You can tell the owners put a lot of love and caring into this restaurant the minute you walk in the door. Nuni was warm and welcoming the minute we stepped inside her restaurant. We ordered the Shrimp Rolls and the Siam Satay for lunch. The plates were beautifully plated! The flavors were delicious and the cucumber salad was a treat! We cannot wait to go back to try the curry's! read more

Coconut Thai Cuisine - Shrimp Rolls - Thai Near Me - Capitola, California

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This is my favorite Thai restaurants in Santa Cruz County. I've been about six times now, and every visit has been fantastic. They offer a great lunch special at an excellent price--you get soup, an appetizer, and a main dish for around $20. My go to is the Yellow Curry. I tried the Fishcakes app for the first time today and I loved them. Also the coconut sou- Tom Kha was so flavorful. The restaurant is super clean, modern, and clearly cared for. You can tell a lot of thought and love goes into everything here. The owners are incredibly kind and often come out to greet guests, which makes the experience feel very welcoming and personal. read more

Delicious food that is beautifully plated! Ordered calamari, branzino and pad thai. Their pad thai is one of the best ones I've ever had. Very flavorful with the sweetness and saltiness perfectly balanced. The branzino is fried to perfection and the salad that came with is absolutely umami! Just a bit more salty than I prefer but I do t like too much salt in my food. Superb customer service. Nuni was so friendly, knowledgeable and happy to place our order. So much positive vibes exuding from her. She checked on us in a timely manner. Place is spacious, clean and lots of parking. What else can one ask for. I highly recommend this place. read more

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WOW! Blown away. The food - incredible. Tom kha - FIRE (literally - see the video); massaman curry - loved it; and pad see-ew -- so TASTY. Their Thai tea also smacks. Love this spot; will definitely be back!! read more

Coconut Thai Cuisine - Pad see-ew! - Thai Near Me - Capitola, California

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I am a big fan of Thai food. Until I tried Coconut, I was like a lost puppy, just bouncing back and forth between Sukhothai and Star of Siam, never really getting what I fully wanted and feeling somewhat empty, but keeping a good attitude. Coconut Thai is my home. The welcoming atmosphere and decor is nice and clean/stylish and they have plenty of room to accommodate larger parties. All of the ladies there are friendly and service is swift and thoughtful. They have a great lunch special, similar to others in the area. Entree item + Rice + appetizer + Soup for under 20 bone dawgs. The apex of where flavor and value meet. On this day, I had chicken green curry w/brown rice and some chicken satay make my belly smile. The curry here has some nice depth and layers of flavor and I was scraping till there was no rice left. My buddy and I came here earlier in the week and got the Khao Soi soup w/braised beef and was consumed by a heavenly aromatic broth that I would be happy swimming in until my end of days. All of the flavors, all of the satisfaction. The movie I tried to make it through didn't have a chance after this Grandmother's hug in a bowl. Anywhoo, I'd love to keep this place to myself, but restaurants need patrons, so do yourself a favor and make your belly smile with the fantastic food from the Ladies at Coconut Thai! read more

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One of my favorite places for Thai Cuisine in Santa Cruz. My big review is for the fresh spring rolls because they have so many ingredients compared to other places that are just bland. The other dishes are great too in portions and flavors. If you need spice, just ask! Very friendly service with a spacious and nicely decorated dining room. Highly recommend. read more

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Their mango sticky rice is the best I have had in Santa Cruz. This location is fairly new and definitely worth a try! I ordered a few different curry's on a Rainy day and they were both very tasty! Service was also quick and the employees had great suggestions. read more

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Food is good, but to be honest... sala and sabieng are both better in quality and price. The ambiance is lovely and the service is nice but for price I expect ceramic plates not plastic for my pad Thai! read more

So excited to find an authentic Thai restaurant in Capitola. I find it rare for a Thai restaurant to use Thai Basil in their dishes as opposed to regular Italian sweet basil. It makes all the difference. The Green Curry with Chicken was delish as was the desert of fried banana with coconut ice cream. I will return every time I am in town!! Nice atmosphere too! read more

We ordered pad see ew, yellow curry, pad Thai, and Thai fried rice. The yellow curry was delicious. The potatoes were melt in your mouth soft and the curry was so creamy and coconuty. It was delicious. Pad see ew was very good and had so much veggies. Yum! The only thing that could be improved was the pad Thai. We ordered to-go and by the time we got back to our hotel to eat, the noodles were on the dry side. I would come back here and try more dishes. Definitely a top tier place in Santa Cruz. read more

