I really like the food here - it's good, cheap Thai food. I usually order out - but I decided to meet a friend. The service was terrible. The waitress (Courtney) had to be stopped every time we needed anything. She was monosyllabic and terse. She would throw things down on our table as she would walk by. I'd probably eat food from here again, but I don't think I'll eat at the restaurant for a while. read more

Love the atmosphere, great for a quick bite or a leisurely dinner. The food was well presented and the staff was attentive. The limited parking lends itself to the person on foot walking the drag or for carpooling groups. The egg rolls were sweet, savory, and a great size for the price. I had the tofu stir fry, which name escapes me, and it had a lovely balance of salty and sweet. The fresh ginger slices cut through the salty fore-taste well and the rice served really filled it out. The fried banana puffs and coconut ice cream were to die for, honestly. I'm not a sweets person usually but I wanted the full experience and this is what sold it for me. The staff was also kind enough to let me take pictures, so that was nice. Great place. read more

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Service is quick, the pad thai is always fantastic and all the curries are very good. Has been a favourite take out spot during quarantine.

This is an authentic and delicious Thai spot! The environment is very cozy and there is even outside seating. The servers were all nice and brought out our food very quickly when we went during lunch. They have lunch specials which include the entree, salad or soup, and an egg roll all for around $8! When I asked them for a modification, they were accommodating and customized my order. I've had take out from here as well, and the quality was just as good as going in! Will definitely go back when I'm in the mood for some Thai food. read more

Thai Kitchen - Green curry lunch special with combo meat - Thai Near Me - Austin, Texas

I really like Thai food. I just recently went to Thailand. That was great because we were able to try real authentic Thai dishes. Coming back to Texas my standards had risen. Tried a few favorite spots and to be honest just was not the same after eating real Thai food. But, Thai Kitchen is by far the best. The food taste just like in Thailand. The papaya salad is real good. Pad Thai is the best. I recommend this place if you are looking for Authentic Thai food in Austin. read more

Very spicy tasty food. Spicy to your liking. I would come back next time time I'm in Austin.

I ordered takeout for the first time from Thai Kitchen on Guadalupe a few days ago through Postmates and thought the food was just so and so. I ordered the pad se eww and few appetizers. I felt the meat in the pad se eww tasted as it was from the freezer and not very fresh. I just came away with feeling that I have really had much better Thai food. With that being said, I did order through postmates so I do not know how long my food was sitting before being delivered. Secondly, I always give restaurants another try to make sure that it wasn't just a bad night. And lastly if you want some later night Thai food, it isn't a bad option. Was the food great? No. Was it awful? No. But it is an acceptable option if you are craving Thai food at night. read more

My favorite neighborhood restaurant! Best classic Thai dishes in the city! The Tom Kha Gai and pad Thai are amazing.

My husband and I go there for the Indian curry noodle soup with tofu. It is coconut milk based and when the weather gets below 70 aka freezing in ATX the hot hearty soup fits the bill for these vegetarians. The prices are not overblown and the ambiance is ok. We like sitting in the booths, and could do without the giant goldfish staring and without the TVs. I like that it isn't fancy or hipster. The quality and service are consistently good. read more

A Guad institution, easy to miss while driving. The menu's self-awareness can get a bit cheeky but I appreciate the lean-in. Thai Kitchen rules. It's an un-pretentious, hypermetabolic sweat room that'll have you ordering extra sides of rice to finish your entree without combusting from spice-sensitivity. Order: Tiger Cry with 3 sides of rice. read more

Thai Kitchen is our favorite Thai food restaurant in Austin. The food is amazing and affordable. The staff is also friendly and always provides great service. Their Vegetarian Pad Thai is the best Pad Thai I have ever had. I also highly recommend their soft tofu spring rolls! So yummy! read more

