Thai Pastry Restaurant
4925 N Broadway Street
Unit E
(between Ainslie St & Argyle St)
Chicago, IL 60640 (773) 784-5399
- Nearest Transit:
Argyle (Red)
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 11:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Fri-Sat 11:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m.
Sun 11:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. - Price Range: $
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Street
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: Yes
- Takes Reservations: No
- Delivers: Yes
- Take-out: Yes
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: No
- Good for: Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol: None
46 reviews
Neighborhood: Irving Park
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68 Reviews for Thai Pastry Restaurant
Lunch for $7! You get soup, a sampling of the appetizer of the day, your main dish, and a little piece of cake--a big old bargain. But the last time I had lunch here, the pad se ew tasted pretty salty. It proved to be extremely salty, as I was guzzling water nonstop for the rest of the day.
So we took out from Thai Pastry about a week ago - Pad Thai and 2 Hot & Spicy Red Snapper. The Pad Thai has always been "acceptable" but the Red Snapper used to be so supreme...perfectly crunchy on the outside and sublime-ly meaty in the inside.
We were sorely disappointed by our neighborhood mainstay. We hadn't ordered from Thai Pastry in several months now and our whim steered us wrong. The Snappers were overcooked and the Pad Thai tasted like it included stale chicken.
We were sad. Please be as good as you used to be Thai Pastry!
Our go-to Thai takeout joint. We've dined in once as well, but usually it's all takeout here for us. Cheap, consistently delicious, and we love the little dessert they throw in...sweet sticky coconut rice with a bit of mango. They usually thrown in free eggrolls as well.
I'm somewhat of a pad thai/crab rangoon connoisseur, and after I was pried (kicking and screaming) from Cozy Noodles in Evanston, it took awhile to find its replacement. I'm happy to say that Thai Pastry has filled that void and has been consistenly supplying me with tasty, not too greasy pad thai, and creamy yummy crab rangoons. Their tom yum soup is pretty great to boot.
I'd highly recommend it for takeout if you live in the Andersonville/Edgewater/Uptown neighborhoods, or if you'd like to make a little trip to the Argyle area, which can be a fun change of pace for those who've never experienced it. Waitstaff is friendly and efficient. BYOB.
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Meh. We ordered take out and were unimpressed. The spring rolls were in wonton wrappers instead of rice paper as I expected, the pot stickers were not memorable and cooked poorly, and the egg rolls were just...meh. The ol' battle axe ordered beef fried rice, which was pretty tasty (hence, the 3 stars), and wonton soup, which was bland. Perhaps we should have tried a noodle dish or a curry, but it's doubtful we'll be back for another round.
Originally intending to go to Tank's noodle but finding it closed, I went here and was very pleasantly surprised. I usually get the panang curry and it is delicious. Regardless of being a touch on the sweet side for my preference, it is very good. Also, try the tom yum kai (hot and sour chicken with mushroom soup). Be careful, though...it has small bits of some kind of flavorful woody stuff that I don't know what they are, but are a pain to pick out as you eat the soup. It's almost like eating fish and being careful of the bones. In my experience, the wait staff has been attentive and very polite. The portions are generous and I usually get two meals out of whatever I order. Or I walk away completely stuffed and satisfied, yet vowing to stop eating sooner. It's just so good.
I used to come to this restaurant often because the food is delicious and cheap and it's BYOB. Unfortunately the past few times I've come here the prices have gone up, the portions have gotten smaller and they have gotten pretty stingy with serving rice with entrées. Last time I was here with my boyfriend we each ordered an entrée and we got one ice cream scoop sized dish of rice for two of us to share. We asked for another dish of rice so we could each have our own and were charged $2 extra for another ice cream scoop size serving. Unless the portions start matching the increased prices I doubt I will be coming here as often.
I've tried many a Thai place. Thai Classic and Panang in Chicago. I've had Thai downstate. Thai Pastry is the best so far (I've yet to try Arun's which I hear is really good, but expensive). Thai Pastry's panang chicken is generous with the curry. Their pad thai is always perfectly cooked, you won't get those lump of noodles when it comes out too starchy. They also have this awesome dessert which is like a coconut milk mixture with red or green jellies. The red has extra crunch with water chestnuts, but otherwise they taste the same. If you like coconut milk, you'll like this dessert. It's in the pastry case, just point. Also it's just three blocks from the red line. Bale Bakery is right around the corner if you have a hankering for a Vietnamese sandwich.
