This was the most wonderful discovery, nice music, great service and the food is heaven, I spend a lot of time in Thailand and never found food like this in the states. read more

Thai Chili - Nice heaven - Thai Near Me - Orange, California

The device here was superb, attentive, and welcoming. We were here with a large group and they handled us very well. We ordered several entrées and ate family style. My favorites were the pan ang curie and beef pad see ewe. Their medium isn't too hot. read more

A small hole in the wall restaurant but the food is amazing! The paid thai is so good!

Im all about supporting the little "mom and pop " shops. This is definitely a good place to eat some thai food. The environment is very humble and the food is phenomenal! I went here on Sunday with my husband and we will definitely be going back. Staff is nice and food is delicious! read more

NEW OWNERSHIP HAS RUINED THIS PLACE!!! This used to be one of the best Thai restaurants around. Unfortunately it was sold and the new ownership has changed many things most importantly the quality of the food has gone down dramatically. At first I had hopes that they would stay the same but they have gradually changed things including the chef, Charlie is no longer here. Sorry I will not be back. read more

Wow! This place is so amazing I had to open a yelp account just to let everyone know how terrific it is. I had satay chicken and beef and they were awesome the peanut sauce was delicious it had just right amount of spice. I also tried the chicken dumplings and they were awesome they came with a soy sauce dipping sauce. All my coworkers enjoyed all the appetizers. I order the house lunch special or came with 5 chicken satay, your choice of rice, an egg roll a dumpling soup and a side salad. I also shared the papaya salad and that was crisp, tangy and fresh everything you would expect from a papaya salad. Everything was brilliant. The presentation was beautiful with a lovely butterfly carrot. To die for. The ambience was nice too very clean and charming with a small pond inside the restaurant. The staff was supper friendly. I hate to see people complain about the wait Thai food is not fast food and besides if you are with good company who really cares. read more

Thai Chili - Sticky rice with mango yum! - Thai Near Me - Orange, California

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My favorite local Thai restuarant. It is hidden away in tiny strip mall on the corner of Tustin and Briardale. I like the spicey eggplant and hot ginger & honey tea. read more

Their Green Chili Curry is amazing, and for a long time (being a creature of habit), I'd have that every time we ordered from there. But OMG - the Panang curry (with tofu & shrimp!) is a revelation. Their Pad Thai is delicious, and my husband swears by their eggplant and vegetarian dishes. The people are kind and thoughtful, happy to hear from us. There's a reason why we order from Thai Chili every week or so ... it really is the best Thai food in Orange County. read more

Stop and drive over! I've been here a few times but today was extra special. Nancy really gave us the best service so did the other gal. She even recommended a way to eat the spicy sauce with the soy sauce and man did we find a gem! We got the fried rice with the green curry and spiced it up to the next level Ofcourse we got the veggie egg rolls and ended up taking a to go box because we were stuffed. Come check out Nancy and this amazing food pronto!!! Best Thai in town!!! read more

I been eat thai chili so many and very tasty in delicious food i like so much one of the best around

I like spicy food, but this is out of this world. My entire mouth was numb because the spiciness of the food... Just ask about what contains your order and take care ! In general the place is nice , prices reasonable and the food (without chili ) is good :) read more

I've been coming here for years and I always do eat-in or pick-up. Tonight for the first time I decided to try delivery. Big mistake. I was told the wait was an hour, which I was okay with. I figured the kitchen was backed up. Apparently, they only have one delivery driver. My food arrived an hour and forty minutes after I ordered it, and was luke warm. The food is awesome, but if you go here, stick with pick-up or dine-in. read more

Love this place. My go to take out for Thai food. Everything is so good. Excellent service whether I dine in, get it to go or delivered.

only reason I get it is because it's the only place that delivers to my house for this cheap. Food is pretty okay. The lady is VERY unprofessional on the phone. I was asking about my uber eats order that is 20 minutes late and she says she will ask the driver and call me back. She never called me back. I call her again and she seems like she has NO idea what she is talking about. She goes "okay i gotta go". read more

We got the yellow curry, crab fried rice, green papaya salad, and drunken noodles. EVERYTHING WAS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!!!!!! Definitely coming back here again. The lady working there who took our orders is so nice. Everything was definitely made fresh. Honest the best yellow curry I've ever had. I was in love the first bite. read more

This is my favorite Thai restaurant and one of my favorite restaurants in general. The staff is friendly and attentive and the food is delicious and presented artfully. There is always either a flower or butterfly carved from a carrot on every entree. I really recommend the drunken noodles and the mango sticky rice for dessert! read more

