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1st Ave-14th St (L)
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Pretty cozy place. Right price. Good to go there with a friend or two. Not a place for a big group.
Feel bad for my friend because she's a vegetarian, there isn't much for her to choose from. I really like the curry there because it's not too strong.
Decent food, good service, 4 stars.
This review is long overdue. BF found this little gem thanks to Yelp months and months ago. We've been faithful and frequent customers since then. First of all, I would give them 5 stars if I could but we've never actually been inside the restaurant. My rating is based solely on the delivery experience.
I grew up in southern California where thai restaurants are abundant and I have a lot of friends who are Thai. It was a late-night ritual to soak up the alcohol with a huge plate of pad see ew or a steaming bowl of boat noodles with beef balls. Mama knows thai food.
So when I moved to NY the search was on to fill this pad thai-shaped void in my heart. Sadly, it hasn't been filled completely but Thai Terminal has definitely done a good job of patching it up. They still lack a lot of regional dishes but they have the basics down. Thai Terminal is a no-brainer for us when we're hungry, too lazy to cook and too lazy to leave the apartment.
Appetizers:
Thai Chive Pancake - Absolutely delicious and innovative. I've never seen it on any thai menu before so I'm sure it's "fusion". This is a MUST!
Crispy Calamari Salad - Deeeeeeelish. When you're ordering for delivery, ask for the sauce on the side so the calamari doesn't get soggy.
Spring Rolls and Bangkok Wings - Skip it.
Soup:
Lemongrass Tom Yum or the Galanga Tom Kha - Skip it.
However, the Tom Yum Noodle makes a nice meal on a cold, winter day.
Entrees:
Pad Thai - Definitely superior to any other ones I've tried in the city. I've still had a lot better in LA but when we're not in LA anymore, are we? Get it with beef, the chicken tends to be a bit dry.
Pad See Ew & Drunken Noodle - Stellar!
Massaman Curry Avocado - Good stuff!
Pepper Garlic & Spicy Basil are great, especially if you're craving some crisp, yummy veggies.
Crispy Basil Duck - The duck was good but the sauce was mediocre.
***** TIP: Do not order too many dishes with the same components (i.e., basil, chili combo). They all end up tasting the same.
Dessert:
You can get more bang for your buck if you get dessert at a second venue.
Overall, the quality AND quantity is wonderful if you're looking for a thai fix. The service over the phone is always friendly and polite (they don't yell at you over the phone like most asian restaurants). The delivery service is amazingly fast (our food usually arrives within 15 minutes). And the prices are way cheap. You can feed two people with an appetizer and two entrees for well below $30.
For as trendy as this place looks, it's surprisingly decent - both in food and price.
The thai iced tea was decent; I tried the lychee thai iced tea first, and it was very freshing. The crispy calamari salad was also quite good. Spicy enough, and not too breaded. It's more calamari than actual salad, which made it very delicious. The tofu drunken noodle was delicious. No problems with this standard thai food fair. Also tried the volcano shrimp - a bit more breaded than I wanted, but overall good.
The restaurant itself is pretty small and will probably be a decent wait for large groups.
Splendid Thai, artsy look and feel, sweet staff. There are damn good reasons why this place is continuously ranked as one of the best Thai joints in Manhattan.
FRESH. What must be said about Thai Terminal is that they use ridiculously fresh ingredients. I am pretty sure that the cabbage and shitake mushrooms swimming in my Tom Yum soup had just recently been plucked from a garden. The green beans in my pad prik khing were so lightly sauteed that they were more like glaze-steamed. Dish after dish was refreshing and filling. The freshness lends a clean, healthy taste to all of the dishes.
FUN. The decor is, well -- it's a terminal. No kitschy Thai silks or gilded knick knacks. And yet not as Knoll-contrived as the Spice chain. The space is narrow with a row of tables on each side of the room going back. The look is bright: stainless steel with mirrors and white bankettes + talkative urban patrons. Couples are best, groups would crowd and spoil the intimacy. The staff is chill, unassuming, and neither too trendy nor too subservient. Enough to make you feel taken care of but not overly aware of the experience.
If going out had to be a routine, I would include Thai Terminal in my list of regular spots. First for the food, but also for the vibe.
Thai Terminal is one of my favorite places to eat in the East Village. The food and service are consistently excellent. The food is seasoned to the right degree -- not too spicy nor heavy.
