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    Dan A.

    I've been here a couple of times...the Moiliili location. i think that I've been to the Nuuanu and Manoa locales at least once. Food is good. Thai can be spicy but it isn't overwhelming. I had the Lemongrass Chicken special. Sauce wasn't too fishy and vermicelli was not too dry. Chicken was ok. Portion size was a bit wanting but not skimpy. Had a curry dish previously...though don't recall too much other than it was a good meal. Parking available to strip mall patrons that include Rabbit Rabbit Tea, Glazers Coffee, and a US Post Office branch.

    Brown rice
    Debra N.

    If you're looking for delicious food on New Year's Day, this is the only Bangkok Chef open. Manoa, Nuuanu, and Nimitz are closed. I was looking for savory food with noodles, but not Chinese. And, this is my first time here. They close at 8:00 p.m. I ordered customized ginger fish with green beans ala carte Panang Curry with fish, added broccoli ala carte Pad Thai noodles with Shrimp Spring rolls Order of brown rice (w/red rice) Green beans and broccoli are half cooked and adds slight crunchiness to ginger fish and Panang Curry. I love the nuttiness, mild to medium spicy hot of the Panang Curry over rice, and a comfort food for me. The ginger fish has a sweet, slight hint of fish sauce balanced with slight saltiness. But the all time Pad Thai has its own flavors with peanuts sprinkle over shrimp, tofu, egg, basil, bean sprouts mixed with thick rice noodles. I'm sure a wonderful sauce they add to this really makes a difference, but I'm absolutely in heaven. Now before anyone even start on the savory dishes, I forgot about the spring rolls and pretty much know where to get them and dipped in the their sweet chili sauce! As an appetizer, it's gone! Our brown rice have red rice mixed in and the best for heath reasons! They are COVID19 compliant no matter what. People are friendly...medium priced. Ciao!

    6. Panang Curry 20. Pad Ki Mao
    Sinae J.

    Food was pretty decent! We ordered Uber delievery and the service was very prompt. Panang curry was very good, the portions are huge too. I would recommend the curry but maybe not Pad Ki Mao- it was alright -not paritcularly amazing. Imo it's decently priced as well.

    House special: mango with sticky rice $5
    Amy Y.

    My friends and I came here for a meeting and dinner. Not busy on a weekday. Got seated and food came out pretty quick. I ordered the soup...refer to pictures. The soup came out in a very nice and fancy bowl. Did not come with rice or anything unless you want add on. Soup was really salty. Had some seafood and veggies. It tasted milky I think. A bit overpriced for a small bowl of soup. Tried the summer rolls also. Like any other Vietnamese place with summer rolls. No complaints. What I really enjoyed the most was the mango sticky rice ice cream. That dessert was heaven. Mango ice cream was soft and not too sweet. It was creamy and didn't melt so fast as I thought it would. Chewy sticky rice and ice cream together gives the perfect taste. I would come back for the dessert. Don't think it would be as good doing a takeout for it.

    green curry, fish patties, pad thai, spring rolls, tom kha, thai pho

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    Got the pad ki mao. Very good. Chicken is a bit dry but overall good flavor. I would recommend getting tofu

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    Bangkok Chef always has great and friendly service when we stop in for lunch and it never disappoints.

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    The food quantity and taste is what keeps us coming back to Bangkok Chef. We really enjoy the food here.

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    Olay's! Conveniently located in the heart of Chinatown. Honestly, I wish they had a more healthier…read moreand safe location like somewhere with no shishi smell, like outside of Chinatown or something lol but oh well. It is what it is. Their restaurant is so cool tho. Upon walking in, you sign in if needed, wait to be seated. As you walk in, there's a pretty decor, I would say photo opp, but there's a table and stuff blocking. They should clear that area, so people can take pictures with it lol but when you get seated, you walk through, and they take you to the back for outdoor seating. There is no indoor seating. They have the commercial tents, and pretty outdoor decor out there too, like lights and stuff. And there's a koi pond. Bathroom is back there. The only sucky part is if it was to rain hard or have strong winds, I wonder how they deal with that. But make sure you go when it's nice weather. It's BYOB!! They have a good amount of seating too. Our go to for Olay's is the Lao style papaya salad. We eat it with chicharon, and I think they have option to order a side chicharon, but we were prepared and went store before heading over to buy bag chicharon and they allowed it for us instead of spending the same amount for a handful, you get more when you BYOBC - bring your own bag chicharon lol I just made that up. If it's BYOB, I'm sure they'll allow it. We eat that with sticky rice. Omg so bomb. I like to get the stuffed chicken wings, we ordered the calamari. Was good. We got yellow chicken curry. The wife wanted to try the beef jerky, she likes it. We take the sticky rice and roll it in to a ball, and dip it in the bagooong papaya salad sauce and even the curry. Eat it with the papaya salad and stuffed chicken!! Omg so good! One thing I forgot to mention, they are located in the heart of Chinatown, on hotel street, so you gotta find parking. Street parking or pay for public parking. Would we come here again, definitely! 10/10 recommend. Check out Olay's for your Lao food fix!

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    Came in craving Thai food and it absolutely hit the spot…read more The beef pad krapow was so flavorful -- perfectly seasoned with that bold, savory-spicy kick and fragrant basil. The beef was tender, and the heat level was just right (spicy but still balanced). So good over rice. The chicken panang curry was rich, creamy, and comforting. The curry sauce had that slightly sweet, nutty depth with just the right amount of spice. The chicken was tender, and the sauce was honestly spoon-worthy. We also ordered the summer rolls, which were fresh and light -- packed with crisp veggies and herbs. Dipped in peanut sauce, they were the perfect refreshing starter before the richer dishes. And Peter was a great waiter -- friendly, attentive, and made sure we had everything we needed without hovering. Service definitely elevated the experience. Everything tasted fresh and well-executed. Great flavors, generous portions, and super satisfying overall. Definitely a place I'd come back to when I'm craving solid Thai comfort food.

