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This is the best Thai food in Charlotte. I repeat. This is the BEST Thai food in Charlotte. Another one of the "secret" restaurants that you need to be told about it's located in the Dilworth area right next to the popular gift store Paper Skyscraper. The original and best of several locations (Matthews, University) I went there religiously the entire time I lived in CLT.
As diverse as their menu was, I only sampled three dishes there Pad Thai, Pad Kee Mao and "House Noodles". The last one being a specialty that's no longer listed on the menu. The rating system is 1 to 6 stars and you can even order it with no stars for the scared or gastro-intestinally challenged. For the true "chili head" you can augment the rating system. Normally, they use crushed Thai peppers in the food which are still hot but don't capture the true essence of the "heat" and flavor. When you're ready for the big leagues make sure to denote "fresh peppers" when giving them your stars. The flavor difference is immediately noticeable from the very first bite.
For lunch during the week you need to get there by 11:30am or after 1:00pm unless you want to stand in line for a long time. The place is popular and regularly packed. They get all the businesses in the area, the residents of the trendy Dilworth neighborhood and a boatload of cops. For many (like myself) this place is an addiction and you will see many regulars.
I can't say enough good things about this place. When I spent most of '07 overseas this was one of the first places I hit upon returning to the States. Even now, all other Thai places I encounter are measured against Thai Taste. If you spend any time in the Charlotte area you simply MUST try this restaurant out, you will not be disappointed.
*side note* For the truly adventurous you can go past the 6 star rating, but be prepared for "heat" especially when going the "fresh peppers" route. Also be aware that anything over 10 stars is a personal challenge to the chef and he will guarantee you feel more heat/pain than you ever have in your life. Enjoy responsibly.
I have been here now numerous times and I truly feel it's been consistent my boyfriend always gets the same thing as do I and its been just as good as the first time we went there!!
I would argue that the best pad thai I have ever had in my life is located in Gainesville, Fl. I tried Thai Taste after reading a bunch of reviews that it was one of, if not the best in Charlotte. I enjoyed the atmosphere of this restaurant and can't say anything negative about the wait staff. Its a nice location in Dilworth. I of course ordered pad thai. I was a little unfairly disappointed, but I usually am with pad thai. I am always in search of a dish that tastes as amazing as the one in Gainesville. But that's not fair to try and compare....sooo, I give this restaurant 4 stars. While not the pad thai I crave love and desire....this was still very tasty and I enjoyed my leftovers just as much the next day. I will definitely return. P.S. My husband loved his food too. P.P.S. I think I need to just end my search for the Gville pad thai flavor and I should be okay. Maybe.
I'm sad to say it, but I have to take away a star. I went back to Thai Taste and ordered the Pad Thai again and was greatly disappointed. The noodles were mushy. In addition, I had many bites that tasted like I was eating out of a peanut butter jar. My hope is that they were having a rough night; however, I will probably hesitate before I return.
The service, on the other hand, was very friendly and attentive and my drink never ran out!
I enjoyed Thai Taste! Like others have noted, the atmosphere was inviting, warm, and friendly...and… Read more »
This is a cute little restaurant, small yet cozy, nicely decorated with very friendly staff. The menu made me wonder about the food - only because it had that pick your protein, then your preparation style layout, which is a little strange and usually means the food will be terribly Americanized.
All in all the prices are reasonable and the food is pretty good. It's not the best, most authentic Thai food that you'll ever have, but it's a solid bet if you're in the mood. If you're a Thai food snob (like me) it won't live up to your standards, but it's satisfactory and will likely please the average Thai food craving.
Not that I have anything super-original to say about our dear Thai Taste, but I have to agree-- it's the best Thai in Charlotte, and I wish it was better. But when you need a bowl of steaming curry, you know where you can find it, at least, eh?
Somewhat authentic flavors, if a bit toned down, mixed with a pleasant waitstaff and lovely atmosphere make this a place I look forward to. Do remember: if you're going to have lunch here, brave the crowds and eat in, as the take-out lunch portions are much smaller than the eat-in's and don't come with soup.
I can't think of a higher compliment than saying as good as I can get back in the NYC!
Of the two Thai restaurants that I've tried in Charlotte, Thai Taste definitely ranks much higher than the other. Every dish I've tried from red curry to green curry to pad thai to jasmine rice dishes has left a smile on my palate. I typically order one of the curries over the other dishes, though, because it's rare that I get to have curry when dining out.
