I would actually like to give this place 3.5 stars but since it's whole numbers only, I'll round up.... 4 stars for the cleanliness and organization, fast and friendly service, great tasting food and half star for value. The dishes were literally good for 1 person (a skinny to average one). The portions are actually for a person counting calories because it's half of what i would usually eat but then again I'm a big girl in a small to medium frame body. Anywho, although we loved our food, we were not totally full after finishing our dinners. Here are the dishes we had: PANANG CRISPY NOODLES $12 crispy thick deep fried noodles with PANANG (curry) chicken on top. Delish!!!! JADED THAI FRIED RICE $11 curry fried rice with 4 jumbo shrimp and imitation crab meat. Very good dish and a meal on its own. RED CURRY THAI CHICKEN $12 I wish the sauce was thicker but it was really good. A perfect amalgam of sweet and spicy in coconut base. Very good! I think it's pretty pricey but the taste was great so I really can't complain. I'm just so used to eating my face off til I'm full to my neck. This place has the diet portion. Lol. read more

Jaded Thai - Panang crispy noodles $12 - Thai Near Me - Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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The girl in the front was not friendly- at all. Food was ok, luke warm when I picked it up and I was early.

Love the pad see ewe. Lunch special includes a salad or spring rolls (seemingly random). New owners. Same yummy food. Couple bucks more but fast for carry out snd dining room is reopened! read more

One of those not exactly great but better than average Thai restaurants. The interior is less traditional than many you'd find - more upscale looking, like Oiishi Thai. Service was alright but could've been a bit faster. Prices are fairly typical for a Thai restaurant, which is cheaper than Japanese but more than Chinese. The shrimp mangtra was quite good, like the fried shrimp rolls you'd get at a dim sum restaurant. The spinach adds a nice twist to the roll which is enhanced by the sweet and sour sauce. The shrimp pad thai is alright, neither the best nor the worst I've had but pretty enjoyable. I haven't found too many pad thais that were really that good in the suburbs so this would probably be one of the best you can find locally. The pad tung tak was a bit disappointing for me. I wasn't crazy about the seafood selection nor the amount of salt in the dish. Perhaps I'm just spoiled by the excellent noodle dishes at Gumrai Thai. The mussels delight has a decent broth but uses the standard mussels you'd find in an asian buffet rather then PEI mussels. Oddly, there is a lack of places that serve gourmet mussel or clam dishes in the northwest suburbs (probably because of the lack of French or Belgian restaurants). Even with that scarcity, I'm not sure this dish is worth a special trip here -- maybe Chef Ping's clam with black bean sauce is worth a trip, but the restaurant is always very busy. read more

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This place recently changed ownership and I decided to give it a try. Under the old owners, I would rate the place as average but after the management change, the flavors have really been spot on. Food is prepared fast, custom requests are properly taken care of and portions are good. The curry dishes are excellent. So glad they're in the neighborhood. read more

Pretty good. We went as a group for lunch, and I was delighted to see that the lunch menu is a pretty decent price point. I think it is $7.50 if you get chicken or tofu, but if you get beef or shrimp it's around $8.50. Your lunch meal includes a side and a soup, but it depends on the day of the week what you get. We got 2 spring rolls and a soup. Other days of the week those may be different. The soup we had was a bit bland, but the spring rolls were decent. For my meal I got the spicy crazy noodles with chicken. I was surprised....it was actually really good. It's not a big restaurant, but it did get a crowd and I think there is only 1 server. The service itself was pretty fast, but the server wasn't really talkative. I wouldn't call it bad service, but she could have been a bit nicer. Definitely worth checking out. read more

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Grabbed takeout this afternoon and this place has higher quality food then what you'll see in other places. The veggies in the curry were nice and fresh and still a little crunch, Tom yum soup had a nice spice, and their lunch specials are a good deal. Bonus is that your lunch comes with the appetizer of the day. read more

Love this restaurant. Although only carry out after Covid...we enjoy the food every week!

