Mama Mai Vietnamese Café

Mama Mai began with weekend cooking between Tram Nguyen and her mother, Mai. Family-recipe bao buns and Vietnamese coffee became the starting point for a business that moved through rented-kitchen production, Las Vegas pop-ups and eventually a neighborhood café.

Nguyen founded the business with her mother and mother-in-law, Christy. The name honors Mai, and the family's own account makes clear that food, drinks and the work of building the shop are shared across generations.

From market tables to Flamingo Road

The family sold at Lunar New Year celebrations, Moon Festival events and local markets before pursuing a permanent location. What Now interviewed Nguyen in 2025 about the planned move into the former Munchyroad space on West Flamingo Road. Later local coverage documented the café's opening in the Flamingo Jones shopping center.

The food developed along the same path. Bao came first, followed by bánh mì. The café's current website brings those together with Vietnamese coffee, tea and matcha, keeping both a quick meal and a drink at the center of the menu.

The family recipes remain

Bánh mì uses the family's recipe, and reporting on the café describes fresh cucumber, pickled carrot and daikon, cilantro and pâté among its components. Bao buns remain part of the offering that originally helped introduce Mama Mai to customers.

The drinks combine Vietnamese coffee traditions with newer café flavors. Tea and matcha sit beside the coffee menu, reflecting the family's interest in the way drink culture continues to develop in Vietnam.

For customers in Spring Valley, that means a counter-service stop built around Vietnamese bites and beverages rather than a large restaurant menu. The café shares updates through its website and social accounts; direct phone and email contact are available for questions about the current offerings.

Contact Mama Mai Vietnamese Café

Spring Valley / Las Vegas
702-850-4007
Business website

Researched October 13, 2026. Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 · Source 4. Independent researched listing; not an owner interview. For corrections or removal, email cody@702alliance.com.