Thai Noodle II

I was in the neighborhood and checked up on the Unilocal app to see where had the most stars…
Thai Noodle not 1 but 2. Thai Noodle II.
I ordered the «Garlic Shrimp», it comes as a rice plate but I requested egg noodles instead. There wasn’t any problem with switching at all. My dish was amazing, I’ve never said, «mMmm. so good» so many times while eating. From beginning to end it was very tasteful, mindly mouth watering.
I also dipped my fork into the next dish over, «BBQ Chicken». The chicken was soft and tender almost melts in your mouth goodness. I have nothing bad to say about this place at all.
For dessert, «Mango w/​Sticky Rice» **Seasonal**
The mango’s were perfect, not to soft not to hard. The rice was not to sweet but sweet enough. You can taste a hint of coconut milk. Together the combination is like FIREWORKS in your mouth haha.
I highly recommend this to anyone walking up and down Telegraph. And remember Thai Noodle TWO!!! not 1 =)

So apparently there are TWO Thai Noodle II (s) next to each other – confusing huh? Ones fancier… and the other not so fancy, but they serve the same thing on different plates? Anyways, the quality of this place has definitely gone down since they’ve opened.
I usually order their noodle dishes and sometimes the quality of the dishes would vary: like the chicken would be too dry, they would use white meat but then dark meat (you never know what to expect).
Paw see ew, pad kee mao: noodles are clumpy
Curry:
Red: too oily, it was red at the bottom and oil at the top. Kinda scary if you ask me
They also eliminated some of their dishes from their menu, so its less extensive now.

Pineapple Fried Rice with beef was absolutely horrible. I had my doubts when they brought out the dish within 5 minutes because usually it takes longer to prepare dishes.
The pineapples were not sweet at all and made me feel like throwing the dish out. I kept on eating and wen I had the beef, it literally had no taste and the texture was like used bubble gum, kind of tough and rubbery. I just ended up eating all the rice since that was edible.
At the end, the waiter came by with the check assuming that we were done. I found that very rude since I hadn’t asked for the check and they didn’t even bother asking if we wanted anything else.
TL;DR; Steer clear from the pineapple fried rice with beef. Bland pineapples and rubber beef is not what you want to eat.

Not that great compared to other local Thai restaurants; Thai Noodle II is a just a cheap place for college students to eat large portions of food that don’t come from the dining cafeteria. 2 stars for the food, 1.5 stars for the environment, and 3.5 stars for the service.
I tried the pineapple fried rice, beef noodle soup, seafood egg noodle soup, and garlic prawns with rice. I expect pineapple fried rice to be a specialty dish at any Thai restaurant, but at Thai Noodle II the rice was only so-​so with very tough and overcooked meat. The beef in the noodle soup was also tough and the soup was too salty, although the soup in the seafood dish was much better. The garlic shrimp was very fresh and tasty, but overall this was one of the most unsatisfactory meals I’ve had in Berkeley. Portions are large and we had 1.5 meals worth of leftovers.
Service is very fast here. We were seated immediately upon entering and food was delivered at record speed. The ladies came by our table several times to check up on us. However, the environment at the restaurant could be much improved. There are occasionally flies buzzing around and the walls look old and crumbling. Our table was slanted and wet when we were seated.
WILL I come back: No
WHY not: There is much better Thai food in Berkeley literally blocks away for the same price

I didn’t think much of the noodle place that was in this spot on Telegraph.
I think even less of Thai Noodle II.
My bowl of «rare» beef soup resembled cardboard strips in a broth of salt. Apparently they don’t know how they’re supposed to slice the beef so that it doesn’t turn into a turgid mass immediately upon serving? (Please consult my photo.)
I ordered an extra papaya salad to go for a later snack since I was going to be on campus all day, and so I could hit their credit card minimum. Imagine my droopy sad face when I unpacked the bag hours later and realized that the liquid contents had almost completely drizzled out of the PAPER box they packed my salad in. The box was made of material that would barely have lasted 30 minutes, let alone the six hours that I needed it to keep. They couldn’t spare the extra cent it would have taken to provide leak-​proof carryout supplies?
Thumbs down for dine-​in, thumbs down for carry-​out. That leaves me with no more thumbs, so-​I-​stop-​here.

