Banh Mi Nam Loc

Reviews

• Tégan W.

  star star star star star 9 June 2026

  Great Banh Mi! It's a place that you can easily drive past, but do make the stop because it's some of the best banh mi in town. Perfect place to get a lovely, quick fix, and get on with your day. The bread is moist, and a perfect equal distribution of meat, veggies and sauce. I rarely finish a whole banh mi but I do with these ones!

• Lindsey S.

  star star star star star_border 7 June 2026

  For a tiny place in a strip mall off 82nd that I would never see myself stopping at, I'm glad I did. I saw this restaurant on one of the lists on Eater PDX, and was intrigued by the Banh Khot. When we entered, the space is so small, but every table was taken and there were people waiting for to-go orders. The place is ran by an elderly woman who was basically doing everything, with two other people helping out. Once we ordered, the banh mi and banh khot came out in good timing.
  
  The bread of the sandwich was what surprised me the most. I don't like going to spots like Best Baguette or Lees because the bread is always too hard and cuts the top of my mouth. Here, the bread was crunchy, but soft on the inside, and didn't feel like it was going to hurt when I took a bite. I do wish there had been a little more meat on the inside, but what was there along with the vegetables, tasted good. The banh khot is what I came for, and I was super impressed. It reminded me of Banh Xeo, except in cup form. Each individual one had a shrimp in it, and came along with a plate of veggies and fish sauce to dip. The outer layer was crunchy, and inside was slightly gooey and hot. It was perfect! I also ordered an avocado smoothie, and they do it RIGHT!
  
  My one gripe with the location, is that it gets some sketchy people in and around. There was a guy dancing in the middle of the street stopping traffic, and he came in talking nonsense to the owner, and both she and the guy were getting noticeably more and more upset. She probably deals with this kind of crowd often..

• Jody T.

  star star star star_border star_border 1 June 2026

  1Aug19 @ 11:45am
  Small place in a small strip mall with about 5 tables.
  No frills here just a few tables and a counter.
  Friendly service.
  We had a pork ban mi, chicken wings and salad rolls.
  We took it to go.
  The food came out in about 20 minutes.
  The ban mi bread roll was fresh but there wasn't too much of the inside stuff there.
  The salad rolls which are actually, we think, spring rolls were good with a fair amount of stuff but fell apart upon the first bite.
  The chicken wings were the stand out with nice umami/fish and spice. Good stuff.
  Overall okay with the wings making it worth the visit.

• Annie L.

  star star star star star_border 29 May 2026

  I'm on the hunt for the best banh mi sandwich and authentic pho restaurant in Portland. Came here to pick up some banh mi sandwiches (we got the number 1 special) and was pleasantly surprised! You can't go wrong with a $3.75 banh mi with pate. Although it wasn't packed with meat like I'm used to, the sandwich itself was delicious. Looking forward to coming back and trying their noodle soups!

• Janna Z.

  star star star star star 16 May 2026

  Wow!  Not expecting such greatness from this tiny little restaurant.  We ordered three sandwiches, pork, meatball and tofu.  Everything about these delicious sandwiches was right. The bread was crispy on the outside but served warm and fresh. Just the right amount of vegetables and and flavors! We had traveled quite a distance to get sandwiches a Ha Vl only to find they didn't serve sandwiches. How lucky were we to stumble into this obscure restaurant.  Not fancy by any means but we were greeted with a smile, quickly seated and hot tea was placed in front of us with no extra charge. I ordered a Thai tea which was just as tasty as my sandwich!  Grand total for two drinks, three sandwiches and complimentary hot tea, $13.  Yup, we will be back :)