My favourite Lao diamond in the dust. This place is truly a local's gem and my go-to when I need to…read moresatisfy that spicy, sour, salty craving of the real deal lao cuisine. For those of you who are not acquainted with Lao cuisine check out Star Lao as a first experience, you know what they say about first impressions! My staples... Lao 'Som Tum' Paw Paw Salad - Traditional salad dish of shredded paw paw, carrots, cherry tomatoes, dried shrimp in a salty, spicy, sour crab paste sauce. Must get it spicy otherwise it can be a little pungent Lao Sausage - Seasoned with Lao flavourings & sticky rice, again salty, sour & spicy with sour/spicy fish sauce dip Grilled Ox Tongue - Perfectly tender and succulent grilled Ox tongue with sour/spicy fish sauce dip Chicken Feet Salad - crunchy clean chicken feet (don't let the toes gross u out haha) mixed with Asian herbs, carrots, red onion in a spicy sour fish sauce Green Chicken Curry - they sure do keep it literal as this place rocks the greenest green curry I've ever seen! I've been told they use spinach to give it the bright green colour but when it's this good is even gobble it down if it were purple! Grilled Pork Belly - A little indulgent with all the fat but oh so worth it. Lightly battered and grilled leaving a thin crispy covering before it melts away into your mouth. Dishes average $8-10, an absolute steal!

Had dinner @ Kaffir Lime on a Thursday night. Parking was a bit of a hassle as there is a busy…read morelittle shopping centre across the road that has insufficient parking so it spills into the side streets. On the upside it's a good way to work off some of your delicious dinner. This is a little cozy restaurant with great food. We had the duck pancakes, massaman curry, crispy crocodile (that's right it tastes like chicken), Thai papaya salad and the stand out for me was the BLACK SESAME FRIED ICE CREAM... Yum yum yum. They also had taro and pandan flavours in the fried ice cream. Service was a little slow at times but super friendly and helpful. It's BYO (wine only). Will return as I'm dreaming about the fried ice cream already.

Food was yummy ! Nice hip vibe for such a humble little nook .Even brought out food as we waited…read morefor a takeaway order.Nice guys!Will go again

There's a CCTV screen in this place, maybe it's from the bad old days of Cabramatta…read more I have to choose between 1. watching myself eat pork and prawn fresh rice paper rolls, 2. watching community TV showing "Behind the Scenes" in Vietnamese, or 3. watching the ultra violet fly zapper. And the Oscar goes to...the envelope please........That knucklehead at table 3 ! - for his moving comedic performance in "How to Eat a Half a Fresh Roll Covered in Peanut Sauce in One Go Even Though Its Bigger Than Your Cakehole" Woo hoo. Soon I will have eaten at more than ten Vietnamese places in Cabramatta. I dont think I've even scratched the surface. This place is food heaven and the Rice Paper Rolls I had today are the best I've ever had. I saw this place on some foodies "Ten top food experiences in Sydney". He was right, the do it yourself vietnamese rolls are fantastic, I even watched a table of kids making them. The food and service here is pure Gold Logie stuff, but the entertainment is atrocious !

The customer service in this place is very good and very quick too. We ordered beef noodle soup,…read more crispy fried chicken, and some kind of make your own spring roll thing. After we ordered, it only took them less than 10 minutes to serve our order. I was impressed since they have lots of customers to be serve. I thought it was only us, but when I was watching them serves other customers they were really quick. The food that we ordered tasted really good. The beef noodle soup that I ordered really taste good, it's not that oily like some other noodle soup that I had tasted. And I really like the make your own spring roll thing, I guess that dish is famous in that place since most tables I saw has it. And the grilled shrimp/fish cake on it was really awesome. You must really try it. That's the only unusual dish I saw on a Pho restaurant. The crispy chicken was also good, but I guess it's too common. The prices are reasonable, it's not to high it's not too low, it's just alright. This place is at Cabramatta market, so expect that it's a busy place. There's no parking on the street so you gotta park on the nearest parking lot.