I'm fussy about Thai food. I realize that most Thai restaurants don't have actual Thai people working there. I was hungry for something that would make me feel better while recovering from whatever bug is clogging heads around town, so took a shot at Thai as a recovery meal. Wasn't expecting to taste much (being sick) but was very happy with my meal. The Tom Ka (Gai .... I ordered with Chicken) was very tasty and generous. Filled with ingredients and had a special taste almost like the hint of butter (waitress said that it was not butter, but wouldn't share either} that provided a lingering satisfaction to each spoonful. I ordered the Duck Curry and it was delicious as well. It was prepared with a multitude of ingredients that provided a concert of flavor for this dish. Yum. The restaurant is in a nicely decorated spot in the Claire street Strip mall....what a find. It is a bit more expensive that most, but it is clearly an investment in the depth of each dish. I'll be back as soon as I am back in the area, even if not with a stuffed head that needed clearing. read more

Coconut Thai Cuisine - Thai Near Me - Capitola, California

Super flavorful dishes! And quality ingredients! Def the best thai in Santa Cruz with the kindest people!

The soup was amazing and so was the cashew chicken!!! I will come here again. Friendly waitress /owner

Tried the spicy green beans with chicken, eggplant with tofu, and spring rolls. All were AMAZING! The flavors were really complex and the food was not greasy. I've been to all Thai places in Santa Cruz and this is at the top for sure.The service was excellent and kind. The restaurant is really pretty inside and feels very welcoming. read more

I think this is some of the best Thai food in Santa Cruz! I usually get take out. Hope they consider using Door Dash soon!

Visiting from Los Angeles. We've had dozens of Thai restaurants all over near home, this restaurant has one of the top Panang Curries we've ever had. Highly recommend. read more

Excellent Food, Can't wait to go back for more! Tonight was our first time trying their menu, and we loved it. We got two different soups, plus basil fried rice to go. I'm really pleased to have great Thai food right around the corner now. I ordered the chicken/shrimp dumpling soup, and it was amazing. Fresh Bok choy, really good homemade stock, and the dumplings were incredible. Real hand-made food. My wife had the Tom Kha Gai, and loved it. We'll be back for certain. read more

The chicken satay was delicious! Loved the peanut sauce. The pad se ew was also very good, but I wouldn't get it with the crispy pork again. Not worth the extra $4. The weakest dish was the yellow chicken curry. The chicken was bland, although the potatoes in it were pretty good. Definitely not their strongest dish. Thai iced tea was less sweet than most other Thai places, but was good. Great ambience. Plenty of tables and the service was very good. read more

*Pad Thai Shrimp~ minimal shrimp and lacking the little sweet/tart flavor, just tasted oily. *Spicy Basil Beef~ Good but take our container was only 1/3 of the container full at the most. We love vegetables and would have been happy with more of that. *Side brown rice~ fine Dinner for two of us was not enough food. These guys charge on the high side and the take out boxes should be full. We just don't like Skimpy- 49.00 for Two dishes, side rice. We also tipped on top of that. Will not be back read more

Absolutely sublime. Really fantastic. If you haven't tried it yet, this is the place. Lovely wait staff, kind service, extraordinary Thai food. You will like it. read more

Decided to try take out from this new spot. Would love to sit down and eat here- looks pleasant and quiet. I ordered the tofu basil eggplant and crab rangoon. Best tofu eggplant I have had in the county. Delicious. Crab rangoon was devoured by my husband. Can't wait to try to more dishes and eat inside. To go took less than 10 minutes - pretty quick ( they weren't busy at the time). read more

I have eaten here in the past. We had good food and good service. Went back and was treated rudely upon entering by a young woman in the front. She didn't greet us or say anything and when I was about to ask a question was basically hushed. When she was ready to talk she was rude and dismissive. We won't be going back. read more

Went to try out this new Thai restaurant, it did not disappoint! The food was delicious, fresh and filling. The Thai iced tea with boba was just right, not too sweet. I normally don't like coconut, but decided to take a chance and try the Tom Kha soup and it was heavenly. The prices for local lunch were very reasonable and I appreciate that they have two sizes. We'll be back again! read more

Coconut Thai Cuisine - Cashew chicken, lunch special, and Thai iced tea with boba. - Thai Near Me - Capitola, California

We wanted to try out the newly opened Coconut Thai restaurant in Capitola with our teenage kids. We had heard the food was good. We ordered our usual (papaya salad, roti bread, tom Kai soup with chicken, Thai fried rice with chicken, yellow curry with chicken, sweet sticky rice & mango, Thai ice tea, lychee ice tea, and Singha beer. Normally we also order Pad Thai when we go out to eat Thai, but we already had plenty. We'll definitely order it next time because all of the food and drinks were AMAZING!!! The service was equally great. We met Kai the co-owner with the chef. Turned out both used to be part of another Thai restaurant in town before opening their own. They have vested interest in ensuring quality food, service, cleanliness of their restaurant. We felt they accomplished quality control for sure. We definitely will be back again and again. read more

