This is a simple & darling little hole-in-the-wall mom & pop-type restaurant. We came before a show at the Balboa & it was a 2minute walk frm there. Our food was delicious - the service friendly and not over bearing. Only minor bummer was they didn't have the wine I wanted, so the Thai iced tea was a delicious replacement. read more

Thai Time - Menu - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

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Ordered 2 mango sticky rice and it was horrible. Tased fishy, rice hard to chew and bag was full of liquid read more

Thai Time - Liquid (imagine how much they put - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

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Summary: Close to the Westin Gaslamp but mediocre food Food: Had the Thai Basil. Generous portion but it tasted and felt like the chicken was cooked earlier in the day and then added to the stir fry at cold with veggies. The temperature of the chicken was simply tepid whereas the veggies were served hot. Also, the chicken was a bit stringy. Overall poor food prep and quality. Flavors were simply average. I'm really dinging Thai Time for the food prep and low quality, stringy chicken. Ambiance: Strip mall going into foreclosure Service: super fast Overall cleanliness: average read more

Thai Time - 44. Hot Basil - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

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Great food, great service, food is delicious! You will not regret giving this place a try.

My bf and I ordered takeout from here for the first time tonight and I put no spice for mine, the pad see ew, I can't handle heat lol. But when I got it home and went to take a bite I noticed it was spicy as hell! I turned on my flash and it was absolutely COVERED in hot chili flakes. It almost felt intentional how much chili flakes were on it The food was good otherwise but a lot less enjoyable with my mouth on fire. read more

Thai Time - #34. Pad See You - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

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Wonderful meal on an early Saturday evening. Had the brisket pho. Super flavorful and filling.

This review is solely based on a GrubHub order so I've never dined in or personally have ordered from the restaurant. They were open late and I was craving Thai and read good reviews. Everything was neatly packaged and the items that could potentially spill had plastic wrap over the container which is smart. I ordered yum woon sen spice level 10, kai qua spice level 8, and crab angles. Right off the bat their spicy to me is not that spicy so in the event you're looking for extra spicy they do add extra chili powder but still not spicy enough for me. Yum woon sen was good it came with ground pork and shrimp. Although the menu on GrubHub states it also includes calamari but it wasn't present in my dish. Kai qua was okay I felt like it was just a plain stir fry noodle dish. What I mean is that it's on the plainer side compared to pad kee mao, pad see ew, or lard nah but it still packed a lot of flavors. Reminds me of like a Lao stir fry noodle dish like kua mee but different flavors and noodles. If that makes sense. The crab angles were not the business. It was literally a huge chunk of cream cheese with tiny pieces of imitation crab that were not enough to mix in with the cream cheese. Had no flavor or no green onions for color. It did come with sweet and sour sauce which saved it a bit. read more

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Really wanted to like this place, but the food was terrible. For context we ordered 3 orders of the yellow curry- it was the consistency of chicken broth- chicken was overcooked and potatoes were undercooked. read more

Restaurant had a wide variety of dishes to choose from at great prices! My niece and I enjoyed chicken pad se ew, chicken pad Thai, and cashew chicken our dishes were so delicious!! the service was also quick and friendly! I definitely recommend this restaurant for anyone visiting DTSD‍ read more

Thai Time - #32. Pad Thai, #34. Pad See You, #45 Cashew Nut - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

My husband and I ( and family and friends) love this restaurant. The service is great and the food is very good. Fresh and authentic. I'm going there today for a a pot of Tom Kha. Yum !! read more

I love this place. I come here for lunch at least once a month. I try not to eat out, but when I do, I always go here. My favorite is the spicy noodle dish level 8 (it's really not that spicy). I've convinced my coworkers to try it and now they order it too. The staff is friendly and food is always ready on time with utensils and napkins. You can order ahead by Yelp, calling it in or dining in. They have several tables indoor and outdoor. read more

