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    78 Thai Kitchen

    4.3 (161 reviews)
    ModerateThai, Soup, Noodles
    Closed • 11:00 am - 8:30 pm
    Updated 3 weeks ago

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    Maggie O.

    I came here after seeing they had a $16.95 lunch special as well as mango sticky rice ice cream made in house! I got the Chicken Pad Thai for the lunch special, that came with a drink (I upgraded to green milk tea for +$3) and egg rolls + salad. It was such a great deal for the amount of food! Ice cream was also amazing and I would definitely order it again. Service was great and they checked in often. Will be coming back when I'm in the area!

    Sara C.

    Solid! Loved the Penang curry with fried tofu. Pad kra pao was also delicious. Hubby loved his tom yum soup. Service is very friendly and decor is cute!

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    Shauna W.

    UPDATE : we have been back 4 times ( wife is addicted ) and each time is so good . We got to try the lunch special today, it's such a great deal. See you guys again soon

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    Daisy L.

    This is the BEST Thai restaurant in Carlsbad. The food, THE FLAVOR. They are not stingy with their portions, and the Thai tea is amazing!! I get the pad Thai with shrimp, and 3 flavor duck as my daily rotation here and will occasionally try other things. The restaurant is on the smaller side but VERY cozy. The service is great as well. If you do a pickup order, it's normally 20 mins but worth it every single time. I wanted to gatekeep this place but it was so good not to share. It's located in a plaza which is nice because there's always parking.

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    Andrea F.

    WOW! This is genuinely some of the best food and desserts I have ever had!! The service was amazing, so friendly, makes you want to come back just to chat! The amazing owner, Danny, made us feel like family. Everything was a 10/10, the Pad Thai, Drunken Noodles, Curry, Papaya Salad, and especially the homemade Mango Sticky Rice Ice Cream. Portions were big and so worth the price! The ice cream was so good we had to get a second one to go. The restaurant was very clean and so cutely decorated. Will come back again regularly!

    Claudia P.

    Wow!!! This new place is Fantastic! Best pad Thai ever!!!! We had curry too and we loved it. The place was so decorated so cute and so clean. Customer service was 5 start!! A must try

    Addy W.

    I was in the area and had wanted to check this place out. I opted for the lunch special which consisted of an entree of choice, salad, egg roll, and drink. The service was decent. The food was just ok. I couldn't have the salad as it was topped with some dairy based dressing which caught me off guard as I've never seen that as a Thai spot. I had the cashew shrimp, and ordered med-hot and it was pretty mild, plus the flavors were lacking. My Thai tea was good though. Overall, decent place just not sure I'd be back.

    Judy N.

    Came to this restaurant on the whim and boy did we not regret it!! My friends, husband, daughter, and I didnt have to wait long and was seated at the table within a few minutes. The server was super friendly and attentive throughout our whole dinner! We ordered the following: - Potstickers (I was inquiring if the free appetizer + soda was applicable for dinner and the server said no, but the potstickers are free for dinner as a special.. I believe that was how it went bc I couldnt hear as well) - It was so good! The crunch before getting to the juicy filling inside was so satisfying. We genuinely loved this dish + the dipping sauce it came with. - Som Tom - I love how it wasnt coated in a bunch of sauce and the papaya was extra crunchy!! We got the thai spice and our tongues were burning but it was soo good. The only suggestion we have is that we wouldve liked the papaya to be a bit more pickled to get more of a juicy sour taste! - Salmon Curry - This was on the special menu and my friend ordered it for his meal. The salmon is deliciously crunchy when you first bite into it, and with the curry sauce, coconut milk was definitely heavy HOWEVER it balanced the salmon's taste & the curry so together it went very well together (This is from me as someone who doesn't really eat cooked salmon). He recommends it - Drunken Noodle - Eeep my husband and I shared this noodle dish and wow! It was so good. I love it so much - Eggplant dish - We also got this to share and its my FAVORITE version from any restaurant at this moment. The eggplant was cooked long + so soft with the sauce. The tofu as our protein was so yummy too!! It wasnt overall heavy on the sauce so I didnt feel like I was just eating oil! - New York Steak Garlic Fried Rice - Mkay this is our fave fave dish from the whole restaurant. The fried rice was so fluffy and the steak WITH the dipping sauce - wow dangerous combination bc it was so GOOD!! - Pad see you - My other friend got this dish and its overall really good. She ordered the CRISPY CHICKEN as the protein and wow!! ITS SO CRISPY. the crunch was heard. - Green Thai Tea (w/ coconut milk) - It was good however it definitely had a bitter aftertaste of tea.. It was mixed reviews from us because half of us liked the taste and the other half we preferred our thai tea really sweet. So this drink is definitely dependent on how bitter or sweet you like your thai tea. Overall the dishes we ordered to share was very tasty. Wish we had a recording of all the times we took our first bites and we were all like "wow." "YUM" We highly recommend this place and am going to keep coming back!!

