Wonderful Thai, great service on a relatively quiet side street in an otherwise lame touristy area.read more

Staff is a tight family and treat you with generosity and warmth…read more The menu is complete and long but it has everything you'd want. The staff know it thoroughly too!

Fantastic service. Flavors were very fresh. We really enjoy the chicken pad Thai, chicken sate, and…read moremorning glories stir fry sub beef.

We're from Los Angeles with many Thai food around and LA has a neighborhood called Thai town and…read morealways find all of them too tasty (in a bad way). But Mae Somjai has rejuvenated my interest for Thai food again! The ambiance is nice with the cooks cooking under this big fume hood, it's cool looking. The place is also pretty clean. The downside is that all the tables need to share this one dish of sauces. The service is great too! Very friendly staff.

Great atmosphere, excellent food - staff were friendly and helpful. Prices were very reasonable.read more

This is one of my favorite Thai restaurants in the Amsterdam Centrum. It's located on the Zeedijk…read morewhich is in the heart of Amsterdam. Often times there is a line leading outside to get a table due to the popularity of Bird Thais. The service is friendly and prompt. I've tried a variety of dishes on the menu but of course the classic Pad Thai is one of my top choices. Food is fresh and tasty. This time I tried the Isaan Menu which was a nice collection of spare rib appetizer, Tom Yam Kai soup, and a spicy beef salad. I really enjoyed the flavors of this dish. It is a very busy restaurant but there's just enough space to enjoy your meal without feeling like you are on top of the next table. Bird Thais is a very popular restaurant for a good reason.

The food is amazing. Best chicken satay ever. Staff is very friendly. Atmosphere is great. Lots of…read morelaughter from the kitchen. It's clear they enjoy what they are doing and it shows in the food. Highly recommend!!

On our first evening in Amsterdam, as we were walking around the Dam Plaza area, we collectively…read moreopted for Thai food for dinner. My daughter located Krua Thai and guided us there. It wasn't far and the walk along some canals was scenic. We arrived around 6 p.m. (I think) and they asked if we'd made reservations. We had not, so we were seated upstairs. There was a narrow stairway up to their 2nd level. They had about 9 tables there. The servers brought menus and took our drink orders (still water). We considered splitting 2 orders among the 3 of us given that we were traveling, but the server indicated that the restaurant mandated everyone get their own entrée. We got one curry, one Pad Thia, and one veggie fried rice. This actually ended up being about right given the portion sizes. Everyone liked their food. We did need a 2nd still water for the table. We noted that another table got a pitcher of water, so maybe you can ask for tap water versus still (?). This place is worth checking out if you are in Amsterdam.

Very nice atmosphere but average thai food! We ordered four different dishes and they all tasted…read morequite similar with different proteins (beef, tofu, chicken, and cuttlefish). Basically a stir-fry with onions and peppers, with some fancy aesthetic rice. The owners are very friendly though and went as far to come up with a surprise dish when my friend asked for their favorite recommendation! Price came out to about 15 euros per person.

What a lucky find. Family run Thai perfection (I hate using that word, but...). I usually judge a…read morenew to me restaurant by the soup - if they take care in making the soup, everything else is usually good. My Thai soup tonight was tied for best ever with a mushroom soup I had years ago in Canada - one of those "oh my" moments. The shrimp curry was light and well balanced, the noodle dish flavorful and delicate, fried basil over beef tender and exotic. Dessert - simple warm bananas with thick sweet coconut sauce! So if you find yourself in Amsterdam, enjoy Thai cuisine, and are just a bit adventurous, you owe it to yourself to sup at Na Siam.

An awesome Thai restaurant in Amsterdam city center!…read more We were walking around in Amsterdam city in the afternoon and was browsing for some Thai food for lunch. Our first time visited this restaurant and the overall experience was amazing! The quality of their food was excellent as in the flavor, authentic taste, temperature control and fresh ingredients. Their stir fried crispy pork belly with Kai lan was super good. We could not stop eating while waiting for our masamam curry to be served. The pork belly was roasted with smoky flavor and was really crispy blended well into the brown sauce with some little spicy chili flavor. It was just an awesome dish and goes well with white rice. Their masamam curry was rich and creamy with coconut . The beef was tender, the potatoes was soft and well cooked just at the right time management . With some peanuts in the curry made the entire dish super delicious! We enjoyed their food a lot!. Their service was great and staff was attentive to the customers' request. The moment you walked into this restaurant you know you made the right choice for Thai cuisine. Highly recommended for you to have a try if you are visiting Amsterdam city center. It is definitely one of our top list of favorite restaurant to go in Amsterdam city!