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While some would think that eating Thai Pastry's sinful delights 3 times a week over the course of a summer would cause me to be a little, oh, apathetic about the place, you would be wrong in that assumption.
Yes, it is true. Some years ago, when a girlfriend who hates to cook and I were hanging out a lot at her apartment in Edgewater one summer we discovered Thai Pastry. My friend liked it so much she craved it almost non stop. We got very plump that summer dining on such yummy delights as Tofu Panang, Shu-Mai and Beef Pad Prik (which I ordered alot, just because it was amusing to say). I cant say I have ever eaten that often at a single establishment since that summer, but every now and then I do like to hit up the old joint. For old times sake. You know how it is.
Anyway, I have to dock a star for a couple of reasons. One, eating in is kind of a chore. They have a tendency to "forget" you often. Two, you used to be able to order a dish half & half (say, half chicken, half tofu) and it was no big deal. Now they charge you extra for it. What the heck, its not like I am getting anything extra here. That's just not cool.
Synopsis: Is it cheap? Hell yeah. Is it good? Oh it will do in a pinch, certainly. Do they offer wacky desserts that require a lot of sniffing and poking to determine what they could be before tasting? Oh my yes. Is it worth a trip? Yes indeedy. Beef Pad Prik is calling.
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Everyone needs a default restaurant in their lives; without one, we're all just ham fisted savages. When we lived in Uptown, Thai Pastry was ours. A house full of vacillators? Thai Pastry! Can't stomach the thought of another pizza? Thai Pastry! Want to expand your brother's mind numbingly bland palate? Thai Pastry!
First and foremost for me when trying a new Thai place is to order the Pad Thai. For a relatively simple dish, there seem to be endless variations. Thai Pastry's, to this point, is the best I've had. Consistent, flavorful, and filling without being heavy, it is one of those dishes that makes me feel "clean" (i.e. - not bloated and nauseous) after eating it. Even my notoriously finicky brother enjoyed it; and that's saying something.
Lad Nar (I think they list it as Pad Lad Na) is good but not great. The flavoring is a bit on the bland side and the gravy is watery. The noodles are cooked fine, but the dish is missing that certain something to make it memorable (like the Lad Nar at Penny's - Super YUM!).
As for apps, the egg rolls, pot stickers and crab Rangoon are all very good. The chicken satay shines on the apps menu due both to portion size and taste. The single order is enough to be the main meal for my two little ones or a satisfying start for us larger folk. The chicken is tender and moist, and the peanut sauce is perfectly balanced; not too thick; not too thin, with very little separation between the components.
We ordered everything take out, so I can't speak to service in the restaurant itself. Phone service was quick, pleasant, and efficient. Deliveries were prompt and time estimates on both deliveries and pick ups were accurate.
One interesting thing about the take out from Thai Pastry (and maybe this is true for in-house service as well) is that we always received a surprise dessert with our meal. Sometimes it would be a sweet rice cake thing with peach, while other times it was a flan like selection. Whatever showed up in the bag was always good; the fact that it was free (or was it? hmmm....) made it even better.
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The good comes with the bad at this place. We had a mixed experience with some winners - crab rangoon, sauteed catfish, and fried ice cream. However, there were also some duds - the satay was too bland, the musaman curry too watery, and the egg rolls completely forgettable. We'd go back for the byob and reasonable prices, but this wasn't a done deal.
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After spending Saturday night watching an episode of 'Check Please' with Asian Cuisine on display, we decided to order Thai food for Sunday brunch. Windows open, sun shining, Thai food on the way: it's going to be a good day. Thai Pastry did not leave any room for disappointment. We ordered the following:
*Spring Rolls (free w/ coupon) are always healthy and refreshing. I have enjoyed them more in the past but this time the other appetizers we ordered trumped the spring rolls. They're still good to have around for leftovers.
*Cho Mung is described on the menu as "saute chicken onion wrapped with Thai pasta." We weren't sure what Thai pasta was but this turned out to be one of my favorite selections that I highly reccomend. My description differs slightly from the one of the menu: 5 purple silver dollar sized dumplings with finely chopped chicken & onion (which I guess has been sauted) inside. It tastes multilayered and sophisticated as you dip it in soy that is tastier than most.
