The food was good, but the Vietnamese guy at the front desk had a bad attitude — he looked like he was at a funeral.”
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
John Lee1
Sandwiches and food are perfect except the customer service is nonexistent to sub par. The girls who work the front counter wouldn't know customer service if it slapped them across the face. The medium build Asian girl in the mornings; Asian girl with glasses; and short Asian girl all have a mean scowl as soon as you enter the store. They will even talk about you as if you're not standing in front of them. I usually spend $70-$100 for togo for family and friends. They had the nerve to serve another customer who was behind me first. I go to this shop because my uncle Ngo's relative is part owner of this place. I am a manager of a large retailer and service like this would result in firing. Make these girls clean in the back for 6 months until they learn customer service. They speak a little broken English and act like they own the world. I've shopped here over 10 times; but probably won't be back. There's Viet sandwich shops all over the 626 within blocks of this place. Saigon by San Gabriel Blvd is way better.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Fabien Tong
Cash only. Banh mi is okay, spring roll is good , good price. Coffee not really my taste. Nice people.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 5
Darin Senestraro
Started getting banh mi here in the late 90’s. Their bread is always excellent. Better than other SGV places I know The quantity and quality of filling varies some but no complaints 80% of the time Like everywhere prices have gone up quite a lot in the last four years Still an excellent sandwich value Try it if you haven’t
Food would have been 5 ⭐️ but they discontinued my Beef sandwich!!! The replacement #8 SUCKS!!!....
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Jim Kuo
Ba Le has been our favorite sandwich shop for 10+ years. However, when we opened our three barbecue pork sandwiches with everything on it, we were surprised to see very little pickled daikon, parsley or peanut crumble, but tasted the over-powering white onions and not much more. The pork was bland and the rolls seemed to be slightly smaller and spongy in spite of the prices increasing over the years. It's a big disappointment and if they don't return to their original proportions, we'll have to find another shop.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Jennifer Lai
Prices have doubled in a few years. It's $8 for a banh mi now. And the women who work there are so rude. Not a greeting or smile in the dozens of times I've been there to support their business.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Judy
This is one of my fave banh min spots. The price is good and I always get the number 1 cold cure sandwich and sometimes their pandan bread.
Cash only.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
APRIL C
Ba Le sandwiches are so much better in taste and quality then Lee’s sandwiches. Ba Le fills sandwiches with meat. ( Where Lees barely puts some in there’s) . We usually get BBQ Pork with a fried egg added. Bread is always soft and taste good. Yum! you can’t go wrong. It’s not a dine in place. But all sorts of other goodies to choose from while you wait. Shrimp rolls &spring rolls- delicious too. canned sodas, chips, deserts to go. My husband and I have been coming here for over 7 years.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork Meat
Racoon Racer
Grilled pork banh mi has a different flavor due to the thinly sliced chilled onions and the bigger peanut crumbs they use. Never had banh mi with onions before. Bread, meat, veggies are thumbs up.
Outstanding baguette, shatteringly crisp crust, generous helpings of banh mi fillings, with well-marinated meats. Highly recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
J Gabriel Huerta
No sitting, not much to say, did acceptable, but they have no pepper, no, no salt, no , no no
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
Carolina Wono
Ordered chicken sandwiches and bread tasted not fresh and chicken was big pieces with no flavor. Quality and customer service are going down while the price going up :( Sad as it was out go to Vietnamese sandwich place!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Vince Tang
I've never had peanuts in banh mi but they were fantastic. Cash only.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Victor Jackson
Each year we come to the US and stay in LA, we make a point to visit this shop. The food and drinks are wonderful and the staff is always so friendly and kind even when we make a mistake with the order. Great place!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Banh MI Chay, Pork Meat, Beaf Roll, Special Cold Cut Banh MI
The food was good, but the Vietnamese guy at the front desk had a bad attitude — he looked like he was at a funeral.”
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Sandwiches and food are perfect except the customer service is nonexistent to sub par. The girls who work the front counter wouldn't know customer service if it slapped them across the face. The medium build Asian girl in the mornings; Asian girl with glasses; and short Asian girl all have a mean scowl as soon as you enter the store. They will even talk about you as if you're not standing in front of them. I usually spend $70-$100 for togo for family and friends. They had the nerve to serve another customer who was behind me first. I go to this shop because my uncle Ngo's relative is part owner of this place. I am a manager of a large retailer and service like this would result in firing. Make these girls clean in the back for 6 months until they learn customer service. They speak a little broken English and act like they own the world. I've shopped here over 10 times; but probably won't be back. There's Viet sandwich shops all over the 626 within blocks of this place. Saigon by San Gabriel Blvd is way better.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Cash only. Banh mi is okay, spring roll is good , good price. Coffee not really my taste. Nice people.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 5
Started getting banh mi here in the late 90’s. Their bread is always excellent. Better than other SGV places I know
The quantity and quality of filling varies some but no complaints 80% of the time
Like everywhere prices have gone up quite a lot in the last four years
Still an excellent sandwich value
Try it if you haven’t
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: BBQ Pork Rolls, Shredded Pork, Shredded Pork Sandwich
Food would have been 5 ⭐️ but they discontinued my Beef sandwich!!! The replacement #8 SUCKS!!!....
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Ba Le has been our favorite sandwich shop for 10+ years. However, when we opened our three barbecue pork sandwiches with everything on it, we were surprised to see very little pickled daikon, parsley or peanut crumble, but tasted the over-powering white onions and not much more. The pork was bland and the rolls seemed to be slightly smaller and spongy in spite of the prices increasing over the years. It's a big disappointment and if they don't return to their original proportions, we'll have to find another shop.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Prices have doubled in a few years. It's $8 for a banh mi now. And the women who work there are so rude. Not a greeting or smile in the dozens of times I've been there to support their business.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
This is one of my fave banh min spots. The price is good and I always get the number 1 cold cure sandwich and sometimes their pandan bread.
Cash only.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ba Le sandwiches are so much better in taste and quality then Lee’s sandwiches. Ba Le fills sandwiches with meat. ( Where Lees barely puts some in there’s) . We usually get BBQ Pork with a fried egg added. Bread is always soft and taste good. Yum! you can’t go wrong.
It’s not a dine in place. But all sorts of other goodies to choose from while you wait. Shrimp rolls &spring rolls- delicious too. canned sodas, chips, deserts to go.
My husband and I have been coming here for over 7 years.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork Meat
Grilled pork banh mi has a different flavor due to the thinly sliced chilled onions and the bigger peanut crumbs they use. Never had banh mi with onions before.
Bread, meat, veggies are thumbs up.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
Outstanding baguette, shatteringly crisp crust, generous helpings of banh mi fillings, with well-marinated meats. Highly recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
No sitting, not much to say, did acceptable, but they have no pepper, no, no salt, no , no no
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
Ordered chicken sandwiches and bread tasted not fresh and chicken was big pieces with no flavor. Quality and customer service are going down while the price going up :( Sad as it was out go to Vietnamese sandwich place!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
I've never had peanuts in banh mi but they were fantastic. Cash only.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Each year we come to the US and stay in LA, we make a point to visit this shop. The food and drinks are wonderful and the staff is always so friendly and kind even when we make a mistake with the order. Great place!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Banh MI Chay, Pork Meat, Beaf Roll, Special Cold Cut Banh MI
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