Sue’s Kitchen in El Sobrante, CA brings the warmth, flavor, and comfort of Laotian cooking to every guest who walks through the door. More than just a place to eat, it is a welcoming neighborhood restaurant where fresh, satisfying food and attentive service come together in a casual, cozy, and quiet setting.
Whether you are stopping by for a relaxed lunch, settling in for dinner, or coming in for a solo meal, Sue’s Kitchen offers an inviting experience built around great food and genuine hospitality.
With a strong 4.5-star rating from 352 reviews, it is clear that customers appreciate the consistency, care, and memorable meals that keep them coming back.
The menu is designed to appeal to a wide range of tastes while staying true to the comforting qualities that make Laotian cuisine so special. Guests can enjoy local specialties, comforting classics, healthy options, small plates, quick bites, vegetarian choices, coffee, and dessert—all served with table service in a setting that feels easy and approachable.
Whether you are looking for a satisfying lunch, a full dinner, or something light and flavorful, Sue’s Kitchen provides the kind of variety that makes it simple to find exactly what you want.
The restaurant also offers delivery, takeaway, and dine-in service, making it convenient for busy days, family meals, or a quiet night at home.
Accessibility and convenience are also a priority at Sue’s Kitchen. The restaurant features a wheelchair-accessible car park, entrance, seating, and toilet, helping ensure a comfortable visit for all guests. Reservations are accepted, and payments are easy with credit cards, debit cards, and NFC mobile payments.
Located at 448 Valley View Rd Ste h, El Sobrante, CA 94803, and reachable at +1 510-222-2312, Sue’s Kitchen combines quality food, thoughtful service, and practical convenience in one reliable destination.
For anyone seeking flavorful Laotian cuisine served in a friendly, accessible, and well-loved local restaurant, Sue’s Kitchen stands out as a place that delivers both comfort and satisfaction.
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Frequently ordered and highly recommended items at Sue's Kitchen
Our Story
Welcome to a place where great food meets warm hospitality. We believe dining is more than just a meal - it's an experience to be savored and shared.
Our kitchen is dedicated to creating dishes that bring people together, using recipes that honor tradition while embracing innovation.
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A glimpse of our restaurant experience
Food & Drinks
The cold, refreshing, sparkling classic that America loves.
The cold, refreshing, sparkling classic that America loves.
The cold, refreshing flavors of lemon and lime, perfectly blended.
All curry come with medium spicy. Salmon and prawns with green beans, bamboo shoots, eggplants, basil leaves and green curry paste in coconut milk
All curry come with medium spicy. Salmon and prawns with kabocha, green beans, bell peppers, basil leaves and panang curry paste in coconut milk
Prawns and calamari stir-fried w/ green beans, bamboo shoots, basil leaves, onions, and bell pepper in chili garlic sauce
Prawns and salmon stir-fried w/ eggplant, green beans, basil leaves, onions, & bell peppers in brown chili garlic sauce
Rice noodle with beef, meatballs, and bean sprouts topped with cilantro, green onion, and fried garlic.
Vermicelli noodle, chicken breast meat, shredded cabbage, bean sprouts, and red curry paste in coconut milk topped with cilantro, and green onion.
Homemade noodle with chicken breast meat in chicken broth topped with cilantro, green onion, and fried shallot.
Flat noodle, spicy ground pork, meatballs, shredded cabbage, and bean sprouts in chicken broth topped with cilantro and green onion.
Rice noodle with chicken, shrimp, meatballs, and bean sprouts topped with cilantro, green onion, and fried garlic.
Rice noodle stir-fried with choice of meat, egg, bean sprouts, and green onion topped with ground peanuts.
Stir fried flat noodle topped with choice of meat and broccoli in homemade garlic gravy sauce.
Flat noodle stir-fried with choice of meat, basil leaves, and mixed vegetables in chili garlic sauce.
Flat noodle stir-fried with choice of chicken breast meat or beef, eggs, broccoli, and sweet soy sauce.
Choice of meat, potatoes, yellow onion, carrots, bell peppers and yellow curry paste in coconut milk.
Topped with cilantro and green onions served with homemade sweet & sour sauce.
Jasmine rice stir-fried with choice of chicken breast meat or beef, broccoli and eggs.
Choice of meat stir fried with mix vegetables in garlic sauce.
Choice of meat, kabocha, basil leaves, bell peppers, green beans and panang curry paste in coconut milk. (Comes medium. Cannot make mild or not spicy).
Boneless pork loin charbroiled to perfection served with sweet and sour sauce.
Choice of meat stir fried with roasted peanuts, roasted chili peppers, and yellow onion.
Choice of meat stir fried with basil leaves and mix vegetables in chili sauce.
Choice of meat stir fried with eggplants, basil leaves, yellow onion, and bell peppers in chili and garlic sauce.
