Taste of Thai

Loved: Thai fried rice, green curry, panang curry, pad see ew, service, and free thai iced tea w/​Yelp check-​in (and they’ll accept multiple per table!)
Didn’t love: Parking, price (a tad higher than average), and pad thai, which was not as flavorful as I’d wanted
Definitely a solid option for thai food in the area with great service. Wouldn’t come out of my way to eat here, but still good nonetheless!

I’ve ate here twice and I like the food!
Service was really good mainly because I was greeted by a smiling sweet lady! She was great with answering my questions. I almost always get curry when I go to a Thai spot. I got the one with pineapple. Spicy level 5 and it was great! I got the food to go both times and they give a good portion! I would recommend it

Delicious food and great service every time! My Thai craving is satisfied! From the appetizers to the entrees every plate is fabulous!

Just okay in my opinion…
I habitually order the Tom Yum soup as an entrée and tend to judge Thai places based on this. It wasn’t very flavorful. My friend didn’t like his cashew chicken (too much sauce) or fried rice (WAY too much rice and little else) very much.
I also judge Thai places based on their steamed veggies because this indicates uncandidly how fresh the base ingredients are. The cabbage looked a little sa and brown… BOTH times I visited.
Ambiance is nice and there is a cute little patio outside to people-​watch. Overall though, there are better Thai options in the area.

Just received delivery from here. Everything we received is inedible & disgusting. My egg noodles are so dry with no flavor, the curry has an inch of oil just laying on top, the spring rolls taste rotten, and the Tom yum is nothing how a Tom yum should be and has zero flavor. I literally took a bite out of everything and am throwing it out, and I have a stomach ache already. So disappointing

A little bit pricier Thai than I’m used to but the restaurant is also nicer than the average Thai food I pick up. I’ve been here for dinner twice, service was good and food was delicious. Tues 6 – 9 gets you a dessert included with each entrée ordered.

I don’t think Thai food could get any greater than this. I’ve had plenty of pad Thai noodles here (maybe the best yet), spicy noodle level 8, money bags, & gyoza. I’ve never been disappointed. I usually do carry out & still no issues. I love this place thank you Taste of Thai!

Was craving for good Thai food for long, was on a vacation in San Diego and found this on Unilocal and WOW, what a find. Authentic Thai food, red curry, delicious. Hawaiian fried rice was good and not sweet, so perfect! I am vegetarian, so when ordered panang curry, was told that it had fish sauce, not all restaurants tell us that, Thanks to the waitress.
Ambience is good too.

Had a craving for Thai food and decided to check this place out. If you check in you also get a free Thai tea with an order. I ordered their lunch special which is half the portion of a dinner item, it comes with salad, two fried wontons and an egg roll. Almost forgot it also comes with a side of soup. I ordered the Pad Thai noodles with vegetables and tofu. It doesn’t come with spice so I asked for mild spice. It was not spicy at all, I’m bumping it up to medium next time. The noodles were great and moist. It wasn’t dried out and the tofu was really good. I liked the wontons they were filled with vegetables, not a huge fan of the egg roll it had too much lemon grass in it. Overall it was a great lunch, I had left overs for the dinner.

My friend, Venessa V. and I were out wandering the streets of Hillcrest on Labor Day looking for somewhere to eat and, after approaching several «Closed» signs, were stoked to see Taste of Thai open for business!
The inside décor is nice. Actually, I almost felt a little underdressed in my shorts and flip flops sitting at a table with white table clothes and beautifully folded cloth napkins. The place is fairly small so I can only imagine the wait on a busy Friday night, but we were here at an off time of day (2pm or 3pm, I think?) and on a national holiday so the place was pretty empty. We were seated immediately and given time to look over the menu, although Venessa and I are no strangers to eating Thai food together, so we already knew what we wanted!
I ordered the yellow curry, as I always do, and brown rice, which I sometimes do when I’m trying to be a bit more healthy! The food came out pretty quickly and my yellow curry was great! It wasn’t as creamy as I’m used to it being at other places, but I’m no Thai food expert so who knows who’s is more authentic?! I liked it all the same and gobbled it down, no problem.
Lastly, the service was great. Sometimes the worst service I receive is in restaurants that aren’t currently busy. You know, they are all either talking in the back and you don’t get any service at all, or they are all over your table, hovering and taking your plates as you still have that last bite in your mouth. Not here! They were perfectly attentive — there when we needed them and not there when we didn’t. They even helped us make some wine selections and talked us into the Tom Kha soup (not a hard thing to do with Venessa and I!)
Even though my favorite (so far) Thai restaurant is just a couple blocks away, I like Taste of Thai enough that I will return. But next time, I want to sit outside on the patio and people watch!

