My family and I love Sala Thai. The staff is attentive and helpful which adds to the ambiance. We had a birthday dinner there yesterday, and it worked out amazing (they even put up a small sign for us!). Our favorite items are the Angel wings, spicy catfish, and drunken noodles!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
erica evans
Great staff….crab fried rice and the chicken are a must……this is probably my second review
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kirsten Dominique Lee
Amazing food, servers and the whole restaurant itself! Husband and i just moved to el sobrante hills and craved for some thai food and we’re so glad we found this place! Must try. Loved their tom yum, pineapple fried rice and duck w/ rice.. also, the rice being basmati???? Ugh chefs kiss for our healthy guru selves 🥹 will be coming back often! Yay
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
jeyson bueso
Food it’s the best Thai food around the area. I highly recommended this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vignesh Muralidharan
A mixed bag of an experience with decent ambience but disappointing food and painfully slow service.
Pad Thai: The Pad Thai was decent but lacked the wow factor. It felt like a run-of-the-mill dish that didn’t leave much of an impression.
Soup: The soup was a disappointment. It leaned too heavily on sweetness and an overpowering coconut flavor, which threw off the balance completely. Definitely room for improvement here.
Service: The service was painfully slow. It’s not just slow—it truly tests your patience. Waiting for your order felt endless, which really detracted from the dining experience.
Ambience: The ambience, on the other hand, was a redeeming factor. It’s a cozy and pleasant setting that creates a nice atmosphere for dining, even if the food and service didn’t match up.
Overall, while the ambience might draw you in, the experience falls short due to the food and service.
Vegetarian options: Decent vegetarian options.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Pad Thai
Tameka Jackson
Food is delicious... love the crab fried rice and spicy chicken wings. That's my go to order. I've been eating there for years and the quality of the food remains the same. Yummy!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice
J P
Delicious! Also helps that the staff was really nice and even the cook went out of her way to provide us with freshly made chili sauce and took it to our table herself. Really friendly and very relaxed atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pad Thai, Fried Rice
Moe Montana
Last time I ate here was just after the pandemic so 2021-ish to 2022-ish. Don't know if it's new ownership but the curry chicken I ordered today was (1) bland, (2) watery, (3) and not with jasmine rice. I couldn't even finish it because it was so bland. My exwife is half Laotian, half Thai...this just didn't cut the cake at all for either being Lao or Thai. They gave a good portion of chicken. if they can spice up the meal, serve Jasmine rice (traditional), and make the curry thicker - it may hit par vs where it is now - well over par...
Andrew Ojeda
Service is great and the red curry and chicken fried rice are very good
It really saddens me that this place has gone completely downhill for us. Once upon a time this was our favorite spot but after this weekend we will no longer eat here. The portions were never great (but the food was ALWAYS great) and now the portions are even smaller. In the past when I ordered BBQ beef spareribs that's what I got (succulent slabs of beef ribs) but yesterday I received slices of hard meat that I had to give to our dog. Some pieces were so hard that the dog didn't eat them. The BBQ meat came with a salad and rice like a lunch plate or something. The chicken Larb I ordered came as a half order and with a salad the same size as the Larb. Larb is a salad so why an extra salad on the side? Also, it was extremely hot. If I did not ask for it to taste like it came from the pits of hell. then it should not have been flavored with super hot peppers. Mind you I love hot food but this was inedible for my guests. The spring rolls were barely cooked they were not golden brown nor crispy, plus I was missing. The Pad Thai was extremely dry and flavorless. The Panang Curry which I always get ala carte was good but I was given it over rice which is a half portion (however I was charged for a full portion). The angel wings were good as usual but they failed to cut them into three portions as they always had in the past. It's kinda hard eating a whole stuffed chicken wing. I spent $100 for one of the worst meals that I have had to experience on a Father's Day of all days. In addition to that I had to spend on more food from another establishment because the portions sizes have been drastically cut. My wife is a chef so I understand that food prices have risen dramatically but instead of shorting your customers maybe just increase your prices. No one wants to be charged full price for a obvious lunch plate as I was charged yesterday. Again, its a sad day because I can no longer spend another dime after that horrible experience.
