Lo Banh Cuon

My husband and I have been eyeing this place since we’ve moved nearby. We finally stopped by yesterday. This is a take-​out only place, no dine-​in.
Hand written menu signs, I don’t recall any English. We got an order of the plain banh cuon and one order of the meat one. Got a roll of cha a that fried bread.
It was very delicious. The lady in front was super nice and answered all of our questions. It was pretty simple.
Cash only. Nice little spot if you want to grab some banh cuon for home!

There’s a lot of variety on the menu besides banh coun. Its fast and in my opinion good customer service. They gave us a free calendar. On the downside the food isn’t really that great. Mediocre food in my opinion.

Do not come here if you’re expecting restaurant service. Do come here if you’re in search of some bomb banh cuon! Gosh this place is better than anything I’ve ever had! My first impression the place is very ghetto and VERY dirty! I was really worried at first about eating here. I got there and she took the stuff out of the freezer and asked me to wait awhile.
I try not to judge a book by its cover so I waited. I got
3 pounds banh cuon thit
1 Cha lua
Nuoc mam
And some veggies total came out to be exactly $ 20
Came home and the $ 20 made about 5 big plate for my roommate and I! Best banh cuon we’ve ever had! We will definitely be back for more! I’m drooling thinking about it!

The banh cuon here is omg good!!! Wow! Used Unilocal to find this place so I was expecting the bare nearly empty dark store in a ghetto-​ish looking area. I parked on the street next to mcdonalds. I ordered in Vietnamese. One lb of plain (banh cuon khong) and a lb with the crunchy onions (banh cuon hang). I had already bought a gio lua from Duc Huong’s when I dropped my daddy off at the Orange County bus. I didn’t realize they don’t include the fish sauce. Maybe you have to ask for it? But no worries… I just used my basic one stored in the fridge (1 part fish sauce, 1 part sugar, 1 part rice vinegar, and 2 parts water, heat just to dissolve and store in glass jar in fridge… Put some in bowl with some garlic chili paste when serving… Can dilute with more water if needed… I usually use ½ cup increments to fill an old glass jar).
So back to the banh cuon. It is soft with just the right chew and reminds me of eating banh cuon as a child when my mom would bring a tray home from? store in Westminster where they make it fresh. I like putting the fixings on myself: fried tofu, gio lua and bean sprouts. I’m not really a fan of the stuffed banh cuon at restaurants because fresh sheets of banh cuon always tastes better and you can adjust the toppings.
Too bad this place is 36min away without traffic. Banh cuon alone would gets 5 stars… had to take one down for location and service (shouldn’t fish sauce be automatically included!!!), but 4 stars because it was still within my expectations for the place.

The first thing to know about this place is that it’s not a restaurant. You can’t sit and eat there. The food is quite delicious, but best for you to order in large quantities for parties, or in small quantities to bring home and eat.
This place is an unremarkable hole in the wall place. Upon entering, you see quite a sizable storefront; most of it blocked off and unused. Instead, on your right you see a counter where a man and a woman (I assume husband and wife) take your order.
There are three types of banh cuon sold here: Pork, Shrimp, and Onion. The owner tells me that the onion is most popular. Food is sold by the pound, and a typically serving at a restaurant is probably 0.8 lbs or so, if that helps you figure out your portions for ordering.
I ordered 4 lbs, one of each plus an extra pound of the pork. I was surprised to find that this banh cuon is quite good, far surpassing any I’ve ever had in a restaurant. There’s very much of a homemade taste to it.
Your food comes wrapped in plastic wrap so it doesn’t look very appitizing. And then when you get home you have to cut it up on your own, and add other elements like greens and bean sprouts and fish sauce… but I definitely think this place is worth checking out, especially if you take your banh cuon very seriously. If you just have a quick craving you need to satisfy though, going straight to a restaurant where they can serve it to you would be best.
Lo Banh Cuon is probably best for purchasing party trays.

Very good service and follow through. I ordered 3 lbs of bank cuon and they delivered! They called me to make sure that I did not forget :) They were obsessed over my intention to bring it to out of state and told me NOT to order items with meat. Kind of like nazi soup but here, nazi bank cuon.
the bank cuon was delicious. My parents and siblings appreciated their obsession for quality and details to ensure that the banh cuon stayed fresh as i deliver it from CA to the midwest state.

I love the banh cuon tom here! They make banh cuon fresh daily so this is the spot I like to buy my banh cuon from!
Parking sucks as there is only street parking. I park in the McDonald’s space and I walk over to Lo Banh Cuon.
I would not suggest buying their cha lua. I didn’t really like it from here.

Have craving for fresh yummy Banh Cuon (Vietnamese Rice Rolls) to take home? Look no further my fellow Unilocalers! They sell them by the pound and the price is hard to beat. We took home the following for $ 29.50
* 3lbs — Banh Cuon Tom Chay (Rice Rolls with Ground Shrimp)
* 3lbs — Banh Cuon Nhan Thit (Rice Rolls with Minced Pork)
* 1 Cha Lua (Pork Roll/​Sausage)
* 1 Hanh Chai (Fried Onion)
* 2 Nuoc Mam (Fish Sauce)
We came here around 4ish on a Friday afternoon. Didn’t order in advance and was able to get the above items within 15 minutes. Their hours: 8:30am — 6pm daily.

