This place needs a documentary or something. Unbelievable amount of food for the $$$. I always think I'm ready for the spice but humbles me. If you love spice, this is your place. Crab Rangoons???? Out of this world. read more

Decided to give this place another try . I got the pad Thai , still lacked the flavor was looking for. The portion size was large it was enough for two. Im not giving up though, next time I will try the crab rice. The service was good, waitress was nice. Will be back . read more

Secret Thai Restaurant - Thai Near Me - Chalmette, Louisiana

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Yelp & "Secret Thai Restaurant" owes me a undeserved star! I would have given them - ZERO stars ! On July 1st 2026, A regular and frequent customer, a friend of mine, a female came alone to Secret Thai Restaurant. She asked me to write this on her behalf who until today, loved this restaurant and the food, and recommended it to everyone in her very large circle of family, friends and many associates in the New Orleans Food, Travel, Hospitality and Tourism industry of the City of New Orleans. She had a most insulting experience in Secret Thai Restaurant. The order was given to a female waitress for a large Tum Yum Soup with extra rice. The waitress disappeared never came back! It arrived over an hour later, 1 & 1/2 hours later! The Tum Yum soup was instead of the large one, a small one! Instead of extra rice as ordered, no rice! As is normal an eating bowl is brought together with the soup, not this time, nothing to eat out of! Forty minutes later the soup was cold, a request was made again, and again and again for the rice, and additional compliments as ordered! However, nothing came, only a bowl of soup, she waited for the rest of the food and rice. Nothing came! Then approaching the window she said "Hello"!!! "I have been waiting nearly two hours for my food! I asked several times for rice already and nothing came in two hours!" This is ridiculous! can I please have my rice"!!!?? The owner, a man, cooking at the time, looked at her, with the meanest, ugliest, sour face, as if she did something wrong. It was mayhem inside the kitchen, orders wrong, endless returns of wrong food, repeat orders, total chaos and everyone in the kitchen and front of the house screaming, arguing and complaining! The waitress came to the table, finally, with the rest of the food of the original order. The bill came along with the missing food, which arrived two hours later, she placed the bill just above the soup in front of her face, cold soup together with the bill, and My friend said to her "thank you please leave it on the table", the waitress replied "No! I am not allowed to step away from this table without your credit card, by direct orders of the owner"! My friend paid right away, and could no longer eat this very cold soup. She asked for containers from a young male waiter, again it also never arrived! He came by thirty minutes later, asked are you ok? She replied "No I'm still waiting for the containers"! He ignored her and never came back! Finally she got up went to the kitchen window, frustrated, demanded forcefully, "can I please have my containers!! Forty minutes after her first request!" A total of three hours passed! Lots of time for a cold bowl of soup!!!! I arrived at 5pm I left with my cold soup at 8pm ! read more

Amazing food, service and the portion sizes are huge!!! I dined in for my first visit and all though the server was working the registering and waiting tables he did a great job making sure we had what we needed. The ambiance was pretty causal and I loved all the plants. For my entree I ordered the orange chicken and I was shocked by the amount of food. The portion was enough to serve 4 people. I also ordered a side of veggies. But the orange chicken had a great balance of flavors and came out hot and fresh. The veggies needed season but were also hot and fresh. I look forward to dining here again. This will be one of my new lunch spots when in the area. read more

Secret Thai Restaurant - Orange chicken - Thai Near Me - Chalmette, Louisiana

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Third visit second review & last of 2025. Flawless! Massive portions & awesome flavor even without the spice I'm a 0 to .5 guy on spice level but it's undeniable this is a must try you have to go to this family style portion restaurant and when you finish you have enough food to eat the next 2 days completely worth it. The service was perfect for dine in or take out. Definitely keep it secret keep it safe secret Thai‼ in my picture below is the orange chicken which is a massive portion just put the sauce on the side to preserve the crispiness of the chicken for later on that she just reheating the air fryer and the Thai shrimp fried rice squeeze the lime on there for the extra kick. read more

