Absolutely amazing! Take out is great too. Super friendly owners and the food is extremely authentic. Really recommend this to anyone looking for real Thai food! read more

Ordered take out and with so many 5 star reviews was expecting the best Thai food I've ever had. Food was ok, nothing to write home about, I have definitely had better in the area for sure. Food was overly greasy and salty. read more

The worst food ever. Made me sick the worst the the Phad Thai was so gross no flavor. Such a waste of mi why

An overdue ode to my favorite North Shore restaurant. I will try to not get carried away. My fiance and I moved to Stoneham last year, and we tried several Thai restaurants before we discovered Red Sugar Cafe. It doesn't look like much when you go inside, but it is clean and the staff is welcoming. There are only six tables inside - there are usually other patrons eating in when we're there, but they get a lot of take out business. This is a small, family run establishment - it is a husband and wife team, and the daughter is always there hanging out, or helping Mom (Sandy) with the register. Sandy is very attentive without being overbearing. The food is Outstanding. The prices are reasonable, and you get a lot for your money. Red Sugar closed for a month over the summer when they went back to visit family in Thailand - we couldn't wait for them to come back! I typically order Massaman Curry (tofu) - he usually orders Red Curry or Muddy Noodles (tofu). Always with a Thai Iced Tea. Great food, displayed beautifully. We typically eat there or at least get take out every other week. If we have friends or family in town, we usually bring them to Red Sugar, and they are never disappointed with their orders. If I could only eat one meal for the rest of my life, it would be the Massaman Curry from Red Sugar Cafe. Seriously. read more

Went to this place after checking the reviews and am so glad I did. It's a small place, not one for fancy dinners but the food was terrific. Had the Tom yum soup and drunken noodles and both were fantastic. Also shared vegetable triangles that reminded us of mini samosas. This is going to be one of my favorite takeout places. read more

It's a hidden Gem in Wakefield, Ma. It's a small place but a nice moody vibe. I think it's a mom and pop shop, hence, you can hear them yelling in their native tongues. The server was friendly and may our visit very delightful. And, the food are good portion for a good price. read more

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Got take out from this little hole in the wall. Service was fast and the place was filled. I ordered simple foods, chicken with veggies and crab Rangoon. Everything was fresh and delish. Their spring rolls are crispy and not at all greasy. You can tell they take pride in their prep and store. It's a family run business. Everyone from the cook to the waitress said hello to me when I was ringing up my food. Will absolutely eat here again and I plan to branch out a bit more on my food selection next time. read more

crab rangoon - amazing. flaky, crispy, and the dipping sauce is not just duck sauce.... it's some yummy house sauce. sweet/spicy wings - good flavor. cooked well. i'm just not big on bone-in wings. but for what they were, they were good. yellow curry - hands down the best part of the meal. perfectly sweet, tons of chicken, pineapple chunks... best yellow curry i've ever had! drunken noodles - also good, but SPICY. careful guys. thai iced tea - yum :) all that came to just over $50 which is reasonable i suppose... maybe a bit pricey. all in all i will continue getting food from here when i'm craving thai! read more

I can't believe I just discovered this gem down the street from my house! I had a thai craving after a weekend long camping in the wilderness but my go to place pad thai can be fishy sometimes. I decided to give this place a try and it was such a good choice. I ordered pad thai , thai fried rice, shumai & crab rangoon. The flavors, portion size, and the friendly service is more than enough for this place to be my new favorite thai restaurant. I can't wait to try other menu items read more

We were SO happy to dine here! If you like hot n spicy, they make sure it is! Tears of joy :) Can't wait to try more dishes. Monster thumbs up on this gem! read more

i've asked for country style pad thai with tofu. it wasn't on the menu but the woman behind the kitchen understood. I prefer spicy pad thai but man, this was on another level. It was so spicy, I couldn't finish it. I don't know if this authentic, but it was too hot for my taste. My wife tried the basil fried rice. It was alright, but we've had way better thai food at Thai Moon in Arlington and J Dee Asian Bistro in Watertown. For us, we felt this place was a little overrated but we're willing to give it another try next time. read more

A hidden gem! The food is amazing! You must skip Phuket and go directly to Red Sugar Cafe..

