Sukhothai Restaurant

This place always has the best service! Great place to celebrate birthdays or any occasions. They are great at setting up reservations for big parties! And the service is great! My favorite food item here is the green curry. So flavorful! The great thing about this place is not only is the food amazing! The drinks are yummy as well. I don’t like going downtown due to parking. But this place has its own lot with lots of parking! I highly recommend this place!

I AM SO CONFLICTED! Let me just say I have NEVER had a bad meal from here, its always super duper delicious. But I had an experience yesterday, a weird one, that left a bad ‘taste’.
4:40 Pm — Call and place an order for take out. ‘I’ll be there to pickup in 30 minutes’.
5:20 Pm — Arrive! FINALLY, was caught in some traffic but I’m here! Go inside… AND thats where it went downhill. I go in and say my name for pickup, but oh, whats this, they gave my food to someone else? Uh, what? So now the lady is on the phone, and running to the kitchen and back out, shes said nothing to me since she told me she GAVE my food away. Oh shes back, lets get this sorted. She tells me that the people she gave my food to 10 minutes ago, will bring the food back so I can take it, they had just opened it but didn’t eat any, so its fine. They are walking over, and will be here in 15 minutes. UHM, WHAT? The food i ordered, has left the restaurant, been opened by strangers, and is being brought back. So its been gone for almost 30 minutes and you just want me to take it?! Call me spoiled but I do not want food thats been gone. IS THAT EVEN LEGAL?! Can you sell food that has left and been opened and is being brought back?! No lady, I do not want that food. Please make me new food.
5:30 Pm — I am waiting for my food, the people bring the food back, and Im sitting there waiting for the new stuff to be made. Sorry strangers but I just dont feel comfortable eating food thats been out of sight for 30 minutes… By this time a man has come in to place a take out order. Hes standing about a foot away from me, and tells the lady hes there to place an order for takeout, she asks if hes with me… WHAT!?! Why would he be with me?! I placed my order, and am awaiting a new one, this guy JUST got here and wants to order something, hes literally not said a word to me, and just in general WHY?!
5:50 Pm — FOODS READY. Finally. Oh boy I now get to drive home with hot food through rushhour downtown traffic all the way to the southside…
Was the food good? Yes it was. Really good, it always is. But the SERVICE!!! UGHH! Not even a sorry, or discount or anything. I love thai food but theres places closer, and I’m sure with better service… I’ve been coming here for years but really don’t know when the next time will be…

My boyfriend and I were craving soup so decided to give this restaurant a try. We only ordered one galangal chicken soup for take out. For $ 17 — you’d hope to get more soup than just a styrofoam container full that a small girl can hold in one hand. I’m not sure if portions are just smaller for take out but it definitely is smaller than other Thai restaurants I’ve been to. The soup — is okay. Not the best but does the job if you’re hungry. Probably won’t be returning as there are better options.

YOU MUST EAT HERE!
So absolutely delicious that it always shocks me how few people are in there. I guess the price could be a detergent but the servings are large and there is no flavor comparison around.
I’ve only been there in a group of three or more but it works well for how the plates are served. We each chose a meal and then order a large coconut rice. We share everything and make it a tasting experience.
Tonight we had calamari to start. Even my SO who doesn’t like sea food had more than one piece of it. Every time it is cooked to perfection and the mango sauce is an unexpected but wonderful pairing.
Our dinner consisted of coconut rice, yellow curry, honey garlic pork, pad thai and cashew chicken. Four of us barely finished everything. The chicken was delicious. The curry was done to perfection. My favourite of course is the cashew chicken. The sauce is complimented by the rice.
I can’t wait to go there again!

I’m conflicted about finding out about this place. It’s very, very tasty. However I also live very close by and now I will be tempted to abandon my own home cooking and get more take-​out from here :)
We didn’t feel like cooking on Canada Day so our friends suggested we order from Sukhothai. (P.S., pretty sure that Dial and Dine was not… no answer for my call for sushi, boooo) We placed an order for takeout, choosing some of their favourites, chicken red curry and pad thai, and some new stuff, beef basil stir fry and disco fish. Oh and coconut rice of course, fluffy and fragrant.
Everything was really good — the red curry was amazingly spicy, pad thai noodles were perfectly chewy, beef basil had loads of thai basil. But the standout was the disco fish — a large halibut filet that was deep fried (light batter), moist and flaky on the inside. It came with a red sweet/​sour/​spicy sauce that had chopped up onions and peppers in it. It was so delicious — one of those things I could never replicate at home. Reasonable serving sizes — 4 dishes, 4 ravenous people, and we still had a little bit of leftover (lots of rice — they gave us two containers!).
They accept Visa, and they offer 10% off pick up orders. The meal came to $ 25 per person after taxes and tip so overall not cheap, but not the most expensive either. It’ll only become a problem when my husband and I start ordering the same amount of food for just the two of us on a regular basis… gotta have variety and leftovers! :)

