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    Pinto Thai Kitchen

    3.9 (156 reviews)
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    Closed 11:00 am - 8:45 pm

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    Dogs allowed

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    Chicken Pad Thai - A serving of chicken pad thai with shredded carrots, bean sprouts, and green onions on a white square plate, with a lime wedge and a glass of water behind.
    Mark O.

    Two thumbs up for an excellent first stop at Pinto Thai. Suffice it to say we are happy to have discovered it. We came for a weekday lunch and found the menu to be pretty extensive with a nice range of choices. We were greeted promptly and snagged the last table in the smaller, bright and very clean dining area. The woman working was hustling taking orders and serving food. We chose the chicken Pad Thai lunch special with baby egg rolls (very cute, pinky finger size) and the garlic chicken and rice special with the cucumber salad. The Pad Thai was really good with thinner noodles and a good amount of chicken, but they basically don't add any heat so I would ask for the spice level to be upped next time. And the sauce was not the sweet version that you get at a lot of places. The garlic chicken was very flavorful with a nice accompaniment of broccoli and carrots. The 3 baby egg rolls were crispy outside and tender, meaty inside with the good sweet chile pepper sauce. The cuke salad was simply good with crisp cukes and a simple, non-oily vinaigrette. The food came out quickly and piping hot. And can't beat the $9.95 price and portion-size for each of the 2 things we ordered! Can't wait to go back to try other dishes, including a curry.

    Appetizer for Lunch special - Two white plates with Asian appetizers and dipping sauces are placed on a dark wooden table. The top plate has spring rolls with a small bowl of sweet chili sauce, and the bottom plate has fried dumplings with soy sauce.
    Emma C.

    Lunch special is bargain. I had the green curry with chicken and my sister had the pad see ew with beef. Each lunch comes with an appetizer. Very generous portion. Service is attentive. The restaurant itself is very clean. Will return to try other items on the menu.

    Panang Curry Lunch Special - A restaurant table features Thai cuisine with a bowl of curry, a plate of noodles, and a spring roll, accompanied by drinks and utensils.
    Isabelle C.

    RATING: 8/10 Came here with a friend just in time for the lunch special!! They have a lunch special from 11-3 Mon-Fri and it's so worth it! It's $9-11 (depending on your choice of protein) for an appetizer and virtually any entree. My friend got the Pad Thai, I got the Panang curry, and we both ordered the egg roll appetizer. The egg roll appetizer was literally just one extremely miniature egg roll but was appreciated nevertheless. Our main dishes were slam dunks and came in HUGE portions so we both had leftovers to take home! I also ordered the thai iced tea which was delicious but got watery too fast because of the melting ice. Anyways, LUNCH SPECIAL LUNCH SPECIAL, LUNCH SPECIAL!!! A good Thai place in Northish Evanston!

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    Order takeout from here often. Food is great and always ready on time. Love the rangoons!

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    This is a wonderful neighborhood Thai place. The staff is super friendly and the food is consistently good!

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    2 years ago

    I like their Pad See Ew so much. Tasty! Lunch specials are affordable and delicious, too. Eat in or take out, good service. Recommend!

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    The food is always on point. The food is so good and the workers are very nice as well. Always great Thai food.

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    They do not close at 8:45. We walked in at 8:15 and they literally turned us away. We used to love this place. Never coming back

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    Live Pinto . Great food great service. Hard working and always super nice, I wish they would smile to me but I guess that's an extra!

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    This is a fantastic place for a meal. The menu is small, but the dishes are perfectly done and…read morepresented. Service is immaculate. Great place.

    This place is incredibly cute if you're looking for a nice ambiance. It was my first time trying it…read moreout and I loved the small attention to details. There was a live saxophone player and I loved the live flowers they had. Our waiter was extremely nice and took the time to explain the menu as well as their customer favorites. I order a Thai iced tea which wasn't bad but I prefer mine a little thicker and sweeter. It came in a thin tall glass which in theory was not a lot of drink. To start we order the chicken appetizer and fried beef on rice to share and unfortunately I did not snap a pic but these were listed under apps or shareables but the portions were extremely small. As our mains came I noticed that they were also small and each were around $20-$30 per plate. Not a bad thing if you don't eat much but I'm a big bang for buck type of gal. My family came to share and this place is a more fine dining thai restaurant which could explain the smaller portions. We ordered the pad Thai which was alright in my opinion I expected a little more flavor, the aubergine which was tossed vegetables as recommended by our waiter which was also ok not much flavor but beautiful plating though, and the coconut curry which was by far my favorite. If I were to come back here I would order that again, it was a nice light yet complex flavor profile which made me savor every bite. Overall good place for an upbeat fancier meal and I highly recommend the coconut curry braised chicken if you visit. Little pricey but that's just my opinion let me know what you guys think if you visit! Oh and they also give your receipt in a boat which they spin and leave a thank you card once you paid which was really cute.

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    Not sure why this doesn't have better ratings. I went for dinner tonight. The food was excellent…read more The place is beautiful and quirky. The lighting and level of the music are just right. Check this place out!