This place is super good. I got something called the P.C.U which is a mix of pad thai and drunken noodles. Its a little spicy and sweet mixed together. It comes with wide noodles, carrots, broccoli, and chicken. Super Delicious ! I also go the crab rangoon which was also good but it tasted onion-y and I don't really like onions. But it did have a great portion of filling. read more

All time favorite place for crab Rangoon . I haven't got a dish I haven't liked the drunken noodles are great also with a little kick .

Amazing Thai street food. The place is popular for takeout and the family that runs this place is absolutely a charm! Of course, the food is darn good. We only wish tofu was a regular option. read more

Best Thai food around! The red sugar wings are definitely worth trying! And the Tom Yum Soup is the best! I tried the Tom Yum Udon noodles and it was delicious. Sweet, tangy, and just the right amount of heat. Prices and quantity are good. Definitely worth a try! read more

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So, have tried all of the Thai restaurants in the Melrose/Stoneham/Wakefield area & this is one of the best. Tried it on the advice of a neighbor & we were very pleased with flavors & portion size. read more

This is one of the best place I have been.. I got to try the food, unlike DG. His fat wife was mad she did not get to eat there.

Amazing. Second time we got take out from red sugar. This time we got different dishes thinking we just picked the good ones but these were even better!! read more

My wife and I were looking for a good byob option nearby and found this place...and we were glad we did! It's a little out of the way from Main Street, very unassuming. We made reservations on a Saturday night but it was virtually empty when we got there which was concerning at first, but once the food came out we were pleasantly surprised. The spicy rangoons were delicious as was mango curry. My wife's pad Thai was very good as well. Great, friendly service, excellent food. Seems like the type of place you go to regularly where you become friendly with the owner and staff. Really a good little find. Definitely recommended of you are a fan of Thai (or food in general)! read more

Top notch Thai food. My wife and I are pretty picky when it comes to Thai but this was a cut above. Everything was fresh and delicious. I had the Pad Ga Prow (which is my favorite dish) and it was the best I've had in years. Will definitely come back if I'm in the area. read more

Oh my giddygod. Red Sugar was so good! If you love Thai food and are in the Wakefield area, but don't want to shell out wayyyyy too much dinero at Duck Walk, then have I got a tip for you: Red Sugar. Come on, the food was better than Duck Walk's, and significantly cheaper. And they deliver, and it was relatively prompt! The spicy rangoons are the bombdiggity, and the (tofu) mango curry I had was delectable. Others in the fam loved the pad thai, yellow curry, and the house special wings. The spring rolls were fairly generic spring rolls, but well made and tasty. Go Red Sugar! read more

If they had security, I would have been tossed out of this place! I ate like an animal! The food, Service, and Prices were absolutely EPIC! I did not want to leave! Have you ever sat through a great film and just did not want it to end? That was exactly how I felt while eating here! The fresh and amazing drunken noodles were magical. The Yellow Tofu Curry was like a dream ya wish never ended! So tasty with its thick rich and flavorful cOcoNutty sauce! The Red Sugar wings were sticky gooey and delicious beyond any lip smacking delight inwich anyone could imagine! I could write a book about my first visit to this place! I will be attending this eatery tomorrow again for some DUCK! I can not wait to try some! Yomp Yomp Yomp!!! The people running this gem are so so so so so nice..... 2 thumbs and 2 Big toes up! JuSt a note: Kyle D. Your low rating 2 stars is based on what exactly? FYI, the free aps and soup is complimentary because maybe, just maybe the owners want to promote an eatery that has been only opened 3 months prior to your review. Next time you drive by the place, open your eyes and look at the window. Great big sign "GRAND OPENING" ... Ya ever think of that big "D"? This Thai eatery is far from desparate. While eating there, the phone was ringing off the hook for take-out orders. A few sit down-customers joined in as well. read more

The chicken is too dry. The appetizers are too small. They do not have any fountain drinks or large glasses. Just small cans for a small establishement. A lot of other places have better value. I was expecting something more spicy based on the name of the restaurant, but it was a little bland and lacking. Most of all, the menu is very small. The Duck Walk is a better Thai restaurant. Ten dollars is too much for a less than mediocre lunch. I was the only person in the place at the time, and it just did not seem to have a good ambiance. Although I don't eat Thai much, I think there are better Thai restaurants out there. read more

