Deceptive business practices or terrible business acumen? Panya Thai Kitchen is/was our favorite Thai restaurant in Escondido until it came time to pay. We were a group of six diners. We asked that four of the orders be on one check and the other two orders on a separate check; no problem. My issues arose once the bill (1st photo) arrived. The bill included a 20% Service Charge. This fee wouldn't have been a concern had this Service Charge policy been noted on the menu or somewhere diners could be made aware. We usually tip a minimum of 20% + depending on the service. The lack of transparency could be an oversight. My second, and more concerning, issue was when we received the bill (2nd photo) to sign for the CC charge. This bill showed the amount owed including the service charge all in one total, not itemized. My concern was that on the bottom of this ticket was an area that showed how much a 18%, 20%, 22% tip would be even though a tip was already included in the total. If a diner wasn't paying attention to the first bill they wouldn't realize a tip was already given and another tip might be paid. All I ask is for transparency! read more

Panya Thai Kitchen - Dinner tab before giving credit card (CC). - Thai Near Me - Escondido, California

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After a long day test driving, negotiating and purchasing a new car I stopped by Panya for some thai food. I ordered shrimp with noodles and basil and a to go order to take home for my husband The interior was nice and clean and the service was amazing and the food came out very quickly. After that everything went downhill. I love lunches at Thai restaurants because you get so many flavors including coconut soup, salad, wontons and mini egg rolls. Those items ended up being the only edible part of my lunch. The thick noodles on my plate were shredded up and indistinguishable from the cabbage visually and there was a foul flavor that tasted like a mix of liquid smoke, diesel, and farts. I took 4 bites and could not injest any more of it and the flavor lingered in my mouth for hours. I am glad that I did get sick. read more

Panya Thai Kitchen - looks good but when you zoom in you can see that all of the noodles are shredded to bits. - Thai Near Me - Escondido, California

Thai restaurant Escondido near the 15 freeway Restroom inside Indoor outdoor seating Amex accepted Parking available Spice level is lower than most To go available North county Thai teas Fast service Coffee and teas Alcohol available Vegan and vegetarian options read more

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I've only gone here for lunch and am happy with their specials. They remind of a spot i used to go to several years ago in SD. With your dish choice you get a small soup and salad along with egg rolls and wontons. The service is quick and attentive. read more

The rice kinda wet but it's good. That's Spicy Level 10~~~ Thai Tea is amazing as well. The waiter is really nice. Fairly 4* read more

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I still have yet to find a consistently good Thai place in the area. That is prob one thing I miss about living in LA -- the ability to get authentic, amazing Thai food at all hours. Panya has good portions and their spice levels are pretty on point ( a 3 or 4 is enough for me and I wouldn't go past that!). Things I like: the red curry, the pad Thai, any of their duck dishes, drunken noodles. Things that are just okay: the pineapple fried rice (kinda oily and not friend enough) and the other curries all kinda blend together in flavor only the veggies differentiate them. In terms of pricing, you can easily spend $75 on 3 dishes and drinks for dinner. This is on the higher end of Thai food, but there is cool A/C, a semi-open kitchen and clean restrooms. They also have vegetarian options and mock duck. Panya shines with their great lunch specials. Service is good even when they are super slammed with lunch orders. Another good Thai spot is Darunee, but it is more of a take out spot and service is ehhhh. I usually pick Panya when I have a craving because it is more convenient. NONE of the other Thai spots in the area are worth visiting (you're welcome!). read more

Panya Thai Kitchen - Pad Thai - Thai Near Me - Escondido, California

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Finally got a chance to check out Panya Thai Kitchen in Escondido, and it didn't disappoint! Excellent selection of lunch specials, which include soup, salad, steamed rice, fried spring rolls, and fried wontons! I had the eggplant with tofu, and dad got the spicy drunken noodles. We both got an 8/10 spice level, but neither of our dishes were very spicy. Still delicious! We also got a Thai tea with boba and a Thai coffee with boba. Great service, sweet ambiance. I look forward to returning to try more of their dishes! read more

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Food: 5/5 Drinks: 5/5 Portions: 5/5 Atmosphere: 5/5 Cleanliness: 5/5 Customer service: 5/5 Speed: 5/5 Price: $$ Outdoor seating: ADA access: yes Restrooms: yes Kid Friendly: yes Vegetarian options: yes Vegan options: yes Ambiance: casual Pros: amazing food, affordable prices, great service, outdoor seating Cons: none! read more