Choice of meat, eggplants, bamboo, basil leaves, bell peppers, green beans, and green curry paste in coconut milk. (Comes medium. Cannot make mild or not spicy).
Choice of meat, potatoes, onions, carrots, bell peppers, roasted peanuts and masaman curry paste in coconut milk with tamarind sauce.
BBQ boneless chicken served with sweet and sour sauce.
Ground pork, eggs, bean thread noodle, yellow onion, black mushrooms, and shredded carrots served with our homemade sweet and sour sauce with ground peanuts.
Served with our homemade sweet and sour sauce.
Served with our homemade sweet and sour sauce with ground peanuts.
Marinated chicken breast grilled on skewers served with homemade peanut sauce.
Served with Homemade Sweet & Sour Sauce.
cabbage, carrot, green bean, onion, vermicelli served with our homemade sweet and sour sauce with ground peanuts
Served with homemade sweet and sour sauce.
Consists of our homemade egg rolls, chicken satay and deep-fried tofu served with homemade peanut sauce & homemade sweet and sour sauce with ground peanuts.
Papaya salad with BBQ Chicken (Has Peanuts).
Jasmine rice stir fried with crab meat, egg, onion, and tomato (Has peas + carrots)
Tilapia Fillet over Fried rice with Sweet & Sour sauce.
Deep Fried Fish Cakes with Sweet & Sour Sauce.
Crispy Pork Belly Stir Fried with basil leave, yellow onnins, bell pepper, green bean in chili sauce. With Fried Egg on top.
Deep Fried Coconut Shrimp batter with sweet & sour sauce on the side.
Deep fried Tilapia Fillet, green beans, bell peppers, yellow onion, basil Stir Fried in Homemade Roasted Chili Sauce.
Grilled beef slices mixed with mint leaves, cilantro, green onion, homemade sweet chili paste, lemongrass, and lime juice served with lettuce.
Prawns mixed with mint leaves, cilantro, green onion, homemade sweet chili paste, lemongrass, and lime juice served with lettuce.
Calamari mixed with mint leaves, cilantro, green onion, homemade sweet chili paste, lemongrass, and lime juice served with lettuce.
Deep fried rice ball mixed with sour pork, cilantro, green onion, ground peanuts, and lime juice served with lettuce and mint leaves.
Shredded green papaya, tomatoes, garlic, chili peppers, and ground peanuts mixed with shrimp paste, anchovy sauce and lime juice served with cabbage and vermicelli noodle.
Ground chicken mixed with rice powder, mint leaves, cilantro, green onion, chili pepper, lemongrass, and lime juice served with lettuce.
Bean thread noodles, prawns & ground chicken mixed with black mushroom, peanuts, mint leaves, cilantro, green onion, chili peppers, lemongrass, and lime juice served with lettuce.
All curry come with medium spicy. Soft tofu, eggplants, bamboo, basil leaves and green curry paste in coconut milk
Flat noodle stir fried with deep fried tofu, eggs, broccoli, and sweet soy sauce
Flat noodle stir-fried with fried tofu, basil leaves, and mixed vegetables in chili garlic sauce
Deep fried tofu stir-fried with basil leaves and mix vegetables in chili sauce
Rice noodle stir fried with deep fried tofu, egg, bean sprout, and green onion topped with ground peanuts
All curry come with medium spicy. Soft tofu, kabocha, basil leaves and panang curry paste in coconut milk
Deep fried tofu stir-fried with mix vegetables in garlic sauce
Deep fried tofu stir-fried with eggplants, basil leaves, yellow onion, green beans, and bell peppers in chili and garlic sauce
All curry come with medium spicy. Soft tofu, potatoes, yellow onion, bell peppers and yellow curry paste in coconut milk
Choice of meat, mushrooms, yellow onion, and homemade sweet chili paste in coconut milk soup topped with cilantro and green onion.
mushrooms, yellow onion, mint leaves, and homemade sweet chili paste in hot and sour broth topped with cilantro and green onion.
Crispy boneless chicken, green beans, bell peppers, yellow onions, basil Stir fried in Spicy sweet and sour Sauce (Served with Rice)
Minced chicken stir fried with pumpkin, fresh muchroom, yellow onion, bell papers, basil in Roasted chili Suace (Served with Rice)
chopped beef and tripe,liver , mixed with rice powder, mint leaves, cilantro, green onion, chili pepper, with bitter laos ingredient suace served with lettuce cucumber (bitter taste)
Stir fried minced chicken with green bean, bell papers, basil in spicy basil sauce (Served with Rice)
Crispy egg noodle topped with chicken or beef and broccoli, cabbage, carrot in homemade garlic gravy sauce
Choice of Meat stir fried with green beans in Spicy red curry sauce (Served with Rice)
Hear from our valued guests
Best Tom kha kai ever! Have tried numerous places, but this place is perfect. Lots of fresh independence, not too spicy, good coconut flavoring and the soup base is well balanced. Other dishes, like pad thai, is excellent 👌 too.
