This is a FINAL TRIBUTE to a wonderful lady Chef who has graced west end of Vancouver for over 20 yrs! The Owner Chef decided to sell her business after all these years and we were lucky to be part of a "farewell" party ... we always loved this small neighbourhood restaurant and whenever we are visiting this part of town we would come in and say hi to the owner and enjoy a lovely Thani meal ... its like visiting a friend's home ... warm ambiance ... lovely people lovely service! As they say all good things come to an end! But they also say "never say never" maybe just maybe, the Chef decides to have another go somewhere?! read more

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Under new management and soon to become Bangkok Bistro, I came with coworkers and managed to try so many different dishes. The highlight was the mango sticky rice read more

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Excellent thaï restaurant. We ordered the chicken pad thaï and the beef masaman curry with some rice. Lots of flavours, the masaman curry was a bit better than the pad thaï but close. Service was fast and prices in the usual average for Vancouver. I tried the thaï ice tea but that was too sweet for me. The beer was a better choice. We will be back to try some more dishes read more

Thida Thai Resturant - Thai Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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I will always be trying to find the perfect Thai take-away. This isn't it. The portions small. The taste is good with the tom kha, satay small sticks. Other dishes are under seasoned. I think it has gone down hill since the new owners. It's the same dishes but not the same flavours. read more

Just not the same under new management. Pad Thai is brown in colour instead of the beautiful pinky/ red that it used to be. The prawns were not deveined either, um no. The red curry was okay but more like a soup than a curry and had soggy green pepper. No more homemade hot sauce, packaged instead. Guess it is time to find a new spot for Thai! read more

Tried this place for the first time due to the reviews. Well, our food arrived and it's a no go for us. The quantity is too little even for 2 people and a kid. We ordered a pad Thai, 2 curries, one veggie dish, 2 rice. The boxes of rice is minuscule. read more

Thida Thai Resturant - Rice, half a curry and another curry dish with a ton of sauces. - Thai Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

I'm not overly familiar with lunch spots in the West End, but I can't imagine too many would have a comparable deal to Thida Thai. For around $10 today I got a lovely plate of green curry, rice, spring roll, and salad. The curry hit the spot--creamy coconut base with just enough heat and a heaping portion of deliciously aromatic rice. The veggie spring roll and salad were standard. All in all a delicious, filling, and uncomplicated meal that I would happily repeat again. The place was quite empty at around 1:00pm. Our server was friendly, and the food was delivered quickly. Thanks, Thida Thai! read more

Thida Thai Resturant - Green curry lunch set - Thai Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Tried this place for the first time and it was absolutely delicious. The food was fresh and the atmosphere is real nice. I will definitely go back read more

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My "go-to" Thai resto (Thai Basil) was full, so I thought I'd give Thida Thai another try - I hadn't been there since I moved to Vancouver 20 years ago, figured if they were around that long they must be doing something right. Well, no. I found their food bland, adding prik naam plaa (fish sauce with chilies) made it spicy-but-bland. Pretty sure they delivered one completely wrong dish unless their interpretation of phat gai gaprao (chicken with holy basil) is *completely* different from my concept of. I lived in Thailand for a while and have studied Thai cooking, so I do have some "cred" in this cuisine. I'll stick to Thai Basil. read more

It really is hard to find a good Thai place around the city. With that said, this place may be my new benchmark. Parking is virtually non-existent here. You may want to walk. The staff are actually Thai, and are prompt. Excellent. The inside is decorated with many pictures of Buddha and elephants. It's a bit on the tacky side (looks like mid 90s) but the ambience is nice. Their soup is freaking good. I'm not sure about the authenticity (I don't remember having mushrooms in my soup in Thailand) but they had just the right mixture of sweet / sour / saltiness / spiciness. omg. I cannot praise the soup enough. Yes it is pricey at $10+ per bowl (large), but split among your friends, this stuff is crack. I also had a chance to try the red curry with rice. The rice is $1.95 on top of your dish. This is nickel-and-diming in my opinion, which is why I am giving 4 instead of 5 stars. I'm sure no reasonable person would eat an entire bowl of pure gravy and not go away hungry. But the quality of the food was again, excellent. Just the right mixture of spices. Highly recommended. read more

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Yuk yuk yuk!! I'm not one to sugarcoat things and it was the grossest Thai food EVER!!! We ordered pad Thai and it arrived at the table all red in color that tasted like ketchup and it had so much fish sauce in that I put a mouthful in my mouth to try it and had to spit it out again! Awful awful awful! Rice was rice and you can't go wrong with rice, curry was 4 on 10 and the spring rolls were a 5 on 10. We walked to the Westend to try any new restaurant but this was a terrible choice!! Will not return read more

This is our favourite Thai place - the Phad See Ew is amazing! And the photo doesn't do it justice. read more

Thida Thai Resturant - Phad See Ew - my wife just told me the photo doesn't do it justice. She's right! - Thai Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Got a smell of cat wee at my table. Food was mediocre at best. Waiter was nice, hence the second star.

