Lela's Bistro - Portland

Love the Thai Iced tea. Delicious pho and bahn mi. Eat here more than I should, the staff is always friendly

I've gone here twice now and unfortunately the food is very underwhelming and overpriced. The first time I got a noodle bowl with chicken. The chicken was dry and crusty as if it had been left out uncovered for a while. The flavors were okay but the ingredients were extremely basic and neither the portion size nor the quality justified the $16 price, even in these inflation times. Same story the second time I went, I got the banh mi sandwich with tofu. It comes with a side of soup. The sandwich was very small, and not bad in general but with a poor amount of stuff in it. Again, the ingredients were tasty enough to eat but underwhelming and definitely not worth the $15 price. It's strange because I see that this place has a lot of great reviews, and either most people have incredibly low standards, or this place just used to be better. I don't think I would come back here anymore unless the portion sizes increased for the same price, and I wouldn't try the noodle bowl with dry chicken again.

My husband and I came by for dinner. We ordered a noodle bowl with lemongrass chicken, the bulgogi banh mi, egg rolls, and Thai ice coffee. Everything was absolutely delicious! The food was filling while still being lite. The egg rolls were hot and fresh. The bread used for the banh mi was fluffy with a crispy crust. Overall, it was a delicious dinner.

The food here is amazing! I strongly recommend the Shrimp Pork Roll. It's pretty common to find shrimp roll in a viet restaurant, but it's my personal first time to find BBQ pork in a viet roll, which gives the roll more layered taste. The waiting time is a bit too long. I waited for roughly 20min to get my pho and rolls. In my past experience, pho as a kind of fast food would be served just like Tim Hortons.

Cute spot. The food was bearly Vietnamese. The pho was light like a chicken broth and the noodle bowl was average of not below. Maybe good enough for 23rd but not where I would visit again. Try the burbs for Vietnamese