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    Pad Thai Cafe

    4.6 (187 reviews)
    ModerateThai
    Closed 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Quiet
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Basil Fried rice (add chicken)
    Eric B.

    Keeping the good vibes going, this place is excellent 100% of the we come here. Food is delicious and beauty. The staff is always so nice. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Little place, but smells so good every time you walk in.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] A must try.

    Immaculate and clean tables!
    Maryanne M.

    [[HIGHLIGHT]]The restaurant is extremely clean![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] When you walk in the door, every table is set beautifully and the atmosphere feels very warm and inviting for being a smaller restaurant tucked away by the exit doors ofthe Talin market. Each member of the staff that I encountered was just as nice as the previous. Very welcoming and greeted us with a smile. Their prices are reasonable, and the food was absolutely fresh. They used white meat chicken in my drunken noodles, and their green curry with chicken was absolutely delicious ! You will be very happy that you tried this restaurant because it is probably one of Albuquerque's best kept secrets !

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    Konrad J.

    Pad Thai Cafe is the best Thai food we've found in Albuquerque, and we've eaten a lot of Thai. I got the Pad Thai with tofu, mild, and it was savory and delicious. Everything was cooked well, including the broccoli that had the slightest crunch left to it. The menu's description was: "Stir-fried rice noodle in chef's Pad Thai sauce with tofu, bean sprouts, green onion, eggs. Served with ground peanuts, and fresh lime on the side." There was nothing to critique about the dish, and it was well worth the $13.95. My hubby got the Thai Green Curry Fried Rice, which was stir-fried with green curry paste, coconut milk, green peas, basil, and kaffir leaves. He ordered it mild and it still had a kick to it, which was a welcome surprise. Again, well worth $13.95. The service was friendly and our drinks were kept full; we never ran out. We had our go-to spot before, but this is going to be our new one. I highly recommend it.

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    John S.

    The Pad Thai cafe is just to the left of the front entrance of the Talin Market in Albuquerque. The bathroom had lit candles and looked spotless. I met my friend from Oklahoma here on Thursday, April 21, 2022, for supper. Our waitress recommended the green curry, which I ordered in addition to the fried shrimp rolls. My friend ordered a side of the dirty rice. Four shrimp rolls come with large shrimp stuffed with pork sausage and wrapped in crispy spring rolls skins. The accompanying sweet chili sauce had more sweet than spice, but this turned out to be a light, delicate appetizer. My green curry I order super hot and it came out that way. Not intolerable but definitely delivered on the spicy. It came with beef bathed in coconut milk, curry paste, fish sauce, salt, sugar, basil leaves, and bamboo shoots. This dish, coupled with the shrimp appetizer and dirty rice I shared with my friend really filled me up. They are generous with portions here and super friendly. I paid $5.95 for the appetizer and $9.95 for the green curry. Not a bad price for a great thai dinner. I'll be back since the spice level was exactly as advertised and the food good and fresh.

    Two vegetable egg-rolls, Drunken Noodles, and "Tofu-Stir-Fry" (more like veggies & white rice). Yummy!
    Nicole O.

    Holy-Moly! Good but HOT and not wholly accurate. Let me explain. We love a good Thai place that's open on Sunday and had good reviews. We choose this place today. We ordered: 4)Vegetable Egg Rolls $4.95 Six egg rolls served with sweet and sour chili sauce 32)Drunken Noodles Kuai-tiao phat khi mao () Stir fried wide rice noodles with fish sauce, chili, garlic, basil, baby corn, carrot, and broccoli 35)Stir Fried Tofu w/mixed vegetables $9.95 Tofu, baby bok choy, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, and snow peas. We took our food to-go. They asked us "spice level" for the Drunken Noodles, scale from 1-5, we ordered a 1- it was HOT (and I'm Hispanic). It was good through! The egg-rolls, there were only 4, so that was strange-- not the best sweet & sour-- but ok. The Stir-Fried-Tofu was actually very liquid, the veggies came in liquid with white rice... that's not really stir-fry, but you know what? It was GOOD. Overall, they should update descriptions, clarify heat levels, and they will get 5-stars all the time. 10/10 will go again.

    The best pad thai ever!
    Emily K.

    The best pad thai I've ever had, hands down. I wrote a review for this spot back in July 2020 but feel like I need to update it to explain just how amazing this pad thai is. My boyfriend & I don't live in Albuquerque or even near Albuquerque, but we have driven out of our way to eat here 5 separate times now, including the last time when us & our friends ordered a total of 8 containers of pad thai so we could take some back with us. I have tried pad thai in Houston and Austin, and so far I haven't found a spot where the flavor comes close. My boyfriend has been to Thailand and claims this is the only spot where the taste is actually on the same level. If you live in Albuquerque, are on vacation, or just driving through - I highly recommend stopping here! We hope to be back again soon.

    Chicken cashew curry. Lotsa veggies
    Seema Z.

    Came for the lunch specials but not they don't serve them anymore. We tried the chicken pad Thai, chicken cashew curry and beef pad Thai. Thai ice tea was way too sweet and barely could taste the tea. Portions though are very generous and we had leftovers.

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    EXCELLENT , I love curry. They have great food, good service . I love love love Thai food . Good tea

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    Good Thai food in Albuquerque!!! confirm by Thai people I ordered a pad Thai, tumkhagai, papaya salad

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    I visit every six months or so from the east coast. Best Thai food I've had in years when I'm here

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    Most delicious tomyang place in ABQ! My colleques also like this place:) Their fish source is another hidden card!

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    3.7
    (257 reviews)
    1.6 mi
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    Went here from online reviews. They have a lot of traditional thai choices. The interior is…read morerather bland, maybe they could work on that. Tables are plain with nothing on them at all. So zero on ambiance. However, the staff was really nice and our food was excellent!!! Maybe use door dash because this area is really scary! We went at noon and it still wasn't great!