Sometimes you're better off dead There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head You think you're mad, too unstable Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables We arrived in Vancouver and by the time we got through customs, found and figured out the Skytram, found the bus stop (with the help of a Vancouverian, walked one block to find the hotel, and unpacked, it was almost 6 pm. We then walked down Davie Street to find somewhere to eat. I didn't check Yelp, so we had no clue what was good, but one rule, look for places that had a lot of people. Most of those places were packed, so as we walked back on the other side of the street, we came upon Thida. In a restaurant in a West End town Call the police, there's a madman around Running down underground to a dive bar In a West End town By this time, I was starving and punchy, and it had been a long time since we've had Thai food, so we went in. The interior looks bigger because of the long mirror on one side. Even though the weather was perfect, they had the AC on and it felt great. There were several tables already eating and they appeared to be enjoying their meals. Always a good sign. Too many shadows, whispering voices Faces on posters, too many choices If, when, why, what? How much have you got? Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often? And which do you choose, a hard or soft option? (How much do you need?) We ordered the usual, panang curry and spicy drunken noodles, both at medium heat, and rice. Two Singhas and we were set. Apparently, steamed rice is extra. Which is okay. I guess in the states we're pretty spoiled. The panang was delicious! So much so, we will probably be back for it and to try some of the other dishes. The drunken noodles were good as well, but the panang was the real winner. In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls Oooh West End town, a dead end world East End boys, West End Girls West End girls Our server was very friendly and so sweet! Checked back with us a couple of times, and was so apologetic when she gave us the wrong check, The other workers seemed a little too serious. Good ambiance and a great location in the West End. (We ate here three times during our week stay in Vancouver) read more

The history of the drunken noodles (the dish) is that it's something Thai people order or make at home to cure themselves from a night out and heavy drinking. It's supposed to be simply noodles and whatever else you can find in the fridge, and to be spicy. It's usually very tasty and unique, esp when they use cherry tomatoes, fresh thai basil and peppers. Well, ordered some drunken noodles at thida thai. the dish was put well together, but missed the freshness (not to mention there's no tomatoes on sight). It's tasty, but you can do a better one at home - which shouldnt be the case, ever! Not happy, but will certainly try their other dishes. read more

Thida Thai Resturant - drunken noodles, to go - Thai Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Solid thai food in funky thai inspired surroundings. We had the Tom Yum Soup, Pad See-Iew with beef and the Massaman Curry with chicken - we were very happy with our choices, we found the flavours to be fantastic. The noodles in the Pad See-Iew were overcooked in our opinion, but the flavours and amount vegetables still made it an excellent dish that we would order again without hesitation. The service was relatively stand off-ish but they got the job done, and were available when we needed them. We found the curry portion on the small side, but so was the price compared to other places. Recommended and will go back. read more

Well, this place is decent. And I've been going here for years. But a little while back my experience wasn't that grand. My friends wanted thai so we went here. Thai Basil was closed. Otherwise would have went there. Anyway we ordered several dishes, and a couple Singha each. After we waited to pay the bill, as one of my friends had to use the toilet. They were closing, so we paid our bill and finished our beer. Then the owner approached the table and rudely said they were closed now and we had to go. We told her that we were just waiting for our friend in the toilet and would be on our way in a few minutes. It didn't leave a very good impression. My friends were shocked after we tipped well and had a large bill. To be fair I have been back once since. And the food/service was better. The owner wasn't around so maybe that's why? But it still leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Thai Basil is my go to Thai place, and will continue to be. They represent Thai hospitality a lot better than this place. read more

Ordered food for pick up for the first time tonight. Gave a good tip to the restaurant to help support the smaller business, however, on arrival home, there was a missing dish. We called up and got no apology, no efforts made to solve the problem, just "you can come back for it". Since we were unable to come back, we lost the money for that dish. No effort was made on their part to fix the issue. The food we did receive was hit and miss. Ginger chicken was good but the red curry was disappointing as it tasted of pure melted butter. Agree with previous reviews that the rice portion was ridiculously small. Won't be coming back. read more

