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4.0 of 5 stars.
Always have a good meal here
yelp.com - user review - 10/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Went here during the Thai festival and fell in love with a tranny. I mean with the food. little booth dishing out pretty much the same stuff like papaya salad, meat sticks, mango this, and durian...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
HOLD YOUR HORSES!!DON'T GO YET!!Okay, so I know I probably got a lot of your hopes up for finding AMAZING thai food, and believe me! no one is more disappointed that I am for what I am about to say......
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I second Sophia's enthusiasm (and love of the Berkeley Thai Temple). This place is such a fun experience and the thai food is faboo! Definitely a hidden gem of LA.
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I was hooked to Berkeley's Thai Temple so it was only natural that I tried to find a replacement once I moved to LA. This Thai Temple was not only bigger, there were about twice as many options for...
yelp.com - user review - 07/22/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
from reading these reviews i don't really understand how people can really say it's "the best" or "most authentic" Thai food they've ever had. makes me question if they really know what good authentic...
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Authentic is the word to really describe the food here. It's like getting a home cook meal for a bargain price.My personal favorite is everything! So try everything if you haven't already.
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Went here back in 2008 when the food court was bigger but recently went again on 4/26/2009. After reading conflicting reviews on whether or not the place had food or not, I decided we just needed to...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I haven't been in quite a while. Not since they moved the food below the temple. But I can say that when we went once a week, it was such fun!The food is not the best you can get in L.A. but it is...
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My first time here was for Thai new year. The place was filled with tarped stands, selling food, drink, international items/produce, and various clothing, toys, & accessories.I am not sure what the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I thought it was a good idea to visit a Thai temple to learn more about their culture as I am always curious of cultural backgrounds different from my own although I am not religious. What I had...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Just got back from a tiring, but fun Sunday at the Thai temple. I have to say that I enjoy this Songkran Festival much more than the Hollywood Thai Town one, other than the fact that it's further...
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
They ahve the best thai food here, I live for the pad thai, and the papaya salad is just delicious! This place seems to have very geniune thai food, that holds to it's thailand tradition, and I would...
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
all i can say is........BEST PAPAYA SALAD EVER! i live 30 mins away, and i'd drive there JUST FOR THE PAPAYA SALAD BECAUSE IT"S THAT GOOD! the ladies are also the nicest people. they let you try out...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
So the Thai Temple is back...well, sort of. Just went today and It's definitely not as big as it used to be. There aren't as many food options/stalls and it's now in an odd basement-like area....
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great cultural experience. Great food and a very diverse crowd. Love me the spicy papaya salad with extra fish sauce please! It's far from where Im at but don't mind the drive to No Ho. Noodles and...
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Surprisingly good food for being so far north in the valley. NoHo has a good selection of Thai food. This place was up there with a few that was good and had good prices. I usually get pineapple...
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When I was in Thailand I really loved the street food!! There is just so much great , fresh, and tasty treats all over Thailand. Well it's not the same in LA....but When I'm craving it I go the the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I decided to check out Wat Thai today as an alternative to driving all the way to Hsi Lai Temple in Hacienda Heights. The temple is gorgeous, however, there is no longer a food court here.I went to...
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We went here on Saturday and it was a long drive but we wanted to see this temple and try the thai food here.The temple is beautiful and veryone speaks thai and very AUTHENTIC. They also have several...
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Go on the weekend for good and cheap food! Yummy!! MY YUMMY LIST!!Coconut Sticky rice Papaya Salad Curries Desserts BBQ pork Thai Ice Tea exotic fruits
yelp.com - user review - 12/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Wat Thai. It's my childhood, I miss the weekends there. If you go to King Seafood on Sherman Way they have a to go area. Sticky rice, papaya salad, curries, mango ans desserts..Fried bananas...
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh my gosh, I can't believe Wat Thai is on Yelp.I grew up here since I was 6 or 7 (Sunday school and Thai food). I was so sad that they weren't selling anymore food on the weekends. Oh, the reason...
yelp.com - user review - 11/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is really cool and full of culture. It's definitely not a place you'd expect a huge temple to be situated. There are tents set up all around the outskirts of the temple w/ food vendors...
yelp.com - user review - 10/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i love this place. it's so awesome. the only thing is that you forget how much money you've spent when you turn over tokens. it's fun. parking is a challenge, and when it gets windy, sitting down...
yelp.com - user review - 10/10/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
gross. my husband and i tried almost everything - no luck. questionable cleanliness.
