So Saap

4134 University Ave, San Diego
(619) 539-7635

Recent Reviews

Elsa Hedrick

I ordered the red curry and Tom kha soup because it's my favorite when I'm not feeling well. The dishes did not disappoint! They arrived fast and the price was tasty, too. Spicy level 1 is all you need, unless you are part dragon.

Food: 5

Service: 5

L

My favorite thai/lao place! Everything here is really good, from their catfish to soups to curry.

Food: 5

Keon Hessamian

Food is delicious here, and I found the dishes more authentic and full flavor compared to others. Lao papaya salad was amazing. Our server was knowledgeable and made good recommendations. Would definitely come again.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Felicity

Newly opened Lao-Thai restaurant!Cool vibe with hip interior design(compare to other restaurants in this area...)Spacious dining area with HUGE tables and comfortable booth.Get the cococane drinks! You won't regret it. Coconut water mixed with cane sugar drinks. Healthy, delicious, great before mealMust order: kapoon chicken noodle soup! This heavenly delicious soup noodle with coconut, lemongrass soup base that reminds me of tom kha soup. Very flavorful soup base. It is mixed with chicken chunks, chicken feet, pork blood?, and vegetables. OUT OF THE WORLD good.If you like fish, muk fish dish was excellent. Mouthful of fish with different spices and herbs. Taste wonderful with the side spices they provide.I personally am not a fan of the laos favorite dish. It was too much salty meat and the laos papaya salad was too salty for me(don't get me wrong I LOVE fish sauce but it is a little more salty than I can handle.)Will come back and try the fried chicken that everyone raves about.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Felicity Fung

Newly opened Lao-Thai restaurant!Cool vibe with hip interior design(compare to other restaurants in this area...)Spacious dining area with HUGE tables and comfortable booth.Get the cococane drinks! You won't regret it. Coconut water mixed with cane sugar drinks. Healthy, delicious, great before mealMust order: kapoon chicken noodle soup! This heavenly delicious soup noodle with coconut, lemongrass soup base that reminds me of tom kha soup. Very flavorful soup base. It is mixed with chicken chunks, chicken feet, pork blood?, and vegetables. OUT OF THE WORLD good.If you like fish, muk fish dish was excellent. Mouthful of fish with different spices and herbs. Taste wonderful with the side spices they provide.I personally am not a fan of the laos favorite dish. It was too much salty meat and the laos papaya salad was too salty for me(don't get me wrong I LOVE fish sauce but it is a little more salty than I can handle.)Will come back and try the fried chicken that everyone raves about.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amador Trinidad

The food in this restaurant is just very good!! Whole new different flavors it’s simply amazing. One have to try the food themselves because there’s no description to how good and refreshingly new the flavors are. I would surely be back!????

Payton Hutchison

Food was incredible and staff was very helpful!

Devin C

Ordered takeout, but went inside to pickup and would definitely never eat inside. The Tom Yum soup was pretty decent but the Pad Thai was extremely dry, ended up throwing it away. Waited 25 minutes longer than their site said it would be. Will not go back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 2

elena rodriguez

Phad Thai and green curry ??

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Beef

Kailin Hu

Delicious Thai and Laos food that isn't your typical menu. Everything is full of flavor and also beautiful to look at.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad, Nam Khao, Beef, Vegan, Fish Platter, Pad See EW

Briana S.

Being half Lao and so used to my moms food, this was sooo good. Amazing service, they are so kind and inviting and get the food made so quick. I love the papaya salad Lao style, khao piak and their drinks are bomb

Chidozie E.

This is a new establishment that replaced bahn loa back in August 2023. They too serve loa food here. I ordered the crispy pork belly and regular beef jerky. The crispy pork was okay- very tiny pieces which I wasn't a fan of. The beef jerky was good and had great flavor but it was a small portion of jerky however it came with rice. I also ordered 2 sugar cane drinks which were pretty good. The service was decent as the lady working the register had answered a few questions I asked and she was friendly. Not sure if I would come back but they were solid IMO.

Loida G.

This hidden gem is amazing. Authentic food that's Lao and Thai food. We decided to go on a date on a Sunday afternoon after church. Couldn't decide where to go and suddenly since we were down south, we decided to go to So Saap. Boy it sure was satisfying. We ordered quite a bit of food as we were pretty hungry. We had their famous platter, pad Thai, fresh spring roll, noodle soup, pork belly and we had a feast. Then we had their calamansi sugar cane drink and hubby had the taro coconut and it was refreshing. The ladies were very nice and personable and served as well. You won't be disappointed if you like to explore different food. Try it. You'll thank for it!!! Enjoy!!!

belle chocolate

Pad Thai was mind

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ngoc P.

Food is delicious, absolutely love the green Thai tea, I get that drink every time I go there. Sometimes I stop by just for a cup of green Thai tea before heading to work. All the workers are very nice and love the store's interior design.

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