Good food, timely service. Nice little place tucked in a shopping center by Target. Worth a try.

We purchased from them tonight and all of the broth from the pho was in the bottom of the bag...have pictures to prove that...all of the other items were soaked from the broth.....the dipping sauce for the egg rolls was open and all over the egg rolls that were already soaked from the broth! And the driver carried it up our driveway and left it at the door that way! Bot sure how much longer we will be using Grubhub and ordering from Finest Thai!!! read more

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I've been going here for years. But, since the pandemic quality has gone down. I guess it depends on the time of day but the food tastes better during the day. Also, I don't like eating on foil covered paper plates. I don't understand that. Why can't there be normal plates? I'm gonna give it a little time and hope it all gets better. read more

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Their fried tofu as well as tofu spring rolls are amazing!! Also got their wonton soup! The service was fast and easy and the people that worked there were very nice :) read more

Went to have lunch. Came in at 2:49 and was told to leave. I'm sorry why would you turn away a paying customer, maybe you should all take lunches at different times, very disrespectful and disappointing if you can make to go food then you can have dine in. read more

The food was good, however the 35 minute wait for it was a bit excessive. I ordered chicken satay & plain fried rice. read more

I am absolutely in heaven definitely a last minute stop for me tonight but it was such an amazing choice the amount of flavor and how perfectly cooked it was, super happy. The service was outstanding very easy and simple. The inside of the restaurant was small but super clean and well kept. I am sad I am leaving the area but more than happy to give this restaurant a 5 star. They deserve it! read more

Finest Thai - 23. Pad Thai 16. Tom Kha Chicken Soup - Thai Near Me - El Cajon, California

Strong 4 star, more like a 4.5 in my opinion. This small little place in El Cajon puts out some really good Thai. Some of the best Tom Kha around and the side soup that comes with a lunch order is excellent. I also ordered a yum woo sen salad which was good, more like a good tasting noodle dish. My girlfriend ordered the red curry lunch special and the red curry was wonderful, the sides that comes with it like the salad and the eggroll/ fried pot sticker was just ok and could be improved upon. All in all this place does a really good job and I will definitely be back to try other entrees. Check it out this place is "finest Thai!" Happy eating! read more

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Hours are wrong online & on door randomly closed yet you can still order online for the day even though they are closed. Have a written closed sign but their open sign is lite up. Please make it make sense for me. read more

This was our first time here and it definitely captured our appetite! The portions and the quality were both extraordinary. The customer service was amazing and we really felt welcomed. We have claimed this to be our go to Thai restaurant. Definitely recommended. read more

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Quick service and always delicious! I love coming here especially since East county doesn't have many Thai options.

I've been getting the beef pad sew ew lunch special take out from here lately and it has been very good. I love their salad dressing on the salad . It's outstanding. The noodles are fresh , cooked perfectly and the vegetables are fresh . read more

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On the Thai food scale this place is a 3.5 out of 10. I hate being this guy but any criticism is good criticism. One of the worst we have had. All the food we ordered (Pad Thai, Eggplant, Fried Rice) was bland. The texture was as if the food had been sitting out for hours then microwaved. Just not good in any way. Check the pictures. read more

Finest Thai - 56. Pad Eggplant - Thai Near Me - El Cajon, California

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This is my go to place for Thai food. I have tried a lot of other places in East County, and none of them quite compares. I have previously reviewed this place so I won't spend a lot of time writing again but since Yelp asked me, I am reaffirming my commitment! Red chicken curry is my favorite followed by beast drunken noodle. I am also a huge fan of the papaya salad, the fresh spring rolls, and the Tom Yum soup. read more

Always love eating here and tried these entrees i hadnt tried yet. Was delicious. I hope one day they will have new special items like entrees or drinks to try!! Maybe even some deals read more

Finest Thai - 16. Tom Kha Chicken Soup To go cup, soo good - Thai Near Me - El Cajon, California

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Have tried 3 different curries, each delicious. Friendly service, not too long a wait for takeout. I order 3 on the heat scale, on their recommendation; at most places I get a 5. Portion is more generous for a better price than other places I've been to recently. Now it's a regular stop when I'm in El Cajon. read more

Fresh Spring Rolls w/ shrimp.. I was excited to try these since they're always a favorite go-to appetizer for myself and they certainly disappointed. I highly recommend you ditch the bagged salad mixture and use fresh produce. The peanut sauce helped me get through them though. A plus for the amount of sauce given. Green Curry w/ mock duck.. this is also a favorite go-to when I order Thai. I like how many veggies and protein is included throughout the dish but again, I would have loved fresh carrots/peas. Other than that.. it wasn't half bad! I would order it again. Thai Iced Tea w/ boba.. this Thai tea was tasty!! I wish I could've added more boba. The large is definitely large! 10/10! read more

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I got a chicken pad Thai medium spice and it was good. Good amount of food for the price. Good service.

