I want to rate it low so no one goes here and I can have it all for myself but I can't. I have not been to Thailand but I have been to over 20 in cali and this place ranks up there against the best. Fresh ingredients = good food. Tom yum is exactly as it appears yummy. Spicy eggplant, basil rice and any of the stir fry are great. Good luck! read more

I love Thai food. I mean, I LOVE Thai food. Originally from NY, I have particular standards for my Thai (I know, I'm a snob sometimes). Sweet Ginger more than delivers. Generally, my go-to Thai in the Boston-area is Brown Sugar - however, I have recently come to realize that the over-crowding and overwhelming amount of loud college students is just not worth it. Plus, I wanted to find somewhere closer to my current habitat - Somerville. Lo and behold - Sweet Ginger. I'm partial to the stir-fries and the sweet and sour sauce here is really divine. I order it with tofu (I'm a vegetarian) and it is heaven on my plate. I can also highly recommend their pad thai, pineapple fried rice, and the curries. I've ordered here for both lunch and dinner several times, and my food has always been ready and still hot within 15 minutes when I arrive. I highly recommend Sweet Ginger for delicious, affordable, guilty-pleasure satisfying Thai food. read more

First Thai experience. After browsing yelp for a Thai place in the area to try, I found Sweet. After reviewing the extensive menu, I decided on a few things. Golden Triangles, Tom Yum Soup, and Drunken Noodles. Although I was not a fan of the Golden Triangles, my friend was. They were fried wontons filled with chicken and curry served with pineapple sauce. The Tom Yum Soup was a hot & sour soup style soup. It was a light broth spiced with lemongrass, mushrooms and lime juice. There were two large shrimp in the soup that were a bit too large for my liking and still had the tail on. I wasnt too impressed with the soup but maybe hot&sour just isn't my thing. Next, the main dish: Drunken Noodles. Stir-fried wide rice noodles with shrimp, chicken, egg, onion, carrots, chopped string bean, baby corn, bell peppers, straw mushrooms and basil leaves in a spicy house sauce. Two star on the spice scale "Hot & Spicy". I asked for it extra spicy. So when it arrived...it wasn't extra spicy. As for the flavor? Meh. I wasn't a fan of the basil leaves. I bit into one of those things and boy was it strong. Eww. I began to take out all of the leaves in my pasta. Overall I wasn't too impressed. I would return, but I wouldn't order the same thing. read more

Oh, I love Sweet Ginger! I live in the neighborhood and my boyfriend and I often get take-out from here. The food is always delicious, no matter what we get. I particularly love the massaman curry and the chicken cashew nut. The kitchen is out in the open here, so I am never afraid nasty things are happening to my food, and the hostess is just adorable and so sweet. Everything is always piping hot, fresh, and very tasty. I heartily recommend! read more

It is official, I am in love with this restaurant!! I have been there three times in the past week and I still can't get enough. Last night we met 6 friends there for dinner. The service was amazing, very friendly and attentive. The food, all 8 of us had something different, was out of this world. Rave reviews from the group. If you still have room order the coconut ice cream - so good, SO GOOD. In closing Somerville and all nearby towns - GO EAT AT SWEET GINGER!! read more

Really great Thai food - definitely up there with any of the places I've been in Boston. I feel like Thai food is often a dime-a-dozen, with okay-and-cheap Thai places being pretty much the standard. Sweet Ginger was a notch above the standard Thai place without losing the cheap prices. I had the "seafood volcano," which was delicious, although I regret not getting the slightly-more-hilariously named but less-tastily described "seafood madness." The old standby of pad thai sampled off a friend's plate was excellent and above-average as well. As Ben K. mentioned, portion sizes on the veggie tempura are out of control - for $4.50 it's a killer appetizer compared to the four Thai rolls you get for the same green. read more

Food was very good, Fresh tasting, delicioso Tempura Veggies, Real good Drunken Noodles, ooh tasty, not overly spicy but had a good bite Duck Stir Fry with Ginger, big pieces of duck, lots of veggies Why 4 stars not 5? The Crab Rangoons were not what I expected, They more like curry filled pockets of goo, not the traditional triangle of awesomeness Sarah says "Good Portions, Good Tempura, Not a fan of the Rangoons." read more

