Omg! This location closed?! This was the best Thai food in the area! Awwwwwww I'm so sad! I live in LA but work in Lake Forest. So I'm super close to the authentic Thai restaurants in Thai town and this was by far the closest I've ever got in Orange County to having a similar taste. If you are the owner or anybody who used to work here, can you please tell me that you have another location cause I'll drive there I don't care where it is in Orange County. You guys are the best. read more

This Thai Restaurant bills itself on their website as the "Best Thai Food in Orange County." Before ordering I asked the woman running the restaurant if this is truly the Best Thai Restaurant in Orange County. She confirmed that it was. While I have not dined at all OC Thai restaurants to compare, they did a great job here and I would come back. My Spicy eggplant with chicken and brown rice was excellent. The portion size was above average which is critical for this guy that burns through food like a Ford F350 burns through gasoline. They gave and adequate amount of veggies (and you cannot have too many veggies in this dish especially peppers) and a good portion of chicken. You choose spice level on a scale of 1 to 10. I picked 3 as a guess and would not go much higher than that next time. Their brown rice is incredible--you will not find better anywhere. Service is efficient, respectful but no time to sit at your table and chat with you. One Asian woman was serving the entire restaurant and the pickups and did a great job. She was as efficient as 3 teens combined at any retail store. LOL But don't come here if you are in a mad rush. I really liked the atmosphere here. While the place in general could use a deep cleaning during their closed day I really liked the atmosphere inside which they kept cooler on a hot day (bring an extra shirt or jacket). Good place for dining alone, friends meal, family, date night or pre-romantic dinner. Everyone will feel comfortable here. There is no Valet, but a large parking lot of free and easy parking. read more

Spice Thai - Spicy Eggplant with Chicken: Excellent - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

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Spice Thai was some delicious, authentic Thai food. Tried several dishes and each one was amazing! Service was amazing. Made us feel like regulars/family. Yellow Curry and Pad Thai were as good as it gets! read more

Spice Thai - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

I've never ever had a bad meal here!!! This is the most predictable guaranteed great meal! The crying tiger, sweet and sour, green, red and pineapple are all fabulous. Their fried rice, pad see yew ...:I can go on and on. Plenty of parking, pleasant service, family owned and comfortable vibe inside. Been going here 20 years + and HIGHLY RECOMMEND! read more

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My boyfriend and I stopped by Spice Thai for my first Thai Curry experience. I asked if I could try a small tasting of the curries they offered and our waitress was so sweet to bring me a small sample of a few to try them out. I LOVED the yellow curry, chicken added & rice. My boyfriend got the drunken noodles, and we both split the egg roll appetizer. Super clean restaurant, we went as soon as they opened for dinner, service was fast, and restaurant was quiet, but plenty of take-out orders and after eating here, totally understandable! Will be returning! read more

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Order the Crying Tiger and you won't regret it! I usually don't order this when eating out for Thai but here it's absolutely delicious. But based on trying their other dishes such as Spicy Basil noodles or Pad See Ew, I would pass on everything else. I've come here for lunch and always ordered the Crying Tiger. But when I ordered their dinner portion of the same dish, I was disappointed. Not because of the quality or taste, which has been consistently good, but because the portion size is the same as what you get during lunch but you pay $6 more. That's not cool. So my advice: come here and get their Crying Tiger but only during lunch to save yourself $6. It's worth the visit. read more

Typical Thai foods. A little on the heavy side for us. Place was clean and comfy. Not crowed on a weekday. Service was ok. read more

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Sadly I ordered five meals and appetizers for our family dinner tonight. NONE of the meals had the correct spice levels ordered, every meal was overcooked, and we've eaten here before and the meal was "just OK" but our son lives two blocks away and he said he'd pick it up since he'd be joining us. Cheapest pork with a lot of fat, wontons that tasted like seafood, and so much more was bad ... all for $126.41 that we ended up throwing away. We will *never* return or order again. read more

Spice Thai - Our meals were SO bad that my son stopped eating after three tablespoons were served and we threw out the rest of our $126.41 meals. - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

Crying Tiger was great, tender and flavorful. It's the service that needs huge improvement. The snotty cashier (owner?) took it upon herself to tack a $10 tip to my $34 bill. Shameless!! Also, it was stinky inside the restaurant. read more

I ordered the Spicy Basil Fried Rice and Thai Egg Rolls for takeout. I looked in my bag before leaving and noticed no utensils. If I hadn't looked in the bag, I would have gotten back to my hotel room with nothing to eat my food with. I got back to my hotel room started eating my rice and wondered where all the heat and flavor was. I looked at my receipt and noticed they put down Thai Fried Rice. Almost no flavor to the rice. The carrots in the rice were the most flavorful thing. The Thai Egg Rolls were mostly chicken (almost nothing else) but ok flavor. The dipping sauce was really good though. Will not go back again. Food was flavorless and service was not top notch (wrong order and no utensils with to go order). read more

Spice Thai - Thai Fried Rice - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

Just amazing. I have tried so many things here and each of them has been delicious. Service always great and friendly and the food always delicious ... so happy to have Spice Thai near me and on my way home. read more

