I had takeout from Thai Smile for the first time tonight. My friend works close by and assured me they had great Thai. I went with the basic Pad Thai half chicken and half Shrimp. I really enjoyed it! The shrimp was cooked perfectly. The sauce was different then what I'm used to, more sweet than that soy peanut flavor, but it worked it! I'd order again. read more

Thai Smile provides excellent food, excellent service, a lovely ambiance, all in a convenient location.

Great fresh authentic Thai food We had the pad Thai and drunken noodles very good and the wonton was also very good.

Just placed order thru uber eats and the Pho noodles were angel hair and the broth was not Pho. My spring rolls were so messy that they fell apart trying to eat. No peanut sauce for them either. No Hoisin, fish oil like requested or limes. I used to like your food but today I have a change of heart. read more

I love my cashew nut chicken no one makes it better !! Highly recommend it. By far my favorite place

I ordered delivery and...The white rice is edible. I ordered steamed chicken and vegetables with peanut sauce. The sauce was an odd curdled texture and all congealed on the tepid chicken. I have had the same dish at other restaurants and it does not look like this. The avocado in the rolls had already turned brown. There was a dark hair stuck to the lid. Gross. I hope it's nicer at the restaurant, but I won't be going there. read more

Great casual spot. The food was delicious and delivery was punctual. Recommend the drunken noodles and the fresh spring rolls were exactly what I wanted. read more

Thai Smile - N-3 Drunken Noodles Dinner - Thai Near Me - Hamden, Connecticut

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I took a chance on ordering from this place for the first time, all the reviews seem legit so I figured I'd give it a shot. For lunch I ordered the lunch special of Pad Thai with chicken and I added Shrimp for an extra $3. The delivery came in about 30 minutes (this was through DoorDash by the way. The reason for my 1 star is because the food had a foul spoiled smell. When I opened the bag, the food looked great but the smell was terrible. I believe it was either the chicken or shrimp that could have been spoiled. The noodles were also way over cooked. I tried 2 bites to see if it was worth eating through the smell because I was so hungry. Nope - $15 worth of food straight into the garbage. read more

Thai Smile - Pad Thai Lunch - Thai Near Me - Hamden, Connecticut

Delicious, authentic Thai food. Very nice and friendly employees. Usually get the curries. Definitely savory and mouth-watering !!! read more

Sixty-four Yelp reviewers rated Thai Awesome four stars. Reviewer # 65 certainly agrees. First of all, you really have to love a place with the epic name of "Thai Awesome"! That sets the bar pretty high don't you think? We stopped in for an early Saturday dinner before catching a Quinnipiac hockey game. Thai Awesome is a little larger inside than you would expect, it must have had a dozen or so tables and booths. Service was prompt and friendly. We tried three dishes- the old standard Pad Thai ($9.99), a Green Curry with Chicken (also $9.99), and a Chef Special called Dancing Squid ($12.99) for me. The Squid was advertised as spicy and it was -but to me it was perfectly spicy. It had a definite burn to it, but in a nice way. Delicious squid, carrots, onions, green beans in a spicy garlic sauce with rice. A Terrific dish. I sampled the other two. The Pad Thai was very flavorful and had a nice sauce to it -sometimes Pad Thai is served a little dry, The Green Curry was wonderful - a velvety curry with sweet/tart pineapple. A real nice dish. Bottom line? Three very good meals for $35.06. Nice service, nice comfortable dining room. The only odd thing I noticed was the men's room was as small as the one on Southwest Airlines !! read more

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Thai Smile is my favorite Thai place in the area. I always get the pad see ew with beef (which is good quality meat) and a Thai Iced Tea.

Pretty place on inside from a very nondescript outside. They seem to do mostly takeout. The foOd was very good. I had the duck noodle soup. Outstanding. Apps were also delicious. This place is a find. Not just for takeaway read more

Had an order delivered tonight The crab Rangoon was good. The beef pho was wonderful drunken noodles were good and the spring rolls were not the best. Some sort of potato flake inside was rather bland. The sticky rice with custard was good. read more

This was formerly Thai Awesome. Today was their grand opening. This was my first time at either location, and the Tom Kha soup was delicious! read more

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If this is the same place I'm thinking if it's pretty good. Granted the reason I gave it four stars is because I haven't been there in years, so I can only give it a review based on what I remember it being. This is a place I used to go to when I went to Hamden. The food was pretty good. The pad Thai and pad see noodle dish were also pretty good. One time my mom got the drunken noodles, now keep in mind this was the first time we tried the place, and she was getting toward all the spice, and it was so hot her whole face was red from the heat. It was funny. But yea I would recommend this place, if it's the place I'm thinking of read more

