Whole crispy branzino! Very nice! Their seafood tom yum soup is also nicely done, with mussels,…read morescallop, and prawn. That bang bang shrimp is really bang'ing, with nice sauce and served on a bed of crispy wonton strips. Their yuzu cocktail is smooth and delicious, not overly sweet. Love their decors (see my photos). Rare for a restaurant to be so tastefully decorated. Next door, there is Alice, a bar that opens at night. Same menu (for dishes), but more cocktails they said. A really lovely Thai restaurant in old town Alexandria. We will be back. Came here for early lunch on a Wednesday. It was not crowded. They provide attentive and efficient service. We did not have to wait long for our dishes.

Got takeaway Crying Tiger. It was excellent. High quality beef, delicious flavors, and very fairly…read morepriced. I would come back and recommend! Thank you for a good dinner.

It was Christmas Eve and we were looking for somewhere in Old Town Alexandria to get food. So glad…read moreour search led us to Sisters Thai!! I was super impressed and dare I say blown away by just about everything! From the Tom Ka soup right through to the Drunken Noodles - each dish we had was packed with flavours that were bold, authentic, and beautifully balanced. The service was great! Despite it being super busy - our sever was very attentive (especially on a holiday evening), and even came to let us know the kitchen was closing and if we wanted desserts, we had 10-15 mins to place the order/s. The venue itself is really unique/trendy - I would describe it as a fun, unexpected blend of a cozy French bistro aesthetic with a Thai twist--warm, stylish, and welcoming. A total gem in Old Town & I can't wait to go back!

After several times here, this is a really good Old Town Thai option. Typically good service…read more Cool looking menu style (looks like a magazine) with lots of top choices. Today, I tried the Pik Khing with beef. This is one of my go to entrees at any Thai place. Great flavors here to include a nice medium spice flavor. I have tried the Panang Curry with chicken. Very good. Normal spicy is probably too mild for me. Good flavors. I like to get a side of broccoli to add more veggies to the dish. It comes with broccoli already but I like a little more. Oh, and the decor is really nice. Love the designs inside. Very cool. Give them a try!

The Panang curry was well spiced and delicious. Mango sticky rice perfect. The maraschino cherry…read morewas unnecessary. Perfect quiet spot to get lunch and chat with friends. Only negative was finding parking.

Since August or so, my spouse and I (and sometimes our pup when the weather is nice enough to sit…read moreon the patio) have been regulars at Thanida. We love everything about this place--excellent cuisine and flavors, friendly and efficient staff, and a cozy atmosphere. We have sat at pretty much every table, the patio, and the bar, and there's not a bad seat in the house. They also have excellent happy hour specials that include not only food but also drinks. We usually start with appetizers including crab Rangoon, garden rolls, calamari, or chicken satay. For mains, we explore the menu, but our favorites (so far) have been the gra prao moo grob (crispy pork belly), drunken noodle, and panang curry. They even have a special "Thai Street Food" menu with some unique options. If you're hosting an event, Thanida can accommodate large parties on the far side of the restaurant. They also do take out. If you're craving Thai in a cozy environment, this is the spot.

When you are looking for something you like to have but is a bit different than before, it is best…read moreto take a look and consider a new place to explore. For us, we were talking to an artist in the Torpedo Art Studio in Old Town Alexandria, admiring the work he did. It got then we started talking about lunch as he was from Hong Kong. He mentioned we go across the street and try something he liked as it was something he would have back home. So, taking his advice we walked across the street and went to Mai Thai. It was a good suggestion. We went in and had a seat. Our waitress (a wonderful woman from Guam) gave some advice and we to some time to think. In the end we decided to start with Spring Rolls. This is the freshest sliced roll of crispy veggie combinations of lettuce, celery, mixed veggies wrapped in a thin wrap and served with a sweet and sour dipping sauce. It was truly fresh and tasty. The dipping sauce was unique and made this worth a meal by itself. Then, being a cold day outside, soup seemed to be a good thing for lunch. We selected some traditional bowls of soup. First was TOM KA. It was a combination of vegetables and tofu in a coconut broth with mushrooms and fresh herbs. The soup had a tint of white. It was light and tasty. It was at a room temperature which is the way you have soup in Thailand. It was refreshing and light. Next we had TOM YUM. This is a combination made from slices of chicken in a lemongrass soup with fresh mushrooms, cilantro, scallions, galangal, kaffir-lime leaves, and Thai spices. The broth was light and traditional. If you wanted more spice our hostess brought it to you. Again, this was the way I had it when I was working in the rural areas of Thailand. Nothing fancy. Nothing simple. It was true home cooking that was served to you in a method truly Thai. The lunch was simple, but the way you would eat in Thailand. The taste and flavor was what to expect. The team is wonderful and friendly. The price was fine. It was good to find Mai Thai. And maybe being told about it from an artists does make it true to say that "Art is in the eye (and mouth) of the beholder."

Not gonna lie, I usually don't mess with fruit in my food but this mango salad and papaya salad…read morewere so fresh and hit way harder than I expected. Calamari was ok -- could've been fried a little harder, but still good. Service was okay, nothing crazy, but the ambiance made up for it -- chill and refreshing. We sat outside and it was a nice.

Friendly staff, small hometown style restaurant. I enjoyed my food, but my coworker did not. I…read morewould make sure you review the menu and the pictures on yelp to determine what you prefer to eat before ordering. I had the Crying Thaiger steak and it was good..