I decided to give another Thai place a try and ordered delivery from Siam Ginger. I was surprised at how fast the delivery was. I ordered the Pad See Lew with chicken which was very good. Would def order from here again. read more

I eat Sweet Ginger too often. Love the tom yum and crystal soups. Som yum salad is some yummy. Not crazy about most of their apps but the satay and calamari are good. The pad thai is terrific. I love most of their entrees - curry, stir fry, or house specialty. The duck entrees are an especially good value in my book. They are always hopping too. Tons of people eating in, taking out, and getting delivery. read more

Had lunch here with a friend several months ago. Good location (near my home), reasonable price and good food. People are nice. Great choice for neighbourhood lunch/dinner place. Planning to go back again with my new roommate. read more

Still awful the second time. Ordered the chicken Panang as I thought I should give me local another try. What I got was a watery soup devoid of any flavor. No spice; diluted coconut sauce (in order to save on the $$'s I guess); no kaffir lime. Just plain bland. I hate to say it, but it is has to be one of the worst thai food experiences I've had. Not quite sure what all these other great reviews are on about..? It's a real shame cause it's so close, the place is cute and the staff are friendly. read more

I can't add much over what other reviewers have said, but wanted to make sure I got my five stars in here. Union Square is really rocking now with these new places. This is my new favorite Thai place of all time. Decor: Cool and comfortable. Service: Very friendly Taste: Everything was delicious. Value: Perhaps just a tad more expensive than other Thai places, but the portions are bigger, making it an overall better value. Some recommendations. To drink, Thai iced tea. For appetizer, vegetable tempura. For entree, Crispy Basil Chicken. For dessert, they have an unusual but delicious signature creation: mango and sticky rice. read more

I feel sorry for my girlfriend because sweet ginger has pretty much become our only date spot. I just can't get enough of this place! I'm pretty much the most risk averse person you'll ever run into, so I'm the type of guy who orders the same thing over and over again if it works. The Pad Thai here works. It's packed with flavor, the noodles are always perfectly al dente, and the portions always leave me satisfied. My more adventurous girlfriend has gotten a couple of their curries, the drunken noodles and pad see ew. All of them were delicious. Service is always good and dishes come out quickly. I can't wait for our next date night! read more

Oh gosh. My empty takeout boxes are sitting beside my desk as I write this. So I had to take a take-home final exam in Copyediting tonight, after a day of work, plus a final presentation for another class. So, yeah. No way in hell was I cooking. I wanted tasty delicious food that would fill and satisfy me and fuel me through my tedious exam (so long as I was careful not to drip sauce on the paper). I did a little browsing through Yelp and Foodler and figured Sweet Ginger was the way to go. I'd been to Sweet Ginger before for a sit-down dinner and was pleased with both the food and the service. That time, I ordered the Drunken Noodles, a variation off my usual Thai staple, Pad See Iew. I remembered it burning me in the best way possible. I don't have much of a spice tolerance, I'm afraid, but I loved it anyway. It was so delicious I kept piling it in even as I began sweating and breathing heavily and consuming my weight in water. This time I ordered the Drunken Noodles again. I was inches away from ordering my beloved Pad See Iew, but decided something with a fiery kick was better for the coldest night this year so far. This time I requested tofu instead of the chicken and shrimp. I'm not a vegetarian; I just really really love the wonderful soft-crisp-chewiness of fried tofu, especially when it's coated in dark soy sauce and mixed with wide rice noodles and...am I salivating again? Sorry. The Drunken Noodles do not fail to deliver. They are the epitome of Drunken Noodles. Especially with the tofu. I also like that they make some effort to be healthy, or at least to present healthy options. My Drunken Noodles seemed to have more vegetables in them than versions I've encountered elsewhere. They definitely use a generous amount of oil as well, but...wide rice noodles just get more delicious the more oil you add. I also like that they offer brown rice as an option. You do have to pay an extra 25 cents, but that's hardly highway robbery. I'll pay 25 cents for my more-nutritious whole-grains any day. Granted, I have yet to branch out from my beloved wide rice noodle dishes, but someday, I'm sure I'll test out the brown rice in a stir-fry or curry dish. I don't live all that far from Union Square, but I'd already been out in the bitter cold multiple times today, and I had zero interest in venturing out again for pick-up. I needed to bring my delivery total up to the minimum of $15, so I tried out the seaweed wrap appetizer and the miso soup, both specials. The seaweed wraps were unusual. I wasn't sure what to expect from the description. They were breaded and fried seaweed sheets wrapped around some sweet potato noodles and cabbage. Like a spring roll but with seaweed instead of a rice sheet. Not bad; definitely a new one for me. A little greasier than I'd anticipated, but tasty. I was satisfied with delivery service; the delivery man seemed very sweet in my brief interaction with him, and the delivery time was accurate, if not a little faster than quoted. I did have to pay a $2 delivery fee, but oh well. I'll consider it my fee for being lazy and getting to stay inside my nice warm apartment. The best part? I was done with my copyediting exam in record time. I attribute my speed to the good mood induced by my tasty tasty meal from Sweet Ginger Thai. read more

