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Babe's Noodles and Bar is a pearl in the Playa restaurant scene. They serve the best Thai food in town, but also have lots of other favorite dishes, such as Swedish meatballs!

With a funky hip vibe and a bar full of pinups from the 50s, this restaurant/bar is another of our absolute favorites in town. The food is always fresh and tasty - hat off for not being timid with spices! The portions are big enough to please anyone, and everything on the menu can be ordered as half portions.

Babe's is great for vegetarians; they have some great salads (try the Vietnamese Shrimp salad) and all stir-fries can be made without meat or chicken. The bar serves great drinks to a great price, and if the open kitchen doesn't provide you enough entertainment, grab something to read from the stack of magazines or play some backgammon.

Yummy food, homemade bread, awesome peanut sauce - all in all great menu and an entertaining bar.