Bong Lua
#1,122 in Toronto. 6 Redditors across 9 mentions, Oct 2023 to Feb 2026.
What Reddit says
A Scarborough Vietnamese restaurant best known for bun rieu, the crab noodle soup, which one Redditor calls close to homemade. Bun thit nuong and pho also get praise. Open on Sundays. One person prefers eating in over takeout.
Paraphrased from the comments below.
What to order
- Pho2 Redditors
In their words
Short excerpts, each linked to the full comment on Reddit.
“Only a handful of places in the city make this, and this is the closest to homemade I've had.”
Loved itr/FoodToronto, Jun 2024Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Known mostly for their bun rieu, or crab vermicelli soup. TBH I would probably choose to eat in instead of takeout at this place.”
Mixedr/FoodToronto, Apr 2024Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Bong Lua Vietnamese Restaurant at Birchmount and Huntingwood used to be my go-to for Banh Canh cua”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Dec 2025Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Bong Lua next door (Vietnamese restaurant) is open on Sundays and worth the stop”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Aug 2024Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Lunch: Bong Lua for pho.”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Feb 2026Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “Bun Thit Nuong and Bun Rieu both 10/10”
Loved itr/FoodToronto, Feb 2026Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “the bun rieu (crab pho) at Bong Lua is excellent”
Liked itr/FoodToronto, Oct 2023Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab) “that plaza also has other great eats from what I remember - bong lua”
Mentionedr/FoodToronto, Feb 2025Read on Reddit (opens in a new tab)
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