Bay Area · Thai restaurant supplier
One Thai supplier for the whole kitchen.
Dao Distribution supplies 300+ active Bay Area restaurants, primarily Thai with a growing base of Lao, Vietnamese, and pan-Asian kitchens. Rice, curry paste, fish sauce, coconut milk, dry goods, and takeout packaging. One truck, one invoice, daily Monday through Friday.
The pantry
The ingredients a Thai kitchen runs on.
Back of house
And everything the order rides out in.
The specialist view
A broadliner stocks a list. A specialist stocks the brand.
The national broadliners carry one fish sauce and one curry paste because that is what their system holds. A Thai kitchen does not run that way. It wants the Squid Brand and the Megachef both open, the Mae Anong red next to the Maesri panang, the Aroy-D and the Chaokoh side by side so the cook can reach for the right one.
Dao's catalog is built from that hand. The brands are the ones Bay Area Thai and Lao kitchens ask for by name, and they all ride the same weekday truck as the rice and the takeout boxes. One relationship instead of four.
Coverage
Manteca to Santa Cruz
Schedule
Mon–Fri
Onboarding
Same week
What kitchens say
Two Bay Area kitchens, in their words.
Before Dao we were dealing with four different suppliers just to get through a week. Now it's one invoice, one truck. Jasmine rice, fish sauce, curry paste, coconut milk, all of it.
Since we opened with Dao, the quality has never slipped. When you're doing the volume we do, that consistency is everything.
Questions
Thai restaurant supply · frequently asked.
What does Dao Distribution supply to Thai restaurants?
The whole kitchen. Rice, curry paste, fish sauce, coconut milk, soy and oyster sauce, noodles, dry goods, and the back-of-house side too: takeout boxes, clamshells, gloves, and paper goods. One supplier, one truck, one invoice.
Is Dao a Thai-specialist distributor?
Yes. Dao serves 300+ active Bay Area restaurants and has served 400+ since 2024, primarily Thai with a growing base of Lao, Vietnamese, and pan-Asian kitchens. The catalog is built around the brands those kitchens ask for by name, not a generic broadline list.
Where does Dao deliver?
Across the Bay Area, from Manteca to Santa Cruz, with daily coverage Monday through Friday from the South San Francisco warehouse. Three trucks run the region daily rather than a one-day-per-zone schedule.
Can I get everything on one invoice?
Yes. That is the point. Rice, sauces, dry goods, and packaging ride the same weekday truck and land on one invoice instead of four.
How fast can a new restaurant get set up?
New accounts are typically onboarded within the same week. Call (415) 999-4863 or email andy@daodistribution.com and Andy handles it personally.
Consolidate to one supplier.
Pricing, the full catalog, and delivery scheduling. Andy handles new accounts personally and you'll usually have a first delivery inside the same week.
Shop by product: fish sauce, curry paste, coconut milk, or jasmine rice.
Weighing us against the big distributors? Read Dao vs the national broadliners.