Their pad thais are great compared to other thai restau around. However, their pad Thai barely has any protein. If u order chicken, there wont be much & even worse for the shrimp. But they do give u a good amount of the pad thai noodles. Just not proportioned to their protein, SADLY. However, I gave it a 3 because their calamari is so disgusting. You're better off buying a frozen calamari. Foreal. Their calamari looked like a damn funnel cake. FULL OF BREADING. So disappointing!! And the calamari part? I took it all out the breading and THATS ALL THE MONEY U PAID FOR RIGHT THERE. Just the breading. So disappointing :/ they just said "Sorry." But what can I do. Not mad about it, just disappointed. read more

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Been to Finest Thai before for lunch and am always satisfied. Seafood Pad Thai is off the hook. The lunch special is just as big as the normal portion for less $$. I need to expand my horizons with food though since there are so many things on the menu. Tucked away on Broadway near the Target you will find this little gem. read more

Finest Thai - Pad Thai! - Thai Near Me - El Cajon, California

The food was amazing, good ambiance with the music playing and the service was great!

This is my spot for boba when I'm in a bind or don't wanna stray far from home. They aren't a "boba" place But they have delicious Thai tea. Their Boba is the instant kind so it is not freshly made but it is still pretty tasty if you are not super picky on the texture. The only downside is that a double serving of Boba is barely a single serving anywhere else. That would be my only gripe. Aside from the woman who I believe may own it (she's very friendly) The service isn't amazing, but I just think that the front desk people are young and probably introverts like me so neither of us is bubbly and talkative, not a deal breaker for me since I don't mind getting in and out without small talk. Their chicken fried rice is also delicious. read more

I ordered what began as a very tasty meal. As I ate my mixed vegetables with tofu, i noticed something brown in the broth. At first glance i thought it was some sort of seasoning but it turned out to be a large ant or similar bug. Not only was it unsettling that there was a bug in my food, the size of this bug bothered me as it was rather large. It makes me sick to think of what other unwanted items may be in the food or drink that I received. Disgusting. read more

Finest Thai - Mixed vegetables with tofu - Thai Near Me - El Cajon, California

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No... just no. I wanted to try different Thai restaurants around the area - I got the pad see ew, wonton soup, mango sticky rice and did not enjoy any of it. Pad see ew is drier than the Sahara Desert, "wontons" in the soup had the thickest doughy texture, and the mango sticky rice was mediocre. I think I'm scared to ever go near this place. Please do yourself a favor and go to Thai Time on Johnson Ave (5 mins away from this location) for delicious Thai food. read more

This was my favorite Thai spot when my boyfriend was living in San Diego. We'd come here often and I always got the same thing - spicy noodles (5 on the spice scale) and their fried spring rolls - a meal that would literally leave me both satisfied and wanting to eat it all because I just couldn't get enough. They give you huge portions too! My boyfriend would get either the chicken fried rice or yellow curry and he had nothing but the highest praises. I miss this place and can't wait to go again! read more

Greasy but good. Don't order the Cashew Nut or Garlic and Pepper entree. The portion sizes are way too small. Everything else is well portioned and tastes great. read more

I have been always ordered the Finest Thai Chicken Soup whenever I get sick and kid you not I always feel so much better. The ginger and lemongrass in the soup always help with my congestion!! This is my go to soup whenever I need to fight off a bug. I just wish they would add rice or noodles to it as well. The best soup!!!!! read more

Finest Thai - 17. Finest Thai Chicken Soup - Thai Near Me - El Cajon, California

Today was the first time back for inside dinning since the pandemic and glad to find the food & flavors have not changed!! The yellow curry is still one of my favorites and my wife loves the cashew nut veggie lunch. We were bummed about no more soup with the lunch specials, which we hope changes as we really loved that little cup of soup to start things off. But like I said, glad to see the food and flavors are still top notch! -- Russ read more