I would give this 3.5 stars if I could. Their prices are reasonable and service has always been prompt and friendly. Thai iced tea is yuuuuum, but is it possible to mess this up? I love their tofu triangles, except they get pretty mushy if you get them as take out. The curry here isn't the best I've had, but isn't bad. My boyfriend raves about the pad thai, saying it's the best he's had in the area. I do like their vegetarian options, but they all taste the same, and they're on the salty side. Ideally, they'd have more variety. I may see if they'll do a vegetarian version of the pad thai. read more

I haven't given 5 stars to a restaurant in awhile, and Sweet Ginger definitely deserves it! This isn't a high-end place, but the food is fantastic, and the service is great (e.g., water was refilled repeatedly without asking). I had dinner there at 6:30pm on a Sunday night. The restaurant was about 75% full. Service was polite and prompt. I started with the Tum Kha Gai Soup ($3.50). I always order this coconut/citrus/cilantro/chicken soup when I eat Thai food. At first, I thought it was really bland -- really bad, actually. But then I noticed some reddish/brownish stuff drizzled on top of the chicken, and I stirred the soup, and all of a sudden the flavor exploded! It was really, really, good soup. Pepper Sky's in Cambridge is slightly better, but that's a pretty high bar to clear. I'd definitely get this soup at Sweet Ginger again. Next I got the Yum Neau Salad ($10). This was so, so, so good! The steak was grilled to perfection and was wonderfully flavored with chili sauce, onion, lime, cilantro, and scallion. It's served on top of lettuce, but there's not a ton of lettuce. It was a decent-size portion, too -- lots of beef. For an entree I got the Stir-Fried "Spicy Bamboo Shoots" Pork ($10). This was another huge hit. The sauce was flavorful and spicy but not overwhelmingly hot, the portion size was generous, and the veggies were fresh. It came with white rice. BOTTOM LINE: Everything I got at Sweet Ginger was tasty, and the service was great too. read more

I ordered the Chicken Katsu for takeout and I was extremely disappointed. It was obviously just pre-breaded frozen chicken that they barely even warmed up. The sauce itself was also nothing to write home about. Previously I've ordered the Crispy Chicken Basil multiple times and I can without a doubt say that the quality of it has gone down each time. Very disappointed and would not recommend Sweet Ginger for anyone. read more