I've ordered take out from this place a couple times but never have I dined in. Let this be the last time. Waitress gave me an attitude after I told her my pad kee mow was salty. Didn't even offer me a new dish or something, ANYTHING to help retain the saltiness. I'm sitting in booth by the bar observing everyone and I notice that my waitress was giving all the other tables all of her attention while my glass of water is still empty. Also by the end of our meal she never came back, a whole different waiter was helping us cause I guess the original one was too busy. Was not very pleased at all. read more

Thai Kitchen - How I felt after leaving the restaurant. - Thai Near Me - Austin, Texas

The food was amazing. Very flavorful and quality. The woman that helped me was fast and offered quality customer service. It was a pretty good amount of food for a good price. Definitely coming back read more

Thai Kitchen is amazing. Favorite lunch specials are the red curry squid and green curry chicken. The peanut sauce on their salads is like literally the best sauce I've ever tasted I could drink it. Portions are excellent, I always take some home. Eggrolls are always fresh fried and crispy, and their coconut-milk- lemongrass-chicken soup (tom kha gai i think) is a family fave from my 1 yr old to my 60 yr old mother. read more

Thai Kitchen - Lunch eggrolls, house pickled jalapenos, lemongrass seafood soup, lunch salads, all so good! - Thai Near Me - Austin, Texas

Oops - this review was supposed to be for Thai Cuisine on Parmer Lane. Thai Kitchen is good but kinda dingy - the Westlake location was better but it's since closed. Just transfer everything I said about Thai Kitchen over to Thai Cuisine and then go there! read more

Thai Kitchen is the ATX Thai OG. The Ur of Austin Thai. Ann Richards used to eat here. She wasn't born with a spoon of Tom Ka in her mouth but she got to TK as soon as she could. Faves are the Indian Noodle soup & Pad Thai. Indian Noodle soup will cure what ails you on a cold night. Pad Thai gets thumbs up for noodle texture & overall quality. One of the best versions of the classic in Austin. Masochists will find plenty to sweat over on the menu. Personally I'm not a fan of stuff so hot you feel the burn seeping into your gums under your teeth but if pain is yr bag give Never Again or Nuclear Fishin' a shot you pathetic little worm. Ambiance is okay. Space is small. Service great. Prices competitive. My go to to go spot. read more

Their prices are disproportionate to the quality of their food. They recently increased prices; there are many other places in Austin that offer better Thai dishes for better prices and quality. read more

Thai Kitchen - The quality of this lime from Thai kitchen sums up the quality of their food - Thai Near Me - Austin, Texas

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This is the BEST Thai food I've had in a long while. We ordered delivery through Uber eats and the food withstood the drive wonderfully.

What is not to love about Thai kitchen??? I first discovered this gem from UberEats, but shortly ended up going there on a weekly basis for at least two months. I am addicted to their pad thai. It's actually a problem. Their drunken noodles are also banging and the right amount of spicy. I also always get a pork egg roll if I'm feeling super hungry. Their menu is huge and has something to offer for everyone. They also close at midnight, which is harder and harder to find without traveling all the way to riverside. Service is typical of a Asian restaurant, so don't go expecting a Brazilian steakhouse. It's also $1 or $2 more expensive than most Thai places, but rent isn't cheap near UT. read more

Thai kitchen is the greatest Thai food i've had in Austin hands down and i've tried a shit ton. The pad thai is unbeatable and the Tom Kah is insane. literally refuse to get thai food anywhere else read more

Got a couple of Tofu/veggie curries, Mussuman and Green. The Mussuman had a strange tangy sweetness, not my favorite. Both dishes were decent quality but the flavors, and overall dish wasn't that great. Flavors okay. Veggies cut over large and slightly undercooked, some others might like this, I didn't. Not a place I'd think about going back to even though the price and speed were up to par. read more

The "thai" food we were served during lunch was terrible! It would be a waste of time to go thru the details. read more

