Bamboo Cafe

This restaurant is wildly underrated… the consistency and flavor in unwavering. The portions are suitable and just right. I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 10 years and there are a lot of really good, top quality Thai food options… and I would put Bamboo Thai right up there , with some of the west coasts best. I really hope locals continue to support this place as it really is a gem. There’s no dine in option currently but the food holds up as excellent take out. My go to dishes are… Pad See Ew, Tom Kha, Gen TSO (all a little spicy) and you must have a Thai Iced Tea. Also, the curry’s are really good too!

I can’t believe people give this place low ratings just based on the fact they don’t have indoor dining (it clearly states on the website they do not). Mini egg rolls were very flavorful and still crisp. The Tom Yum soup with shrimp was so flavorful, I just loved it. Panang Curry was a little watery, but the flavor was great and the veggies fresh. The fact that this restaurant has true Thai sticky rice is SO exciting and it totally delivered. Give it a try, other than Bangkok in Canal, I haven’t found a place as good!

I picked up food from this place because it had my two favorite dishes - Pineapple fried rice and Panang Curry. The pineapple fried rice was excellent but definitely recommend eating it with a sweet and sour sauce to make it even better cuz its kinda dry. The panang curry was a but watery which was concerning at first but after trying it, I could care less lol its so good. I need an IV hook up to a bag with this curry in it that’s how much I liked it 🤪. The portion size for both was surprisingly very large 👍🏾

I ordered chicken Panang curry dish and tofu Pad Thai, it has been a while since I got carry out from them. The Panang curry dish flavor was good but very watery, most of it was just liquid with few pieces of chicken, bell pepper and bamboo. We like their Pad Thai. I ordered mild spicy but I thought it was little too sweet. I first time discovered this restaurant was about 5 years ago, the quality of food was much better before as I remembered.