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The food here is tasty, the serving sizes are large, and if you request it - or miscalculate - it'll be spicy enough that you'll regret your life choices. Excellent. The restaurant itself is a bit small, and cars tend to scrape on the curb getting in and out of the parking lot, but overall I definitely recommend it. read more

Secret Thai Restaurant - Drunken Noodles - Thai Near Me - Chalmette, Louisiana

Small family owned restaurant in Chalmette! The food is delicious and the portions are huge! Be careful on the spice because I typically get medium which I'd say is a 2/3 at other Thai restaurants but here a 1 is too much spice for me! I love their drunken noodles and the different stir fry vegetables! Tonight I tried crab rangoon here for the first time and I typically don't like them but the ones here are great. They use a mixture of imitation and real crab meat and the real crab really enhanced the flavor. The chicken satay is also a great appetizer and the peanut sauce and cucumber onion sauce were both really good. If you love Thai definitely check this place out! read more

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Wonderful food, choice of spices levels. Great staff. Small place but good and cozy.

Still flawless food, good service and a comfortable atmosphere. It's been a few years since I have been here, and it was better than I remembered. Each dish was perfectly cooked and full of flavor. Looking forward to retuning soon! read more

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Saturday afternoon, we tried Secret Thai Restaurant for lunch. Preferably quality over quantity. read more

Best Thai food, and the portion sizes are huge! Service was a little slow, but worth it for the food! It is loud, but we did not mind the noise read more

Secret Thai is the winner for portion sizes among all the various Thai restaurant options we have in the New Orleans area. Their food is also able to be spiced at multiple levels so tread carefully with the spicier levels. The soup bowls here are the largest I've ever seen at any Thai joint and they are a full meal by themselves. The prices here are also very affordable and they offer a great value here for the amount of food that you get. Overall this is definitely one of the Thai places I frequent as the quality has always been good and the price is amazing for what you get. read more

This is my favorite restaurant of all time no exaggeration Seriously I've had excellent even outstanding Thai food, but nothing has come close, not even in the same ballpark to this heaven on earth You can tell when people from love. The portions are more than generous and prices are better than anything in the city with three times the amount of food. When I see reviews with people complaining about the wait for the food I have corrected them and explained that they make everything from scratch per order and they are complicated because they have a lot of ingredients I cook Thai food. I've worked at Thai restaurants. I had 2 very good Thai cooks as roommates at the restaurant that I worked at previously My favorite dishes are som tom- which is a green papaya salad with poo dang (Pickled fermented crab). MUST TRY!!!!! if you don't wanna eat pickled fermented crab just get it with. the shrimp Nam Touk (waterfall beef salad) Pad Ghang fried fish in eggplant curry I love the seafood soup and larb These dishes are very flavorful and shock the senses For the newbies the curries are OUTSTANDING and not from a paste in a can like most places. Yes it's painful, and time seeking to make such a complex dish so almost every restaurant you go to uses the same stuff you can get from Asian grocer in a can For people who are in doubt just try it The reviews don't lie! If you're in doubt you're gonna wanna slap yourself once you finally go Now if they could just come to the city or somebody from that family marry me so I can have it all the time that would be good read more

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My friend and I went today and we were highly impressed with the portions and the yumminess of everything. The green tea was amazing, a must try if you've never had it before. The orange chicken has to be one of the best I've ever had and my friend totally agreed! It was lightly battered, big chunks of fresh chicken, full of flavor it came with Jasmine rice and the ghost Pad Thai was amazing. read more

