Thanh Thai

Thank you Huge Tree for being closed and giving me the opportunity to try such an amazing Vietnamese restaurant! Being vietnamese, obviously I’ve had my fair share of a WIDE range of Vietnamese food, but this place has unique dishes I’ve never tried like their Bun Sua. It’s so good!!! Everyday they have a special. This place is so good that I’ve gone back to try pretty much all of their daily specials and I have not been disappointed yet. Service here is on point!!! The 2^nd time we went here, we forgot that it was Cash Only so we didn’t have cash on us, we asked the owner where the nearest atm was and she trusted us enough to tell us just come back and pay another time. Of course we came back and paid another time!!! She speaks English so that’s a plus for those who don’t speak Vietnamese.
Here is the daily special:
Mon: Bun Sua
Tue: Bun Suong
Wed: Bo Kho
This: Closed
Fri: Phở Ga
Sat: Bun Rieu and banh xeo
Sun: Bun Rieu??? I’m not sure if this just happened on the Sunday I went or if it really was the special.
Great food!!! All of the specials were so good!!! It’s all slightly different from the popular taste but it’s all a variation of those food items cooked in flavors from different regions of Vietnam. For example the bo kho is more light and slightly sweeter compared to how we make it at home which is more dense and deeper in flavors BUT their version of bo kho is still good, just different :)
Now go enjoy you some Vietnamese food!

Best ‘phở’ I’ve ever had. Noodles were fresh n slippery. Drank all the broth. I never do that. Kick of spicy that makes it so tasty. Also got the egg pancake dish. So good!

Came here on a Tuesday for their bun suong special. I’ve never had this before or heard of it and didn’t know what to expect as our friend ordered for us. It was definitely worth trying. It’s like a pumpkin, tomato spicy soup of some sort with bun noodles.
Staff/​service is seriously whatever. It’s a typical Asian joint — you don’t go there for the service; you’re there for the food. I would come back to try their other specials during the week.

Straight up Vietnamese comfort food! Everyday they have a new special that has never failed me. I have tried 5 out of 7 specials all cooked with heart and soul.
If you want to try some delicious and also different Vietnamese dishes. I would highly reccomend this place. Otherwise you will have to find someones Mom or Grandma to cook for you.
P. s.just a tip when reading reviews on Unilocal.Make sure you read both good and bad. This restraunt has some bad one that are either service based or complicated customer complaints. People like this typically don’t know what good food is. Trust me when I say the food here is amazing.

Huge Tree Pantry was closed (noooo) and we were starving so we decided to see what was decent in the same shopping center. This hole-​in-​the-​wall had quite a few people in there at 2pm (most of whom I later learned were probably just members of the owner’s family… haha).
The regular menu didn’t have much that appealed to me and we saw on the wall they had phở ga (chicken phở) as their special of the day. We got two bowls of it and OMG, it was so good! The chicken was super fresh and almost as good as my mom’s chicken. The broth was flavorful and not filled with MSG. To top it off, they had amazing pickled chili pepper with garlic. Since I don’t like the typical phở ga dipping sauce, the pickled chilies were a plus!
Totally coming back… now, if only I can remember what day the phở ga is served!

DO NOT COME HERE.
When I go to an Asian restaurant, I am prepared for the service to suffer a bit as a trade off for cheaper prices. This place, however, manages to screw you in both departments.
Since my friend was vegetarian, we were a bit worried when we scanned the menu for some vegetarian-​friendly options. We were informed by the extremely curt waitress that there was one option, some egg dish, that was actually vegetarian. She did not speak enough English to even tell us what the dish involved, but continued to pressure us to make the selection and not leave the restaurant. Lo and behold, the dish ended up being 3 eggs and a piece of French bread.
That egg dish cost $ 6. SIX. F*CKING. DOLLARS. I could’ve bought two dozen eggs for that much money. There wasn’t even anything special about the eggs – they were just normal, sunny-​side fried eggs.
When the bill came, we were surprised that there was a 3^rd item on the receipt, and upon asking we were informed that they charged for tap water. The moment I asked about it, the waitress immediately told us what the charge was for and blamed us for not reading the menu closely. She thrust a menu at us and pointed to the very bottom where ice water was listed with tea as a $ 0.50 charge per person.
The fact that she was so swift with an answer to this question with such indignation clearly indicates we were certainly not the first customers to have been disturbed by this unexpected expense, especially since it was just tap water. While it certainly is not illegal to charge for tap water, it’s nearly unheard of for a restaurant to charge for it since… well, it’s f*cking tap water. I would expect a charge for bottled water but to charge for water from your probably questionable water spout? That’s f*cking unheard of. This is literally the first time I’ve ever been charged for tap water in my entire life. Since they clearly knew that they were charging for something that is 99.9% assumed to be a free courtesy, they should have been upfront with being an obscene outlier from the rest of the more civilized restaurants in Los Angeles. It’s deceitful and they were completely unapologetic for it.
Do not come here. There are plenty of other authentic Vietnamese restaurants in this area that are much kinder and provide much better service than this little sh*thole in the wall.

This was truly a hole-​in-​the wall, mom-​and-​pop kind of café which I like. After hearing so much about this place, I finally got a chance to come on a Tuesday to try their specialty Bun Suong.
Their Bun Suong was delicious, love the simple homemade flavor of the clear broth noodle. I also like their strong Vietnamese ice coffee. Food came out a few minutes after ordering.
Owner was super friendly and chatty. The crowd consisted of mostly older retired men. Price was very reasonable. Will definitely return.

