This popular spot, part of a local chain, offers a wide range of Thai standards in simple surrounds.
I haven’t been here in a very long time. I think the last time I was here was before COVID. The other side of the restaurant is being remodeled, so I went to the right side of the restaurant and it was very crowded for a Thursday night. Prices have gone up a lot. $8 for a large Thai tea but it’s the best that I’ve tasted with the right amount of tea, crème, and sugar. I will say that the food is kind of oily this time around. All the customers were Latinos, they must love Thai food! It can be difficult to find parking.
The food is VERY GOOD. Sometimes the rice can be a little dry. They are renovating the other half of the restaurant so there is limited seating for now. The service was very quick. They tend to rush you so they can seat the next customers. Extra fish, served on a small plate, is $6. Extra shrimp, is about $1.08 each shrimp for the seafood soup.
PAD-SEE-EW LA LA! Ocha Classic has to have some of the most tasty Pad see ew ever, the rice noodles are perfect and the tofu is crispy with a hint of fried egg inside! I also recommend getting a tasty Thai iced tea and the glass noodles with a side of beef, they're scrumptious. The establishment has a classic ambiance and is right in the heart of LA so you get to see the hustle and bustle charm of the city as you eat! The restaurant itself is actually pretty laid back, the clientele were easygoing and I'm so glad there wasn't any screaming kids, it's totally my style! I wish I could say the staff are the same, however they're quite blunt, bitter and not very attentive. I walk in and the first thing I see is a notice of a ten percent charge which is applied to final bill just for sitting in-house! Um no! Good thing the food tasted good!
Very very very very Good food. Honestly my favorite place. Been coming here for a long time and wow it never ever gets old. I honestly don't understand critics saying it's bad. Mostly likely they are Karen's but honestly this place is almost perfect. Amazing food, amazing staff. Would dine here for my last meal
La comida es horrible! No entiendo porque hay tanta gente si es comida insípida, seca sin sabor y lo peor es la actitud de los q t atienden, muy mal servicio, Como si t regalaran la comida.
Very friendly and good customer service. Food is delicious
I haven’t been here in a very long time. I think the last time I was here was before COVID. The other side of the restaurant is being remodeled, so I went to the right side of the restaurant and it was very crowded for a Thursday night. Prices have gone up a lot. $8 for a large Thai tea but it’s the best that I’ve tasted with the right amount of tea, crème, and sugar. I will say that the food is kind of oily this time around. All the customers were Latinos, they must love Thai food! It can be difficult to find parking.
Muy tardado 2 horas esperando para entrar a comer no es justo.
La comida muy rica la atención fueron muy atentos y serviciales 10 de 10 la recomiendo
Deliciosa comida tailandesa.
The food is amazing!
I’m from Georgia I went there yesterday 1/20/2025 to get some food I was missing two chow meins I send my niece to get them because I have to come back to Georgia they only gave her one I called and I told them I was going to put a bad review they didn’t care. I had all the receipts to show them and they also didn’t care about that. I was in LA for so many years and they even knew me there and my children but now I think they don’t care about customers service. M.T
me encantaaaaaaa
Every thing was delicious
Good
Good
It was a good dinner my nieces first time and my son in law they were satisfied
Lo mejor en comida china de los angeles
Great family restaurant get the seafood stew and shrimp fry rice and peanut butter chicken is the best
Este lugar tiene muy mal servicio la comida tiene mal sabor yo no recomiendo este lugar pensé que por que había tantas personas que espere una hora allí pensé que había buena comida pero la verdad salí muy decepcionado de allí la mesera me atendió muy mal como tiene tantos clientes que la verdad no les importa si se les va los clientes o no yo he comido en lugares
Yo no tengo nada en contra del restaurante pero hay que hablar lo que es: la comida no es muy buena como para que tuviéramos qué esperar una hora para entrar(según nosotros por tanta gente era bueno) pero no lo es! Entras y esperan que cuando te sientes ya sepas qué vas a pedir, nos atendió una chinita de muy mala gana! Aparte comes con estrés porque están viendo quien se levanta ya, para entrar a las demás personas, no lo vale! PDT. Si quieren un lugar super rico para comer que vale la pena en todos los sentidos vayan a couwami en la 319 s azusa ave, super recomendado!