*Kuchai is described as "steam chive served with hot sauce." This is amazing and you have to order this alongside Cho Mung. This is actually a dumpling with sauted green onions inside. The sauce looks like soy but has a spicy kick to it. Kuchai are larger than Cho Mung so there are 3 of them. Next time we'll probably get 2 of these, they were so fantastic.
*Satay is straight up chicken-on-a-stick served with peanut sauce. We dipped it in the sweet and sour that came along with the spring rolls and that works well, of course. It wasn't my favorite but my boyfriend noted the meat was very tender and he liked it a lot. I just thought it was boring compared to the other appetizers.
*Tom Yom Kai is hot & sour chicken with mushroom soup. It was very good except I would have wished for more mushrooms, can't have too many of those.
It should be noted at this point that it was VERY hard for me and the girl who answered the phone to understand one another. Considering how the conversation went, she did a great job of getting everything over to us as we had intended but the soup is the only thing that was screwed up because we tried to order the Tom Kha Kai with coconut milk. It didn't turn out to matter much, the soup was awesome anyway.
The Thai iced tea is a must and is saved for dessert. We ordered two things that we didn't even get around to yet: kang ka ree (beef curry) and ba mee ped (a dark duck broth w/ egg noodles & roast duck).
I haven't eaten in their dining room but I can give this place a solid 5 stars for delivery, their food is exceptional and tastes fresh.
This is really excellent Thai food. They don't use mixes; all food is made fresh on site. I can really only speak to the curry dishes because they are exceptional and I never want to come here without ordering one of them so...I haven't explored much more on the menu.
The downsides: this place is obnoxiously bright (good God, get a dimmer switch, peeps) and often overcrowded with loud caucasians who just "discovered" this place. (How do you discover a restaurant that's been here for years?) The service is friendly enough but rather incompetent. I hate to say it because they seem like genuinely nice people and I love the food...but they need some help in this area.
Food is good - lots of choices, fresh vegetables, and big portions. Vegetarians have several great options. They have a nice lunch special during the week - appetizer, soup, entree, and a perfectly size little dessert for around $6. Service can be very slow, but it just gives you more time to enjoy the meal and your company!
Also - if you like coconut (personally I am obsessed), you have to go to Thai Pastry and try their coconut ice cream. They have lots of flavors, and friends say they are all great - but it is coconut forever for me!
I was very disappointed with this place. I stopped in on a Sunday afternoon craving bubble tea and maybe a pastry or two. We were pretty much ignored and once they found out that we wanted bubble tea, they went into the kitchen and just left us standing there for a good ten minutes.
Their honeydew was disgustingly sweet and the boba was chewy to the point where there was something hard in it that I had to spit out. After our long wait, we opted to skip the pastries which looked mediocre and the custard that my husband was looking for - they told us that they ran out. I definitely won't be back for sweets here.
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I like, don't love though, this place, which is too bad because I really want to love the place. Several years ago, after eating here my first time, I vowed never to come back. Then one day, after whining about how horrible thai restaurants were in the city, a thai friend recommended I go back and gave me a list of dishes to order . So, I did.
I must say that in my maybe a dozen or so returns in the last year, it's been pretty much good. I like their noodle dishes, their green curry, some of the salads and of course, their pastry. Service is always attentive (well, on weekdays, when it's slower). On weekends, be prepared for a wait.
One tidbit: If you order takeout, they throw in an appetizer or pastry (usually mango and sticky rice). However, if you eat in, you're forced to pay for your apps and dessert!
Another tidbit: It's BYOB!
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I was really surprised to find such a highly rated thai restaurant in the middle of vietnamese town! I finally got the chance to try it out after what seemed like countless prior drive by's.
Given that it was a snowy Friday night in Chicago, who would have thunk that there'd be so many people in the restaurant! It was pretty packed when we showed up. I was happy to find out they are BYOB, so we brought some beer and wine along to keep us company. I really enjoyed the pastry display and ice cream freezer right in front... I was so tempted to just dive in and try something there on the spot!
For appetizer we ordered the spring roll which was enormous and very delicious. I shared a tofu pad see-iew noodle and chicken kang-pa curry w/ one of the guys. My other friend, aka 'noodle freak,' had the beef pad see-iew (he has this dish at every thai restaurant we go to). The pad see-iew was very delicious, perfect texture on the noodles and very flavorful overall. The curry was a little ho hum to me... it was very light which was nice, but perhaps could have been slightly thicker to enhance the taste. Next time i'll have to stick to panang or mussamun curry.