If you are going to have an OPEN KITCHEN teach your nasty ass cooks not to PICK THEIR NOSE WHILE WEARING GLOVES.
I will never be back.
NOSE PICKER
NOSE PICKER
NOSE PICKER
(for the management, it was the young man wearing a spiral ear ring in his left ear)

When my friends and I want Thai food, this always where we go (well, 97% of the time — the other 3% is when we’re adventurous enough).
Atmosphere: Has lots of seating in the front of the restaurant but narrows as you go near the kitchen.
Food: Almost everything I’ve had here I’ve enjoyed. My favorite has to be the Curry Noodles — it has the right amount of spice to it. I also like the the basil eggplant dish and the various curries I’ve tried. I’m not a big fan of the fried chicken over fried rice — it’s way too oily for my taste. Everything is also reasonably priced.
Service: The food, for the most part, comes out FAST. The service is usually friendly and cordial. I’ve never had a bad run-​in with a waiter here, and trust me, I’ve been here a lot.
Overall: For the remainder of my stay in Berkeley, Thai Noodle II will continue to be graced with my presence (or yeah, I’ll be coming back).

It was crowded on a saturday night — my friend and I had to wait a bit before we were seated, but service is quick.
We both ordered the pad sea ew chicken. The rice noodles had a nice, chewy/​elastic texture although the sauce was too liquidy for my liking. I wish it were thicker and drier to intensify the flavor. The chicken was pretty juicy, but chicken breast meat tends to be stringy and slightly tough.
Thai Noodle is a quick fix for some decent Thai food!

I ordered the Pad Thai when I went here tonight and wow… they gave me more bean sprouts than they did Pad Thai.
Compared to other places, Thai Noodle II’s Pad Thai is a bit on the expensive side. I don’t like the fact that they include so much raw bean sprouts on the side but maybe this is what authentic Pad Thai is supposed to be like?
The two shrimp that it comes with is overcooked, the chicken is overcooked, the tofu has the taste of freezer burn [that was then overcooked].
Pretty bad experience. I’ve come here a handful of other times and things haven’t been this bad before. Very hit and miss, but I’d recommend Thai Basil over this place any day.

I really love their #48 Kaw Pad Kew Wan. I get it all of the time because I can’t get enough of that chicken green curry fried rice. It comes in a pretty large portion too and I always take the leftovers to go. Their sodas also come in long cups that makes them look fancy. The only reason I gave them 4 stars instead of 5 is because one time I came 10minutes after they opened and they told me their chef wouldn’t be in for another 10minutes.

I’ve been here twice and I dont think I’ll be coming back.
The first time rice with chicken/​pork and peanut sauce. The chicken was kind of dry and the dish wasnt that memorable.
I gave the place a second chance because my friend said their noodle soups were good. I got the sukiyaki and it tasted too sweet for my taste. My friend ordered the beef noodle soup and it was way too oily. We were not satisfied at the end.
The service was quick but I thought it was weird that they squished everyone in the back of the restaurant when the front had no one.

For my whole life, I have been looking for a creamy thai soup, similiar to Tom Kha Kai, with noodle meat/​vegetables in perfect harmony.
The thing is that it is rare to find the dish let alone find a good one. Adn thai noodle has nearly perfected that dish, and for that I give them 5 stars.
Its called the KAW SOI I think.
However, aside from that I have not tried anything that has been tasty at all there. Hence the three star, with the caveat that the noodle soup is amazing.

Went here because we had a great experience with the Noodle house in SF haight area and we had ordered similar entrees.
My friend who is a Thai eatery expert said the meat from the pad see ew wasn’t as fresh as the we both ate at from Haight st in SF.
Portions were huge but better at SF Haight st.
Service was fast — Thai tea was okay.
I wouldnt mind coming back here but Ive had better Thai eats elsewhere.

