updated

May 2026 · Suggest an edit

How the hours compare

We compared Thanh Tinh Chay Restaurant’s weekday schedule with 22 other Vietnamese restaurants in San Diego. On a typical weekday it opens at 10:32 AM, close to the local norm of 9:15 AM and closes at 9:00 PM, in line with the typical 8:45 PM.

In total it is open about 62.8 hours a week, 12 hours fewer than the local median of 75. 95% of Vietnamese restaurants in San Diego open on Sundays, and Thanh Tinh Chay Restaurant is one of them.

Compared with 22 other Vietnamese restaurants in San Diego that list their hours in our guide.

• Spicy Beef Noodle Soup$36.90

  Thick vermicelli, mushroom, mock beef, beancurd, tofu loaf, tofu, and mix cabbage

• Saute Soft Noodle Pork Belly$39.95

  Flat noodle, mock pork, tofu, mushroom, carrot, bok choy, yu choy, broccoli, cauliflower.

• Baby "Clams" Lemongrass$33.05

  Stir fry vegan clams with fresh lemongrass and turmeric flour, crispy onion, crush peanut

• Beef Noodle Bowl$38.30

  Mock lemongrass beef, veggie roll, lettuce, beansprout, peanut, cucumber, and noodle

• Soft Duck Roll (3pcs)$31.60

  Vegan mock duck, noodle, lettuce, and peanut sauce

• Vietnamese Sausage Sandwich$31.60

  Vegan mayo, house sauce, vegan pate, cilantro, Vietnamese pickle, cucumber, jalapeno, and mock sausage

• Cabbage Salad Beef$36.50

  Cabbage, Vietnamese pickle, shrimp cracker, peanut, and vegan fish sauce, mock beef

• Hainanese Chicken Rice$38.30

  Special yellow steam rice with garlic and vegan butter flavor, shredded chicken, peanut, onion, and ginger…

• Vegetable Soup Chicken$36.90

  Rice noodle, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, mushroom, napa cabbage, cilantro, onion, and mock chicken

• Price Changes

  Dear Valued Customers, Starting from March 30th, 2023. We will increase our price a little bit due to the…

Typical prices for Vietnamese restaurants in California

Based on 135 menus with 7,562 priced items from Vietnamese restaurants in California, the median menu item costs $13.95, and half of all items are priced between $7.00 and $17.75.

At Thanh Tinh Chay Restaurant the median listed price is $36.50, higher than the typical $13.95 for Vietnamese restaurants in California.

Calculated from 135 menus in our guide. Prices vary by location and change over time.

Features & amenities

The neighborhood

Within a 10-minute walk (half a mile) of Thanh Tinh Chay Restaurant there are 19 other places to eat and drink in our guide, and 34 within one mile. By type, the places within a mile include Mexican & Tex-Mex (5), Cafes & Coffee (5), Vietnamese (4), and Sandwiches & Delis (3).

Competition is healthy: 4 other Vietnamese restaurants are within a mile and 7 within three miles. The closest is Song Huong Food to Go, 0.1 mi away.

8 places within a mile stay open until 10 PM or later on at least one night a week.

Nearest places of other kinds

• Sandwiches & DelisA Chau< 0.1 mi
• Bakeries & DessertsChinese Bakery< 0.1 mi
• ChineseMing Ky< 0.1 mi
• PizzaDomino's0.1 mi
• Mexican & Tex-MexTacos El Panson0.2 mi

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