We have a new favorite restaurant! We were greeted and seated immediately! We asked for recommendations and based on that ordered the Garlic chicken, Thai Fried Rice and Chicken Panang Curry. Everything was really fresh and delicious! Thank you for the awesome meal! We will definitely be back! read more

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Jaded Thai is consistently good. Service is always quick at lunch time so you can be in and out and filled up in no time. There are quite a few people from my workplace who frequent this place due to it's close proximity to the office. Needless to say we are thankful they are serving up good, flavorful Thai food. None of us are fans of the Tom Yum soup served with lunch on Fridays as it is an acquired taste. We love the chicken rice soup served on Monday and Thursday. And we all enjoy the veggie egg rolls served on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I have tried the spicy crazy noodles, the pad thai and the thai fried rice. I enjoyed each one, but the fried rice stands out the most. You have your choice of protein or just vegetables which easily accommodates every one. read more

Why did I wait so long to try Jaded Thai? A diamond in the rough... for certain! I started with Tom Yum soup. A great complexity of flavors... rich, tangy from the lime at a little heat. Great on a cold/rainy/snowy evening! For my entree, I had the Hot Curry 2 with chicken. You can choose your heat level on this dish... I went Hot, shying away from Extra Hot having an affinities spicy, but also concern for my derriere! Needless to say, it was good, tasty and flavorful... the right amount of heat. Also, all the veggies were fresh and cooked properly, not soggy and gross. Overall, I was pleased with this dish, but not blown away. Will be back to explore other items for sure! read more

Jaded Thai is the best! All their flavors are on point. Their food is just as good when picking it up to go. They also offer Gluten-Free. They also have lunch specials. My fav dishes would be: Pad Thai (GF) Pad See Ew (GF) Pad Woonsen (GF) Thai Fired Rice (GF) Fried Tofu Rice Soup read more

Amazing! We've been looking for a new Thai restaurant lately since we moved so far from our favorite but wow! This far surpassed our old favorite! Service was amazing as well! Definitely give them a try. read more

If Yelp has taught me anything, it's not to judge a book by its cover. I saw several people I know write excellent reviews for this restaurant and bookmarked it a few weeks ago. It's not terribly far from home, so I knew I could make my way over one of these days. I've been home for the past 2 weeks recovering from surgery and tonight was my first adventure out of the house except for work the past two days. My sis and I had plans for dinner tonight but we didn't know where we were going so after chatting a while and not getting anywhere, I said, lets just go! We'll find something. I didn't feel like driving (which like never happens but I have been pretty tired the past few days) so my sis drove tonight. I was the navigator. She said, you tell me which way to go, and I'll follow your instructions. Yippee!! I get to pick the place! So I tell her to turn right, make a left here, make a right there and before you know it, we're headed North on Barrington Road, so I pull up some restaurants in this direction and Jaded Thai pops up! Ok, we have a destination! We pull in the parking lot on the west end and notice there are several other restaurants in this strip mall, so we drove down the full strip to see what else there might be here for future reference or if we want to change our minds (just like a couple of women might do on a whim), and we end up parking between Jaded Thai and Lily's Mexican restaurant. Now, I don't have a particular taste for anything as I haven't had much of an appetite and my sister doesn't want to be at fault if she picks either place and it sucks, so she stands by my door as I'm struggling my way out of her car, and waits there so she can follow me to whichever of these two restaurants I walk to. I laughed at her like the goof that she is and said, well, we were heading to Jaded Thai so lets just go there and we walk over. As we walk in, I noticed their restaurant is pretty busy. I was nervous for a second that we might have to wait for a table and I'm not much for standing around in my condition, but luckily they have more tables in this place than you would think looking from outside. We are seated at a 2-top table right away and I'm thinking I HATE 2-top tables. They are never big enough and were always struggling to fit our drinks, food, side plates and our phones (of course!) but I was happy to find the 2-top was plenty spacious for our dining needs. We're immediately served ice cold water and given our menus. They are not the most extensive menus but they have plenty of options. It's very simply laid out. For example, they list all your entree options like "garlic, ginger, sweet & sour" and then you can pick if you want tofu, chicken, beef, or shrimp. I love this! Simple yet customizable. Right up my alley! I love ginger like I love chocolate, so I of course select the Ginger Chicken. My sis, well, I'll let her tell you herself about her meal but she loved it! We also shared their combination appetizer. PERFECT FOR SHARING UP TO 4 PEOPLE!! You receive 4 each: crab Rangoon, mini egg rolls and shrimp dumpling. It was more than enough for the 2 of us and just enough for 4 people to share. Their dipping sauce was wonderful. The egg rolls were wrapped tight and packed with flavor. The shrimp dumpling did not look like something I would normally pick up to taste but were FANTASTIC! And the crab Rangoon was pretty standard. Oh, did I mention the app was only $7?! My Ginger chicken was very, very good! I was a pain and ordered it without mushrooms, easy onions and extra bell peppers (they did charge me an extra $1 for the extra peppers). The chicken was plentiful. Beautiful white meat pieces of chicken and had plenty of sauce. It was served with some steamed rice to tie it all together. What I love about Thai food is that it's not greasy or heavy like Chinese food. I ate plenty of food for dinner tonight. I only ate about 1/3 or half of my dinner so I have some leftovers for lunch tomorrow and it cost me about $18 out the door. We both skipped the soda and stuck to good ole H2O but do keep in mind they serve soda by the can at $1.50 each: coke, diet coke and sprite only. Personally, I prefer my soda from a can anywhere I go because I know exactly what I'm getting and I'm not concerned that the lines haven't been cleaned or I'm getting some generic crap soda pop. We will definitely be back! I have a feeling now that we like Jaded Thai so much, were unlikely to try any of the other places in the strip mall but anything is possible. Ps. They're closed on Sundays! read more

