Ba-Le Sandwich Shop

First let me say I am picky a vegetarian & Oahu raised since keiki. This was best meal in shopping mall ever. The service was filled with aloha - as I said I don't eat meat and it's mainly non veg but I stopped in here once b4 and had a great spring roll b4 after bishop museum months ago.So I figured I'd try again - they have a Vietnamese egg roll w vermicelli- I asked if it was vegetarian they said no but we can make you one it will take a bit to cook - only tool 5 mins.They asked if I need togo - I said better put cause I probably wont eat it all. I was eating it here- clean & welcoming. Look at picture anti cooked it like I was in her home. Vermicelli perfectly cooked spring roll yummy and salad fresh I will be back- ps I am white as Casper and my whole life here they always give me knife and fork - she actually don't ask and have me chop sticks - Drop Mike - you must check this place out nokaoi ono food !!! So fresh

Today I decided to grab some Banh-mi sandwiches for lunch for my wife. This particular Ba-Le is located in the Kamehameha Shopping Center right next door to Time's supermarket.I was very disappointed my wife pointed out there was only 2-3 thin slices of cold cut in the sandwich. Most places packed the meat and veggies. I guess I'm not going to be a return customers in the future .Service 3.5 Stars Value 2 Stars Try to support local but when they try to really cut back it shows either on quality or service .

I used to love coming to bale for a bahn mi. The quality just declined here. First of all, I get inflation is happening the sandwiches were like 12+ -15 bucks. I still bought a sandwich and second of all, the bread wasn't toasted. It wasn't the best. I'm used to having a crunch when I bite into the baguette there was none and the meat was lacking. For the price I'm paying, I would hope the sandwich would be better. Bale please toast your bread, that bread was stale. Thank you.

We got two sandwiches one steamed pork and a special. For 13 dollars each we were disappointed that bread was cold and stale and not toasted at all. hardly any fillings plus I wish the girl making our sandwich's pulled her long hair back up in a ponytail.

Bale Sandwich shop is located in the Kamehameha shopping center next to Times Supermarket.We went there for a quick dinner I ordered the Vietnamese combo sandwich and my wife ordered the Pastrami sandwich no complementary water you will have to purchase bottle water.I like Bale's Vietnamese style combination sandwich which I used to purchase from the original Bale Sandwich which first opened up on Hotel Street.And always ordered that when I visited other locations of Bale throughout the island. But this time I was very disappointed, because the bread was not the same I don't know if they are using a different source? But the bread shape looked different and the texture was dry and not fluffy and chewy, it was not as crispy on the outside.The prices had gone up which is understandable do to all the rising cost of doing business in Hawaii, but there was hardly any meat in the sandwich and I asked for fresh jalapeño slices and they put a thin slice, which really didn't even give it a little kick of spiciness.My wife didn't care for the pastrami sandwich also and just made a comment we should have gone to subway?Sorry I hope this is an isolated case, because I have gotten sandwiches from there before and it was great, but after the pandemic a lot of places changed ownership and the quality and flavor has been lost, sorry to see such an icon business which started from humble beginnings which brought us the Vietnamese French style sandwich lose it quality!

Good food and friendly people the also have sitting area for dine in.. price is reasonable

Ordered Chicken Pho. Was looking for something quick and since it's close to my home, ordered here. First off, did a phone order. Lady wasn't too pleasant. I guess I should just be happy she answered phone to take my order. When I got in yo pick up the order. Got that unpleasant lady. No hi nothing. Pretty much stood there and I said hi picking up phone order. Told her what it was then she turned around to grab it and rang me up. Not sure why I come back here. There was barely enough veggies and the soup container was barely half full. This happened again last time so I'm not surprised. But definitely not worth the price. I probably will never come back. Sad but this used to be my place for quick Pho. Oh well. If they don't improve service and value for what we pay, they will lose a lot of customers. I'm all about supporting local, but if they don't even thank you for your patronage or try to skimp on the amount they give I wouldn't be surprised if they don't survive in this industry. Sorry.

I love Ban Mi sandwiches and I also love tuna sandwiches. Recently I ordered a ban mi sandwich from Bale in the Kam Shopping Center. I went there years ago and was disappointed in my sandwich back then because there bread was not fresh. So, I am in the mood again for a ban mi and returned to this same Bale. My first bite I couldn't taste the tuna, only the daikon. I looked inside and saw very little tuna, there was more pickled veggies than tuna. I was really disappointed that they could skimp so much on the tuna. The sandwich was $12 and I felt I was ripped off. I won't return.

Sad to write this review. We've been a long time and loyal customer to this establishment. First of all the worker was so unfriendly, that was the first that I've experienced there. They are always friendly. We ordered 4 sandwiches and took it home to eat. The sandwich seemed different. I had my regular, chicken on french bread. The bread seemed so cold and soft like it came right out of the refrigerator. When I finally asked my other family members if something was different we realized the bread wasn't toasted. It was so pale and mushy. The fillings tasted different also. The daikon had a different taste. The filling was very scarce. We called and asked if they no longer toast the bread, the lady said that you have to ask for it to be extra crispy. In all my years (20+years) I've never had to ask that! Later in the evening 2 of my family members ended up feeling very sick - they had the lemon grass chicken.*I will not return.

Love jam shopping centers Ba-Le! They have great croissant tuna sandwiches! Very refreshing!