Thai Chili - Mango sticky rice dessert... To die for! - Thai Near Me - Orange, California

Mother's Day at Thai Chili--great food as always especially the Pad Thai--can't go wrong. Due to the holiday there was a longer than usual wait but the staff was gracious and accommodating. The only downfall was when the kitchen help wheeled a filthy garbage can right through the restaurant out the front door--wth?! read more

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Do not order delivery from this place. Estimated time was 45-60 minutes. The food took 2 hours and when we called to ask why it was taking so long. They said that the driver had 4 other deliveries and had to go to Irvine first. We live only 2 miles from this place, so stupid that they wouldn't just drop ours off first since it was closer. Customer service is terrible and there are way better Thai restaurants in the area. read more

YUM! Very good, they actually make your food spicy when you ask for it! Love the side of marinated jalapenos! All the extra side table spices are amazing. Drunken noodles are excellent! read more

Their pineapple fried rice was dry, BBQ chicken was ok, chow mein mediocre, and pad see ew, which was just flat out shitty. Our office got catered and I know catered is never the best way to eat any type of food. The reality is I have to go to the actual restaurant and try for myself. I'll report back, when I actually dine in the actual establishment. Stay tuned kids! read more

Horrible service, ordered at 355pm - delivered at 540pm. Food was dry, visually unappealing and bland. Placed an order online at 355pm, scheduled delivery time 450pm. 505pm no food, chatted with representative, said restaurant confirmed order and delivery man was in route 15-20 mins more. Second request for food sent at 533pm, rep confirmed with restaurant food was on its way, 10-15 mins more. Food finally arrived at 540pm. Pad See Ew w/chicken was bland, dry and the chicken was chewy. Yellow curry, had some flavor, chicken was also chewy and dry. Food was not hot, probably from sitting wherever it was sitting for the last 50 minutes. Steamed rice wasn't even appealing. Will NEVER order from here again. **Disgusting taste left in my mouth, literally and figuratively** read more

Thai-licious! I went here 2 years ago and thought it was super keen, but then somehow avoided this place since then because of horror stories I heard about the service. Seems like they fixed this problem because the two people working here treated me just swell...they were constantly filling up my glass of water. I got the lunch special, chicken green curry. Gee-wiz it was good! I'm always impressed when a restaurant takes pride in the presentation of its food...even if their decor looks like a nice Thai convalescent home. read more

YEA, I'm so glad I found a good Thai place that's semi-near to me so that I won't have to resort to Thai Spice whenever I get a craving. First, this is a pretty small space, and when we went, there was this big group of people there having a party or something in the corner so they took up almost all the chairs in the restaurant, and it's not a big place to begin with. And there seems to be only two workers, this husband and wife looking couple. (They are also pictured on their take out menu, hehe.) For only having two people working the dining room and a full house of patrons, the service was pretty good. Not great, but we got all our requests met fairly fast considering that the place was full. On to the food ~ Started off with two appetizers: Beef satay and Garlic Tofu. The satay was excellent! The beef was moist and tender and very flavorful. Usually I need a lot of sauce with my food to give it more taste, but the beef alone was delicious, it didn't even need the two extra sauces that came with it, and you get 5 good sized skewers for $8 which isn't too expensive. The tofu wasn't as good as I had hoped. Maybe I had too high of an expectation because of Laura's review, but for me I've had much better fried tofu at other Chinese places. I would say the tofu was more of a 2.5 - 3 stars, whereas the beef skewers were a 5! Entrees...Beef fried rice. This was one of the better fried rice I've had. The bf said it was one of the best he's had, and he likes his fried rice. I like that they didn't fluff it up with too much of the cheap veggie like carrots and peas or something. It was beef, egg and rice, simple but good. And not super oily either like at more fast food places. I got the Ginger pork rice dish (you can get either pork beef or chicken, or a little more $$ also shrimp). It a dish of pork and various veggies in this ginger sauce. I got this dish because it said it comes with mushrooms, and I thought that would mean white button mushrooms, but it was the cheaper canned mushrooms, so I was disappointed by that. Also got the spicy basil beef and rice. That one comes with the same canned mushrooms and bamboo (also the canned variety) all in a spicy basil sauce. Pluses for these dishes was that they were all very rich in flavor, the sauces were great with the rice which soaks it up nicely. Minus, a bit stingy with the meat. The two stir fry dishes were very heavy on the cheaper veggies, and skimpy on the meat. Good thing the overall dish was tasty, or else I'd be one unhappy camper. Next time I would skip on ordering anything from the a la carte rice section and go for a noodle dish instead. This is a solid 3 star place, 3.5 is what I would give it, but their service was actually pretty good for being a small mom n pop place and that they were still efficient with our service even with a large group there at the same time. Our water were refilled regularly and they didn't ignore us just because they had other larger parties to wait on. Even though some of the rice dishes weren't great, everything was still tasty and I look forward to going back and trying more things on the menu. read more

