I've driven past this restaurant many times and finally decided to stop in and give it a try. First impressions were good. The restaurant has a cute ambiance with all of the string lighting and fun music playing. My only complaint would be how cold it was in the restaurant. It felt like the AC was on, on a cold December night. My partner joked and said "next time we're taking the food to go" lol. Our server was a sweet woman who joked with us because we were indecisive about where we wanted to sit and asked too many questions lol. We really enjoyed her. We ordered the yellow curry roti and two pad Thai, one shrimp and one beef. I really liked the yellow curry but wasn't the biggest fan of how thin and crispy the roti was. It was cut up like tiny tortilla chips. Still very good though, just not quite what I expected. The pad Thai was definitely the star. They were nice sized portions with all the right amount of flavor and sauce to noodle ratio. It was a VERY good pad thai. This will definitely be our new go to for Thai takeout! read more

This restaurant has been on my want to go list, so I was excited to try it out! We ordered the Pad Kee Mao (drunken noodles) and the Gang Khew-Wan (Green Curry). The Pad Kee Mao was tasty, the flavor leaned slightly toward to a sweeter, tomato flavor side, but it was still enjoyable. The Green curry came with generous portion and was really flavorful. I especially really liked the eggplants, the texture was great and the seasoning was on spot! read more

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I've been to Chai Thai twice and both times, Chai Thai did not disappoint! On my most recent trip, I had the beef pad see ew. The portion size was quite good, the noodles were flavorful, and the beef texture and flavor was just right. Service was also quite good, our waiter was quick and attentive. Overall, I recommend checking out Chai Thai! read more

Chai Thai Noodles Berkeley - pad see ew - Thai Near Me - Berkeley, California

Just got take out here and it was very disappointing! The food was pretty good but there was no peanuts on the pad Thai. I called the restaurant and the response was do you want to come back and get some peanuts? UCSF infusion is across the street and it's not possible to come back. I think they should have adjusted the bill read more

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First I would like to point out that the customer service by far the best. The young ladies serving were so genuinely hospitable and super nice. Neighborhood local Thai restaurant with a very welcoming ambiance setting. Pad kee mao served with tomatoes was delightful. Crab noodles had a distinctive taste was very welcoming. I also had their fried calamari and shrimp. I will be back read more

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My favorite Thai restaurant in the West Berkeley / Emeryville area! A well-decorated, lovely dine-in experience with good service and also great for takeout & delivery. Their curry puffs are their best appetizer and a must try!! I also love their Pad See Ew and Yellow Curry. read more

This is a nice calm spot with plenty of street parking on a Sunday afternoon. I ordered a red curry with beef over rice and it was a bit underwhelming amount wise, but packs a punchful of flavor. The amount of good you get is slightly more than a mini meal, good for people with low appetites or already had something to eat beforehand. Service was attentive and easy to catch. The customer to waiter ratio wasn't too bad and I was able to wave the waiter down within a few seconds for the check. Ambiance is a cleanly decorated cafe with plenty of seating for small parties. read more

We went this past Sunday morning after passing by this restaurant multiple times we finally decided to dine in. The food was delicious and filling! The pumpkin curry was absolutely delicious. Our server Teresa was also very welcoming and sweet. Would definitely go back. read more

Beautiful indoor seating atmosphere. Great menu options, and delicious food. Our server, Teresa, was very friendly and made sure that we got everything that we needed. read more

I've only ever done takeout/delivery but this is definitely one of my go to Thai food spots. I love the Panang curry, the chai Thai noodles, pad see ew. Everything I've tried is delicious. read more

I love that Chai Thai has some Lao menu item like the papaya salad with fermented fish and salted crab. My other go to is the spicy catfish. I will say that their portion is very inconsistent. The service can be a bit dry. Something they can work on. It's fire and cozy with street parking in front of parking in the back. read more

I have ordered off of DoorDash from here twice and it has not disappointed. The pad Thai and shrimp rolls are soooooooo delicious and so is their Thai iced tea! Try it, you won't regret it! read more

I wish I could give this place 6 stars. My family and I have been ordering pickup takeout here for years and I've never been disappointed. I'm sure one trip to Thailand doesn't make me a Thai food expert but when I tell you that everything I've tried here is identical, if not better, than the food I've tried in Thailand, best believe this place is thE spot. Favorite dish is the Drunken Noodles. We recently made a huge order for my niece's birthday and it reminded me how much I love this place. The decor is super pretty too. read more

Food is delicious and the restaurant is very clean, plus they have parking in the garage. I would recommend to this restaurant.

