Ratchada Thai & Laos Cuisine

Comfortable, elegant atmosphere with down-to-earth prices. Loved the vegan Buddha dumpling appetizer and vegan pad kee mao ("drunken" noodles) with tofu. Complex, interesting flavors, nice presentation. Excellent service. There are nine entrees on the vegetarian menu and several appetizers, soups, and salads can be made vegan on request. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal!

Very good vegetarian options. I gem in this neighborhood. They have a full vegetarian section and many of the appetizers are vegetarian. You can also order any of the curries with tofu as the protein. I loved it.

Reserved ahead for a group dinner around the holidays and this restaurant had everything for different dietary needs. Our group loves spicy Thai food and it was the perfect place to get together and enjoy great food and service together to celebrate the holidays. The restaurant was decorated for Christmas and added to the cozy ambiance we were looking for.

We were celebrating a birthday and called ahead to confirm we can bring a cake from outside. The restaurant was very accommodating to our request and even gave us plates and a knife to serve it.

We will definitely be back in the near future to enjoy the amazing food and service.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Fried Calamari, Mango Sticky Rice, Chicken Satay

The menu is fairly extensive, full of Thai/Laotian classics. We started with the sakoo sai moo, which we weren't familiar with. This was nice-tapioca dumplings with with pork and peanuts inside. It was an interesting dish. I'm not a huge tapioca fan but I enjoyed the texture of this. I do think it needs some form of a dipping sauce, though, as by itself it's a bit dry/simple.

Pork jungle: Good amount of pork and peppers. The sauce was nice. I was expecting a bit spicier, however, so was a little disappointed in that respect.

Goong ob woonsen: ginger shrimp with glass noodles. The shrimp were great: plump and flavored well. Quite enjoyed the green dipping sauce it came with and poured that onto the noodles.

Overall, not the best Thai we've had but worth trying. However, the menu itself is pretty expensive especially for the area, which is interesting. We were the only customers there for lunch on a Saturday, so not sure if it gets busier.

Food: 4

We ordered drunken noodles with extra veggies and so they gave us a side of lettuce 😅

Overall, solid! Drunken noodles and papaya salad were amazing, but the Thai sampler was just okay (very dense and not particularly flavorful).

Dietary restrictions: Clearly labeled gluten free options

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Went for dinner yesterday. Ordered green curry with tofu. Had a very oily taste. Drinking noodles with tofu were terrible. Had read reviews that their drunken noodles are great but our experience was exact opposite. Worst was pad thai ordered with tofu. Came with chicken. I'm a strict vegetarian and didn't realize till I started eating and something was off. I was so upset. The staff just took it back and made a new one. No apologies and was made to pay for the dish too! Never going back to this place.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

A lot of Laos people eating there and I don't know why. My wife is Thai and she didn't like it. Everything was overcooked and tasteless.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 2

I ordered the Thai ginger sautéed entree on uber eats. It was missing a number of items or I was sent the wrong order. Uber refused to fix it saying my order didn't qualify for an adjustment. But the store did mess up the order. They gave me string beans instead of snow peas. There was no fried ginger. But they gave me bok choy, carrots, and broccoli which wasn't even listed on the uber eats app or the restaurants app. The order was so different, I genuinely couldn't tell if I received the wrong order or they just changed the ingredients.

The duck dish my partner ordered was fine. Other than there not being enough sauce.

But overall disappointed.

Food: 1

Still love this place! Delicious food, generous portions, affordable. And BYOB!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tom Yum Soup, Green Papaya Salad, Red Curry, Soup, Mango Sticky Rice

Exceptionally good food. Flavors were intense but still had plenty of subtlety. Portions were also generous.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was mediocre, ask for no tofu to be in my dish but I was still in it after requesting it not to be. Noodles in the drunken noodle were too large (almost like lasagna) and disgusting. Nice atmosphere, a little too dark I won’t return.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 3

The food is great! Some of the best Thai food in Philly, but what really stood out to me is the coconut cake. The cake is so deliciously coconuty, the sponge is light and bouncy. I would come back just for the cake.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

I was there ordered a dish and waited almost 50 minutes. Well, that's it, my order wasn't ready yet. Well, the waiter spoke to me rudely, as if I owed them

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Loved the food. Very authentic thai cuisine.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Absolutely adored this place from the moment I walked in. The atmosphere here is so intimate and cozy, I can’t believe I used to live two blocks away from here 4 years ago and this is my first time visiting.

Food was spectacular, got Pad Kee Mao and Thai Dumplings- both were well portioned and came out fairly quickly.

Will definitely be returning, new favorite date spot??

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Drunken Noodle