I was shocked when my mother said that she wanted to come here for her birthday. In fact I was elated because I have been wanting to try this place out for sometime. I am always up for a new Thai restaurant. I got lost trying to find this place. They are located in a little strip mall. There is a sign but somehow I missed it. So, we walk in and apparently many people love this place. They were busy. But, the service regardless of how busy they were was still excellent. We ordered a carafe of wine and started out with a pot of tom yum kai. Which by the way was delicious. For my main entree I ordered the Thai spicy basil with tofu. It was perfect. Sometimes when I have ordered this dish at other Thai restaurants it has been too salty. But, it was perfect at Thai Chili. I love it here! I really do!! I don't recall what everyone else ordered. But, we loved everything......... Oh, and we ended our meal with the mango sticky rice.........(sigh) Prices are fair... Food...AMAZING Service....Superb! read more

The food here is ok, but greasier than other thai restaurants I've eaten at and not as tasty, but their mago with sticky fried rice is great. Their service is friendly, but their decor is too "up-tight" for the type of food they serve. read more

The food itself -- at least MY food -- was fantastic. Yum! However -- our take-out order contained food for three people... and mine was the ONLY one they got right. DESPITE the fact that he read it all back to me correctly. It's far enough away that no one wanted to drive back for them to correct it... but what REALLY stinks is that now I might have some resistance the next time I say "Hey! Let's order Thai food!" *sigh* So -- hopefully I can get the family to give them another shot. LOVED MY PANANG CURRY, though! read more

Since publishing my comments on the fingernail incident, the owner has contacted me and apologized for such an embarrassing incident. He spoke with the employee who took responsibility and he had the place cleaned top to bottom. I commend him for following up on this concern and for letting me know- now I can't wait to eat there again! read more

Thai Chili is my favorite Thai place in Orange County. I've been going here for over 10 years and the quality has always been high. Their curries are so full of flavor and always have large portions, enough for leftovers. I've never been disappointed by anything I've tried there! The staff is always super friendly, whether you're dining in or taking out. Can't wait to go again! read more

REALLY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. We used to order out frequently from Thai Chili because the yellow curry was very good. Last night and today were customer service disasters. We won't be headed back. Last night we ordered three yellow curry meals (take out) and they told us it would be ready in 15 minutes. My daughters arrived 15 minutes later to find that only one of the yellow curry meals was ready. Not busy inside the restaurant--perhaps two to three tables. They waited 45 additional minutes--without being told it would take this long--before the order was finally ready. This time it was the old, now quite cold yellow curry and two new ones. What should have taken 15 minutes, took an hour plus. The biggest issue was their almost total failure to address the problem. No acknowledgement of a mistake. No apology that night. No offer of a discount. No offer of even a drink while they waited. And when we called the next morning to discuss the situation because we believe in giving constructive feedback, the manager told us that it was our fault because we had failed to confirm the order and that they had been busy. The manager didn't apologize until asked to. By the time the manager offered a free yellow curry sometime, the experience had gone completely bad. A decent manager and restaurant could have turned this into a customer relations plus with a review here discussing how well they handled the situation, but they came across as completely uninterested in customer relationships. Good food is important to us. Good relationships are even more important. ORDER OUT AT YOUR OWN RISK. We won't be going back. read more

Got some Thai Basil Beef to go in Labor Day. Seriously every other Thai place was closed that day. Sometimes you just have a craving. Called to order and asked what vegetables were in it 'onion, bell pepper and basil.' YES! Perfect. Go to get it and bring it home, TONS of bamboo shoots and mushrooms! My kryptonite! I was slightly worried about a 3 star place, now I know why, just doesn't stack up to other places in the area. Steak was over cooked and reminds me of dog food, just seems like it was boiled or something, no flavor. Maybe the other dishes are better but this one was terrible: on the plus side, it was ready super fast and they were friendly. Not good though... read more

All I have to say is that the customer service and food is excellent. The servers there are very friendly people. They always make sure that you're glass of water is never empty. They greet you with a smiling face all the time. I love Thai food and I got to say this is one of the best Thai restaurant that I ever been to. It's a little small but the quality and the service that you get is excellent. read more

