Ba Le
Austin, TX 78753-5545
Phone: (512) 491-9188
Fax: (512) 835-1119
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Between Beaver Street and Elliott Street
- Hours:
- Daily 8am-8pm
Editorial Review for Ba Le – by Cadien Clark
In Short
Smaller in size than a typical fast-food restaurant, Ba Le stands alone in the middle of a strip-mall parking lot off North Lamar. Despite teeming with scents emanating from packaged seafood dishes on the counter and in the refrigerators along the wall, the ambience here is somewhat sterile. Traditional Vietnamese fare, including various vermicelli dishes and spring rolls with shrimp and mint wrapped in translucent rice paper, accompanies more adventurous endeavors like duck soup.
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Insider Tips
The ExtrasIn addition to the various packaged takeout seafood dishes, there are interesting rice paper-sandwich concoctions. There are also imported fruit and soft drinks.
Know Before You GoThe staff speaks little English, and there are no copies of menus, so ordering by phone is not a good option for first-timers.
User Reviews for Ba Le
02/06/2008 Posted by MissPrissy
Customer quoted fee over telephone, however when return was complete she said she had forgotten to quote other fees for service. NOT GOOD BUSINESS!
08/01/2006 Posted by austinlexi
It was a Saturday around 6pm and my stomach's mission: to get the vietnamese pork "roll" (sub-sandwich) and some spring rolls. My first impression of the place was: wow, it's sort of cramped in here. There were maybe 8 tables and 4-5 seats per. That was okay though - I wanted take-out. My order took about 10-15 mins because they made them to order. It's definitely worth the wait, because the sandwich was perfect (BBQ Pork) and the 3pk Spring Rolls (it will be listed on the menu as Goi Cuon with no English translation) Springrolls: Best I've had so far comparing to other asian restaurants in town. Shrimp, thin sliced pork with shredded lettuce and vermicelli rice noodles. Because they're made-to-order, they're not dried out. The staff was as friendly as Viet restaurant staff usually goes (less chit-chat, more speedy ordering, food prep and check-out). The order area, by the way, is on the right hand side if you enter through the front door. There were food displays and prepackaged goods everywhere, so I wasn't sure where to stand at first. I liked that the prices were exactly as is - with (I assume) the tax figured in. My sub was $4.50 and my Goi Cuon spring rolls were $2.00. So for exactly $6.50, my tummy was very, very happy.
Pros: lots of parking on the side, made-to-order fresh sandwiches & spring rolls
Cons: not the cleanest dining area, limited seating
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