Went downhill rapidly. The menu has changed, all the prices are much higher, but the real issue is the food. The Tom Yum that had I have eaten since they opened the doors has been magnificent, but is now no better than dishwater with red pepper sauce. When asked why they changed the recipe, I was told they wanted to make it the way it is in Thailand-that folks had complained about it. I cannot fathom who would have complained about the soup, but the 'authentic' version is inedible. If they wanted so much authenticity, why add crab meat 'langoon' to the menu? This is the stuff you get at a Chinese takeout-and the one I sampled here had spoiled crab meat inside-I sent it back. The beef in macadamia beef was so tough it was also inedible. We were told to order stew beef next time if we wanted tender beef. The pineapple promised was no where in the dish. Another one bites the dust. read more

With a name like "awesome" the expectations are a bit too high. But a very solid Thai restaurant. First, as others have said, the parking is just ridiculous. Non-existent. So good luck with that. But went on a lunch. Good portion and good selection, but it would be nice to have a cup of soup or appetizer with it. App prices on their own seem a little steep in comparison. Why would I spent $6 for soup, when a dish costs $8? Doesn't make much sense. Service was efficient. But the Drunken Noodles lacked a certain oomph. Not much spice to it at all (despite characterizing it) and afterwards, I was left with a little feeling that it missed a complexity of flavors. Frankly, it was kind of forgettable. "Thai Good". Worth a visit. But there are better places. read more

Reliable and high quality Thai food. I love the curry puffs, tod maan, winter shrimp and Tom yam soup. Looking forward to when they will be opened for in restaurant dining. read more

Had coconut soup with chicken, it was good, however their dressing on papaya salad didn't wow me. I've had better. I will definitely go back to try other dishes and hopefully will update that missing star:))) thank you. read more

Excellent food very friendly and welcoming atmosphere. One of the few Thai restaurants were the food is really authentic. No washed down flavors, foods are not laden with fillers like celery and carrots. The dishes we had were as I remember them in Thailand. Bravo, keep up the good work. read more

Came with a couple of friends and The parking is kind of nonexistent Massaman curry w/beef Bangkok tofu red curry w/chicken Large helpings Sticky rice with Thai custard is good but really heavy The bathrooms are also clean but really small read more

Thai Smile - Bangkok tofu Massaman Curry w/beef and Red curry w/chicken - Thai Near Me - Hamden, Connecticut

The only thing I'd get from Thai Awesome was the green curry with tofu. I live literally a block away, so I'd walk down here for takeout. When they became Thai Smile the same dish changed to something unrecognizable. I'm a vegetarian, so I can't comment on most of the menu, but I tried this place a couple of times and I just didn't care for it. The people running it seem very nice, but now I get my Thai from Bangkok Boulevard in Mount Carmel. read more

I was craving Thai food the other day and was so glad that Thai Smile was open. I get consistently delicious take out from here. Everything is always made just right and so fast it boggles my mind! It is right around the corner from my house which works out great! Thank you Thai Smile! read more

Have ordered twice in last month...ordered Yellow Curry and Massaman. The sauces were flavorful, but seemed the same with a little pepper added to Yellow Curry. Both dishes had LOTS of potatoes, basically paid for potatoes in sauce. Disappointing... read more

Shared Pad Thai with tofu, Yellow Curry with tofu, and Thai spring roll. I really loved the curry and the pad thai was flavored very well. The spring roll had a different flavor than I expected but was still very good. Will definitely be ordering from here again in the future. read more

This establishment is beautiful indoors! The dining room is small. It's good for a date night dinner or parties of 2-4. The lunches and dinners are tasty. They do a beautifully refreshing drink they call a Thai iced tea. read more

A sweet young Thai girl greeted us & since we were dining early so we were the only ones there. A number of customers came in to pick up to go orders. We started with Fresh Spring Rolls; they were delish but we preferred the peanut sauce they served under the previous owner. Our waitress brought us some peanut sauce & it was just perfect. The Crab Rangoon's were yummy as well. Our entree's were Tiger Beef & Drunken Noodles with Shrimp. Both were perfectly prepared. Tender thin sliced Beef with a delicious dipping sauce & tasty steamed veggies. The Drunken Noodles were plentiful with tender Shrimp & I had plenty to take home for tomorrow's lunch. Another thing we loved was the ambiance with some soft beautiful Thai music playing. I hope my review invites you to try Thai Smile and walk away smiling like we did. Truth be told, I thought the restaurant logo was a bit too emoji looking and suggests a less than quality restuarant. Not the case...definitely worth a try with many future returns! Oh, and the bill was only $43.00! Many good wishes to the new owners! read more