Great place with open air seating options. Service was outstanding and they have a great selection…read moreof authentic Thai dishes. As much as I recommend most of the dishes we ordered, the Pad Thai stood out the most and just had the slight taste of sweetness that I like. Also highly recommend the avocado smoothie! I was pleasantly surprised!

It's hard to stand out from the huge selection of good Thai restaurants in Sydney. But the guys at…read moreHoly Basil got a couple of impressive tricks up their sleeves to keep customers coming from all over Sydney. They're a Thai and Lao restaurant, so on top of your favourite Thai dishes they've also got traditional Lao yummies like papaya salad with anchovies, larb (mince) salad and sticky rice. These guys are also not afraid to use spices and herbs in their dishes, which I love, unlike many of their competitors. To top it all off, they have an unusual but amazing fried icecream. Well worth going especially in summer... outdoor seating + spicy food + cold beer + finish with a fried ice cream = 2 thumbs up!

Loved loved loved this place!…read more Canley Vale is such a great place to enjoy fantastic food in funky restaurants out in the burbs. Sitney is one of the newest and I think one of its best. Food, service and ambience were all excellent! My top picks were the soft shell crab papaya salad, roasted duck curry and the chicken skewers. I know chicken skewers are nothing to normally rave about but these were the best I have ever had. Come and try this place I promise you won't regret it! Did I mention...... I loved loved loved this place.. Happy dance :)

I love the decor of this place. It's modern and the vehicle in front of the restaurant makes the…read moreplace real authentic. The service is friendly and mostly efficient, which is always pleasing! Now onto the food. Oh yes oh yes oh yes. Silence was all you heard because everyone was busy eating. The occasional moan and "this is good" is how I'd describe the atmosphere. They could do no wrong. Deep fried papaya salad - I've had a lot of thai food before (in Thailand too) and I have never come across such dish. It was a true stroke of genius because this was just unbelievable. So incredible how the flavours worked and how crispy the papaya was. 10 stars out of 5!! The ox tongue was so tender and perfectly cooked - this is an absolute must. The crispy barramundi with mango salad was excellent too - fish was perfectly cooked, presentation was on par and the salad was well dressed. Let me hear you say pad thai! Cause this place serves some of the best you'll eat. The noodles were extremely well fried and the taste was of course amazing. The duck curry!!! There was pineapple and lychees in it with a strong coconut flavour. A perfect thai curry and the duck was well cooked too. There's a perfect balance of spices in the lao sausages as well! Only dishes that was not of the high standard as the others was the pineapple fried rice - it was a tiny bit soggy and not as good as some I've had. The fried ice cream also wasn't good - it did not have that crispy outside and was way too oily. Either way, I'm definitely coming back again! Love, love and love!

Wow. The food here is so delicious and authentic with very friendly staff!…read more This restaurant is a favorite of my parents and I understand why. All I can say is this is such a wonderful place and you need to try it! Favorites: - crispy fried rice - amazing! - seafood fried rice - also fantastic - crispy pork belly salad - absolute must - laos sausage - delicious! Can't wait to come back!

An oldie but a goodie.. One of the first Lao restaurants to pop up in Fairfield creating this area…read moreto be a hub for Lao cuisine. They keep it simple and traditional here with the usual Laotian fare and they do it pretty tantalisingly well! My mouth waters just thinking of of the spicy pungent flavours... It's an acquired taste but I can say that if I were on death row my last meal request would be a spicy Som Tum and Lao sausage. If you love your chilli and an amalgamation of sour, salty, spicy and sweet U will love Laotian cuisine. My recommendations: Som Tum: shredded ow paw salad with smashed cherry tomatoes and fermented crab. The textures, freshness and combination of all base flavours make this a definite staple and perfect accompany to all the grilled meats on offer Lao Sausage: wonderfully soft and slightly chewy bit crisp on the outside. Hints of lemon grass and Asian herbs Ox Tongue: grilled to perfection, thinly crisp with a succulent centre ready to soak up the salty spicy dipping sauce Chicken Feet Salad: sounds a little horrid but once you get past the whole chicken feet thing you'll find a refreshing, flavoursome and textural salad that will leave you with a new view of chicken feet. To accompany all this get a mini bucket of sticky rice to go with your meal, that's how the Lao do it! Ambience here is a little kitsch which denotes why it's 4 and not 5 stars but we're here for the food not the ambience.

