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This restaurant is a hidden gem in Bloomfield! The staff is very friendly and it's a nice cozy restaurant. For the food we ordered a few things for the table: Curry Puffs, Chicken Satay, and Calamari. Curry Puffs - omg, the puff pastry?? SO DELICIOUS. Melt in your mouth quality and the inside is a mixture of potato and onions with curry powder. I would come back just to order these again. TIP: the puffs are good on their own but it's a different taste when you dip it in the cucumber sauce. Try it both ways! Chicken Satay - a good staple Thai dish. Almost always get this when we go here. Calamari - loved this dish! The calamari was very fresh and dipped in the sweet and spicy sauce - match made in heaven. I also really liked that the calamari did not have too much breading. For my entree, I ordered the Guay Tiew Kee Mao (Drunken Noodle). This dish has so much flavor and seasoning in it! It is on the spicy side (so pairs well with thai iced tea) but the noodles are always really fresh and the seasoning is always on point. Not Pictured: Thai Iced Tea and Sticky Rice with Peaches. Thai Iced Tea was nice and sweet (also did not taste powdery at all, so you can tell it's freshly made). For dessert I got the sticky rice with peaches (since mango was out of season). I wish I remembered to take a picture but I ate it too fast LOL. As far as this dessert goes, I haven't found any other local spots that make it as good as here! It's also definitely authentic as I've had this dish in Thailand too. Overall, I really love this place. I haven't had a dish here I didn't like and will be back to try more.
Sunday afternoon dinner with the family at one of our favorite Thai restaurant in the area small quaint little restaurant with great service and great food . We look forward to our next visit to enjoy great service and great food.
I experience good customer service during my visit to Brookside Thai Restaurant. Curious about Vegan options (largely due to so many Vegetarian options), I find the menu full of Vegan/Veganizable options! I order the Pad Med Ma-Moung, Spring Rolls, and Chive Slices. Every bite of every portion of the meal is so good, so tasty! The appetizers are enough reason to visit the eatery; the Chive Slices are crunchy and sweet, tastier to me without the sauce; the Spring Rolls taste as equally good with or without the accompanying sauce largely due to the Black Pepper. The Pad Med Ma-Moung is good all around though the sauce heavily complements every ingredient. Even so, the overall meal is very filling, find no surprise if you have leftovers. The interior is nice, quaint, and the environment during my visit is very friendly.
I was super excited to eat my crispy duck that cost me an arm and a leg but I said it must be good . Well my $26 duck came with 4 small pieces and tons of leaves . So at this point I'm wondering if I got charged $26 for leaves because my bowl is full of it. I was going to split this with my boyfriend and he won't even taste it bc he said it's not enough and he wants me to eat something. I don't usually write bad reviews but this was not nice . Charging people for a full meal and deliver 4 small pieces . Shame on you . Won't be buying from them ever again. I had duck in montclair at Kai pang and even had enough to take home smfh .
Pad Thai had no peanuts. No lime. No chili flakes. No Thai spice at all. Just boiled chicken on overcooked noodles with some sugar. Tom kha is curdling. I'm afraid to eat it. Probably spoiled cream. Save your money. These ppl are disgusting.
Ordered from this place tonight and it was horrific! Ordered an appetizer and entree, my sister had to convince me to eat it as I was tempted to chuck the whole thing in the garbage. Whole fish was 2 dried pieces of, jasmine rice that I can prepare better. The only edible thing was the sauce for the fish. The people at the restaurant could care less, wanted to know if I wanted to pay market price for the whole fish? I could. Or you can state that on your menu instead of charging 20.00 for pure trash. Just be transparent ma'am. I would never, ever patronize this place nor recommend it. Garbage!
This is the best Thai restaurant I've been to. I have only dined here once, so perhaps my 5 star review is a bit hasty, but the food was amazing, so there it is. I tried: Fried Calamari Appetizer: Very good and not heavily fried. Me Krob: very good, sweet & sour crispy noodle w/ shrimp in tamarind sauce. Spring roll apps: Very good Andaman Seafood: Combination of shrimp, calamari, scallops, & salmon w/ clear vermicelli, ginger, mushrooms & mixed vegetables in oyster sauce & chef's special sauce.The broth was amazing, the seafood was tender and perfectly cooked, and there was a good broth to seafood to rice noodle ratio in this dish. Also a nice amount of spice in the broth. Fried banana a la mode: great desert that meets your fruit requirement for the day as well (haha, not really). This can be shared with one or two others. Love BYOB, good prices, and the service was outstanding. I was with a large group and good service can be hard to find under these circumstances, but our waiters were great and I appreciated their recommendation when I was deciding between two dishes.