I dunno, dawg...It was just aight for me. I mean, I'm gonna keep it real, aight? Yo, yo, yo, yo. Listen: First, your flavors are off the hook. I'll give you props on that, dawg. I haven't seen coconut sauce that rich since I worked with a little band called "Journey". Also, your ambiance definately was keepin' it real. Low key, flyin' under the radar... I like dat, yo. But - dog pound back me up here, dawgs - the prices kinda made it pitchy for me in some parts. I mean, I used to work with Maria Carey, and, if I'm keepin' it real, I need more chicken in my dish or knock a buck off it or something, yo. But, like I said, you're a restaurant, dawg, and you nailed that big flavor note at the end like when I was producing Beyonce. That was off the hook, yo! You got your own thing going, and I like that, but like I said, for me it was just aight... read more

I've been on a Thai kick lately but my budget is lacking for things like oh...entertainment, shopping eating at restaurants with more than one dollar sign. So...searching Yelp for Thai food meeting that criteria and looking at mouth watering pictures from my fellow Yelpers, we settled on Thai Kitchen. We were in the 'hood anyway. Thai Kitchen isn't fancy. It's pretty much on the Drag so I figured they catered to the college crowd by offering filling yet exotic dishes at college kid prices. However, I found that they are pretty competitively priced among the other Thai places around, though.. Not substantially cheaper as the one dollar sign may suggest. The restaurant itself is pretty divey and relatively kitschy. It is painted teal, pink and purple with Asian inspired wall hangings and a nicely calming goldfish aquarium. The lighting is pretty garish though so don't expect any sparks of romance. This reminded me more of what a down home diner might look like in Thailand. The food also reminded me of down home comfort food only Thai style. It wasn't fancy. It was hot, plentiful and decently spiced and satisfied my craving. I also found this place oddly entertaining in its clientele. The most entertaining was the David Lee Roth wannabee, complete with long, blonde hair, neon yellow t-shirt, neon yellow zebra shorts and headband enjoying his curry. It was very hard for me not to think I was on an 80's acid flashback. Hey, man, let your freak flag fly. Who am I to judge? read more

Here's how this works: We go to Thai Kitchen with a six-pack of awesome beers. We are seated immediately, given a bottle opener and we order some spring rolls (note: these are really basic and not to-die-for like the ones at Sunflower, but that's OK). Then we order the Gatee Tom Yum with tofu which is the best soup I have ever eaten, along with some Mussamun curry or maybe a really fiery stir fry. They're awesome here about not using fish sauce as long as you request it and any dish can be made with tofu, yay! The service is prompt and polite, the portions are generous, the food is always sooooooooo good and it's cheap, especially because you can BYOB. It's a cute little dive of a spot which I just adore. If they just had the fried rice balls from Thai Passion and the aforementioned spring rolls I could be completely thrilled off my rocker for all of eternity, but the jam they have going on now is pretty amazing. read more

The food is better than average, but the prices seem a little high. Not someplace I crave but my wife likes it now and then, so I pick up some take-out. The last time I went I picked up the coconut soup with chicken and rice (get some - it is just delicious) and as soon as I got home I managed to drop it. In the kitchen. On the floor. All gone. Buh-bye $10 soup. Turned around and went back to the restaurant (thankfully we live close) and ordered another soup. The man at the register stared at me and said, weren't you just here? Yeah, I dropped the soup. So I need another. He did what he could to rush the order, and then you know what? He tried to give it to me for no charge. Seriously. I said, no, that was fine, it was my fault and he still tried. I paid and left, because it was my fault, but I haven't forgotten that. And thought the story should be told. This place is cool. read more

Another in a series of reviews written in a vain attempt to save my eliteness. I'm going to brag a bit here. We all know how extremely awesome Thai Kitchen is from the coconut soup to the hot curries. But did you know that they also deliver? Yup, if you are too busy putting on your comfy pants in preparation for your Pretty But Hot or Never, Never Again to be bothered to drive to their front door and carry your dinner all the way back to your car and then from your car all the way up your driveway then you can have Thai Kitchen deliver - if you live close by. I live close by AND I own comfy pants. read more