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Beautiful place , went there today ! My wife had the Pad Thai with chicken , tons of Chicken she loved it . I had the chicken fried rice very good , We both had chicken satay appetizers which were excellent . Service was outstanding read more

The food here is great! Definitely our new Thai spot. The basil eggplant with chicken and pad Thai were so good! We also got the coconut mango sticky rice dessert and it was delicious! read more

Great food and service! I've been here 3 times now, twice on weekends and once during the week to check out their lunch special. Tried the Branzino in the Forest, Khao Soi (w/crispy pork), and Pad Kee Mao (lunch special, came w/a cup of Thom Kha Gai). All excellent with veggies cooked/prep just right, tender but still with enough of a bite left. I unapologetically took the leftover Khao Soi broth home and enjoyed udon noodles with it, no regrets. Highly recommend. Note: It is not your high turnover focused Bay Area restaurant, so you will not get lightning quick service; you just get very friendly and warm service. read more

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Good food, sweet staff we will definitely be returning! I have heard so many good reviews it has definitely lived up to the hype.

Came into a nicely decorated restaurant for a lunch. We were promptly seated. Nice lunch menu selection. One thing I noticed was any indication (chili pepper or other icon) if the dish is spicy. The food came out in a timely manner and the staff was friendly. The Tom Kha soup was good along with the crab Rangoon. The Pad Thai was good but not memorable. The basil fried rice was definitely on the spicy side which is good for me, but too hot for my wife. The rice was also on the oily side. The price was good for the lunch. Overall not bad, but not great. I will be back to try it again for a dinner. read more

Most amazing food and just a beautiful atmosphere. There are so many great dishes that I'll say just try everything. Tasty wine list too at very reasonable prices. read more

Coconut Thai Cuisine - Thai Near Me - Capitola, California

They opened 3 months ago and the restaurant was surprisingly empty even though the food was DELICIOUS. We had the Khao Soi and the green curry, both were amazing. The folks who own it are sooo kind and attentive. Please support this restaurant! read more

What a nice discovery, we can taste everything is homemade and fresh. The coconut shrimps are the real deal and the soups full of flavors The staff is friendly and the atmosphere is welcoming. We will come back for sure to explore more the menu! read more

Food, Service and Ambience were absolutely amazing. A definite favorite and will be going back. read more

Interior is nice. Has a nice mural by a local artist giving coastal vibes. Service was attentive and friendly. Food was good. The Tom Kha soup was particularly on the perfect spot -not overpowered by anything, but a good balanced blend. In noodle item, the frying was good and spice level maintained properly. (This places has spicy and Thai spicy, so more steps. In rice item, we liked the new occasionally 'singed' rices. Highly recommend to give this new place a try. One suggestion for the kitchen team: the beef has to be in either: 'highly heated on the surface quickly' to keep the moisture in, or 'cooked to a point where the fibers get loosened'. Between these two points, there is a stage where cooked beef just gets harder. Let's avoid that middle stage. read more

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My new favorite Thai restaurant in Santa Cruz county! No duds here. We tried the braised beef noodle soup (very flavorful broth), pad se ew, panang curry with chicken.(best curry I've ever had) and larb chicken (amazing flavors). I definitely recommend this new restaurant! A must try. The staff is very friendly with good recommendations. I will Be returning soon! read more

This is the best Thai restaurant I've tried in Santa Cruz! They have some really unique items on their menu, like the Crispy Duck Salad, that you can't find at other places. All of the dishes we ordered came out quick, tasted super fresh, and were just done really well overall. Our waitress and a woman who I believe is the owner were SO friendly and attentive. The restaurant was also very clean and had a calm atmosphere. Such a lovely dining experience. Definitely recommend! read more

Wow! Coconut Thai is delicious!!! In addition to their delicious food, I have finally found a restaurant that carries the most delicious local wine, Testarossa. Coconut Thai carries a bottle of Testarossa 2023 Pino Noir that is so tasty. We had a variety of menu items, ALL of which were absolutely amazing. The wait staff are friendly, quick, and accommodating. I urge any and all to check out Coconut Thai in the former Mayflower spot in Browns Ranch in Capitola. read more

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I love Thai cuisine, and coconut didn't disappoint. I think it is a relatively new place, and since it's pretty close to where I live, I will absolutely be coming back read more

Interesting as this was not what I expected. Expect a Hot pot type of experience. Food fresh Staff attentive Modern vibe It is an eat and go place not really a leisurely experience. read more

Egg shells in fried rice ... smelly chicken in red curry ...not something would recommend anyone else ever