    This place was recommended to me, so when I was craving Thai and needed to carbo-load for a race,…read moreit was a no brainer. It was time to give Pattaya a try. This, however, will probably be my first and last visit. The place is cute enough, with a large back garden area where I chose to dine. Service was also great. I appreciate the little button at the table that I could click for service. The food, however, was mediocre at best. My friend and I ordered the pad Thai with tofu, ginger chicken, chicken satay, and pork larb. The pad Thai was the best dish, but it was very tomatoey, which I did not expect. The chicken with ginger had very little chicken. It was mostly julienned vegetables, including celery which I do not care for. The chicken satay was kinda dry and most certainly needed the peanut sauce to make it palatable. The larb was very dry with very bland flavor, served on one lettuce leaf and a wedge of cabbage. How am I supposed to eat that? All of it was quite disappointing, especially for the price point. As I was eating this meal I remembered the Thai food truck at the end of Ward, where Fisherman's Pier used to be. Now THAT was some good Thai food. I guess that was the best thing about this meal-remembering where I could get really good Thai food-so that the next time I'm having a craving, I can go back over there...I hope it's still there.

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    Thai Issan Cuisine - Dinner@Thai Issan Cuisine; 11/4/2023.Beef Broccoli, we shared R Entrées 4 Dinner. Hana hou, Leftovers again for David Lunch tomorrow @work.

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    Thai Issan Cuisine - All da times we've eaten here, I always thought that da Spring Rolls were these? A'ole,I was ordering da Vegatarian Rolls, which R good 2.

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    Bangkok Chef - Spring rolls :)...!!! Good to try once :)...!!!

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    Needed something quick to grab some we ended up here. There is parking in the front but make sure…read moreyou pull your car up all tje way because cars exit right behind your car and you dont wanna block the exit. Spring rolls- good and paired nicely with lettuce and mint. Green curry with chicken- wish i got it more spicy than medium. Chicken was tender and I enjoyed all the vegetables in there too. Pad see ew with beef - decent but not the best i had. Beef is pretty thin slices and id say most were tender. Broccoli was perfectly cooked. Definitely coming back for a quick tasty meal.

    Late night dinner…read more.. After a long day at work I was thoughtfully given tickets to a craft fair which I absolutely love and was thinking of going though between parking and entry can be costly but thank you to Crystal R for the thoughtfulness as that made a huge difference and gosh really enjoyed my night for sure. After much retail therapy for myself we were hungry and it was pretty late for a spot to find that's not closed and not fast food and remembered Nu'uanu Shopping Plaza nearby but mores Bangkok Chef was just around the corner. Since it was just about half hour to closing there was plenty of parking that right in front of the restaurant that's usually filled it couldn't be any easier as this wide open concept is unique but just love the thought of a nice hot meal. I got the Pad Ki Mao which say "medium spicy" but love that it comes with bean sprouts, and fresh basil and how it came pipping hot and how wonderful it was...lots of seating inside along with lots of colorful art as the Moili'ili location is closed it's nice to have other locations to settle my cravings along with a nice hot meal. Thank you!

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    *3.5* due to protein quantity…read more Came here on the weekend shortly after opening, Not too busy. Service was friendly and fast. Had to order the special - appetizer which was more like a main dish size surprisingly - crispy fried rice salad. Sooo good. Crispy rice with a hint of citrus acidity mixed in at the end. Could do with more lime on top as well. crunchy texture pairs well. Also tried the evil jungle curry - with chicken - curry sauce was good with coconut milk packed in. not spicy at medium, would consider thai hot next time. very small quantity of chicken, but had other veggies in there. Would like to see more appropriate protein amount in dish. Lastly tried the pad kee mao - at first sight - the noodle seems more pale and bright then what I was expecting. However, the flavor was still there despite the color. Ordered with the shrimp - had maybe 4 pieces. Again should have more in quantity. Noodle texture was just right and bouncy and chewy.

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    If I had to have one taste in my mouth for the rest of my life, I would choose the taste of the…read morebroth of #11, Thai Ginger Soup (Tom Kha). I don't think I need to say anymore.... ....but I will. The restaurant, for being hidden, was HOPPING. Every table was full and people waiting. I had a glass of Cabernet, it was actually good. My husband got the drunken noodles, 10 out of 10.

    Be careful about double tipping here. When it was time to pay, the waitress entered a total that…read morewas higher than what was actually on our receipt, then turned the screen toward us with tip options. We caught it right away and asked about it, and she said she had already included a tip in the total, without ever asking us. We never told her how much we wanted to tip, so it felt pretty shady that she just added one on her own and then still gave us the option to tip again. If we hadn't been paying attention and just tapped a tip option, we would've ended up overpaying. What's weird is that we had eaten here just a couple days earlier and everything was normal. The total matched, and we tipped on our own. No one added anything extra without asking. If this had been our first time, we probably would've assumed gratuity was automatically included and not thought twice about it. When we brought that up, the waitress suddenly acted like she didn't understand us, even though she had been communicating perfectly fine before. She walked away and got another staff member, who told us tipping is optional and then in a rude tone, asked, "So what do you want to do?" We still tipped in the end because we know service jobs aren't easy, but the whole situation just felt icky. Like how could you try to scam your own customers? Definitely left a bad impression, and it looks like others have had similar experiences if you look at the 1& 2 stars reviews. Makes me wonder how many people this has happened to without knowing.

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