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So good!!!! Better than Thai taste, worth driving to Hamden. No msg, perfect proportions of meat/noodle/veggie. UGHSOGOOD. read more

Thai Smile - Perfect veggie to noodle ratio. - Thai Near Me - Hamden, Connecticut

Today was my first time eating here. I asked the waitress if they had a vegetarian noodle soup. She pointed at one of the items on the list and suggested I could get it without the meat of fish in it. I asked if the stock was made with meat of fish. She said she would ask the chef. She came back to my table and told me that the chef would make a vegetarian noodle soup for me. It was deliscious. Sweet, sour, spicy with lots of fresh vegetables, tofu, and some noddles. I will defenitely go back here. read more

For at least a week of my life, perhaps longer, "Thai Awesome" has become a phrase used when something surpasses being just regular ol' "awesome." This phenomenon is not necessarily due to the supremacy of the food, but merely the hilarity and awesomeness inherent in its name. When weighing Thai places at my friend's house in New Haven, we came across the menu for Thai Awesome and joked that we should order from there. After perusing the menu and seeing that the prices were lower than both other places we were considering, we said, "Why not?" and did just that. We got take out, but the place smelled wonderfully. Also, the man who runs the Korean Cart somewhere around Yale (I don't live in New Haven) was eating his dinner there. We took both of these to be very good signs I opted for my usual Tom Yum Soup as well as the Vegetable Delight. My friend got the Tom Kah Gai and Summer Rolls. We both thought our soups were sweeter than is typical. The Vegetable Delight was also pretty sweet. Some of the veggies in both the Vegetable Delight and Tom Yum were a little more cooked than I usually like, but both dishes were very good. Adding to the awesomenss is your ability to order dishes with names like: Awesome Lemongrass, Awesome Beef, Lard Nah and Thai Awesome as well as Sukiyaki and Phuket Fried Rice (on Dixwell Ave!! ...my friend and I were giggling like school girls) Perhaps the food isn't quite awesome (or at least the dishes we sampled)...but the name certainly is (earns the place a whole extra star)! And with a friendly staff, quick service and reasonable prices for decent quality...I would have to agree that Thai Awesome is pretty darn awesome. read more

I've been meaning to check out this place ever since my Dad informed me about it. Recently I visited. I got the rice noodles with red curry and chicken. I forgot its name, it was charida noodles or something like that. It tasted excellent. I liked everything from the way the food was presented (colorful & pretty) to the actual plate itself (it was some cool wavy porcelin design). After done eating, the waitress asked, "Was it too spicy?". I chuckled a bit because if she had looked at my plate she wouldn't have asked. There was nothing left. Yes the sauce was spicy, but I like spicy. I ate everything with my nose runny and all. When my nose gets runny that's a good indication it's spicy. When my eyes get watery, that's a good indication it's too spicy :-) The dish I ordered had 1 pepper symbol shown on the menu. Golly gee, I can't imagine what their 2-pepper symbol items are like. In summary: thumbs up! read more

I have been to many thai restaurants, but this one sticks out. You can easily miss it though driving on Dixwell ave, but if you happen to be lucky enough to spot it, it is worth going inside. I had their pineapple rice along with some delicious thai ice tea. Not only was the food extremely delicious, but the staff there is very friendly and very attentive. This message is brought to you by your local sponsors: Ladies, Wilner A. is a fun, charasmatic, and serious about his yelping. Why not take the time during your yelping session to invite him along. Say lunch? Or Dinner? Don't yelp alone, yelp with a new friend. Check out that nice smile in his profile. This is Wilner A. and I approve this message. This is what good place should be like. I like my parking made easy, but at Thai Awesome parking is at a minimum. Don't let this deter you, however, because the place live up to its name, it is really awesome. read more