Thai Terminal is really great for vegetarians because the restaurant can prepare most of its dishes without meat or with meat substitutes. They have vegetarian "duck" and "chicken," as well as tofu. Everything I've ordered from Thai Terminal has been super-tasty. My favorite items are the peanut dumplings, pad thai, and peanut curry. The lycee thai iced tea is an extra special treat.
Credit cards accepted.
It is all about the lunch specials at Thai Terminal even though the regular menu is always good too.
Service is great and love how low key the place is!
Marc's first review!
It was good. I enjoyed my meal. Spicy basil chicken. Allison, i'm not a foodie, i don't know how to critique.
3.5
I was home sick the other day and found myself with a taste for Thai. I usually order from SEA, but it seems one of my favorite items was no longer there (spring rolls and plum sauce).
So I yelped some and found Thai Terminal was close and had great reviews. I ordered the Pad Thai and spring rolls. The Pad Thai was delicious (and much better than SEA). Hot, flavorful and not dry. However, the spring rolls were not as crisp as I like, but decent.
A great place for delivery.
The food was very good at Thai Terminal. I got the peanut dumplings and pad thai with tofu and veggies. However, the peanut dumplings did not come with any sauce. I ordered the peanut sauce along with it, which they later charged a $1 for! Charging for the sauce seemed ridiculous especially since we did not get any sauce with it. Also, the portion of the Pad Thai was a bit smaller than most Thai restaurants. However, the worst part about the dining experience was that there were three flies that were buzzing around the WHOLE time during dinner! This was very unappetizing and I hope that the flies were not due to lack of cleaninless in the restaurant!
Small, but cozy place. Staff was very nice and courteous.
Friend and I split a papaya salad, chive pancakes, and I went with plain old pad thai with tofu. Everything was delicious.
I really have no complaints. Prices are very reasonable. I'd come back if in the area.
Terminal delivers. I'm not talking about bringing food to your door (Although they do that too). I mean that they bring the noise with outstanding food and a fantastic menu. It's definitely my go to Thai spot in the east village, it blows the other four or five places I've been out of the water.
When ordering takeout from any sort of place where they speak Ing-Grish instead of English, the caller needs to be on top of his or her game to ensure that the order was taken correctly and their is as little confusion on the other end as possible. Thai restaurants pose a major dillema for my pallet because I DESPISE green peppers. Any bell pepper, really, but none of the other varieties are as insulting to my taste buds as the dreaded green bell pepper. Unfortunately for me, at least half of the dishes at Thai reastaurants have these rechid vegetables featured front and center a a main component of the dish. Disgusting. Anyway, at least half of the Thai places out there put them in the dish anyway half the time, even after I have clearly requested for them to be left out. That means that at an average Thai restaurant, I have about a 1 in 4 chance of vomitting on everyone in the restaurant.
I know what you're thinking: just eat around them, silly. Umm...if it were only that easy. For you see, the green bell pepper is so rechidly awful that it's poisonous flavors penetrate even the most strongly spiced Thai curry dishes. Nothing on the plate is safe. Again, disgusting. It's completely unacceptable for them to put a green pepper in my green curry dish. So, as you can see, I cannot risk eating somewhere that such an abomination could potentially occur.
That's where Terminal rises above the rest like a Phoenix out of the ashes of marginal Thai restaurant on every block hell. They NEVER effe it up. Ever.
Plus the food is always on point and a fantastic bargain. Creative menu options such as the volcano shrimp, chive pancakes, and the fruit fried rice round out a typical Thai menu. Again, the lunch specials are great for a bargain, as expected.
If you live in the East Village, there is no reason to eat at any other Thai restaurant. Especially for delivery or take-out.
I'm not one for theme restaurants, but I sort of enjoy the whole Terminal thing, as far as unnecessary gimmicks go. The bathroom is like a clean airplane bathroom, if it was three times larger. And their business cards are "a boarding pass to a unique Thai dining journey." Destination: FLAVORTOWN, if you get my drift.*
Their lunch special is $7 ($8 if you want shrimp, duck, etc.), and it includes salad, an appetizer, and entree. Everything was delicious, and a great value considering that if you're lucky, lunch specials usually give you salad or an appetizer. Never both.
