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Circles Contemporary Asian Cuisine
Rating Details »
- Hours:
Tue-Sat. 12:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
-
$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- None
12 reviews for Circles Contemporary Asian Cuisine
Delivery Pizza? Pshh.... been there, done that.
Delivery Thai? Hell freaking YES!
My roommate and I ordered Pad Thai and Beef Panang Curry (fave!!), which is what we normally would order at Thai restaurants. It serves as a standard comparison to decide if we'd be coming back. Circles passed with flying colors! The Pad Thai was really good and a lot better and cheaper than some of the places I've tried in Center City. Lots of flavor, good portion size, and was $8.95 I believe. The curry was also quite tasty. I love it when you can really taste all the spices and basil and this was really good. The beef was served in cubes rather than thin slices like I'm used to, but it was so deliciously tender. mMmM! It also came with bell peppers. My two gripes about the curry is that it was a little too liquidy and I like some thickness to my curry. Secondly, to compensate for the high liquid:solid ratio, they threw in a bunch of frozen peas and carrots which just sat at the bottom of the curry. Regardless, I will definitely will be ordering again :)
Great meal for not wanting to leave the house and not wanting to cook. Oh, and delivery is free if your order is over $10.
I'm pretty sure Circles thinks I'm running a brothel out of my apartment. Every time a delivery guy comes over, I have a different friend answer the door and the last time, he even asked, "Wow, how many live here? Always party, eh?"
On days when I don't care about healthy eating or talking on the phone, I turn to Circles. I place my order before 3pm, I pay no more than $12 for my Pad See Eew, spring roll, soup, and dessert (it's part of an $8.95 lunch special), and I get to eat within the comfort of my living room. While it's not amazing Thai, I'm always happy to find a smorgasbord of options, even when all I eat is the Pad See Eew...the rest goes to my dog and he loves it.
At Tasker & Hicks there's a little shanty that serves takeout food from behind plexiglass. I believe the restaurant name is written on the door with marker. Please set aside your prejudices. You would never know from its modest appearance but Circles serves the best Thai food in town. The staff is super friendly. The delivery is speedy.
Some of the dishes I love from there include the green curry tofu, eggplant stinger, calamari, crabmeat fried rice, basil fried rice, tom kha soup, crab pad thai, and seared salmon.
I once ordered the coconut custard dessert. It was served warm and delicious. But more notably it arrived, via delivery, in four bite size servings--each one housed in a pretty nice hand painted ceramic dish. I don't know if they always come that way but I love that I got to keep the cool little bowls. I reuse them often. They're suited perfectly for soy sauce and wasabi.
I don't know what more to say about their food other than you have to taste it for yourself. It's so good. I could eat their food everyday for the rest of my life and it would never get old.
This little place has quickly become our favorite delivery food place in Philly!
The food is exceptional with ample portions, the prices reasonable, delivery is fast and friendly. What more could you ask? Make sure to try the Thai Spring Rolls. ALL of the curry dishes are wonderful and each is unique.
The only thing i find odd is that the total they give me on the phone never seems to match the total when they arrive at my door . . . but, such a small problem for such good delivery food!
Even though they got my order slightly wrong (I ordered Pad Kaprow and got either Drunken Noodles or Pad See-ew) it was still a great lunch special. Plenty of meat and vegetables with well-cooked noodles. The chicken and rice soup, though mostly broth, was tasty as was the spring roll and the egg custard dessert served over rice -- heck of alot of food for $9. Even the iced tea I had to order to meet the minimum delivery was good, though I was sure to brush my teeth after that insanely sweet concoction!
I wish you could get the lunch special with shrimp/seafood/duck for a little extra -- maybe you can.