Their Khso Soi noodle soup is my favorite. Always consistent and excellent service Love the interior design too read more

We came in on Xmas and they were so sweet and lovely. The food here is different than the other 2 chia Thai. Used to go to international but their quality and service are terrible. Love coming here. The staff and food are great!! And I love how it looks like a tiki island inside. I usually get the red curry eggplant with chicken. And the pork spare ribs with chopped garlic. And the minced chicken kaprao with basil which is fire!! read more

Wow! I eat a lot of Thai and this just made it into the #1 spot. We got pad thai with shrimp. Probably the best I've ever had. Noodles tasted home made and had just the right amount of sticky. Shrimp was perfectly cooked and fresh. Got the pork rolls. Yummmmm! Perfect crispiness. We ordered through caviar and I can't believe how hot it was up arrival (I live on lake merritt). This will be my go to for Thai. 100%. Very excited to have found it. read more

Pad Thai is flavorful and not too sweet. Fresh spring rolls are packed full. Secure parking in back read more

Amazing food and great interior space! Service very attentive and lovely humans working at this spot. I've already got a date to return next week. read more

We ordered pineapple fries rice, beef salad, green curry. Foods are yummy and service is good. Would come back here

I ordered yellow curry chicken, the waiter brought the dish, with very little chicken and a lot of curry. He took the dish back to the kitchen, the chef advised him, they were trying something different by measuring this portion. Being a long time customer to be happy to make him happy, I would have hoped more chicken would have been added. My food as usual was great. The waiter was great and understood. read more

Food was very good. The fresh rolls were the best I've had, perfect consistency both inside and out. Pad Thai was very good as was the Panang chicken. The staff were very friendly and responsive. The interior was light and airy. Definitely a great dinner. read more

Picked up two dishes from Chai Thai today - a red curry with rice and a pad see ew. A few things to note... everything was piping hot - love that my takeout was so fresh, even upon getting home! Also, everything was full of flavor and a good size portion - hooray!! There are a lot of Thai options in Berkeley and Oakland - I'd put this one high up there! Yum yum. I've never sat down to eat here but the atmosphere looked nice - will make it a priority to dine in soon! read more

This is one of my two favorite Thai restaurants in the Bay Area. Their food is generally excellent, and the pad thai isn't so super sweet which I appreciate. read more

This is an A+ for the staff there. I made an order through DoorDash but I was so limited by what instructions I could put on the order. I had to call in and ask to substitute white rice side orders for sticky rice and to put less chicken in the kao poon. The staff there was super sweet and accommodated those phone requests. read more

2 stars because the food (that they had available) was good, but the service (particularly from our waitress) was very poor. Bad Service from waitress: 1) not telling us that certain dishes "ran out" until 10+ minutes after our other entrees came out, but they could make them if we waited another 20 min, 2) after waiting 20 min, she delivered the alternate dishes instead of what we ordered and didn't apologize, 3) forgot our drink order entirely at the beginning and we had to ask another waiter. The fact that the kitchen "ran out" of certain dishes truly sounded like they just didn't feel like making the food (they "ran out" of fried rice, but gave us plain white rice. Couldn't they just make fried rice?). And taking 10-20+ min to inform us or to deliver drinks is extremely poor service. We liked the pad Thai and noodle dishes and the papaya salad. The Roti appetizer was lackluster and not your typical roti. read more

Chai Thai Noodles Berkeley - Good noodle dishes. But bad / poor service FYI. - Thai Near Me - Berkeley, California