I came here for the first time with a couple people from my new job. They asked me if I had felt like Italian or Thai, I went with Thai and said I was always down to try a new Thai place (or new for me at least). The girls were super pumped and got me really excited to try the place. I guess I was expecting some kind of mind blowing Thai experience, but it was… just OK. We ordered off the lunch menu which comes with a main dish and a side of salad rolls and soup. They both had the green curry, and I tried the Pad Thai. I find that Pad Thai is a good «benchmark» item to try to and compare to other places I’ve eaten. While it was good, it definitely wasn’t the best and since I had hyped it up in my head I was a bit let down. As it is an office favorite I am sure I will be back, and that’s OK. I will definitely explore more of the menu, but will have my expectations set a lot lower.

Maybe it was just one of those bad days but my experience with Sukhothai was pretty much a disaster. We went here to grab a quick lunch with a couple of friends based on a reccomedation and it did not live up to its name. Even my friend who recommended it changed her mind by the end of it.
The waitress who was attending out table seemed a little too busy trying to juggle all the tables which seemed to be getting on her nerves. I had their wonton soup for starters and I can easily say it hit rock bottom. the main course wasn’t too great either. Their Red chicken curry had a very funny taste to it while their tofu was a little to rubbery. The fact that the waitress messed up one of our orders (and insisted that we were the ones who ordered it wrong) didn’t help either.
The only positive thing abut the place I can think about is a good décor and what seemed to be a well stocked bar. Well up to you folks now. Maybe give it a try at your own risk. But I am never going back for sure.

Oh Thai food, why must you be so expensive in Edmonton, yet so delicious to resist? I like Sukhothai – one of the only Thai restaurants in the Oliver area. It has a nice relaxing atmosphere, and it can be quite private if you’re sitting in a booth. I’ve had all kinds of dishes here, and they have all been delicious. The yellow curry and phuket noodles are among my favs. The drunken noodles, however, I could not handle: WAY too spicy for me. I have ordered just one dish with rice with a friend to save money, and it’s plenty of food. They are very accommodating to gluten and dairy, which works out well for a girl who is allergic to everything.

Always come here for Their lunch special. So far had the best red curry and reasonable price. Comes with small portion of soup and appetizer for about 15 $. I’m not sure what the price are for dinner.
Place is clean and cozy ambience. Friendly staff.

Sukhothai (which I pronounce «Suck-​o Thai») is overpriced, mediocre food (on the greasy side with little flavour). Besides, it’s not particularly friendly to vegetarians, which is strange for a Thai restaurant. I refuse to go back, not when there is good Thai to be had (for a lower price) at several other restaurants in town.

The atmosphere and décor both leave something to be desired but the food is great! The service is very good and this is one of the few restaurants we go to since we moved to Edmonton.
If you love Thai food, this is a really good place to go. LOVE the fried rice and spring rolls. our favourites.

The food at Sukhothai tasted OK but it was nothing special. I feel I always complain about this but yet again the price is high for the quality of food. So disappointing. If you go here for dinner you will be looking at about $ 100 for 2 people and it’s definitely not worth it.
The service was decent but again, nothing special. Restaurants like this one need to understand that if they have GOOD food and something different about them then people won’t care about the prices. Honestly, would you pay 20 bucks for one meal at mcdonalds? If your food is low quality charge low quality prices.

I really enjoy this restaurant for the food and the atmosphere. It’s got an eastern feel to it, from the dark wood counter top at the front, the wall accents and earthy stone floor to the circle fire pit in the middle of the restaurant. There’s an intimate, Zen feel to the place. The menu is full of delicious red and green curries, and it’s clearly marked how hot they are. The sauces are complex and flavourful. I suggest getting something with coconut curry because it’s amazing here. I’ve also tried a side dish with peaches and shrimp that tasted like I’d died and gone to heaven. The only thing I recall which was a bit off about this place was the music. On one given night they were playing The Bear radio station! I would have expected some soft, exotic-​sounding music to really set the mood. Maybe it was just a fluke on the night we came. I don’t recall it the first time I was here, but someone should tell them it undoes all of their hard work to give people an authentic Thai experience. The wine selection is nice and the meal was moderately priced.