Reviews for Royal Rangoon in Berkeley, CA

Absolutely love this place. Delicious food that beats the heck out of any other (over-hyped, ahem) Burmese restaurants in town.... Kind, efficient staff and a hole-in-the-wall vibe that's just right. Give it a try if you haven't yet. Read more

I?ve ordered a variety of items over the past few years, and have liked each one. Personal standouts are the tea leaf salad,... pork curry, and eggplant curry. The staff are always so kind. Read more

Small restaurant, good ambience with some Burma maps on the wall. I like places where you can have dinner on the bar . I had the... Royal Rangoon noodles and their red chicken curry. The curry was great. Royal Rangoon noodles are served cold which don't tastegood when they are cold. Probably I don't get the idea as to why that dish is supposed to be served cold. Read more

Great food great service! Brought us the tea leaf salad just to try while we were waiting for our food. It was amazing! Also... recommend the basil lamb. Read more

Our second time at Royal Rangoon. Feels like you cannot go wrong with the food here. I would have given a five stars but... yesterday, the restaurant was busy and that created some room for a little bit of delay in everything. But overall, a pleasantexperience. Read more

This is a great place to eat Burmese food. Usually not crowed but it is better to make a reservation. Thanks be of the owners is... really friendly and smiled at our little one. Place is quiet and we?re friendly to our child. Parking was not difficult Fridayaround 6 pm. Recommended to small and big groups. Read more

Nice atmosphere and solid food with many vegetarian optiosn (4/5 green stars also) I?ve been to Royal Rangoon (formerly Rangoon... Superstars) three or four times and it has always been a good experience. The interior is large, with a mix of tables andbooths, and the staff members are always pleasant. The salads (tea leaf or rainbow) are a good choice if you?ve never had themand their garlic noodles (with tofu) are good too. Beer selection is not that exciting but there are a couple of decent localchoices (Trumer, Sierra) and a range of other options from oolong tea to nigori sake. Good place for vegetarians and I justnoticed that their veggie dishes cost a good bit less than meat or fish dishes. Most of the veggie main courses are $10-12 (fordinner) and there?s a very wide selection. Look forward to trying more! I?m also giving them 4/5 ?green stars? for social andenvironmental impact based on these reasons: Positives: ? A lot of vegetarian options on the menu. ? They support the communityby offering special rates for community events and school functions. (They also offer student discounts.) ? As far as I remembertheir to-go packaging is fairly sustainable (mostly cardboard). Room for Improvement: ? Could replace some of their mainstreamimported beer with local options. ? I can?t find any info on ingredient sourcing ? more transparency there would begood. Interested in writing green star reviews? If so, contact me! (greenstarsproject) Read more

Overall it's pretty good, though the dessert was a slight letdown. The tea leaf salad is a favorite, always recommended. Also... tried the basil chili lamb and chicken biryani. The lamb was great, the biryani was decent. Coconut rice doesn't have aspronounced of a coconut flavor as other places. For dessert we tried the sticky rice with mango, but the mango was not ripe atall: instead it was hard and slightly sour, definitely not a good complement for the rice. We mentioned this to the server butafter checking with the kitchen he said they didn't have any better mangoes. We got some ice cream as well - that was ok. Wouldpass on both desserts next time unless they had ripe mangoes. Overall it's a decent value in terms of taste/price. Read more