I had high hopes for this place but was let down. The menu looked very enticing and the place smelled great. I ordered a so called spicy peanut sauce dish that had absolutely no spice and was sickeningly sweet. My girlfriend commented that's too sweet for me. The food was served on cold plates so it had no chance of being hot. I was never asked if I wanted it spicy or mild and only asked how it was 10 minutes after I finished. read more

I don't know if this was an off-night but the Chicken Pad Thai was absolutely awful. The chicken itself had NO taste and the texture was super-rubbery ~ almost as if it had been overcooked and then reheated more than once. I simply could not eat it and should have sent it back but I was with others and didn't want to make an issue. For $12, the serving was small, lukewarm, and overall mediocre at best. read more

I used to love their food as it was full of flavor and great quality and value. We came in Friday and the place was busy but not full. The recent changes to the menu was the 1st turn off when I saw they have raised their prices to about $13 per item. The food we had was more like average Chinese food than Thai food, there was no spice to it, and flavor was lacking and all our dishes were so sweet. They use to serve you soup with your meal and now that is another price adder. Conclusion: This place isn't what it used be. Expensive, smaller portions, and poor quality. You can find a better place to eat. read more

If you've ever had good thai food, this place will SURELY disappoint. Just completely underwhelming. Its basically junky college food.

Simply the best in boulder. I think I've tried all the other popular thai places in the area and this beats them all. Interesting small building but the food is great. read more

Good curries. Very large portions. I got a yellow curry, and the favor was great, not too spicy or mild. The curry was a little thin in terms of consistency, but it had HUGE chunks of potatoes that tasted fresh, which was a nice touch. This place is on the expensive side (~$11/entree), but the service was promt when I came in on a weekday evening, and the staff were nice. I would eat her again. read more

My favorite Thai in Boulder. Get the siracha noodles (if you love siracha like I do). Very yummy!

This place is always packed! I want to like it. I've had several of the curries and the noodle dishes. The food is pretty good but there are better, more authentic Thai restaurants in Boulder. I haven't been there in quite some time because the owner/manager can be incredibly rude at times...and for no reason whatsoever. I have only gotten take out so I have always ordered at the counter. I want to like this place...but like I said, there are so many better options and I don't really like giving my money to businesses that are blatantly rude to their customers. read more

I used to love this spot. I will say that the food is good, but the customer service is beyond poor.

I was extremely disappointed with our recent visit to this place. We were regular customers and even took a lot of friends along. This time we ordered something vegetarian i.e. without Fish paste and egg - which the person taking our order suggested would work well. However, when we received our order - the dish seemed to have a taste of fish paste in it. When brought to the attention of the manager - she suggested that she has accommodated our request by removing the fish paste and will not take anything back. We were also informed that Thai food doesn't taste well without fish paste and we shouldn't have ordered it that way. In essence we were informed that our satisfaction with their food is not a priority for them and it was a policy never to take anything back - even if it wasn't cooked/prepared satisfactorily. Overall - shocking final visit to Khow Thai - we will not be returning to a restaurant where our satisfaction is not their priority. read more

Holy Khow! The food here is exceptional with a wide variety of Thai flavors. The service was extremely quick and friendly. Our waiter's (his name was Coy) knowledge of the menu and what flavors mix well together was quite impressive and every suggestion he gave my friend and I was delicious. The restaurant is pretty small but rather cozy and intimate. The Panang Curry with tofu and the addition of pineapple, as suggested by Coy, was one of the best things I have eaten in a while until I had the Thai Custard and sticky rice! Hands-down, one of the best desserts I have ever eaten! I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone! read more

My boyfriend and I ordered papaya salad, larb, and tom yum soup, all American spicy. The papaya salad had no peanuts in it (a necessary ingredient in this dish) and was totally bland, practically no spice. We asked for extra chilis, and the waitress came back and simply told us that they made a mistake and prepared medium spice (but never brought us any chilis). The larb was also not spicy and way too sweet. The "tom yum soup" was terrible. Sweet broth, no hint of galangal, no hint of lemongrass. We know what real thai food should taste like and none of these dishes even came close. Aloy Thai on Canyon and 28th is much, much better. How this place has received so many Best in Boulder awards is mind boggling. read more

Excellent food and service. Very authentic very delicious and great people. The hot soup served as soon as you enter is a nice touch. I also like the vegetarian and vegan friendly menu. read more

Still great food, used to be better. I'm deeply in love with Red Curry, so i get it at every Thai restaurant I go to. Khow Thai knows how to make it spicy. When I say spicy, I'm talking native Thai spicy, none of that fake spicy you see a lot. The egg rolls and soup that come prior to the food are an added bonus that prepares you for the experience that is your food. I'm not a huge fan of their new ordering style, but as long as the food quality sticks, I'll keep going back. read more

The best pad gra pow in boulder. always spicy, delicious. My friends say the curry's are great too.

