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Thai Orchid Restaurant
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- Hours:
Mon-Thu. 11:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Fri. 11:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sat. 12:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sun. 12:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
- Parking:
- Street
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
15 reviews for Thai Orchid Restaurant
I really liked the eggplant w/ tofu. I think those compliment eachother really well. Very good, and the cuts were nice.
Nice place, too. I didn't really like the older waiter. Seemed like he couldn't wait to leave my table whenever he came over here. And why are you wearing worn out sneakers? They certainly stick out against your all black clothes...
Yeah place is nice and great food... gimme my cute waitress next time. :P haha
Pros: fresh, crisp vegetables; "strict vegetarian" option; friendly, attentive staff; good fried tofu; long martini list ($8/each).
Cons: horrible "smooth jazz" music (made me think of being in the dentist's office); uncomfortable wooden chairs; dirty water glass (lipstick still on the rim); somewhat bland flavors; "medium" spicy was not spicy at all, but very mild; only had one set of chopsticks left for the four of us; live SPIDER in our rice!; and overpriced.
This is in downtown Vancouver where there aren't a lot of walking distance choices to eat good or ethnic food. So it was a welcome sight.
However, despite receiving recognition from the local weekly newspaper as one of the best 7 years ago, and other awards they proudly display (none in the past 5 years), this place was pretty empty.
Well, it was a Wednesday night when I went. But the venue is much too large, with 3 booths and about a dozen tables. I suppose when there is a convention at the nearby Hilton Convention Center, perhaps it picks up, but downtown Vancouver, WA is not exactly a bustling night life district.
Although they have a large menu, they didn't hand it out. They just gave me a sheet of daily specials, about 8 in total, as if they are trying to cut down there food costs as business has probably slowed recently.
I tried the coconut batter shrimps, which you get 5 for $7.50 and they were tasty, crispy and sweet with coconut.
The Red Curry was ok but nothing to write home about (so I won't!).
A Singha Thai beer helped my thirst.
There normal menu has about 100 dishes on it, from curries, to stir fries, and noodle favorites. They have wine and beer, both smaller brewed (Weinhard, Full Sail, McTarnahan's, Widmer, Haake) and foreign (Singha, Sapporo, Tsingtao).
A nice choice if you are downtown, but there aren't many choices.
I'm rating this on a lower scale. Normally I would give this 2-3 star for its simple curries and fried fish served by an authentic Thai staff. The extra star shows how greatful I am to see them in business. This is such a dead town, any eateries is greatly appreciated.
I wasn't blown away because Ive had better but for its location, its pretty good. I get this feeling they're holding back on the spices to compromise with their customers who cannot handle real heat. Really this tastes like americanized thai to me.
3 stars = a-ok. Well my food was just ok. I've experience better (2 stars), even at Thai Orchid, but with limited Thai restaurants in the area (of which i haven't been to) this place isn't too bad.
I ordered a spicy chicken thai rice dish to-go. No real spice to it at all and I thought it was a bit too shiny....greasy for a thai dish. Yes I'll go back, only because it's walkable from the downtown Vancouver hotels.
Dad and I had lunch in the 'Couve, and I was craving Thai. Even though I regard Thai Orchid as a chain, and therefore suspect, it does deliver some tasty Thai food.
Salad rolls were not as good as Thai Noon, but the peanut sauce will cure what ails ya. I had the Tom Kha soup with tofu, and Dad had...well, we're not really sure what Dad had. Dad ordered (or thought he ordered) the appetizer combo, #6. What came was the #6 lunch special. We had some fun trying to identify the veggies in the yummy coconut curry sauce and managed to confirm eggplant but not the green pepper like item. Dad liked it ok (I assume so, since he ate it!).
Bill was about $20 for soup, appetizer and one entree. Not too bad. Service was very friendly.
I think Thai Orchid belongs on the list of fail-safe lunch joints. I'm not sure its an all-time fave, like Thai Noon, but it'll certainly do when the peanut sauce craving comes knocking.
Blah. Blandish, average thai food. Don't bother.
I have to chime in on Thai Orchid and agree with other posters that both the food and service are spectacular. I worked with a group of vegans, and this place ranked very high on their lists.
The peanut sauce is phenomenal, I wish they would bottle it.
We are quite fans of this restaurant.
The food is really great, high quality. My favorite is the lemongrass chicken with the peanut sauce - their peanut sauce is what I compare every other restaurant with! They also make tasty Thai Ice Tea.
My husband is a vegetarian, so like the previous reviewer pointed out, they do a good job of having vegetarian options. There are tons of curries and a variety of things that are spicy or mild.
The parking sometimes is full in front of the restaurant, and it takes parking on the street behind Koplans, but it's worth the walk. It's nice to go out for dinner here and then drive over to the library, it makes for a good evening!
Everytime I've been here it's been consistently delicious with good service. The roughly $8 or so I typically spent on lunch was more than I'd typically spend, but it was one of those places where it seemed worth it, especially since I usually managed to have left overs (only by forcing myself to stop so that I didn't pop).
I've done dinner a few times here, and it was just as good and even worth the extra cost.
Vegetarians should be fairly happy here, too, because strict vegetarian/vegan preparation is promised on their website if you just let them know.
You can also check out the menu on their website if you want a head start on deciding among the very many options they have. All I've tried has been great, so you probably can't go wrong with whatever you try.
Super tasty and quick lunch!
A friend who used to work here recommended this place to us. We must have hit it wrong because while the lunch we ate was tasty - we both wondered a little about the meat and, sure enough, later we were a little sick from having eaten there. Thus, we won't be back. Some good ideas like a card - eat so many meals and you get a discount or meal.... nice ideas, beautiful atmosphere, average service, but when the food makes you sick - not worth the risk again.
Massaman curry to die for. Pad Kee Mao even better than the Chiang Mai night market. Friendly Thai staff.
One of my favorite Thai restaurants. Great vegetarian pad thai.
I really like Thai Orchid... I really do. Ive eaten there over the past 4 years at least 100 times. But they have a lot of problem, especially with service and food consistency. They have a ton of different choices and usually you will never be dissatisfied. Service can sometimes be awesome and other times horrible. We go there with parties of 4ish but have gone many times with 10+ at times. We have had days where they honor us with free items (like hot tea) and yet other times a few people in our party actually don't get served (happened several times now, last week was the last). Simple fact is that those poor ladies need more help. I tend to order the same item every time I go. I; Ive tried it all and I really like this item. But the joke with our crew is that every time I order it, it comes different. Different ingredients and such... radical at times. I really wish they could get their service straitened out, I would give it 4 stars at that point.