She had the crab/shrimp fried roll thingies and the tofu pad thai. I went with the chive pancakes and the chicken drunken noodles (pad kee mao). They didn't skimp on the chicken, and this is the first time I have ever remembered liking pad thai more than the pad kee mao. It really was extremely tasty. Not only that, the waitress was completely sweet and helpful; and she came by to fill up my water without being asked. Several times.
I feel a bit strange giving them 5 stars, but I really can't think of a single complaint about this meal. It's exactly what I want in a Thai lunch special. Maybe I shouldn't come back, because right now Thai Terminal, you're perfect.
*Was that corny enough? Or should I try again?
Awesome food, incredible prices--$8 for the lunch special which includes a salad, appetizer choice and entree, all of which are decently sized. The noodles are excellent! I was very surprised with everything-- the peanut sauce on the salad was amaaaaazing.
Be careful not to knock over the "flower in water" things on the tables! Sorta a zen exercise in remaining calm.
Nothing special, just regular Thai food.
I had a first date/meeting here recently, and I thought the place was a nice little neighborhood joint. I arrived early, and the woman let me sit down even though the person I was meeting wasn't going to be there for about 15 minutes yet. (It was a Friday evening around 7:30, but they were only about half full.) The staff was incredibly friendly, and the prices are definitely affordable. I had the "chicken breast festival", which I quite enjoyed, and a glass of lychee iced tea which was pretty sweet, but I enjoy my teas both unsweetened and overly sweet. I will definitely be going back to try something else when I'm in the area.
The date ended up being less than successful, but at least the restaurant choice was.
There's a glut of Thai restaurants around here, and it takes dedication to find a favorite. While a lot of my friends never ventured beyond the first Thai place they tried (the glittery and terrible Spice chain... eugh), I eventually settled upon Thai Terminal. Now it's the only place I'll eat Thai in the village.
The food is very good; not all dishes are the greatest, but you never get something gooey or over-sauced like at other places. What makes it taste so much better, however, is the price. The 7(or 8) dollar lunch special is a fantastic deal, and should not be missed.
Thai Terminal reminds me a lot of restaurants in Tokyo with its tiled aesthetic, quality food... and even in the way their lunch special works. Perhaps that's a big reason why I like it here so much. Even so, it's definitely one of the better Thai options around.
Dined here on a beautiful Friday night, no wait, relaxed atmosphere and really cute decor as far as Thai restaurants go.
However, the summer rolls left much to be desired and the Tom Yum soup was just all right.
I'm sure the curries and entrees are much better.
It's been a while, since moving to NYC, that I've even ventured to find thai food. But Monday evening, my brother and I found a great spot. When we dine out, we have a tendency to go all out, trying multiple dishes.
For apps:
steamed chicken and shrimp dumplings - pretty darn good, amazing savory dipping sauce
chicken satay - a well made chicken appetizer with pretty delicious peanut sauce and oddly addictive cucumber chutney/relish.
fried calamari - a bit on the chewy side for calamari, but again a wonderful spicy, sweet dipping sauce
duck salad - the absolute hit of the evening. addictive in flavors, seriously delicious. the duck was wonderfully cooked, and the salad itself had apples, cashews, pineapples, and other ingredients, along with ANOTHER amazing sauce/dressing. it was just really, really damn good.
main courses:
thai basil with beef - a good, classic thai stirfry with the anise thai basil flavor interlaced throughout the stirfry. the vegetables were perfectly cooked, and it would have been even better spicy (we forgot to ask to pump up the heat).
fried red snapper with three tastes sauce - two filets of snapper nicely fried and covered with a spicy, slightly sweet sauce, and served with a few steamed veggies. the sauce has good flavors, the fish was good quality. a yummy eat but maybe not a shining star.
oh, and the rice here was very well cooked, not overdone at all.
overall? seriously good eats. and affordable (if you don't go food crazy like we did). they also have the great lunch specials so many thai restaurants have. the hip, small space is a great place for a meal, and they take credit cards!
So clean and cute! Prices are wonderfully affordable, and the quality of food isn't compromised for it. Standard Thai menu, but very yummy! The fresh fruit salad is $5, huge, and delicious.
Excellent!
Typical Thai at typical prices. Service is solid and the food comes out fast. But I didn't notice anything that would make it stand out from the competition.
Good local Thai restaurant that delivers to your door.