Food is good and delicious, All was fine until some lady tried to force to Tip on check out. 🤷 Be prepared to tip forcefully
Been coming here my whole life.. I'm sure my kids as well. I see everyone & every group come in for that sea food soup. The best. & my favorite is the shrimp fried chowmwein. Every thing else I've ordered is great as welll.
Our food was not good this trip to Ocha. The seafood soup with extra fish is the best thing at Ocha.
The food is VERY GOOD. Sometimes the rice can be a little dry. They are renovating the other half of the restaurant so there is limited seating for now. The service was very quick. They tend to rush you so they can seat the next customers. Extra fish, served on a small plate, is $6. Extra shrimp, is about $1.08 each shrimp for the seafood soup.
So many people. Great food. I will come back for other food.
Exelente la comida, lo unico mal, es el servicio, casi desde que te sientas , ya casi te estan correteando para que desocupes la mesa, 🤦🏻♂️
La cola de espera vale la pena.
Very very very very Good food. Honestly my favorite place. Been coming here for a long time and wow it never ever gets old. I honestly don't understand critics saying it's bad. Mostly likely they are Karen's but honestly this place is almost perfect. Amazing food, amazing staff. Would dine here for my last meal
La comida muy rica
It was packed as always, the wait was about 15 min for 7 of us on a Saturday but only a very small portion of the restaurant is open the rest is shut down, we googled the code and it's for vermin. Oh well..
Delicious
Food was great as always but server was rude when it came time for payment demanding that I leave a tip because of the amount of food we ordered let alone it wasn't much 2 soups and like three sides for 4 and when I was writing down the tip she said u better leave tip so I decided not too because of the way she was talking to us bit other than that the food was great
I love this place but every now and then I find a hair in my food. Yes I will still eat here but can we take it easy on the follicles in my food
I was entering the restaurant and my kids start getting exited about the food when one of the staff members was rude with the kids.the service never been good this is no the first time it happened. They need to serve our LATINO PEOPLE BETTER. we Latinos make your restaurant in the position the you are right know so give us the best service we deserve.
esta muy rica la comida vale la pena la espera pero los meseros son muy abusivos siempre que voy tengo problemas con algunos de ellos
Best place to eat when you are craving Thai food 😋. Highly recommend
My go to Thai place in Ktown. I recommend the sea food hotpot and Pad See Ew
Please don't go there stuff are not respectful. Very expensive restaurant they rip off customers and they charge %10 dine in. Don't waste your money there .
SSimplemente 100 de 100 me encanta lo visito desde 2003
Best food in LA
🚩Just take your business to another place!
based on the reviews I noticed there seems to be a normal
of things with waiters not accepting fault.
I also had my share of bad customer service
these people don't know how to accept a mistake
Even when you point it out. lady who didn't speak english took our order and brought wrong item and got upset and even had a whole meeting and tried to make me pay for something I didn't order.
I told them I didn't mind paying it the issue is they don't know how to accept an error on their end and when you point it out
they make and point the finger at the customers.
AVOID COMING HERE AND RUINING YOUR EVENING..
and go somewhere else.
🚩🚩🚩🚩BAD BUSINESS REVIEW!!
The lack of respect from the servers at Ocha Thai is truly disappointing. I thought I was the only one experiencing this, but after reading several reviews, it’s clear that this is a common issue. It’s frustrating when the staff makes a mistake and then tries to blame the customer. The servers, particularly the ladies who take the orders, seem to have a hard time understanding the requests, which leads to errors.
I had the same problem when they brought me the wrong item and then tried to charge me for it, even after I politely asked for the correct dish. Mistakes happen, but the lack of accountability and poor attitude from the staff is unacceptable, especially when you're paying $70 or more for a meal.
The food isn’t the issue, but the service absolutely is. No one deserves to be treated like this at a place with these prices.
