United States · Los Angeles food guide
Where to find bánh mì in Los Angeles
Explore 13 bánh mì stops across Chinatown, Virgil Village, Hollywood, La Brea, the Westside and Northridge, plus nearby LA County cities. Choose an area first, then compare cold cuts, grilled fillings and plant-based options.
Choose an LA district or nearby city
Eight LA neighbourhoods and four nearby citiesStart close to where you are staying, working or sightseeing. These are useful areas for planning, rather than a promise that every stop can fit into one route.
Chinatown
A central-city starting point on Ord Street. Choose My Dung when your plans already bring you to Chinatown.
See the shop detailsVirgil Village
Bé Ù adds a Hoover Street option, including a clearly labelled vegan sandwich. It is a separate stop from Chinatown.
See the shop detailsHollywood
Banh Oui on Cahuenga Boulevard brings pork-belly and chicken-katsu choices to the Hollywood part of the guide.
See the shop detailsLa Brea corridor
Use Nong Lá’s La Brea branch for a mid-city stop. Check that address when opening its ordering menu.
See the shop detailsPalms / West LA
Lokal on National Boulevard is the Palms-area branch. It should not be confused with the Lincoln Boulevard location.
See the shop detailsSawtelle
Nong Lá on Sawtelle Boulevard is a separate Westside option, with its own menu and pickup address.
See the shop detailsVenice
Lokal on Lincoln Boulevard makes Venice part of the expanded guide. Choose this branch when ordering locally.
See the shop detailsNorthridge
Bun Me! extends the guide into the San Fernando Valley. Build it into a Valley visit instead of treating it as a central-LA detour.
See the shop detailsCulver City — nearby city
Nong Lá’s Washington Boulevard branch is in downtown Culver City, a separate city within Los Angeles County.
See the shop detailsAlhambra — nearby city
Compare Bánh Mì Mỹ Tho and Ba Le on a San Gabriel Valley visit. Both addresses are in Alhambra, outside LA city limits.
See the shop detailsHuntington Park — nearby city
The Los Angeles Banh Mi Company is in southeast LA County. Its name does not mean the shop is in central Los Angeles.
See the shop detailsLawndale — nearby city
Saigon Dish adds a South Bay choice on Hawthorne Boulevard. Lawndale is a separate city, rather than an LA neighbourhood.
See the shop details13 bánh mì stops around Los Angeles
Addresses, menu choices and directionsEach branch has its own address and map link. Existing Bánh Mì Hub shop profiles provide more detail; the added stops link directly to their menu or business information.
Central LA: Chinatown, Virgil Village, Hollywood and La Brea
1. My Dung Sandwich Shop
314 Ord Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
An Ord Street market counter for a traditional cold-cut sandwich. The reported house special combines cold cuts and head cheese; pâté and shredded-chicken sandwiches are other choices.
What to look for: House-special cold-cut bánh mì.
Full shop guide · Reported shop details · Find on Google Maps
2. Bé Ù
557 N Hoover Street, Los Angeles, CA 90004
The Hoover Street kitchen lists lemongrass meat sandwiches alongside an explicitly vegan tofu version with vegan mayonnaise and pâté. Its menu identifies cashews and sunflower seeds in the vegan pâté.
What to look for: Lemongrass chicken, or the labelled vegan tofu sandwich.
Full shop guide · Restaurant ordering menu · Find on Google Maps
3. Banh Oui
1552 N Cahuenga Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028
A Hollywood option for Vietnamese-inspired sandwiches with a wider range of fillings. The published menu includes five-spice pork belly, steak, chicken katsu, shrimp, mushroom and tofu on a French roll.
What to look for: Pork belly or chicken katsu; check the vegetarian spread substitutions when ordering.
4. Nong Lá — La Brea
145 N La Brea Avenue, Unit B, Los Angeles, CA 90036
A useful mid-city branch when your plans are around La Brea rather than the Westside. The branch menu lists pork belly, grilled pork, lemongrass chicken, steak, and a tofu-and-oyster-mushroom sandwich.
What to look for: Grilled pork, or tofu and oyster mushrooms with the spreads checked to suit your diet.
The Westside: Palms, Sawtelle, Venice and Culver City
5. Lokal Sandwich Shop — National Boulevard
10433 National Boulevard, Suite 1A, Los Angeles, CA 90034
Keep this National Boulevard address separate from Lokal’s Venice branch. The operator serves Vietnamese bánh mì as part of a broader sandwich-and-coffee menu, making it a practical option for a group choosing different lunches.
What to look for: Browse the branch’s bánh mì selection on the current menu.
6. Nong Lá — Sawtelle
2055 Sawtelle Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90025
This Sawtelle address gives the Westside another choice beyond Palms. Its sandwich menu includes braised pork belly, grilled pork, lemongrass chicken, steak, and tofu with oyster mushrooms.
What to look for: Braised pork belly bánh mì.
7. Lokal Sandwich + Burger Bar — Venice
701 Lincoln Boulevard, Venice, CA 90291
The same operator also has this Lincoln Boulevard location in Venice. It offers a separate destination for readers staying closer to the coast; use the Venice selection when checking the menu or placing an order.
What to look for: A bánh mì from the Venice branch’s current selection.
8. Nong Lá — Culver City
9552 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232
A downtown Culver City stop with its own published menu. It lists the same broad sandwich choices, including grilled pork, braised pork belly, chicken, steak and tofu with mushrooms. Culver City is a separate municipality within LA County.
What to look for: Lemongrass chicken or braised pork belly.
San Fernando Valley: Northridge
9. Bun Me!
9420 Reseda Boulevard, Unit 5, Northridge, CA 91324
A San Fernando Valley choice on Reseda Boulevard near the CSUN area. The restaurant’s merchant menus list grilled pork, lemongrass chicken, steak, caramelized pork and a deli special.