This is a wonderful place if you want a change of pace from from the vietnamese restaurants in the area. It's warm and inviting and will not disappoint!
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Excellent Thai food. This is where you want to eat your lunch at. Good specials at great prices.
I've never been had a bad meal at Thai Pastry! The food is amazing! But if you get a rice dish you might want to ask for some extra sauce.
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$9 Stewed Pork Shank served whole. To die for! Eat with rice. Thai House Express in San Francisco has something very similar called Kao Kar Moo, YUM!
Chinese brocolli stir-fried with salted fish. TO DIE FOR TOO!
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I must confess, I'm having an affair with Thai Pastry. We see each other a few times a month, always at my place. I strayed once at the beginning of our relationship, but I quickly realized the error of my ways. Never again will I eat someone else's Pad Thai when yours is so delicious and always arrives at my home piping hot.
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This place is my favorite Thai pick-up or delivery place in the area. They are always polite, prompt and my order is always right. As a bonus, its delicious! Their spring rolls are the bomb! I ordered tonght, was told it would be 45 min to an hour. The guy was here with piping hot food in under 30 minutes. They lose one star because it smells a little funny in the restaurant and that creeps me out a little. It is delisch though.
I always judge a Thai place by the quality of the pad thai and this place definitely stood up. It was perfectly seasoned and there was a lot of it. It is also consistent, which is something that most Thai Places in chicago can't say. The baby egg rolls and pot stickers are wonderful and they give you a lot- definitely enough for 2-3 people. The service can be a little slow, but it is always friendly and good food can often take time. As far as parking, they have a lot, so that is another plus for this place. The only reason this is not getting 5 stars is that they don't have a pineapple chicken fried rice.
Ive had take out here twice and dined in once. I thought the food was mediocre every single time and think this place is overrated. There area lot of great Thai restaurants in this city but this one isnt one of my faves. I enjoyed Thai Avenue a lot more-which is down the street.
I've never had anything bad here. Always good, fresh food brimming with color. Pleasant servers. Parking situation is a bit tough but other than that, like Jose Feliciano, I got no complaints.
Nhhhaaagh. It's really not all that good. I don't know what to make about the hype and all those Zagat blurbs they have in the window. I've gone twice and I didn't feel they did anything all that well. Dishes were over sweetened. If I'm in the neighborhood I think the other Thai place up the street is better...and you have one of the great dining experiences in the city with Tank noodle.
Just OK in my opinion. I don't like the fact that the entrees don't come with rice (except, of course for the rice dishes). I think for about $9.50 per entree, it should be included. If you want rice, you have to pay $1.00 extra for a "side order" of rice. Also, tea is not served unless ordered separately. The ginger beef ($9.50) barely had a ginger taste. The garlic chicken (also $9.50) was very subtle-tasting. The Satay chicken appetizer ($6.50) was pretty good with the peanut sauce.
Free parking, if not full, is available in a lot just north of the restaurant.
Thai me Uptown! Thai me Downtown!
To qualify how much I love Thai food, I don't speak Thai, yet I can recite each one of the dishes by memory in the NATIVE ACCENT.
The mark of any good Asian place? How they do the basics.
Tom Yum (shrimp soup) was beautifully spiced with Thai ginger, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves, all in this rich flavorful broth with shrimp & vegetables. The flavors just dance on your palate, then fade like a favorite song while you wait for the next course.
WHAT TO ORDER (from a non-Thai person) - The basics I like to test in any Thai place are:
Tom Yum (appetizer) - Hot, spicy broth shrimp soup with lemongrass & tons of spices. When it's bad, its shrimp ginger water. When it's good, it's a light appetite whetter.
Shrimp Rolls (Appetizer) - NOT shrimp egg rolls or EGG rolls are shrimp wrapped in a thin fried shell
Tod Mun (Appetizer) - Fishcakes flavored with lemongrass, cilantro, hot pepper, etc. If it's bad, its a spicy rubber biscuit, if it's good, it's a can't-stop-with-5-pieces kinda snack.
Som Tum - Standard shredded green papaya salad with carrots cabbage and nice.
