About Sanamluang Cafe

Late-Night Thai on Hollywood Boulevard

Sanamluang Cafe serves Thai noodles, soups and rice plates at 5176 Hollywood Boulevard in East Hollywood, every day from 11 AM until 2 AM. The neon sign out front, in English and Thai, lights up a few outdoor tables, and the dining room walls are hung with framed reviews.

Noodles and Soups

The noodle list runs past 20 dishes. Pad see ew and rad nah come with Chinese broccoli, pad kee mao with green chili and mint, and the General's noodle with shrimp, barbecue pork, roasted duck and ground pork, in soup or dry. Yen ta fo, spicy beef noodles, roasted duck noodle soup and an Indian-style beef curry noodle soup cover the soups, and the house Sanamluang noodles mix pork, fish ball, fish cake and shrimp in a flat rice noodle soup.

Starters, Salads and Rice

Koo chai, soft rice cakes stuffed with Chinese chives, come fried or steamed. The salads include duck salad with cashews, larb, som tum and naked shrimp, raw shrimp on lettuce with a sour chili dressing. The chef's recommended plates include crying tiger grilled beef, fried spare ribs and fish rice soup, and for rice there is crispy pork pad ka pao and fried chicken over rice. Portions are large.

Several noodle dishes, including pad thai, pad kee mao and rad nah, can be made vegetarian.