Let me start by saying I don't write reviews unless they're bad. Not just bad but so bad that it pisses me off to the point of writing a yelp review. I'm from SF and was recommended this place by a local. Being I'm from SF I'm spoiled with good food. That isn't saying LA and greater socal doesn't have amazing food, this place just isn't one of them. After seeing the ratings and reviews I was ready to try this place for myself! My gf, her family, and myself held off from eating all day at Universal to pig out here afterwards. Boy do I wish we made a different decision tonight. So before I get into the bad let me start with the good. The establishment is gorgeous and the ambiance is perfect. Even with a full bar and Sunday night football, the fact the venue is split makes it very enjoyable to dine in. Granted I didn't dine in, as a restaurant/businees owner, I look at all these things. Considering I'm staying 20mins from the restaurant, a lot of the dishes held up REALLY well! Especially the orange chicken, which in my opinion was the best dish of the night. I didn't get to try the crab fried rice but everyone who did, loved it. It's worth noting it wasn't finished tho... Nothing was. Now on to why there's a one star in this rating. In all honesty it's a shame it can't be zero stars. First off let me start by saying, if I'm paying $20 on average per dish, I want exactly what I asked for. Especially when what I'm asking isn't that difficult to keep out of a dish THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE INGREDIENT TO BEGIN WITH! So I myself ordered a panang curry with chicken. I made it a point to ask for no lemon grass. I was told by multiple people, the dish didn't come with it. Cool. So I reassurd the waiter that I didn't want lemon grass in my dish. Upon picking up our order the receipt clearly said, "ADD Lemon Grass"... Ok no sweat. I bring it back and they happily exchange it while explaining to me the dish doesn't even come with lemon grass... In my mind, it's football Sunday night and it's pretty darn busy, I can't hold them to it. But twice? Twice? Even after I had to walk in and make it clear I don't want lemon grass. Unfortunately I didn't realize my dish was full of it until getting back home. There was so much lemon grass in my dish, as soon as I opened it that's all you could smell. My gf ordered pad Thai. Let me add that my gf and I love spicy food and they did a pretty darn good job of applying the heat we wanted. So kudos there. Now back to the "pad Thai", I've had better tasting Pad Thai from hole in the wall "King of Thai" restaurants. My point in saying this it to try and justify the price of this food. At $20/dish I expect WAY MORE. The pad Thai was for sure spicy but pathetically tasteless and flavourless. She actually dumped a box of rice in it, it was so painfully bland. Pad Thai is very rich in flavor and has multiple individual accents that come together to make "pad thai", the only one I got was the tamarind which tasted more like ketchup. Pad Thai is supposed to be sweet, salty, and sour. This barely hit one of those notes. The yellow curry, isn't even worth me speaking on it's so pathetic. There was barely any chicken in the fish at all. Just bits. The terriyaki chicken, I've had better from L&L Hawaiian. We also got lettuce wraps, which one wrap got shared between a few people, and the rest of the dish is sitting unfinished. I'll let that speak for itself. The pad see ew was a lot like the pad Thai in my opinion. Pretty but lacking authentic flavor. We also got a har gow, which are the Chinese shrimp dumplings. For those of you who don't know, this is typically a dim sum dish that's steamed. I'm not sure what I got but they weren't steamed. The flavor was almost spot on actually but those weren't steamed at all. They actually reminded me of when you microwave them the day after or something. The edges were so hard and the wrapper was about as dry as death valley. It's worth noting not a single person finished their dish. The closest dish to being finished was my panang. In my opinion the craze with this place is the ambiance and venue itself. Just because you put a high price tag on food and plate it pretty, doesn't make it good. This place is the perfect example of that. I take pride in being a great cook and successful businessman. Whoever owns this place, and whoever is cooking, should be ashamed. I have no issues with paying for food, clearly I ate here. If you're going to ask for a high price, make sure your food is worth it first. After not eating all day, being so excited to try this place, I couldn't be more regretful wasting my money here. As someone whose eaten authentic Thai food, cook authentic Chinese food, I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone looking for good food. read more

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Great atmosphere. I visited Grapow with friends on a random Tuesday night. We had various cocktails and beer along with appetizers. We ordered their edemame, calamari, and dumpling. All were very delicious. Their pad thai with chicken was average. I've had better pad thai in other restaurants. Overall, great meeting spot for casual dining and drinks with good friends. read more

Very very good Thai Fusion. Loved the calamari. Ordered the drunken noodles at a 4. It was perfect for me, but too much heat for my husband. Noodles were quality. I should have taken pics. Presentation was nice. Great local date spot with city vibe. It's a 5 for Riverside. Will definitely return. read more

Have eaten here twice now. Food is good but takes forever to get served, food is cold, and have gotten sick both times. Avoid this spot.

