Hue Thai Bakery & Deli

I love their sandwiches here. The bread is fresh and iced coffee is strong. Been coming here for years now. If you order their sandwich to go get the veggies on the side so your bread stay crispy. Over all I strongly recommend this place.

Probably had the best Banh Mi Dac Biet of my life today. Hidden gem definitely. Empty place & location looked sketch as F, even in broad daylight. Bread won’t hurt the roof of your mouth. Not skimpy with veggies. The crack butter/​viet mayo in the sandwich tasted like Bo Kho and that’s all you needed to know. Oh, coffee was amazing too! Definitely returning for all the other sandwiches! Happy eats!

So lucky to find this place, I’ve been looking forever to find legit viet baked goods and this is easily the best in the entire 626 and LA area. They use fresh baked baguettes which is so crunchy on the outside, amazing for only $ 3.50 or less for the smaller one. If you feel like dessert their sweet bread is nice to munch at on the road, keep it up you crazy ladies!

LOVE! LOVE! LOVE their special banh mi sandwiches!!! the mayo, liver paste spread, the meats, the veggies, the herbs, the softness of the bread is like expolsion in your mouth! Their sandwiches is that good because their bread is baked freshly. The outside of the bread is crunchy and the inside so white and soft. They also have other items, like noodle soups, rice, spring rolls, and desserts. I only tried their banh mi sandwiches.
Located in the rosemead center plaza. Can’t really turn left when you are coming east on Garvey and would need to make a u-​turn on the next street. Overall price is cheap. $ 2.75 for the sandwiches.

$ 3.50 for a pack of 3 shrimp/​pork spring rolls with an amazing dipping sauce. My new go-​to spot for spring rolls yay! In and out the door in less than a minute. I previously ordered spring rolls next door at All in crab and they were bad.

Love the Vietnamese iced coffee and banh mi offerings here. They also sell other prepared foods that are delicious as well.
Always a must for me any time I’m in the area!

The banh mi is bomb. I used to go to the tutoring place in the corner so this was my lunch spot. They used to look at me funny here. Well I mean any Asian community in traditional terms would look at tattoos different. But they’ve gotten nice. The banh mi here it’s my favorite of all time. I have yet to find a place that blew me away like this small mom and pop place. Give it a try. You won’t be disappointed. The restaurant part of this place is a recent addition. I haven’t tried their noodles but I will when I get the chance.

Looking for a good Vietnamese Iced coffee spot? Look no further, I’m revealing my favorite coffee spot for all to see! They offer one of the best Vietnamese coffee, it’s not too strong and does not have that overpowering cocoa/​chocolate flavor. Just pure caffeine jolt and a nice creamy undercurrent.
Beyond their coffee, you must also try their Egg Rolls (5 for $ 3.00! That’s not a bad deal), or their delicious Pâté Chaud (flaky pastry with homemade pork meatball inside) as a yummy snack.
If you’re looking for a good Vietnamese dish, almost anything they offer is just exceptional. Here are some I would normally order:
Ca Ri Ga Banh Mi (chicken curry with a baguette roll) — MUST TRY
Bun Rieu (Rice Noodles with shrimp paste & other tasty meats in tomato base soup)
Banh Mi Pâté Cha (Vietnamese Baguette with Pork meatloaf and Pâté and Mayo)

The Banh Mi and Bo Ko here is bomb AF!!! We eat here at least once a week for work.

Workers here are rude as hell. I can’t believe they even have customers… maybe it’s because the food is cheap?

If I could give this place one star I would, but my gramma just seems to like the bread so darn much that I have to bump it up a star.
We went last week to buy the bread, the bread is really fluffy inside but has no flavor. That’s good because that means there isn’t too much butter. We have never tried the actual food there, for example the bun bo hue or phở.
Anyways, the reason why I’m giving two stars is because of the customer service. It was worse than banh mi! I mean banh mi I can understand since it’s not even family owned! This place is family owned, which means you guys should step up your game if you want customers to come back!
Here’s what happened: I don’t speak cantonese that well, but I sure can understand it. My gramma ordered and so did my mom, they ordered bread, and the cashier who is a young girl. well younger than the rest of the crew was nice and explained that it would be cheaper if we got 5 for two dollars, (i think that was the price) so we got two orders of those. however here’s the problem. The lady that packed the bread for us was so rude my mom has never been so mad about a restaurant before. and we go to banh mi all the time! anyways, when she was picking out the bread from the box in the middle of the inside area, a new fresh batch just came out. My gramma politely asked her if she could have half of it be the new freshly baked bread. the lady nodded her head but gave her the old bread, she turned around to see if anyone was looking. we were. Then when she bagged it up my mom’s hand was up. waiting for her to give it to my mom. But what did she do? She just dumped it onto the counter and then left, what the heck?! First off, did we do something to make you mad? I work at a restaurant, and customers who order to go do that to me all the time, they always throw the money or leave the money on the counter for me to pick up. But i’m not the worker in this scenario, I’m a customer, and I’m pretty sure we don’t deserve to have our food that we paid for, dumped/​thrown in front of us.

