Saigon Flavor — Restaurant in San Gabriel

If you want an authentic vietnamese dining experience, it starts with broken rice as the base, not Chinese rice or sticky rice. Then add a side of an egg pancake. That's a good start. Then some pork noodles, marinated pork and some shrimp. Its usually 5 to 8 items on the plate. Restaurant is very clean and though most of the staff don't speak English, they are courteous and will feed you hardy. My green drink is Pennyworth, extremely good for high blood pressure and diabetes. My whole lunch was $8 plus $2.50 for the drink. Support the local businesses. This is...

This summer, we visited LA and a friend brought us to Saigon Flavor for lunch to try Pho. We ordered ‘Well cooked beef rice noodle soup; Rare beef and tripe rice noodle soup and the Pork fried spring rolls‘. The Pho soup is flavourful (bit spicy&salty), the beef & tripe is tender. Pho comes in regular and large size. The pork spring rolls are yummy and crispy. The serving size is huge and good for sharing. Taste is reasonable for the price. Service is excellent. Dining place is clean and neat. Parking is spacious. Accepts...

I honestly don't know how this place has such good reviews. I ordered the rice noodles with shredded pork, egg rolls, coconut milk, and shrimp paste. It was literally bland noodles with coconut milk out of the can, herbs, egg rolls, tiny pork strips that looked like fake meat, and some soggy shrimp cakes. The egg rolls were good, but everything else was extremely bland, if not gross. For approximately $14 dollars, it wasn't worth it all all. My dad had some pho and said it was decent, but my meal was...