Loved our food. We ordered several dishes, including bahn mi, Quan nam, and fried rice, all of which were delicious. The Quan nam was particularly exceptional (if you don’t know what it is, try it! I did). All at a fairly cheap price.

Super mom-​n-​pop vibes here. We stumbled onto this gem when the wait for Huge Tree was kind of daunting. I wound up with Op La Cha Banh Mi, Vietnamese sausage and eggs with French bread. Delicious and cheap. The boo got Bun Bo Hue, which was delicious and homemade tasting. The woman running the restaurant was super sweet, offering up eating suggestions, and the soundtrack — three person Vietnamese language argument (or maybe just a casual conversation) — really added to the atmosphere. Will be back.

Food wasn’t authentic, feels dirty and didn’t taste good. Left unsatisfied and will not be back again.

Been coming here for the bun bo hue since 1990 when I was just a little kid. Best bun bo hue IMO!

This is my favorite bun spot of all time for their bun suong! It is very authentic to da nang (my moms home city in Vietnam) the broth is nice and sweet and their fried pork dumplings goes so well with the overall dish! I love the pumpkin and the side dishes as well. I always add the pickled garlic and its juices with my soup to make it a little more savory.
Sucks that you can only eat it on Tuesdays!!!

Their Tuesday special is to die for. I can seriously be happy eating here every single day of the week. Their most popular dishes have aromatic broths and delicious fixings. I can’t wait to eat here again!

Been coming here for about 15 years!
This is where I first tried bun bo hue (spicy beef and lemongrass noodle soup) and I’ve loved it ever since :)
Maybe it’s just that childhood feeling I can’t let go of but their BBH never Dissapoints!
I’ve tried some other dishes such as the bun rieu (crab and tomato soup with vermicelli), bo Kho (beef stew) and com ga (chicken rice) which are all pretty tasty at least ⁷⁄₁₀
But I always go back to their BBH!
Service is always friends and prices are affordable
The owners are very sweet and you definitely get the sense they know all their customers.
Support this little hole in the wall and treat yourself out to some delicious Vietnamese food!
Fyi guys– there is more Vietnamese food than just phở :)

I have to start off by saying how much I love love LOVE their bun suong. I’ve been eating here specifically for this dish for around 8 years now. They only serve bun suong on Tuesdays and if you decide to dine in on a Tuesday, you can see that everyone in the restaurant ordered the same dish. The takeout portion is slightly larger. You can also ask for the thicker bun noodles if you prefer larger noodles.
Location: in the plaza across from the Atlantic plaza. Next to the car wash
Parking: might be a little tough since it shares a parking lot with a supermarket and other stores
Service: excellent! Food comes out very fast!
Random tip: their teas are EXTREMELY hot so unless you don’t mind waiting at least a good 15 mins for your tea to cool down, ask for a cup of ice.

Yes, this is a hole in the wall place expect there to be a few of the owners friends to be hanging around.
I’ve come here the last two Sundays with my family because I was craving the bun bo hue and banh xeo ! It’s soooo good. The banh xeo is a new thing they started having and I really like it because it’s crispy and flavorful! The sauce they have is soo good too ! They could put more bean sprouts in it but I’m sure you can just ask ! The bun bo is very tasteful and has plenty of meat and I love tendon. This place is a hole in the wall but totally worth it!

Just know this is a hole in the wall type place and do not expect anything more
The food was Delish but the atmosphere was a little creepy only because when my friend I got there, there was a big table of what appeared to either be the owners and their friends or a bunch of regulars. I wasn’t sure since they were all speaking in a different language and just staring at us.
It’s tiny and cash only and the lady who took our order was a bit rough but I figure it fits the place.
I would go again but probably to go.
Food is legit. Watch out for stupid drivers in the parking lot.

I came here for the Bun Bo Hue. It was good because the soup was loaded with meat. This is the only place where my Bun Bo Hue was filled with a variety of meat and tendons. The broth was okay, nothing over-​the-​top.
I should come here on Tuesdays because they have the Bun Suong special. It tastes like the Vietnamese sweet and sour soup with lots of pineapples. I love it! I heard it runs out by 1PM so make sure to come early.
The restaurant is really small, but it looks like your average Vietnamese restaurant. Service is good and the price is affordable.

I’d like to thank Thanh Thai (and my boyfriend) for introducing me to Banh Xeo. As a child, i used to drive by thinking this was a crusty run down plaza. I can now say i have frequented more than half of the restaurants in this place and they’re all decent. There is the stinky tofu place, big tree pastry, and now thanh thai.
we ordered banh xeo, a rice dish with beef, and a noodle soup dish — tomato based soup, not phở. everything was alright. nothing mind blowing. the rice wasn’t broken, much to my disappointment. the noodle soup was a little bland, i much prefer phở. the banh xeo was divine though. yummy in my tummy! being a complete noob, i was lucky to have my boyfriend provide a tutorial. wet the rice paper, fill it with the lettuce and crispy egg, wrap it up really quick — before it wraps around the plate! dip in their delicious sweet fish sauce and enjoy!

Very small hole in the wall place. Looks like mom and pop place. They have specials everyday of the week. The specials are posted on the wall when you walk in. I’ve never tried the Monday or Tuesday special. I don’t think I’ve ever had those dishes before.
Monday is Bun Sua (Noodles, veggies, jelly salad mix). Tuesday is Bun Suong (Tomato noodle soupy). Both taste home made! The specials sometimes run out by 1pm. So definitely come early :)
They close early everyday too. 3pm.