Chan Dara Pico Restaurant

Chan Dara is a great Thai restaurant. Serves large portions & really tasty. The atmosphere is nice and can be a great date spot. \r
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Everything that I've ordered here has always been tasty!

It's not easy to find good Thai food but I like this place. It's not purely authentic but it's good. The prices have jumped a bit in the last few years but it's still worth it. I like the duck rolls, veggie rolls, and all the noodle

The curry at this place is watered down poo. The vegetables are undercooked. The portions are small and WAY over priced!!! I spent 12 bucks on two tiny crab cakes and a box full of lettuce! Ordered delivery and it showed up cold and soggy.

Happy hour is the best kept secret at Chan Dara on Pico.
Drinks and appetizers are half-price from 4-7PM!!!
Even a Grey Goose Martini is half price!! That's about $5 bucks and change guys! You can't beat this deal. And the appetizers are the best in town and I consider it dinner. The beef satay is to die for. Cooked rare and huge portions and i must repeat... AT HALF PRICE!! The bartenders are all asian girls (except for 1 latina) and are friendly, attentive and cute! And even free shots for the bar if you stay long enough!! I generally go once a week.
And they have new Flat panel TV's so you can watch the game in Hi-Def!!

Great food and staff. I've gone there several times and they haven't disappointed me yet. It's family and single friendly

This place has great Satay. The decor is great, the service is great, and the food is excellent. It's somewhat pricey for thai food, but every dish is outstanding. It does get crowded at dinner time, so expect to wait for a table if

Ok. After reading some of the reviews I hesitated in bringing my boyfriend to Chan Dara for dinner. But not only is the staff beautiful (both male and female) but they were very nice and gave excellent service. I guess if you are afraid

Yes, there's lots of Thai food restaurants in Los Angeles...and yes, some of the places do have good food. But Chan Dara deserves to be in a league of their own and they're far from being a hole-in-the-wall (though there are some good ones

Recently visited Chan Dara and I have to say that the food was very good. Evertything we had was great. The servers were attentive and beautiful (and other cusomers too. Saw Bai Ling there this weekend and according to the manager she is a

Haven't been to Chan Dara in a while so decided to take some out of town guests there this pass Saturday. I have to say that its better than I remembered it. The food and the service were both excellent.\r
Sometimes in a Thai restaurant

A good friend recommended this place. He and his wife have been going there for the last 10yrs. I have to say that the recommendation is right on. We ran late for our reservation, but was greeted by a very sweet young lady and seated right

Heard of this place for a long time...went there this past Saturday and I have to say that it is delicious. The price is higher than most Thai restaurant, but the food quality is also much higher and the portions too.\r
My friends and I

Good Food, if you don't mind Hooter Type looking waitress. My friends like the food too, he said it remind him of Pat Pong or Pattaya. Great Food, Good eye candy.

chan dara used to be known for good food, and attractive waitresses (didn't see any of those). i haven't been there for a while, and now i won't be going back, ever! the service was VERY slow and inattentive, the prices on the menu are

We went on a Saturday night, so there were a lot of birthday parties, which made the restaurant a little bit loud for us. But the food was awesome-- the calamari chardonay is very tasty. The sea bass is outstanding! The atmosphere is a

Since when does a restaurant need to pander to a bunch of girl-watchers? This is a reliable Thai restaurant and would be welcome anywhere else but the phony town of LA.
Just went there, food was great and service was well above average

Ever since the restaurant changed ownership a few years ago, CHan Dara's is just not what it used to be. Their menu has a million items that affords little authentic thai cuisine. THe girls used to be known for being attractive but the

The food is presented beautifully, it's noisy, busy, and you can eat alone here without feeling "alone." The menu is great, with fresh specials, but the food is a bit toned down for the general public palate. The spicy sauces were barely so, but each dish was cooked perfectly.

Of course, this place is famous for its waitresses - and on the whole, they don't dissapoint. The food isn't bad either - but definitely a little overpriced for what you get. Try the Peking duck rolls - a tasty little sample of the real

This place is walking distance from my house so, much to my delight, I was pleasantly surprised to have such a convenient and good place for Thai food. The food was fresh and quick, the service (from the very hip looking wait staff) was

I love Thai food and know very well what Thai food is like. Even the food here is not authenic like other Thai places, but I found it very unique and delicious. Chilean sea bass, BBQ beef are very good. Beef Tenderloin Satay is also my

Great thai food here. A little pricey, but this isnt one of those hole-in-the-wall thai takeout spots. The chicken noodles is one of my favorite dishes--it's flavorful, steaming hot, and the chicken is tender. The other specialty dishes are usually great as well. This place used to have commercials of seductive asian women saying, "come to Chan dara!" between shots of their food dishes. Always cracks me up every time I think about it. In any case, they are known to have quite a few of these kinds of women as waitresses here...if you care about that kind of thing.

I ate there 21 Jan 05, I ordered the beef kebob for medium cooked. It came out uncooked and cold. I returned it and asked for it replacing. 2 mins later they bought out the same dish, uncooked and cold. I complained to the manager who

Good but a little pricey. Food is great but the portions could be bigger.

My friends love coming to Chan Dara's, and the place is great, the food is not. The people who think the Thai food is great here don't know what actual Thai food is. The first time I came, I brought relatives from Thailand, and we didn't

Chan Dara is a fusion Thai food restaurant. The food here are good, but it not authentic Thai food. It's more like an upscale Thai food, food here looked good. It looked good enough to eat. Most of the dishes here are sweet, I dont like

Other than service, nothing is so great. The food is pretty much over price. Nothing taste authentic. The service is great, only if your party are all guys. They tend to be nice to males.

I lived in the Seattle area for a long time and are a huge fan of Thai. Moving to LA, I had a hard time finding a good place, one that compared to the old faithfuls in Seattle. Chan Dara has become my new "Old Faithful". When I'm hungry

It was probably the most superb Thai food that I have ever tried. The only problem was that it was the worst service that I had ever experienced. It was very obvious that surrounding tables were receiving way better service than we did.

The food here is good sometimes and not so good sometimes. The dishes are inconsistent. The duck was very good. The portions can be better. The ambience is nice and cozy. The waitresses were pretty and accomodating, although they're

The atmosphere is upscale casual, a nice place to take a first date. The food is definitely Americanized, but it's flavorful and scores high on presentation. A little pricey for what you get, but still worth a try.