About Pho REDBO® - Founders, Story & the Standard Behind Every Bowl
Eater LA Overall Favorite • LA Times Essential Halal SoCal • KCRW Greater LA Featured • SICHMA Halal Certified • Est. 2021 • 3 SoCal Locations
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How Pho REDBO Got Started
Pho REDBO opened its first location in Garden Grove, CA in 2021. The decision to apply a Wagyu sourcing standard to every protein on the menu – not as a premium upsell but as the baseline – was made before the first bowl was served. So was the decision to pursue SICHMA halal certification for the entire supply chain. James Bui and Quyen Tonnu built the brand around a single premise: make the version of Vietnamese pho you would want to eat every day. The 24-hour Wagyu bone broth, the Wagyu sourcing, and the SICHMA halal-certified (most items) certification are operational commitments that predate any marketing decision.
Meet the Founders
James Bui
Co-Founder & Operator
James opened the first Pho Redbo in Garden Grove in 2021 with Quyen Tonnu, and now runs daily operations across three Southern California kitchens. He personally vets every meat vendor and every farm against one standard: food he would feed his own kid. That’s why the beef is Wagyu-only, why the kitchens buy from suppliers with documented non-GMO feed and no-antibiotic programs, and why halal options are on every menu.
Quyen Tonnu
Co-Founder & Operator
Quyen has spent close to twenty years selling real estate in Southern California – long enough to know which corners get walked past and which get stopped at, and where people actually eat on a Tuesday night.
She also cooks. Vietnamese food, at home, in a family where food was never an afterthought – and she came into this business with a palate nobody had to train. James sources the beef. Quyen decides whether it tastes like anything.
That division has held since 2021. He asks the vendors the hard questions. She sits at the table and tells him the honest answer.
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Proudly Serving Southern California
Pho REDBO operates three locations across Southern California, serving the Vietnamese food community in Orange County and the South Bay since 2021.
Garden Grove
- 7725 Garden Grove Blvd Garden Grove, CA 92841
- (714) 622-4896
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Mon – Fri: 10 AM – 10 PM
Sat – Sun: 10 AM – 3 PM, 5:30 PM – 10 PM
Westminster
- 16334 Beach Blvd Westminster, CA 92683
- (714) 848-1200
- Mon–Sun: 10 AM – 10 PM
Rolling Hills Estates
- 550 Deep Valley Dr #105 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
- (310) 378-3225
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Mon – Thu: 12 PM – 9 PM
Fri – Sun: 11 AM – 9 PM
Service areas: Garden Grove, Westminster, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Orange, Fullerton, Buena Park (Orange County) · Rolling Hills Estates, Palos Verdes, Torrance, Redondo Beach, San Pedro, Lomita, Harbor City (South Bay). See all Pho REDBO locations for hours and directions.
Awards & Press Recognition
Eater LA
Overall Favorite
Southern California’s most trusted food publication named Pho REDBO its Overall Favorite - recognizing the Wagyu sourcing standard and 24-hour Wagyu bone broth as genuinely different from the restaurant category.
LA Times
22 Essential Halal Restaurants in SoCal
The Los Angeles Times included Pho REDBO in its editorial list of Essential Halal Restaurants in Southern California, citing the SICHMA-certified Wagyu supply chain. Learn more about our halal certification.
KCRW Greater LA
Featured Coverage
KCRW’s Greater LA program covered Pho REDBO as a restaurant that changed the standard for Vietnamese pho in Orange County and the South Bay.
Restaurant Guru
#13 of 1124 · 5 Stars · 1,800+ Votes
Garden Grove location ranked #13 of over 1,124 restaurants with a 5-star rating from 1,800+ community votes. See the full press history on the Featured On page.
Credentials & Trust
SICHMA Halal Certification
Cert #00042507STAN2/2C(CV) · Stanbroke Beef Pty Ltd Est 203 · Valid through March 2028. Covers the full Wagyu supply chain - every protein across all three locations is halal-certified by default. No modification or special request needed.
Verified Wagyu Sourcing
Wagyu beef from personally vetted suppliers. No commercial broth concentrate, no bag-based shortcuts. 24-hour Wagyu bone broth started fresh every morning from Wagyu bones. No growth hormones. No antibiotics.
Business License
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Find Us on Google
Pho REDBO is listed on Google Business Profile for all three locations. Click to view hours, read reviews, and get directions.
Garden Grove - 7725 Garden Grove
Westminster - 16334 Beach Blvd
Rolling Hills Estates - 550 Deep Valley
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