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Soi 38

2101 L Street Northwest · Foggy Bottom / West End · Washington, DC

Soi 38 lists 17 lunch specials in Foggy Bottom and West End, Washington, DC, from $12 to $19. The menu gives no lunch hours. Each one costs less than the same dish on the regular menu, $4 less on a typical plate.

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Lunch from
$12
Lunch specials
17
vs dinner
−$6
biggest saving
Prices read
Sep 30

The menu does not state lunch hours. Call ahead before you go.

Days not stated on the menu.

Chef Mitchai's Exclusives 3 lunch specials

  • save $4Gaeng Hang Lay$16dinner $20
  • save $5Seua Rong Hai$19dinner $24
  • save $3Pad Cha Talay$19dinner $22

Soi 38 Specialties 8 lunch specials

  • save $2Kua Kling$16dinner $18
  • save $2Kana Moo Krob$16dinner $18
  • save $2Som Tum Gai Yang$16dinner $18
  • save $5Ped Aob Nam Pueng$19dinner $24
  • save $2Khao Pad Sapparod$18dinner $20
  • save $4Khao Soi$16dinner $20
  • save $2Pik Kuar$18dinner $20
  • save $4Kha Moo$16dinner $20

Night Market Eats 6 lunch specials

  • save $6Pad Thai$14dinner $20
  • save $6Khao Pad$14dinner $20
  • save $5Khao Pad Kee Mao$12dinner $17
  • save $5Kra Prow$12dinner $17
  • save $5Gaeng Kiew Wan$12dinner $17
  • save $5Pad Khing$12dinner $17

Dinner price: the same dish on the restaurant's regular menu. Source: soi38dc.com, read Sep 30, 2026. In-restaurant prices, before tax and tip.

Getting there

2101 L Street Northwest, Foggy Bottom and West End

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Orange: Soi 38. Green: other lunch specials. North is up. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Price vs Foggy Bottom and West End

Foggy Bottom and West End typical · $25Soi 38 · $12$10$20$30$40$50+

At $12, the cheapest lunch here costs less than 91% of the 44 lunch specials we read in Foggy Bottom and West End. A typical Foggy Bottom and West End restaurant charges $25 for lunch.

What you actually pay

Khao Pad Kee Mao$12

Sales tax 10%$1.20

Tip 20%$2.40

OUT THE DOOR$15.60

An estimate for the cheapest lunch special: local sales tax on a restaurant meal, and a 20% tip on the menu price. Menu prices on this page are before both.

Lunch vs dinner: 17 dishes list both prices. Lunch saves $4 on a typical plate and up to $6 on Pad Thai.

Other lunch specials nearby

All 4 restaurants in Foggy Bottom / West End

Questions

How much is the lunch special at Soi 38?

Lunch specials run from $12 to $19. The lowest price is for Khao Pad Kee Mao. Prices are before tax and tip.

How much cheaper is lunch than dinner at Soi 38?

Pad Thai costs $14 at lunch and $20 on the regular menu, $6 less. Across the 17 dishes with both prices, lunch saves $4 on a typical plate.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.