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    Syphay Restaurant

    3.9 (101 reviews)
    ModerateThai, Laotian
    Closed 11:30 am - 2:00 pm, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    SYPHAY RESTAURANT ATMOSPHERE

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    Casual
    Quiet
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Jacqueline H.

    Syphay has its good points, but it should be better. It's a fine place to bring folks who are dipping their toes into spicy food, but not for Thai food enthusiasts. It's solid westernized Thai food (chocolate sauce on mango coconut rice, why) and there are definitely better Thai offerings in the area. Case in point is the Pad Siew, it should be so good, yet very average the last few times we had it. Same with the Pad Thai, very meh and uninspired, really missing the layers of flavour, the citrus and chilies. Mostly I taste tomato paste and sugar. More than a few times I've had clumpy undercooked noodles. There is also a limited selection of meats (mainly chicken, beef or tofu) and dishes relative to other local Thai places like Boualouang. What I wouldn't give for some duck, or more fish options. A person avoiding pork, however, would appreciate this menu. One dish that is consistently excellent is Lahp Sinn, I could eat that all day. The Tohm Yum Gai had a ton of chicken in it, very generous, but it's not as spicy and sour as I would like, or even as I would make myself. Customer service is lacking at times. The last time we ordered pickup during Chinatown Dining Week, the staff was very short on the phone, and I had to interrupt twice so I could continue my order without being hung up on. They also don't tend to ask about spice level, and honestly the choice is appreciated. When I've gone to the restaurant to pick up, however, everything is ready and perfectly packaged, and the service has been polite. BEWARE if you order online, you'll end up having to pick up from their Calgary Trail location. Best to call the downtown location directly if you plan to pick up. Average Thai food, all the way. Good luck to them in their Calgary Trail location. I hope they will maintain their downtown location and not let the quality slip.

    Shahab P.

    We had delivery service. The quality of the food was awesome! My favourite dish was Matsa-Man Beef! The salad was pretty hot. Although we ordered a medium spicy. But still very delicious. Overall I enjoyed the taste and the quality and I will order food from them again.

    Green papaya salad
    Janis M.

    Ordered meat spring rolls, green papaya salad. Spring rolls were crispy and tasty. Our other dishes were chicken pad Thai and matsaman. Pad thai had tomato paste in it rather than tamarind paste. Matsaman lacked complexity. Coconut rice was extra and not included in the curry. Service is fast and friendly. Food was a let down. A little pricy at $69 w/o tip.

    Panang Curry - Medium
    Kayla C.

    This is the only local place I will go for Thai food... and when I travel? We always say "it's not as good as Syphay". Maybe we will change our tune when we go to actual Thailand. We have never even once been disappointed with an experience here, whether dining in or taking out. It is always delicious, and they always deliver on the spice if you ask for it. My friend went for the panang curry which was deliciously creamy, fragrant, nutty, and with a delicious rainbow of crunch vegetables. I had the pineapple curry, and had asked for the highest level of spice. The server advised me that "Thai Spicy" was their highest, so this is what I ordered. Perfection. Combined with the sweetness of the pineapple, it was so good. Both dishes had a generous amount of chicken, and paired with coconut rice our meals just excellent. Syphay is a small place, cozy, and during the pandemic there is a lot of space between the tables. So, seating is limited. Our server was so kind, checked on us - and made sure we had our waters refilled. Dining in felt safe, and I'll be back again and again and again.

    Updated April 2019 Menu most of the price increase for 1$ since last year.
    Joseph N.

    This is restaurant is lit!! I love everything in the menu! The staff are super helpful and friendly :) I recommend to call for reservations because they always fully book. Make sure to try the pineapple fried rice and the fish saba! The the coconut dessert too!!

    Pad Thai
    Brenda L.

    Syphay is - in my opinion - one of the best Thai resturaunts in Edmonton! We ordered the pad Thai, tom yum soup and pad piew wan. The pad thai is sooooo delicious!! The noodles are chewy. There is a good balance of sweet and savoury. They don't cheap out on the meat and vegetables either! Tom yum soup was a bit salty. I felt like we might have gotten the end of the soup batch (not sure). But nevertheless, still good and worth a try! We just ate it with rice to help balance the saltiness. Pad piew wan is deep fried chicken with a sweet and sour sauce mixed in with vegetables! One of my favourite dishes here. Chicken is crispy. Sauce is well balanced and vegetables are not over cooked and still have the crispiness to them! Yum. If you've never tried Thai iced tea you should give hahah a try too!

    Inside the restaurant
    Karen K.

    The food at this restaurant never disappoints. So yummy! We brought our 16 month old son here for a dinner out and the service was amazing. The high chair was clean, they provided a plastic cup and plate plus plastic cutlery for him too. They've earned us as a customer for life! We'll be back again soon.

    Pad Kee Maow (w/ beef), Seafood Phuket and Coconut Rice.
    Blair Y.