Great Tom Yum soup and spicy rangoons!! My boyfriend always gets the Udon Tom Yum and i always get Green Curry Shrimp (comes with a side of white rice). I almost always have leftovers for work the next day :) Great food and reasonable prices!! read more

Tiny little place, but the food is so good and the service friendly and excellent. Pad Thai is probably the best I have ever had. highly recommended! read more

Horrible experience! Waited over an hour for food that was mediocre. The pad thai was too sweet. Udon was too salty, curry was too spicy when we ordered mild. When I spoke with the owner after the meal for some consideration on the bill for the excessive wait (we were the only ones sitting at tables but many people walked in for take out over the hour) I was offered a free small rice. When I put my coat on she threatened to call the police thinking I was skipping on the bill. I said I would pay the bill, but then she told me to leave so she could call the police. You get the idea, this is a horrible place. Another customer told me on the way in his food wasn't very good, I should have taken that as a sign. Avoid it like the plague. Absolutely the worst restaurant experience in my life...on my daughter's 14th birthday no less. read more

Here's a question to ponder: How is it that this restaurant has 97 reviews as of July 2016, yet every time I go past the place (I work and live nearby), it's nearly empty? You would think that with all of these rave reviews that the place would be packed all the time (and it's a very small place). Or...is it possible that these reviews have been bought and paid for??? (Now we know that never happens on the Internet....right?) The reason why it's obvious to me that it's the latter is because I've found Red Sugar Cafe's food to be forgettable at best, and lousy at worst. I've eaten there three times and never once had a meal that I thought was memorable. And that explains why I've never seen more than two tables full in the restaurant. The better question in my mind is, how do these folks stay open when it seems they do practically no business? The best Thai food in Wakefield is Phuket. However, their portions are small, and so I honestly go there less than I would otherwise because I hate paying good dollars to leave a place not full. I will say that Red Sugar Cafes portions are larger. But more, of less, is not exactly a winning formula in my book. UPDATE APRIL 2018: Red Sugar Cafe continues to be empty every time I drive past it, which is several times a week. How they stay in business is beyond my understanding. A few weeks ago while I was waiting for a haircut in Wakefield, one of the customers in the barber's chair said that he and his girlfriend went to Red Sugar Cafe and had a really terrible meal. That set off a lively discussion in the place, and of the people present who had been to Red Sugar Cafe, no one said anything good about it. Anyone who eats at Red Sugar Cafe based on the (current) 4.5 star overall ranking on Yelp needs to understand that probably the vast majority of those reviews are shills. No one I know who has eaten at this restaurant for real thinks the food is even close to excellent. read more

I traveled to the Boston area weekly for work over last two months. Thank goodness I found this amazing Thai restaurant. Friendly staff, good food, and reasonable prices kept me coming back. I wish I could transplant this place to Chicago! My favorite dish was the Drunken Noodles (I had them at least once per week). They were moderately spicy and came in a reasonable portion. I also tried the Spicy Thai Rangoon after it was recommended by some locals. They were good, though the portion might be a little large for one person to eat with another entree. Prepare to be full. I have a day trip to Boston next week, and I plan to take a co-worker to check out my favorite Boston restaurant. Thanks Red Sugar Cafe! read more

Did I ever mention that I am a pad Thai connoisseur? Would've Pad Thai cravings strike, I am usually uneasy because I crave the authentic flavors of this delicious noodle dish and the places I've gone to are either good tasting served by rude people (including takeout), nice people who serves inconsistent tasting dishes hit or miss, and then just meh tasting. I tried cooking my own but forget it. So you guys, I've found a place that I love! The owners are so nice. Super jolly, attentive, and knows the menu well. I of course ordered pad Thai. It was thebomb.com The chicken didn't have a chewy rubbery texture and shrimp was perfect. The noodles style was a little too skinny/narrow I'd prefer it to be a little wider. But the sauce is what MAKES this dish. A complete balance off sweet, salty and tart. With some crunch from the bean sprouts and a little dash of heat. So worth it. My hubby got the Tom Yum fried rice --- it was good and he liked it however I noticed him picking off my plate more than his own. read more

