Dara Thai Lao Cusine

3.8/5.0
6 reviews

1549 Shattuck Ave

Berkeley, CA

841-2002

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Category: Thai

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April 10, 2005
Anonymous
56944 reviews
this has been pne of the best restaurants i tried, ever! their lao dishes are just incredible! one of a kind. i love it so much I go there one out of two times i go to a restaurant. their red snapper cooked in a coconut shell is excuisite. everybody I had try it has just been impressed with the excuisite taste. spicy in a good way is the best description. you can ask for mild also. their stuffed seabass is also to die for. I highly recommend this place to anyone who wants an incredible (yet not too pricy) dinning experience. I feel lucky to live in Berkeley just to be able to go there often. Their chef is a treasure. Their decor is very traditional too. I feel like I am travelling to a new country every time I walk up the steps to enter that restaurant. Dara is easily the best restaurant of its kind for me.
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April 10, 2005
Anonymous
56944 reviews
this has been one of the best restaurants i tried, ever! their lao dishes are just incredible! one of a kind. i love it so much I go there one out of two times i go to a restaurant. their red snapper cooked in a coconut shell is excuisite. everybody I had try it has just been impressed with the excuisite taste. spicy in a good way is the best description. you can ask for mild also. their stuffed seabass is also to die for. I highly recommend this place to anyone who wants an incredible (yet not too pricy) dinning experience. I feel lucky to live in Berkeley just to be able to go there often. Their chef is a treasure. Their decor is very traditional too. I feel like I am travelling to a new country every time I walk up the steps to enter that restaurant. Dara is easily the best restaurant of its kind for me.
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June 29, 2002
Anonymous
56944 reviews
I like Dara better than its next door neighbor, Cha-Am. The rad-nar and Pad Thai are great! I have never had a chance to eat outside, but it looks very cute.
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August 4, 2000
Kaela K.
berkeley , California
71 reviews
i went here for the first time. i didn't expect too much, because the outside didn't look as enticing as its close neighbor cha-am (stiff competition). the food was pretty good, but i found a hair in one of my dish. that's why it didn't get 4 stars from me.
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May 22, 2000
Bernard H.
San Jose , California
205 reviews
i went to dara a long time 'go, but i recently returned. they have really yummy thai ice coffee. then again, i haven't tasted thai ice coffee in a long time, so i might be biased, just glad to taste it 'gain. rad nar is this chow fun-ish noodle. we had it w/ beef. it was good. the #2 salad w/ chicken was pretty good. the ground chicken had tons'a flavour. the "stuff eggplant" w/ shrimp was really good 2. u can choose beef, pork, chicken, or shrimp. the shrimp was actually a ground shrimp paste cake placed in between 2 lengthwise slices of asian eggplant. yes, yummy. the sauce was really good. u know, be warned tho'. both my gf n' i found hair in the ground chicken salad. that's somethin' to complain 'bout, wouldn'tchu say? it's a pretty nice restaurant tho'. not 2 fancy, but nice 'nuff 4 a casual dinner w/ family/friends or a very casual date. altho' the hostess moved us 1nce b4 we ordered, to accomodate a larger group coming in, the service was re ... more
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June 22, 1996
Tim H.
1 review
One of the few bay area Thai restaurants that we have found that offers sticky rice and other Laotian influenced dishes. The "prawns on pineapple shell" is fantastic as well as the teriyaki eggplant and the fresh rolls appetizer. Service is friendly and prompt.
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