4.4 / 19 votes
Modern Thai restaurant
Restaurant, Bar
Sen Yai Sen Lek is family-run Thai restaurant in Northeast. They have an emphasis on "the social and environmental impact of our business decisions." The also emphasize celebrating the diversity of the local community.
Sen Yai Sen Lek makes everything from scratch, aside from various soy sauces, including stock. They are well-aware of what vegan means, and have a separate menu which lists all of the vegan-izable items.
Sen Yai Sen Lek's has vegetarian versions of most of the dishes, including Pad Thai, Pad See Iew, Pad Kee Mao (Drunken Noodles), Pad Pak Taohoo, Khao Pad and Khao Pad Kuri (Fried Rice and Curry Fried Rice). They also regularly have a vegan curry available.
Added by conde.kedar on Oct 23 08 (last updated Jun 20 09)
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Most Recent Reviews
tinysumofan
We had a great meal here last night, we started with the crispy spring rolls with tofu and then I had Pad Kee Mao also with tofu. Our server was great and she asked if fish sauce was ok (no). We had banana sticky rice with coconut milk for dessert. Everything we had was very good, I will definitely go back! The overall atmosphere in the restaurant side is very nice, but we ended up sitting on the very loud bar side. One of the owners brought our food to the table and gave explanations of what we were having and the available condiments(the sauce on the table contains fish sauce). The only slight negative was the owners' young daughter acting as hostess, she was very hard to hear over the restaurant noise (but she is super cute). Overall it was a great experience and the amount of food you get is a good value, dinner and leftovers for lunch.
Neighborhood
Northeast MinneapolisDirections
Just south of the intersection of Central Avenue NE and Lowry Avenue NE.
Non-Smoking
Accepts Reservations
Wheelchair Accessible
Prices
$$ - average
Payment
Cuisines
- Thai
Features
- Happy Hour
- Large Group-Friendly
- Private Rooms
- Romantic
- Wireless (free)
oh dear lord i love this place! its one of the few thai places i know of that not only has a vegan menu, but they make their own curry paste so that it's vegan friendly as well! my go-to meal is mock duck panang curry, tofu satay, and banana coconut rice for dessert. the portions for curry's seem skimpy compared to other thai joints, but add a noodle dish and you and your main squeeze will have enough to share with leftovers for lunch.