Champa Garden

Thai restaurant · Clinton

Champa Garden

Thai restaurant · Clinton

2102 8th Ave, Oakland, CA 94606

Highlights

Known for its sample platter, this bustling, modest eatery supplies a range of spicy Asian dishes.

2102 8th Ave, Oakland, CA 94606 Get directions

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@infatuation

"Champa Garden is located on a residential corner in East Oakland’s Ivy Hill and is the spot for Lao, Thai, and Vietnamese specialties that are bright, flavorful, and just really damn good. The best move is coming here with people you like, and kicking off this casual lunch or dinner with the Champa Sampler (a name we’d get tattooed on our left rib). It’s served on a plate shaped like a boat, and shows off the restaurant’s greatest hits—Lao sausages, fried rice ball salad, crispy spring rolls, and lettuce wraps." - Lani Conway

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@infatuation

"Champa Garden is located on a residential corner in Ivy Hill and is the spot for Lao, Thai, and Vietnamese specialties that are bright, flavorful, and just really damn good. The best move is coming here with people you like, and kicking off this casual lunch or dinner with the Champa Sampler (a name we’d get tattooed on our left rib). It’s served on a plate shaped like a boat, and shows off the restaurant’s greatest hits—Lao sausages, fried rice ball salad, crispy spring rolls, and lettuce wraps." - Julia Chen 1, Lani Conway

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@eater

"One of the first East Bay restaurants to really popularize Lao food for a mainstream audience, Champa Garden is probably best known for its sampler platter, which features a trio of classics: crispy rice ball salad, fermented Lao sausages, and fried egg rolls. On a chilly night, the funky Lue-style noodle soup will warm you up. You can get all of the Thai takeout standards here as well. Call in for pickup or order delivery via Grubhub or Seamless. Champa’s SF location, out by Ocean Avenue, is also open." - Luke Tsai

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Jason Wong

Google

Pad Thai was pretty good, and big portion. Green curry was excellent. Thai iced tea also good, and they even put less ice when asked. Mango sticky rice just okay. Rice was a little dense, but coconut sauce is flavorful, and mangoes were rice. Friendly service

Lara Taberham

Google

Staff were kind and very happy to explain everything on the menu. Pad Thai was a bit too sweet for my liking, but the salads, platter, and curry was nice! Thai tea was authentic and well-spiced, although not for those who don't have a sweet tooth. Our company also recommended the mango sticky rice!

Rahul Deedwania

Google

Nestled in a highly residential neighborhood in Oakland, Champa Garden is a great local spot with friendly service, great food, and reasonable prices. The place has very homey decor and vibes, and the staff is very attentive and good at making you feel at home. Each of the items we ordered was great. The iced tea was among the most flavorful I’ve had. The basil fried rice is a staple. The spring rolls are fun to wrap and eat. The fish was brilliantly seasoned. Can’t wait to go back!

Skylar Hope

Google

As an Asian person - so good, tastes authentic! Drunken noodle with tofu is delicious and full flavor, tofu holds that flavor, very moist. Good spice, Asian scale, I got mild and it provides a nice but not overwhelming after flavor. 10 min takeout at less busy hour. Looked like a cute indoor sit down area though I did not choose that. $13 before tax + tip. Vegan.

Brian Strauss

Google

I love to take out of town visitors to Champa Garden. A trip here is a trip off the beaten path, away from the trendy parts of town, a trip to East Oakland, out of a lot of people's comfort zones. What kind of cuisine is it?? Is it Thai? Is it Lao? Is it Tai Lue? It's all of the above -- a cultural hodgepodge, hard to pigeonhole like the City itself. To further extend the metaphor, like Oakland, the flavors of Champa Garden are funky & fresh! The tables are covered in condiments inviting you to further customize these mashed up dishes. I haven't had anything I didn't like here. But don't miss the rice ball salad, or the Lao sausage. My son swears by their fried rice. Come take a trip to the avenues, be patient if you arrive at 7pm, over order (it's not expensive), and bring a few friends.

Tee Ponsukcharoen

Google

Amazing Thai & Laotian food at the right price point and flavor! The restaurant is quite busy so be ready to wait a bit. The food is definitely worth the wait. I particularly like the boat of Champa samplers and the rice noodle soup (Kao Piek). The duck curry with eggplant is not bad at all. I would love to come back and explore more in the menu!

David Pham

Google

Review is for takeout via GrubHub. 5/5, they had the order ready early and handled several orders perfectly. They're very nut allergy friendly for a Thai restaurant! I added notes to my order and everything turned out fine. Pad See-Ew (Duck) (4/5): The noodles and vegetables were very tasty, but there was very little duck in the dish. Fried Wrapped Spring Roll (3/5): I could see this being very good in person, but in a to-go order it gets too soggy. I love that they serve it with vegetables and vermicelli to make small wraps. Larp Salad (4/5): Very tasty for a "salad". The lime adds a nice kick and the portions are very sharable. Lue's Noodle Soup (4/5): Nice kick to this, the noodles were very tasty in the soup. We added beansprouts for some extra texture. Overall, my advice is to try to be on time because I can imagine that their dishes are delicious fresh, but the fried dishes don't travel too well.

Victoria Nguyen

Google

My friend and I went to this restaurant for dinner. This restaurant has authentic foods. Their foods always taste so good. The service was excellent.