Nice dinner (4 stars)
Came one night for Thai food.
Nice Chang beer.
Got recommendation between the 2 duck dishes.
I ordered the savory Duck in garlic sauce.
It was a generous portion, and the duck was OK, which came with vegetables and rice.
My server noticed my LA Marathon shirt and we talked about running. He runs too, but lately just does weights to compete in body building contests.
Nice guy.

I was in the mood for Thai and decided to try this place. It is very nice and clean in the dining area and there is a small patio to be seated. I decided to sit outside to enjoy the weather. The waiter was very helpful and the customer service through the visit was great. I couldn’t give this place more stars for two reasons. I ordered the broccoli lunch with chicken. The meal comes with a small soup that was basically broth with peas, mushrooms, and noodles. I can’t say that I was impressed with it. When the meal arrived the presentation was great but the salad was lacking dressing. The dressing I could taste was too sour. Overall the experience was great and since I live around the area I might try it again.

Great Thai food for a reasonable price with a nice ambiance. Thai food is a hit or miss for the most part. I’m glad this place was a hit. I enjoyed the chicken panang curry and spicy noodles with Chinese sausage, which is unique to this place. Flavor was there, but it was on the greasy side as most Thai dishes are. Portion sizes were smaller compared to other places but still very filling.
We checked in for free Thai tea and it was delicious.
Great experience trying this new Thai restaurant. I will be back to try other dishes.

For as long as I have been coming here, I finally have the time to write a review on this «AMAZING RESTAURANT»
I have been coming to taste of Thai for 9 years and they never disappoint,
Let’s starts with the service, they always greet you and have paid parking for your dine in, so you’ll always have parking if you need it.
Are waiter is Mark! Always does such an awesome job, making our time here enjoyable
Also if you check in you receive a complimentary iced Thai tea
I always order the drunken noodles (spicy noodles), beware their spicy is spicy, their levels are from 1 to 10, 1 is very minimal and 10 is like eating a habenro. I’m not joking. So I usually get level 7 and ask for the spices on the side.
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Great Thai food, came here Sunday with a few friends because we were craving some tasty Thai food and this place did not disappoint!
I loved the atmosphere, we were seated right away, the menu was full of options and specials.
I got chicken pad Thai with 8 as my spicy level (love spicy food) and it was perfect!
I love spicy food with flavor, some places you just get heat but not flavor but for this place that is not the case. My friend got the curry and my other for something else, everyone was happy with what we got and the price was great.
Will be returning !

Spring rolls. They are my barometer for Thai restaurants and are typically the first thing that I order to figure out what else to eat based on their quality. Though simple, they’re f#cked up constantly. The good news is that Taste of Thai is doing them right!
First things first… the parking blows here. You can cruise the streets in search of an open parking meter but your best bet is to park in the lot out back and they’ll validate your parking for you. Just be sure to head inside first, have them give you a parking pass and drop it on your dashboard upon arrival, not departure.
Okay, those spring rolls. I think they may call them fresh salad rolls here, but they are not the fried ones, they’re the ones rolled in rice paper. You have the choice of shrimp or tofu here and they’ll come served with a side of peanut sauce — standard. What makes these ones shine is the crunch when you bite into them. The veggies are fresh, aromatic and the rolls are most likely made to order. Stir some Sriracha into the peanut sauce and dip away…
So why four rather than five stars? They’re small and they’re pricey. Where most places will charge under five bucks for this stellar starter, Taste of Thai rings in at almost seven.
Will be back!

