Los Angeles · Cuisine
Vietnamese
Pho, broken rice, eastside noodle bars, and Little Saigon day trips.
Los Angeles County holds plenty of everyday pho and banh mi, especially in Chinatown and the San Gabriel Valley, while many diners still treat Orange County’s Little Saigon as a day-trip destination for depth. Broken-rice houses fill a different everyday plate: jagged com tam under grilled pork, egg cake, and shrimp paste. On the east side, a long-running Atwater Village noodle bar draws locals for turmeric fish vermicelli and lighter pho. The restaurant pages below cover a Chinatown Far East Plaza staple, an Atwater Vietnamese noodle bar, a San Gabriel institution for pho and crackly egg rolls, a San Gabriel Valley broken-rice specialist, and a Garden Grove America’s Classics pho house.
Focus areas: Chinatown, Atwater Village, San Gabriel Valley, Orange County / Little Saigon
Restaurants
Thien Huong
$Chinatown
Far East Plaza Vietnamese staple for clean pho, bun bo Hue, and daytime bowls.
Viet Noodle Bar
$$Atwater Village
Atwater Village Vietnamese noodle bar from Viet Tran for turmeric fish vermicelli, pho, and baguette banh mi.
Golden Deli
$San Gabriel Valley
San Gabriel Valley Vietnamese classic since 1981 for light pho broth and blistered cha gio egg rolls.
Com Tam Thuan Kieu
$San Gabriel Valley
San Gabriel Valley broken-rice house for com tam platters piled with grilled pork, egg cake, bì, and shrimp paste.
Pho 79
$Orange County / Little Saigon
Garden Grove Little Saigon pho house and James Beard America’s Classics honoree.