This place has the best pad Thai! It's so spicy and every time I go it taste fresh! I've tried other things like the soups and they are not very good so I just stick to the pad Thai and it's wonderful. Management is sort of shy but nice. The place could use a spruce, it's old and the bathroom is scary. Not first choice for a date night, take the food to go if so. Love this place though! read more

This is a hidden gem in rexburg! Everytime i go there i always joke around with the gentlemen at the counter, they teach me Thai and i teach them Spanish. Anyway, the food is great, a bit on the pricier side but nonetheless great food. read more

While the appetizers are a little weak all the main courses are incredible, especially the curries. This small town restuarant is better than most big city Thai food places. I'd recommend Original Thai to everyone. read more

The food is absolutely amazing and I have yet to find better yellow curry. I would strongly recommend Original Thai to anyone who is craving Thai food. The only reason I am giving it 4 stars rather than 5 is a combination of the location and the drink options. The location is a true hole-in-the-wall but that could be overlooked if it weren't for the drinks. They only serve cans and they are all caffeine free. Other than that this place is great. read more

We stopped in here because our AAA trip book said the food was really good despite the looks of the place. We agree wholeheartedly. I had the Ginger stir fry and my wife had the something else. Both were great! You just have to look past the looks of the place. It really needs some work badly. read more

Best Tai in Eastern Idaho. A top 3 restaurant for food in Rexburg. Would be 5 Stars if it wasn't cold inside in the winter.

Third times a charm.... NOT! First time eating here was ok, but after the good reviews I read, I figured I'd try it again. The second time was terrible. The older woman who greeted us was rude. The portion size was very small and the crab rangoon was burned. I'm a glutton for punishment and went back a third time. Same terrible experience and all three of my friends were treated just as poorly. Look somewhere else for a meal. read more

Original Thai is my wife and I's go-to in Rexburg! We usually eat here once a month and we LOVE Thai food! We've been to a lot of thai places across the country and this consistently ranks in our top 5! Our favorite dishes are the Rama Thai, Drunken Noodles, & Pad Thai! read more

I'm a sucker for curry and these guys have never let me down. I've eaten probably about half of the items these guys have on the menu and have never been disappointed. Everything from the red curry to the roasted duck. Can't go wrong here. read more

We'll be going back in the future! The server was polite and very fast. I ordered the mango curry and loved it... although I may get the mild spicy next time instead of medium. My hubby ordered the sweet and sour duck and was not a big fan. The sauce was more like red curry vs. a typical sweet and sour sauce you might get at a Chinese restaurant. And the duck was pretty fatty... it had an odd texture and after-taste... We won't be ordering that again but will go back and try some other dishes. read more

We went there for lunch. Everything was great, rivaled the taste and quality of thai cuisine we get in the SF Bay Area. Highly recommend the lunch specials. read more

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Whenever my wife and I are in Rexburg, we have to go to Original Thai. It is absolutely a hidden gem! They food always tastes great no matter what you get. It does seem a bit pricy for the portions you get though. read more

The curry here is some of the best I've had and I've tried a lot of Thai restaurants.

Just had dinner there. The food was really good, arrived quickly, and the service was awesome.

Horrible service. Some of the food was ok but it took forever to get our order and the guy who attended us was rude.

WOW! I wish I could give no star at all for this place if I could. I never had such horrible food and even worse service in any place I've ever eaten. EVER! So, I entered in to this thai restaurant with cautious expectations. As I entered, I asked if they had papaya salad and the man said no, then he asked me if I was going to eat here. I decided to try it. I sat down, looked through the menu. Nothing seemed to excite me. I asked the Thai waiter what is good. At first he said "everything", but when I asked him what he likes to eat, he said, to my dismay, "I don't eat any of this", pointing at the menu. Then he said, "these dishes are made for Americans; they're too sweet". I said, "well, what did you eat for dinner? That's what I'm interested in." He said, "no, you can only order from the menu." I should have taken this as a clue. If the restaurant people don't eat their own food, why should I eat here? But I stuck around anyway. I ordered the seafood paradise. The menu said there was broccoli, bell peppers, with all sorts of seafood in a special Thai sauce. Sounded OK. We ordered, but my dinner didn't arrive when my date's dish came out. After sitting for more than 20 minutes, We discovered they forgot about me! All he said was, "Sorry". That's it. Not even twice! Meantime, my date tried to finish a chicken dish with clear noodles. The sauce was much too salty without any distinctive flavor but salt and MSG. SUB-PAR at best. When the dinner came out I was shocked. Everything was deep fried in red batter, swarming in oil, (the menu said nothing about being deep-fried). The sauce was way too sweet--really like syrup, again without any distinctive flavors. Too much salt, too. And, they forgot the bell peppers and scallops (imitation Krab was in there, though). When I asked the waiter about the problems with the dish, another, no more than one "sorry" came out. That's it. After a dinner for two at $28 without drinks or anything, this restaurant wasn't even a laughable experience. I've had a lot of Thai food, in many places, and many different qualities. This was the worst Thai food I have ever had by far. I can not ever recommend this place with my clear mind. Go to Taco Bus if you are looking for something spicy with a few dollars. You are not getting Thai food there, but I don't know what you would call the food we were served here. The people who make it don't eat it; why should we? read more

