At Gai, we serve the slow poached chicken with rice as a classic dish. This Hainanese dish, also known in Thailand as khao man gai, employs a traditional slow poaching technique to extract clean chick…
Our go to is the Original because we like to keep it simple. The flavor and portions are consistent leaving us satisfied and content. The order also comes with a small side of broth and we suggest mixing a little bit of their ginger oil sauce into the broth for some umami. THIS is comfort food. Don't forget to order their Thai tea!
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Claire C
Emerging Expert • 7 contributions
Loved
• 6/19/25
• DoorDash order
I love their crispy chicken with chicken rice. It's very flavourful and still tastes great when re-heated. I strongly recommend the Hainan sauce - the ginger complements the chicken really well. The extra meat option is a good value for the price too.
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Michael N
1 contributions
Loved
• 3/19/26
• DoorDash order
I feel like the chicken rice at Gai is the unspoken hero of the dish. I got the Mixed Gai and it was delicious, per usual. I get this quite regularly. I love the soup that comes with it, and the Hainan sauce is super flavorful. Everything tastes so fresh and the portions are bountiful! Comfort food like this is hard to come by, so of course I will come back again and again.
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Melanie B
Emerging Expert • 11 contributions
Loved
• 2/11/26
• DoorDash review
Crispy gai is always my favorite. Juicy inside and crispy outside, the chicken rice is very delicious but much more if it is half chicken rice half salad, my perfect combination. Super fresh food, I will definitely order one next time.
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Trista Z
4 contributions
Didn't like
• 12/31/24
• DoorDash order
The rice has an overwhelming amount of ginger, making it taste mostly salty and spicy. The chicken was overly salty, and the soup was packed with green onions, lacking the usual flavor of chicken soup. This is definitely not the chicken rice I'm used to. I’d say Rooster and Rice is much better.