During one visit, one of my friends ordered a Thai iced tea and suggested I try it. I did, expecting something of a green tea variety. I know this may sound ignorant and I like to think of myself as somewhat of an international foodie, but I was surprised to find that the Thai iced tea came out looking like a creamy orange iced coffee. I tried it...and I've been hooked ever since. And since then, I've tried other Thai icea teas (including the canned variety sold at World Market) but no place has yet to compare. Thai Taste's Thai iced tea has the right amount of sweetness and smoky flavor that others don't. SO delicious! I could drink glass after glass...if I ignored the calorie content that each probably has.
Their prices for dinner are a little on the higher side than I'd like, so I typically reserve Thai Taste for lunch. They have fantastic lunch deals. For under $10, you can get a delicious Thai dish, Jasmine rice, soup, spring roll, and an iced tea! The only problem is that they're not open for lunch on Saturdays. Bummer. You could combine shopping at Paper Skyscraper on the weekend with lunch at Thai Taste (they're in the same plaza).
If this is the best Thai Charlotte has to offer then the boyfriend and I are going to have to stop eating Thai - which is disappointing because before I moved here I used to eat it once a week. I definitely wasn't overly impressed.
First impressions - nice restaurant, Thai places seem to favor a lot of wood (walls, accents, beams, etc) with traditional Thai art and artificial flowers. Every single Thai restaurant I've been to has been like that - but this one was a bit more kitschy with all the fake flowers.
Next thought - where the hell is the waiter/waitress?! We waited quite a while for someone because the hostess sat us in the back hidden from view. When the waiter finally arrived we ordered Vegetable Fresh Roll, Tofu Tod, Tom Kha Tofu, Pad Thai Tofu and Thai Taste Fried Rice as well as two Singha beers.
The appetizers and soup came out quickly. They were the highlight of the meal. The Vegetable Fresh Rolls were tasty with a fresh basil leaf inside and the accompanying sauce. Tofu Tod ... well, its nearly impossible to screw up fried tofu so it was good as well. The Tom Kha Tofu was more milky than I'm accustomed to and they filled the bowl with all sorts of veggies that weren't listed on the menu (broccoli and mushrooms - yuck!). I prefer my Tom Kha sans veggies with more tartness.
Our entrees came out very soon after. Again, both dishes were filled with vegetables that were not listed on the menu. We both picked out the broccoli and pea pods before we started to eat. Both were decent but not spectacular. I found the pad thai sauce a bit underwhelming, its not as flavorful as I'm accustomed to. The fried rice also would've benefited from a bit more spices or something - the boyfriend only enjoyed it after he added a healthy dose of hot sauce.
While cleaning away our dishes full of picked out broccoli a waitress told us that If you order the veggie/tofu dishes they come with extra vegetables so, if you're veggie-picky like we are let them know you just want tofu no extra veggies. Seriously, is there even broccoli in Thailand?!
Our bill came out to $45.00 before tip. I've paid much less for nearly the exact same meal of better quality and larger quantity in Chicago.
We won't be back.
Thai food is my favorite international cuisine, so when I asked around for the best thai restaurant in Charlotte, Thai Taste was first on everyone's list. And, after visiting there myself, I know why: It was totally delicious!!!
The atmosphere is very pleasant, and I wanted to put the Sake set in my purse and run--totally adorable! The waitress was very friendly and took our order quickly, but without rushing us.
My husband got the Panang with pork, level 3, and it was fantastic (I feel like I ate most of it after I finished my more healthful choice, which was delicious as well). The sauce was spicy, but not overwhelming, and the meat was very tender.
I had the stir-fried asparagus with chicken, and it was very tasty, despite being a 'healthier' option. I did add some mystery sauce that was on the table, just to try it out, and it was good as well.
We also both got brown rice, which was perfectly cooked, and not too crunchy, as poorly-cooked brown rice can be.
The prices hover around $13 a person, without appetizers, and I had 3 more meals later that week from our leftovers. A very reasonably priced menu. Overall, this was a great dining experience, and we will go back many, many, many, many times!!!
Ordered take out from this place and it was really good. Best Thai I've had in Charlotte so far.
Mmmm Thai Taste. You are delicious, if you weren't aware.
Reasons I like Thai Taste:
- Location, location, location. East Blvd. is in the heart of Dilworth and near the gym, so it's only natural that I can pick up take-out orders or meet a friend at Thai Taste.
