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Living Thai

3.9 (172 reviews)
ModerateThai, Desserts, Soup
Open • 12:00 pm - 10:30 PM

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Good for groups
Dogs allowed

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Ambiance and inside
Moe P.

The inside of Living Thai is simple, clean and welcoming. It makes you feel like you're eating at home cooked meal in Thailand. The drunken noodle has generous amount of tender chicken and egg. It's not too sweet and has just the right amount of spiciness. For its quality and location, it has the most reasonable price point. The tom yum soup tastes clean and simple without over complicating spices. The service was warm and friendly, but the waitress was very busy on a Friday night. Overall, a gem of an authentic thai restaurant in UWS.

Pad Thai, Pad See Ew, Thai Iced Tea, Fried Tofu, Shumai

Best thai food I've had so far in NYC. Very affordable, the owners are nice and it's a great environment. Lunch special runs until 4pm even on weekends! Will be coming back :)

Drunken Noodles!
Lisa M.

Had drunken noodle dish at Living Thai, a casual spot near Columbia. It had just the right amount of kick, flavor and spring to the veggies. It also came out nicely dressed and piping hot. Less than $20 which included an app., can of diet coke and tip. A bargain on the UWS.

Pineapple Fried Rice
Aleena A.

Walked in to pick up my order. I was visiting my friend and this is a great local spot they order from. Prices were very fair and food was great - as expected! Inside was nice and down to earth.

duck curry
Carrie T.

I think overall, this is a pretty mid thai place. The food wasn't bad, but I didn't love it. One of my favorite dishes is duck so when I saw there was a duck curry, I jumped on the opportunity to order it! I was hoping it'd be a bit more flavorful, but it seemed like a pretty generic curry. I was happy that I was able to sit down with a decently large party of 6 pretty quickly on a Friday night, and I wouldn't mind coming again potentially if someone suggested it, but it's not a restaurant I would highly recommend and want to come back to frequently. The roti just wasn't really roti, but more like scallion pancakes without the scallions? It kind of felt like a thai restaurant was just trying to mimic other cultures and not doing any superbly.

Small Tom Yum Soup with shrimp
Kylie L.

I have ordered takeout from here quite often. I finally decided to dine in and had a nice experience. Overall good service but they did seem really busy. Lots of people came in for pick up orders. I ordered a small bowl of tom yum with shrimp, pad thai with chicken and the mango coconut sticky rice. Each item came out in order, depending on how much if it i had eaten so my server was definitely paying attention! 4/5 Tom yum soup - good but not the best tom yum i've had. There werent any spices/herbs (ex: lemongrass) in the soup which was nice (smoother eating experience). It was sour and had a light kick to it. They gave me three pieces of shrimp and there were mushrooms. 4/5 pad thai - i got a bit tired of eating it partway through but i'd already finished the soup so that might be why. Forgot to take a photo bc i was excited 5/5 mango sticky rice - mango was perfectly sweet and soft. The sticky rice was also really good but the outside formed a bit of a layer and was difficult to separate into smaller bites without it tearing more sticky rice so i ended up with a much bigger piece than i wanted. I didnt finish this but it was still really good the next day!

Tom Ka Soup
Aparna R.

Thought the portion sizes are great, I was still disappointed by flavors in the lunch special that I ordered to-go. Tom Ka Soup: Tasted like plain coconut milk; it had no other flavors. I normally love tom ka soup, but I couldn't finish this one. Red Curry: Doesn't have quite the depth of flavor that I am used to in a red curry. It was quite a large container of curry, though, and it was tasty enough that I ate it with all of the jasmine rice that came with the meal. I don't think I will be ordering tom ka or red curry from here again, but I may come back to try some of their more popular dishes.

Tom Yum Soup, Drunken Noodle
Catherine H.

A cute, casual and affordable Thai restaurant near Columbia with good food and service! I came here with a friend on a Monday around 2:30pm and we had a great time. We made it in time for their lunch special (12pm-3:45pm) and it was so worth it!! For the special you can choose one starter and one entree. We both chose Tom yum soup for our starters, and I got drunken noodles for my entree while she chose one of the curries. All of that only came out to $14.11 each, which is amazing for NYC. Furthermore, we loved the Tom yum soup as it was perfectly flavored. I do think the drunken noodles tasted a bit bland especially in comparison to the soup, but I still really enjoyed my meal. Come by! Especially during the lunch special, maybe you'll see me there.

Interior of store
Amanda C.

I ordered from Living Thai on a weekday for lunch. They have a lunch specials menu with several options to choose from, I selected the red curry with a side of shumai. Upon placing my order online, I received a phone call shortly after notifying me that the restaurant ran out of shumai, and I was presented with some alternative options for my side instead. I selected the chicken pot stickers. I think my order was prepped in record time for any pickup order that I have ever picked up from. Because once I hung up the phone I was already on my way out to go pick up my lunch. The pickup process was pretty seamless, the establishment prefers cash payments. My red curry was flavorful and the chicken pot stickers tasted like any normal chicken pot sticker, but the nice part about it was that it wasn't too oily. I would say for Thai takeout orders in this area, this place probably serves smaller portions when compared to their local competitors. Overall, this is a nice option for a lunch special if you don't mind smaller portions. The staff is very friendly and I wouldn't mind trying out a meal at the restaurant one day, since it looks pretty clean and inviting.

Green Curry
Sally W.

Lunch special is so worth it here! Came on a Tuesday with a friend ~1pm and we're seated immediately. We got both an appetizer and entre and food came out quickly. My green curry really hit the spot for me since it was a cold day.

Basil Sauce with chicken
Natalie L.

I came here on a lunch break and got the lunch special for a quick bite. The food came out super fast! I got the spring roll for an appetizer, basil chicken with rice as an entree, and lemon Thai iced tea. It was a very pleasant meal for a quick cheap bite. I've never had lemon Thai iced tea and almost drank the entire thing before remembering to take a picture. The waiter was really nice and the restaurant was super clean. Would recommend for a lunch special!

Elizabeth X.

Great Thai lunch spot! Portions aren't huge but they are enough. The soup was delicious and had a fair amount of pork in it. The fried tofu were just okay - i wish they had more flavor.

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The food was amazing and the duck was the red curry is a must try I'll be back soon

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Fav Thai spot for lunch time! Great deals. I always order during lunch time deals with Uber Eats.

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Pretty typical Thai restaurant in its offerings. However, the staff is fantastic and the dining room is comfortable.

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It's an in the know spot. Very busy but once you're seated it's all business. Excellent meal. A bit on the loud side...........

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Chicken satay was over cooked & the peanut sauce served with it was runny. Ok other than that ok

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