4 editor picks in Boston.
4 vietnamese places in Boston we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Boston | Vietnamese across every city.
Vietnamese cooking in Boston is concentrated in Dorchester, the heart of the city's Vietnamese community. Banh Mi Ba Le handles the sandwich and grab-and-go side, while Pho Hoa serves the steaming noodle soups that define the cuisine. Both make Dorchester the place to seek out Vietnamese food in the city.
Jennifer Nguyen has rolled banh mi at Ba Le on Dorchester Avenue in Boston since 1996. Boston Legacy Business Award 2025, baguette baked fresh daily.
OrderBBQ pork banh mi, classic combination, $7 sandwich.
TipCash and card both. The pho is the under-ordered dish; ask for the bun bo Hue if it is on the chalkboard.
Pho Hoa on Dorchester Avenue has poured beef pho in Boston's Vietnamese corridor since 1992. Boston Magazine Best Neighborhood Restaurant 2022.
OrderPho dac biet, the all-cuts beef pho with rare steak, brisket, tendon and tripe.
TipLunch is the easy seat; 13:00 the room thins. Cash speeds the bill; the menu runs 18 pho varieties.
Ba Le on Dorchester Avenue rolls banh mi in Boston's Vietnamese corridor since 1996. $7 sandwich, baguette baked fresh daily; Boston Legacy Business Award.
OrderBBQ pork banh mi
TipCash and card both. Pho is also a budget order, $11 a bowl Cash is faster than card.
Pho Hoa on Dorchester Avenue has poured beef pho in Boston's Vietnamese corridor since 1992. $13 large bowl, 18 pho varieties on the menu; Boston Magazine.
OrderPho dac biet
TipCash speeds the bill at lunch. The 11:30 opening is the easy walk-in seat before the noon office crowd arrives.
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