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Argyle (Red)
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.
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Before going to Tai Nam for a little shopping, I stopped by to get something to drink. The damn Broadway bus I was on made a ton of jerky motions leaving me a bit queasy. I was hoping bubble tea would make me feel better...AND it did. Not only that, but the aroma inside was just calling out to me..as did the cakes, pastries, and ice cream displayed in front. Holy pretty cakes, Batman!
My watermelon flavored bubble tea with tapioca was $3.75 and definitely hit the spot. I wasn't done yet, unfortunately. Since I couldn't resist the smell of this place, I ordered for take out massamun curry with chicken. I thought this was tasted good enough. It's definitely not for those with peanut allergies (peanuts galore!). Rice wasn't include (nor does it come with the other entrees). If you need your rice fix, a small order is a buck.
It was a rainy afternoon, so the place wasn't too crowded. Service was quick for take-out and bubble tea. I'd consider taking my parents here or at least getting for them some Halo-halo* flavored ice cream this restaurant offers. I'm not a fan of halo-halo, but I think my parents would probably enjoy some.
*Halo-Halo = a type of Filipino dessert made up of milk, coconut, shaved ice, some type of beans and fruit. PS: this is a very general description.
Looking for a place to eat on a Sunday night after 9pm without staring at giant flat screens of men in football tights is surprisingly difficult in Uptown, fortunately Thai Pastry closes at 10pm so I was eager to give it a shot.
The waitstaff was friendly and very attentive. The food? Eh, not so much. I ordered the Pad Thai chicken and a Mango smoothie. The Pad Thai noodles were ok, but it had absolutely no peppers or spice to it, in fact, compared to other Thai places it was a bit bland.
The Mango smoothie comes in an impressive German pilsner sized glass with a mound piling at least an inch over the rim. Unfortunately it's nothing more than orange colored crushed ice. I could barely taste the mango in between sips that froze my jaw as the freakishly wide purple straw allows whole chunks of ice to pass through. (I had to use my dinner spoon instead. BTW: No chopsticks? Too westernized.) At the bottom of the glass there was a strange pile of raisin like pebbles, which would have been great if they weren't actually gummy balls that taste vaguely like Dad's root beer.
Trying to salvage the dinner, I ordered two cakes to go: Chocolate and Coffee cake. I had high hopes a place named Thai Pastry would have something with coconut/custard/pineapple and instead got a very VERY dry and bland cake that had poor texture, little flavor, and zero weight. While the coffee cake had a coffee taste in the frosting, the 'chocolate' cake had neither chocolate nor cake. It was more like a piece of bread folded over with miracle whip jammed in the center.
Is it me? Did I expect too much going in? It didn't help that I had just watched several episodes of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations on Netflix and left the apartment searching for that moment of discovering good food in undiscovered places. Or maybe it was the fact that I had some seriously badass spicy Pad Thai in Seattle the week before, and I'm looking for a place in Chicago that's cheaper than $13 + RT airfare.
Thai Pastry is in my opinion the best Thai restaurant in Chicago. The food is delicious, authentic and reasonably priced. Unlike most other Thai restaurants, Thai Pastry has a very large menu with all sorts of Thai dishes that you won't find at most other places. For example, if you get an appetizer, make sure to try the Miang Khum at least once, it's delicious.
Lunch specials come with an appetizer and a small desert. I have never had any problems with the service, everyone has always been friendly and fast.
The free parking lot on this block is a convenient place to park when you don't want to pay a meter, although it is sometimes full. After dinner, you can stop in at the Vietnamese grocery store and get some supplies to cook authentic Asian food at home.
This is probably the best Thai I have had! SOOO good. I have been for take out and dined in.
Dropping in for take out is so easy. The food was fast and the woman taking my order even brought me out a glass of water while I waited. The food was hot and delicious. I had the Pad See Ew and Crab Rangoon. Both awesome and even came with sticky rice and mango.
I have also been in for their lunch special. Their lunch special included soup, salad and what seemed to be a full sized entree for $6.50! What a great deal! Even had leftovers!
I will most certainly be back for more!
Just went back to Thai Pastry again for the first time in awhile. The lunch special is still excellent! Good soup, good eggroll, excellent Pad Thai with Tofu and stick rice and mango to top it off. All for around $6!
Service is quick. Food prep and presentation is excellent.
I highly recommend it!
