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Thai U Up

3.7 (257 reviews)
InexpensiveThai, Food Trucks
Closed 4:00 pm - 8:00 PM
Updated 2 months ago

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Moderate noise
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Good for groups

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David L.

Great tasting Thai food from a popular food truck with a funny name. I've definitely been roped in and would come again to this food truck during my lunch break. The food truck location changes everyday. I came by as a part of my Eastlake Escapade (see Other section for description of what this is). Food I got the crispy garlic chicken that they are best known for, according to the guy at the window. The chicken was nice and crispy in the outside and very juicy on the inside. There was never a dry bit of meat. The outside glaze is sweet, and not excessively fishy since they use a shrimp paste house sauce. It's over a thin bed of lettuce but it's nowhere close to being like a side of salad. Best eat the food while it's still hot! Atmosphere Food truck so you eat wherever you want. The parking lot at 1201 Eastlake Ave is very safe and there is plenty of room to quickly pull in and order food. Pricing Prices for the portion were decent given the increase in cost of food, gas, and inflatio. The value for food is good. There's a $0.50 charge for ALL card purchases. Service  Excellent service. The man helping me at the window was very nice. I got there when there was no line and had my food within 3 minutes. Other Trucks are tucked away at the back of the parking lot so make sure to look for it!! My Eastlake Escapade refers to my food adventures that I go on during my lunch break since I work in the area. One of the common spots I go to is the Adaptive & Bloodworks parking lot at 1551 Eastlake OR 1201 Eastlake parking lot where they host a daily rotating food truck.

Today's order vs usual order ... both containers came from The sane restaurant.
Nikko Y.

Ordered from here many times, usually they are on point. My Uber order today unfortunately was not good. I ordered Panang Curry as we always do, and garlic chicken. Both meals were cut in half in size, and not closed properly. Tried to call to have them fix it, just goes to an answering machine. It's really hard trying to support local businesses during this time, when the quality is slipping. If there was a change to the menus, it should reflect that on Uber eats. Not happy with this order.

William L.

I love this truck and always order catering for our big family. I like the chicken wings with the thai chili sauce, the kee mao noodle is always amazing. They also do delivery to our door. Thank you thai-u-up

After the dude took my order he tells me it's cash only. I ordered the Pad See Iew online. Waited forever yuck, never again.
Edub W.

I had a hard time finding the truck. That was fun!!!!! So I go up to it and I ordered the Pad See Iew with chicken. I asked the guy in the truck if they take cards. He said no, only cash. I'm like, you got to be kidding me!! I don't remember reading that online. So I asked him if I could order online on my phone and pick it up. He said yes, I could. And that you can use a card when you order online. After taking the time to drive to White Center and find this place I was not going to leave empty handed. So I order my dish. I ask the guy how long it will take to get it. He says about 5 minutes. Not bad right? He confirmed my order online and I thought I was all set. So I'm standing there waiting. People came after me and ordered. One lady went and got cash at the gas station and ordered. She got her food before me. So I walk up to the guy at the cash register and I say to him, after all these people are getting their food, when will my food be ready? He said soon. I waited almost 22 minutes in the hot heat for a dish that ended up not even being that good. What a let down. All the way from Burien I drove to find them. Found them. Then the food is sub par. Just like the service. This dish I got was not worth the time and trouble and cost it took tonight. I am REALLY disappointing. Hopefully I can find a better Thai place with better food and service.

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Jared M.

Overall a very solid Thai truck and only reason it gets 3* instead of 4* is because it sucks to grab cash to pay for the meal. They only take cash or check and it's a complete pain for the way I pay for all other food and pretty much all else. I usually get the pad prik king guy and it's one of my favorite dishes in west Seattle, the sauce on the hottest they make is still pretty mild and yet it's a tasty treat. If you get the pad Thai as well you can move the rice from the noodles to the pad prik king (because there is no reason for it there) you get after more of the juice. Both are tasty dishes but could be hotter when you ask for their hottest. I like my Thai really spicy and they don't quite make it that hot but overall pretty tasty.

A brand spanking new Thai food truck found on Capitol Hill!
Moshi M.

Found today July 3, 2018 infront if grocery outlet parking lot on MLK/ Union. That was really good pad kee Mao noodles. Nice portions of veggies, tofu and noodles! $10.05 total with tax. I'd be back!

Sean K.

I ordered pad Thai with beef($13.45), and fish cakes($7.95) for take out through grubhub with a $3.53 tip and $2.16 in sales tax = $27.09. No big deal. I just got paid and decided to splurge a bit. I got there 5 minutes early and he told me to wait at least 10 minutes. No problem. I get my food 15 minutes later and I am immediately disappointed at the appearance of the portion size. The light weight of the bag was even more telling of how small it was. I open it up and first thing I see is rice. Rice on my rice noodles. Cool. I asked if my order got mixed up because I didn't think pad Thai came with rice and he assured me that's what the order entailed. I asked for a refund after explaining that the portion size was far too small and I didn't want rice on my pad Thai. he refused to give me my money back and I told him he's working cheap business, and his reply was "Yeah well, we're making money!" As if he knew he was ripping people off. Bad business and really poor customer service. Painfully unprofessional and the fish cakes were garbage. 0/5

Second order - got a pic. Potstickers, tofu pad Thai & chicken fried rice
Sarina S.

Best pad thai I have ever had! I forgot to take a pic :p My boyfriend and I ordered through grubhub and got the tofu pad thai, chicken fried rice & spring rolls - spice level 2 - the perfect amount of spice. The food was delivered hot & fresh. Good portion size for the price. Will definitely be back!

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I typically like them but both of our dishes were very overpowered with fish sauce last time so was kinda gross.

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5 years ago

Super yummy food. Everything I've had there is delicious. My favorite is the Tom Kha Gai soup!

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Asian gas station food tastes better. The spring rolls and pot stickers are disgusting. So disappointing!!! Do not order food here.

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Worst thai food truck ever. All they dump is cabbage and white rice in their 10$ cashew delight. I wish I could give zero.

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The crispy garlic chicken is the best!!! This food truck used to be outside my office and it was hard not to get it every day.

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I always enjoy a Thai Iced Tea and a noodle dish to go. not too spicy.

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