This place is pretty good. Three stars if it were anywhere else but since it's rexburg I'll give it four. It's not the most amazing Thai, but it's good for rexburg and it tastes pretty good. The service isn't the best. But they get the food to you fast. read more

The name truly says it all; the most terrible "original" Thai food I have ever eaten. If I could put a negative rating I would. way overpriced for the worst food I have eaten in years. We ordered three things: Spicy basil, Massaman curry, and non fried spring rolls. Spicy Basil: Three bites in I almost broke my tooth. I pulled out the foreign material from my mouth and found a nearly 1" diameter seafood shell. I took it to one of the older gentlemen (not sure if owner or just waiter) and he looked at it and said "Oh, Mussel shell". That was it. The carrots were mushy (walmart frozen section carrots), the "spice" was some sprinkling of some pepper flakes, the bamboo shoots were obviously straight out of a can, the chicken was very gamey and the sauce was a generic canned sauce. Curry: Tasted like a bowl of cereal; sickeningly sweet, chicken gamey and carrots out of the same frozen walmart bag. Spring rolls: Paid almost $9 for about 10 cents worth of rice noodles wrapped in rice paper. Absolutely no flavor and no shrimp, pork or anything else. The "peanut" sauce tasted like skippy. The other spicy sauce was also right out of a bottle. They also came out half warm??? Microwaved or ??? Supposed to be refrigerated ingredients, not hot. Not sure these guys cook anything. Just pull some stuff out of a can and frozen bag and heat it up in a microwave. If this is what Original is, go back to trying to copy someone who knows how to cook. read more

You just have to get the curry. Don't stray away. We ventured into other foods and were displeased. I ordered the pad Thai and we asked to not have seafood in it and i think they just picked out the seafood in it. It still tasted a lot like seafood. And they knew we didn't like it and so we asked for another dish and there was no discount or anything. Service isn't that great. I recommend just ordering the curry to go and you will be happy. read more

fantastic thai food. tasted the drunken noodles, pad thai, (i know, im so effing original aren't I) and the mango curry. all were delicious.service was fast and friendly and the decor was simple and not too flashy. i'll absolutely be stopping by next time i come to rexburg. read more

Can't say much about the food. Never got to try it. We were starving and this place had good reviews. We were rudely turned away (literally). We were told that we look the "vegetarian" kind and were told that we would not be served any vegetarian food. We were a group of 9 with 4 kids. Even the kids were taken aback by the rude behavior. read more

This place is decent I'll give it that but not worth the cost. Also this place had the worst service I've encountered here in Rexburg. The chick screwed up our order and when we told her kindly she said, "idk what to do about that?" Im sorry ummm maybe fix it?? Not worth your time trust me ‍ read more

The worst customer service I have EVER experienced. I came in 30 min before close and the first thing the waiter told me was "oh you know we close in 30 min" instead of just politely saying "since we close in 30 min we don't think we can serve you tonight" instead he acted like it was still fine. My family and I sat down and he came back 5 min later already asking for orders and rushing us to make a decision. The very worst part about this place is their unwillingness to accommodate special diets, I'm a vegan and usually Thai restaurants have no problem not putting fish sauce or taking out things to accommodate me. He told us the sauces are premixed and they cannot change it, we said fine give it to us without any sauce at all, he said no, he can't do it. I could tell he would rather have us not order anything than taking an order out of the norm that might take more time to prep. Btw the rest of my family actually ordered food and they said it was disgusting. Never come here unless you want horrible service, lazy servers, and horrible food read more

The pictures are NOTHING what it really looks like inside. It's absolutely disgusting and reflects with the cooking. After the WORST customer service I've ever had I spent the rest of the day within close proximity of the bathroom. My words of advice are go elsewhere that values their customers and prioritizes cleanliness to prevent their customers from getting sick. read more

The WORST Thai place I have ever been to! I got beef stir-fry​, it did not look like stir fry! The sauce was very watery and it was​ all a very odd brown mush​ color. My sister got sweet and sower chicken. It didn't​ even taste sweet​ and sour chicken; it was literally bright pink pieces of chicken (maybe?). I have no idea what it was but it was all bland and gross. They also had a bunch of eggs just sitting on the counter... with an empty restaurant​ at 5 pm?! Would not recommend​. In fact, run the other way! read more

