Baan Thai, gay restaurant in Washington DC
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Baan Thai

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Visitors often praise Baan Thai for its friendly service and flavorful dishes, with some highlighting specific items like the coconut chicken soup and shrimp fried rice. However, a common complaint is that portion sizes can be small for the price, and some reviewers found the food to be overly sweet or not traditionally Thai.

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Address
1326 14th Street Northwest, Washington
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Phone
1 202-588-5889

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About this place Baan Thai

Baan Thai is a mainstream Thai restaurant on 14th Street NW that also serves Japanese dishes. It's a gay-friendly place in a gay-friendly part of DC, not an LGBTQ venue as such. The room is decorated with artwork from Thailand. It's closed Mondays. Lunch runs 11:30 to 15:00 and dinner from 17:00, with continuous service on weekends. The 14th Street strip around Logan Circle is lined with restaurants and bars, so it works as a dinner stop before a night out in the area.

Opening Hours

Closed
Monday Closed
Tuesday 11:30-15:00, 17:00-21:00
Wednesday 11:30-15:00, 17:00-21:00
Thursday 11:30-15:00, 17:00-21:00
Friday 11:30-15:00, 17:00-22:00
Saturday 11:30-22:00
Sunday 11:30-21:00

Features

Gay Gay-friendly (straight venue) LGBTQ+ Casual Food served Walk ins welcome No dress code

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4.4
★★★★★
1,057 reviews

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Lindsey Dennis Jun 2026
★★★★★

I go here regularly and the food is always great. Service is friendly and knowledgeable.

Jia Li (Chris) Jun 2026
★★★★☆

More like Thais fusion not typical Thai food. Food is ok , small portion. Vibes are good.

Ben Zhang Jun 2026
★★☆☆☆

Curry beef tastes like wax. It must be really old stuff. I won’t go back.

Navid Jun 2026
★☆☆☆☆

Food is clearly premade, comes out in 2 minutes. The restaurant's only redeeming quality is that the food is spicy enough so you can't tell how bad the taste is. Bad is an understatement.

Abhinav Tripathy Jun 2026
★★★★☆

The food was good and really fast. Service great. The food tasted good. Lots of veggie options. For the price I would expect a little bit more quantity and quality but nothing to complain about.

Kierlyn Seeley Jun 2026
★★★★☆

Nice place for a meal or a drink in central DC. I had the spicy lemongrass chicken and it was very flavorful, but I do wish it was spicier. I’m unsure of how traditional the dishes are but if you like sticky rice and good cocktail, this is your place.

H W May 2026
★☆☆☆☆

Food and portion size are not bad but be forewarned: the green-haired young maître d’ with the nose ring up front is incredibly rude. She seems to think being rude to arriving guests is her main job. She’s indifferent, talks down to you, is not helpful at all, and gives the impression she’s either “unfireable” (owner’s relative?) or just annoyed she has to work. Not sure why the restaurant keeps her up front to ruin guests’ first impressions but I almost turned around and left after interacting with her. There have got up be better people to put up front

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Last updated on 15 November 2026

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