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
STILL CLOSED -- SEPT. 2008I went back 9/14/08 to see if they had opened back up, but no luck. Just wanted to let you know they're still closed... and I'm still sad...
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I came here and felt like I had been transported to Thailand. It's a really good complex with these 2 giant statues out in front of the Buddhist temple. I didn't muster up the courage to actually go...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Cool place to go. Good food. You exchange money for tokens and buy food from vendors.My fav is the papaya salad, tapioca cups, roti, and mango with stick rice. Nice peaceful place to come to....
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I definitely miss the weekend food market - - so sad for those who never got a chance to try it. This wat is the wat I go to when I pray and for that reason alone, it gets five stars. It's the place...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Its one of the most unique places in Los Angeles. The Thai Buddhist temple of North Hollywood. They have two statues of Thai Giants from the heavens guarding the door of the temple. On the weekend...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
the food here is the best bc its made w love from the thai mamas. no really, it is. and its like $1 for thai iced coffee/tea and a few bucks for pad thai and all the other stuff. so cheap! its very...
yelp.com - user review - 05/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
they don't do the weekend food thing anymore!?!i'm glad i read this before i vetured there...i've been craving this place for months and months!!! so authentic, can't compare to anything else i've...
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Apparently Wat Thai used to have a weekend food mart which pleased souls a plenty. However that is no more. Many bewail this loss of weekend sustenance but fear not -- good stuff happens here. Come...
yelp.com - user review - 02/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
special special place for me. yes the food is good but the serene oneness i feel here, that's what is important to me.
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Christ Almighty it was hot when we went here. We went near the end of July on the very last weekend before they closed down. And man was it crowded. Parking around the area was horrible, no wonder...
yelp.com - user review - 11/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
*******WAT THAI FOOD FAIR ON HOLD********http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-thaitemple13aug13To my knowledge the food fair at the Wat Thai is temporarily closed as I found out the hard way. I...
yelp.com - user review - 11/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place, brings back so many memories of college days and weekend at the temple. I felt bad because being catholic and going to the temple to eat was pretty shady on my part. I usually order...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
See photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/10129847@N04/'saved=1Three and a half stars.I caught wind of Wat Thai's closing on the Chowhound boards and resolved to make it to what has been called...
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Where else can you feast upon Thai dishes at 1-3 bucks a piece in the courtyard of a Buddhist Temple? After another great tip from the awesome Abby A. we headed out here this weekend - reportedly the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
As has been said by others here, this is a truly unique and rich cultural experience. Even if you have no prior knowledge of Buddhism, it's a religious experience to go--both in spiritual AND...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Went with my sis, who'd been there before and it was quite the treat. You buy tokens at a booth before you begin, and that's what you use to "buy" the food from the vendors. It took a little while to...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
delightful! all sorts of thai street food for cheap (for the US, that is) - the most expensive thing around is about $3. i got very delicious som tam (papaya salad) for $3, tod mun plaa (fish cakes)...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Just went here for the first time today and I felt like I was back in Asia (I would travel there 2 - 3 times a year for business). All I know about Wat Thai is on Sat and Sun there are food stands...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Sometimes I realize I haven't reviewed my favorite places. Woops!This temple is great for many reasons. One is its most recent visiting monk from Thailand, and great teacher:...
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
After services on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, WatThai offers a fantastic food fair. Wonderful grilled marinated pork, beef, and chicken skewers, plus larb, grilled northeastern sausage, various...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i remember going to Wat thai since i was a lil girl.. excited to buy tokens and run around buying whatever i wanted to eat.. to watch the thai cultural dances.. and they use to have these singing...
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've eaten here the past 2 weekends in a row, and I'm not sorry, not one bit! $10 in my pocket = a buffet for me, with prices from $1 for skewers of meat, $3 for pad thai or mango and sticky rice,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The "Temple" as we humbly refer to it, is a great place to get a weekend lunch amongst beautiful surroundings. It's easy to lose track of the fact that you're in North Hollywood with robed monks...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Who would've thought you could get some cheap ass, great, authentic THAI food at a temple? I swear, this place is a hidden gem in NOHO. Who goes to NoHo to eat other than to drive aimlessly on the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I find it amazing that a place of religious worship could attract so many reviews on the venue's food. And as I expected, the place lived up to the reviews. Delicious, inexpensive, and a good variety...