Five stars doesn't always mean the best food in town. Sometimes, as at Thai Kitchen, it means good value combined with character and reliability. Everything here is decent. The pad thai is unspectacular but solid, as are the curries. The egg rolls, at a buck a shot, are one of the great cheap snacks in town. Thai iced tea is three bucks but comes in a pint glass and is strong and sweet. The Hot Page has some truly spicy stuff, Nuclear Fishin' is off the charts. Those bird peppers are dangerous, enough said. There are tons of options across the board for carnies and veggies alike. But where TK really shines is the folks who work there. I think it's run by a husband and wife, the very cool older couple usually cooking and serving. One time I came in last year late on a Sunday. I ordered something to go and stood and watched the big-screen tv (the kitchen here is fast!). There was a good ball game on and my team was choking like mad. I let out a groan as they turned it over again and the cook came out of the kitchen and stood by my side. We watched in silence for about a minute. Suddenly my team scored and I let out a whoop (only one table there and they were watching too). The cook turns to me and says, very serious, "You bet on game?' I said, "Yeah, got the Niners plus four". He looked at me and cracked a smile. "Me too!" Then he hurried back to the kitchen. The woman heard us and laughed. My curry was ready one minute later. Today we went in and the host said, come this way, and let us to a booth on the right. We got there and he realized one of his cooks was taking a nap in the booth (it was about 3 pm), as was the lady in the next booth. They both looked up all shocked, like "caught in the act!", and the host hustled us off to the other side of the room, apologizing profusely. We just laughed and told him everyone needs a nap sometimes. He said, "Sorry, not thinking too good today. Very hungovah." (He gave us great service despite his Fifth of July malaise.) How can you not like a place like that? The food is good, fairly priced, very consistent (only one sub-par meal in nine years of going at least a few times annually), and the people who run TK treat it like home. It's as relaxed as you could want, is open late when the rest of the drag is closed, and always feels good and mellow. That's my kind of Austin. Five stars on yelp ain't three stars in Michelin. For me it just means, make sure to try this place. You'll like it. read more

Thai food holds a special place in my heart because: 1. I fell in love with it while dating my husband 2. I found great Thai places to eat while visiting England just when I thought I was going to have to stop eating altogether because I didn't want another plate of Fish and Chips or Shepherd's Pie.....and....... 3. Thai food always makes me feel better when I feel like I'm coming down with cooties. This brings me to Thai Kitchen. This was one of the first Thai places I tried, and after trying many others, I found myself always coming back here. I've eaten at this location more times than I care to admit. Hundreds? I've lost count, but I think I've spent enough money in here over the years to buy a small castle. I ate lunch here constantly while going to UT. I have never once had bad service here - ever. Lucky? Perhaps. I have liked everything I've tried here. However, if I had to pick a last meal before my impending death, and I didn't have access to an all-you-can-eat buffet full of every kind of ecstasy-inducing food available on the planet, while being hand fed by Greek gods and/or other gorgeous men, I would request the chicken/coconut/lemongrass soup from Thai Kitchen. It's heaven in a bowl, it will cure what ails you, and it will feed your soul. read more

I wish I wouldn't have had a false memory about this place. I remember eating here about four or five years ago, and it not being good. That was NOT the case with our experience the other night. On the day after Christmas, my mom and I were out late (8:30ish) trying to find some take out. We drove by Thai Kitchen and were at the height of our desperation. We went inside and ordered primarily off the specials board. Everything we ordered was great! I wouldn't hesitate to order take out from here again. read more

This place is so delicious! And! Open until 12! They have a great vegan selection and my meat eating partner is also always satisfied with her large selection of spicy food. BYOB makes this place even better. Definitely the best Thai in Austin. read more

