Wat Mongkolratanaram is a Thai Buddhist temple in Berkeley that’s known for its brunch on Sundays. I never remember how to pronounce its name, so that’s why I call it “Thai temple”. It’s located at 1911 Russell Street (map). It’s open from 10am to 1pm on Sundays (the brunch, anyway. I don’t know the hours of the temple itself).
You buy food with tokens. You buy tokens with cash.
Tokens were originally metal and were each equivalent to a dollar. Now tokens are plastic and have different colors for different denominations. Yellow is $10, red is $5, and green is $1.
There are multiple types of food you can get. The main two are the meat line and veggie lines. There’s also a line that has soup. There’s a line for desserts. There’s a line for Thai iced tea and coffee. I heard there’s also some kind of chicken line.
I mostly just go to the meat line (which also has vegetarian options) and get a pad thai, string beans, and something else. I also always get the Thai iced tea.