I've been going here since they opened in 2002. It is not close to where I work, but I have been willing to make the trek to enjoy great Thai food for lunch regularly at a friendly family-run family restaurant. Unfortunately, things have changed. Since they introduced the lunch buffet in January, it's not the same. Went this week and was very disappointed. Different soup (not good). New recipe for green curry (bland). Service was chaotic and basically terrible. Food arrived out of order. I was served a meal that was for another table. After awhile, it was taken away and my real meal appeared. It was at least 5 minutes for the meal for the person I was dining with arrived. A person at another table had ordered from the menu and never received his meal. At the end of my meal this week, I concluded that I will give them one more chance and if it hasn't improved, then they will be scratched from my list of "go to" places. I really hope that they turn it around. read more

Really enjoyed the chicken pineapple rice, red curry and shrimp pad Thai. Restaurant is very casual, cheap ethnic food & good prices. I'd go back! read more

This was one of my favorite place in Boulder for a long time but has started to go down hill. My food was cold and the chicken in the Pai Thai was very tough. I returned the dish the manager was very rude to me. read more

Absolutely disappointing. The salad was tasteless and hard to eat. The yellow curry was flavorless and watery.

Don't order delivery from this place! We ordered our food at 630pm last night and it arrived at 915pm. I called the restaurant 10 times to try and figure out what was going on or even cancel my order but they never answered their phone. Food is ok but service was appalling. Plenty of other Thai options in town with good food and will treat you better! read more

The food is great and so is the service! Came in for lunch and got the Pad Thai which was delicious and full of veggies! It came with a soup which was super flavorful and tasted like fall and a fried egg roll which is always good! Will definitely be returning 10/10 read more

Went with my mister for dinner. The place was pretty full and there was only one waiter working. Everyone gets a complementary Tom Yum soup upon arriving. The veggies tasted fresh and the tofu a medium firmness, but the broth was inedible due to too much cornstarch (it was thick where Tom Yum is supposed to be light). We ordered Tom Mun (fish cakes with cucumber sauce) for an appetizer, and I ordered Gaeng Paa - "(Jungle Curry) seriously spicy ginger curry with basil, bell peppers, zucchini, carrots, broccoli & cabbage (no coconut milk)" for entree while mister ordered Pad Woo Sen "(Stir-fried glass noodles with egg, garlic, bell pepper, tomato, onion, carrot & broccoli)". The appetizer came out with the entrees (the waiter apologized). The cucumber sauce was excellent, with fresh cucumbers, a generous portion of chopped peanuts and a pleasantly sweet and light sauce. The fish cakes did not seem freshly made, though were satisfactory. His pad woo sen was disappointing because the pork was much too overcooked (he thought it was chicken!), and the veggies did not taste fresh. My jungle curry was excellent. One of the first promised spicy dishes that is actually spicy in Boulder. I suspect it was just an off night, though I'm fairly certain we will not return. Oh yeah, they also do not serve alcohol. read more

I always thought their food was worth the awful service. But this time I ordered curry to go and went back to work, I tried it and it tastes like all coconut milk there was no curry in it. So I called and talked to the manager and she told me it's my fault for ordering food and going back to work, she cut me off three times while I was talking and said "ok, see you later". This place has just the worst service and now the food was a complete bummer. I won't be going back and I suggest if you want better curry with better service and that's cheaper than 12 bucks go somewhere else, any where else! Big thumbs DOWN for khow Thai!! read more

I wonder where else the positive reviewers have eaten Thai? This place would be okay, maybe, if they charged less, but I was really unimpressed. Maybe it's gone downhill? I love Thai food and have had a lot of it--I wouldn't even call this place mediocre. The atmosphere is like a take-out burger place inside, which doesn't jibe with the $12-14 entrees at dinnertime. And the food doesn't justify the price tag, either...sorry. read more

I was excited to eat at this restaurant after hearing good reviews. I ordered the Pad Thai with seafood. When it came out, it looked a bit mushy-but that didn't stop me from indulging. Immediately, I noticed that the flavor was a bit off. The crab- was fake crab, which did't taste good, but then I bit into a scallop that was bad. I spit it into a napkin and my appetite was gone. I explained to the waiter, who was very sweet, that the seafood in the dish wasn't "right". (Hell-they could've smelled the scallop that was tucked inside my napkin to have their own evaluation) He took the dish and said that he would have the manager discount the plate- but then returned and said the manager was only willing to take the "seafood" adder amount off the dish. Well, the bad fish tainted the flavor of the entire dish. I know restaurants have off nights- and I was certainly willing to give them another shot, but after this horrendous customer service- I won't be back. Seafood poisoning and cheap manager's aren't worth it- maybe the health department should get a call- read more

Awesome green curry. The best I've had in boulder. Also check out the mango sticky rice. Amazing!