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A friend recommended this restaurant and we finally had a chance to try it. My husband and I went to squeeze in a date night into our kid chauffering duties. We've been to many Thai restaurants in the area, and Chai Thai was exceptional. They had a good knowledge of gluten free items which is important for me to give it a good review. Additionally, the service, food and ambience were excellent. We got extra food at the end to take home to our kids and they really enjoyed it too! read more

Incredibly fresh, well prepared authentic food. Spicy and delicious. Love eating here. You can tell the chefs care about putting out great plates. Excellent. Everything I have tried is amazing. Beautiful, peaceful decor, very clean. Servers are friendly and accommodating. Thank you so much Chai Thai.. don't change a thing !!! read more

I would give them 3.5 stars because they are consistent but also Ive had some sauces missing a few times with uber eats.. Above average Thai food for Berkeley but not amazing. Probably a little too expensive for what you get. read more

Interior is beautiful. Best looking thai restaurant I've been to. Service is quick and friendly. Doesn't fare well when it comes to food. Tom kha soup - great flavor, too salty. Pad kee mao - flavor was ok, it didn't have the much-needed wok-hei. But the problem is, it was too oily. Oil was dripping on the plate and spoons. Pad thai - again, decent flavor, but very very oily. Noodles should be coated in the sauce, not in oil. There should be more protein/veggies in the noodles dishes. There were only 4 pieces of tofu and a few carrots. I looked closely at other review photos and the dishes look non-oily in some photos. I guess it's a hit or miss then. read more

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Delicious Lao-Thai food with such huge portions!! I got the chai Thai fried rice with fried chicken (in hindsight I should've gotten the bone in bbq chicken - so next time!) and it was great along the lychee Thai tea! Not pictured, but other members of my party got the pad Thai, crab noodles, and the curry noodles and everyone raved about it! The portions were so big we all had leftovers that was the size of the take out container! I ended up ordering to go as well including - Laos crispy rice, Larb salad, and shrimp papaya salad and loved it all! Overall customer service was good and they do check for vaccinations at the door (thank you!!). Only complaint is the location as there was no parking anywhere near the restaurant when we arrived and so we had to park a few blocks down the street and walk over in the rain. With that said, next time I'm in town, will definitely come back here! read more

Chai Thai Noodles Berkeley - 68. Chai Thai Fried Rice - Thai Near Me - Berkeley, California

Ambiance was great. Waitress was very friendly and had good recommendations. Ordered the fresh rolls which is essentially a spring roll without pork and shrimp. Ordered kao soi the flavor was great, wish there was more broth as the noodles soaked up the liquid. Ordered papaya salad with dried shrimp, loved the spice but it tasted very fish saucey. read more

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Happened upon this place in DoorDash a few days ago. I got pad kee mao, which I've never had before, some Lao papaya salad, cucumber salad and sticky rice. The pad kee mao was delicious! Very flavorful, a good amount of spice and it wasn't dry at all. You know sometimes that's an issue with the noodle plates. The papaya was very good, I got medium...should've gotten spicy but it was very good. Not too salty, fishy or sweet. The cucumber salad tasted fresh and was a nice add of texture and freshness to the meal. The sticky rice was typical. It did the job. And I added my own fried chicken to my plate to top things off. I have since returned and gotten the Lao papaya salad in spicy....it was indeed spicy, but not over the top. It wasn't ALL chili seeds like some places when you say spicy. Just enough to burn a bit and allow sweat beads to form on the tip of your nose. Definitely recommend. I'd like to go try dine in soon. read more

Chai Thai Noodles Berkeley - Okay this is: -64. Pad Kee Mao -Sticky Rice -17. Som Tum Lao -Cucumber salad (And the chicken is my own) - Thai Near Me - Berkeley, California