    This was my first time back since the remodel…read more They updated the restaurant with more modern wall arts and moved the front counter. The walk arts are nice but it lost its charm. With the menu board, it feels like fast food less sit down style. Service has changed as well. Now, you place your order and PAY at the counter and seat yourself. You are asked to tip before you receive service. tipping is supposed to be base on quality of service. You do receive table service once your food is ready. The menu has changed as well. We loved the jerky and sticky rice, now gone! Fish cakes is new but it was too chewy and dry with little flavor. Shrimp cocktail and dumplings were good. This was the only Thai restaurant in town that served good Thai rice noodle soup similar to pho. Sadly it's no longer the case. It was bland! Traditional beef soup included meatballs, now gone. They also charge ridiculous prices for some add-ons such as crushed peanuts $2.00 per order!! Really, for 2 ppl we could have bought a whole jar. Service ended up being good especially since we were the only patrons. I low balled the tip at time of order and ended up giving additional tip in cash. Sadly to say, it's off our list of favorite restaurant in town. Probably will not go back.

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    Shrimp Pad Thai (center), Pud Woon Sen (left), and Pineapple Fried Rice (right)
    Shrimp Pad Thai (center), Pud Woon Sen (left), and Pineapple Fried Rice (right)
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    You must know the spring rolls look easy but they are not. They are delicious because of the…read moretexture of the wrap and the amount of soybean sprouts and noodles. The shrimp is crunchy and flavorful. This place rolls it when you order it because the wrap is not cold or hard. It's soft and room temperature. It's just perfect. The peanut sauce is creamy and has a slight taste of chocolate due to its creaminess. Service is friendly and quick. The ambiance is family casual with a conversation buzz. Pad Thai with lemongrass beef is in need of a few vegetables. The size of the pad Thai is huge . It has a sweet , citric and crunchy peanut flavor. The large portion of beef is not the lemongrass marinated beef. I ate it all and I'm satisfied. I will not order it again specially because their egg noodle lemongrass stir fry is substantially more delicious and loaded with fresh vegetables. The sticky rice and mango is so good I can't even describe other than freshly sliced sweet mango in a coconut rice pairing. Creamy and flavorful.

    The restaurant gets very crowded around dinner time, but luckily the wait time was reasonable…read more The soup for the pho is not too greasy, and it tastes neat and clean. If you prefer a thicker and stronger-flavored broth, this might not be your favorite. I recommend their lemongrass soup (bun bo hue). The noodles are thicker and chewier than standard pho noodles, and the soup has richer flavors. Their soup was not as flavorful as I would like, but this cleaner version surely will be more approachable.

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    19. Grilled Pork Sandwich
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    6.9 mi
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    Went to Sa Thai on the recommendation from a coworker. A coworker and I ordered and split the…read moreSpicy Jungle Noodles and the Green Curry. I really enjoyed both. They were both the lunch portions, so smaller, but came with soup and felt like the right size for both of us. I like the medium spice level- not too hot, but a little kick. The service was great, my coworker was chumming it up with our waiter which they both seemed to enjoy. They were quick to fill our waters and made sure we were well taken care of.

    I ordered Sa Thai for delivery, and I had some of the best Thai food in New Mexico!…read more Spicy jungle noodles 10/10. Best pad see eww / jungle noodles that I've had in New Mexico by a long shot. Absolutely loved it. The ingredients tasted so fresh , you could tell nothing was from a can or frozen. The sauce at the bottom was just to die for. Pineapple fried rice 10/10. This tied for first place, it's possibly the very best fried rice in New Mexico but it's just so close. What I loved is that they spared no expense on ingredient quality, they even used cashews rather than cheaper nuts like peanuts. Each veggie was cooked perfectly and they actually put tomato which I've never had in fried rice but man it was good! Believe it or not the pad Thai was only 5/10, not too bad; nothing to write home about. I was surprised about that since every other item blew my socks off. What might have been the worst part of the pad Thai was the regular chicken was dry and chalky. Most Thai places have thinner softer chicken they use, luckily for the other meals I had shrimp which was really good and fried chicken which was also really good I'd love to try more of their food,

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    Thai Boran

    Thai Boran

    3.9
    (316 reviews)
    8.6 mi
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    Ordered on doordash, food was good i got the pad tai (thai spicy) it was not very spicy at first…read morebut after i got half way through the heat came in and i would say im decent with spice but that spiciness had me chugging 3 bottle of water with my meal. I also got the wings same way thai spicy but they were nuggets but the flavor was still very delicious. I would say purely from a taste view cause I havent been to the restaurant it's a solid 8/10. It satisfy your craving for thai food but its doesn't wow you.

    Best Pad Thai I've had so far in New Mexico! I've been…read moretrying all the Thai spots in Albuquerque lately so I just had to try Thai Boran too! I had the Pad Thai, Pad See Eww (but it's quite the opposite of eww ), the crab Rangoon, and the money bags. So my absolute favorite item was the Pad Thai, I absolutely loved it. Arguably the best in New Mexico. The Pad see eww was also the best I've had in New Mexico. Neither compared to big city Thai food, but they were close! The crab Rangoon was the best crab Rangoon I've had in a long time, in any city. The way they wrapped it was clever, you could taste the cream cheese filling as you bite, it was great. The money bags was fine, the sauce was too watery I think that came with it which made the flavor run off of it quickly. Huge star bonus for their to go containers not being cancer causing styrofoam. For this alone I stopped ordering from other Thai places in town. Many states have banned styrofoam, it's very very bad, I'm so glad they don't use it.

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    32. Spicy Fish
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