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We ordered the following: Pad Thai with chicken Spicy noodles with beef Panang curry roast duck Spicy duck Spring rolls The biggest disappointment was being able to taste lighter fluid in the beef. That is completely unacceptable. Will be throwing this dish in the trash. The chicken also had significantly more fat than what we're used to when dining at authentic Thai restaurants. Additionally, the dishes were extremely oily. When I plated my food, everything had an unnatural shine. The curry was the only thing that wasn't that bad. Thai food is typically light and balanced, but this felt heavy and more like Americanized Chinese food. Unfortunately, we will not be ordering from here again. If you like this style of food, don't let this review deter you except the lighter fluid beef. Update: After not feeling well last night, we decided to throw everything out the next morning. We wasted $143 on this place. The money was not worth our health. What was disappointing is that my husband said this place was packed when he picked up the food. People get so accustomed to poisoning themselves that they don't realize it until the damage is done. read more

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Hair in my tom yum soup, Super expensive food and not even taste good Small soup with only veggies for $14 Stir fry noodle plate for $24 Simple Small steam rice for $4 Ridiculous, and no utensils whatsoever come with my togo order, not even a napkin, so cheap. read more

Panya Thai Kitchen - Hair in my soup - Thai Near Me - Escondido, California

Ordered a dish with eggplants in it. I didn't get the chance to see the name of it. I just know that Thai eggplant meals tend to be delicious and Panya Thai Kitchen did not disappoint! It was flavorfully astounding and it came with a bunch of complimentary side dishes including Tom yum soup, salad, 2 mini eggrolls, and 2 fried wontons. All delicious! I loved the authentic cultural Thai decor. Food was served in a thoughtfully presentable way. Service was excellent--our waitress was so warm and accomodating. Would definitely return and highly recommend! read more

Panya Thai Kitchen - L - Eggplant dish served with rice and complimentary mini side dishes (soup, salad, egg rolls, wontons) - Thai Near Me - Escondido, California

I love their pad see ew! Also, they have a very friendly staff and prompt service. I would recommend.

This is my favorite restaurant in Escondido, and in my regular rotation of places to eat. I really like it here, so does everyone else I bring, and have been coming here for a few years now. I like to try and order different things. My favorite is the See Ew with beef, especially at lunch with the soup and rolls. Large portions! read more

I loved and still love your food. You cook and serve your food with grace, love and care of your customers. However, I noticed quite a bit of price increases. I'm just looking at one item as an example. Tom Kha. A bowl would run me $22.50 al the restaurant and $32 through a delivery service. A competitor of yours sells me this for much less. It doesn't seem to be a plain playing field since 2020, at the height of the pandemic, you refused to use commonly known services, like Grubhub, Uber Eats etc. this must have cost you thousands. Why? Your courier ChowNow is a start, but with $10 delivery fee for a 6mile route?!? I'm going elsewhere read more

The food here is absolutely amazing! We've been driving by this place for years and now it's our go-to Thai restaurant. Service is great. We were asked about drinks, everything was brought out quickly, then we decided to share a beer, our server turned on a dime and brought out our beer and a couple of glasses. Food came out fairly quick too. My wife went with "not spicy" for her curry. I went with medium. We were both pleased. Ambiance is casual. They have a lot of outdoor and indoor seating. We loved our food and service. We will definitely be back read more

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Their Panang Curry was basically coconut milk and chicken. It had no flavor or spices.

My wife and I decided to try Thai Kitchen today and I have to admit we did not enjoy ourselves. The staff was courteous and service was good but we did not enjoy the food! Not sure what to tell them but maybe add a few additional items to your menu, angel wings; the sweet fish and maybe a Thai barbecue rib or rib tips just to name a few read more

Went there with a few friends for the lunch specials. It's a really good deal you get Tom Yum soup, entree, rice, salad. Two mini eggroll and two min wonton that tasted like mini samosas. All for about 17.00. The soup was a bit bland for me and it had some slices of fresh mushroom floating on top. My entree was the Pineapple Curry with mock duck. I ordered a 2 as far as heat which was fine. But it did not have much other flavoring. I thought it would be more coconut flavor from the milk. I also prefer the more crispy type of mock duck. My friend had the Pad thai which I tasted and liked it. The little appetizers were nice. I would go again but order something different. Everything was fresh and came out quick, ,good service. read more

Wayyyyy overpriced. To the point where it feels like highway robbery for the price and amount of food given. I feel bad for them if inflation doing that to impact their business but not sure why not impacting others few miles from them. Oh well read more