Food: 2
Service: 2
Barbara Mellion
This was my first experience. I would go back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nicole Williams
Love this place. Been coming for years. The restaurant is beautifully decorated, the service is great and the food is Delicious! My friends/ family insist on visiting whenever they come to town.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sala Pot Stickers, Pad Thai, Yellow Curry
My family and I love Sala Thai. The staff is attentive and helpful which adds to the ambiance. We had a birthday dinner there yesterday, and it worked out amazing (they even put up a small sign for us!). Our favorite items are the Angel wings, spicy catfish, and drunken noodles!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great staff….crab fried rice and the chicken are a must……this is probably my second review
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food, servers and the whole restaurant itself! Husband and i just moved to el sobrante hills and craved for some thai food and we’re so glad we found this place! Must try. Loved their tom yum, pineapple fried rice and duck w/ rice.. also, the rice being basmati???? Ugh chefs kiss for our healthy guru selves 🥹 will be coming back often! Yay
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food it’s the best Thai food around the area.
I highly recommended this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A mixed bag of an experience with decent ambience but disappointing food and painfully slow service.
Pad Thai: The Pad Thai was decent but lacked the wow factor. It felt like a run-of-the-mill dish that didn’t leave much of an impression.
Soup: The soup was a disappointment. It leaned too heavily on sweetness and an overpowering coconut flavor, which threw off the balance completely. Definitely room for improvement here.
Service: The service was painfully slow. It’s not just slow—it truly tests your patience. Waiting for your order felt endless, which really detracted from the dining experience.
Ambience: The ambience, on the other hand, was a redeeming factor. It’s a cozy and pleasant setting that creates a nice atmosphere for dining, even if the food and service didn’t match up.
Overall, while the ambience might draw you in, the experience falls short due to the food and service.
Vegetarian options: Decent vegetarian options.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Pad Thai
Food is delicious... love the crab fried rice and spicy chicken wings. That's my go to order. I've been eating there for years and the quality of the food remains the same. Yummy!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice
Delicious! Also helps that the staff was really nice and even the cook went out of her way to provide us with freshly made chili sauce and took it to our table herself. Really friendly and very relaxed atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pad Thai, Fried Rice
Last time I ate here was just after the pandemic so 2021-ish to 2022-ish. Don't know if it's new ownership but the curry chicken I ordered today was (1) bland, (2) watery, (3) and not with jasmine rice. I couldn't even finish it because it was so bland. My exwife is half Laotian, half Thai...this just didn't cut the cake at all for either being Lao or Thai. They gave a good portion of chicken. if they can spice up the meal, serve Jasmine rice (traditional), and make the curry thicker - it may hit par vs where it is now - well over par...
Service is great and the red curry and chicken fried rice are very good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bland tasteless food. Total waste of money.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
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Best service...
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very very good we love Sala
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Seafood Basil, Yellow Curry
It really saddens me that this place has gone completely downhill for us. Once upon a time this was our favorite spot but after this weekend we will no longer eat here. The portions were never great (but the food was ALWAYS great) and now the portions are even smaller.
In the past when I ordered BBQ beef spareribs that's what I got (succulent slabs of beef ribs) but yesterday I received slices of hard meat that I had to give to our dog. Some pieces were so hard that the dog didn't eat them. The BBQ meat came with a salad and rice like a lunch plate or something. The chicken Larb I ordered came as a half order and with a salad the same size as the Larb. Larb is a salad so why an extra salad on the side? Also, it was extremely hot. If I did not ask for it to taste like it came from the pits of hell. then it should not have been flavored with super hot peppers. Mind you I love hot food but this was inedible for my guests. The spring rolls were barely cooked they were not golden brown nor crispy, plus I was missing. The Pad Thai was extremely dry and flavorless. The Panang Curry which I always get ala carte was good but I was given it over rice which is a half portion (however I was charged for a full portion). The angel wings were good as usual but they failed to cut them into three portions as they always had in the past. It's kinda hard eating a whole stuffed chicken wing. I spent $100 for one of the worst meals that I have had to experience on a Father's Day of all days. In addition to that I had to spend on more food from another establishment because the portions sizes have been drastically cut.
My wife is a chef so I understand that food prices have risen dramatically but instead of shorting your customers maybe just increase your prices. No one wants to be charged full price for a obvious lunch plate as I was charged yesterday. Again, its a sad day because I can no longer spend another dime after that horrible experience.
Food: 2
Service: 2
This was my first experience. I would go back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love this place. Been coming for years. The restaurant is beautifully decorated, the service is great and the food is Delicious! My friends/ family insist on visiting whenever they come to town.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sala Pot Stickers, Pad Thai, Yellow Curry
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