I ordered out last night bbq pork rice, 1st what the hell meat was in the rice I have no idea it wasn't bbq pork how disgusting it was I will NEVER order from here again ever read more

Another fantastic Thai place in Lake Forest - I ordered the pad see ew, yellow curry, and mango sticky rice. It was all well prepared and hit all the right flavor notes. Great for takeout orders. Very kind lady at the front desk. Place is a little dark inside, but that's just for setting the mood read more

Really cute little place with lots of seating and good service, our server Kaylin was very nice and attentive even though the restaurant was busy Food was really yummy and with relatively decent portion sizing, my favorite dish was the beef lime salad! The beef was really tender, also I was told people ask for extra of the sauce and for good reason, I just wished it had a spicy kick to it but definitely would order again! Thai sweet and sour was also really good, loved all the veggies that were in the dish Yellow curry was really well balanced in flavor, pad thai was the only one that personally could have been better for me. Kind of was a expecting a little smokier of a flavor? And it was a little too much on the sweet end more my taste, probably could have used a lime on the side. But I did like that the bean sprouts were cooked in instead of raw on the side like most places do read more

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You know the food is amazing when I couldn't take a pic before I started eating both the appetizer and the meal. Yes, the eggroll serving is 5 instead of 3 - I couldn't help myself. Spice Thai is as incredible as ever. It's consistently a 5 star for me! read more

Spice Thai - Pad ga prow - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

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I cannot say enough good things about this place. It is my go to Thai spot. Crying Tiger here is second to none. Service is always fast and efficient. I love their lunch special but it gets pretty crowded here at lunch. Busy spot but always clean and well kept. Great food, i love the Tom yum, pad kee mow or pad see ew, all cuties are good. Just my favorite spot I've never thought about leaving a review or getting pictures but I hate to gate keep. Pictures to follow! read more

Another great spot on the LF gift card spot! My wife has been coming here for a while since it's close to her work and agreed, it's worth eating. Some of our favorites are the curries, pad see ewe, and soups. Crying tiger wasn't bad too but there's another Thai place we like it more from. They have a nice lunch special as well. They don't open for dinner until 5pm but usually they start taking phone orders around 4:45pm. read more

I too noticed the lack of customer service with the cashier and the server. I noticed it the last time I was there too. It's a shame that they have not corrected the problem these years later. I will not be returning to this restaurant. read more

How is it that I have eaten here for years and never reviewed this place?!? Spice Thai is my absolute favorite local Thai spot. The quality of their crying tiger steak is excellent-and the spicy lime dipping sauce is good enough to drink! My favorite go-to entrees here ate the pad see ew with beef and their bbq pork fried rice. Their portions are generous, their vegetables are fresh, and their service is quick and efficient. Add this place to your must-try list. read more

Spice Thai - Pad See-Ew - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

Simple decor and service but GREAT food! Pineapple fried rice and chicken satay. Perfection.

We came in for lunch on a weekday and it was not too busy, but a decent number of customers. There's quite a good number of options on lunch menu, which include soup, salad and rice. The soup especially stood out, it was delicious broth and included rice noodles, a nice bonus to an already decent lunch set. Salad and rice come on the plate with your selected entree, we choose the pad thai and spicy eggplant. The pad thai had a unique flavor, not bad, but not our favorite either. The taste was different from other Thai places, tasted more sour. We ordered it with tofu, and we weren't used to having a spiced marinated tofu in there, so would have preferred a more standard tofu, but the issue I found with this dish was that some of the tofu was not hot, some pieces even tasted a little cold inside so for that fact alone, it made the dish hard to appreciate, and I had to take a star off for that. The eggplant was fine, a little on the oily side, quite a large portion of onions and peppers - would have have appreciate more eggplant or other vegetables, but it was okay. The salad was also good. Service and prices were also fine, not one of the cheaper Thai lunches in the area, but it's not the most expensive either. Since there's still lots to try on the menu, we'll probably come back someday and see if there's something else we can try. read more

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If you like Thai food you HAVE to try this place. We have been coming here for almost 30 years. The food is exceptional every time!! Everyone is always so nice and helpful. The dining room is quaint but still spacious. The ingredients are always fresh and oh so good!!! Our favorites are Crying Tiger, Pad Thai, Panang and all their soups!!!! read more

Spice Thai - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

We have eaten here for 10 years . The last order was horrible.Noodles over cooked and mushy (chirped Thai) only carrots and the opinion so though you had to spit out!Pork fried rice was Over cooked and much again with only carrots and tough onions. Green onions not present , cucumbers. Tomatoes missing . We took it home but that was the last time we will be going. Called and got excuses .coming for a new place! read more

Spice Thai is perfect. Quality food, amazing service that is fast and friendly and fair prices. I grabbed lunch with my bestie and her husband and we loved our food. We got lunch specials which came with a delicious soup followed by generously sized entrees. The Crying Tiger was perfection- the beef is tender and so flavorful. My yellow curry was so tasty and the chicken was awesome. My friends Pad See You was also fantastic and the salad that comes with the lunch special is SO GOO. I love this place and can't wait to come back when I'm visiting. read more

