Citizen Thai and The Monkey

This ain't no take out Thai my friend, no way. This place is great. It's got a few floors to it and frankly we've never been off of the bottom floor and we love it. In the heart of North Beach where the ole' Basta Pasta was, it's upscale Thai Restaurant and the people that work there rock. Our friend Loren introduced us to it and we're HOOKED.

Side note - It's actually TWO restaurants, "Citizen Thai" is "supposedly" a different place than "The Monkey" which is why you see two different menus. WHY you ask? Some idiotic planning rule that says in North Beach you can't have a big place.

Anyhoo, The Monkey menu is basically a noodle menu, the menu you want is the Citizen menu. Start ordering almost everything on this menu. Crying Tiger salad made us freakin weep with joy, Bags of Gold Chicken and Prawn in rice paper, are awesome. Note for couples: There are 5, make sure you split the last one or your chick will kick your ass for it. Oh, and you can't leave without ordering the Chicken Pumpkin curry, it actually comes IN a pumpkin!

We had some specialty cocktails too, try the watermelon mojito, or the red monkey...refreshinnnnnn. The wine list rocks for a Thai place, Gruner Veltliner by the glass or half bottle of Murphy Goode Fume Blanc.

No valet, but a secret, there is parking on Romolo behind the Romolo bar, but you have to be ok with driving your car up a 90 degree angle. Oh and don't tell too many people, that's OUR parking secret.

After dinner you can walk over to Romolo, Tony Niks, or the Rosewood and get your bomb on!

Citizen Thai and The Monkey
1268 Grant St.
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 364-0008