I discovered this place on http://grubhub.com about a month ago, and have been hooked ever since. It's definitely one of my favorite delivery places in the area. I'm a big fan of their lunch specials. They consist of a main dish (I prefer the pad thai or massaman curry), a spring roll with a plum dipping sauce, chicken and rice soup (it's kind of meh), and a daily dessert for about $9. It's so much food that I usually end up eating it for lunch and dinner. I also like to order their thai tea, which comes in a 24oz cup. It's seriously super disgustingly sweet, and I never finish it, but I find myself craving it far too often. This place is definitely worth trying at least once if you live in the area and are craving something other than bad pizza.
As far as Thai food in the city goes, I haven't had much. A coworker of mine always orders from here and is very giving when it comes to sharing lunch. Since generally Thai food isn't vegetarian (even that tofu pad thai kids!), I try not to fend off my cravings. The Pad Kaprow today was wonderful, the tofu is seasoned and sauces well, that sticky rice custard reminds me of breakfast growing up and the vegetables are not overcooked and still have a crisp bite to them. Spicy to them is flavor and won't make you cough as you inhale your food.
I'm sure I'll have this again, I might even go so far to say I may call for food myself. Price wise - lunches are $8.95 for a generous meal of your choice, eggroll, soup, rice and the dessert of the day. It's enought for two meals or a meal for two!
This place is awesome. I just moved to the Grad Hosp neighborhood and was pleased to find their flyer on my doorstep. Hungry for Thai food, I called them up to give them a try and see how their delivery service was.
I ordered the crab rangoon, massaman chicken curry, Cashew stir fry with tofu, and sticky rice with mango. I have never had better thai food delivered straight to my doorstep.
The crab rangoon was good, though a little surprising with the overwhelming curry flavor. I like the original crab rangoon and because of the curry I was unable to enjoy the plum sauce that accompanied their version.
The massaman chicken curry was amazing. Tender pieces of chicken breast and potatoes, roasted peanuts, and scallions in a coconut chili sauce. The BF seemed to enjoy the tofu stir fry and we both had enough for leftovers the next night.
The period on the sentence was the sticky rice with mango. The rice was perfectly cooked and seasoned with a tad bit of sweet coconut and a tad bit of saltiness from the rice and toasted sesame seeds. The sliced mango on top was perfectly ripe and sweet. It was a dessert that brought me back to my childhood.
Super thumbs up and I'll be calling them often!
The delivery took a little while but the driver did call to let me know they were backed up on orders. He was very pleasant at the door and assured me the food was very good. He was right, and it was worth the wait!
Sitting home on a rainy day playing the uber-nerd game "Dominion" with my friends and we're hungry. What to do? Pick a menu at random and order. We chose this fine establishment and wow were we blown away. The delivery was quick and the food was amazing.
Our order consisted of :
Spring Roll : This came as 5 rolls, home made, crispy and tasty as ever
Pan Fried Dumplings : home made, very cool looking, tasted amazing
Stir Fried Fresh Ginger Chicken : perfectly cooked and combined perfectly with the rice, nothing needed (no soy, nothing). perfect
Pineapple Fried Rice with Tofo : loved it
Shrimp Pad Thai : ate every bite
We also got a cool sticky rice and mango desert thrown in..
all in all a really great meal!
Just discovered this place, with a little help from Yelp. The Pad Thai was better than what I had last week at the ultra-trendoid new Chew Man Chu. The Lemon Grass soup was a little bit sweet and very warming. The Papaya Salad a little mushy, but the Spring Rolls were tip top. And the delivery - so fast! This will be a regular call for me.
With the caveat that Thai in Philadelphia never blows me away, I am consistently happy with the fast, reliable, and reasonably priced take-out from this place. The portions are generous and the food tastes home-made. I recommend the free delivery via GrubHub (we picked it up once and were a little frightened by the hole-in-wall decor).
Just got their takeout, delivered to Queen Village. We ordered and paid using an online form, which was cool. We got papaya salad, nice and crunchy. Green curry with chicken, tender, not too sweet, with eggplant, mushrooms, bamboo and squash(?). Also pad kee mao, with tender flavorful big noodles. Convenient, fast and tasty.