Panang Restaurant

(323) 344-3796

1801 Colorado Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90041 34.1394 -118.2064

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Neighborhoods: Eagle Rock, East LA

Price:

$

Last updated 6.20.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Family-Friendly Dining, Lunch Spot, Family Style Dining

General Info:

Open 7 Days

Cuisine:

Thai, Sushi

What People Are Saying About Panang Restaurant

Featured Review

Martha Burr

Contributor

In Short – This busy and popular Thai hangout on Colorado features a new gleaming five-seat sushi bar and adjacent outdoor patio replete with twining mandevilla vines and cheerful umbrellas. The spacious dining room boasts cerulean blue-vinyl booths, white tablecloths, and fun, psychedelic Thai Op-art. Young hipsters and families gather for specialties like crabs with mint leaves, salmon with tamarind, and tangerine shrimp. The extensive sushi menu features traditional sushi and sashimi, over 30 types of rolls including the "crunch" roll, with shrimp tempura and crab.

Editor's Tips

Know Before You Go:
A special vegetarian menu is available upon request.
What to Drink:
There's a nice Asian beer and sake selection, along with boba Thai ice tea, lychee juice and tropical smoothies.
Save Money:
Inexpensive lunch specials are served Monday through Friday from 11am to 3:30pm, with items like pad Thai, green curry chicken and beef panang, served with rice, soup or salad and fried wonton. College students with valid campus ID get a 10-percent discount when dining in. There's also half-price sushi specials at all times.
food quality
55.56000232696533% positive
  1. The spring rolls are fresh and come with a great dipping sauce that's sweet and tangy.
  2. I've had my fair share of Thai food and mostly it has been a good experience, unfortunately last night was not one of them.
  3. They offer the usual things like Pad Thai noodles and curries, but it's there extensive soup and hot pot selections that are impressive.
  4. don't know if they taste what they cook, but the shrimp they added in was filthy- and bad shrimp has a horrible aroma to it.
  5. Recently they added sushi, and it is as good as any upscale place, and we've tried the expensive places.
  6. ordered take out from this restaurant, since it's so close to my house; Service was HORRIBLE and food was AWFUL.
  7. Each slice had a very good quantity of calamari with a thin roll of rice.
  8. My guests were horrified and found the food awful.
  9. The soups are excellent, and as mentioned in the previous review, the spring rolls are wonderful.
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. They offer the usual things like Pad Thai noodles and curries, but it's there extensive soup and hot pot selections that are impressive.
overall
0.0% positive
  1. Recently they added sushi, and it is as good as any upscale place, and we've tried the expensive places.
service
75.0% positive
  1. actually registered onto this website to decry this horrible, horrible restaurant, and i've often time dreamed of burning it to the ground as a service to eagle rock.
  2. Service is very friendly and attentive.
  3. The service is attentive but not annoying.
  4. Food and service are both good, and take out orders are quick too.
value
0.0% positive
  1. Recently they added sushi, and it is as good as any upscale place, and we've tried the expensive places.
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. Food and service are both good, and take out orders are quick too.
1 Star Rating: Poor

02/03/10

Worst Thai Restaurant

by Jezzystyle

I ordered take out from this restaurant, since it's so close to my house; Service was HORRIBLE and food was AWFUL. I ordered a Chicken Dish and they gave me a different dish. It's a good thing I checked the order before I left. I returned it and asked them to make the Chicken Dish I ordered, they apologize and asked me to just take it. I also ordered Noddles without Onions and they served it with Onions. When I returned it ...They literally picked the onions on top of the food stirred it a little and gave it back to me with the rest of the Onions at the bottom. My guests were horrified and found the food awful. I will never recommend this restaurant to anyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have never been to a restaurant like this .. It is an embarrasment to the Eaglerock Community and I have lived here all my life!!!!

1 Star Rating: Poor

02/21/09

Did not deliver

by hungryvegan

I have to give Panang only one star because, I just spent over an hour waiting for a delivery that never came. When I called to see when my food might come, I was told they "would not be able to make it in time". I don't know if they were referring to the food preparation or the delivery. When I asked for clarification I was still confounded with a bunch of information about the manager not being there and she is the only one who can make it...? Finally, I was asked if I wanted to cancel the order. When it became clear that no food had yet been prepared (that I might be able to pick up), I canceled. I have to wonder why they bother taking your phone number and don't bother calling, when they have no intention of making or delivering your food. And not even an apology...

If this is how they do business, I can't imagine them staying in business for too long.

We have ordered to go once and dined in once. The food was fair to poor. We were trying out some of the new vegan options but will not be returning there again.

  • Pros: many selections
  • Cons: poor quality food and no understanding of how to run a business
4 Star Rating: Recommended

07/04/08

Crossroad of the Far East

by aac11

It was 9:30 p.m., 4th of July - and they were open. This is my first time at Panang Restaurant. Outside, their signage says "Thai Cuisine". On the windows are posters saying "Sushi Bar", "Chinese Cuisine" and "Pho". I was a bit confused but since they were the only ones open in maybe 5 square miles, so what the heck!

At the entrance across the Cashier is a small gift shop. The setup is a medium-sized diner. The waiter gave me the menu and I was astonished. Their menu covered Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino and Vietnamese - the best of the Far East world. I settled for fried tofu, calamari roll and soda. The fried tofu was standard, but the calamari roll came as a surprise. Each slice had a very good quantity of calamari with a thin roll of rice. And on top of each slice is a bite-size calamari! Most sushi bars would serve you rice with calamari, but this one is truly calamari with rice! Outstanding! They even refilled my soda.

The prices are inexpensive. The waiter was very courteous and attended to each table professionally. I will definitely visit again and try the Thai menu.

1 Star Rating: Poor

11/05/07

awe-inspiringly terrible.

by edshieh

I'm serious, for the love of god, please, please don't eat there. I actually registered onto this website to decry this horrible, horrible restaurant, and i've often time dreamed of burning it to the ground as a service to eagle rock. Where to start! Pad Thai is the universal can't-fail-even-if-you-wanted-to dish, but somehow, SOMEHOW, they butchered it. I don't know if they taste what they cook, but the shrimp they added in was filthy- and bad shrimp has a horrible aroma to it. I had to soak my noodles in Sri Racha and lime juice just to force it down. The BBQ Spare Ribs were a devious combination of stench and spices, to a point where i felt like i was eating marinated dung. I truly, truly detest this place, and the fact that this restaurant is still open only reflects the culinary retardation of americans towards ethnic food. please, PLEASE let this restaurant bankrupt. for the children. their sushi is over-priced and mediocre.

  • Pros: delivers
  • Cons: wouldn't wish this food on Hitler
4 Star Rating: Recommended

10/15/07

Great and inexpensive!

by evolvdesign

Since it is just down the street from me, I go here from time to time. Pretty quiet. Decor is slightly tacky, it still has part of it's diner charm from it's previous owner. Sushi, is not so good. But I do recomment the Spring rolls, yellow curry, satay, coconut soup (thom ka gai) and pad thai. You can't really mess that up.

  • Pros: Always a seat, never crowded
  • Cons: They sell wierd odds and ends in the front.

The Details on Panang Restaurant

Place Categories:

  • attentive service
  • awful food
  • horrible restaurant
  • really like place
  • impressive hot pot selections
  • horrible aroma
  • great dipping sauce
  • good standard
  • wonderful spring rolls
  • not so good sushi
  • very good quantity
  • good restaurant
  • good experience
  • impressive extensive soup
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