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been wanting to check this scene out for the longest time. And, it was worth it. The food is authentic(wow is it spicy!) and there are numbers of Thai families and wayward tourists eating on...
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yeah - they have great food.Yeah - there's lots of interesting tsotchkes available for purchase.Yeah - there a lot of Thai hotties there.But the coolest thing about the Wat Thai Temple are those...
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the place where you want to be at during Thai New Year (mid April), at least when you're in LA area. The largest Thai temple in the US. I've been coming here for years! It's a well-known...
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The temple grounds on Saturday and Sunday are reminiscent of temple fairs in Thailand. Excellent food court and vendors hawking everything from satellite TV systems to rice cookers to sarongs to...
yelp.com - user review - 05/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A great place to go for an unusual L.A. experience...or to feel like you're on vacation! However, beware if you go during the summer! Oh my lord...it was smokin' hot the day I sought this place out...
yelp.com - user review - 05/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I want to thank fellow Yelper DL. for reviewing this place and bringing it all back to me.About five or so years ago I was OBSESSED with Thai food. For months that was all I wanted to eat. My boss at...
yelp.com - user review - 05/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place, a nice different experience and flavors, but the best of all many of the vendors have different variations of chilie condiments that you can add to your dish.Great Papaya Salad,...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been going to the Thai Temple for lunch with my family since my youth (oh, the youthful days). It's a fun family-friendly way to spend part of a weekend afternoon. The kids have trees to climb...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What a mouth-watering taste fiesta! Cheap, tasty thai food of all sorts, including soups, noodles, BBQ, and desserts. Went with fellow yelper Megan H. and her husband, and we ate ourselves silly. This...
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The weekend food market is so fun! A bright red and gold temple that you can't miss as soon as you get off the freeway. Lots of people queuing up for the delicious noodle soups, satays, papaya...
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Impress a date on a weekend...this is one of those places where if you want to seem super-cool to someone you met on like eHarmony, this is the place to bring 'em. It's public enough for the first...
yelp.com - user review - 03/21/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pad Thai has to be one of my favorite thai dishes and the Pad Thai they serve here is made all the better from you thinking that you are in Thailand at a temple eating wonderful food with Buddhist...
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the wat thai temple ROCKS! although i am no a buddhist, i venture up to wat thai temple 1x every 2-3months to satisfy thai street food cravings. and boy does the wat thai temple deliver!! vendors...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
HIDDEN GEM IN NOHOTrudging through the urban malaise of wrought iron, faded concrete and and aging stucco that is NoHo, I finally arrive at the Wat Thai temple and suddenly wisps of incense and echos...
yelp.com - user review - 03/04/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best, most authentic thai street food I've ever had, served up from small booths on the edge of a real Thai Buddhist temple with real monks.Each booth has their specialty: mango rice, pad thai, green...
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
OK, this temple has at least 3 different listings on Yelp! so I went with the one that a) has reviews and b) spelled Coldwater right.This is one of the best cultural-experiences-cum-food-bargains in...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Everything Tuan said. It really is that good. I went because I had to do some research for my religion class and left with a belly full of sweet mango and delectable sticky rice.
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It reminded me kopitam (outdoor food court) in Malaysia or Singapore (Sorry I've never been to Thailand before).This is the part of their religous event that various food booth comes to the Thai...
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Authenticity, that's what we're talking about here baby. Does your Thai food have the goods, the hard, cold stones and cajones to throw down with the best of them back there in Thailand? Yeah, you...
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's OK food and a nice experience. If you think of it like an outdoor Thai food court you'll have the right idea. I certainly think the food is better at the top restaurants in Thai Town (my picks...
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Visit the 13 Thai food booths! There's a stand dedicated to sundry Thai desserts, that you don't normally find at restaurants. There are also long lines dedicated to green papaya salad with blue...
yelp.com - user review - 08/01/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Review of the Weekend Food Court:This is a foodie's dream. On weekends, food vendors gather outside the largest Thai Theravada Buddhist Temple in the US and serve up tasty Thai street food. It was...
yelp.com - user review - 07/25/2006
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