2 years ago
I was in the area looking for places to eat. Came across this Thai place since Thai food sounded good in the moment. My friend is not too familiar with Thai food so for appetizer I got us the... The Combo Platter Assorted appetizers platter :Chicken Satay, Spring Roll, Curry Puff, Fried Calamari, Shrimp Tempura, and Mini Salad Everything was really delicious. It took a while to get but well worth the wait. I also ordered her the Tom Ka which she really enjoyed. That's one of my favorite soups! I also ordered us... Guay Tiew Kee Mao (Drunken Noodle) Stir fried flat rice noodle with onion, bell pepper, and fresh basil in fresh garlic chili and basil sauce That is also one of my favorite dishes. It was nice and wet, I always get disappointed when I get this dish with dry noodles. It was also nice and hot when served. I wish it was a little bit more spicy but my friend found the heat perfect. Very nice staff as well. I definitely recommend this place. read more
9 months ago
Brookside Thai restaurant is my go to Thai Restaurant in Bloomfield, New Jersey. The food is excellent, and the service is warm and welcoming. The ambience of the restaurant it's quiet and mellow. I definitely recommend this restaurant if you're looking for a quiet and enjoyable date night. Enjoy! read more
3 years ago
This restaurant is a hidden gem in Bloomfield! The staff is very friendly and it's a nice cozy restaurant. For the food we ordered a few things for the table: Curry Puffs, Chicken Satay, and Calamari. Curry Puffs - omg, the puff pastry?? SO DELICIOUS. Melt in your mouth quality and the inside is a mixture of potato and onions with curry powder. I would come back just to order these again. TIP: the puffs are good on their own but it's a different taste when you dip it in the cucumber sauce. Try it both ways! Chicken Satay - a good staple Thai dish. Almost always get this when we go here. Calamari - loved this dish! The calamari was very fresh and dipped in the sweet and spicy sauce - match made in heaven. I also really liked that the calamari did not have too much breading. For my entree, I ordered the Guay Tiew Kee Mao (Drunken Noodle). This dish has so much flavor and seasoning in it! It is on the spicy side (so pairs well with thai iced tea) but the noodles are always really fresh and the seasoning is always on point. Not Pictured: Thai Iced Tea and Sticky Rice with Peaches. Thai Iced Tea was nice and sweet (also did not taste powdery at all, so you can tell it's freshly made). For dessert I got the sticky rice with peaches (since mango was out of season). I wish I remembered to take a picture but I ate it too fast LOL. As far as this dessert goes, I haven't found any other local spots that make it as good as here! It's also definitely authentic as I've had this dish in Thailand too. Overall, I really love this place. I haven't had a dish here I didn't like and will be back to try more. read more
3 years ago
Sunday afternoon dinner with the family at one of our favorite Thai restaurant in the area small quaint little restaurant with great service and great food . We look forward to our next visit to enjoy great service and great food. read more
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Food very good, place is very nice, staff is good service. Yummy. I bring all my family there twice this month. read more
I experience good customer service during my visit to Brookside Thai Restaurant. Curious about Vegan options (largely due to so many Vegetarian options), I find the menu full of Vegan/Veganizable options! I order the Pad Med Ma-Moung, Spring Rolls, and Chive Slices. Every bite of every portion of the meal is so good, so tasty! The appetizers are enough reason to visit the eatery; the Chive Slices are crunchy and sweet, tastier to me without the sauce; the Spring Rolls taste as equally good with or without the accompanying sauce largely due to the Black Pepper. The Pad Med Ma-Moung is good all around though the sauce heavily complements every ingredient. Even so, the overall meal is very filling, find no surprise if you have leftovers. The interior is nice, quaint, and the environment during my visit is very friendly. read more
5 years ago
I was super excited to eat my crispy duck that cost me an arm and a leg but I said it must be good . Well my $26 duck came with 4 small pieces and tons of leaves . So at this point I'm wondering if I got charged $26 for leaves because my bowl is full of it. I was going to split this with my boyfriend and he won't even taste it bc he said it's not enough and he wants me to eat something. I don't usually write bad reviews but this was not nice . Charging people for a full meal and deliver 4 small pieces . Shame on you . Won't be buying from them ever again. I had duck in montclair at Kai pang and even had enough to take home smfh . read more
6 years ago
Pad Thai had no peanuts. No lime. No chili flakes. No Thai spice at all. Just boiled chicken on overcooked noodles with some sugar. Tom kha is curdling. I'm afraid to eat it. Probably spoiled cream. Save your money. These ppl are disgusting. read more