Not good! As far as I can tell, the only reason this place keeps winning Best Thai from Boulder Weekly is because so many students eat there and they don't know any better. Either that, or the contest is rigged. Khow Thai's food isn't terrible, but it is extremely bland and uninspired. To top it off, the place is so busy, you have to wait forever just to get your overpriced, underwhelming dish. And who said this place was cheap? Much better Thai food is available in Boulder for less (and Denver is even cheaper). For a town with lots of good restaurants, Boulder has really poor Thai food. Otherwise a place like this wouldn't stay in business. read more

Enjoying some of our favorite Thai food in Boulder. Always fresh, friendly and tasty!

The thing people need to understand about Thai food or cuisine from that area of Asia e.g. Thailand, Malayasia, and Vietnam is that it can be incredibly spicey and by spicey I do not mean the sort of hot that comes from eating chicken wings on a Friday night, no I mean the kind of hot that burns and continues to do so long after you have drank whatever sugary soda you have in order to combat the hotness of said Thai food, with this being said I think that is why Khow Thai Cafe's Thai food is somewhat sugary. I believe that the owners of Khow Thai are trying to accomdate American tastes. That being said Khow Thai is one of the best Thai restaurants I have been to and granted I have not been to a great deal nor have I been to Thailand. I enjoyed Khow Thai's interior it was simple yet clean and familiar. The dish I ordered, Panag curry was well done. The meat was cut just right and the curry sauce was just right too. In fact the rice seemed to be cooked with great skill as well. Overall Khow Thai is very good and it has many things going for it. I have been trying to cook a panag curry equal to Khow Thai's for some time yet have been unable to do so, also another thing going for Khow Thai Cafe is that my girlfriend who is a Thai national loves it. read more

Just went back here for lunch the other day, and it was super crowded! It was a chilly rainy day, so everyone else was in the mood for curry too :) Got the yellow curry with chicken, and it was AMAZING, as always (a little more spicy than I remember, but it was perfect for the weather). This place is just so cozy. Love it! read more

I have been coming here for years and the food was always good. Recently they have raised prices and skimped on their portions. Well the meal still tasted good and the service was alright, the value proposition is no longer that good. read more

I love this place, and have been going here for years. I recommend any curry on the list. They only get 4 stars from me because their service is just okay, and they do not serve any alcohol. On the whole, super affordable and the best curry in town. read more

Very tasty Pad Thai! Great service and affordable prices. The pad Thai with medium heat had the perfect amount spice.

A year ago I went here to eat and the portions were decent size and it tasted pretty good. I just went there a few days ago and the size of the to-go container for fried rice is half of what it use to be. It's was so small but still charging almost $15 for a fried rice. Tasted nothing like it used to be. Also every time I go there I see a different kid cooking. The owner doesn't want to hire a consistent chef who knows how to cook instead she hires college kids who probably gets paid minimum wage and these kids knows next to nothing about cooking. No wonder the food had no taste at all. Wont be going here again. read more

Tried something different this time. the Know Pad cashew. really good, lots of fresh veggies, good flavor. will order again as I work through the menu read more

This is the best place I have found for Thai food in Boulder. It was recommended to me by a friend when I first moved to Boulder 6 years ago and I now won't go anywhere else for a yellow curry dish. It's the best! read more

Awfully skimpy $11 lunches: pad thai w. 4 mini-shrimp, 2 tiny pieces of green onion and less than one peanut. My wife had a curry, their specialty, w. 1-cup sliced peppers, 3 pieces of unpeeled eggplant and 4 mini-shrimp. I told the waitress if she had warned me the food was bad, I would have given her $5. Bec. she didn't I could only leave her $2. Best of Boulder? Eek! Methinks NOT. read more

I might just not like Thai food :( Service was great, location is teeny so plan on waiting, but I think it's worth it - not one in my group complained (except me, I may need to try more Thai food!) So they get an extra star for me being lame. :) read more

Dinner tonight at Khow Thai was fantastic! I was visiting Boulder and in the mood for Thai food and this completely satisfied my craving. I am from Cincinnati, Ohio, where there is quite an offering of Thai and Indian cuisine, but this is just as good, if not better, than what I'm used to. I tried some of the Sriracha Noodle Stir Fry and the Panang Curry and both were outstanding! Not only was the food delicious, but the service was great also! Very attentive and friendly. I would highly recommended it. read more

I love this place! The best thai around! I could eat this everyday! You get a lot with lunch so be prepared! They have really good spring/salad rolls with tofu and I love the spicy basil tofu dish and the pad woo sen! Great place in a hurry! read more