Just had a wonderful meal at Red Sugar in Wakefield. I was with two others and we ordered the Pineapple Chicken, Red Curry and Garlic Udon. A couple tips if you've never been. One, it's BYOB, so bring a bottle of vino. If you forget, there is a liquor store around the corner. Two, parking is a bit tough so you might have to park and walk a bit, just a heads up. Otherwise, we'll be going back - this is Wakefield's little gem. read more

Trying out the Pad Thai at a Thai restaurant is the like trying out the bread at an Italian restaurant. If either are bad, it doesn't bode well for the rest of the menu. The Pad Thai noodles were thinner than I am used to, but the flavor was amazing. The wide, "Drunken Noodle" dish had just the right amount of zing and the ground chicken dish was perfectly spicy. We used to say, "not bad for the burbs," about another local Thai restaurant, but Red Sugar Cafe rivals any Cambridge or Boston Thai restaurant. The Red Sugar Cafe knows the perfect balance of fish sauce to sweet. The Thai basil was perfect. Every dish we've tried has been great. The prices are great as well. Thank you -- we have now been able to add take-out back to our weekly routine. read more

Red Sugar is a fantastic whole in the wall joint. It's not fancy or trendy, it's just fantastic Thai food, skillfully prepared by a nice, family run business! They know how to cook Thai food, that is no joke. We've tried just about everything on the menu over the last couple years, never disappointed in a singe dish. We prefer to dine in, because the presentation is great and the owners are so friendly. 5 stars for exactly what it is, and what they want it to be: great Thai food, friendly, family run, off the beaten path in a whole in the wall. Go in with that mindset, introduce yourself, and you'll end up smiling ear to ear! read more

I don't know how this place gets such high ratings. To be fair, I only ordered the pad thai, which was probably the worst I've had. It's made with a lot of vinegar instead of fresh ingredients. The smell was overpowering and tasted awful. Won't be coming back. read more

Great food! Bold and flavorful - I can order it again and again. Had the Drunken Noodle with chicken and it was near perfect (I should ask for a spicier version next time), and Red Curry - too sweet for my taste, even though the sauce was very flavorful. Too bad the seating area is small and they don't deliver. read more

I am in love with this place. I went for my first time last Wednesday. The two people behind the counter were very friendly and I have to say the place is spotless. I have been to Duck Walk in Wakefield and I thought it was crappy over priced Thai food. I am so SO HAPPY Red Sugar is here! The prices are amazing, the food is fabulous and the place is spotless. Go! Go and taste for yourself. I plan on eating here at least once a week! It is so good!!!! read more

So much better portions than last time. The food has always tasted awesome. I'm back for good, they are now my Thai place again. We had the garlic udon and drunken noodle. read more

Red Sugar is by far the best thai food that I have ever had, and all of my family that has gone there too. The owner Sandy is wonderful and the food is amazing!! Their spicy crab rangoon are the best I've ever had, not greasy at all and just the right amount of spice and the shells are crunchy. The basil chicken is amazing too, everything is! read more

most delicious thai ever...even her Chinese food was fantastic...authentic and fresh! pad thai - so yummy and unlike any other pad thai around...made to order...it was devoured instantly vege spring rolls (fried) - outrageously tasty...nothing like the dense, soggy, tasteless ones from your local Chinese take-out place vege triangles - fun and tasty; reminded me of tiny samosas massaman (tofu) - fantastic tom yum - yum yum! one small criticism: dishes were just a tad too salty but this is still hands down the best thai I've had north of boston. read more

My favorite Thai place! I have visited Thailand and had authentic Thai food and this comes pretty close. The food is always fresh, hot and very tasty. We are vegetarians and this place has more than enough options. Everything from soups, spring rolls and ALL curries are wonderful. I have had better pad Thai but I go here for their curries. Someone else commented that the place is always empty and so not good. But the place runs mostly on take outs. Anyone who has had good Thai food will know this a hidden gem. You just need to know what "Thai" food tastes like and it's not just Pad Thai alone. Must try and you will not be disappointed I also like that this a mom and pop place and their girls are helping out. Nothing like supporting local business especially if they are good and polite. Please don't trash the place based on whether it's filled or not. And no this NOT a paid review as you can see from my other reviews. read more