I LOVE Thai Kitchen. They're one of the few restaurants in Austin open until 2:00 in the morning and if you slouch in there roundabouts that time the staff will treat you kindly. I've never had anything here I didn't like. I know everyone loves Madam Mam's, but eating their masaman tofu after eating the same dish from Thai Kitchen left me gravely disappointed. I wanted to get in the kitchen and ask them for tomatoes and more potatoes and much more curry to spice it up right. The seafood dishes I've tried are very fresh, though Never Never Again was so hot it made my eyeballs bleed. I actually really like the atmosphere and the staff. Especially the older woman who works here, she's very sweet to a friend of mine and always attentive to our table. I also like the coziness of the restaurant and all the pretty posters of food and Thailand on the tables and walls. Maybe it's because Thai Kitchen was the first place I tried Thai food, but no other places I've tried in Austin can compare to it. Maybe Thai Noodle House on a good day. But Thai Passion and Satay and Madam Mam's just lack the consistency and flavor I've come to expect from Thai Kitchen. They just don't do it like Thai Kitchen does it for me. read more

Wow! I used to go to location near UT back in 2000-2002~ This place has changed a lot since the last time I went!! It looks like they were finally discovered and two other locations~ Back in the day, it was located right next to a laundromat. You wouldn't even know Thai Kitchen existed if it wasn't for a small sign with the restaurant name on it. Definitely was a hole in the wall back then. When you walked in, there were maybe about 3 tables that could seat 2 people. The restaurant itself was so gloomy and tiny, that it was more of a take-out joint. I only ordered 1 item on the menu allllllll the time. The Thai Fried Rice with Hot Sriracha Sauce and chicken. It was sooooo damn good and spicy as hell~ While scarfing it down, I would have droplets of sweat forming and my nose would be running... the spice (back then) was almost unbearable, but it was so delicious that I didn't mind suffering the consequences later... I tried to re-create the fried rice, but it just wasn't the same. Oh Thai Kitchen...how I miss thee~ read more

I'm sad. I didn't discover the goodness of Thai Kitchen until many years after I graduated from UT. I think about all the good times we could have had together, and it bums me out. All those years in college, I was feeding my face with the sickness known as Thai Noodle Etc., when I could have been grubbing at Thai Kitchen with the good stuff. Oh well. Better late than never. I'm glad I discovered the goodness that is Thai Kitchen's pad thai. read more

Bland, bland, bland. What isn't bland is just sour. I've been here a few times and find this place disappointing. We've had maybe one plate that has been halfway decent, which was during our first time here. It was only okay after we poured fish sauce and chili on top of it. We basically made the larb ourselves at that point. The last time we were here, we ordered the Water Fall (Sliced boiled beef with crushed rice kernels, ground red chili pepper, cilantro, Chinese cabbage, mint leaves, chopped green onion, purple onion and lemon juice) and the Som Tum Malakor (Green papaya mixed with garlic, tomatoes, green beans, lemon juice, dried shrimp, peanuts, fish sauce, sugar and Thai hot chili pepper ). Sounds like it would be good, right? Well, it wasn't. My mouth is watering even now as I read the ingredients, but then I have to stop myself and remind myself of how bland the food was. The entree did not have any heat. As Magnus below mentioned, Thai food should be a balance of sweet, sour and hot, but this was just savory with a little bit of sour. It didn't even have the pounded rice kernels! That's a key ingredient! Also, the green papaya salad just tasted sour and limp instead of refreshing. It reminded me of old pickled vegetables. When we first walked in, I was starving and already decided that I wanted to get mango sticky rice as a dessert. By the end of the meal, I was so annoyed with the food that I couldn't wait to get out of there. We were both really disappointed and decided to not go back for a very long time, if ever. read more