Drive along St Johns Road and you'll see houses, houses, houses, more hosues, newsagency, pharmacy,…read morebutcher, contemporary Thai & Laos restaurant. What?!!! Located in the most unlikely of locations this stand alone restaurant does pretty well even with Holy Basil being a mere 3 min drive away. Lines a plenty during peak food times so make sure to book. FOOD I've been meaning to check out this place for awhile and see how it stacks up against Holy Basil. The similarities are endless from the modern wooden decor to their filo pastry deep fried ice-cream which I unfortunately was too tired to stick around to try. I know me? what? too tired for food? noway!! Trying to stay clear of the normal Thai dishes I order, dinner consisted of - Crying Tiger/Grilled Beef ($9.90 -NAY (definitely left me crying as it didn't taste like beef!) - Chicken Choo-Chee Curry ($11.90) - YAY - Pork Satay Noodle ($11.90) - HMMMM... - Sticky Rice ($3) - YAY - Green Milk Tea ($4) - YAY OVERALL The atmosphere is just like any other modern Thai restaurant (think Home, Chat Thai, Red Spoon) so my rating is very heavily weighted towards food. Unfortunately with a lot of these Thai restaurants it comes down to food selection. Select the right meals and you could have a 4/5 star experience. Select the wrong ones and your back to a 3 or worse case 2. Trying to be different and adventurous in this instance has caused a lower rating. I would recommend this as a place to try though. I will however be back. Pandan Fried Ice-cream wait for me!

Food was incredible but the service was not the best. The lady making the drinks was very rude and…read moreshe seemed to be the person running the show. Under staffed for the amount of people in the restaurant. Ox tongue was good, duck salad was delish and the fried icecream was the best! Great food but staff need to learn some customer service.

It's been a long time since I've been here! Last time was a few months after it opened…read more Food wise it's not bad. None of the mains stood out but the desserts are great! Fried ice cream,banana fritters and fried dough sticks with coconut ice cream and pandan sauce are just yum! Service wise though I found it a bit slow for the food to come out and staff would disappear at times,I found it staff to ask for the bill! And our desserts felt like it took ages! Best thing about this place is the desserts!

My sister favorite restaurant! She kept on told me to go here with her so I made my time to come…read morehere . I ordered Deep fried soft shell crab -omg!!!! So crispy and so juicy inside every each bite has good flavor of seafood taste!! Omg especially when i deep the sauce kind of sweet and lilbit spicy? Delicious!!!! Fried knuckle-nothing to say but delicious!! This is really good crispy and juicy be honest a lot of fat in there but good taste of fat!!!! It's just melting in your mouth. Good and good!! The sauce whatever comes with? Just like Heaven!! I know it's maybe bothering you but I'm telling you the true.. good! Vermicelli salad with seafood-I usually I love this salad every Thai restaurant I go but this wasn't good as what I thought. Because need more lime and less sugar.. too sweet for me and even for my sister too.. but the seafood was so fresh and noodles was perfectly cook so I will just say good this dish too Steam rice-perfectly cook enough sticky Laos sausage- not for me but my family said it's good but sorry I'm not a sausage person but I can only tell this sausage is juicy and tender mean is good I guess. This Laos restaurant was bomb! It was delicious and before I leave I really want to try again!!!!