    We absolutely love this place. We have been many times now and have never left disappointed. We try to switch it up each visit and explore the menu... the different curries are all delicious and if you are a fan of spicy food as we are the "hot" level of spice will satisfy you. We ordered all our dishes this past visit as "hot" and we were dying at the end (good dying of course... the way we like it). A great spot on a cold night, Syphay is ALWAYS available on Groupon seemingly for those who would like to try it out on the cheap. I am a huge soup fan and Syphays "Tohm Kha" (Light Coconut Soup) is my all time favorite that I have to order here each time (get it with chicken AND shrimp and make sure you ask for it spicy).

    Phanang Curry with beef
    Jennie L.

    So for Chinatown Dining Week, we decided to grab some food from Syphay. We decided to get a combo with beef phanag curry and tofu phanag curry. Both came with plain or coconut rice and either veggie or meat spring rolls and either a chicken or veggie Thom Yum soup. We both went with coconut rice and I chose the veggie spring rolls while my husband went with the meat ones. I idd the veggie Thom Yum soup while my husband went with the chicken. Also, becuase I was craving it we went with the shrimp pad Thai. We had to wait awhile because they were backlogged, but the food when it came was delicous. The Tohm Yum soup was spicy and bold. The coconut rice was fragrent and sweet. The curry had the right amount of spice for us and was creamy and full of veggies and either the meat or tofu that we ordered. The pad Thai was the perfect combination of hot and sour, full of shrimp and fresh veggies. The only disappointment was the spring rolls. They were crispy, but mine were pretty empty of veggies...they were full of air. My hubby wasn't that thrilled with his meat ones either. I would skip this dish next time. All in all though, a very pleasant meal. Definately would go back to try other things.

    Ordered 2 Pineapple fried rice on their menu BUT no pineapples in it. Just a lump of rice with few chicken meat. Not worth $20!

    Ordered 2 pineapple fried rice on the menu one for take out. There were no pineapples bits in the fried rice. See picture posted. Left the restaurant a voicemail but never hear. Food wasn't good as it used to be anymore. Server was in rush not attentive and gave wrong box to take out.

    Laura T.

    A table of two friends catching up ended up being a full out birthday cake celebration. There was a high nod of approval from a 5 year old on both vegetarian and meat spring rolls and most of his two scoops of rice were even consumed with little fuss and a comment of "it tastes sweet" (yep, coconut rice sure does and we had a good laugh!). As we had two more adults and a child join us, more dishes were ordered beyond what the two of us had requested. That's just how we roll when we see friends, invite them to join us at the table and that's how a good food sharing adventure starts. We were all happy with the 4 different dishes and of course the kid wasn't the only one enjoying spring rolls! I thought it was also really good of the restaurant to allow us to bring in the cake, let alone offer to light it up for us so we could sing happy birthday to our friend. What was a little off (and I do get adding people to our table after we just ordered can throw a waitress or apparently both of them off their game but we did ask if that would be ok) was the fact that we had to wait, then remind, ask again and then finally just grab plates and cutlery. Water was only refilled once and that was towards the end of the meal. The waitress taking the ongoing order seemed annoyed that our friends didn't magically have menus (again we asked but weren't given) and therefore didn't know what they wanted already. When menus were brought, it felt like the timing of her returning to get the order was really delayed. So when dropping the menus off or even taking the second order, it would have been a really good point to check with the table about using groupons before taking their order. We had already mentioned we had a groupon to use for the evening when we first sat down but the convo was never brought up again until we wanted to pay and we were told what we couldn't do. So be warned, only one groupon can be used per table even if there is two separate bills. As it was our friend's birthday, we let them use the groupon for their portion of the bill. I guess when I do go back to use my groupon (hopefully before it expires), I'll definitely make sure to remember that rule in case the off chance that scenario happens again. As I'm guilty for more the merrier, especially when in places where you can share food so easily.

    Pad Thai and Green Curry with added side of coconut rice. ~$40
    Rocky P.

    As many have already said, the food here is great. We came in with a Groupon which for this place is a smart way to get people in the door. There are a lot of Thai restaurants out there but not many this good. The green curry was excellent and the platting was gorgeous. We also had the Pad Thai which was very good. I plan to try something a little more adventurous next time. We will certainly return even without a Groupon. Groupons and similar discount marketing can be a double-edged sword especially when the product is this good. It usually means restaurants become really busy and service suffers. That was true for Syphay. Once seated, the service was fine but when we arrived there were over ten people waiting in the entrance designed to hold only four people yet tables for about 20 people were open and ready. All they needed was a greeter and an active busser to improve things. We all waited for no reason which takes away from the overall experience. The busboy was the slowest of the team which held up the entire operation. Many of the servers were busing tables to help move things along. They also had to seat everyone. Without the Groupon crowd maybe they are able to handle all of this. If they are wanting to maintain this volume of people, it's time for more staff.

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    8 years ago

    Best Thai and Lao restaurant in the city! I prefer the Jasper Ave location over the Calgary Trail but both are delicious. YUM!

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    I love this place. Friendly staff, huge selection and everything i tried there has been great. My favourite restaurant in Edmonton

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    Good food great prices and the variety keeps me coming back. Can't believe it took me 4 yrs to find it. A Jem on the top of the hill

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