This is a nice restaurant that kind of has a quaint, nostalgic vibe. The atmosphere here is always pleasant with the servers offering quick and friendly service.
Wonderful, perfectly made food! Super friendly staff and fast service! I can't wait to come back, and next time I'll take pictures before I eat everything!
Ordered the chicken larb, yum woon sen & thai iced tea. The larb was tasty. Full of flavor. The yum woon sen was tasty also, but a little dry this time around - nonetheless, still flavorful & yummy. Will definitely be back to try other dishes. Staff was friendly, efficient and helpful. Can't go wrong if you want authentic Thai/Lao food. This was a "to-go" order.
Sue kitchen is a gem in El Sobrante. The food is very good. The place is clean. They are very friendly. The portion is generous. I go there at least once a week. My favorites is yellow curry chicken and chicken satay.
This cozy Laotian eatery hidden away in the back of a mini mall serves a tasty mix of Thai and Laotian dishes. Thorough satisfaction upon trying something new every visit. The menu includes items often not seen elsewhere, including unique noodle soups and a variety of vegetarian dishes. The pad krapow seafood was sautéed to perfection, with yummy basil sauce, green beans, peppers and bamboo shoots. Yum Goong shrimp salad, savory and lemongrass forward. Fried chicken and fried rice platter, spiced comfort. Kao Soy, Kao Poon and Tom Yum Goong noodle soups, classic goodness. Looking forward to coming by again.
The food here was good and the portions are huge. It's the portion size that makes up for the little things (my steamed mixed vegetables were a little firmer than ideal). My friend and I had 2 soups, Tofu appetizer, 2 dishes from the vegetarian menu, and I ordered a side of steamed vegetables. This meal was over 6 months ago so I can't remember exactly what we ordered, but I do remember how it made me feel. It's a no frills spot, so perfect for eating with family, friends, and loved ones. I saw some couples and a few families with kids. Everyone was just happily eating. Very budget friendly, especially since if you over order you'll have tasty leftover for the next day. Looking forward to going back when I see my friend again this spring.
This is a local GEM in an out of the way nook in El Sobrante. Don't let the steep driveway scare you, the food and service are top notch!
Came here last night for the first time with my family. I haven’t been here but my family has. Sue’s kitchen is the most underrated restaurants you’ll ever come across to. There food is authentic and you can taste the flavors as how much they represent the Laotian and Thai cuisine combined. For appetizers, We ordered the chicken satay, wings, and calamari. I forgot to snap a pic of the wings because it was too good as I glazed it with the sauce it came it. For mains, we got crab fried rice and chicken pad Thai. The food is great. Lastly, we had their coconut ice cream with fried banana. It was something different for a change, and I liked it. The restaurant got busy after we left and I’m glad more people came. Service was good, not a disappointment in sight! Thank you!
Surprisingly good find in an unexpected area. Went for a late lunch, got very tasty dishes. Tried their "moo young," "nam kao," and "panang curry." Service was reasonably quick, dishes had a lot of flavor, Thai iced coffee was rich. Will return. Parking lot is on a steep hill and getting out of there will require a bit of special maneuver to get back onto the street. Watch your bumper when leaving.
Common questions about Sue's Kitchen
Sue's Kitchen is located at 448 Valley View Rd Ste h, El Sobrante, CA 94803, United States, El Sobrante, CA, United States.
You can reach Sue's Kitchen by calling +1 510-222-2312.
Sue's Kitchen has a rating of 4.5 out of 5 based on 352 customer reviews.
Sue's Kitchen features the following accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible car park, Wheelchair-accessible entrance, Wheelchair-accessible seating, Wheelchair-accessible toilet.
Sue's Kitchen features the following service options: Delivery, Takeaway, Dine-in.
Sue's Kitchen features the following highlights: Serves local specialty.
Sue's Kitchen features the following popular for: Lunch, Dinner, Solo dining.
Sue's Kitchen features the following offerings: Coffee, Comfort food, Healthy options, Quick bite, Small plates, Vegetarian options.
Sue's Kitchen features the following dining options: Lunch, Dinner, Dessert, Seating, Table service.
Sue's Kitchen features the following amenities: Restroom.
Sue's Kitchen features the following atmosphere: Casual, Cozy, Quiet.
Sue's Kitchen features the following crowd: Groups.
Sue's Kitchen features the following planning: Accepts reservations.
Sue's Kitchen features the following payments: Credit cards, Debit cards, NFC mobile payments.
Sue's Kitchen features the following children: Good for kids, High chairs.
Sue's Kitchen features the following parking: Free parking lot, Free street parking, Plenty of parking.
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