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Just had lunch here, and it was great!!!! I have absolutely no complaints. The food was fresh, well prepared, presented, and tasted fantastic. I got the Crying Tiger this time, but in the past I've also had the Pad Thai (with chicken). Both are phenomenal and make my lunch hours very enjoyable. The beef was really tender and that's about all I could ask for. The flavor mostly comes from the sauce provided with the plate. I thought the rice was overcooked for sure. My only point of criticism, but I figure that it's not always like that. It happens! I can tell you from experience that both takeout and dine-in are great quality. The service is quick and attentive. Comfortable atmosphere that leaves nothing to be desired. When you eat in, you get a small bowl of soup too. Not sure what it's called. It had a kind of sweet flavor I'd never had before. I'm a bit indifferent about the flavor to be honest, but the aspect of getting the soup was lovely. Overall, awesome and worth coming back! read more

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Still the best Thai restaurant in the OC. If you can, go on a weekday lunch so you can try their noodle soup. It's so good. Amazing quality food for an affordable price. read more

Spice Thai - 32 oz. Lunch Soup - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

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Been to this place numerous times. Service is always attentive and the crying Tiger is the best in all the places I had tried. My all time favorite is the pad see ew. The eggplant was however very disappointing because it was covered with red/green peppers! This dish should be peppers with beef!! The eggplant was seriously maybe 7-8 pieces only. read more

This is a hidden gem. If you are charging your car. Should visit here for a meal. Always legit. I don't get paid however highly recommended for Teslers. read more

This place is a gem. Please frequent it, we need our local restaurants! The food is very good! This picture is after I totally filled up! It's my leftovers for another day. Nice to get good size portions these days. read more

Spice Thai - Pad tai curry - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

We had lunch there, very good taste, this place is recommended for close family gathering

Crying Tiger and Noodle Soup. This may very well be the absolute hands down best Tai food I've had in any State in the Union. Good gracious this is Fire! I had to order another one to go. It's that good. The Beef is so tender and the portions are huge. The Green Sauce is so good that I ordered 16 ounces of it to go. The Noodle Soup is in a League of its own. SERIOUSLY! Slightly sweet slightly sour but all flavor. I'm already hoping they open a location in Huntington Beach. This place is going to be a problem lol. I can see me taking this drive for lunch at least 2 or 3 days a week. If you are in the area stop by. You will not be disappointed. Customer Service is a 10+. Rarely do I do a Review while I'm eating but I'm byyself and didn't want to forget anything. Yallhollatchaboy!! read more

Spice Thai - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

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I've been here several times over the years and is one of my favorite Thai restaurants in the area. I'm a fan of the Crying Tiger and Chicken Satay skewers. read more

Love their complimentary soup! Crying tiger: juicy and delicious. Smoky flavor. Flavor is little strong and salty. Pad thai: not good. Walnut cashew with chicken: vegetables are cut really big. Dry chicken. Not recommended. read more

The portion, service, ambiance were good. Everything was super quick. The food was okay. I had Spicy Basil with Tofu Lunch. It was too greasy for my taste and the tofu was gooey and didn't taste good. The soup was okay, too. read more

We just got take out from this restaurant. We haven't eaten yet been eating here for 36 years but it's gotten to be awful. The chicken satay was pounded to 1/4" thick, overcooked til dry and the peanut sauce was so greasy it had a layer of fatty oil on top. We had Thom Yom Kai soup that was weak and lacked the spicy flavor that comes with fresh and plentiful herbs and spices. We also had Mee Krob that was not crispy and lacked enough sauce to give it flavor. We will not be back. All this for $60.00 read more

I live in Utah, but I crave this Thai food, so I make sure to go when I visit my parents. My favorite is the pineapple curry (we always add Thai basil). All the curry I've had is amazing. I like spice level 2 or 3 because it's spicy enough, but not so spicy it takes over the meal. The basil noodles are also good, but not quite as flavorful. I've only ordered for pick up, never eaten in, so I can't speak to the service. But the restaurant is nice and cozy and everyone is friendly. read more

Close to home and dang tasty! The people were right and Crying tiger beef is salty and tender with a lime sauce I loved! The Tom-Yum soup is unique and tangy but it's not my new favorite soup so I'll try something different next time. The pa-nang (chili, lemongrass garlic) was rich and creamy like a peanut sauce...very good. It doesn't come with rice which i found very odd. The chicken satay appetizer was good and as expected. Will definitely order from here again. read more

My wife and I eat here at least once a month. This past Friday we went and I got soup and Thai basil rice both super solid. We use to go here all the time moved away and moved back and decided to give it another go. The only thing different is the kids are running it now. Good luck to them. read more

This place is simply the best and is a regular stop for us, not because it's near us, but because the food is high quality, sauces are outstanding and the service remarkably friendly always. It's kind of unassuming when you see it in from the parking lot, it's larger than I thought it would be and I expected it would be more of a fast food place before I went in, but it's actually a full service restaurant with booths, beer and wine. My daughter and I LOVE Thai and get it as often as we can, this place never disappoints, it's our go to. read more

Everything delicious and great service! The portion is a lot more than expected. Definitely recommend and will be back! read more