What to look for: Lemongrass chicken or caramelized pork.
San Gabriel Valley: two Alhambra counters
10. Bánh Mì Mỹ Tho — Alhambra
304 W Valley Boulevard, Alhambra, CA 91801
An Alhambra counter for a special cold-cut sandwich, grilled meats and other Vietnamese fillings. Alhambra Eats documents a combination with ham, pork, chicken-liver pâté, mayonnaise and pickled vegetables.
What to look for: Special cold-cut bánh mì, or a grilled-meat option.
Full shop guide · Alhambra Eats restaurant profile · Find on Google Maps
11. Ba Le Sandwich Shop
1426 S Atlantic Boulevard, Alhambra, CA 91803
A second Alhambra stop with a broad bánh mì menu. Alongside the Ba Le Special cold-cut combination, the official list includes xíu mại, grilled meats, fried fish cake and a tofu-and-vegetable option.
What to look for: Ba Le Special or fried fish-cake bánh mì.
Southeast LA County: Huntington Park
12. The Los Angeles Banh Mi Company
2479 E Florence Avenue, Huntington Park, CA 90255
This southeast-county stop lists a đặc biệt with pork loaf, ham, head cheese and pâté, plus roasted pork, lemongrass chicken, hot chicken, tofu and avocado sandwiches.
What to look for: Đặc biệt for cold cuts, or lemongrass chicken.
Full shop guide · Restaurant merchant menu · Find on Google Maps
South Bay: Lawndale
13. Saigon Dish
15725 Hawthorne Boulevard, Suite 108, Lawndale, CA 90260
A Lawndale option for readers already in the South Bay. The restaurant’s own ordering menu lists a Vietnamese sandwich with a choice of grilled pork belly, grilled beef or grilled chicken, alongside vegetables, coriander and soy sauce.
What to look for: The Vietnamese sandwich with your preferred grilled filling.
Official website · Restaurant ordering menu · Find on Google Maps
Plan a Los Angeles bánh mì trip
Pick a cluster before picking a second sandwich- For a central-city day: choose between Chinatown, Virgil Village, Hollywood and La Brea according to your other plans. They are distinct neighbourhoods, not one walking circuit.
- For the Westside: compare Palms, Sawtelle and Venice, with Culver City as a nearby separate-city option. Use the exact branch address for collection.
- For a Valley visit: Bun Me! gives Northridge a place in the guide. Check your route before combining it with the Westside or San Gabriel Valley.
- For a two-counter comparison: Alhambra has both Bánh Mì Mỹ Tho and Ba Le. Huntington Park and Lawndale belong to different parts of the county and work better as their own stops.
- Before travelling: check the linked current menu, opening details and payment options. Pickup and delivery menus can differ in price or availability.
For plant-based ordering, check the bread, mayonnaise, pâté and seasoning as well as the named filling. Bé Ù explicitly labels its vegan tofu sandwich, including nuts and seeds in the pâté. Banh Oui labels mushroom and tofu sandwiches vegetarian; that alone does not establish a vegan sandwich. Our sauces and spreads guide explains the ingredient checks.
Making your own instead? Use the bánh mì bread baking and buying guide and sandwich recipe guide for the bread, fillings and assembly.
Los Angeles bánh mì questions
Choose a neighbourhood and a styleWhere can I find bánh mì in Hollywood?
Banh Oui at 1552 N Cahuenga Boulevard lists pork-belly, steak, chicken-katsu, shrimp, mushroom and tofu sandwiches. Its vegetarian options have specific spread substitutions, so read the full menu description when ordering.
Which parts of the Westside does this guide cover?
Lokal’s National Boulevard branch covers the Palms / West LA area; Nong Lá has a Sawtelle branch; Lokal also has a Venice location on Lincoln Boulevard. Nong Lá’s downtown Culver City branch is included as a nearby separate-city option.
Is there a San Fernando Valley option?
Yes. Bun Me! at 9420 Reseda Boulevard, Unit 5, in Northridge lists grilled-meat and deli-style bánh mì on its merchant menus.
Where can I find vegan bánh mì?
Bé Ù publishes an explicitly vegan tofu bánh mì with vegan mayonnaise and pâté. Its menu identifies cashews and sunflower seeds in the pâté. Other tofu or mushroom sandwiches require their own ingredient checks; a vegetarian label does not establish that every spread and sauce is vegan.
Are Alhambra, Culver City, Huntington Park and Lawndale LA districts?
They are separate cities in Los Angeles County. We include them in the wider-area guide and label them clearly, so you can distinguish an LA city neighbourhood from a trip to another municipality.
Is Orange County’s Little Saigon included?
It has a separate Little Saigon guide. This page concentrates on Los Angeles city and selected nearby LA County addresses rather than treating Orange County as an LA district.
Sources and latest checks
Reviewed 20 October 2026Business websites and restaurant-managed ordering pages support the new menu and branch details. My Dung uses reported shop information; Bánh Mì Mỹ Tho uses the Alhambra Eats restaurant profile alongside its existing directory guide. The linked sources describe the shops; inclusion does not imply a paid placement or a Bánh Mì Hub tasting visit.
- Banh Oui — official Hollywood menu and address.
- Nong Lá — official locations; branch menus for La Brea, Sawtelle and Culver City.
- Lokal — official National Boulevard and Venice locations and menus.
- Ba Le — official Alhambra address and menu.
- Saigon Dish — official Lawndale website and its linked ordering menu.
- Bun Me! — merchant menu; Northridge merchant address and menu.
- Bé Ù — restaurant ordering menu; The Los Angeles Banh Mi Company — merchant menu.
- Eater LA — My Dung reporting; Alhambra Eats — Bánh Mì Mỹ Tho profile.
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