- Quality of food. I'm a pretty boring Thai eater. I stick with Pad Thai or Red Curry for the most part, but even so you can definitely tell a difference in quality from one place to the next. The Pad Thai made spicy is pretty stellar.
I only have two complaints about Thai Taste, one is pretty relevant and one is because I'm ridiculous.
Relevant - Menu selection. Didn't seem like a large choice in dishes and I know a lot of the other Thai places I've been to had more of a selection. I found a dish at a restaurant in University I wanted to try at Thai Taste and it was nowhere to be found.
Ridiculous - I drink a lot of diet coke, and Thai Taste serves them in cans which means that I can't drink nearly as much diet coke as I'm used to.
I enjoy going to Thai Taste for lunch. They're lunch specials are fast and cheap, and that's usually what I'm looking for. It's not the best Thai food I've ever had, but it fulfills the Thai beast that sometimes rears its gruesome head in me and won't be satisfied with anything else.
I like the fried tofu appetizer, and I'm also partial to the Thai Iced Tea. If you haven't had that stuff, it's like a dessert in a glass. It's awesome. I'm not sure if it's authentic Thai fare or not, but it's yummy either way.
Thai Taste is very good. The restaurant is in it's own building, which for some reason, always gives alot of credit. They've also been around for a while, serving really tasty food. During lunch hours- you might find a line out the door, but you'll never be disappointed. The choice of meat with asparagus is my favorite so far, but I'll be back to try some more dishes.
I love Thai food- I will recommend Thai Taste to anyone looking to satisfy their Thai cravings!
I should give Thai Taste 3 stars because 3 is where the waitress cut me off on the heat level of my curry.
Waitress: Would you like it spicy? 1-5?
ML: 4.
Waitress: 3 would be better [walking away].
True story. But I wouldn't dream of giving the Double T anything less than 4 stars. The chicken dumplings were really good, and my curry was exactly what I was looking for (maybe 25% less spicy?). The service was also good, even considering the affront to my manliness.
We'll visit T^2 again - probably weekly until the waitress doesn't bat an eye when I order my curry at a 5. I'm wishing we'd ordered double just so I'd have something for a late night snack. Besides, two 3 curries = 6 overall, right? And that would be like the 11 on the volume dial of Spinal Tap's amps, right? Right? Boo-yah!
Thai Taste is good. It's not amazing, but it's the best Thai food I've found in Charlotte.
It's a great place to go for lunch. It can be packed, but with the cheap, fast lunch specials, they get you in and out quickly. You sit down at the table and soup magically arrives in front of you before you've even ordered.
Some call it boring, but I really love Thai fried rice and I tend to get that along with an order of chicken satay. Both are pretty good and filling. I've always got leftovers to take home and enjoy for another meal.
We picked up from That Taste the other night, so I can't speak to eating at the restaurant (although the place was pretty packed with customers, even though it was very early on a Sunday night). What I can speak to is how the food tasted: great.
My girlfriend got the curry (they offer three, and she chose the red curry over the yello and green curries), which came with rice, and it was really good. It did not, however, hold a candle to my selection, which was basic thai noodles with crispy duck. Maybe it's just because I LOVE duck, but this is one of the better dishes I've had in Charlotte in a long time. If you go there, order it. It was great--and only around $16, which is pretty good for any duck dish. Both dishes came with rice, and it was a lot of food: we had leftovers for at least two lunches.
I will definitely go back to Thai Taste.
Cozy, quaint atmosphere, perfect for a date. Their Pad Thai is much better than most other places I have frequented. The chicken soup hot pot is fun to share and the broth is hearty and much more satisfying than a first glance suggests. Finally, the Panang curry with chicken is a truly awesome experience. Spicy but not overpowering and the basil really comes through.
Service is friendly, if slightly challenged when it gets crowded. But as opposed to most western style settings, any server will help you get what you need, such as water, chopsticks, the bill, etc. Highly recommended.
The chicken satay can be a little dry. The chicken dumplings have changed recently. They used to be gyoza style but lately are shumai. And when the menu says fried, they mean deep fried, not pan fried. The lettuce wraps have the meat and vegetable filling already mixed in with the mung bean (crunchy white) noodles so it loses its flavor. That's the first thing they've gotten wrong. But everything else has been just right.
