Muu Kara or Mu Kratha is a southeast Asian cooking method. Muu means pork. Ka Ta represents the pan for cooking. Muu Ka Ta is similarly to Korean BBQ but we have soup around the pan.
How to eat Muu Ka Ta is you pick raw ingredients and cook them yourself on a tabletop grill. Traditionally, the tabletop grill has a raised dome with small holes where you can cook your meats and a space surrounding the dome to cook vegetables, fish balls, and mushrooms in a broth. The sliced meat is usually pre-marinated, and the broth is lightly flavored, so you actually only have to toss the ingredients into the pan and wait for them to be cooked, and then you can dipping with sauce or you can eat like soup and with sauce.
Based on 66 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.6 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery
Address:
4217 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: (415) 429-4956
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Hours
| Friday |
11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–12 AM |
| Saturday |
11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–12 AM |
| Sunday |
11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–12 AM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–12 AM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday |
11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–12 AM |
| Wednesday |
11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–12 AM |
| Thursday |
11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–12 AM |
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Reviews
Jean Tsou
Service was great. The grill pan in the middle gets burned easily and there is no way to replace it during the middle of cooking. This is aluminum pan which should be replaced with brass instead. The downside – meat quality is not not good. Meat it’s either marinated with the baking soda to make it soft or it’s tough to eat. It’s over priced for this type of meat quality. Good idea and presentation of providing different BBQ style but the meat quality needs to be improved! Scallop taste like squid. I wish the owner can change the meat and seafood supplier to have more decent quality meat to provide.
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ayush kalani
I’d give this restaurant a 3.5 star, but I decided to round up. My friend and I went to Muukata for dinner. The place was pretty busy around that time. They had seating area in the front, but they were only using the seating area in the back.
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Gant
Authentic Thai “Muu Kra ta” BBQ
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Neal
This ornate, new restaurant serves delicious food and has great service.
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Kat Thongnoppakun
The first Thai BBQ spot in the United States. The food, service and ambiance teleported me to Thailand. This awesome spot was able to replicate the Muu Kata experience in Thailand. The direct translation of Muu Kata is Pork Grill. We pretty much ordered the whole menu from the Muu kata set to the Jum jim set. The food was absolutely incredible. Even the appetizers with the wings, intestine and Som Tum was amazing.
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Global Trend Reviewer
Good service. Overpriced. Undifferentiated.
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Vincent Jung
First time here to an Thai BBQ .. this Friday night August 25.2023..kara was fantastic server thank you ..the food was fresh..not frozen .rib eyes.. pork belly etc.. you need to make a reservation for the barbecue charcoal grill so we didn’t have one we opted out to have gas burner stove half hot pot half grill on top.which was ok..the dipping sauce were fantastic..we choose the chef’s choice which is pretty much everything on the menu except for the briskets and some other things..I will only go back to try the charcoal barbecue next time .
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Sasin Lerdsurasakda (Kratai)
Really good authentic Thai BBQ! Highly recommend ordering some side dishes (especially papaya salad as well) :)) We’ve returned already twice
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Karina K
Fun experience, glad to find this Thai dining style in the States! Pork belly, rib-eye, and shrimp were great. Waiters were very attentive as well. We did the option 2 (~$60) which was plenty for 4 people, with the papaya salad as well. Only complaint was it was a bit chilly in the restaurant, when the grill wasn’t going.
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Bank W.
Authentic Thai BBQ restaurant. If you want to experience what an authentic Thai BBQ is, this is the place to go. Recommend you getting a set versus ordering individual plate so you can try all the different meats. Also the sauce here taste just like the one in Thailand
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