Fui hase una semana super lleno espero 2 hras para entrar por que según están rremodelando el otro rrestaurante y fue que la ciudad lo cerro por rratas y cucarachas tiene una letra de la ciudad la pueden buscar que significa que asco lastimosamente ya había salido de comer 🤮🤮🤮
First time there and it was amazing 👏
Great food!!! The best Thai food!!! Very fast service. The only bad part is the parking and having to wait in a very long line waiting to get seated. But most definitely worth the wait
This place is closed
Overall better
Good 7 sea food soup with white rice
Ocha classic 1 under construction or renovations it has moved next door to the smaller ocha location. There are no signs to direct where to go but they have an employee tell you what door to walk into. It's more crowded then usual. Food is kind of the same the soup has lost it's touch a little most likely it's a new cook.
Best thai food
Todo muy sabroso lo recomiendo 👌
The food is delicious! I absolutely recommend it . The service it’s not the greatest. It needs improvement.
The 7 seas soup with white rice is soo good.
Really bad service!!😡. They don’t speak fully English, don’t even pay attention when you speaking to them or what you asked for. Today we came for lunch during a rush hour and when you talk to them they don’t even respond, bad manner, and with an attitude. We have been coming to this please for years but lately the service is getting worse and worse, very disappointing!!!!!
Muy buen descubrimiento, buen precio, sabor y porciones
Sopa agua con limón 🍋
The server could be more attentive
My bf and I and friends been going to this place for 15 years. I always order the same items on the menu. One day the server brought me the wrong soup. I did not realize it was not what I ordered until I found out it was chicken in my mouth.I informed the server the order was wrong. Instead of apologizing she gave me attitude. So I left the restaurant and about a month later I went back to eat with my bf. Still to this day the server thinks I messed up on the order previously. I went to 3rd St and Normandie all the workers know me and what I always order. I don't really tip when service fee is applied to bill.
Ive been coming to this restaurant for over 20 yrs food is not the same...very disappoint it, the soup is missing flavor. No ginger and lemon grass its just bland,they need to bring back the real thai flavor to their food.. More expensive less food and bad flavor. I would mind the price if the food was as good as before.
Ocha Classic is 9ne of the best thai food
I love it
La comida que sirven esta hechada a perder los camarones estaban apestosos
Los camarones del arroz estaban hechados a perder
El siete mares super recomendable y el arroz frito con camarones 😋
**한국인이라면 고수 빼달라고 하는 게 좋을 듯**
No cilantro 외치세요!
+절대 인원수보다 메뉴를 하나 더 시키지 마세요!!!! 양이 너무 많아.. 먹다가 배 터질 뻔했습니다.
뭔 게살볶음밥 양이 성인남자 주먹 네 개 놓은 것보다 많아서 기절할 뻔..ㅎ
팟타이는 땅콩분태와 같이 나오는데, 달콤짭짤한 맛이 일품입니다. 쿰쿰한 향이 나기도 합니다. 하지만 라임 뿌려먹으면 넘나 맛있는 것!
*사람에 따라 짜다고 느낄 수 있음.
밥 종류는 그렇게 짜지 않아서 두 개 같이 시키면 좋을 것 같아요. 게살볶음밥에 게살이 아주 많이 들어갑니다! 같이 나오는 오이 중간중간 먹어도 좋아요.
아주 친절하고 양 많고 맛좋은 식당입니다!
메뉴가 110가지가 넘어서 고르긴 힘들 거예요.
food was good, i enjoyed having it in my mouth, as soon as i tasted it i busted a nut(went on food)
I love the seafood soup 🍲 is the bomb.
Ya los platos los hacen muy pequeños
I've been brought here since I was a baby!!!! I now have my own little family, still amazing quality food. Food is amazing, service is quick, you stop eating until you can't move lol
MUY RICA COMIDA, BUEN SERVICIO PERO MUY APRETADO EL LUGAR Y MUY DIFÍCIL ENCONTRAR UN ESTACIONAMIENTO.
Worse place ever!! I came to this restaurant in 1986 the food was okay but i moved to the valley in 1996! since then i havent gone back to this restaurant till now but now im highly disappointed! the food was DISGUSTING the food isnt good anymore it’s expensive and the food doesnt taste like before it tastes preheated because when they seated me with my family we just been sitting there for one minute and they brought us the food all cold and preheated tastes like fast food!