This Thai place is amazing. I feel that their lunch specials are perfectly sized and priced. If you are wanting to try something different for dinner or lunch come to Original Thai. There is no place quite the same in the rest of Rexburg read more

Awful service. We are in town for my grandmothers funeral. Thai food sounded delicious. So we loaded up and went to this restaurant. We got sat down and looked at the menu. We were immediately asked what we wanted. Since we are all grieving, we didn't know exactly what we wanted. We were greeted with an eye roll. He came back two minutes later. We still weren't ready. We then we're ignored, had to flag him down to order some appetizers, spring rolls and summer rolls. We only received the summer rolls, which were wrapped so poorly they fell apart. We then we're handed the bill. We informed the waiter that we were planning on ordering more. The waiter then rolled his eyes and tried to walk away. We asked him why he wouldn't serve us and all he said was "you got your food". This was an awful dining experience. As a retail/food service worker you need to realize that people are all going through different things, just because you are annoyed doesn't mean you can treat people so horribly. We had been looking forward to eating from a locally owned business, but I guess we weren't welcome. read more

Great find for a small town...Not perfect, but very good considering this is the middle of nowhere. Can be rather slow sometimes, you will be happiest with your food if you go during busy restaurant hours. Anyone who comes here and orders something they could get at Panda Express should be ashamed of themselves! Good curries, in particular. Very mom and pop. read more

This Thai restaurant was absolutely delicious! I usually only eat half a plate. My plate was so delicious I ate the whole thing! I definitely recommend this place. The price is reasonable. The chairs does scrape against tile floor and it gets loud. But the food....yeah, I'll come back. read more

Generally I really enjoy this restaurant, the building itself could use work but the food is enjoyable. Tonight I went here for my birthday dinner with my wife, I ordered pad Thai (like I have time 30+ times). When my plate came out everything looked good bit when I took my first bite I could tell that something was wrong (I believes it to be high excess amounts of fish sauce) and was unable to take more bites. I had my wife taste it as well and she confirmed that something was off. I let our waitress know and she said that they would get a new one out right away. So far so good, I understand that mistakes happen. The waitress came back out and said that I was no longer able to order the pad Thai and that I would need to order something else. I informed her that I was there to eat the pad Thai and if they weren't going to allow me that then I would go else where to eat. My wife was almost finished with her food and when we went to pay they charged me for the pad Thai. After me telling her that I wouldn't pay she looked nervous and looked to the owner who yelled something in a different language and she hesitantly took off the pad Thai. read more

Postively the worst thai curry In east Idaho. Small portions, watered down, poorly cooked rice, poor service, high price.

Don't judge a book by it's cover. There may not be many people in the restaurant, but that just means that people are missing out on something amazing. You will not be disappointed by eating here. read more

This is the dirtiest restaurant I've ever been to, including Old Mexico. The food was bland. Get the waiter off his lap top is a challenge, not big on personality. For the only Thai place in town, they aren't worth the stop, unless they clean up their act. Drive to Driggs, it's worth the extra miles read more

Just moved to Rexburg and was so surprised to find such an amazing Thai food restaurant as good as this. 5 Star Thai food for Southern Idaho local. read more

Its the best place to eat in Rexburg. It's cheap, and fast and legit food.

I have eaten a lot of Thai food and this is one of the worst Thai restaurants I have been too. The dish was simple and the serving size was very small for what you pay for. The serivice was good and we got our food quickly. However it was pricy for rexburg and the food is just not that great, so I don't think I will return. read more

Great Thai food...especially for Idaho. We always call ahead and they have it ready for us to pick it up. Definitely recommend to friends.

Love this place! The restaurant itself isn't much but the staff is very friendly and service is extremely fast. I always get the Pad Thai when I come in (which is fairly often). Portions are large and the Pad Thai is perfect to share on a date! read more

Owner was very rude over the phone. I have ordered takeout about 4 or 5 times and have been treated very poorly, and had him hang up on me a few times. read more

In my opinion, there are only 2 consistently good restaurants in Rexburg and this is one of them. Every time my Uncle comes from St. George, Ut, he wants to eat here. Every time our friend comes from Salt Lake City, he wants to eat here. The summer rollls with dipping sauce are wonderful, the Pad Thai is great, the Spicy Fried Rice is a treat to your taste buds, the red curry will leave you wanting more , and the mango sticky rice at the end of your meal has a flavor that will leave your tummy smiling and happy for the rest of the evening! read more