I was thinking of what to eat for a quick dinner for 2, and hmm I havent had banh cuon in a while and found this place on Unilocal.This place is a hole in the wall, but who cares, i LOVE it. I bought one pound of the banh cuon with onions and one fried cha lua (pork meatloaf) for exactly $ 5.Went home and added some cucumbers and lettuce and drowned everything in fish sauce. SOO GOOD! Not only did we have it for dinner, but there was enough to pack for lunch for work the next day. What a deal!
So glad I found this place, it will be my go to spot for FRESH banh cuon. I can see myself coming here time and time again. Can’t wait.

This place has been family tradition since I was growing up. The place serves the most fresh banh cuon ever! She offers plain, shrimp and onion banh cuon. My favorite is the onion one. You order by the lbs. 4lbs can easily fill up my family of 4 for an entire day. The range for each lb is between 2.50−3.50. She also sells additional items to compliment the banh cuon (cha lua, fried shrimp, nouc mam) The service is so quick. Usually I call in ahead of time, but if i dont get the chance to, it takes her less than a couple of minutes to have my order ready when I come to order in person. This is absolutely my favorite banh cuon place!

The banh cuon here is great! For $ 14, I got enough banh cuon thanh tri for 4 people, gio, nuoc mam, and cucumber. I called ahead with my order and it was a quick in and out process.
The first time I came here, the woman behind the counter sold me plain banh cuon (for four people) for $ 6! I wasn’t able to get the thanh tri (fried shallots) because it was late and they had sold out. She told me that if I ever wanted to order and get it, to call in and she would get it ready for me.
Their menu board also includes other items like mi quang, and hu tieu for amazing prices!

I’ve been coming here for the rice rolls since I was a teenager and that was quite a long time ago. Every time I pass by this place, it reminds me of my childhood. My parents insist there are better places to get banh cuon — places where the rice rolls are not as greasy. But my sisters and I prefer the greasiness, though we probably should not if we don’t want to get depressed when we hit the scales.
My advice: get the banh cuon thanh tri (paper-​thin wide rice noodles with fried shallots) with some pork meatloaf, bean sprouts, cucumbers and basil. Don’t forget the fish sauce because that is one tricky dish to make. It’s just a few simple ingredients but for the life of me, after three decades, I still have yet to master the right combination of it all.

I love this place! One of my favorite Vietnamese dishes is banh cuon and this place is the BEST. My family and I have been picking up banh cuon from this place for over 20 years. Its one of my favorite comfort foods.

Tons of friends always ask me where to get the best VietNamese food is in the Bay Area — and I always end up telling them to not waste their time. San «MAN» Jose is the closest they’d get to finding anything really authentic and decent. Even so? I’d rather wait until my treks back to OC to gorge on my people’s food. YUM!
Every other person this month has been asking me where the best PHO is in town… and I could not, for the life of me, tell them where to go. That’s because I refuse to have Phở at a Korean establishment here in Oakland. Really. And most of the Chinese-​VietNamese shop owners in SF just cheat openly when it comes to brewing their broth. I have tastebuds, people!
For some reason, all this talk of PHO was making me CRAVE my FAVORITE VietNamese dish — Banh Cuon: paper-​thin ravioli like noodles with stir-​fried ground pork, onions, pepper and fungus wrapped inside.
Since I was in an exploratory mood — I decided to let my GyPSy guide me to where I should grub first. The minute I saw Lo Banh Cuon — I just KNEW I had to try it out. Seriously. If you’re going to name your place after something — that something better be the BEST in town.
On the way I called ahead. Apparently, this was not a sit down kind of establishment. You call in to order how many pounds of the noodles you’ll be needing and these folks will have it ready as you arrive. I was fine with that, until…
I was told by the owner that she won’t make the Banh Cuon nhan thit (with meat) on Sundays. They’ll only serve it plain, with fried shallots OR with dried shrimp. I absolutely DETEST dried shrimp. I wheedled. I begged. I bartered to no avail.
SO — my suggestion — order the one with the deep-​fried shallots. The noodles here (both the banh cuon, and the hu tieu — thick rice noodles — for soups) are really REALLY fresh. So it’s an absolute bargain at $ 2 — $ 2.50/pound.
Their meats are not pricey at all. You know, the gio (steamed processed pork) to go along with your banh cuon. I would definitely just do the one stop shopping expedition for my take-​out meal here. You’ll want to buy around 3 lbs of the banh cuon to serve approximately 4.
Y’know? Not bad. NOT bad at all. This is coming from someone who is SUCH the food snob when it comes to eating VietNamese food. Especially since I grew up next to Little Saigon in Orange County, CA. Seriously — even after visiting the motherland, some of the food doesn’t even come CLOSE to what’s prepped & provided in OC.