Spectacular food and service
Good food
I have been eating this food since the early 90s and let me say that I am heartbroken because the taste of the food is NOT the same. They must have got new owners. I am sooo sad
I love the food
Me gusta este lugar la comida es buena aun que la espera es demasiada larga y lo peor solo hay un baño para tanta gente
They threa u with love they take there time to take it order
love this place
This used to be a good place to go eat. Now, you wait in line to be seated, and once you get a table, they rush you to order, eat, and push you out, literally. From the time you sit, order, and get your food, it is about 5-6 minutes. (For 5 people) On top, they are now adding a$10 service fee. For them It's just a transaction. Get in, eat, pay, and get out. Yet the lines are still long.
The food is good... We enjoyed the seafood soup.
Hace muchos años estaba muy bien ahora no sirve la sopa. Diferentes ingredients. No tiene El mismo sabor. Tampoco El arroz Frito. Ya no me gusta
Se tardan en atender 😑
Good is great but every time the 7 mares or sea soup have less sea food I went 4 times like 2 weeks and I didn't find a shrimp 🦐 only 2 small pieces of fish 🐟 and I have to wait for my plate that ask is to go and I ordered since the beginning the dishwasher was so gentle and help us they need a raise and the rest is great...
Something new than the 10% included in the bill
La verdad es mucho dinero lo que cobran y la comida no esta como antes, la ultima vez que fui con mi familia el 7mares estaba muy salado
Good place for thai food, I highly recommend the sea food soup,,great service,food is served very fast,,but I hear that on weekends there's a long waiting time to be seated,,but I went on a Monday it was easy in and out,stay away from special fried rice with BBQ pork and Chinese sausage not good,,and they do have BEER,,
Siempre que voy a los angeles me gusta pasar a comer en ese lugar la comida tailandesa , no recuerdo el nombre pero me gusta un caldo que sirven con camarones y almejas , y lo ponen para que se esté calentando en tu mesa , loa fideos con carne , buenísimos y un te helado que sirven súper , no olviden dejar su billete para el buda que está en la caja , para la buena 🍀 suerte .
Authentic Thai food for sure. Coconut soup and beef salad are fire
Never disappoints, have been going for yearsssss and the food never disappoints the staff are nice and the food is even better
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- 200 reviews
- 4.3 Health Rating
- Contact: +1 213-427-9823
- Website: http://ocha-classic-1.cafes-world.com/
- Location: 837 Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005, United States
- Map: 34.0566847, -118.29185729999999
- Thai restaurant
- Chinese restaurant
- Monday: 10 AM–10 PM
- Tuesday: 10 AM–10 PM
- Wednesday: 10 AM–10 PM
- Thursday: 10 AM–10 PM
- Friday: 10 AM–10 PM
- Saturday: 10 AM–10 PM
- Sunday: 10 AM–10 PM
- Takeaway: Available
- Dine-in: Available
- Fast service: Available
- Great coffee: Available
- Great tea selection: Available
- Lunch: Available
- Dinner: Available
- Solo dining: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible car park: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible seating: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet: Available
- Alcohol: Available
- Beer: Available
- Coffee: Available
- Comfort food: Available
- Healthy options: Available
- Late-night food: Available
- Quick bite: Available
- Small plates: Available
- Spirits: Available
- Vegan options: Available
- Vegetarian options: Available
- Brunch: Available
- Lunch: Available
- Dinner: Available
- Dessert: Available
- Seating: Available
- Toilet: Available
- Casual: Available
- Cosy: Available
- Trendy: Available
- Groups: Available
- Tourists: Available
- University students: Available
- Accepts reservations: Available
- Usually a wait: Available
- Credit cards: Available
- Debit cards: Available
- NFC mobile payments: Available
- Credit cards: Available
- Good for kids: Available
- High chairs: Available
- Free of charge street parking: Available
- Free parking lot: Available
- Paid parking lot: Available
- Paid street parking: Available