A design studio in Little SaigonFountain Valley · Westminster · Garden Grove

More orders.
Fewer phone calls.
Evenings back.

Dìn Ký, Fountain Valley. Opening film from our concept demo.

We don’t sell websites. We make the menu, the ordering and the answers that save Vietnamese-owned restaurants and shops hours every week, and bring in more orders.

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I.

The phone rings in the middle of the lunch rush.

Someone reads the menu out loud, writes the order on a pad, and the next caller hangs up. That is an order walking next door.

On Google, the Website button times out or says Not Secure. No menu on a phone, no way to order. Hungry people don’t wait.

And the same questions, all day, in two languages: open today, do you cater, where do I park. Regulars drift away and nobody notices.

We build the quiet version of your business: orders come in from phones, questions get answered in Vietnamese and English at any hour, and you get your evening back.

II.

Selected work, made before anyone asked.

These are concept demos: working, phone-first pieces we built from each restaurant’s public menu and photos to show what’s possible. They are not clients, and the restaurants have not endorsed them.

CONCEPT DEMO · NOT A CLIENT

Dìn Ký

Vietnamese-Chinese kitchen · Fountain Valley

They already had online ordering, but it was hard to find. We set every dish on a bilingual menu, each one a tap away from their existing order page, and opened it with a film of the room.

Open the live concept demo
Cơm Tấm Trần Quý Cáp storefront under a blue sky, from the concept demo

CONCEPT DEMO · NOT A CLIENT

Cơm Tấm Trần Quý Cáp

Broken-rice house · Harbor Blvd, Fountain Valley

An expired-certificate website and no online ordering, so every order was a phone call. Our answer was order by number: guests tap dishes from the real menu, then read #58, #32 when they call. Shorter calls, fewer mistakes. Shown in person; not published.

III.

What are the phones costing you?

Your numbers, your assumptions. This is a rough estimate, not a promise or a measured result.

Hours back each week2.5
Worth each month$1,083

IV.

Three things, made well.

  1. i

    A menu people can order from

    Fast on any phone, Vietnamese and English, every dish one tap from ordering. Your Google listing finally lands somewhere that works.

  2. ii

    Answers at two in the morning

    An assistant trained only on what you approve: hours, menu, catering, parking. When it isn’t sure, it hands the guest to you.

  3. iii

    Regulars who come back

    Opt-in reminders and offers to past guests, review requests after a visit, catering inquiries sent straight to you.

First, a free half-hour call about your calls, orders and current site. You leave with the two or three biggest wins, whether or not we work together.

Then we design and build it in your restaurant’s own style, and show you on real phones before anything goes live.

After, we keep it running: menu changes, hosting and tuning, month after month. A quote comes after the call; no long contract.

Thien-Tan La, founder of BuiltByLa

V.

Hi, I’m Thien-Tan.

I'm a Fountain Valley local who builds these websites by hand for the Vietnamese community. It's my way of staying connected to my roots and giving back to Westminster, Fountain Valley, and Garden Grove for all the love they've shown me. I'll come by and show you your real website on my phone or laptop, because this is about building real connections in my community.

VI.

Questions owners ask.

Do I need to understand AI to work with you?

No. That’s our job. You get plain-English explanations and something that just works.

How long does a project take?

It depends on what you need. You get a written timeline after the free call, before you commit to anything.

Will an assistant say something odd to my customers?

It only knows what you approve, it’s tested before launch, and it hands off to you when it’s unsure. Think well-briefed front desk.

Can my menu be in Vietnamese and English?

Yes, with a one-tap language switch, so older regulars and new guests both feel at home.

What happens on the free call?

We look at your site, your calls and your ordering, and give you two or three specific recommendations. No obligation.

Do you only work around Little Saigon?

It’s home, and where we can meet in person. Other Orange County businesses are welcome too.

Let’s give you
your evenings back.

Book a free consultation. Bring your busiest-day problem; leave with two or three specific fixes.

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Rather not book online? thientan@getbuiltbyla.com

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