I eat a lot of Thai. I mean, a *LOT* of Thai. If I'm eating something besides cereal or sammiches, it's likely Thai. No joke, no joke. And really, if there's some sort of emergency and I'm not to be found at work or in my apartment, there's an 90% chance that I'll have found myself in one of my multiple Camberville Thai haunts. Sweet Ginger gets two stars for convenience alone (i.e. close proximity to my hovel), but the food is also consistently good. Their noodle dishes (save for one experience with slightly blackened results) are flavorful without being overpowered by sauce and fresh--the pad see eaw and pad thai are thumbs-ups. I can't eat too much fried deliciousness without going into a frycoma, but if you're taking the plunge and are planning on enjoying it, order the fried banana with a scoop of coconut ice cream. My friend is a connoisseur of fried bananas and as she said of Sweet Ginger's showing the first time she had them: "just the way I like 'em." I stick with ice cream 'cause I'm set in my ways and I'm fine with that. Tip: If you're ordering takeout on a weekend evening, give them time and take your time getting on over there. The restaurant is small, fills up quickly, and gets really busy. Unless you like sitting in a chair and drooling as you wait for your food to come up. In that case, go as soon as you've ordered and have a blast making people feel uncomfortable. read more

Huge portions, decent prices, and REALLY healthy Thai. If you're looking for a greasy Thai place to help with the hangover, this is not that place. If you're looking for a nice place, fresh veggies, and definite left-overs for the entire weekend - this is your place! read more

Just alright. We came for lunch on Saturday and the lunch prices matched the lunch portion size... The fresh rolls (vegetarian) were kind of blah. I got the drunk noodles without egg and subbed for tofu. They were nasty but nothing to write home about. My BF got the Sweet Ginger salmon and said it was better than okay but not great. So it's a good spot if you're in the area and want a variety of things to choose from. Their menu is expansive! But it's not something I'll be going out of my way for. read more

SO good! went in on Mother's Day right when they opened. The food was amazing and they gave us a free authentic thai dessert.

The best Thai place in town. Hands down. The food is amazingly fresh. The veggies are perfectly crisp. Nothing felt greasy or soggy or heavy in my stomach. The rice was great too. You'd be surprised how many places can mess up rice. The restaurant itself is very clean and nicely decorated. The service has always been excellent. The prices are extremely reasonable, you can get out for a shared app or two and two entrees for under $30. read more

Stumbled upon this place in Union today -- and it was great! Staff was friendly, food was good and fairly priced. Would highly recommend!

Came in here at the last minute for some drunken noodles. They were pretty good but more importantly is how many traditional Thai recipes they've got kicking around. Larb? Nobody makes larb! In other words, this place is legit. Though I could deal without the muzak they were playing. Why do Thai places always play music that isn't Thai..? read more

I've only ordered once, for delivery, which ended up taking less than an hour with no issues that arose. Just for context though, I can't say anything about the service beyond that, and I've never seen the place. I enjoyed my meal a lot, and in some unexpected ways. First and foremost the "Golden Cup" appetizer turned out to be a surprise gem. I was expected a small, deep fried affair in the way of a small wonton. Instead I got a large takeout container with what could definitely be described as "golden cups"; extremely thin, crispy wonton skins layer one or two together and formed into a child's handful. Along with that, and on the side, was a smaller takeout container with the fresh (and hot) filling of mashed and minced potatoes, peas, corn, a bit of curry and probably a lot of other things. It was sweet and savory, and delicious. There was enough for all of the cups, and it was definitely better than anything that could have come to me "assembled". I also ordered "Golden Triangles" which I thought I'd had before, elsewhere; I was expecting small triangles of thin wonton skin with a spicier version of the filling described above, all deep fried. Instead this was a much larger and more... I don't know how to say this well, but "Poofy" pastry shell with good amount of a more savory, less spicy, and altogether delicious filling. They were completely delicious, and although they came with a very good sweet-spicy dipping sauce, I never actually used it. I also ordered chicken satay, which was good, but not as strongly marinated as I prefer. The chicken was very nice though, grilled well, and the coconut flavor was definitely there. They have a good peanut dipping sauce, but still for me, this would have been the lower end of the order. It might be that I'm used to a bit of curry powder in the marinade, but I want to emphasize that I think this is a matter of personal preference, not objective quality. The scallion pancake was very good, avoiding the trap of being soggy or oily, even after being packaged and sent to me. The most surprising though, was the chicken fingers. The same friend who wanted the pancake wanted those, and to be honest I was skeptical. In my experience in a Thai restaurant, that's a concession dish, and often the batter is HEAVY. I was wrong. These were small, incredibly light and crisp bits of chicken (not those miserable giant tenders that seem to be everywhere), and I ended up stealing a few. I can't emphasize this enough, I think if I'm craving chicken fingers, this is my new place. All in all, it's clear that I didn't try that much of what they had to offer, but I'll rectify that soon enough. All of what I had seemed to be made by scratch, and with care, even the one item that wasn't exactly to my taste. Next up: Noodles. read more