I so badly wanted to like this place, it's near my work and I'm looking for a go-to lunch spot. This review is based on my poor dine-in experience during lunch with my partner. We were the only ones in the restaurant. The woman serving us was pleasant enough, but everything else was so poor. I felt I needed to give a heads up to folks in the area to avoid this place. The most frustrating part of the experience besides the mostly inedible food: The owner was sitting at a table next to us on her phone with speakerphone on from the moment we were sat and throughout our entire meal. Still on that call loudly when we left. There was a loud electrical buzzing/droning noise as well, and no music. So all we were listening to the entire visit was this loud phone call and the electrical feedback noise. At one point, a person came in to pick up their order, and the owner, still loudly on her phone, began to scream even louder for the server, in front of the guest, rather than helping the customer herself. It was so bizarre. The food: My stir fry dish was practically inedible. It was wet, not like wet from sauce, like water liquidy wet. The vegetables tasted very bland sitting in liquid. The rice had a very strange flavor rather than being just plain rice. Not like sticky or white rice I've gotten at other Thai places. Weird aftertaste. The lunch special comes with a "soup" and a "salad." The small soup bowl was not even half full and the salad was served in a small ramekin sauce dish. The lettuce looked and tasted old and there was so much dressing on it. I like peanut dressing but this also had a strange aftertaste. I had two bites and couldn't do it. I'm not sure how they felt this was acceptable to serve to paying guests at $15+ per meal. The cleanliness of the restaurant is highly questionable. Just kind of goes with the theme here I guess. I added a star because my partner said his curry had "good flavor." He's an eternal optimist and I love that about him, but he didn't finish his meal, either. So take that however you want lol I know there are other TT locations that are really good, and I genuinely wonder if maybe people left a good review for this place mistaking it for another location. There's no way this situation was a one off. read more

absolutely garbage. think i had food poisoning for 9 days straight!go to a different thai place & do not order here -- terrible quality and overpriced read more

I hate to leave a bad review as this place used to be excellent. Maybe it was an off day? I ordered an expensive beef dish, it was $20 I forgot the name of it. Ribeye maybe? And the crab fried rice. It was awful and the meat was chewy I couldn't eat it. I ended up throwing it all away and eating the white rice. Service was nice although when I asked about the crab fried rice and she said it was OK, I should have ordered something else. I ordered take out so I didn't dine inside. My food was well packed with utensils. However my food was not worth $40. read more

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A great lunch spot for the area! Their lunch menu is amazing, ranging from $11-$13, which includes some fried sides, salad, a soup, and an entree! Another pro is that you can get in and out usually within an hour. Service is pretty quick, which is great if you're on a tight schedule. Our server brought us boxes without us asking and took our order minutes after we sat down. My go-to is the pad see ew which I think is DELICIOUS. You cannot go wrong. However, with spice level, I'd stay within the 2-3 range to be safe. I got 4 and it already had a kick. No complaints. This restaurant is a very short walk from the local courthouses, great especially if you're in jury duty. Not much parking around, so it's best to walk here if you can. read more

Thai Time - Lunch special pad see ew with chicken! - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

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Cute spot to grab dinner before the theater. Had the Pad See You with chicken. The wontons were great too. Food came out fast. My friend loved her Panang Curry. read more

Went for lunch. Drunken noodles lunch special. Noodles were bland and seemed like they were all mashed together like they had been sitting for a while. Sides were luke warm if not cold, again like they were sitting for awhile. Just did not seem fresh at all. Won't be back. read more

This review is based purely on a DoorDash delivery order. I can't speak to the service or ambience, but we absolutely loved the food! We ordered the eggplant with the vegetables and yellow curry with tofu and both were so flavorful and delicious! I was so happy to have a great Vegan option for delivery, especially for late night eats :) read more

Thai Time - 50. Eggplant with vegetables - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

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Food is not what it used to be. Ordered the lunch special Main noodle dish was too salty, small appetizers were bland, salad peanut sauce was too sweet. read more