The service here was great! From the moment we walked in they were quick and helpful…read more The ambiance is... well, small, and not super clean. Especially the bathroom upstairs. The place definitely needs some updates and a deep clean. The food was pretty good! It was hot and fresh, but not the best Thai I have ever had. We started with spring rolls and chicken crispy wontons. The spring rolls were really yummy. The wontons also had good flavor, but basically no filling. They were really flat. I got the massaman curry and the flavor was pretty good, but it was really watery and I didn't love how big the potato chunks in it were. Probably wouldn't be in a hurry to go back, but it was nice stopping in this once!

I enJOYed myself eating for the first time at T.H.A.I. in Shirlington…read more Clean, calm and casual environment, cheerful greeting and presented with the two menus: Spring Special and Lunch Special. It was the Lunch Special (appetizer and entreè) - $18 What I tasted: Crispy spring rolls, Tender chicken, Steamed Broccoli, and Soft, Moist Jasmine Rice.

I'm really into Thai food....but this place doesn't have the best service. Unfortunately I have…read moreseen them not acknowledge everyone the same. Some folks get seated immediately or assisted immediately but others there can be plenty of employees at the front...but they don't acknowledge everyone the same. Food is decent and their happy hour offers are a great way to get a three course meal for a decent price depending on what you are looking for. They also have great drink options. If you are an alcoholic drinker, they have those options as well. All in all, this is a decent place but it's not my go to any longer for how their service isn't consistent.

Very tentative staff…read more Informative and the recommendations are on point. Definitely recommend if you're in the area and craving authentic Thai flavor.

Stopped by with a group attending a conference and the restaurant is nicely appointed and the staff…read morewas friendly. Although the restaurant was pretty empty, service was a bit slow. I definitely chalked that up to the size of our group. We started with spring rolls which were nice and I followed that with the drunken beef noodles. Honestly, I eat drunken noodles all the time, usually shrimp or seafood, and these were just ok. The beef was a bit chewy and surprisingly, there were not a lot of noodles in the dish. Overall nice dining experience although nothing prompts me to rush back again.

Took an extended walk a few weeks ago to check this place out before getting groceries, as it's…read moresupposedly some of the best Thai in South Arlington and had to verify that. Was seated by a delightful young lady, and found the decor and layout to be quite pleasing; modest by elegant. As for the fare, it was indeed quite worth the walk. Ordered a bowl of Tom Yum and the Pad Thai Mun Goong. The Tom Yum was solid and quite flavorful, a flux of tangy lemongrass with the oniony sweetness of steeped scallions, and enoki mushrooms to provide some heartiness. The Pad Thai Mun Goong was a chef specialty pad Thai made with stir fried rice noodle, prawns shrimp tomalley oil (a crucial element for this version), egg and bean sprouts, naturally topped with green onions, peanuts and a lime for squeezing, and this also was quite phenomenal. Savory, sweet, a little tingle of sourness from the citrus in the mid-palate, and the juicy, briny shrimp balancing the dense carbs and rich flavorful sauce. All-in-all, I was well pleased this visit. As this is Padaek's second location, I hope they don't expand too much further/quickly and compromise on quality.

Absolutely delicious! Was looking for a restaurant for Friday evening and stumbled upon Padaek…read more Made a reservation for 8:15pm. We walked in and the restaurant was lively. They had a band and singers and folks were up dancing. We found out this is an annual thing and not something regular. We didn't realized they closed at 9pm so felt a little rushed. My friend and I shared the Pad See Ew with beef and the Pla Makham. Both dishes were so good and packed with flavor. We saw some good looking dishes being delivered to other tables and can't wait to return to try them.

This was our first visit to Galae Thai, and we quite liked it and will definitely return…read more Galea has visually appealing decorations, tables and chairs. We were the first dine-in customers when we arrived yesterday evening. We were promptly seated and provided menus and water. Service overall was excellent. I like that you can select your choice of meat for your entrée: chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, combo, duck, seafood or salmon. I ordered the khao soi (my current go-to Thai dish) and JP ordered the Galae noodles. For an appetizer we ordered the Crispy Wontons. I picked pork for my khao soi and the khao soi was delicious. I liked the size of the pork and noodle portions as well as the slight sweetness and moderate spiciness of my dish. One of the best khao sois I've had in the DMV. JP picked seafood for his Galae noodles which contains an assortment of vegetable including carrot, green bean and bamboo shoot. The Galae noodles were spicy and excellent. Much less stellar were the crispy wontons. The menu bills these as deep fried chicken and shrimp wontons. I didn't observe or taste any chicken or shrimp. All we got were circular hollow burnt crackers. The dipping sauce was good though. Parking after about 5:30pm can be problematic in the tiny parking lot up front.

Me and a girlfriend came before the movies for a quick bite. We didn't want to get stuffed because…read moremovie popcorn is a requirement. I LOVE their big mugs for their tea. Wish I had these at home. We started with some gyoza and we both had soup. The Tom Yum was so yummy! And it was perfect for the cold rainy day we were having. Service was great! Very attentive and patient with us. We'll definitely be back to have an actual meal. Everything looked delicious!

Everything was so delicious. I got the Fuji roll and it was so good!! The service was amazing.read more

Flew into DCA and was looking for late night dinner…read more The portion and food were decent, located In the corner of the heart of old town. The area is so cute. Restaurant environment was typical westernized Japanese place. The restaurant had two levels and maybe a basement for night life, not sure.