What a festive little gem at Berkeley! Reviews mention long lines and running out of food, but the lines go quickly and food doesn't run out even past noon.

Quick update

These were delicious:

Kuaytiaw (soup)
-with sen yai noodles

Protip:
Line was much smaller when we came in the morning

This is a really good place in Berkeley to get brunch on Sundays! They have a vegetarian section in which everything is also vegan, so there were plenty of vegan options to choose from. Their portion sizes are also very large, so it's definitely worth the money and all proceeds go to the Thai church. Would definitely come here again!

Tip: make sure to get here early as parking is limited and lines get long very quickly AND bring cash!!!
Lines were very organized, easy to follow, and moved relatively fast. Everyone was super friendly and quick to guide if you're confused.

Beef noodle soup and mango sticky rice were without a doubt our favorites and seemed like the most popular. Soup($11) had lots of flavor and portion sizes were very generous. There was a variety of meat types included with a selection of thick or thin noodles. The mango sticky rice was absolutely delicious and the perfect finish to our savory meal. Still dreaming about that sweet n juicy mango! The rice plate was a little disappointing as we regret not selecting pad thai as one of our sides. Meat was also a little too fatty for our liking.

We will definitely be back not only for the unique experience but also to try some of the less popular food items from their HUGE selection of food items.

How it works here is that you first pay for cash for tokens, one token is $1 each. If you're unsure how much to get, you can always browse around the different food stands to check prices first, but if you buy more tokens than you end up spending, you can always go back to the token line and return the tokens to get money back, or you can donate the tokens (essentially giving a monetary donation to the temple). The vegetarian food line tends to be somewhat shorter than the meat food line. There's also another section to the right of the main vegetarian and meat food/curry lines where they sell mango sticky rice, coconut pudding, fried chicken, papaya salad, and coconut cookies, which I often forget to look at since there's usually no line for it. One of the consistently longest and most popular lines is for the beef noodle soup - $11 (11 tokens) which sadly doesn't have a vegetarian option offered. Another popular line is for the fried desserts, kanom krok (small fried coconut pancakes) and kanom babin (taro fritters, which also use coconut and rice flour, and are advertised as being gluten free and vegan). You can order only kanom krok, only kanom babin, or a mixture of both, and you can choose between any combo of these four topping options for the kanom krok: plain (no toppings), chives, corn, or cinnamon.

This review covers two different visits. On one of the occasions, I ordered three vegetarian items - pumpkin (kabocha) squash, yellow tofu curry, pad thai - for $12, plus a Thai iced tea for $2. On the second occasion, I ordered two vegetarian items - kabocha, yellow tofu curry - for $11 plus a Thai iced tea for $2, and I split a $10 order with my friend of a combo of kanom babin and kanom krok. However, they will soon be raising the price for iced tea to $3. They offered free samples of the kanom babin the last time I went. Still, the food portions are generous and I generally end up not finishing so you might want to bring your own Tupperware/reusable containers, you can even hand it to the people serving the food directly and they're willing to put the food into them, if you want to cut down on paper plates and waste. I find the kanom krok and kanom babin are both quite yummy and are not very sweet but are somewhat savory. I personally liked cinnamon as a topping the best, but also liked the corn, and only found the chives okay since their flavor actually doesn't come out very much and it's overpowered by the coconut around it.

The second time I arrived around 10:45am but there was already quite a few people there, including a long line for the beef noodle soup. Since the folding tables provided by the temple were almost all full by that point, I would actually recommend you bring a picnic blanket or your own chairs if you want to eat at the temple as they do have a grass area where I ended up sitting to stay further from the crowds. There is an all-gender single stall restroom, and a men's restroom and women's restroom with one stall each.

Such a fun experience and great way to spend a Sunday morning.

We came here early, around 10am, which imo is the move. The crowds started showing up closer to noon, at which point there were long lines for all the food.

You start off exchanging cash for tokens, which you can convert back to cash at the end if you have extras. Then you go to different stations to pick up food (which you pay for with your tokens). The stations boil down to the following: beef noodle soup, veggie or meat+veggie platters, miscellaneous apps / desserts, fried chicken, and made on premise desserts.

I got a meat+veggie platter, with kabocha+tofu, green curry with chicken, and pad thai (vegetarian). I really liked the kabocha tofu, and the green chicken curry was nothing mindblowing but it was satisfying. The pad thai is not your classic Americanized takeout pad thai - it was much more sour and much less sweet. Personally wasn't a huge fan but my friends liked it.

Sweets wise we got this pandan dessert which I didn't love - it had an odd texture and I couldn't taste the pandan at all. The move instead is to get the khanom khrok, a coconut pancake-like dessert. We got a mix of mango and cinnamon, which were both excellent.

Incredible food and such a fun experience. I enjoyed the pad Thai, chicken, and the mango sticky rice the most!

Tasty Thai food. Classic Berkeley experience. Bring sunblock and a hat with brim for outdoor dining.

So happy I find out about this temple that serves food every Sunday from 10am - 1pm. There were plenty of tables and chairs for everyone to sit with multiple booths to get food and snacks. The temple is cash only so make sure to bring cash! The lines were super long but moving fast.

I started off with:

$3 Thai Tea, 5/5
$13 Combo Plate- Pad Thai, Thom Khem, Panang Curry (to go plate $1), 3/5
$10 Kanom Krok, 5/5
$10 Fried Chicken and Sticky rice, 4/5

The service was amazing and everyone was super nice. My overall experience visiting just brings back memories from when I would visit the temple with my family. The combo plate got 3/5 because the Pad Thai is a "meat" dish but didn't have meat at all and was very bland. I don't even remember if the Pad Thai had eggs but I know it had tofu. The person who served me gave me two pieces of pork followed by two pieces of tofu and an egg. He gave me more chicken pieces in my curry than in my Thom Khem which was sad to me because the Thom Khem was really good! The rice was a little hard but I was able to drench it with the sauces of my combo plate.

I plan on coming back every other Sunday so I can be able to try meals close to home without having to actually go home. I can't wait to try the beef soup, the mango sticky rice, and other kanoms!

TLDR: worth it for the unique stuff and Thai tea, but your "basics" are gonna be overpriced

You arrive and they are always busy but move fast enough. You need to bring cash and exchange it for tokens. For a good time your probably going to need at least $50. It's $1 per token and most things are $10, so if you want to try a few bring the cash, or a few friends to share with.

Thai tea: $3 worth it because it's actually more expensive at restaurants now

Kanom: $10 worth it bc you can't really get it anywhere else

Taro fried: $10 fun to try but personally just taste like fried dough for me.

Pad Thai: $10 don't bother most nasty "pad Thai" I ever had and also has no meat

Soup: $10 kinda worth it bc where else can you get it for this price