Lai Lai Restaurant

Millbrae's oldest Chinese restaurant since 1983, known for MSG free Mandarin cuisine and award winning walnut prawns.

Open since 1983 and billed as the oldest Chinese restaurant in town, this Millbrae dining room cooks without MSG. Honey walnut shrimp, Mongolian beef, mapo tofu, pot stickers, mu shu pork and fried wontons appear on a menu that also covers noodles, seafood, soups and Szechuan-style plates, with vegetarian, organic and low sodium options. The room is described as simple, relaxed and filled with plants, and the restaurant was named Restaurant of the Year in 2005 and 2018. Dine-in, takeout and delivery are offered, with free parking.