We ordered and carried out from Thai Pastry tonight. I had he Pad Thai with chicken, which was as… Read more »
I had been wondering why we had never made it down to Argyle for some Thai food, so we decided to make the (short) trip. My bf said that he'd heard great things about Thai Pastry, so we ventured in. Could this place be any cuter? It's nothing fancy, but it has nice touches that make it comfortable and happy. The art on the walls is fun, the tables have nice sashes on them and there are the most interesting diorama-type things at the entrance. Our waitress was also cute as can be. I love it.
So on to the food. We decided to share the Pad Kee Mao with beef and the Kang-Pa with pork. The Pad Kee Mao was very good and the Kang-Pa was surprisingly delicious. I'm not a big fan of soupy dishes, but the Kang-Pa was very flavorful. I was also impressed that the meat was tasty and not too fatty. I usually go with tofu because I've had some bad experiences with meat in Thai dishes. I'm pleased to say this wasn't the case here.
I was also so excited about the variety of ice creams...and for $2! Woo hoo! I had to have the red bean. Tasty. That pastry case at the entrance is dangerous on the way out, though, makes me want some!
So anyway, I will definitely be back. It makes me all happy just thinking about it. Who knows, it may even inspire me to make the walk over instead of choosing delivery.
So this is not my first choice in the area, but all things considered this is a decent choice. My first choice is Thai Avenue, which I review. For Thai Pastry
PRO'S:
pastry case- I had a very good sticky rice with mango thing once and someone who knew asian pastries had me try this gelatinous variety pack of cubed sweets which were actually interesting and good. So if you are open to something different....
decent Thai food, decent prices
CON'S:
entire length of the restaurant is covered with ceiling-high mirrors which I don't like, personally
They have teeny tables for couples jammed together and they will sit you right next to another couple even if the entire f****ing restaurant is otherwise empty. This happened many times and is really strange and distracting to both couples. Be prepared to just say NO and strongly suggest a different table.
One time I came to pick up takeout I had already ordered a while ago and they had me wait forever and they were not busy and did not come and talk to me about it. That really felt like bad service, and I was already in love with Thai Avenue, so that was my last visit.
I was curious about this place, so we tried it the other nite. first off, I think that Thai food in America is consistently really good - so the bar is kinda set a bit higher (mind you, this is just my opinon).
My buddy got the pad see ew. It was ... okay at first. bit then it reminded me a little of ... wet dog food. sigh. I know! it's gross and was probably just my crazy imagination. but I have to be honest. (other than that, it was delish! haha).
I got the pad kee mao (you know,changing it up). the flavors were pretty spot on. my only issue was with their broccoli which was in betwen being overcooked and undercooked. it had this unpleasant rubber-band texture.
so there you go ... Thai pastry, you earned yourself 3 stars. Better luck next time!
The first time I've been here and it was alright.... I didn't think anything was out of the ordinary or spectacular but at the same time the food didn't suck.
I went there for a father's day outing with my family, we indulged in the beef pad see ew, basil chicken, pepper red snapper, masaman chicken curry, beef fried rice, as main courses and as appetizers we had fish cakes and spring rolls.
The basil chicken and pad see ew were the best tasting I thought. The chicken was spicy and had a flavorful sauce/broth that when drizzled over your rice, flavored it perfectly. The pad see ew was see and had a great balance between sweet, salt, and fried egg!
The spring rolls were fresh and the fish cakes were great. The sauces served with each also complimented the dishes tastes.
The deal breaker for me was the bubble teas.... either someone doesn't know how to make them or their blender was broken, because I had ordered a banana coconut tea, sans the bubbles. Not only did they mess that up because they did put tapioca pearls in my drink, it tasted awful, and had huge pieces of ice in it. Safe to say I will never go to this place for bubble tea.
On the other end though their sticky rice and mangoes was great and their ice cream (from village creamery none the less) was awesome!
I would go here for the food and ice cream, not the bubble tea.
We were headed toward a different thai restaurant when I spotted Thai Pastry. I remembered it had been on Check Please and decided this sounded like a better alternative. The potstickers and crab rangoon were excellent. The squid salad my have burned out my nose hairs and had me looking like a girl that was getting dumped with all of the tears it brought on but it had a great flavor. Husband loved his panang curry but the pad thai seemed very "out of a bottle" sauced. It was not one of the better pad thais I have had. Aside from that, the prices were great and the service was a little spotty but they seemed to have a pretty heavy carry out thing going on. All in all, not bad but not Check Please material...
Thai Pastry is just one of Uptown's many storefronts offering superior Asian food at a reasonable charge. I personally prefer the selections and variety on the menu at Thai Avenue (see my review), located just a few doors north on the same street, but was far from disappointed with my dining experience here. I had the Panang Curry with steamed rice and a papaya salad -- both were delicious. The service is friendly and accommodating. Lunchtime visitors can expect a small sample of whatever mini-appetizer is being served compliments of the kitchen.