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Fantastic Thai food. I never knew this place existed before I saw it on Groupon. I ordered the Crazy Spicy Noodles and Tom Yum Soup. Both were fantastic. They were not kidding when they named the noodles "crazy spicy". I was downing water and stealing lettuce from my boyfriends dish to put the fire out in my mouth. Service was friendly and attentive. I really liked the ambiance of the place. The nerd in me thought it was super cute that they had a bookshelf in the back. I was surprised that we were the only people there considering how good the food was! read more

Jaded Thai - Lunch special! - Thai Near Me - Hoffman Estates, Illinois

I don't even think I wanted Thai food. You know those days when you're kinda like, yeah...I guess...whatever? That was me. Headed out for casual dinner with one of my sister's and I wanted to see and I wanted to eat dinner, but I was just like whatever when it came to the food. That all changed when we walked in the door. The restaurant was almost full with a wide variety of people (always a good sign!) and I didn't want to sit near the door - we sat near the door. No worries though, it was cozy warm without being too hot all evening. Nice! We chose the combination appetizer which was probably too much for the two of us. My favorite part was the shrimp dumplings. They were lightly fried and absolutely delicious! The mini eggs rolls had shrimp and were very tasty as well. And the crab Rangoon were crisp, but the filling was more like a smear of cream cheese with some scallions inside. Those crispy nuggets were my only real letdown. My water glass was constantly refilled over the course of the evening and the owner was lovely. Just extra nice the entire time. I couldn't decide (remember, I don't think I wanted Thai food) so I choose sweet and sour shrimp. Lightly breaded in a knock your socks off sauce with plenty of pineapple. Once I was a bite or two in, then I knew that I wanted Thai food. Oh and that I wanted to come back. Right away. Thanks Yelpers for continuing to lead me in the tastiest directions! read more

Jaded Thai - Those umbrellas were too cute! - Thai Near Me - Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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I enjoyed our visit here. We decided to come here because we got a groupon. The interior was nice and clean. It wasn't a huge space but there were mostly people picking up takeout. The service was very friendly and fast. Our waitress had a warm and happy vibe. The food was pretty darn good as well. I ordered the pad thai with tofu. It was not too oily or too dry. The flavor was good too. Some places have artificial tasting pad thai but it was not the case here. My husband ordered pad see ew. He said it was the best he has ever had. When I tried it it tasted great. It tasted very balanced and had the right amount of spice. Since we had such a great experience here I would be happy to come back again. read more