This place has really good food, good location with electric vibe and unfortunately some untrained poor customer oriented staff members. For customer service, they deserve zero stars. We have ordered the same thing probably 10 times and one of their staff members tells me this time that you can't order this the way we usually get and on top of that half of the order is wrong. Owner/Management- please fix your customer service issues and train your staff to know what good customer service is. read more

Wonderful food, but you may have to wait for a table. Yellow curry is delicious. Chicken Curry

The food is always good. Service sometimes can be slow and food served warm - never hot. It's our local place for Thai food so we'll be eating there in the future. read more

Great service and amazing food. The place is clean and inviting with the cool ambiance and decor. It's located in a safe area close to the freeway. I always go when in town. read more

Great place for eat in or take out. Limited sushi right now due to staffing. I've eaten about 70% of the menu items. Not much that hasn't been excellent to great! *order the "lunch special" to go and you get a small salad, wonton and Rangoon with a slightly smaller main portion. Perfect dinner! read more

We have frequented this place for a few years now and are consistently pleased for the most part. Foods good, and the bar lounge area gets pretty hopping for happy hour time! It's nice having a place in the neighborhood where u can grab a drink and couple apps and enjoy a little time with friends. Service is great too if u get one of those amazing servers that know the menu inside and out and can help u figure out what u really want even if u don't know it! But when it's hopping, e prepared to wait a bit. read more

I love the atmosphere and the very reasonably priced yummy food. I moved and still come back for visits. Decent happy hour. Gastro pub feel. Good location to watch sports. Great staff. read more

We always love when we get Grapow but prefer take out over dine in. The food is good, prices reasonable and efficient service.

Definitely a local favorite and staple. You can have a nice sit down dinner or chill at the bar. The food is always fresh, delicious and full of flavor! I eat here at least once a month. This place is great read more

I got the yellow curry and it was delicious. Food was great however there was a bit of delay on the service.

My husband and I stopped here on a weeknight, and it was quite busy. With that being said, the service was quick and on point. The server was pleasant and focused on her job. After ordering there was no wait for our soup, which was flavorful, (a little spicy for my husband), and hot temperature wise. As soon as we finished our soup, the food arrived right on schedule. Everything was DELICIOUS. I had the staple yellow curry with potatoes and onions, I think I added pork as my protein, rather than the usual chicken and that made it that much better. All in all, this was one of the better Thai places we have found in the area and plan on visiting many times in the future. Thank You Grapow Thai. read more

Gra Pow - Thai Near Me - Riverside, California

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While traveling in the local area on business, a friend recommended this place and I was glad I tried it! Dark and cozy, this place just oozed ambiance and I was quickly seated. It seemed as if one side of the restaurant is a sports bar while the other side is a quiet, sit-down establishment. Whatever you're looking for, this place has it! The wait staff was VERY good, recommending the Pad Gra Pow with Chicken. They told me it was spicy, but left the spice scale up to me. I chose a "5" out of 10, but wish I would have gone higher as the 5 was not spicy enough for me. However, I still appreciated them letting me choose. A very good dish...actually, it was amazing and I ate every morsel on my plate! Will definitely be back! read more

Amazing Calamari and high quality seafood fried rice and Thai tea! Definitely coming back!!