Called in to make an order for pick up and the process was easy. Upon arriving there is no parking/very very limited street parking right in front so be aware of that if you do come. Luckily we came on a Tuesday evening to just pick up so we got lucky. Items we ordered: - Crispy Shrimp & Calamari: This was very tasty and savory! Even for pick up the items were still very crispy. This was a great starter. - Panang Curry w/ crispy duck: This was so delicious!! The curry of course had a nice touch of heat, but not overbearing at all, and of course nutty and sweet from the coconut base. I love how they put the crispy duck on the side/in a separate container to keep the duck crispy which we appreciated. This dish also came with a box of rice as well. -Pad See Ew w/ Beef: This was also a great choice. The noodles had a great texture and flavor and the meat was tender as well. - BBQ Pork: This was so yummy! The meat was very tender and flavorful! Overall, this was a hit, especially for being take-out too! We ended up having leftovers which is great because when we first picked up our order it didn't look like a lot of food but it was filling. Definitely will be back. read more

Chai Thai Noodles is on the ground floor of this recently built building. just take out. no dining in or outside. offerings: same at all locations. eats: pad ke mow (drunken noodle) 10.99 medium spicy -the chili pieces & pod bits really added a lot of heat. drunken flavor wasn't as robust. too subtle. wouldn't have spicy next time. -mostly bean sprouts, rice noodles, chili bits, broculli, chicken, & green onions. food on time, courteous service. read more

Chai Thai Noodles Berkeley - Pad kee mao-drunken noodle(10.99) - Thai Near Me - Berkeley, California

I felt bad because I walked in 30 minutes before closing but they were super nice and allowed me to order takeout. I'm extremely appreciative of their service and the food came out quickly. The food was decent but nothing special. I got fried calamari as an appetizer but it was very mediocre at best. The best part about it was the sauce. The breading was falling off and just didn't have much flavor. I got the yellow curry with chicken and it was exactly what I wanted when I ordered it. My friend got the pineapple fried rice, which again, was exactly what you would expect, but nothing special. Would definitely want to try to dine in this restaurant because I think the food would be better served hot. read more

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Food is delicious and the ambience is even better. The service is A1 and the restaurant is very clean. read more

Chai Thai Noodles Berkeley - 76. Gra Prao (Basil) - Thai Near Me - Berkeley, California

It's been a while since I've come to this location. It's definitely one of my favorite Thai places! I love their curries - and I usually get Gang Panang Curry with beef. Picked up lunch for the office so didn't dine in BUT you can dine there again. And it's really lovely inside. I love all the greenery - it's like a little tropical get away for lunch. Parking can be tough sometimes at this location since it's right on San Pablo and it's street parking only. So, when picking up - if possible bring a friend - so they can sit in the car with flashers going if needed. Staff is friendly - food is always fresh tasting. One last note - my boss ordered the Yum Nuer Salad and said it lacked flavor but since I didn't try it I can't verify the lack of flavor. read more

Chai Thai Noodles Berkeley - 37. Gang Panang With beef & jasmine rice - Thai Near Me - Berkeley, California

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One of my top picks for best Thai restaurants in the East Bay. The food is super tasty. Also they do not skip out on portions. They give you a lot of meat. I ordered the kao poon noodle soup. There was so much chicken and noodles filled to the top of my bowl. You could definitely share that bowl of soup, but because it's so delicious you might just finish it in one sitting. ( lol me ) This is the only place I know that offers a coconut milk substitute for their Thai iced tea. Sometimes the heavy cream for regular ties tease is too much, and a lot of people have request for milk substitutes, so I love that they have this option. It's the only place I've been to that I know does it. It's just called Coconut Thai tea. Everything was reasonably priced. The soup was 15 bucks, but like I said, you could most definitely share that for two people or save some for later. The restaurant was very clean, and the service was great. The weather was very good about checking in and making sure I was OK, and checking in to see if I needed anything. The restaurant interior design and decoration is really beautiful, it's definitely one of those Instagram mobile restaurants from the inside. I went during lunch on a Saturday, and it was pretty open for seating. I know this place gets packed for dinner, but if you're trying to try this place out, I recommend coming around lunchtime. read more

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I had a fantastic lunch here today. Everything was delicious red curry noodles, eggrolls and eggplant were all so good. Service was perfect and very sweet and kind. I can't recommend this restaurant enough. read more