Jaded Thai - Pad thai - Thai Near Me - Hoffman Estates, Illinois

In a expensive area... I picked my dinner, some curries... Way to watery, nothing spectacular.... Compared to other Thai foods I've had at other place.. Place is clean, very nice and the hostess was courteous, kind, polite and greeted me... Which is a plus. Will I come back.... I don't know, still debating.. read more

4 stars for the food, service, and ambiance! Jaded Thai is a small restaurant in a strip mall but don't let that fool you. I came here for lunch for a coworker's birthday and boy, do they have great lunch specials! For about $7-$8 you get a small appetizer, soup, and entree. The appetizer and soup change on a daily basis; the ones I had when I came were spring rolls and wonton soup. I wouldn't say the spring rolls were the best but they were decent. They would have been better if they were soaked less in sweet and sour sauce but eh, that's OK since I still devoured them! For my entree, I ordered the chicken Pad Thai (yes, I know that's boring) and everything about it was very good. The flavor was spot on as well as the chicken and egg to noodle ratio, which is super important to me (mainly because I'm greedy and love protein heh). I like that the Pad Thai wasn't too artificially orange colored or drenched in sauce. I definitely recommend coming here for the food and service. Our waitress was adorable, sweet, and efficient. We were in and out of there in less than an hour which is impressive! read more

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Food & service is an 11/10!! Tried the Thai coffee, iced tea, and cashew chicken and loved them all!! Last but not least the chocolate cake was delicious!! I'll be telling all my friends & family this is my favorite Thai spot read more

Love this place I had the Mongolian beef was excellent !!! We also had Panang Crispy Noodle Beef it was very delicious I will definitely order that again ! Cozy place nice and chill the lady host is very nice ! read more

The food is excellent!! Very authentic Thai food. The service is great and the atmosphere is very nice for the family or just date night. I highly recommend the Spicy Basil Chicken it has a lot of flavor and a nice kick!! I have been waiting for a great Thai restaurant!! read more

Awesome food and great service as well. They have fresh vegetables daily and scratch made sauces each day as well. Lunch time is a great value and dinner portions are fair as well. Lunch has a limited menu compared to dinner, the basil chicken on the dinner menu is a must. read more

Shrimp potstickers dry and overcooked. I've never had dumplings this bad in my life, and that's saying alot. The shrimp potstickers were so fishy smelling, don't know if it was just because the shrimp was old or what. The crab rangoon the worst I've ever had, again, I've had some bad crab Rangoon, but this was something altogether weird. It was flattened, never seen anything like this, not the little box you expect, rather it seemed like someone made them ahead of time and packed them into a small package crushing them and making them flat in there process. It was all cream cheese. As if that wasn't bad enough, it tasted like it was fried in old oil. Absolutely disgusting, sub par. I would be embarrassed to send this out to any customer. It's an insult frankly that nobody in the kitchen thought there was problem with serving you substandard food. Ok so the green curry and the Panang curry were on point. Preferred them on the spicy side and wasn't disappointed, perfect amount of heat. The brown rice was delicious and so far no GI issues. Seriously disappointed at the appetizers, considering the quality of the entrees. If I had just stuck to ordering entrees, then would've given 5 stars. Not a fan of styrofoam containers, but what can you do. Containers didn't affect the poor rating. read more

Best Thai in the area hands down. Have visited here many times and the food is always fresh and the green tea is a perfect complement. If you see the mango sticky rice on the desert menu, get it. read more

I've lived in the area for 40 years and this was our first, but definitely not our last visit here. The food and the service was amazing! We had Pad Thai, garlic chicken, sweet and sour chicken, pork chow mein, curry soup, crab Rangoon, egg rolls, and spring rolls. All I can say is WOW!! We can't wait to go back and try other items on the menu! read more

Yummy food. Great service. Fast. Clean. Authentic. We come back again and again. Love the pad Thai.