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This place is crazy! The portions are huge! And they have a spice system all their own starting at .5 which is quite spicy and then a1 which is very spicy and so on. We got the red curry no stars, the ghost gate pad thai with 1 star and the beef salad with .5 star. It was all very delicious! Especially the ghost gate pad thai which I've never had pad Thai like that before. The curry was quite spicy without any stars, the beef salad was pretty spicy and the pad Thai was very spicy. It was so much food probably could've fed 5 people. And the prices are decent for the amount of food you get. We went on a very cold day. After we left my sinuses were cleared, my mouth was burning a lot & I was no longer cold, lol. Just be ware, the after burn is real! read more

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Adjusted review. Secret Thai is a well-oiled machine that now churns out their food efficiently. The restaurant was spotless and they are sufficiently staffed. As always and as per my previous review, their food is DELICIOUS. Go get you some!!! read more

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I known what you're thinking, "is this place worth the drive to CHALMETTE?" to you I say "HELL YES!!!!" The exterior is not much to look at but what waits for you inside will not disappoint. First start by picking the spice/heat level. I like heat a lot but I would not go above 2 maybe 2.5. Portions are huge so be ready to take some home. My fiends and I order the following Fried tofu, drunken noodles, orange chicken, red curry and the Kow Soy. All of it was delicious! I plan on making it a monthly dinner. read more

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I almost want to keep this place a secret because the food is so good and I don't want to share lol. The portions are generous. The soft shell crab curry is amazing. My only complaint is that the hours seem to be inconsistent, which is why I gave them four stars instead of five. Call to confirm they're open before going. It's so worth it though! read more

Wow, this place is way out there, but the servings are huge and extremely affordable. The food is tasty although I wish I had ordered everything to be at a scale of 1.5 because that would've been the perfect heat. The vegetables are nicely and the atmosphere is really pretty and the service was pleasant. It's really a beautiful brightly colored space and a tiny strip mall in Chalmette and the food is really really good. Will be back. read more

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First time dining in and food was delicious. The portion they give you is definitely a little more than what you pay for. Beware their spice level is pretty high. I got the Pad See Ew spice level of 0.5 and it was pretty spicy but delicious. Probably my new favorite Thai place in Nola. Their thai tea was sooo good too. I saw they had Green thai tea on their menu, which i haven't seen common in other Thai restaurants. Will have to come back to try it. The staff was friendly and service was pretty quick. The inside is very colorful and vibrant, very welcoming. Will need to come back to try more of their dishes! Also, feel free to check out my parents nail shop next door to Secret Thai ;) read more

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As always, the food and the service are excellent. I don't think you could go wrong with anything off the menu. However, you really wanna pay attention to the spice level. It appears the only complaints people have are the ones that have never been here before and didn't realize how spicy their food is. But it's a beautiful restaurant very cozy atmosphere. read more

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My favorite Thai food in the New Orleans area! Huge portions for a great price and so delicious. Be careful cause they are not afraid of spice! I usually get a 1.5 and it's spicy but in the best way, read more

Secret Thai Restaurant - Pad see ew with beef - Thai Near Me - Chalmette, Louisiana

Food service ambulance was all perfect! The food is authentic and fresh. I live in Metry but I will be driving to da Parish for this restaurant. read more

Secret Thai Restaurant - Eggplant and special off menu fried rice..delicious - Thai Near Me - Chalmette, Louisiana

Holy crap, the portions are HUGE. I mean ENORMOUS!! This place is possibly the best bang-for-your-buck restaurant in the entire greater New Orleans area. It's completely worth the drive to Chalmette! I swear, each order of entrées is enough to feed me for two meals, and that's coming from someone who eat a massive amount of food for each meal! Not only that, they don't just load you up on the carbs, they don't skimp at all on the proteins or veggies either. Disclaimer: Thai food tends to already be a little spicy. If you order extra spice to your dishes, start off with 0.5 level (not even a whole 1) because their dishes can get HOT! I haven't had an item I didn't like yet! I've tried the: *Pad Thai with Chicken ($14) - It's different from other Pad Thai I've had at other restaurants. The noodles are thin here. *Massaman Curry ($15) - Sort of like a red curry with potatoes and peanuts. It's a creamy, milder curry. *Red Curry ($15) - Yummy and as expected, a classic! *Thai-Styled Fried Rice ($14): Classic fried rice with eggs. *Basil Fried Rice ($14) - This is an amazing undersold fried rice. The basil gives it a flavor I can't get enough of!! *Chicken Satay ($9) - Basically chicken grilled on skewers covered in a savory peanut sauce. I know it's a little bit of a drive out to Chalmette, but we definitely make the drive out just for Secret Thai. I can't wait to try all of their other menu items! read more

