Sanamluang Café N. Hollywood — Restaurant in Los Angeles

It saddens me to report that Sanamluang that used be my favorite Thai restaurant is long long dead. Yesterday I was served the worst Thai food I've had in years in a filthy place that barely looked like the old Sanamluang. The soup contained rubbery overcooked chicken. The Panang curry was more like a watery soup, some floating rubbery chicken, a couple of pieces of veggies, and a thick layer of grease on top. Both dishes appeared in 5 minutes. Obviously they are serving pre-cooked food. We tolerated the soup. The Panang l refused to touch beyond a quick taste or pay for. "That's how Panang is," the lady (who looked Chinese) said. I showed her pictures of Panang on my phone. She then made a call. Then still charged us $3 for the rice. No apology for serving garbage. Sanamluang used to be a lively clean place that served great food at reasonable prices. I took guests there. Then it shut down for a long time, way b4 the pandem, sign claiming it was being renovated but there was no sign of construction. I was delighted to see it was open again. But I found an empty truly sad shell of its past. Almost all the neon and artwork is gone. Seats and tables filthy. I mean some seats crusted with spilled food that I couldn't scrape with a wet wipe. The glass door just covered with stains and smudges. What a loss for LA. Menu still claims the positive media mentions of its past. A reporter should visit now and write a expose. I simply can't belive the A rating on its window. Yeah, A for...

I've been coming here for years...I was sad when I went the last time😔...they remodeled since..I remember the Asian cafe feel different time zone clocks and neon..I liked that vibe...it seemed more cracking back then 2008...when people flocked there.I was shocked and sad to see the parking lot Display of the culture kind of Buddha was ran down and no lights on it wasn't cared for like before like the proud shiny neon cafe experience....the strip mall seemed ran down..way less customers no lighting and the menu was way more expensive .. I love my shrimp cake n rice crabcake...all of it that's five star food ......but I took two off because...I think they should go back to the fancy international Asian cafe the old vibe and take some initiative to clean up the surroundings and fix the decor in the mall they reside in and lower prices....I came here 1998 when it was a small hole in the wall...seen it built into a shiny cafe with a cool neon sign out front..maybe expensive to run...I was like is this the same place?🤔used to be open late.. and seen it come to this third modern interior upgrade that's kinda boring tbh and now the price has gone up... 😔Yikes...still love the food but not the same experience that had me love the whole package..gotta take two for lighting in the parking lot...ran down appearance from outside...fix that display and go back to...

Happy new year all! Wanted to make sure I am making 2021 productive by making this review first and foremost. This restaurant was fined and shut off not too long ago (they were all paying workers $3/hr. while also only accepting cash from customer 😏). When they finally reopened I went back in the hope of getting quality, since their food itself wasn’t too bad back in the days. Long story short, they serve food that were cooked and prepped days before/old. My large order of multiple shrimp fried rice were definitely cooked days earlier. When I first received it and saw a lot of chicken in the rice I was wandering why a shrimp fried rice will consist chicken? Welp not too long after eating the rice I realized this rice was probably some fried chicken rice cooked earlier and just served with shrimp and top too pass of a customer. The taste gave it away! Disgusting and foul. Given their fraudulent business ethics from the past, I am not surprised of their current service ethics. I will try my best and make sure to review them in all major sites, inform the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and if possible the Department of...