Great food and awesome service! My wife and I had the chicken Pad See Ew, Red chicken curry (spicy) and shrimp tempura appetizer and everything was great. They were busy but our server was terrific. We didn't wait long, but she gave us the mango and sweet sticky rice desert for free. What a great experience! We will be back again soon!! read more

I've been there twice in the past month excited that dinning in was back open. When I went to dine in I noticed the portions were smaller. I didn't think anything of it, just thought that it was the dine in portion. The second time I went, I catered out. I got pad Thai spicy. Immediately after eating my food I became sick and remained sick the rest of the night. As of lately it seems like there's different staff in there. I'm not sure if they are under new management or what. The food doesn't taste great & it takes forever for them to make. What was my favorite Thai spot is somewhere that I do not see myself going to ever again. read more

Local neighborhood favorite. Small menu with lots of choices. Spicy to your liking. Small interior but you can hear yourself talk with friends. Friendly staff. Great prices as well as items to share. Have fun. read more

First time going there and we loved it! Every dish from the apps to main course was awesome, especially the spicy crazy noodles! Place is small but great service and good location. Highly recommended. read more

My initial visit was 3 days ago for my extra extra super spicy birthday Thai take-out order. My second visit was today, after enough time had passed between eating their level 5 spiciest possible version Spicy Basil Tofu and feeling confident that I could handle another dose after not blowing my butt hole out the first time around. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about people. Don't pretend. Anyway, I know what you guys are thinking. Thai take-out for your B-Day, Candice? But certainly you must have fabulous b-day plans beyond gauging if your digestive system can handle the heat, a yacht party at the very least? No. Not this year. This year I did the unspeakable 'adult' thing that I said I'd never do and worked through my birthday. Was it my first choice in birthday celebration options? No, but I also didn't mind it as much as I had envisioned in year's past. Sort of an embarrassment of riches when you truly love your J-O-B. Plus, this was the first year in almost a decade that my birthday fell on a weekend... and of course I was kind of sick for it. So, this year I opted to stay in, put my time in to the daily grind, pick up a cake, 2 chocolate covered strawberries and a bottle of $7.99 wine at Whole Foods, head to Hoffman Estates for take-out Thai from a place I've had bookmarked for about 7 months and then run to Walgreens while I wait so I can grab some cough drops, then head back, eat some Thai, work a little more and toast to not dying last year. With the rest of my B-Day activities being pretty low-key, the days outcome pretty much depended on the Thai... and thankfully, it did not disappoint. They made my dream take-out container of spicy basil tofu, extra extra spicy. It was so hot I had to take a break half way through and go back to it- just the way it should be. I soaked an entire paper towel in runny nose drip from the heat and loved every second of it. the perfect size tofu cuts, the perfect rice to tofu to veggies ratio, LOTS of juicy stuff to push the rice around in (this is key), they even had eggplant in the dish! Also, the take-out containers are the nice plastic ones with lids that you can wash and reuse... that have replaced real dining items like plates at my house. Nowadays I almost exclusively eat take-out Thai- or microwave some ish and eat it out of leftover take-out Thai containers. It's a beautiful life. A beautiful slovenly life. In the end my birthday was the best super low-key blast and I owe a big part of that to Jaded Thai's superior spicy basil tofu dish. I'll be back agian soon, as if my 2 visits in 3 days didn't already tell you that. read more

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Excellent food, menu choices I don't usually see at other places, and cheap! Looove the Jaded Thai salad (steamed broccoli, spinach, carrot, tomato, topped with hot peanut sauce). It's better when you eat in -- way more peanut sauce. I want that goodness totally smothering the green stuff. It's basically like a mini popeye dish without the protein, and you get a very good portion for only $2.50. They were willing to make the spring roll without crab meat for me, and it was fantastic! Pad thai was great too. The noodles were a bit firmer than what I prefer, but I still enjoyed it. And at $7.50 for the tofu pad thai, it's $1.50 cheaper than at most thai restaurants in the area. One thing: the online ordering system had a lot of issues when I tried to use it a month or two ago, so I'd recommend calling. I couldn't enter my phone number, and it said it was down for maintenance when I tried to submit. It also had some limitations such as no online payment if you're picking up the order. Argh! Kind of wish they'd just use GrubHub (although I totally don't blame them for not using it, as it charges restaurants an insanely high average of 15% off every order). Note: They sometimes run deals on their FB page. read more