This place should be called Thai EXTRAORDINARILY Awesome! 2/10/09PM..... These wonderful people are the epitome of customer service..... Their picture should be in the dictionary next to the term ''Best Customer Service!'' I will spare you all the details, but this wonderful family bent over BACKWARDS to make it up to us that we had a not so great experience last night. Considering it was like 1 time that we had a problem, out of 20 that we've gotten food from there, it really was no big deal. Plus, they had a new chef from a different part of the country, and the Owner is usually there overseeing the kitchen, but just had something come up last night. So, I can understand...and was willing to let it drop with the phone call I made to make them aware.....(see my note at bottom of update for what happened earlier today and last night). Anyway, they MORE than made it right with us, we look forward very much to our next meal from there! Next time ,we will finally eat there in person, instead of always getting takeout. The owners, Kim and "A", are just the most genuine, caring, and wonderful people I have ever met as a result of being a customer somewhere (and I have always had a knack for making friends with waitresses or owners at my fave places over the years)....but very few people I know, would do what they did . As they said themselves, as they stood in MY kitchen tonight, their customers are FRIENDS....not just random people! Please, if you have not been here yet, give this place a try, I am sure you wont be sorry! Say hello to Kim, she is the usual Hostess! :o) 2/10/09 AM I had updated this review last night after a not so great experience, HOWEVER, the owner/manager have been calling us this morning and are VERY APOLOGETIC and also explained that the cook was new and she has already been spoken to about randomly adding ingredients, etc. Apparently she has only worked there a week and is still learning, and the owners were not there last night as they usually are. They are insisting on making this right, soooooo....I am going back to my orig 5 star rating, I have never spoken with someone more sincere to make it right, so I will let you know what happens. Honestly, she was very sorry, and she totally remembers us because Hub gets takeout so often, and she knows he drives all the way from Hartford. In fact, she was trying to insist they would bring us new food tonight, and I said, 'No, no, that's OK, if u can just send a refund for the one major item last night, we would be happy with that, and will try them another night....but it sounds like they are wanting to bring something by the house tonight! Will let you know what happens. If you read my update last night, I am withdrawing it, pending this new info! read more

Okay, I'll agree with the name; pretty awesome. Came here with my boyfriend and two friends on Saturday. Small place, weird to park (we parked in front because we could), but friendly staff and very good food! The menu was thorough but not completely overwhelming - they knew what dishes they were good at. All of us ordered some form of curry - I had the yellow curry with squid, pineapple, baby corn, etc. Terrific! It was pretty hot so I took half of it home and had a tasty lunch yesterday. Prices were fair. Place was a bit quiet (I think at one point the music turned off and it was one of those weird quiet scenarios where you felt the other tables looking at each other like oh no, they can hear us now!) but otherwise the ambiance was fine. read more

The best thai around my go to place, and I am very pick, doesn t look like much but the food is amazing, Byob

My husband picked up some takeout from here. I had the pineapple fried rice and my husband had the Siam fried rice. We also split the app sampler. The spring rolls were of the vegetarian variety and very tasty. The dumplings were ok, but I really liked the fish cake. The pineapple rice was the best I ever had! So much tofu, pineapple, cashews, raisins, and the right amount of curry powder and spice. Thai Awesome may now be my go to place for Thai takeout. read more

When we drive from NYC to VT, stopping at Thai Awesome is a great, fast, tasty delight! - friendly staff - super fast - good prices - delicious - super chill vibe The pineapple fried rice is fantastic. I love how it is brought out served in a pineapple half! And the summer rolls are yummy too. I love Thai Awesome! read more

Still always delighted with my meals, service and impeccably fresh ingredients - never oily, portions great, vegetable always crisp. Stopped in for a quick and healthy sit-down lunch between clients and within 20 min I was on my way or the door satisfied. read more

Thai Smile - Chicken salad, fresh, light, crispy, slightly spicy, juicy, fast, six-pack friendly and super delicious! - Thai Near Me - Hamden, Connecticut

I finally ate at Thai Awesome just a little while ago, and I have to knock it down a star because I enjoyed the takeout more. We got the appetizer sampler, and that was really good, and I got drunken noodles, which had a nice amount of spice and basil flavoring, but service took kind of a long time. It was difficult to get an order in, and when we had a question, or even when we wanted to order our dinners after we finished eating our appetizers, the server seemed very confused and had to run into the kitchen to finish with one order before thinking about ours. So our experience eating there was more like three stars, and I'm averaging that out with my five-star takeout experience to end on a solid four stars. read more

This hole-in-the-wall Thai/Vietnamese restaurant (yes, they serve real Vietnamese food, in spite of the name--I think for some sad reason "Thai" sells more) is an absolute gem. The menu is smaller and there's less seating and it's not a super-fancy atmosphere...but it's also considerably cheaper than all the other Thai places in town (at least $2 less per entree), and honestly, the food is *much* better. I've never been disappointed by anything here. Quite to the contrary, everything I've had here has been excellent. They even serve decent Pho! Go to this place; it'll make you regret eating at the overpriced Thai places downtown! read more