Sao Lao Thai Cafe

5013 N Shepherd Dr, Houston
(713) 485-0107

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Customers' Favorites

Lao Sausage with Sticky Rice and Lao Tomato Sauce
Lao Chicken Noodle Soup with Quail Eggs
Lao Sausage with Lao Sticky Rice
Coconut Mango Sticky Rice
Chicken Veggie Dumplings
Lao Style Papaya Salad
Filet Mignon Beef Laab
Tom Yum with Shrimp
Thai Chicken Basil
Crispy Fried Rice

Menu

Appetizer
Nam Khao
Crispy Lao fried rice, red curry, coconut shred, cilantro, green onions, fermented pork, and a side of lettuce.
Chicken Veggie Dumplings (5)
Chicken with vegetables side of in house mild dumpling sauce.
5 Eggrolls
5 crispy seasoned pork eggrolls with ground pork, shrimp, cabbage, carrots, green onions, cilantro cellophane clear noodles side of lao mild citrusy fish sauce. Side of vegetables for wrapping.
Lao Sausage
Served with sticky rice and Lao tomato sauce.

Salad and Soup
Boat Noodle Soup
Soup with rib-eye steak, Asian kale, celery, bean sprouts, cilantro, and pork balls.
Thai Redd Curry
Sliced rib eye steak with coconut milk, red curry, bell peppers, purple eggplant, and basil leaves side of jasmine rice.
Thai/Lao Pho
15-hour simmered beef broth with rice noodles, rib eye, quail eggs, cilantro, green onions, beans sprouts, and basil.
Filet Mignon Beef Laab
Sliced beef filet mignon, tripe with herbs chill peppers side of sticky rice.
Tom Yum with Shrimp
Aromatic broth seasoned with lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, lime juice, and shrimp side of jasmine rice.
Lao style Papaya Salad
Shredded green papaya, fermented fish sauce, lime juice fresh chili peppers, tomatoes, and carrots mixed by using a wooden mortar, and pestle.
Lao Chicken Noodle Soup
Hand-made fresh rice noodles in an 8-hour slow simmered chicken broth, chicken quail eggs, cilantro, and greens onions.
Mushroom laab
Enoki mushrooms in mild tangy in house fish sauce mixed with cilantro, green onions, mint leaves side of jasmin rice.

Stir Fry Entree
Drunken Noodles
Stir fry wide rice noodles with rib eye steak, Chinese broccoli, mushrooms and white onions.
Beef basil
Sliced ribeye steak stir fry with vegetables baby corn, white onions, Chinese kale, bean sprouts side of ginger rice, egg and beef broth.
Thai Chicken Basil
Stir Fry Pork Basil
Stir fry ground pork with onions, Chinese broccoli mushrooms and basil leaves. Side of jasmin rice and egg.

Xtra sides
Hand made fluffy udon noodles
In house made fresh garlic chili oill
Steam Sticky rice
Steam white Jasmin rice
Xtra veggie for Curry eggplant and bell peppers
Xtra chicharrone (crispy fried pork skin)
4 Xtra Quail eggs
4 Large shrimp
4 Xtra pork balls
Lao tomatoe salsa sauce
Fried hard tofu
Xtra Thin rice pho noodles
Xtra ribeye sliced steak
Wide rice noodles
Lettuce
Xtra tripe for laab
Xtra dark meat chicken
Xtra beef filet mignon chopped for laab

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Recent Reviews

This lovely spot served flavorful Lao/thai dishes that brought me back to the streets of Bangkok. Drunken noodles 👌🏽and the boat noodles 👌🏽. The staff is friendly, the owner even more so.
November 2025
Visiting from the RGV. Absolutely loved the place! Amazing food, great ambiance, and the service was so great. Definitely coming back. Ordered the beef Thai plate and drunken noodles, both 10/10
November 2025
My friend and I visited on a Saturday night around 6 PM. At first, we were a little worried about parking and a long wait time (especially considering the fact that there isn’t a ton of space for seating) but luckily there weren't too many people in the restaurant. As for parking, there is plenty of space in the lot so there were no issues at all.

My friend and I ordered the following:
Chicken Wing
Drunken Noodle
Boat Noodle...
November 2025

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Sao Lao Thai Cafe

5013 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77018
(713) 485-0107