This place looks like a Thai restaurant, feels like a Thai restaurant, but is just barely a Thai restaurant. Sure it has mirrored embroidered elephant prints and little bamboo shoots, but so does Pier 1. The food is why we go out to eat and the experience weighs pretty heavy too. This place hits about half way on both fronts:
Food is mediocre. If you've ever been at a real Thai restaurant, you'd know it. The Tom Ka Soup was lacking all the usual fair: galanga, lemon grass, ginger....where were you? I missed you in there. Instead, I got a watery coconut broth with tofu and raw mushrooms. No baby corn, but broccoli instead; which in my opinion is very weird in soup, especially if it's cut for a salad. The Pad Thai was pretty good. No mystery meat, real cuts of beef (god bless the south), but it was a bit on the sweet side (god bless the south).
Service was diner quality, pretty much non-existant.
I don't know if I'd recommend it, but it's probably worth take out.
I was a little concerned when the Chicken Dumplings arrived and were tough and dry that things were not going to turn out well at Tasty Thai; but when my Red Curry arrived, also with Chicken, I was very happy to find everything fresh and perfectly prepared.The curry had excellent flavor and just the right amount of heat. Service was a little slow, but very friendly. The interior is really pleasant and inviting, except for the weird plastic table cloth. My only criticism aside from the Dumplings was that we were not offered chopsticks!
It's certainly one of my two favorite Thai restaurants in Charlotte (Thai Orchid is the other), but after spending two weeks in Thailand, I found myself wondering if there is great Thai food in Charlotte.
I've eaten at about 40-50 thai restaurants. Seriously...
This one is par. I totally love the Thai Taste in Spartanburg, SC. So, my expectations were a bit high. They aren't owned by the same guy although they are cousins. The atmosphere is nicer than monsoon down the steet, but if you'd like better food. I would check out monsoon.
Finally I found good Thai food in Charlotte!! After eating at a few mediocre places and one that was downright gross (ahem...Monsoon, I'm talking to you), at last I have found Thai food that is up to par. First of all, the atmosphere of this place is great. It's quiet and quaint, perfect for date night or a chill night out with friends. The location is fantastic too, positioned right in Dilworth with Uptown just a skip away. I'm a Pad Thai fanatic, so I always stick to the standard, and this did not disappoint. The sauce was just nutty enough without tasting like peanut butter and the spice level was right on for my taste. I always have tofu in my PT and theirs was super tasty, not soggy or squishy, but texturely pleasing. I had the best soup too, but I can't remember the name of it for the life of me. It was a spicy, salty broth full of chunks of squid, shrimp, and a whole yummy juicy scallop floating in the middle. Awesome. My bf and I each had full portion meals, soups, spring rolls, and hot jasmine tea for 35 bucks + tip. Very reasonable, great service, great atmosphere...I will be back many times I'm sure!
This is one of my top 5 restaurants in Charlotte, a place that's dependably delicious. I Really like the Pud See Ew, a thick noodle dish pan fried with broccoli, and egg and your choice of meat, I always go with beef and its never let me down. The portions are decent i wouldn't say they are large, but they are filling. I also really like the Gaeng Dang a delicious curry dish made with coconut milk, and your choice of meat, chicken is always good, but shrimp is really great. The creamy coconut milk juxtaposed with the hot curry is poetry in my mouth, deliciousness. The ambiance is comfortable and small with lots of Thai wood carvings all over the walls and ornate complex origami and colorful mobiles hanging from the ceiling. Thai Taste is a little pricey and not as much food as you get at other Thai restaurants in Charlotte, but still a great all around restaurant.
This is the best place in town to get Thai food. The atmosphere is quiet and dark, but the service is very friendly. The pud thai is fabulous, so is the red curry with coconut milk and pineapples. If you go at lunch you get to choose from about 7 different dishes, each served with a spring roll.
I had a really great experience here, and what I loved most was the diverse group of people dining here and the kitchy decorations on the wall (Melissa M sums it up with shabby chic Thailand!) My bf had the coconut soup - wow!! I had some delicious red curry and he had the delicious green.
Thai Taste has the best Thai cuisine in Charlotte. It's a neighborhood spot with great food. Known for the pad thai, there are other delicious options too. The soups are good, as are the sweet & sour dishes, the basil rolls, and the ginger dish. The servers are really kind and get to know the customers who frequent the restaurant.
The food is plentiful and the atmosphere is shabby chic thailand. A little pricey for the decor but not for the neighborhood as it's tucked in Dilworth on East Blvd. All in all, a good place to get a large sized portion of Thai food.
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