Thai lovers will not be disappointed.
So I went here last week for dinner and ordered the pad see eiw and beef green curry. I was surprised and a little upset that the green curry didn't come with rice since the green curry alone already cost over 9 bucks! So, it was a dollar more for the rice. Thai restaurants usually include rice with their curries and they're usually much less (7-8 dollar range).
Anyways, my disappointment subsided when the food came. The pad see eiw was amazing. It had that grilled smoky taste to it, which I loved. The green curry was creamy and had a nice kick to it. Yum, definitely coming back to try other items.
Lunch specials are well worth the money! You get to chose from several noodle and rice dishes. I… Read more »
Broadway feels like a music video to me. There are bright colors, bubble tea for all, nail salons and bakeries and it's way too much to go alone. And so I went to Yelp. Thai Pastry was on Check Please a(long?)while ago and I remembered the interior as soon as we walked in. It was dead, but not unusual at 2 p.m. on a Sunday.
Famished and stoked, we ordered in a flurry. This being our virgin voyage to TP, we stuck to the basics. Pot stickers were full of flavor, and the dipping sauce was choice. Spring roll was good eats. I ordered pad see ew with tofu and there was pad kra praw gai, massaman curry and another stir fry dish at the table.
It was all good in the 'hood. Really, really good. Great value too.
So why the three stars? Service, yo. I am not a service monger. Frankly, we could have wiled away the hours at TP, but I know some Yelpers like to hate. . . so I will be real about it. I'm the queen of procrastination, but this woman was something else. Aloof and annoyed. It's ok. I get it. I hate working on Sundays too.
I have gone here several times over the years and decided to go to Thai Pastry for Mother's Day. My mom and I got there first and we were not seated even though there was a table open with our reservation. As the restaurant got more crowded, we decided to seat ourselves in case someone forget we reserved the table. Slowly, we all got to the restaurant and began ordering.
As we went around the table of eight ordering all of our food (with each person wanting something non-standard added onto their food) with about eight appetizers and the waitress made sure to repeat our order. Took awhile to get water and had to ask for chopsticks, but that is besides the point. The real point of Thai Pastry is it's foooooooood!
Shumai - a little small in portion side but has some shrimp and garlic in it. Tasty little snack, but you will probably get better bang for your buck on another appetizers. Shumai comes with a soy sauce to dip and six in an order.
Crab Rangoon - Always my favorite, this may be the one food that I can cook and I never mind eating someone else's crab rangoon. Made with imitation crab and served with sweet and sour sauce you get six per order.
Baby Egg Roll - Whoa they weren't kidding, these bite sized morsels will not likely fill your appetite and will leaving you wanting for more. Baby egg roll was very crisp but the size of a large grape. Served with sweet and sour sauce and comes in six.
Chicken Satay - This is probably the appetizer for the most bang for the buck. The chicken is marinated and cooked and comes out yellow and comes with a big helping of peanut sauce. Comes in a set of five on skewers. Tip: If you like an extra helping of peanut sauce on your noodles, keep the peanut sauce from the chicken satay around for your main entree, otherwise it is an extra $1.
Pad Thai - I ordered mine spicy and was delighted with it's kick. Plenty of carrots and peanuts to mix in with my pad thai and they did not overload the plate with sprouts like some other places do. There was a great deal of green onion, but I am never one to complain about that!
Service was a bit off that night, but it was Mother's Day after all. Always good value for your $$$!
Came here with the one and only queen judge of noodles and therefore, many Thai restaurants: my mom. (Warning y'all: If I go with my mom to an Asian restaurant that serves noodles, expect to be judged.)
Mom wanted to come here after watching Check, Please! and hearing her coworkers say good things about this restaurant.
We ordered shrimp pad Thai as our usual litmus test to the quality of a Thai restaurant and we weren't all that impressed. We've had better (in my case, I say Sticky Rice, in my mom's case, she laments that the best pad Thai she's ever had in Chicago was only offered at a now defunct restaurant).
But, I do give complements to the restaurant in general. The decor is nice, the restaurant is accessible by the Red Line Argyle stop, there's street parking and the staff was attentive.
I casually ordered delivery from them one cold winter night, since I was sick of the shitty thai food that I have been getting.
Sometimes I do do the right thing.