2 years ago
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5 years ago
Ordered from this place tonight and it was horrific! Ordered an appetizer and entree, my sister had to convince me to eat it as I was tempted to chuck the whole thing in the garbage. Whole fish was 2 dried pieces of, jasmine rice that I can prepare better. The only edible thing was the sauce for the fish. The people at the restaurant could care less, wanted to know if I wanted to pay market price for the whole fish? I could. Or you can state that on your menu instead of charging 20.00 for pure trash. Just be transparent ma'am. I would never, ever patronize this place nor recommend it. Garbage! read more
2 years ago
This is the best Thai restaurant I've been to. I have only dined here once, so perhaps my 5 star review is a bit hasty, but the food was amazing, so there it is. I tried: Fried Calamari Appetizer: Very good and not heavily fried. Me Krob: very good, sweet & sour crispy noodle w/ shrimp in tamarind sauce. Spring roll apps: Very good Andaman Seafood: Combination of shrimp, calamari, scallops, & salmon w/ clear vermicelli, ginger, mushrooms & mixed vegetables in oyster sauce & chef's special sauce.The broth was amazing, the seafood was tender and perfectly cooked, and there was a good broth to seafood to rice noodle ratio in this dish. Also a nice amount of spice in the broth. Fried banana a la mode: great desert that meets your fruit requirement for the day as well (haha, not really). This can be shared with one or two others. Love BYOB, good prices, and the service was outstanding. I was with a large group and good service can be hard to find under these circumstances, but our waiters were great and I appreciated their recommendation when I was deciding between two dishes. read more
3 years ago
I dismissed this place years ago thinking they were too heavy handed with the sugar in virtually all their offerings. Today I was surprised to find the best duck salad I can remember. The portion was large and a great balance of sour/fish sauce / sweet and spicy. The special peanut chicken curry was also big and quite spicy, even for me. The chicken was a bit dry and would have been better with shrimp. I'm glad I rediscovered this place. It was surprisingly better than in years past. read more
Came here for a quick lunch a while back. I ordered the yellow curry with chicken and a Pad Cee Ew. I requested both to be mild. I also asked if they had brown rice but they only had white rice which I said was fine. The Pad Cee Ew was really good. I love Pad Cee Ew and theirs was delicious, flavorful, and well seasoned. I couldn't stop eating it. My issue was with the yellow curry. I had asked for my food to be mild and it was definitely not mild. I realize that Thai food tends to be on the spicier side and would understand if it had a little punch to it. However this was far from mild and was so spicy that I had trouble eating it. When the waitress finally got around to checking on me, I asked her if they could make it milder. I generally hate sending food back but the curry was basically inedible because I found it so spicy. I'm not a fan of spicy food but I can handle some heat and this was nowhere near mild or even "medium." When she brought it back, it was still on the spicy side but they had added coconut milk to it (and I believe that was the only change) so I was at least able to eat it. I've been to Thai restaurants were the food has a little heat despite asking for it to be mild but this was way overboard. Again, I only went here once and it may have just been a fluke but I thought it was ridiculous that it was so spicy I couldn't even eat it despite my spice tolerance being pretty good. If I'm in the area, I would probably go back for the Pad Cee Ew. It would also be nice if they had brown rice but that's just a personal preference. read more
5 years ago
The food was really good. We usually order the pad Thai whenever we eat Thai food , but this time we incorporated a new dish on our table. It was also amazingly great! The food in general, tasted awesome. We will come back if we are ever craving Thai food around Bloomfield . The restaurant is small and not crowded which is a great thing. Also , it is street parking ! read more
FANTASTIC!! My overall experience was simply that, fantastic. The wait staff, the ambiance, and the food was great. I went for dinner one night with a friend on a weekday and was surprised to see the amount of people inside. We both ordered a appetizer, spring rolls. Very fresh. Steaming when you bit into it and the sauce had a good spice to it. I decided to go with a mild spice pad Thai. It had such bold flavors and the spice wasn't over powering. She had some sort of flat noodle dish, I can't remember the name, but she loved it. The wait staff didn't kick us out since we were so focused with our conversation. I have been back once more for a pick up order. I will definitely be back. 2 thumbs up! read more