I really like the feel of this place with the ambiance, the bar, TV and outdoor seating. It's not like other Thai places in Moreno Valley/Riverside. Only drawback - the Pad Thai and Pad See Ew were not that tasty :( The Pad Thai lacked sauce because it was pretty dry & the heavy amount of julienned carrots on top did not help. So taste on the 2 most sought-out dishes for me were not great. I want to really like this place because the service was good, the crab fly lice was great, the basil eggplant was a winner & the beverage cups were huge! I also liked that the lunch specials were valid on the weekends (big plus!) So it has potential to be a 5-star review in my books if slight changes can be made. read more

When I used to live in Riverside, I would frequent this place. They have expanded and upgraded which is nice. I came to try some suhi rolls that were highly recommended, but unfortunately they only serve sushi at dinner... kinda weird. So after this dissapointment we decided to have some appetizers. We had the tuna tartare that was really tasty and served with warm baguettes. The chicken slammer was great. Unique flavors with seasone ground chicken and sweet sauce on top. Great dish. Thai tea was not as sweet as I remembered. They should really have sushi all day since they have an entire sushi bar in my opinion. read more

Gra Pow - Chicken Slammer - Thai Near Me - Riverside, California

The service is great here quick and easy. Great indoor ambiance as well. The food I ordered was delicious. Definitely recommend this place. read more

Gra Pow - Pot stickers - Thai Near Me - Riverside, California

I am speaking to my cell phone for this review so forgive my lack of punctuation and sometimes making any sense but Grapow is amazing! I think this place is awesome the food is especially good and be careful it can be so spicy as to make your food an edible attack On your taste buds. If you like food and you like Asian food you will like this if you don't there's probably something wrong with you. Period. (I had to edit the name - when I said it Siri heard "group pal") read more

One of the few places out here that stay open pretty late for food and drinks. This place was pretty crowded and upon walking in, there was no hostess or server so we had to pretty much sit ourselves. Ended up walking to find a server before getting menus and ordered from the happy hour menu, since there were no other menus at the time. The server was friendly and running back and forth, so you can tell they are understaffed here. Ordered the Lavender Lycheetini, a glass of red wine (Cabernet), chicken satay and gyoza. The food and environment was pretty subpar. It took about half an hour before the food came out cold. The chicken satay was hard and dry, making it hard to bite off without a fork. The gyoza tasted cold, dry and crispy (not in a good way). The drinks were pretty good and got stronger near the bottom, so definitely be mindful of that cause it might just creep up on you. Overall, service was friendly, but very slow and the food took a long time. Not sure if I'd come back after this experience. read more

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This is my go to place , it's very yummy and always hits the spot . My fav is the tiger steak !!! Definitely recommend

Really good food. Loved the Garlic Pepper Noodles. Best Thai I've had in awhile. Would recommend.

I came here when it opened several years ago (since its near my house) and the food gas gotten better in my opinion. The place/atmosphere is cool, casual. Seating area is outside and inside. The staff is really nice and friendly. I came here with my family for my birthday (and have been here for several of our birthdays) The Thai iced tea is really good! We got to tom yum soup, it was served on those bowls with the fire going under it still. Pretty cool. Soup was gingery and lots of lemon. I got the pad see ew and it was good (but not spicy enough for me) my sister got the garlic shrimp noodles! It was sooo gooood! My dad got a fried rice dish it was the best dish out of all of ours. It had a perfect amount of vegetables, shrimp and the food had a range of spices. My mom got this baked fish with some curry, I thought the fish was pretty bland, no flavor. Bill came out to be like $70 read more

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I've had really good and a few really bad experiences at Gra Pow. I once ordered pad kee mow, which is flat rice noodles with meat, and was served noodles with inedible gristle. Recently, however, I ordered the same thing, and got exactly what I wanted. So what is the variable? The last time I ordered, Patrick, the owner, took my order, and I got exactly what I wanted. The bottom line is that Patrick will always make sure you get what you want. Otherwise, it's a crap shoot. My main problem with Gra Pow is the pricing. This is, by far, the most expensive Thai restaurant I have ever been to in my life. On the other hand, when you get good service, it is also the highest quality Thai restaurant. Tonight, I ordered beef pad kee mao and tom kha kai, and it was delicious. It was like sliced high quality steak, although the soup was just average. I'm always concerned that the owner needs to be on site for me to be sure that I will get good service. That's the problem at Gra Pow. If Patrick isn't there, you really may not have a good experience. The cooks seem very competent and the food quality seems above average, but the people left behind to run the shop when the owner isn't there seem incapable of managing the operation. My rating of this restaurant is solely based on whether or not the owner is on site. If he is, you will have a 5 star experience. If he isn't, you may not get what you order. Patrick, please re-evaluate your staff. I love your food, but you need people working for you that care as much about your food and your customers to maintain the level of quality that I imagine you want to sustain. read more

Gra Pow - Pad kee mao with beef, done as it should be done. - Thai Near Me - Riverside, California

Delicious food very good service. My favorite is papaya mango rice for dessert easy to park the best Thai food in town

Love this place! Amazing food & lots of fun! Always crowded but definitely worth the wait!