    I truly wanted to love this adorable Thai restaurant especially because of how conveniently close…read moreit is to where I currently work however the bad vibes from the owner is a turn off. The first time I visited I didn't realize they close at 8:30 pm so I arrived at 8ish and the server/owner snapped at me that they will be closing their doors by 8:30 pm so I hurriedly ordered a delicious chicken satay appetizer with peanut sauce presented beautifully in a tiny goblet and a crispy curry puff which was extremely good too. I loved the thai iced tea even though it was served in a small glass with lots of ice. The reason I am leaving a two is because the owner made me feel like I was not welcomed and an inconvenience because I arrived half an hour before closing. It was hard for me to savor the food based on the fact that the owner who is also a server to cut costs made it clear she needed me to leave when they start the closing process so I rushed through my first ever dining experience there. Today was my second and admittedly will be my last. The owner gave me the same icy indifferent attitude as if I wasn't genuinely welcomed. The first time I dined there I had a feeling she was the owner so I didn't tip and this time the owner lied to me when I mentioned I knew she was the owner when she practically DEMANDED a tip after my disappointing dining experience. She said she works there as s server and doesn't have a clue who the owner was completely lying to me so I would be quilted into leaving her a tip. First of all I arrived here at 1:30 and she coldly stated they close at 2pm no exception. There was no separate lunch menu and she let me decide what I wanted and didn't even take my order till 1:40pm I chose the crazy noodles with beef and you either get a tiny portion of cucumber salad or an egg roll appetizer. When my food arrived there were no chopsticks just forks and the plate was very decorative but the portions were extremely small. The egg rolls were good but each eaggroll was the size of your pinky finger and you get 3 tiny pieces. I ate quickly and when I got up to pay she asked me how id like to tip. I knew she was the owner so I felt it was HIGHLY inappropriate to hustle a guest for tips especially if you own your own restaurant and you're serving to cut costs by not hiring a server to work for you. Again I thought it was a tacky move on her part to insist on a tip and then lie to me and say she doesn't know who the owner is in real life. I don't like the owner's lack of business ethics so I will not be returning here especially because the lunch deal is extremely overpriced and doesn't include a side of salad or rice or beverage. She never once smiled at me nor made me feel like a welcomed guest so I don't feel like returning to support a business that treats their customers with such disdain and genuine unkindness. Also let me Reiterate even if the food is good my meal was soured by the negativity from the owner who works here as a server too to cut costs. My meal was $18 ish dollars not much of a deal when you realize the plate portions are small and the appetizer is miniscule too. What spoiled it for me was her lack of kindness and no chopsticks. Just not the vibes I'm seeking. I don't like the fact that the owner lied to me about not being the owner so very sketchy!

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    Everyone needs a clutch restaurant. The place that always comes through. It's convenient,…read moreconsistent, and, most of all, incredibly good. I've had many clutch spots over the years as I moved around, but it took me a minute to find my North Shore go-to. But here I am, a local for half a year now, and my go-to is Ni's, 100%. Lisa, the owner extraordinaire, is friendly, engaging, and an absolute customer service star. Not to mention a formidable chef. She has an obvious passion for food and its cultural history, and I love talking with her about it. The whole crew at Ni's is awesome and always happy to chat or handle any dish alterations. They clearly care about their clientele, and it's one of the things that keeps me coming back. My "must have" is the veggie summer rolls. I get them every time. Really, really good. And after living in the Vietnamese neighborhood of San Francisco for a few years, eating out almost daily, I've had my fair share of summer rolls. The produce at Ni's is always fresh, and I love how they cleverly use jicama for crunch. The rolls come with peanut sauce, but Ni's makes a delicious vegan fish sauce in-house that I go with almost every time. Banh Mi, Veggie Pho, Crispy Tofu, Fried Rice, I've had everything on the menu that is vegan or can be made so, and I'll gladly order them all again and again. This is not an all-vegan restaurant by any stretch (fear not, meat eaters), but Lisa goes out of her way to have options, and I've never been anything but satisfied. Even my kindergartner is into the veggie Pho broth and summer rolls, and he's not the easiest to please. Wilmette is lucky to have Ni's. I hope everyone knows that. They're tucked around the corner from the busier area of Central Ave and Wilmette Ave, and I've been doing my best to spread the word. "You've never been to Ni's?! Get the hell outta here.." So, if you didn't know, now you do. You're welcome.

    I was visiting my home town from Washington DC. Had two bowls of Pho with my daughter, and some…read morecrispy spring rolls. Soup broth was okay. The rice noodles were overcooked. The spring rolls were probably previously frozen. They were not served with nouc mam, but rather a bottled sweet chili sauce. I really hope they read this review. We want them to flourish and to succeed. Grab that fish sauce! Make a real nouc mam! Make a real crispy double fried fresh spring roll! Your broth is pretty good. I hope the next time we go back, we will see a more authentic approach to your food.

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