My husband and I stopped in at Thai Time in the GasLamp area for a quick lunch before heading out to a scheduled excursion. The good things about this place is that 1) it was very close to our hotel. 2) Our waitress was very friendly. 3) Our food came out very quickly. 4) The prices are VERY reasonable for the area. We ordered the spring rolls with peanut sauce and an order of the lunch special chicken pad Thai (it came with a side salad, and hot and sour soup) to share. The portion sizes are generous so it was plenty of food for both of us. Now for the not so good. 1) Our soup was delivered to our table cold. 2) The Tofu spring rolls were just "Ok". Neither of us liked the peanut "sauce" at all. It was VERY thick and was more like a weird sweet peanut butter "dip". The chicken pad was "not bad", but it wasn't great. At best, the food was a 4 out of 10. So, would we eat here again? Probably not. read more

I ordered the pineapple cashew rice and was very disappointed with my order. There were only two small pieces of pineapple and no cashews at all. For the price and description, I expected much better. Unfortunately, I won't be ordering from this restaurant again. read more

*DOORDASH REVIEW* Really decent flavor, I esp liked that you can select spicy level on DoorDash. I got the Pad thai with chicken, green curry, and egg rolls. The green curry was the best dish. But I got Thai spicy for pad Thai and it wasn't that spicy. Will order again! read more

If you need quick and delicious take out don't miss - super nice staff - I had the egg flower soup and a Thai chicken stir fry with basil-both were fantastic! Thanks for a great meal at a great price. I will be back! read more

What a delightful find! Walking distance from the courthouse, for a jury duty lunch. Way better than did court. Really fresh and flavorful Som Tum papaya salad. I like spicy Thai, but this was off the hook at level 6 on 1-10 scale. Easily beyond a Mira Mesa Spices Thai 10. I loved it, but yow.. the chili peppers are fresh and alert. Generous plate too. read more

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I was a bit hesitant after seeing some of the reviews but it was one block from my hotel and I love Thai so I tried it anyway. Glad I did! I ordered the Yellow Curry with Chicken and it was very good! Personally, I would absolutely come back here. read more

Pleasantly surprised by this place. The pad Thai was tasty and portion was good. Price was very reasonable too. Service could be improved a bit and ambiance is okay (noting special). This place was close to my hotel and was quick too. read more

Thai Time - Pad Thai - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

I thought a long time about giving Thai Time two stars. Their lunch specials, generally speaking, are pretty reasonably priced. They provide a lot of food: soup, wonton, egg roll, ample rice and of course a fair amount of the chosen entree. A little orange wedge to clear the palate rounds out a substantial meal. But this is about all I can say about its qualities. In almost every other way, it fell short. First, the food itself was of poor quality. Quantity is nice, but eating so-so to bad food makes amount moot. The wonton and egg roll were not freshly made, as their half-warm and chewy textures attest. The rice, too, tasted as if it had been sitting for quite some time. Worst of all were the sauces: they have no flavor other than salty and a variety of spiciness. In the case of my meal, the cashew nut with chicken, the nuts were burnt. The sauce, which I asked for a medium spiciness, was not spicy at all. Second, the service. It's clear that they are overwhelmed, but the woman who ostensibly owns or co-owns TT was not handling it well. She took several orders from others who came to the counter after I was seated for take away before coming to my table to take mine. I can understand that it was busy and that she had a lot of orders to juggle, but she seemed experienced enough to know how to prioritize customers. This was not only my experience; I witnessed another dine-in customer who was also left languishing in similar circumstances. Lastly, cleanliness. At first appearance, I didn't notice, but the place is none too clean. Had I taken a closer look, I probably would not have eaten here. I cannot speak to other folks' experiences, but Thai Time Downtown (as opposed to its other locations) was for me an unfortunate mistake. read more