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    28 days ago

    food is authentic! great ambiance and service. Would recommend 100%. beef pad thai and chicken larb were delicious!

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    Love this place so much. Service is excellent, prices are quite reasonable, the food is delicious. We're regulars now!

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    First time dining here. Had wonton soup, crying tiger. Singha on draft. Thai iced tea. Great service, food and casual ambience. Nice folks.

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    Yummy food.....its all good the steak was perfectly cooked we tried 3 different items of steak

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    Harumama Ramen + Sushi - Carlsbad

    Harumama Ramen + Sushi - Carlsbad

    4.0(1.6k reviews)
    1.8 mi
    •$$

    We came in for a late dinner while in the area. I've had it bookmarked for a while so it was…read moreserendipitous that we happened to be in Vista for a birthday party just around the corner. The restaurant is small, cozy, welcoming and aesthetically pleasing. It isn't well suited for larger parties as most tables are tables for 2 unless tables are pushed together. They do have patio seating and heaters outside, but it didn't appeal to me being so close to the street/loud traffic. Gabriel checked us in, seated us, took our order, served our food and waited on us for majority of our visit, I would give him 10 stars just on his impeccable service. The food though? The food was AMAZING!! Everything we ordered was the best we have ever had anywhere. The buns were very kawaii (and we ordered ever single one to try). The fillings were savory, but we also loved their seasonal panda bun with ube filling while the kids preferred the nutella bunny. Best chicken karaage we've had by far, the coating almost tasted like it was rolled in kinako powder. The ramen broth was "chef's kiss" with so much flavors, the crab rangoon were jumbo and the filling was delicious, but the chicken katsu was also the best we have had anywhere (including Hawaii). The breading was just top tier crunchy while the chicken was thick and juicy. There isn't one bad thing I could say about this place, from the service to the food, I would make the drive out here again. Super duper, highly recommend, don't sleep on this little place, you'll regret it!

    Okay, I found out Harumama Ramen + Sushi was in my neighborhood so I had to check it out. I wanted…read moreto see if it's the same as another one I've been to about 20 minutes away. Since I'm a lover of information, I looked up "Harumama". It's a combination of two words: the Korean word haru, which means "day," and "mama". Together, it translates to "mom's daily food". The name reflects the restaurant's mission to serve dishes prepared with the same love, care, and attention that a mother gives to her family's everyday meals. How lovely is that?! Anyhow, I was able to find street parking and walked into a clean dining space with a nice atmosphere. It wasn't too busy. Again, the staff was very attentive and provided stellar service. My food came out pretty fast. I loooved how my Drunken Noodles had the right amount of chicken and peanuts. Overall, another fun flavorful time. I'm still a Harumama fan. I can't wait to try more dishes. I highly recommend this location to the Yelp Community!!

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    Tabu Shabu - Carlsbad - Scottish Salmon and Angus Rib Eye

    Tabu Shabu - Carlsbad

    4.5(435 reviews)
    5.5 mi
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    I wholeheartedly agree with a lot of the yelpers on here. I got to take the team out for a great…read morelunch here today. It was absolutely amazing. For $25 you get a starter (think edamame, marinated cucumbers, dumplings, etc.), a choice of Chicken, Pork or Beef, and a soft drink. It also includes all the dipping sauces, broth, rice and vegetables. Everyone loved that you could customize it to their own liking and it was just a fun experience cooking together with everyone. Definitely will come back and it was an awesome value at only $25 a person.