After searching high and low, we Found Taste Of Thai! I was looking for my beloved Mee Krob that I truly truly fell in love with in Hawai’i.
Found out they have it here, and came straight here for lunch! Too bad we came on a Sunday, because they’re lunch specials are a good deal!
What makes it two stars was NOT the lack in customer service at all, they’re customer service was very hospitable and always checked if everything was okay and if we needed anything else.
The two stars goes to the food. Yeah, the food! :(
We Ordered:
–Mee Krob: (appetizer) sweet crispy noodles with chicken, shrimp and tofu.
–Hot pot of Tom Kha
–Sweet Basil Beef with brown rice.
–2 Thai ice tea (which was free with Unilocal check-​in)
Now, we are avid in eating Thai food, and I’m sorry but after eating LEGIT thai food, this place is a no go.
The Mee krob was mostly noodles and a *couple* pieces of the chicken, one piece of shrimp, and *couple* pieces of tofu! Seriously? $ 8 and I should’ve got more than that, damn shame. The taste was even off. It seemed more sour than sweet. NEVER ordering that again.
The hot pot of Tom Kha, came out to be Tom Yum! We knew something was off and I’m glad our waitress regonized it and asked if it was okay (of course it’s NOT okay) but we were nice about it because the Tom Yum tasted BETTER than the Tom Kha, it’s like They just need to add coconut milk to the Tom Yum and it it will be good!
When we received our actual Tom Kha, it was kinda worse. It was more bland and lacked that spice of ginger, so we had our left over soup of Tom Yum and added it to our Tom Kha and THAT was perfect! I feel like it was lacking more ingredients, it’s like the cook got lazy and just put 3 ingredients and added water and coconut milk. I should’ve asked for the spice rack but I shouldn’t need it *If* it tasted so good, but we were so bummed that it lacked flavor and ingredients.
You would think for their mistake of our order they would minus the $ 11! Nope, but we paid because The Tom Yum was decent enough anyway.
The sweet basil came next and it too lacked flavor! What is going on here?! I asked for pepper and added it and I just gave up after that. Didn’t taste like Thai food to me, and I might come back here to try again, because maybe the cook was just having one of those days. Chances are slim though. I thought I wouldn’t be disappointed but I am.

We ordered:
Leaf wrapped savories — this is a sort of build-​your-​own spinach taco with toasted coconut, peanuts, fried tofu, carrots, bean sprouts, lime, and ginger. It really comes together and creates an explosion of flavor. 5 stars
Fresh spring rolls — small order for $ 7 and lacking in flavor. I wouldn’t recommend these. 1.5 stars
Thai fried rice — with shrimp. The chili powder and oil made the rice very greasy. It tasted better when we mixed it with the extra steamed rices 3 stars
Love boat — a small combination of mock meats served with lots of glass noodles and few vegetables. Good flavor but it wasn’t worth $ 14. 2 stars
Yellow veggie and tofu curry. Delicious, mild taste but very thin with not enough coconut cream/​milk. 3 stars
Thai iced tea — yummy 4 stars
I have a long lasting affection for this place — when I lived in SD over 20 years ago, a Taste of Thai was at the forefront of amazing cuisine. While I still enjoyed our dinner, there are now so many other Thai establishments in the area. I’ll have to give those a try the next time around.

Came here with a party of 10 on a Saturday night and was very accommodating w/​o any reservations. Their Thai food is delicious if you are in the Hillcrest (but have heard there are better) in which I have not yet tried. The service here is top notch and is always on top of your needs. When you check in on Unilocal you do get a free Thai Tea, but only one per table! There were a lot of Unilocalers I was with so we had to ro-​sam-​bo that! I ordered the Tom Yum soup hot pot and it came out so cold. I didn’t know if it was sitting there all day and they figured that the hot pot would heat it up, but it didn’t. So I had to ask the waiter to heat up the entire pot! He did and it was perfect.
FYI– There is this strange white guy that hangs out in the front smoking a cigarette whom I thought was homeless, but later on I saw him at the front desk (very weird).

Good Thai spot. Been here twice. Free Thai tea at check in! Woo hoo!
I prefer Amarin Thai on university but since I live in Hillcrest this place is walking distance.
My fave Thai dish is the crab fried rice but unfortunately they don’t serve that here. I ordered the pad Thai noodles with chicken. Yummy!
Staff are friendly and nice. I Mainly come here for the free Thai tea haha