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They don't call this place a secret for nothing. It's the definition of 'if you know you know' type of place. Secret Thai is a hidden gem in Chalmette, Louisiana. Now I have only gotten my food to go but the ambiance is inviting, very colorful with plenty of plants. The food is delicious, and the portion sizes are ridiculously large. I always get the drunken noodles and I can eat off of it for days! I also recommend their Thai tea, so rich and creamy. The prices are very low considering your portion size. The service is good but they take a long time. I recommend calling in advance with your order. Also, food is spicy so make sure you request the right amount of spice for your tastebuds. Located in a strip mall so there is plenty of parking available. read more

If you want spicy, this is your place! Food was great. The server was really helpful navigating the spice levels. And it's super cute. I'd def order a level 3 on the Drunken Noodles again! read more

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First things first, the hype about them being spicy is true. Aside from that and the portion sizes (mostly carbs), I found the flavor to be lacking and the service not that great. I mostly went because it was the only place in the area claiming to serve 'Ghost Gate Pad Thai'. It is not that. It is regular (if not overly sugary) pad thai with a side of egg. The seating is also weird since you could be seated at a table without napkins, condiments, or the other amenities tables have. It felt like some larger tables were split in half, and they forgot to finish setting up the new tables. read more

Secret Thai Restaurant - Drunken noodles w/ chicken - Thai Near Me - Chalmette, Louisiana

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Food is still amazing as ever, but service is a little disorganized. Tried to dine in on a Saturday night around 6:30pm but we were told it would be an hour wait since they were saving some of the open tables for a large group reservation later that evening. So we opted to just place a to-go order and come back. We were told it would be a 2 hour wait until the food was ready -- typically their wait times are long but expect even longer during prime weekend hours. Staff seemed a bit occupied and stressed out with other orders and inquiries so it was a bit of a hassle finally placing our order at the register, but finally we paid and were told we would get a phone call when it was ready. 2 hours passed and still no phone call so we checked inside and were told another 20 minutes. Finally got our food around 8:45pm. Really disappointing as I love their food. The kitchen definitely prioritizes getting orders out for dine-in customers first before to-go customers, which is understandable, but a 2.25hr wait is crazy! We definitely should have just opted to wait for a table to begin with. To top it all off, my credit card statement is showing that they added an extra, *unauthorized* $3 to my bill. It could be an honest mistake, but nonetheless added to my most recent lackluster experience at Secret Thai :( read more

Secret Thai will forever be one of my top choices for Thai foods. The casual setting makes it easy-going and comfortable. The portions are huge, so you're getting your money's worth by 2x. I always come home with leftovers that still taste just as good the next day. As someone with a high tolerance for spice, the spice levels 2-3 are great. Some of my favorite dishes are the crab rangoon, red curry, papaya salad, larb, pad see ew, and south sea fried rice. I can't wait to try more! read more

The portions for the price is so good!!! I had their Drunken Noodles and it is super flavorful! The staff is friendly but it does take a long time for the food to come out so keep that in mind! It is decorated very colorful and has a lively aura! Would recommend bringing friends so that you can order different dishes to share read more