Lard Nar (Main) - Thai garlic beef & broccoli & gravy
Pad See Yew (Noodles) - Thai garilc beef & broccoli, eggs, with rice noodles and gravy
WHAT WE ORDERED:
We did some of the above and this:
Fish cake with eggplant & curry sounded boring, but I was so wrong. Fish cake (or in the Tod Mun form) is usually a fish-flavored rubber donut with a kick. This was a light, tender dumpling with spices and care cooked in. The eggplant (two kinds - green and chinese) with the curry and jalapeno just made it jump. It was hot, but we kept eating.
WHAT NOT TO ORDER:
Mee Krob (Appetizer) - This is a fried crunchy thin rice noodle flavored with sweet garlic sauce, served with bean sprouts (a must). This is typically too sweet, except for one place (which is closed now). Hit or miss, this one is a miss.
CAVEATS - Desserts. One thing that is good, the coconut custard. The rest is typical sticky rice sweet gooey stuff and some other ice creams which I honestly have not tried yet. As an asian, I don't mind the sticky rice flavored stuff that is not quite a custard but not quite slime. I know, I'm not helping, but the climate of the country dictates what is served (i.e. high humidity, not too much refrigeration).
Oh, just staple my stomach, cause this place is gonna get ALL my Thai carryout/eat in/oh-heck-its-only-the-third-time-this-week business.
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Decorated with several Thai paintings and filled with the aroma of Asian spices, this busy restaurant creates an atmosphere that's just as good as visiting the real thing.
As far as appetizers go, I usually have either the tod-mun (fish cake appetizer served with cucumber), kang liang (vegetable soup with shrimp), or pla koong (salad with shrimp, mushroom, onion, and lemon). There are nearly 50 different noodle dishes, rice dishes, entrees, curry dishes, and seafood & house specialties, so it always takes me a little while to decide what I want. Do I want the whole red snapper, steamed mussels, or steamed catfish with curry? The pad prik chicken with its adjustable degree of spiciness and tom-kha-kai (soup with hot and sour chicken and milk) are also among my favorites. If you're fortunate enough to be there for lunch, the restaurant offers a weekday lunch special (11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.), wherein for only $5.75, you can choose from 12 noodle and rice dishes, an appetizer, and the soup of the day.
But remember this is "Thai Pastry," so you don't want to miss out on the top-notch desserts. As soon as you walk in the door, you'll be tempted by an impressive display case of various pastries. Try the sticky rice with mango or Thai custard.
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Great food, wildly bright lime green paint on the walls makes for a fun and vibrant kind of an atmosphere. Really solid choice for Thai in uptown.
I stopped in for the lunch special and was pleasantly surprised! The 5.95 deal included appetizer, soup, entree, and dessert. I added an order of Crab Rangoons since Abigail T. said they were the best ever.
The appetizer was a Fried Wonton with a succulent pork filling. The Rangoons were excellent- definitely a departure from others I have had, but in a really good way. They were sweeter and had spices in them.
The soup was a Thai Rice Soup that was just chicken broth with some rice and ground chicken, but boy was it tasty. I selected the Pad See Eiw, and I can honestly say it was the best that I have had to date. The dish was filled with so much flavor that it seemed that it was grilled over a flame! The broccoli was really fresh, and the sauce was savory but still light.
I highly recommend Thai Pastry for lunch.
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Went here for the first time with a couple of friends. At first we almost turned around and left (in fact, we did turn around and leave, but got halfway down the block before we turned around around and went back again). The place was EMPTY. It was almost 7, so it's not like we were early birds or anything, but it was seriously empty. In my experience, completely empty is never a good sign, but we had heard good things about it, so in we went.
We chose wisely.
First off, best Crab Rangoon I have ever had. Period. 6 in a serving, big, plump pockets of delicious, creamy-crunchy crab filling. Celery, green onion, crab, cream cheese. Yum. For the main course I had the basil fried rice- with brown rice! They have brown rice! The dish was pleasantly spicy, accented with red and green peppers that were remarkably not soggy. Could have used a bit more chicken, but it was darn tasty. Other dishes at the table with the Pad See Eew, which was so tasty I could overlook the fact that my friend got it with tofu. My other friend had a yellow curry dish that was excellent as well.
My friends decided to split some of the actual Thai pastries, which were interesting, and seem to be hit or miss- though that's probably just my ignorance of Thai pastries. We sampled little coconut dough balls which were very dry and not too flavorful, but the steamed (?) cake (??) was pretty good.
And if nothing else, this place is worth a trip just to see the mini restaurant diorama things up front. For real.
