Gary Claassen
Incredible place! Kyain Kyain has by FAR the best Burmese food in Bay Area. If you enjoy good Indian cuisine and Chinese and Thai but aren’t into fusion Kyain Kyain is an outstanding choice. A little mix of it all with its own flavors and flair. Try it out if you haven’t yet. If you have? Try this spot in particular.. it will likely surprise you how delicious it is
… morePekon Gupta
One of the best Burmese cuisine in the SF Bay area. Their Tea leaf salad is awesome, not to miss their roasted garlic noodles & Mandalay noodle salad.
Family run restaurant, Very reasonably priced for the quality and taste of food.
… moreBikeTrails WaggingTails
Due to the attentive service and great food, this place has become one of our go-to places to eat when we are in the East Bay. Lately, we had been getting the M11 (Noodle Salad) and M2 (Chicken Noodle Dry).
The chicken curry sauce in the Nann Gyi Thoke (or Noodle Salad) is savory and hearty. Next time, we will order fresh cilantro and lime wedges on the side to give it more of a zesty flavor.
The Kyay Oh (or Dry Chicken Noodle) is a dish that we like as a soup or dry. Lately, we have been getting the dry version (M2) with extra Mustard greens. Although the dish is good on its own, the red chilly sauce that comes with the dish adds a bit of heat. But for more heat, we order a side of their in-house chunky garlic jalapeño paste.
… moreSteven Lin
So stoked to discover this restaurant. Native Burmese here and I gotta say this is the best and most authentic Burmese food I’ve had in the Bay so far. They are better than restaurants several times the price. Look past the humble restaurant or the paper plates and the taste will bring one right back to Yangon. The star of the show at this restaurant is their Kyay Oh which is a famous rice noodle dish in Burma with many components that is quite difficult to make and hard to find. However it doesn’t stop there, their tea leaf salad is one of the best I’ve had and their curries are so complex and delicious. I will venture to say they beat out the Burmese restaurants in LA. This place is very underrated and absolutely a hidden gem and deserves a Bib Gourmand.
… moreH T
Good curries, we had the beef curry and was very moist and flavorful, good spices and not too spicy.
Tea leaf salad also very flavorful, not dry, and good textures although a bit salty.
If you get noodles, get thin noodles because they soak up flavor better especially because the sauce is thinner. Pork dry noodle came with a lot of meatballs, quail eggs, fish balls, a lot of liver, and some intestines and tofu.
Dine in, came in to go containers with disposable utensils.
… moreMin Htun Zaw
Visiting from Singapore and my friends brought me there. I didn’t get used to eating food in form boxes at the restaurant which made me awkward. Pork noodle soup (Kyay Oh) was good. But, the type of noodle used for garlic oiled noodle salad (See Chat Khawt Swe) wasn’t right though the taste was acceptable. I would rate oberall as a good restaurant to try.
… moreCedric C
This looks like a family business and I rate their services accordingly. I note that some of their food are served with take away containers and plastic cutleries, which I did not have any problem with this. The food is very authentic. Much more authentic than burmese superstar. The food is a little bit oily but I found most dishes in Mandelay Burma are the same. I like their tea leaf salad – they use a generous amount of fermented tea leafs. Their fish chowder is very delicious. I am grateful to find a decent burmese family restaurant in the bay area.
… moreJojo
A small Burmese restaurant that serves authentic Burmese food. The portions are big, and prices are extremely reasonable. Staff are friendly
… moreJayanti Addleman
Very nice restaurant with home-style Burmese cooking. The Tea Leaf salad was different from what I usually see in the Bay Area, but delicious. I loved that during this pandemic, the dishes came out in to go containers, even for eat-in custoners. Simply pack up your left overers.
The owners were so friendly and nice.
… moreLuke Honnen
Delicious Burmese food! You must have the tea leaf salad if you eat here. I also recommend the fish noodle soup with catfish. These dishes are so flavorful and the textures are so satisfying. Savory and refreshing at the same time!
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