Secret Thai Restaurant - Thai Near Me - Chalmette, Louisiana

I stumbled upon this place by accident while attending meetings at The Ranch Studios nearby. I love Thai food so I gave it a chance. Glad I did. This place is fantastic. While it won't win any awards for interior design, the food is excellent, it's plentiful, and it's affordable. What more can you ask for? Best peanut sauce for Satay I've ever had. Usually get the garlic/pepper chicken with extra rice. And I usually am taking home plenty of to-go boxes. With the generous amount of food they give you, you'll be eating for days. read more

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Excellent food! I ate every crumb of the drunken noodles. The vibe is definitely old school home vibes, very comfy.. However, the establishment was clean, service was great and the food was fresh, hot and flavorful. read more

The restaurant has a limited seating capacity, so I have not dined in personally; however, I recommend being mindful of this if one chooses to do so. I have sampled several items from the menu and have found all of them to be of high quality. The portions are quite generous for the price. I have particularly enjoyed the egg rolls, drunken noodles, and string beans with pork. read more

One of my favorite Thai places I've ever tried I always come here when I need a fix because their dishes have never failed me. One of the best things is that I love that they give so much food in one sitting making it worth it. As others have mentioned, they do not mess around with their spice level. I normally get a spice level of 1 or 1.5 at this restaurant, and in other Thai places, I can handle medium or high. Things I have tried: pad Thai, drunken noodles, pad see ew, Khao soi, beef boat noodles, orange chicken, crab fried rice, pad ga prow, massaman curry, panang curry read more

Went to Secret Thai with a group of friends and ordered a bunch of stuff off the menu to share on the table. I tried to talk some friends out of appetizers knowing the portion sizes and they reported the Crab Rangoons were just ok. I ordered the drunken noodles and they were excellent with the perfect amount of spice and huge portions. Another friend ordered the Pad Thai and I thought that dish which was also huge was a little too sweet for my liking. Another two friends ordered curries, one a red curry and another a soft shell crab curry and both were huge and excellent. If ever you are in St. Bernard this is the spot to eat. One plate can feed two to three people. read more

I tried them last night. I got the "cup" of Tom Khar soup to start. I put cup in quotations as this is the smaller size of the 2 size selections. This came out in a large bowl! Was not expecting that but I was smiling when the waiter came to our table with it. It was delicious. Easily could've fed 2 people just off the soup portion. Then I ordered the drunken noodles with pork. Again, very large portion! Very tasty. I was able to take most of my food to go. I have plenty leftovers! You get value at this Not-So-Secret place! Highly recommend! If I didn't live so far away I'd be going at least once-twice a month. The picture is proof of portion of the soup! read more

Secret Thai Restaurant - Leftover Tom Khar Soup - Thai Near Me - Chalmette, Louisiana

This is the spot. Huge portions and food is tasty. I serious when I say HUGE! If you can't handle spice, don't order it spicy- maybe get a 0.5. You'll regret it lol. If you go at a busy time, you will wait a while- just be prepared. I've gone here several times, and it's a great place to go with friends and family. My favorite things to order are the green curry or the pad se ew. If you're in Chalmette, I recommend checking this place out. read more

Secret Thai Restaurant - Thai Near Me - Chalmette, Louisiana

My favorite Thai place EVER! If you haven't been GO! It's a funky little place. You can see them cooking and they are always busy! The portions are huge, the price is so worth the wait! Service is hmmm not the best, but once again the food makes up for it! Get the egg rolls they are huge and yummy. We had to send ours back because they were still frozen in the middle. All the curries are yummy. Pad Thai, drunken noodles, etc.. everything I've had was good! And they don't play about the spice so be careful! read more

Food and service here is absolutely amazing! We always do togo and the portions are HUGE. We love this place and will continue to come back! The quality of their food is excellent. I always get the shrimp pad Thai and my bf gets the larb. Be careful about the spice level. A spice level of 1 is already kicking. A spice level of 2 has sweat rolling down my neck. read more

Secret Thai Restaurant - Larb on the left and shrimp pad Thai to the right - Thai Near Me - Chalmette, Louisiana