Luv2eat Thai Bistro

Jade noodles arrive dry, with roast duck, pork, fried pork belly, gai lan, peanuts, and chile waiting for a hard squeeze of lime. Bill Addison wrote about that bowl in the Los Angeles Times when he called Luv2eat one of the city’s essential Thai restaurants. Somruthai “Fern” Kaewtathip and Noree “Pla” Burapapituk, childhood friends from Phuket, opened the Sunset Boulevard strip-mall restaurant in September 2014 after Fern’s line-cook years at the Beverly Hills Hotel Polo Lounge. Michelin Guide California lists the kitchen and notes Southern Thai plates such as tai pla and jungle curry with chicken feet. The board keeps Phuket-style blue crab curry, kua gling, Hat Yai fried chicken with sticky rice, and moo ping in regular rotation. Hours typically run 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday close a little earlier. Sibling Noree Thai on Fairfax closed in January 2026.

Regulars talk about crab curry, jade noodles, moo ping, and spice that means what it says. The strip-mall room fills at peak. Waits build on the sidewalk. Service moves fast. A few diners find the menu long if they skip the chef specials.