Gai 'N Rice — Restaurant in Elk Grove

Normally I stay away from opening day, but not this time. We missed their Crizp Chicken and Classic Chicken over rice so much!

For background information, we have been regular customers at the Freeport location, but it has been temporarily closed for renovation due to a fire in the kitchen last year. So, it's been a minute!

The food is just as fantastic as we remembered. It was worth the 50 min wait. I got there at 11am. The Crizp Chicken is nicely battered and lightly deep fried. I just can't get enough of the fragrant jasmine rice! It goes with everything! The Classic Chicken is a healthier option compared to Crizp. The soybean garlic sauce is delicious and will elevate any lean chicken breast.

For grand opening, a complimentary Thai tea with each entrée.

Highly recommend. Let's give them a warm welcome to the...

I got the curry chicken rice and it looks like your typical thai chicken rice dish. Very very orange with a really nice flavored rice (which is different from many places). It's pretty sweet and very flavorful making it one of my more unique places. My issue is I asked for really spicy or max spice level and I ended up getting a very mild spicy dish. In my opinion, it's not even spicy. (In a more general asian term, it's akin to white people spicy which isn't bad but not what I look for in Thai places). The only other issue is how small dish it is making it a hard time to come back to tbh (even tho the quality is really good). For 14 bucks, it's kind of a hard sell and I expected maybe 1.25x more?

Ok, their beverages are on point. Thai coffee is especially good for the price and flavor and how...

Never knew about this Elk Grove gem until today! Came with friends and they all absolutely enjoyed their meals here!

Food: Curry Noodle Gai: sooooo delicious with its creamy coconut flavor; I ate all the noodles and took the remaining curry home to eat with rice b/c it was sooooo good with every bite and sip

Service: the front desk worker (I believed their name was Jodin? Giodin?) was an absolute gentleman and provided me with menu recommendations in according to what my preferences were. I would definitely come back here again just based on the service alone!!!

Atmosphere: nice and cozy interior; love the blackboard-type menu really gives the place a home-cozy vibe overall very clean place and appealing to the eye

tldr 10/10 would come back again & kudos to the...