Not the greatest customer service since it is pretty hard to get stuff from the waitress, but I understand they are short staffed, so I always call my order ahead of time for Dine in. The girl that works there is really nice, so I don't mind having to ask for things multiple times since she seems to be running the place on her own, and this is honestly the Best Thai food I have ever had. The Pad See Eew is my favorite. read more

Recently moved in to the area and ordered a large (120+) dinner for my household. Had to trash the sweet and sour, I have never had sweet and sour smell so strongly of fish. The cats were intrigued, but no one else was. At first we thought it was a soup. Cashew tofu was almost completely 1" cubes of potatoes and almost dry, which was too bad since the sauce was the best part of the order. Kings curry was so hot we are still trying to figure out how to make it edible. It honestly seems like it has no coconut milk at all, just a hot sauce on, again, potatoes. Fried tofu was really dry but also really cheap, so not too surprised. The pineapple fried rice was just rice with curry powder and a few raisins/cashews. If there was pineapple we certainly didn't find it. Peanut sauce was really good, jasmine rice was ok, and we didn't get to try 2 of the entrees we ordered since they were not delivered. Maybe we ordered on an off night? It took 2 hours for them to make the food, so perhaps they were very busy, but it still was a large waste of money. read more

Finest Thai - This is there sweet and sour entree, it was almost all liquid and REEKED of fish - Thai Near Me - El Cajon, California

The yellow vegetable curry... I cannot say enough good about how amazing it tastes!!! It's packed with flavor, very tasty Yellow curry is my go-to whenever I try a new Thai place and Finest Thai passed the vibe check. Super friendly customer service as well, a smile and cheery voice with a helpful attitude makes all the difference in the food industry. Make sure you leave a tip!! They're that good. read more

I went here on my lunch break and I was so happy with my decision! I just moved to San Diego from out of state so I went in very blindly and was so satisfied with my food! It filled me up so fast and I still had so much left and it tasted amazing. I don't go to El Cajon often but I want to visit here every time I go. read more

Finest Thai - 21. Pho Soup - Thai Near Me - El Cajon, California

It should really be a 4 3/4 star, my only complaint is.... no utensils. Oh, let me backtrack. I'm staying at a hotel.... however, it is partly my fault for not putting it in the comments. Never mind, it's a 5 star. Delivery was fairly quick. Daniel was sweet. The hot basil, orange chicken, spring rolls, and Thai tea were delicious. Thank you!! read more

Finest Thai - Thai Near Me - El Cajon, California

I've a little congested lately and I figure some spice curry would be a good way to help clear up my sinuses. I ordered the fried spring veggie rolls for an appetizer for $5.95 (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/finest-thai-el-cajon?userid=WG3w_73scm_JUWJ_3Lgn0Q#32Bus3RPmXQy4ZmJ_miiqg), and their fantastic yellow curry with chicken, potatoes, carrots, onions, and peas in their decadent coconut yellow curry sauce. (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/finest-thai-el-cajon?userid=WG3w_73scm_JUWJ_3Lgn0Q#B_gItE7gza1-Nr6PVYZ75g) It cost $8.50. The fried rolls were okay. They were fried nicely an had a good crunch, but the vegetable filling was limited in quantity and flavor. (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/finest-thai-el-cajon?userid=WG3w_73scm_JUWJ_3Lgn0Q#_zEKQPdbZmm1aFzkU9167A) I will probably skip those next time and try the spring rolls instead. But, the star of my meal was definitely the yellow curry. I had it with freshly steamed brown rice (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/finest-thai-el-cajon?userid=WG3w_73scm_JUWJ_3Lgn0Q#cLVx7Go0eNKKQ7iufntV5w) and it was very good. The yellow curry was filled with tender delicious chicken that soaked up the heavenly curry sauce. (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/finest-thai-el-cajon?userid=WG3w_73scm_JUWJ_3Lgn0Q#Fly4Y8fnvxkEDyecCznJdQ) The potatoes were perfectly cooked and all the vegetables were crisp and fresh, not mushy. The yellow curry served over the brown rice was just a joy to eat, and the level 4 heat level, was perfect for me. (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/finest-thai-el-cajon?userid=WG3w_73scm_JUWJ_3Lgn0Q#zE0dVvA4J8ZBIQ_1BxU20Q) Very good curry. I will come back for this! I also had some jasmine hot tea which was good, and my young server was very sweet and attentive. Overall, minus the fried rolls, my experience was great. Bring on the Yellow Curry! read more

