Laotian Restaurants near San Francisco, CA

“Champa Garden is not bad. The restaurant was full at 7pm on a Wednesday night. It had vibes of the Osha Thai (now defunct) on Geary and Leavenworth. You know, dim lighting and noisy. I had the Tom Kha $17.50 (coconut based sour soup) with shrimp and Pad Thai, also with shrimp $16.50. The reason I came here was because they close at 9pm. Nowadays, most restaurants close around 8pm. The soup was OK with pieces of earthy roots, mushrooms, shrimps and some herbs. It wasn't sour enough as this was a coconut based soup. The Pad Thai tasted fine. It was a bit too wet for me though.

The only mishap was there was a table of tech bros in the corner talking really loud. There was one guy that liked to talk over his friends almost shouting about his AI adventures. Time to go. I packed up my food as soon as possible and left.“

“Visiting San Francisco with my cousin, who lives locally, along with my sister from Los Angeles, we came to celebrate my birthday and to hopefully have a memorable dinner experience. We were overwhelmed with delicious and creative food presentations. Just so interesting sounding, we ordered their Watermelon salad appetizer. The combination of refreshing watermelon and the savory sauce/dressing made this unique (to us) dish the most perfect start to our dining experience. Loved it! Our other dinner choices were just as delicious-highly recommend the spicy (mild level) garlic with fried tofu, noodle dish with chicken and a beef dish. The dessert we chose was coconut ice cream with sweetened rice, crunchy toppings and anchovies (they looked like hard sticks which I chose not to eat) served in a “brioche” bun. Super sweet and delicious. I didn’t think the bun was anything more than a heartier hot dog bun. Our service was really good and considering the restaurant was packed and there was simultaneously a party of maybe at least 20 diners, the kitchen and staff took excellent care of our needs. Loved my birthday celebration-ringing one of their huge bells, they announced to the entire restaurant my birthday with song and special complementary Thai tea ice cream complete with candle. A lucky and delicious find for us after visiting SFMOMA.“

“Amazing, me and friends alone driving in the roads at night. Hungry af went there and had amazing time and yes dinner was amazing. Had a time never to forge“

“Good! I love Laotian food and this is definitely well priced. I don’t have pictures but really loved their mango sticky rice too. We asked for one dish to be spicy and I wish we asked for all of them to be, but the none spicy eaters in the group couldn’t handle our one spicy dish.“

“I absolutely love this restaurant as this is our go to take away Thai food! And I’m so glad they got new owners too because the last guy was so cold and super rude. The food is still amazing if not better, but the service is now way warmer, nicer, friendlier and more accommodating! The owner Joy is the best and such a sweetheart! She went above and beyond with helping us get our favorite order of spicy green curry extra spicy just the way we like it. I highly recommend Rin’s if you’re looking for authentic Thai food with clean and high quality ingredients, then this is your place!“

“Very authentic Thai food. Casual environment. Love their dessert and the shrimp paste fried rice.“

“Everything we’ve had here is so delicious!!! Our faves are the Tom Kha soup, BMV platter, Pad Kee Mao, Chicken Satay, and Mango sticky rice dessert…all so very yummy!!!“

“I order the pumpkin curry. It was delicious. I also ordered the Tom Ka chicken soup. It was too tart, the chicken over cooked. A disappointment for a soup I usually love“

“Excellent!!! I recently had lunch there, and we couldn't stop praising the service and food.“

“10/10 experience. The Pad-See Ew is phenomenal it is my go to order and just love it. Smacking even. Proportions for take out are so hearty it last me a lunch, dinner and another lunch. Combined with the peanut sauce it is heaven sent. Juicy and flavorful. Definitely earned a regular“