We ordered crab rangoon and pad thai to go. The food was ready in 10 minutes, and reasonably priced. There was a party of six dining in and a few stragglers waiting for their to go's, but other than that the restaurant was slow - it was a Wednesday. The pad thai was good, a bit sweet for my taste but I find that's the trend with many thai restaurants serving Americans. The crab rangoon, however, was phenomenal. They mix sweet curry with the crab and cream cheese and the combination is outstanding. I was sad because there were four rangoon and I wanted more :( read more

We love this place. The food has been consistently good for out take-outs. People are friendly which is a big plus.

Walked in here on a Saturday night with the hubby and the place was empty. Rather than be the only people dining in the restaurant, we got our food to go. We had drunken noodles with tofu and yellow curry with tofu - all yummy, and huge portions so we had leftovers for a few days! I would definitely go back with a group to dine in so we can go back and see if the service lives up to the other yelpers' reviews. read more

I ordered delivery on a Saturday night. Service was prompt & friendly, food was hot.Some of the best tasting Thai I've had, but perhaps a bit salty. As mentioned in other reviews, you must get the crab rangoon. I usually avoid this kind of thing. but these are transcendent; crispy, light and packed with flavor.Also we had the crispy basil chicken and red curry w/ tofu. YUM! Another plus - brown rice! Minus - no green papaya salad. read more

This place is right by my apartment so it's super convenient. Veggie tempura, pad thai, ginger pork, and chicken rama are my favorites. Haven't found a dish that I haven't liked yet! Very friendly and efficient staff. The restaurant is small so I usually get take out. Check it out for yourself! read more

I ordered the yellow curry with white rice as take out tonight. When I got home and opened the rice container, it wasn't white rice but instead, what appeared to be garbage- lo mein, fried rice, chunks of something mysterious, and other odds and ends all mixed together. I added a picture of it on here too. read more

Siam Ginger - The "white rice" I ordered that seemed an awful lot like lo mein, fried rice, and grill scrapings all mixed together - Thai Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

(now) Siam Ginger is memorable because it feels as if the new owners are cutting costs by eliminating ingredients. There's less meat and too much oil in the pad thai, and the peanut sauce for the satay tastes overwhelmingly like sugar. In other words, for me, Siam Ginger makes below-average Thai food whereas Sweet Ginger's menu was extraordinary. Sigh. (then) The flavors of the food here are everything I was told Thai food could be, but never experienced before (mainly because I was eating at The Great Thai Chef down the street). The satay is fabulous. My husband loves the curries. My chief complaints are about the pad thai (it's mostly noodles with very little meat), the parking (hit or miss street parking), and the size of the dining room (if you brought 12 friends you'd fill up over half the restaurant). Otherwise, it's a winner. I'll be eating here regularly. read more

My experience here was great. I was a little worried at first- as my boyfriend and I were the only customers inside- but the service was friendly and the food was amazing. I can't say I've had Crab Rangoon like this before (is it curry they add? and they use pineapple dipping sauce as opposed to duck). I've never been a huge crab rangoon fan- but if I'm ordering from this place I HAVE to have them. They also use a lot of fresh basil in their dishes, which I find delicious. The prices are decent too, especially considering how good the food is. Since the first visit we have gotten delivery, and ordered for pick up. The food has been consistently tasty and the delivery was extremely speedy! I ordered 2 main entrees, and an appetizer when I got off the T, by the time I made the 12-minute walk home and took my shoes off, the food was here. My recommendations? Crab Rangoon, Drunken Noodle, and any of the Basil Chicken dishes, and Pad Kra-Pow Beef - which kinda smelled like a barn yard but somehow still tasted damn good. read more

