Quán Bún — Restaurant in Garden Grove

I came here on an early Friday evening, and plentiful seats were available.

We ordered a canh bún, and a bánh canh, along with a bún mọc (to go). My husband loves his canh bún, the broth was excellent meats were tender, but the "riêu" (ground pork and shrimp paste balls) were a bit on the bland side. The broth of the bánh canh was less flavorful than the last time I had it, and the "thịt ba rọi" (pork belly) was a bit chewy this time.

The bún mọc was the least favorite of this visit. The broth didn't have the traditional bún mọc taste, but rather a "generic" broth, the one that generally served with cơm tấm. The mọc itself lacks flavor, so was the "other meat balls." They were lightly fried, but I wasn't able to tell if they were shrimp or fish; perhaps they were a generic mixture of both or imitation meat?! Regardless, the sườn (pork ribs) was well cooked, flavored, and tender.

Prices were very reasonable; services are about the same at any mom and pop dinners , which means "don't expect much." (But the Vietnamese owners love to label these types of small shops "restaurants"...lol)

Overall, it's still a very good place to have authentic Vietnamese bún varieties. I'd recommend this place if you're in the...

I found a newly opened restaurant on Yelp and decided to give it a try. It Located inside a strip mall with many shops surrounding it. It was right in the Korea district and closed to little Saigon. It was small but visible from the street. I liked the decorations and its looks. It was almost full House when we came in. There were tables set outside if you preferred. Inside it was cleaned and organized. The staffs were friendly , welcoming and helpful. We tried their specialty Bun rieu and Bun moc , they were delicious and yummy. They were very interacted with customers one on one to make sure their customer's satisfactions. The noise was medium and better yet as they told us this was a family run restaurant. They even told us the foods were prepared and made by the family. That was good to hear and was proud of that. The broth was right on the money and tasted so good. Would be back to try out more their other specialty next time we...

When I sat down at the table, the first thing I noticed was they had mam tom (shrimp paste) in a jar on the table. As soon as I saw that, I had high hopes for this place because I knew that this place was going to be authentic.

I had the canh bun and the broth was very fragrant. The meats in the soup were very tender. The fish cakes nice and light, yet had a soft chew to them. The blood cubes had a great flavor without any of the funk to them. Just clean irony taste, which is rare to find. The noodles complemented the broth very well; it was nice and chewy and held on to the broth well. One thing that usually is overlooked is the fresh ground chili paste. It was fresh and very spicy and went so well with the soup.

I highly recommend this place if you want to try some authentic vietnamese noodle soups that isn't the typical pho you see everyday.

I will be back to try more...