I'm gonna have to go all quotey for a minute here. Sorry. "It's not that the hotness overwhelms the dish, which is what people who don't understand Thai cooking always say, but that the dish is revealed for the first time--its flavor--as you taste details of fruit and turmeric and spices that you didn't taste when it was merely extremely hot. It's like a hallucination." Those words belong to Jonathan Gold, quoted in a New Yorker article called "The Scavenger" by Dana Goodyear. And they do a good job of illustrating the purpose of Thai Kitchen's Special Menu (you know, the *Extremely HOT AND SPICY* one?), which is to serve us pansy-ass Americans the regional specialties of another land. If you come to this restaurant for any other purpose, you may be missing both the point, AND a good dining experience. Yes, you can get Pad Thai and generic curries and satay and all that. And those dishes will be okay, but just okay. I've tried so many dishes here, but the ones that stand out are almost always from the special menu, or they have at least 2 little chilies next to them. I applaud Thai Kitchen's offering these foods, because most other thai restaurants in Austin don't even bother to attempt much aside from americanized pad thai and tom yum gai. But I really believe that if you are going to eat ethnic foods, you should try them native-style, which, in the case of Thai food, is extremely spicy. The atmosphere is nothing special, but they're open late and the staff has always been friendly. I usually just get take-out. I understand they now offer delivery, though, which is awesome - I haven't tried that yet. I think their prices have gone up a bit, recently, but that's understandable because the portions are huge. The lunch special is still a good deal. I just want to spread the gospel on all the flavor that can be found in the special menu, coz I really feel like TK gets an undeserved bad rap from the other reviews here. And for the record, I've never had any trouble parking here, either. read more

Fast and friendly, open til TWO on weekends, and tasty as hell. I'm not going to make any claims about the authenticity of the cuisine, but I will say that everything I've tried here - pad thai, curries, baked fish, noodle soups, stir fries - is delish. They do this thing with ground chicken, fresh cilantro and sweet strips of ginger that makes me weak at the knee. Also, there's this garlic fish dish on the menu. It has three peppers or whatever to indicate that it's spicy. Dude, they are not bluffing with this one. It's incredible - but you will sweat so much you'll be sliding out of your chair. read more

I keep coming back here lately and its better than I remember! Having fun trying all the different dishes, both the taste and trying to pronounce them :P And its affordable. And they're open till midnight during the summer when anything else good is closing at 10. Kudos Thai Kitchen. read more

WOW, I only came because my friend told it was better than Madam Mame Nope really really hated it. My soup was salter than anyone should ever be forced to eat. Only took one bite and pushed it away, so did my friend. Wasn't really impressed with my chicken pad thai :( Even Mama Fu's is better. Yeah never listened to my friend about food ever. As well they're over priced for lunch, come people it's campus read more

Dinky old place with a god-awful parking lot. And this is the place I come to the moment I land at Bergstrom? Only in Austin.... Thai K is probably at best a four-star restaurant for most. But if you have memories of losing your Thai food innocence here and then stalking this place twice a week on a measly college-kid allowance...then it deserves a bump up to five stars right? The fresh spring rolls with tofu come with this sweet and tangy (NOT Mae Ploy but something much more inventive) sauce that I warn you - get 2 servings of because you will lick that little dipping bowl clean. The Indian Curry Noodle Soup - flat rice noodles, steamed tofu, veggies, coconut milk, spices and a generous topping of crushed peanuts...talk about comfort in a bowl. Then maybe venture out to 5D (yes I remember the number of this on the menu) - the Indian Curry fried rice. Talk about not being stingy with their tofu....these guys win an award for that! Indian curry powder, jalapenos, spring onions and perfectly al dente rice....unbelievable. Yes...Thai place and Indian curry? You need to be there to get it. It's good. Very good. Take a ride on the wild side....pick 5B or 6D? If you're at Thai K...chances are whatever you get will be good. Props for a very extensive separate vegetarian menu and for not making me explain 800 times to you that fish sauce is not a vegetarian condiment. My freshman 15 were largely thanks to you Thai K! read more