    I want to start by saying that I very much enjoyed eating at Tabu Shabu. It's very fair to state…read morethat my three star experience is mostly my own doing more so than the restaurant itself. Our server was fantastic, the setup clean, and the menu was fairly easy to navigate. Where it fell apart for me all came after that. This is not my style of cooking. So many places I've been to, where you cook your own food on a grill or hot plate at your table, you're mainly dealing with thin cuts of meat, salt and pepper, and possibly a dipping sauce. This makes the cooking simple, a quick sear, a light crust on the beef or pork, and the finished product is basic and delicious. Shabu, though ... it's boiled meat. That's not to say that Tabu Shabu isn't good, but unless you're really adept at making soups, it's easy to be completely out of your element. And I can safely say I was a bit over my head at this restaurant. You start with your broth, where I am ashamed to admit that instead of opting for the Tonkostu with its deep and rich fatty flavor, I chose the basic umami of the White Miso. Because of that, I spent most of my meal mistakenly chasing flavors I would normally find in a Ramen Shop. They give you a plate of chopped herbs to add and some basic instructions ... I like garlic, so I added the whole thing, radish sound alright, so add in the whole ball, what was the last thing I put in? They give you a few squeeze bottles of oils with paper labels ... this one makes it more sour, this one makes it more spicy, this one has sesame, and I'm too timid to add enough of any to truly add to the flavor of the broth, so it just keeps that basic umami flavor without being as salty as it should be. Then you have a plate of vegetables to steep in your creation. Cabbage, broccoli, spinach, bok choy, tofu ... all of it serves as a way of soaking up that broth you've made. Other options, like the carrots, mushrooms, and squash, become sweet and tender after taking their turns in the pot. And they're nice as they offer a different flavor other than that umami. And then there's the meat. A wide variety of options ranging from salmon, to chicken, to pork, all the way down to multiple versions of beef. But, all of the meats we ordered seem to differ only in texture after spending some time in that broth. Some fell apart on the tongue, some still had a nice chew, but all shared that umami from the pot, with an aftertaste of beefy flavor before swallowing. After a few initial pieces, I found myself thankful for the dipping sauces to distract me from how boring I had made my broth to be. You also get a choice of rice, which I don't think you really need. You get a choice of noodles, which they give you a good amount where it doesn't fill you up with carbs. And anything left over is readily bagged up to eat at home after the flavors mix together and mature. In the end, it's a very filling and fairly healthy meal. I think it's difficult to not compare this to eating a bowl of Pho or Ramen. All the ingredients are there, just instead of eating it with a spoon, you pull out the individual bits with some chop sticks and pretend you're not eating boiled beef and spinach. If I were a better cook, or had another ten visits worth of practice, Tabu Shabu could easily be 4-5 stars. As it is, though, I think I would rather just go to GONZO and get another chef's creation to be sure of the flavors I want. Regardless, I want to come back here and try again one day. The variety of options and the wait staff alone are enough for me to learn more and expand my Shabu options, as well as recommend this place to others.

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    Pho Truc Xanh - Beef Rib Pho

    Pho Truc Xanh

    4.6(1.9k reviews)
    6.2 mi
    •$$

    Best Pho in north county! We eat here at least 2-3 times a month. Trina, Tina, and Cindy are the…read morebest. Service is impeccable, they always make you feel at home. Everything is delicious. My goto is B10, but I will also order the Rare Steak Pho when I'm feeling under the weather.

    We were in the Vista area and had lunch at this Vietnamese restaurant. It met all the check boxes…read moreas far as the location where we needed to be and it had plenty of positive reviews. It's a good size dining room with many tables and a few booths. The service was very friendly. It looked like a small family owned business. We arrived early during lunch on a Sunday and was one of the only groups there. But it did fill up pretty quickly after that! We started off with appetizers and probably ordered a little too much. The seasoned cucumbers looked interesting so we got an order of those. It ended up being big chunks of cucumbers in a soy sauce marinade. It was just alright and not super tasty or anything. I have to admit, I have made more flavorful cucumbers at home. Perhaps it was the type of cucumber which was not my favorite. They used regular American cucumbers instead of English or Persian cucumbers, which I prefer. We also ordered the fish sauce fried chicken wings. They were decent but nothing to write home about. We also had a couple orders of eggrolls. Of the three appetizers, this one was the tastiest. The one thing I wish they provided with the egg rolls is lettuce and herbs to wrap the egg rolls with. Instead, there was a little side of pickled cabbage and carrots. For our main entrées, we ordered bun bo hue. It was pretty good and I finished most of it. It came with your basic items and not a lot of meat. There was no pork hock or anything like that. Tendon was probably the most different type of meat in there. We also had the combination fried rice, vermicelli noodles and grilled pork, and broken rice with grilled pork with a fried egg. Sure, I'd return if I was in the area again and craving Vietnamese food.

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