I didn't even realize they actually served pastry here until reading the reviews of other Yelpers. This is our go-to place to Thai delviery. Always good and they always throw in an extra treat - something we didn't order and hard to identify. The chicken with red curry is the wife's favorite. i mix i up between cashew chicken and the spicy basil chicken. Perfect for those nights you just give up on figuring out dinner.
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Finally! A Thai place in Chicago I'm happy to call my go-to place! My first visit was over the weekend, and in our group of 4 we had shrimp rolls, fried wontons, crab rangoon, 2 soups, and 2 noodle dishes. Everything was divine, including the Thai iced teas. I can't wait to go back and try some of the more exotic things on their menu. At their cheap prices, and great tasting food, I've got a feeling we'll be back sooner rather than later.
EDIT: I had to remove a remove a star. Their delivery was awful! I was rather looking forward to this divine goodness in the comfort of my own apartment, but it wasn't to be. It was a paste-y mess of noodles, and tasted funny. Leftovers from the restaurant that were brought home tasted better 24 hours later than delivery did 5 minutes after it arrived. I'll never order from them again, but I absolutely will go back and eat there again!
Solid joint, but I think I have to disagree with my neighbor's claim to this being the best joint for Thai in Uptown. That title, for me, goes to Siam Noodles. Thai Pastry is definitely 1A though, and probably the better option if you have a big group wanting to dine in.
Can't really go wrong with anything here. The Pad Thai is solid. I had the ginger beef dish as well, very good. The sweets in the bakery are a nice touch as well.
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It's funny that this Thai restaurant is right near all the Vietnamese places, but it has really good Thai food. Terrific Pad Thai (my 3 year old daughter's favorite). Very good Tom Yum Soup (my favorite).
Can't wait to go back! We were too full to try the desserts.. maybe next time!
I absolutely love this place! Their lunch specials are a bargain although they seem to be hit and miss (however, the panang always seems to be good), but it does include 5 courses. The portions vary as well, one day you may get leftovers for next three days, or maybe just one (but hey, there's still leftovers).
The food is never bad though! Just more delicious some days than others, and the prices are definitely right. Unfortunately, most of their tastier dishes aren't on the lunch special menu.
Oh, and they also deliver!
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This place is consistently good, though its main downside is that it is slightly more expensive than comparable Thai restaurants.
That said, I enthusiastically endorse this restaurant. I usually order either a green/red curry or pad see ew, both of which are excellent. The portions are ample, and the curry is particularly good because the curry gravy is neither too thick or thin. I also like the spring rolls, topped with fresh red peppers, among other items.
The atmosphere is pleasant--it's bright and open but at the same time relaxed and comfy. No problem carrying on a conversation among the table.
They also always add a free dessert with take out orders, which is a nice touch. The last time it was a sliced mango with sticky, sweet rice. Yum.
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Small, nice decor, bright and very clean Thai restaurant. We stopped in here for the first time for lunch and chose from the lunch special for 5.75
You have a choice between 6 noodle and 6 rice dishes which include an appetizer and soup of the day (dine in only). All are rather smallish. Soup was salty and the chicken was very small and tough. The appetizer was a cold (very) spring roll in a small pool of sweet sauce. The entrees were just ok and again the chicken was tough. A small dessert was also served and it was ok. Not recommended for the lunch specials.
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This review is based solely on service I received during a carry out order. I typically order from Thai Avenue but realized that Thai Pastry is highly raved and figured I would give it a chance. I ordered my standard pad thai shrimp. The women on the phone was pleasant and didn't seem to have trouble conversing in English (as many others do in the Argyle/Broadway area). I did find it a bit peculiar that she did not bother to ask for a phone number as most do when you order carry out. Walking in to pick up my order, the restaurant was half occupied. I particularly like that they are trying to appeal to the public w/ the modern decor, a bit bright, but very clean.
I was a bit surprised when I opened my carry out container. The noodles looked like they were drenched in a bit too much soy and the quantity was a bit less than what I'm used to. Typically, when I order pad thai anywhere, I can only eat half and save the rest for another meal. Not here, I devoured the entire thing and was actually still a bit hungry. While there was nothing wrong with the dish taste wise, I think I will go else where I can get a better value for my money, as this was also slightly more expensive (not by much though). However, I did read the menu and it seems that the lunch specials would be a great bargain!
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