This place just kicks ass. Why have I spent 1 1/2 years ordering medicore thai from other places? Let's not ponder that. This place gets Thai. It understands Tom Kha, where other places are confused and mesh the flavors badly. The pad thai here was not oily, so fresh and clean and great complex flavor. And the portion was huge. Pad Se Ew was also excellent, since I have a crush on Chinese broccoli. Not a fan of the crab rangoon, but the mee krob was yum yum. When you order more than $10, you get a free dessert. I am so happy they do that, since I love their thai custard. I believe it's taro and coconut, very moist and smooth.
The name of this restaurant is Thai Pastry, and I couldn't find reviews on their actual .. Thai pastries, so voila. I'm writing one!
My family was visiting and I took them to Argyle for pho and stopped by Thai Pastry in hopes my mother will like any of their desserts. She went WILD. "There's nothing like this [a restaurant that sells Thai desserts] in DC!", she says. It took her almost half an hour to decide and purchase the desserts. Now, I know diddily squat about Thai desserts, so I couldn't tell you what she bought. I know they were all made on premises, and of course, they might "bend the truth" a little when you ask them when the desserts were made. My mother started eating the desserts right after we walked out. Some she liked, most she didn't like so much. Some tasted stale, she says. I can tell you that there are leftovers on my countertops waiting to be eaten before she leaves. Not a good sign, but hey, if you're an adventurous foodie and had never had Thai desserts other than Mango and Sticky Rice, you won't find these goodies (and Thai Pastry has a great variety) anywhere else in Chicago (that I know of) besides the Thai grocery store in Lincoln Square.
This spot is an excellent pre-game location for hitting up the Green Mill. Attentive service (whom I think I terrified by climbing up on a chair to adjust a blazing hot spotlight. sorry!) and all around great and flavorful food make it worth the drive from downtown. The crab rangoons were amazing, as were the beef salad, curries, and other dishes I'm not even going to try to spell. Being able to get a whole coconut and drink it out of a straw is the perfect capper.
My aunt loves it here and comes pretty often. Because of that, I often dread having to meet her for lunch or dinner. She always wants to go to Thai Pastry! And I don't see why. The pad thai really does take like dirt with lime juice. The pad see eiw tastes smoked instead of sweet. There's nothing in the curry except bamboo. You'd be lucky to find a piece of meat or shrimp in either of their curries.
The only dish that I actually like here is the spicy squid salad, but a salad isn't enough for me to come here.
Hooray!! We found our Uptown equivalent of Sticky Rice! Highlights include:
*Best crab rangoon I've had in Chicago
*Cucumber salad is fresh and with just the right amount of spiciness
*Koa Pad Ka-Praw with shrimp...spicy and fun to pronounce...Ka-PRAW!!
*Thai Ice Tea is sweet and a nice complement to the food
*Free dessert provided at times, for no apparent reason
I think Thai Pastry is a keeper.
YUM!! I am obsessed with Thai Linda in Roscoe Village but it was closed. And I am sure happy it was because it made me try Thai Pastry! I brought some San Fran natives who are snobby about their Thai food.
One of my favorite dishes is "Cashew_____ (fill in the blanks...scallops, chicken, tofu". I get it from Thai Linda embarrassingly way too much! I was shocked to find that this place does this dish even better! The sauce was amazingly good.
The table also enjoyed a beef dish with eggplant that was super yummy and spicy. The pad thai was not the crowd favorite but I thought it was delicious. Overall, Thai Pastry helped me represent Chicago well. I will be back.
I'm still on my quest for a good Thai restaurant. The pad see ew was decent, but not the best that I've ever had. Waitress wasn't very attentive, but it did pay to be nice to her because when the bill came...
I realized that I FORGOT my wallet at home! I have never done that before. I had to sheepishly tell the waitress that I didn't have my wallet and had a 3 hour business meeting right afterwards so couldn't come back right away with the money. She said she had to call her boss...who asked if I had something to leave with them as collateral like my driver's license. Umm...nope, the driver's license was in my wallet and if I did have it, it wouldn't be smart driving home without it. In any case, I told them that I'd call them as soon as I got home with my credit card number. They finally relented. Honestly, the bill came out to something like $12 so it wasn't like I did it on purpose. Luckily they did let me go as they could have made me wash dishes or something!!
So as soon as I got home, I called with my credit card number. Given that they were so nice to me, I gave a good tip. Also, I think I'll come back again and try some other dishes to see if the rating will go up.
ATTN: ALL POLAR BEARS
You are hereby safe. We will no longer need to drill in your Alaskan habitat as a new treasure trove of oil has been discovered right here in Chicago! The location? Thai Pastry's pad khee mao.