Food wise, better than klong but Klong has a more loungy atmosphere wheras Thai terminal is cozy and intimate.
I had the vegetable Drunken man noodle and they made it well.
Portions was good for me but might be on the smaller side for a guy.. this will be my go-to spot for Thai in the area.
I thoroughly enjoyed my meal at Thai Terminal. The menu prices are hard to beat in this town and the food was pretty darn good. I got the calamari salad and it was amazing. It was also nice that they had side portions of different kinds of fried rice for $3 dollars.
The place is pretty cute although it can get a little loud and it was a bit cold.
Overall I think Thai Terminal is going to be one of those places that I will go to on a regular basis. Oh yah, the beers are $4 so bring a friend;)
Again, Thai food is something I just haven't found to be too amazing in NY. $7.50 got me a decent amount of Pad Thai, a salad, and eggrolls. All mediocre. But better than anything else I've tried here so far.
Very Delicious... got a free appetizer cause i knew the waitress
PERKS!!
nice interior decor, only crappy part is that the front door is open, and smokers' smoke comes in, not very appetizing.
delicious... will write more when head clears of crap :)
I really want to like this place...I really do.
Whilst I was impressed by the chic design of the place with its fun "airport" theme, the staple Thai Fried Rice dish that I ordered was just extremely saddening. It was basically pepper rice, and my tongue could not for its live seek the natural flavours of the ingredients. My friends seemed to like their dishes more, but I'm not convinced. If they can't even make a good simple fried rice dish, I'm a bit concerned about the other dishes!
Oh well. Might give it another shot some day.
This has to be my favorite Thai place for lunch thus far
The Pad Thai is hands down my favorite between all the Thai restaurants in New York AND LA thus far (maybe equivelent to krung thai in San Jose).
The chive pancake is also great
Thai terminal is amazing. Ultra fast, super tasty pad thai. Nicest staff around, simple, nice, modern "jet set" decor. I've eaten here, picked up, and gotten delivery from here multiple times, and the experience and food is always fantastic!
Great atmosphere for a small group (4top) of friends, or a more casual, but still high quality date.
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Decidedly OK thai food. An interesting menu, but the dishes all fell short on having kick. It was pretty good looking inside, and the waiters let us hang out for a while before giving us the check. Not a bad option if you're in the area, but I wouldn't seek it out.
This place rocks! I love the curry puffs and the peanut dumplings are to die for. Great delivery service and great prices. My new fave thai place in east village!!
Not bad... not bad at all! Thanks to the NYC Yelpers, I decided to try Thai Terminal as my first NY Thai restaurant. I live in Brooklyn, and I took the L to 1st Ave. Super-convienient, like everything else in Manhattan.
Only problem is that I went at about 6pm on a Monday, and the place was empty. I was craving Thai so badly that I went on in anyways.
I ordered the Pad See Ew... same as always, and I wasn't disappointed at all. I tried it with squid (which you don't see often in CA) and it even had the Chinese broccoli with it. For that, major props.
It really is a small restaurant... they even have all the tables pressed against the walls so when you come in they pull the table away to make room. HA.
I think 4 stars is suitable... this place fulfills when you want a Thai fix.
Pad See Ew - $9. Thai Iced Tea - $3.
There are so many Thai places in the city. Why would I want to come here? The food, it's really good. Get the fried garlic chili calamari salad appetizer. It's so good! They give you a lot too. So far I've only had the drunken noodles but it was quite flavorful and tasty. The portions for the noodles could be bigger though. The thai Iced tea here is good as well. It comes in a very tall glass which is great. Most places give you a dinky cup. The decor is ultra modern. It feels like you're inside an airplane. It's very cozy and intimate. The service is friendly and quick too.
Perfect joint to add to your go-tos for the neighborhood. I live SUPER close, so this is always the spot that comes to mind for tasty thai food that for once is NOT overpriced. The decor is simple, the staff friendly and attentive, and most importantly the food tastes really fresh and good.
The stuff I always order over and over:
Drunken Noodle (ask for it spicy)
Massaman Curry Avocado (it has avocado in it!! amazing!! wish everyone made it with avocado)
And since you're saving so much on the food, go ahead and splurge with some house wine or Singha beers.
Also great for delivery!!