I was looking forward to having lunch here and was happy that they offered lunch specials. Well, I'm disappointed. My choice was between the chicken pad thai or the green curry. Our server recommended the pad thai. I usually order pad thai when I'm trying out a new thai restaurant so I chose that. First, I really don't think it's much of a lunch "special". The lunch pad thai was $15, and then $2 for chicken. $17 isn't much of a special price for a plate of pad thai, tiny salad, watery tasteless tom kah soup with raw mushrooms , mini thai spring rolls and potato wontons. The spring rolls were delicious, the wontons tasted like a samosa. I'm disappointed with the pad thai. It had a nice kick (I ordered a level 3), but really lacked flavor. The portion was a nice size, but barely any bean sprouts and no lime. Really disappointing! My friend had pineapple curry. Not much flavor in that one, either. Seemed like a bowl of coconut milk. She was disappointed in the consistency of the mock duck. She is used to the duck having a crispier texture. Another friend had the broccoli, garlic, oyster sauce with shrimp. She liked it, but I noticed that the sauce was very thin and runny. The service was pleasant, although after putting our leftovers in to go boxes, nobody ever removed our empty plates or offered water refills. We sat and chatted for another 30 minutes. And, it wasn't especially busy. Just felt disappointed. I usually love Thai food because of all the different flavors popping in my mouth. This missed the mark for me. read more

Panya Thai Kitchen - Tom Kah soup - Thai Near Me - Escondido, California

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There was a rock in my food! The food here is not bad. The portions are large. The service was fine. I'm giving this place a 1 star review though because I bit into an eggroll and felt something hard in my mouth-- it was a rock. That's incredibly dangerous! Especially if a small child was fed this! I told the server about the rock, and he brought out a whole plate of eggrolls on the house. Given that I just found a rock in the eggroll, I'm not sure why they thought I'd want a whole plate. Eat here at your own risk. read more

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The flavor was good but all of their dishes were extremely salty, almost as if the chef poured the whole container of salt. If the salt level was 30% less, it would have been very fine experience. We had pad thai, pad see yu, panaang curry and seafood fried rice. read more

We have been here on and off for years (and years!) Nice and friendly staff, good service, quick food prep, and a good vibe to eat in. It's a nice neighborhood Thai place with a good variety of menu items. The price went up to average $15 per plate, like anywhere else, that makes it about $45 for two for dinner. I don't know if they take reservations, but we always just walk in. The food comes out quickly and is piping hot, like right off the wok! Everything is generally delicious EXCEPT when we go there for dinner after 8:00. I guess they are already in the closing mode, and the food has been consistently bland and lacks flavor when we arrive late. It tastes like they ran out the sauces for the day... They are open till 9:00, but the last call is about 8:20. You need to be there or place the order before the last call. read more

Food (5/5 stars): This is the spot for an awesome Thai lunch special. They loaded this plate with egg rolls, wontons, salad, and noodles. It even came with a cup of soup...all for $13! And the Pad Thai was delicious too--the spice was on point. Definitely coming back here for lunch Experience (5/5 stars): * Price: very reasonable, especially their lunch specials * Wait Time: minimal on a Sunday for lunch * Service: very good and friendly * Parking: there's a parking lot * Ambiance: it's a nice, simple restaurant read more

Panya Thai Kitchen - Pad Thai - Thai Near Me - Escondido, California

Found this restaurant on yelp. Was craving Thai food and it came up with good reviews and right off the freeway since we were traveling, it was super convenient. Place was clean and menu had all the Thai items we liked! Food tasted delicious and service was quick! read more

Panya Thai Kitchen - Spicy Noodles, Chicken Yellow Curry, Tom Yum Bowl - Thai Near Me - Escondido, California

I love Thai food and this place did not disappoint. We had a large table and were served immediately. Our group all didn't eat gluten and each has special dietary restrictions that the waiter was able to find options for and asked the cooks if he didn't know. We loved the pad Thai and Tom Kha soups. The beef larb and yellow curry without the potatoes was my favorite. A few spring rolls and sake shots with decent wine options makes this place even better! I'd say we took enough left overs home for a few days. Plus, easy free parking right in front. I'll definitely be back. read more

Panya Thai Kitchen - Welcome - Thai Near Me - Escondido, California

Place was busy for lunch because of the lunch specials. We had them & they were pretty good. But they were not very "Thai" so if you want actual Thai, I would pass. But if you don't mind, try it. read more

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My wife and I have been coming here for about 1.5 years now. I think maybe 10 times. It has been very good. We just went yesterday and ordered the Phad Thai chicken and the Green Curry meal. We both noticed that the food didn't have the same taste as prior visits and the taste was a bit sour. The waitress came over and we told her. She spoke with the cook and said nothing has changed in years, but they would offer to take half off my meal. We couldn't finish our food so we asked for the check. When we got the check, they didn't deduct anything and I didn't complain and just paid it. So, they are lying about the food. They did change something. I am guessing maybe the spices, but not sure. They also didn't give us our discount. So again being dishonest. Needless to say, we won't be going back. read more

I love the restaurant, the location right off the 15 fwy, the food is delicious!!! I ordered the yellow curry chicken mild spice level 3 out of 10. The portions are big too! I rate my plate 10 out of 10!!! It had the perfect smooth delicious flavor or coconut and curry. The food is cooked right by you, so it's all fresh and right out of the wok ! I'm definitely making thisy go to Thai restaurant in North county. read more

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Love the place and food is amazing I went to celebrate my birthday with my friend, good service read more

Panya Thai Kitchen - Celebrating my birthday - Thai Near Me - Escondido, California

The food here is amazing. Priced Friendly customer service. We will definitely come back.