The place is decent value for the money. I went for lunch while on jury duty as it is very close to the courthouse. The place smelled strongly of Fabuloso which is a great smell, but it was a bit overpowering. Eating surfaces were clean but the walls look like they haven't been cleaned in 15+ years with food sauce splatter on them. Service was not very quick nor attentive- they seemed understaffed and most parties were seated without menus. Food was subpar but the mushrooms in my beef ginger dish were amazing. Ginger was good too. Beef was mostly dry. They give rice, soup, and an egg roll as part of a lunch deal, but all of those items were subpar to me as well in terms of taste and quality. I would not really recommend them, but still good value for the money. read more

This restaurant is decent, food tastes good, and they have large servings which I enjoy. Unfortunately, I paid extra for protein on my meal which I ordered takeout and when I took it home to eat it was a plain veggie noodle. I was disappointed simply due to the extra cost. Another time, they forgot an item of mine and I had to wait for them to make it. I think they just get so busy they are in a rush and mess orders up so be on the lookout for that. But, not bad overall. read more

Are you kidding me! This is the best Thai food we've ever had. And we've been all around Southeast. Everything is so fresh and delicious, both in flavor and presentation. Doesn't hurt that they have all day/everyday happy hour. We've been here over a dozen times this year. Top picks: get the Green curry and the samosas - you won't regret it. But also the Chinese sausage fried rice is bomb. Warning: Spicy = super spicy. I'm Latina and I love heat but medium was way too much. Trust me, Get mild and ask for chilis on the side so you can control your heat level. read more

Great food. Great service. Three ladies running a gem in San Diego. Lunch special was a deal for downtown. I feel like I just had a home cooked dinner. In the best way. Thank you! read more

Drunk noodles with beef were delicious! It was definitely worth ordering again! I also ordered the Tom yum seafood soup, it's one of my favorite Thai dishes and I was not impressed at all. It wasn't bad but I've definitely had better. All in all this spot is worth another visit! read more

Good food, Good service, and a Good location so I recommend papaya salad so delicious. read more

Thai Time - Chicken wing - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

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The food was really good and the staff were really nice and everything was really clean and overall pleasant experience!!

really cute authentic place with the most adorable Thai momma. fast service and delicious, we will certainly return for many more meals.

the food was delicious, and the service was quick. we got our food very quickly and it was warm and delicious. the sweet lady at the front served us and made sure we were taken care of. would definitely recommend!!! not a fancy place, but one where you can get your food and not feel the need to be dressed up. will be back again soon. read more

First time here and I had high hopes because of the reviews. However I was disappointed. The chicken pad Thai lacked flavor and the chicken wings came out raw/undercooked. Workers were very nice and apologetic, but I'm upset because I was the only person dining in so there was no rush. read more

I stopped by here because it's one of the places downtown that is open late, and it's only a couple blocks from the hotel during a thunderstorm. The staff are very friendly, and the portions are very generous, but I thought the food was just okay. The spring rolls were very crisp on the outside, but the filling felt a bit soggy to me. The vegetable pad thai didn't really do it for me. The portion was generous, but it was filled with veggies that didn't seem to go well with the dish, like broccoli, zucchini, and carrots. The bean sprouts were fresh, and it could have used a little more peanut garnish. There was also a lot more water (possibly from the vegetables being cooked?), definitely not sauce, at the bottom of the dish. I personally would have enjoyed the dish a lot more if it was stir fried more. read more

Thai Time - Spring rolls - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

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Thai Time will you marry me? The food, the flavor, the ambiance. This is one of our favorite food places in San Diego. Yes, we flew for 5 hour to add this to our vacation experience. The prices are amazing and the food is nice and spicy. so good. so much. We"ll see you again next summer. read more

Thai Time - Entree - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

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Pros: Inexpensive (about $1-2 cheaper than other Thai lunch specials) and generous portions. Cons: Food was not that great. The soup was lukewarm (which I noticed more so because it was a cold rain-like day) and the drunken noodles didn't have any "Thai" flavor--it was just a little spicy (I requested mild-medium) and I had to use soy sauce to give some taste. I have been to two other Thai Times and they were better than this one. read more

Thai Time - Soup that came with my lunch special - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

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