Long time user, first time reviewer. I felt compelled to review this place because I was so underwhelmed. It wasn't busy at all and though the appetizers were okay, the entrees were unimpressive. I had the chicken with tamarind and I feel like I can also boil a chicken breast and throw some sauce on it. The pad thai also wasn't anything to write home about. There are so many other options in the city, that I wouldn't bother going to this place.
I stumbled upon Thai Terminal one afternoon when I was walking home from yoga class and really wanted some good Thai food. Not mediocre Thai food, which the East Village has a lot of, but food that would actually make me say, "Wow. That was good." I Yelped Thai places on my phone and Thai Terminal popped up.
I've been back a couple times since, and though the aggressively hip decor and loud R & B music can be kind of a turn off, the food is definitely yummy and probably the best Thai food I've had in the neighborhood. I love their shrimp curry noodles. Any Thai place that serves this delicious dish is already a step above in my book, but the combination of the curry, coconut milk, spice, thin rice noodles, generous shrimp portions and perfectly cooked veggies in Thai Terminal's curry noodle soup make me sort of happy.
I was just there last night and showed up pretty late, but the wait staff were happy to serve us and did not rush us out at all, even though we showed up 45 minutes to closing. I also had their shrimp shumai, which was served with a basic spicy soy sauce and steamed to perfection, along with a spicy tofu and green beans dish. I am usually not a fan of fried tofu, because I've had it a lot at Chinese and Thai places and it's usually chewy and bland. But at Thai Terminal, the sauce they used on their fried tofu was really complex and interesting. Instead of being slimy and corn-starchy, it was a bit drier, but spread generously over the tofu and vegetables. It tasted fresh like real ingredients, not overly salty and oily. I do not know what the sauce was but it tasted like there was tamarind in it -- just sweet and spicy and good, and the green beans were left nice and crunchy. Bonus, the meal was very affordable. 3 beers, 1 appetizer and two entrees turned out to be less than $40.
I will definitely return to Thai Terminal. Good food, cheap prices, friendly service and a relaxed week night atmosphere all make this a very reliable East Village Thai spot.
A nice little thai place with a good size menu. Veggie/tofu options are $8, chicken/steak $9, and veggie duck or duck $10. I got the eggplant tofu and it was very good. I liked that I had the option to get brown rice or white. Naturally I got brown. People that worked there are nice. It looks cool on the inside, too. Beers are $4.
Thai Terminal has never disappointed me. Here's why:
Fast Serviece
Delivery and pick-up is always super speedy
Accurate Orders
and they don't mess up special requests
Tasty & Cheap
Veggies are always tender/crisp - never soggy!
$8 for an amazing lunch special? SOLD
There are so many Thai restaurants in the EVil, but this one is a standout. The menu is interesting and full of unique items. The Crispy Calamari salad has amazing flavor and the squid is huge!
You would think that they charge much more than they do for their dishes, but it is an extremely reasonably priced place.
This is my new favorite Thai.
This is place is dangerous since I just moved in upstairs. The food is great, and it's super inexpensive. Between this place by home and Boyd by work I just might eat Thai for every meal.
The restaurant itself is very small, but not cramped. Aesthetically it's very nice, basically all white and some mirrors that make it look bigger than it is. There is one waitress who is super into Thai food, she's Thai herself... I asked for pineapple in my Pad Thai last night and she very politely told me that she could put it in, if she wanted to, but she wasn't going to. She also told us which sauces go with which appetizers, but in a way that made it sound like we were not allowed to put duck sauce on a peanut dumpling. It was fun though, not overbearing or mean.
The food is great, everything is fresh except the limes. All the beers Heineken to Sapporo to Corona are four dollars. Try the Thai iced coffee!
Inexpensive and tasty. The triangle tofu app is only $4, comes with a pretty substantial heap of fried pieces and a sweet chili sauce - note, does not come with peanut sauce, that is a dollar extra, but the sweet chili adds a nice kick to the dish. Great pad thai entree for $8, and those together were enough for two dinners. It's a small space inside, so if you're close I'd recommend take-out.
One word: AMAZING!!! Definitely the best Thai food I ever ate.
Everything we ordered was out of this world.
The staff was very attentive and we did not wait long before our food was in front of us.
One thing you should know about this place is that it is TINY. To me it made it that much more charming...but to make sure you get a seat you should arrive early. I don't know if they take reservations or not.
They have take-out/delivery there too if you can't get a seat.
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