Quality of food is pretty decent — not the best, but they are the closest place to campus that offers Thai noodle soup dishes. I would recommend ordering a noodle soup dish instead of the regular glass noodle dishes, which are better at the other Thai places in Berkeley. The prices are very cheap & competitive though. Another bonus is it’s open for late night.
My favorite thing to order is the duck noodle soup with egg noodles. The broth is pretty heavy but very savory and flavorful. If you are scared of fat, then maybe this place isn’t for you — the dishes have all been pretty greasy /​fatty, but this just adds to the flavor for me.
Overall, I’d eat here if I were still living in Berkeley, but I probably won’t be back if I’m just visiting.

I love this place! I used to order Pad Thai (every time I went back I always forgot that I didn’t really like their Pad Thai very much… the taste never suited me), but recently I started ordering their Pad See Ew and I’m very pleased! The pork is delicious, a bit hard, but the flavor is strong and the noodles are fried well. I love broccoli, and being able to put scoopfuls of crushed peanuts makes the meal even better.
The waiters are prompt and the portions are generous for a dish that’s around $ 7. Minus one star for the fruit flies that kept buzzing around. I do enjoy coming back to this place, though, and introducing my friends to their Pad See Ew. Gotta love it!

This review is mainly based on the one dish that I always have to order whenever I try out a new Thai restaurant: Tom Kha Gai (Coconut Milk Soup w/​Chicken). Nothing beats the Tom Kha in Thailand, but I’ve been searching for the closest thing in the Bay Area. Sadly, this was for from it/​
This place opened up about a year ago and I only tried it recently with a group of friends. There is a wide variety of dishes that looked pretty unique on the menu, but I had to try the Tom Kha first. It said under it «Add Shrimp $ 1,» which I assumed meant for an extra dollar, I would get chicken AND shrimp. This is the case at any other Thai restaurant, but here I was served shrimp only. As much as I absolutely love shrimp, this was quite a disappointment because the two go great together. The broth was way too sweet and lacked the sweet and sour taste it should have had. All the herbs necessary for the soup (galanga, kafer lime, lemongrass) were nonexistent in the soup. It seemed like the whole thing was just filled with mushrooms to make it looks like it had context, when it really didn’t.
Maybe the other dishes here aren’t too bad, but they really need to step up their soups.

Awesome Pad Se Ew! In like this branch even better than the Shattuck one. The wait staff is friendly, the atmosphere upbeat and I love the open kitchen!
Great place for fairly priced tasty fresh Thai :)

I had the Pad See Ew. It was really salty, but the service is great. They always came by to check if I needed anything.
My friends had the Pad Thai. It was really good but the meat was really dry!

Mmm, you know I’m a sucker for noodle soups. The broths here are good, although the noodles are obviously not made fresh on site.
The pad thai sauce was too sweet for my taste.
Gotta love the containers of spices. Reminds me of Thailand (although they don’t have the traditional container of sugar. Not that they need it anyways).

The restaurant that was here before was called Slurp, which was good in its day, but died out. The restaurant got face lift overnight and students flood through its doors once again. Though I haven’t been to Thai Noodle I yet, I hear Thai Noodle II is exactly the same. I believe that. Points for fairly fast service!
DRINKS/​/​
The thai iced tea is good, but small. The hot tea is just cheap green tea, but it’s only $ 2 for the former & $ 1 for the latter.
ENTREE/​/​
The duck noodle soup was tasty. I think it’s my favorite item on the menu so far. The thai noodle soup was too salty. The soup base was super dark and there were tons of spices in it. Overall, it was too heavy for me. The The pumpkin curry was good. The pad thai was decent, though my boyfriend thinks it’s rubbery. It comes with nicely trimmed bean spouts and crushed peanuts, but no lemon.
DESSERT/​/​
I would recommend the fried banana with coconut ice cream. It comes with 2 pieces of banana and 3 scoops of ice cream. The coconut ice cream actually has coconut pieces in it. The whole thing is drizzled in honey, which was a bit too much for me, but yummy nonetheless!