Xay's Kitchen Laos & Thai Cuisine

Great Food! Superb Customer Service!

Outstanding & fresh food. Great service with homemade food right from the kitchen to your plate

Xay's Kitchen is a Lao and Thai restaurant that has been open since 2019 and has built the kind of loyal, repeat customer base that small independent restaurants in this category rarely sustain. The menu covers both cuisines with enough depth that it rewards exploring beyond the obvious entry points, and the portions are generous relative to the price across most of the menu.

The pho is the dish with a reputation that is warranted. The broth is clean and well developed, the kind of thing that takes time to build correctly, and the noodles are made in house which makes a noticeable difference in texture. The kao piek sen, a Lao chicken noodle soup with handmade noodles in a light broth, is the other soup worth knowing about and functions as genuine comfort food in a way that makes it difficult to choose between the two on a cold day. The tom yum soup is large, flavorful, and well priced for what you get.

On the Thai side, the pad kee mao and the pad kara pao both handle spice well when you order them at a higher heat level, and the kitchen does not water down the spice for non-regulars the way some Thai restaurants in the area tend to. The som tam papaya salad is authentic in its approach, bold and sharp, and the spice warning is genuine so calibrate your order accordingly. The Thai basil fried rice, spring rolls, and vegetarian pho are all solid options for the table.

The Thai iced tea is consistently good and comes presented with care. The restaurant is BYOB, which helps with the overall cost of the meal. Service is warm and the operation has the feel of a family run place that takes pride in what it serves.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Ordered PadSeeEw that was delicious.

Some of the best Thai and Lao food you’ll ever have.

Xay’s is great! I enjoy the fusion of both Thai and Laos cuisine .

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent Food. First time coming here and it did not disappoint. Cozy little place. Will definitely come here again and try some other dishes. I had the chicken pad Thai this time around. Very reasonably priced.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

My favorite place for authentic Thai/lao cuisine. When I really miss homemade Thai food/mama’s cooking….i go here.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

During my meal, there was a cockroach on the wall next to my table, very close to my plate. The waitress removed it, but the owner did not apologize properly and told me I still had to pay because the ingredients were not free. After I got upset, I was allowed to pay only half of the bill.

Very disappointing experience. Cleanliness and customer care should come first.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

the best thai/lao food in fairfield county. service is always great, prices are reasonable, and the dishes always are prepared perfectly. the tom yum is epic

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We have been here many times and this was the first time we left disappointed. We ordered Pla Lard Prik and it was bad. The sauce and presentation was good but the fish itself was over fried to the point that only a few oz of edible meat was left and the rest was skin that was harder than leather and head/bones. Looked great but almost totally inedible. And this was the most expensive item on the menu! The other 2 items were good. I will definitely come back but never order fish here again!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Amazing pho, moved away but I miss it.

I always stop when in town food is great

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

My go to for authentic Lao food. I’ve been coming here since they opened in 2019. Kao piek sen is just comfort food on a called winter day... the broth is light and delicious with home made noodles. It's a difficult choice next to pho. You can never go wrong with the appetizers. Had the fried pompano fish, it’s incredible! And the prices are reasonable.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Everytime I get an order they always always mess up
I don't know if it's a new chef or not but tonight order lard na n the noodles was burnt burnt n tasted bitter
I will not recommend this place. Also last time I ordered pad see eww with beef they made it with pork that was so chewy too so disappointed Never again am I ordering from here. Horrible food

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2