Jaded is the last thing I feel after a visit to Jaded Thai I have sampled Thai food from almost every place in reasonable driving distance and Jaded Thai is a great place to get some classic Thai noodle dishes. I normally get the Pad See Ew with tofu and egg which is so good that it has turned the gf into a Pad See Ew fan (only when ordered from JT of course). The dish is a bit on the sweeter side which suits me just fine. I have also had the spicy basil tofu, and Tom Yum soup and neither one disappoints. Be a little careful when asked about spice levels, when asking for extra spicy they really bring the heat. Asking for it spicy (not extra spicy) is enough to give it a good kick with out making you cry. Jaded Thai has a nice store front in a strip mall a little away from Algonquin but it is still easy to spot from the road. The interior is small and inviting for a relaxing dinner. The service is amazing and even when you order a meal for take out they ask you to sit down and bring you out a drink. The food is cooked and brought out fast making it a great place for a delicious meal weather it is dine in or carry out. Even though when I pick-up food from Jaded Thai I feel like a crazy person since I walk out with 4+ meals for two people I have no shame because the food is just that good. read more

Wow, the reviews for this place are dead-on. Sure it's in a strip mall, but that's par for the course in the burbs. Our waitress came within a few minutes and looked ready to take our order. She was the only one taking orders, ringing up checks for the whole place. There was another lady who would bring out food, but for the most part, I would consider them under-staffed. We placed our entire order and the appetizer came out within a few minutes. We started off with chicken satay, which was delightful. They don't skimp on the peanut sauce, which I respect. Our entrees took a while to come out, probably close to 25 minutes after our appetizers. I ordered the pork Pad See Ew. It was great. I think the portion size was good for one person but I'm use to Asian food being way overdone and good enough to share. I wouldn't consider these sharing plates. To end, we got the fried bananas. I definitely wouldn't order them again. They are missing honey, or something to give a little more flavor. They come with the same pickled cucumbers that came with the chicken satay which threw me off a bit. Not worth it though. We had a Groupon (paid $11 for $20 worth of food) and paid an additional $9 plus tip. Not bad, I will definitely be back here for the great entrees! read more

I was riding my bike this summer around the magical Paul Douglas forest preserve. I have a really handy bike mount for my phone and I felt drawn to my yelp app. I wanted to see what was hot on yelp near the forest. Jaded Thai was first on the list. I thought the name was magnificent and I bookmarked it. Fast forward 2 months, I finally got around to trying Jaded Thai. I thought the environment was warm and cozy, very inviting. My friends and I really liked our food. I ordered the green curry with chicken. It totally hit the spot. Service was a bit slow but it didn't bother us because we were busy talking and catching up. Definitely somewhere I will visit again for a great dining experience. read more

Purchased a Groupon for Jaded Thai. Overall I felt their menu was lacking in essential Thai items such as papaya salad. I think that's a staple item any thai restaurant should have. Whatever, so I ordered carryout and was greeted by the less than enthused hostess/cashier. The most important thing is the food, and i ordered the Lad Nar, and although I didnt expect it to be better than my mother's homemade version, I found it really lacking in flavor and the gravy was too runny. Even lime and siracha couldnt help. Hubby did enjoy his sweet and sour chicken and comment how they actually used real chicken pieces unlike others. Since its around 10 mins from me, I would consider it again but it cant be my spot as i need papaya salad when i crave Thai food. I also found it too be a bit pricey compared to others. read more

Small portions... not authentic Thai... most may like it but they don't know what they are missing against real authentic Thai food.

DELICIOUS thai food. One of the best I've had. Everything is fresh and hot and cooked to perfection. Love the Thai iced tea and the basil fried rice... Those are my favorites. It gets spicy but it isn't unbearable by any means. The location is a little out of the way, but it is worth bumbling around to get to it. Inside is nice decor and it looks very clean and well maintained. The staff is a dream too. So nice, always smiling, and very quick. They also leave you alone so you can actually enjoy your dinner without someone in your face every two seconds; their waitress timing is perfect. Bonus: they give you gum when they give you the check which is much appreciated after curry and garlic based meals. Very reasonably priced. Would highly recommend. read more

This place is great for authentic Thai dishes. The owner is very friendly and the service is very good. We'll definitely be back for more.