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My pad Thai is spaghetti noodles.... this does not taste like pad Thai, idk what this is read more

Finest Thai - Thai Near Me - El Cajon, California

Delicious! That would be Finest Thai in 1 word =D We got the shrimp pad thai (4 heat lv) and shrimp red curry (4 heat lv). Also if you check-in you get a free thai ice tea which is super yummy! Next time I'm getting a lv.2 - I thought I could handle spice...I was wrong lol Great pricing for the food quality. We will definetly be back! read more

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Ordered 2 hours ago and food still hasn't been delivered. We even gave a 20% tip on a large order. My family and I will never eat here again. UPDATE After our order was apparently "out for delivery" and "right around the corner" for 40 min, followed by another update that they were dropping off at 5 other houses first, I finally called and said I shouldn't have to pay for cold food that takes over 2 hours to deliver-- so they just cancelled our order outright and decided to not deliver it at all, leaving us hungry and without any food 2.5+ hours later. They SUPPOSEDLY had the food in the car and just decided not to deliver it ever. What kind of place is this??! While other restaurants with great food and customer service are struggling, this place thinks horrible service is perfectly normal. This restaurant should be shut down!!! read more

Def a traditional Thai spot for delicious spicy food. Always received my order hot off the stove and the staff members are always welcoming. The setting is very welcoming as it gives you that authentic feel of an Thai intimate dinner. Def a spot to visit if you're in the area. read more

Okay, after waiting a year or so, we went back. And it had regained some of its tastiness. Yes! Get to rely on neighborhood Thai just a few minutes from my house. So we were making some regular visits. Then...the pandemic. I've gone in about three times since restaurants reopened. Time #1--Had to ask the person opening my food containers to please pull up her mask. Time #2--They couldn't tell how my order came in (did I order from Door Dash, Grub Hub)...and so it wasn't ready. Person dealing with my order didn't have her mask pulled up to cover her nose. Time #3--Once more, how did I order? Was it through Door Dash? So...order isn't ready. I get asked what rice I want for my Rama Thai. The site won't let you order unless you specify but okay. I tell them I want the jasmine rice. Well, it turns out it didn't matter what I wanted because they forgot to put it in with the rest of the order. And...one person from the kitchen comes out with their mask pulled down. Nope nope nope nope nope nope Done. read more

Not sure how this place has 4 stars. Today was my 5th order in the last month and wowwwww so good. I didn't think it was possible that with literally each meal I tried the food would get even more delicious regardless of the day or time I ordered. Usually its up then down or more of the same but the flavors from their food, lets just say their spice rack definitely isn't for decoration. Hands down some of the best thai food I've ever had. And where there impressive food still has me wishing my stomach could hold 3 times more food, their customer service skills has impressed me even more... I called in probably 5 or 6 times before I actually ordered. My first issue was uber eats was showing no courier available so I called to see what they could do. A lovely girl named Beatrice answered. She didn't care if I was calling in with my first world issue, she wasn't annoyed, she was extremely helpful, and so incredibly sweet. She let me know, they use doordash, postmates, uber eats and they deliver. Unfortunately though, I live in Jamul so only uber eats delivers. I asked her about their delivery she typed in my address, but I am 31 min away and they deliver a maximum of 20 min away (side note: they might go slightly further depending on what you order like when you order catering). So of course I was sad I wasn't going to get my food today, but her calmness and care definitely made me feel a lot less disappointed. She urged me to try uber eats in a bit and said hopefully they will accept my order soon. A half hour later I was able to order. I didn't know what I wanted though, so of course me having more first world problems, I called in a few more times to figure it out. But each time her personality and impressive customer service skills never wavered. ...I have to say as an owner of a company and a COO of another even I felt I could learn something from Beatrice today. So where this impressive food definitely is well deserving of 5 stars, I would say Beatrice alone earned them double that. Thank you again for everything because of you, I will certainly be back! P.S the penang curry and the crab wontons are to die for. Try it you will not regret it. read more