Crestfallen from Ba Le changing their hours and Sun Wah being closed on Thursdays, I trudged along Broadway, shoulders hunched and stomach growling. 'Where to eat?', I pondered. Alas I came across Thai Pastry, its windows adorned with awards from everyone from Zagat to Time Out to some supposed authority on all things Thai. With all those awards, how could I go wrong? Quite easily.
I ordered my usual pad khee mao (drunken noodles) and an order of veggie egg rolls to go. The egg rolls were crisp, thick, and delicious. They were also really greasy, but hey it's an egg roll right? So I moved on to my noodles and was simply appalled by the grease that seemed to permeate every square inch of my dish. It was like someone poured a bottle of Soul Glow on my noodles. To top it all off, the noodles were bland. Part of the beauty of pad khee mao is the mix between sweet, spicy, and salty flavors. All I got was spicy and oily. Nasty.
I knew I shouldn't have cheated on Pho's Hot and Spicy. Serves me right.
One of the better Thai places I have tried in Chicago, Thai Pastry is good choice for those looking for tasty food prepared with fresh ingredients. The lunch special is a bargin at $6.50, and includes soup (chicken/rice today), an appetizer (mini egg rolls), your entree and a small desert. The Pad Kra-Praw with Chicken ("spicy basil chicken) was flavorful, spiced to order, and the one of the best in town. The dining room is bright, and inviting, and the service is efficent and friendly.
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.
The first time I went to Thai Pastry was with a group of fellow chefs. I thought the food was great that time. Since there were around 10 of us, we went all out family-style. Their curries were well prepared, and we had the option to have it "Thai Hot" (and boy was it!). Only one of my colleagues had the courage to burn a hole in his stomach.
I raved about Thai Pastry much to my fiance, he wanted to give it a try...so I went again. This time, it was not so good. The food was very average tasting, and was presented to us lukewarm. This place seems like a hit and miss at times, and I've heard this from quite some people. I'm willing to give Thai Pastry one more shot! Hopefully it's a little more consistent next time.
Only been here once. We ordered the pad see ewe, pad thai, lime chicken, green curry, seafood thom yum, spring rolls, lichee ice cream, and ube ice cream.
First impression? Good portions, good service, everything was pretty tasty, decent prices, and the hideous yellow walls hurt my eyes. BYOB.
Like I said, only been here once but so far so good. Give it a whirl, it's definitely better than some of the other crap that's out there.
Will keep this short. Haven't read all the glowing reviews on Thai Pastry, just giving my 2 cents. I was AMAZED that dinner for four with massive leftovers = $70.00. Everything was pretty high quality for the price. I had the chicken larb (I could eat that every day if I wasn't watchdogging my waistline) and wonton soup (BIG soup). Great dumpling appies and my friend had the duck - rich and beautiful. The dining room is myeah, but the food and BYOB is my kinda cheap Thai.
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.
I'm on the search for good Thai in Chicago. So far, it's a tie between Thai Pastry and Ben's Noodles. I pretty much only get Pad Thai, so I'm not experimental, but at least I know my Pad Thai.
I stopped in last week and it was really cold outside. Inside it was nice & warm and the staff was attentive. My chicken pad Thai was loaded with chicken. I'm not kidding when I say that I had at least one big chunk of chicken for every bite. I ordered it spicy and I wasn't disappointed. It had the punch I wanted, but not so spicy that I wanted to stop or slow down.
I will definitely be back to try some other dishes. When the weather gets warm again, I will stop in for take-out.
Hot Panang worship
I am the Serrano king
Sweet butt burning lust
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.
Walked in at 10 pm on Friday, they close at 11 pm. Such nice servers, almost all had already taken a seat for their 'family' dinner, but they seated us and not once did they make us feel bad for coming in so late. We didn't feel the slightest bit rushed. As one of the restaurants to be open this late by Argyle, I'll definitely keep this in mind for future late night dinners.
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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.
Ordered delivery from here thanks to a friend's recommendation. Ordered my usual Pad Se Eww spicy and crab rangoon. The Noodles were perfectly cooked full of delicious tender chicken and fresh asian greens. The spice level was perfect. The Crab Rangoon was crispy (rarely true with delivery) and the perfect balance of crab, cream cheese, and a little celery for crunch. And wait what is that in my bag, a thai pastry surprise, I didn't order this and honestly I have no idea what it really was but It was sweet but not too sweet, coconutty but not too coconutty, and the perfect end to a delightful meal. Oh yeah I had enough leftovers fo dinner the next night too so the portions were more than sufficient. I would love to dine in next time and get the full experience!
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
Neighborhood: Uptown
Category: Thai
Neighborhood: Uptown
Category: Thai
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