This is my boyfriend’s absolute favorite place to get banh mi. I personally love their noodle soups. The fried garlic that they add as garnish is not only flavorful, but also brings my sense of smell to its knees. Although the price had gone up within the last year, it is worth every penny. It’s amazing how they can make something that looks so simple taste so good!

I like their banh mi’s, because the bread is crunchy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside. They use French bread, unlike Lee’s sandwiches, they use banquette that is too hard. This place also includes cilantro along with green chili, pickled carrots & radish. The white sauce they put on it, is bomb!
I either get #10 or combination.
It’s located in a plaza. It’s kinda small and ghetto looking, but the sandwiches are good! I also like their spring rolls, and yogurt.

This is my all time favorite place to get Banh Mi sandwiches, better than Banh Mi Che Cali to my taste. It is located in a more commercial plaza in El Monte, CA. I was first introduce to this hidden gem and low key restaurant by my cousin.
When I first took my first bite on their sandwiches, I knew right then, this will be my go to place if I am craving Banh Mi sandwiches. Till to this day, there is no Vietnamese restaurant that I can compare that can make Banh Mi like them. Their bread is always baked to perfection, soft when you hold it, but chewy at the same time. It is so different in comparison to other restaurant version of their bread. They’re not stingy with their meat/​vegetables either. They will stuff it like a sandwich suppose to be.
They have a large variety of sandwiches, but I always order the House Special (Dac Biet) sandwich ($ 2.75) with one scrambled egg (it is 50 cents more if you add additional eggs in to it). So, $ 3.25 is the total.
Every time I bring someone here to try out their tasty Banh Mi sandwiches. I never had one person tell me they didn’t like it, but tell me that they love it.
I wish this place get more recognition, but I think the reason their restaurant name is not as popular as other Vietnamese restaurant chains (i.e. Banh Mi Che Cali) is because of the location of the restaurant. You can easily miss this place. I suggest that they should change their restaurant name to Lo Banh Mi instead of Hue Thai because that’s how I remember their restaurant. If I didn’t do some research and trace this restaurant, I wouldn’t be able to find it. Or perhaps, the name «Thai» can be misleading to think this place can be a Thai restaurant.
Anyhow, this place never cease to disappoint me. I totally recommend to everyone to try out their sandwiches. For the price and quality, it hard to not give this place a try.
Note: Cash Only.

You know it’s the weekend when you have banh mi for brunch, especially from Hue Thai.
Peter and I always order the banh mi dac biet op la (special w/​1 scrambled egg). $ 2.75 each. .50 cents each additional egg.
Veggies, pâté, spread (mayo like), meat and bread are always fresh. The bread is perfectly baked, giving the right amount of flakeiness and crunch, but also the right amount of soft and warmth. I prefer the football shaped bread over the baquette.
Love biting into my banh mi. The crunch of the bread and veggies and all the amazing, oozing flavor and little kick of spice… quality vietnamese comfort food at it’s best.
Totally worth $ 2.75. Can’t forget the café sua da too! $ 2 something.

This is my new favorite bahn mi and coffee place! Much better than going to Lee’s or Mr. Baguette.

A really small banh mi store (right in the plaza that’s on the corner of River and Garvey) that sells spring rolls, egg rolls, iced coffee, etc. I’ve tried their baguettes on multiple occasions, and I have to say that it really is tasty. I came with my boyfriend to pick some up for lunch the other day and the place was empty. The workers seemed really tired and listless, but were quick with our order. I ordered the barbecue pork in the baguette (which is more expensive than the piggy (?) bread) because I wanted to compare this place’s bbq pork to Lee’s.
I have to say that I was quite underwhelmed with the bbq pork, only because there were lots of onions and not enough pickled vegetables and cilantro. However, I really like the mayonnaise and sauce that they put into the baguette. I ended up pining away for my boyfriend’s cold cut baguette, which he generously offered to me. But I was fair and finished my own sandwich.
I think their cold cut is the best sandwich overall. Lots of cold cut meat stuffed inside, and they do have their sauces down pat. Along with the crispy bread, the pickled vegetables — it does make for a really tasty lunch! The prices aren’t that cheap, but for around $ 3.50, I guess it isn’t bad. Honestly, I still prefer Banh Mi My Tho — my favorite banh mi place.
Cash only!

Well hidden and over looked, this is the best place to get your caffeine fix, literally best Vietnamese coffee around, hands down. This place is cash only, typical Vietnamese restaurant. Their banh mi (baguette) is good, a lot better than Lees or Mr. Baguettes.

Can’t beat iced coffee for $ 2.25 even though they’re rude !

This place is okay. I remember coming here years ago and felt like they added way too much butter to their bread. You can literally taste the overpowering butter.
I went here yesterday and they seemed to change the type of bread they use. It isn’t the small baguettes but it was at the same time, just almost rounder (Banh Mi Saigon).
I ordered a banh mi cha lua (pork meat loaf) with a fried egg. The plus side is they do add a lot of meat in the sandwiches. Huge plus. Major bonus.
**CASH ONLY**