Go here for lunch...I think it's the same as the dinner menu, except less expensive. The sweet and spicy duck is INCREDIBLE! read more

Solid Thai food and friendly service. We sat in and ordered tom yum soup which was pretty good and I had the massaman curry while my boyfriend had the pad thai. The massman curry was stellar. Super tasty, the sauce was perfection, and it was a good portion. My boyfriend had the pad thai which was massive in size. He is a pad thai snob and rated it a 7 on 1-10 scale. He definitely scarfed it down but said it wasn't the best he's ever had. Good flavor but too much sauce was his feedback. The service was good and I knew they were legit by the Thai television they were watching and their conversations with one another. All in all, solid Thai food. We will be back. I'll be back for more curry dishes that's for sure. read more

I just moved to Cambridge area and have been basing all of my dinner decisions on Yelp. My friend and I were looking for a place to meet that was between our two places and saw the great reviews for Sweet Ginger. I have since eaten there a couple of times in person and also gotten take-out at least 4 times so far. Per other reviews, I ordered the crab rangoon, which was amazing. If you are looking for something that tastes like cream cheese, this is not it. It seems to have some sort of curry inside and is slightly sweet, yet still savory. Very cool twist on a classic appetizer and definitely worth a try. I always try to branch out with my Thai, but when trying new places I always try the Pad Thai first. I thought the texture and flavor was great. I asked for very spicy when dining in, and got a medium heat. However, the last time I got take out, I asked for medium and got the hottest Pad Thai i've ever eaten. It all depends on who is making it I guess. The yellow curry with shrimp is very good and I ended up bogarting half of my friends drunken noodles because they were so delicious. I also got the sticky rice with mango which was pretty classic and very good. The mango wasn't super ripe, but it was great for being out of season. Other places have tried to pass off orange rocks as mango before, so at least my experience here has been great with the mango consistency. They are nice, easy to deal with when it comes to high-maintenece requests and super fast. Overall a pretty solid bet on take-out or dine-in. read more

Love the basil fried rice. I get it every time I go and can never resist the veggie rolls. The service is always good

WOW! That is the first word that comes to mind when I think of the Thai food at Sweet Ginger and I am a huge fan of Thai cuisine. I recently moved to Somerville from Western Mass and was eager to find a good Thai restuarant that had Pad Mee - which is my favorite. While Sweet Ginger does not have my favorite dish, they do however offer plenty of other dishes that tickle my fancy. The Drunken Noodles along with the Pad Thai are becoming 2 of my favorite dishes to order and are even better than my favorite Thai restaurant in Western Mass. I did however venture past my normal decisions last night and tried the Yellow Curry along with the crab rangoon, and let me tell you these did not disappoint! I believe they put some type of curry in the crab rangoon because these have a nice different taste to them than I am use to getting from other restaurants. To wrap up my ramblings, you will not be dissapointed with choosing Sweet Ginger Thai Cuisine if your stomach is in the mood for some amazing Thai food and your wallet will not be hurting either! read more

I often visit this place while shopping at grocery stores near this place such as Market Basket and Reliable (Asian market). The interior looks good and clean and makes me more hungry due to the color. The great thing of this restaurant is that the kitchen is open to customers, so you can see how your orders are being cooked directly. The service is good, but around 6-7PM the waitress is very busy because they have many delivery requests. The food tastes great so far. I usually order Pad Thai and Massaman curry, but the other menus were good, too. read more

Our favorite place for Thai in this area. Can't hold a candle to Thai Diner in Woburn (amazing). But, I'm pretty lame, I always get the same thing. If they didn't make it so wonderfully yummy that would help. Also, love the Golden Triangle and the amazing pineapple-y sauce it comes with. mmmm read more