Super sad to be writing this review. Me and the hubs have been here a few times, but a few years ago, and we remembered the food as being good. However, we stopped by and ate there this past Friday night and we were ticked off that we had spent money on the very poor food they served. The egg rolls were the best thing about the meal, and they tasted like they had been fried in rancid oil--- there's no mistaking that bitter aftertaste of old oil. We ordered a Green Curry with beef, and Pad See Ew with combo protein. The Pad See Ew was literally BURNT! The broccoli was scorched and limp, and the noodles were visibly charred, with a pervasive taste of burnt sugar. Really unappetizing--- and sad, because really, how hard a dish is Pad See Ew? The Green Curry was also disappointing--- I have never before had a green curry that I didn't like--- but the taste of salt completely overwhelmed the dish. Normally a good Green Curry has a sweet delicate coconut taste-- not this time! I couldn't taste anything except for the salt. I'm not sure why the reviews for this place are so hit and miss--- I can only guess that there are several different cooks, and we got the bad one. Hope they find someone better. We probably won't go back there again. read more

Placed our order at 7:22 it is now 8:57 and my husband and I are going to drive to a fast food place because our order never arrived. We called 20 minutes ago, they assured us the driver was almost here. I called again 20 minutes later and he said the driver would be here in 20 minutes!!!! So instead of 45 to 60 minutes expect to wait 95+ minutes with no courtesy phone call or update. read more

Tried Thai Chili after another local place was too crowded to accommodate us, not a bad throwback. Food was very good, and service was above average. Mee Krob, Chicken Satay, Shrimp Pad Thai, Beef Ribs, and Chicken Chow Mein, all good, flavorful, and prompt. Now I get Ryan P."s comment on the decor. If they painted the two "mural" walls with something "Asian" in theme, I would have a little more ambiance. read more

This is a great place to eat. period. I really love their food, especially their curry and soups. But I rarely visit it because they add MSG to their food. So the choice is yours. read more

To go orders are a bit of a hit or miss here. The restaurant lacks communication between the kitchen and the front, so some orders might be wrong or the wait periods can be extra long. Overall, food is decent, I was not too impressed with the panang curry or the yum nua (beef salad). I asked for the food to be thai spicy (hot as you can make it), and both times i've been here the food actually lacks spice. its not bad, I usually keep an array of hot sauce condiments at home, but sometimes some fresh chili would be nice. overall its okay, nothing more. read more

I scoured Orange for the best Thai Place and this tops my list. It's very small, but the atmosphere is wonderful. The food is delicious and plentiful. The Panang Beef is my favorite. It's a sweet curry with a bite. You can cater it to your heat preference, but I prefer medium. There is live entertainment on some nights and the staff are all very courteous and always greet you with a smile. read more

they have a wonderfully cheap lunch special from like 11 - 3pm. The lunch menu has 3 types of curry (yellow, red and some other one), thai spicy basil and few other dishes. Each lunch special is around $7 each and it is a good amount of food. The food could have been more spicy but you can always add on some more chilly powder (gotta ask for the spices). we also tried the assorted appetizers which weren't too bad. the fried wonton things were pretty good w/ the sauce. all in all, the food and service was good. the only thing that put me off was that the decor is a little odd for a thai restaurant but it isn't bad. more of a pizza joint feeling.... read more

Nathan L. took me to this place because I craved Thai food one night. This is by far the best Thai place i've found within a 30 minute drive from Irvine. The price is great for the amount they serve. Apparently for the lunch deals, they serve the same amount of delicious goodness for even less of the actual price! It usually costs around $10 for a meal of Pad Thai, but the paid thai is SO GOOD. There's just something about it that sets it different from every other Thai place around here. They also serve it with rice, salad, and wonton soup. I've never managed to finish the entire portion in one go, even if i'm super hungry. Place is very clean, service is amazing and they check in with you during the meal to ask if you need more water, etc. Food came out in a fast manner and just in general, this place is cozy and relaxing for a great meal. I am definitely a fan, and would recommend this to anyone who wants great thai food and great service! read more

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Wow... I live right in Orange... and this is the only Thai restaurant near by. My friend and I ordered the lunch special Pad Thai.... OH MY GOSH!.. it was to FREAKING SWEET!.. Seriously!.. It was so sweat I thought i was eating dessert. It was horrible, the worst Pad Thai I have ever tried. Though they had great service, but the food was horrbile.. and the soup they give you... tasted like lettues soup.... I would not recommend this restaurant. read more