A little bit away from the louder parts of Chinatown. Small but busy, even near closing time there…read morewere plenty of takeaway orders waiting to be delivered. Ordered a pad sie eiew with pork and phad ga nha moe krop (stir fried kailan with crispy pork). A little bit salty, but otherwise pretty tasty.

OCHA was kind of a last minute decision and would not have made my top 20 list if I didn't have…read moreanother option. It was however, pretty interesting walking in. You immediately think you are another city then in Amsterdam. The staff was extremely friendly and had a very good attitude with us arriving so late. Being a group that enjoys family style, we needed Ho ordering a hodge of food. I will say the group favorite was the curry. This was everyone's vote but my own. I personally liked the chicken lo mein. It definitely shined over the mall Chinese food I had a few weeks ago. The Thai was my second favorite and it was a second favorite for the table as well. Very flavorful with a good hot and sweet vibe with the additional compliments available. I would go here again if it was the only thing open. Nothing was WOW... - Forever Foodie- Ela

This is a not so impressive looking eatery with very little space to move when you are not seated…read more The food, is very good so that makes everything alright! I don't know much about Thai food but I do know that the two times that I came here and the different things that I ordered, were all very delicious! I really liked the coconut cream soup with the mushrooms. I love mushrooms and I love anything coconut so why would I not love this?! This place is not very expensive so just go here and try it out. You really won't regret it! Although it's not expensive, you might be tempted to keep ordering more... I know I was! That's always a good sign, I'd say.

Found Thaise Snackbar Bird by mistake and returned out of devotion during our last trip to…read moreAmsterdam. What a pleasant surprise this place was! We were walking towards another restaurant during a rainy afternoon and suddenly we passed by this hidden gem that looked super cozy and also the food looked perfect for the occasion, by that I mean steaming hot. We didn't think twice and quickly asked if there was room for two, which we ran with lucky bc the place is very small but two people were just paying to leave. We were promptly sat and attended. The food came out fast, steaming hot, generous portions. The chicken curry had an addictive ingredient bc it didn't matter that it was spicy I couldn't stop eating it! The vegetables were perfectly tender and tasty. The meat was juicy and cut into perfect bite chunks. Im not exaggerating when I say I had the most delicious chicken curry I've ever had in my life. My husband had the beef with garlic and white pepper which is onions. Also incredibly good. Both dishes came with a side of rice. At the end we were stuffed and super happy! We came back twice before leaving Amsterdam!

Came here for dinner. Gets really really packed inside to the point you have to get up so other…read morepeople can be seated which can be annoying. Also hard to get the waiter attention given how busy it is. The food was really tasty. We tried the beef curry which was my favorite and Thom yum soup which I thought was okay. Would come back again!

This place is sooooo tiny! lol it's only about 8-9 tables in the restaurant, they open promptly at…read more5pm and the tables fill up very fast! I travel to Amsterdam about once a month and I find myself coming into the restaurant everytime! The food is very flavorful and the staff is extremely friendly! I love love love that chicken fried rice!

I am posting this review because I had posted on TripAdvisor previously, and instead apologizing…read morefor the poor experience, they responded by accusing me of posting a ridiculous review full of lies. We are a couple and we were looking for a nice place to have some Thai food on a Saturday night. When we entered asking if there was a table for two available, we were told to wait 5 minutes. So, we waited outside. Another couple were leaving, so we chatted to them about their meal and we asked what they would recommend. After a few minutes, we went inside again and we were aggressively waved away and told they were closed. I was left quite shocked and confused. At most, we had maybe been 7-8 minutes, but also nobody had mentioned to us that the table was ready, or not ready. So, I don't know what happened here. But, I was mostly surprised at the anger and aggressiveness, as if we had done something horribly wrong. I posted this on TripAdvisor, and instead of receiving an apology, I was accused of lying. Why would I make this up? So, I repeat. Do not go here. It's not authentic Thai food, the staff are dreadful (I have been to Thailand, and people are not like that there), and if you want to be aggressively waved away for absolutely no reason at all, well this is your place! We were quite upset by this, and also very hungry. Thankfully, there are many better options for Thai food, and we went to Thaise Snackbar Bird nearby. The staff were fantastic there, and chatted to us quite a lot. We told them about what happened (and they didn't accuse us of lying). Little Thai Prince (maybe replace the word "Prince" with something else). Also, I want to add that on Tripadvisor they respond to everyone's negative reviews with more rude responses and denials, instead of simply apologizing. I have been to Thailand, and I certainly never met anyone like this there. Shocking people, and a shocking place. -100 stars, if possible. It almost ruined our night. They should have paid me to eat there and I would have still said no. So glad we didn't actually get to eat any of their disgusting food.