LaLa Rice Thai Eatery and More

11688 Gateway Blvd, Los Angeles
(424) 832-3083

Recent Reviews

Uĝur Yalçınkaya

It is unacceptable that the girl at the cash register is constantly picking her nose.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

hannah oribe

crying tiger was superb and panang curry was chef's kiss!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Crying Tiger, Thai Papaya Salad

Tina

Delicious and really cute place! We had the crispy veggie rolls, drunken noodle/pad kee mao, eggplant, pineapple fried rice, mango sticky rice, Thai iced coffee and Thai ice tea. Would re order everything but the mango sticky rice (teeny portion) and the fried egg roll (just ok). Service is very friendly. Spent about $40 each for 3 people, but we ordered a little too much! Would love to return soon.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Elspeth Dusinberre

Absolutely delicious food, fresh and scrumptious! Best Thai food I've ever had. Service was excellent and the atmosphere charming even in a small store opening onto a parking lot: nice tables and serving/eating wares, attractive decorations, pleasant low-keyed music. Will certainly go back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

PJ

Very nice little spot. Good was great. Spicy done right. Quiet little corner spot. Great flavors of soup and dishes.Vegetarian options: Ask for vegetarian options.Parking: Parking can be a bit tight

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

B58 [M240i]

Food was delicious. The panang fish fillet was fantastic. Service was a bit slow but seemed that they were understaffed at the time.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Crying Tiger, Panang Fillet of Fish

Claudia Garcia

I really wish I could give you the 5 stars. I was excited to have found this place & try it out. It's a shame a place with such good food & ambiance would end up leaving a bad taste on you all on their own personnel's fault. As a business, you might as well add automatic gratuity to your tables of 4 or more (or as many as you want) instead of harassing a customer at the end of their dinner. It was a birthday dinner on 2/12/24, came in around 7:30 I want to say. 2 adults, 15yr old & 9yr old. The service was decent, not much of a greeting or small talk, they sat us then brought us waters & plate settings. When we were ready they took our order, brought out the drinks & food as usual any restaurant does. That's it.We ordered1 Chicken Satay1 Egg Rolls1 Steamed Rice1 Pineapple Fried Rice1 Brocoli Lover with Beef1 Fisherman Soup2 Thai Iced Tea1 Thai Iced Coffee1 Apple JuiceAll came out to a total of $120 & some change.There was no check ins after if we needed anything so you had to flag girls down, they only came by to refill already warm water.We finish dinner, the bill is paid & we're now just hanging out at the table. The servers are quick to clean off the table but also to let me know "by the way, that total is withOUT tip." I say Ok, thanks for letting me know. That didn't bother me because we're still hanging out at the table.But not even 5 minutes go by.. my little sister & boyfriend start to feel very uncomfortable because they notice EVERY single server staring us down, just watching our table. Now that bothered me. I start to pay attention & it's true. Any server that walked by, stared at me as they passed, a server standing behind me was staring at my sister, watching us. A server got a table sat next to us & she was too busy looking at US instead of paying attention to her own table. I decided we were going to just leave because it became so obvious & that blows your tip from me personally. Already being the service wasn't anything that stood out, still my boyfriend was overly satisfied with his birthday dinner so I was more than happy to tip up until this moment.No sooner than we pushed our chairs in, the server staring down my sister ran up to ask "um what was wrong with our service?" Excuse me?She says "what's wrong with our service because you didn't tip us" I tell her nothing is wrong, I already paid you the $120 on the bill. She gives me a look & proceeds to circle the SUGGESTED gratuity at the bottom. I tell her, yea I'm not tipping you. She turns to look at another server with a nasty smirk & says "ohhhh she doesn't want to tip" & giggles away. I say yea I'm not & with that attitude much less am I going to leave a tip.We walk out & turn to see all the servers are standing at the window, watching us walk out to our car. Talk about uncomfortable.I wish I would have asked or looked for names. Sumet looks very familiar to the one who confronted me about the tip but I couldn't be sure without the name & she did have glasses on as well.Let me state that when I tip a restaurant, I tip when I am finally getting up to leave. I don't tip at the moment I go to pay. That's my own habit. Not that it should matter how or when someone decides to tip anyway but it does explain to them why they didn't get theirs from me. Regardless, Tips are always optional & there's no reason to want to intimidate or pressure a customer into tipping. I work in the restaurant industry & If tipping is obligated for whatever reason then it's made known to customers in various ways. In your case for example there should be a gratuity percentage ALREADY added on the bill & the customer should know that because it would say so at the sign in seating sheet you have at the very front.Many places do it & you should too to save yourself trying to harass someone else into tipping an already flourishing business, especially during these

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 1

Alex Chow

The pictures on the menu are not an accurate representation of the food that you'll receive. Portions are extremely small.The overall taste was not bad. However, in one of our dishes the chicken tasted like detergent.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

Dennis Doherty

Good choices and good value. Enjoyed.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Tom Yum Soup, Green Curry, Pad Thai

Darrell Houghton

Best Thai in Los Angeles! Every dish we tried was excellent. It's our new favorite Thai place and we can't wait to go back. A++

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Tom Yum Soup, Mango w Sticky Rice, Pad Thai

Du Rainie

Good food, good atmosphere. We came for mango sticky

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Maxima Lyght

They steal your card and act dumb

Jonathan Shooshani

Beef Panang, papaya salad, and raw veggie spring rolls for a delicious healthy balanced meal. Wish we had room for more. Will definitely be back with friends so we can more of the menu, and support this amazing family

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Siian X.

I passed by this places many times so I decided to give it a shot.I ordered the Lala wings, Tom Yum soup hot pot with chicken, the Drunken noodle with beef and a Thai iced tea.The Lala wings were not bad, fried chicken wings with curry sauce and basil. It's a bit pricey as you only get 5 for $13. The Drunken noodle with beef... how should I say it, it's a bit weird. First of all, the dish is VERY greasy. Like they poured way too much oil into cooking this. Second, for some reasons, there were more ingredients than the noodle itself. I mean, after all, this is a noodle dish but there was barely any noodle. The beef was very hard and overcooked and I had to pay $1 extra for that.The Thai iced tea was standard. The best dish was the Tom Yum hot pot. The flavor was just right. However, for the $17 price point they didn't even include a bowl of rice for that.The servers were not very attentive. They never checked in on us to see if we liked the food. We had to switch a table because it was wobbly and they ended up just pretend nothing happened at the other table. Come on, put some paper or something under the bottom to stabilize it. We switched to another table and it turned out to be a wobbly one again. Smh...The interior was nice though and the bathroom was clean.There is a free lot at the plaza but I saw it filled up slowly around 6pm towards the end of our dinner on Sunday night as there were other few restaurants in the plaza. I will not be returning sadly.

David Gabriel

If I could give ten stars, I would! Every time I visit the area, I insist on eating here. There's not a single bad dish, everything is exemplary. The servings are generous and the food divine.We went around Christmastime and they had fabulous themed cocktails. Also every inch of this restaurant was decorated- it was a feast for all senses, absolutely dazzling.Service is quick, friendly, and attentive.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pad See-EW

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