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Echo Park - Boda restaurant
5.5

Boda

  • Echo Park
  • $
  • Casual
  • Food
    great
  • Vibe
    bad
  • Perks
    great

Food: Unimpressive cuisine that's just 'okay'

Patrons of Boda seem to favour the Charbroiled Pork Bahn Mi and Chinese Wonton Noodle Soup but maintain a neutral stance on the overall creativity of the menu. Any positivity gleaned from large shareable portions and a diverse menu is overshadowed by health code violations and unpalatable freshness, leaving most with a bland, uninspiring impression of the cuisine.

  • Large Portions

    Large, shareable portions provide great value and customer satisfaction.

  • Okay Value

    Fair prices, okay food, nothing spectacular but fairly reasonable.

  • Low Quality

    Food not fresh, lacks flavor, bread stale, beef oily and salty.

Top 3 dishes at Boda

  1. 1

    Charbroiled Pork Bahn Mi 🏆

    Juicy, tender pork with perfect flavor, deliciously satisfying.

    Charbroiled Pork Bahn Mi dish
  2. 2

    Chinese Wonton Noodle Soup

    Hearty and flavorsome, ideal comfort food for cold, rainy days.

    Chinese Wonton Noodle Soup dish
  3. 3

    French Bread Vietnamese Sandwich

    The french bread vietnamese sandwich has an outstanding baguette; generally adored.

    French Bread Vietnamese Sandwich dish

Vibe: Gloomy atmosphere bogged down by dreariness

Boda is not the place to impress your date unless your aim is to dampen the mood immediately. Bad vibes permeate through its dingy aesthetics, akin to a dated minimall. The ill-kept atmosphere, dirty utensils, and lacklustre decor are sorely off-putting, leaving you less 'buzzed' and more 'bummed'.

  • Bad Buzz

    Needs a facelift, dingy, decor is lackluster and does not add much.

Perks: Mediocre service and dubious parking

While parking may come free, brace yourself for the often frustrating task of finding a space in Boda's perpetually full lots. Patrons report a rollercoaster experience with the service, which varies in quality significantly across different visits, once again reflecting Boda's inability to inspire any form of enthusiasm or high regard.

  • Okay Service

    Some find service decent; cleanliness and customer service vary by visit.