3 years ago
Straight to the point. The restaurant is great, very comfy, very homey. It's like im eating at my own dining room table. The service was great and the space heaters are very original. 5/5 from the both of us. Not highly priced which is even better read more
6 years ago
Our go-to Thai place. Love so many of the curries, especially the panang and the green. Will often get their vegetarian options. Prices for those everyday curries are very reasonable. Have also had amazing specials here, including some featuring fish or shrimp, others featuring veggies such as pumpkin. Priced a little more, but not outrageous. BYOB. The salads are too spicy for us, but we like many of their apps such as potato puffs, kingfisher patties, chicken satays. And if you like Pad Thai, theirs is nice. One of our Bloomfield restaurant favorites. read more
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I understand it may be hard to satisfy my thai cravings in smallttown usa, but I feel like I'm in the twilight zone when reading other reviews of this place. I had a serious craving for yellow curry. It was not satisfied here. I ordered, beef satay, a tofu salad and shrimp yellow curry. the beef satay had a funky, "bout to be bad" taste to it, but me and my daughter scarfed it down because we were hungry. The salad was subpar, but the peanut sauce was the highlight. Now, that horrible, yellow curry. FIrst off it was brown, not a hint of yellow to it. It was greasy and tasted like a ball of grease. I had to leave before the entree arrived so I got mine to go. I saved it and took it back for a refund the next day. That's how bad it was. And because my craving was not fulfilled and it was late. I had to speed to another thai restaurant...Spice II, in montclair. Thank you Spice for saving the day. When I took this back they tried to tell me that is how they make yellow curry. But I know for sure that was an accident. No way. No way. No way. I will say the decor is nice. But I'm NEVER going back. read more
15 years ago
We started off with the vegetarian tom yum soup. Very well made with bold aromas of lime zest and coconut filling the air around our table, this soup was a light first course. The pieces of gluten which replaced the chicken were neutrally flavored and soft. The entree we decided upon was the tofu with vegetables, basil, and cashews. It was described on the menu as hard pressed tofu, but it was, in fact, gluten. No matter, as it was very good. Prices were very reasonable here, and the service was good. The atmosphere is kitchy Thai, but it's clean and bright. There's plenty of options for vegetarians and vegans here, as well. Thumbs up! read more
There aren't many things that would make me venture all the way to Bloomfield, but Brookside Thai is one of them. I first visited Brookside Thai many moons ago. As is typical of Thai restaurants there are copious vegetarian/vegan and gluten free options which is a big draw for someone like me. The menu is enormous which can be overwhelming but I made it through. I used to always get Pad See Ewe but when I went most recently I got Panang curry and my mom got yellow curry. The wait staff are so accommodating and kind and the restaurant is quiet enough to have a conversation but not so quiet that you feel like everyone can hear you. Your meal can be quick, or you can draw things out by getting both a dessert and appetizer. Parking can be a bit tricky at times, but not too bad. read more
I came here for dinner with a friend on a Saturday night and we both liked this place. We ordered spring rolls and the Thai Salad to start and each ordered Pad Thai as our meal. The spring rolls came with three little rolls cut in half and a dipping sauce - they were good, but nothing extraordinary. The salad was a good size for sharing and came with cucumber, tomato, tofu and was topped with a peanut dressing. I loved the dressing - like I wanted to lick what was left on the plate and will be back for this salad because of the dressing. The Pad Thai was a good portion, but a little light on the chicken. The interior is cutesy and the waiters are attentive. read more
8 years ago
The food was ok compared to other thai resturants I've tried in NJ. Pad Thai was overly sweet, sticky, and the noodles were mushy. The waitress had a very unpleasant attitude and seemed like she was rushing me and my guests to order. The atmosphere wasn't at all what I expected and to be honest brookside thai before you think of trying to have an upscale level restaurant make sure you take in mind how you treat your customers who spend their hard earned money to patronize your business. 2 stars is all I will give and wont be returning since the waitress had the nerve to ask for a tip! There is better service and quality thai food out here, Next! read more
3 years ago
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