Soo Raa Thai-American — Restaurant in Los Angeles

I came here on a weekday with some friends. It wasn't busy the day we went so we were seated quickly. This is definitely a very cool hole in the wall place. I looked at the menu and they had a large variety of food.

We started out with the Thai Charcuterie Plate and their Papaya Salad, and a lychee martini! I really loved the variety of sausage in the thai charcuterie plate. I was shocked. Now for the entrees we wanted to try different entrees so we ended up ordering a lot but to name a few....pad thai, crab fried rice, curry, and grilled salmon. I was simply in awe by the magnificent taste. Meat was tender, the crab was NOT imitation crab but REAL crab, the grilled salmon was flavorful, and to my surprise a pad thai that looked nothing like a pad thai where it was nested inside a "nest". It was very unique and best part of course was the burst of flavor. Yes we also had to order dessert and I must say the lychee with the ice soaked in jasmine flavor was addictive.

The presentation of their food is exceptionally well, like an art form and magazine-shoot ready! All in all a great dinner! I would recommend it...

I hate to leave such a bad review but Soo Raa has been one of my top favorite Thai spots in LA for over 6 years. I’m not sure what happened with them recently but their prices have nearly doubled and the food quality is absolutely terrible. Their soy beef used to be flash fried in small pieces and was hard to tell it wasn’t real meat. I recently paid over $20 for it and it was soggy nuggets in salt water. I’m not joking. Literally couldn’t eat it. I tried cutting it up and air frying when I got home and it just made it worse. Had to throw it away. Our bill for an appetizer and 2 meals was over $60! My boyfriend had the orange chicken and it was also soggy. Whatever they were doing before worked. Lower your prices and make the food quality again....

God forbid you should be a doordasher picking up an order because then they treat you with utter contempt. I waited 30+ minutes for two orders with less than 3 items. And they act as if we’re an inconvenience, like there’s not a paying customer waiting for their food. It’s ridiculous how these restaurants always act like DoorDash people aren’t worth their time. I’m trying to pay my bills like everyone else, and there’s a customer waiting for their dinner while I wait.

Edit: I ended up waiting an entire hour for two orders that were less than 3 items each. I understand having to wait sometimes when it’s busy, but I literally watched eight other orders get picked up in between my arriving and when I finally got my orders. I’m just trying to pay...