One of my favorite spot from the hot pot to the fried rice amazing never fails to impress me 10/10 recommend for Thai food lovers

Ordered takeout and the food was ready and hot when I arrived. The service was quick and the restaurant had a nice ambiance since it was busy which was nice to see during a rainy day. I've been here a few times and the trouble is always how inconsistent their spice levels are. Ordered a 7 before looking for something lightly spiced and it was pretty spicy. I was looking for crazy spice this time and ordered an 8 only for my Pad Thai to be rather sweet and had no kick. 2 entrees came out to over $35. Although the portion sizes are generous, it's a high price for the quality and consistency of the food they offer. read more

Panya Thai Kitchen - Pad Thai - Thai Near Me - Escondido, California

I'm spending the weekend in esco and asked my friend who lives here what her fav thai spot was and she recommended Panya Thai. I ordered drunken noodles and mango sticky rice for takeout. The food is amazing! The service was fast and easy, I thought it was funny they wrote "green shirt" on my receipt instead of asking for my name lol. Although I didn't eat inside, the ambiance was welcoming and I'm sure the service would be great for dine in as well. read more

Panya Thai Kitchen - mango Mango & Sticky Rice - Thai Near Me - Escondido, California

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Good food! Pad Kee Mao is a favorite and the steamed dumplings are good! The service is always good, really fast and everyone is happy to see you! Got it to go, but the restaurant seems nice. read more

The service is great, plenty of seating. I order from here frequently and also dine in once in a while. Enjoy seeing the open kitchen and my son always gets a kick out of seeing the flames flare up in the kitchen. The food is incredible and price is well worth the large portions. I highly recommend this local Thai restaurant. read more

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Just like another reviewer we have driven past the restaurant for years but have never eaten there. Got an order to go the other night. The food was amazing. I had the spicy duck. I got it at spice level 5 of 10. The duck breast was very good and tender. The thigh and leg meat had fallen off the bones into the sauce and vegetables and was delicious. The spice level was just right for me. I like things spicy and it was the perfect amount of heat. Our daughter got the pad Thai with soy based sauce and loved it. The flavor was very different than my dish. We also got the fried banana dessert with ice cream. The wrapping was nice and crispy filled with banana and crispy coconut. Don't know what took so long to eat there but we will definitely be back to try something different soon. read more

We ordered take-out and the orders were COMPLETELY DISAPPOINTING. 2 noodles and 2 curry came to be $87!!! First thing first--- and this is a no brainer-- the 2 rice containers were ONLY 2 THIRDS FILLED!!! So the CHEAPEST item on the menu is SKIMPED OUT ON!! And then the 2 curry with chicken were 50% liquid. They used to throw in a lot of the CHEAP POTATO FILLER --- but they can't even afford to do that now. The noodle containers were layered in as thin as possible to "APPEAR" that you were getting something but there's really nothing there. So -- FOR $20 you get less than a "SINGLE SERVING" and a FEW GRAINS OF RICE TOSSED IN "FOR GOOD MEASURE" ---LOL!!!! TOTAL WASTE AND NEVER AGAIN!!! read more

Love this Thai restaurant. Very clean, small and authentic feel when you walk in. Service is fast and friendly, I was sat immediately and got my drink and meal shortly after. I ordered the pad Thai, everywhere I go the recipe is slightly different, which I appreciate. Here, the pad Thai is slightly saucier than I'm used to, and tangy- but still delicious and filling. The only thing missing was the limes, which I think are normally included on these plates. No worries though as the plate was flavorful enough it didn't need any extras. Great prices for the portion as well, $15 for shrimp pad Thai. Highly recommend if you're in the area craving Thai, can't wait to come back and try more items from their menu! read more

Panya Thai Kitchen - Shrimp Pad Thai spicy 8 - Thai Near Me - Escondido, California

I went inside and ordered to-go and the service was friendly and fast. The food was okay but this was tangled up inside the noodles and I felt it while chewing. It was a metal piece of something. read more

Panya Thai Kitchen - Metal piece in food - Thai Near Me - Escondido, California