I have been coming here for years! This place has the BEST food and drinks!!! With that being said I stopped coming for a bit due to the service! Today Sandy was our waitress and she was the best waitress we have ever had here. Thank you ! read more

This place should show $$$$ instead of $$! Can't believe how expensive this place is! It's not like it's in Newport beach with an ocean view or anything. In fact the atmosphere is a step above a fast food restaurant. We only ordered three dishes and three alcoholic beverages and the bill came out to over $100.00 including tip! That's crazy for some Thai fusion place in the middle of Riverside!! Thai fried rice is JUST rice with some canned lump crab in it and they charged $20.00. idk maybe I should have gone over the bill, maybe it was the wrong bill, but it came out to be $88.00 dollars and some change!!! Never will I even think of this place again! The drinks were two Moscow mules and a glass of wine. They first brought me the Moscow mule in a glass instead of the copper mug which makes it a Moscow mule and had to return it. I was pissed all night. It really put me in a very bad mood!! read more

Tried it out for my first time and WOW. The food was amazing service was good Margie was amazing. The patio was nice and comfortable. The cream cheese puffs were to absolutely die for. 10/10 definitely coming back read more

Gra Pow - Pepper beef!! - Thai Near Me - Riverside, California

Love the vibe, but love the food even more! Even offer fresh sushi! Their Korean tacos our delicious! But everything on the menu is delicious! Can't get enough!!! read more

We love the bar side during the NFL season. They offer great drinks and app specials all week long. For dinner we sit on the restaurant side and enjoy be served by Sandy. When she is not working are go to is Oliver, he is really attentive and his professionalism is top tier. Everything is good here but I must say I think they have the best Orange Chicken I've ever tasted. Their lunch specials are a great deal during the week and portion sizes are big. read more

Food is absolutely delicious! I tried the beef / steak salad (not the Larb-ground beef)... The dressing was phenomenal Going back today for the garlic noodles! read more

I've gone here on a few occasions since it's a nice Thai restaurant for celebrations. If you are going at night, especially during the weekend, expect for there to be a bit of a wait time for you. Their options are mostly Thai food, but I noticed on the back of their menu they serve sushi as well. I've only ever tried their Thai food so I can't really comment on their sushi. They do have a selection of drinks at their restaurant and I think that's what attracts people the most, especially the younger crowd. The food itself is good. I'm not sure if you'd consider I it authentic Thai food, but it's good. They put an overwhelming amount of vegetables with your meal and I'm not saying I don't like vegetables, but we ordered the house fried rice and my mom asked where the fried rice was followed by my dad looking at one of the dishes saying "we didn't order that." But it was the fried rice, it just looked like a plate of vegetables. It was actually really good, and our first time trying it. We also order pad see ew, Tom yum, larb, and pad Thai. Everything was really good. I suggest this place if you want that nice Thai restaurant vibe, but I don't really like having to wait so long to be seated so I personally prefer going to the smaller mom and pop Thai restaurants lol read more

I been going to this place for about 10 years now and I must say, the food is DELICIOUS and service is awesome! My favorite is the beef Grapow spicy and their shrimp spring rolls with the peanut sauce are to die for!!! I highly recommend this place for some authentic Thai food. The ambience is pretty chill, but they have a bar side and they play music and also have karaoke nights. read more

We love the staff, food and atmosphere. Even our fellow diners were great company on a football Sunday. They have Sunday ticket so it does get busy so get there early if you want seats in the bar area. Food was amazing! read more

This place is a mix of traditional Thai food but with a contemporary, hip vibe. One side of the restaurant is the traditional Thai side and the other side is a sushi bar with a liquor bar as well. However, you can order food from both sides. This place is unique and they also have great lunch specials with an outdoor patio as well. read more

Gra Pow - Pad Thai - Thai Near Me - Riverside, California

Love it!! Food is the best! And service is awesome! The bar can use a little lesson in customer service though.

We keep returning because the food is amazing. Everything we have has been great. We always order the cheese balls for an appetizer. The only reason I cant give five stars is because the service it always sub par. Its not horrible but cane definitely use improvement. read more