This restaurant is Classically Thai. Relaxed atmosphere with traditional Thai ambiance. It is clean and the servers are happy, great food presentation and good portions. This place is pretty small so it's easy to walk pass it, but if you are in this neighborhood. You should pop by. read more

Thida Thai Resturant - Beef fried rice with spring roll and salad and Shrimp curry. - Thai Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

I ordered my favourites to give this restaurant a chance to impress and trying to support restaurants during COVID. I got my Penang curry with chicken. Which was rich and creamy and has a lovely flavour. When I had gotten halfway through my first helping of Pad Thai, that's when I saw the BIG BLACK HAIR intertwined in my pad Thai. That was the end of that. It was literally mixed into the dish. I had only taken a couple of bites of my dinner but in the trash it went, as when I scooped some sauce from the curry onto the rice, there was another one. Sorry, no bueno. read more

Service is excellent, food comes quickly and is SO GOOD. I'm a big fan of Thai food having been to Thailand 3 times. It's authentic and delicious. A staple on Davie St. read more

I'll be honest, I almost never order pad thai in Thai restaurants. It's not because I don't like pad thai or that I think I'm ~too cool~ for it; it's that when I'm at a Thai restaurant I'm usually looking for bold, big flavors, and pad thai is more often than not one of the more mild offerings on a Thai menu. So that might be skewing my review a bit here, 'cause I ordered pad thai when I came in for a late lunch. Like I said, it's not something I normally do, but I'd been in an accident that morning and so I was craving mild flavors. First off, props to the restaurant for making my pad thai with clear noodles instead of rice noodles (turning my pad thai into pad woon sen) when I requested it. What I don't get, however, is why I was even asked "chicken or shrimp?" when I was ordering the pad thai and yet received only chicken after I'd said, "Shrimp, please." Normally I'd be a hardass and send that plate back, but like I said, accident, late lunch, worn out and hungry... you get the deal. I just ate the thing, and to their credit it was good. A little too sweet and one-note for me to truly love it, but good. The extras that were part of the lunch special were just a total waste of time: A side salad of filler lettuce topped with a squirt of bottled ranch that had the cloudy, dull-satin sheen of partially hydrogenated oil was accompanied by a spring roll that was okay on its own but dragged down by a dipping sauce that just tasted like sugar. I was expecting a hit of lime juice or vinegar or Thai chile or nam pla or garlic or SOMETHING to balance the sweetness, but it was basically just syrup. If they can't get the extras right, they'd be better off removing them from the lunch specials and just charging $0.25 less for lunch or something. Based on the other reviews I'm curious to see how they do with their curry, so I wouldn't mind a repeat visit, but I won't be heartbroken if I don't end up going. read more

Ok, Where do I start with this Gem of a Thai restaurant... I have been there 3 times now and have been very impressed with each dish I have tried... I am surprised that every time I walk in for the evening/weekend dining hour I am met with a lack of customers. The place is a bit empty..A bit disconserting..but non the less amazing food! The servers are very friendly and have a good grasp of the menu and the ingredients. Decor is nice, a bit dark but still quite nice.. I always order the Prawn Pad Thai and Pad Cashew Nut...I know what you're thinking and I know..very typical white interpretation of Thai food.. Just hear me out... The pad thai has amazing flavor, texture and aroma. YOU MUST ASK FOR THE PAD THAI WITH TAMARIND!!!!!! They usually use ketchup because as the server explained...People don't like tamarind and prefer ketchup.....I am in shock!!! Ketchuppy Pad thai..no thanks! An amazing dish..always a favorite! The Pad Cashew nut... Geeze..it has an amazing basil, sweet undertone that bring the crispy vegetables to life...Just awesome. A sweet tangy winner! You must try I have also ordered the Yellow Chicken Curry and CHicken Satay sticks.. Both dishes are winners in my book! The curry is rich and very hearty, the satay sticks are juicy and full of penut buttery satay goodness lol! One miss at this restaurant is the Papaya salad... A bit soggy, lack of boom chicka wow wow...just made me sad...Still on search for the best papaya salad around town.. sigh :( My take from Thida Thai... GO THERE!!! Definately worth it!!!!!!!!!! read more

Having dined in and taken away, I have to admit it, this is our new fave take out spot on Davie (miss you old-Kam's-Place). The pad see ew trumps most pad Thai's I've encountered, hands down. Choose between beef, pork, chicken or tofu. Tofu wins in our house 9 times out of 10. And every time I complain, wishing there was more of it, I have to remember, one dish serves two of us perfectly. Well, perfectly when accompanied with a curry. Red curry is still my favourite, but the massaman I just inhaled had a great creamy kick to it. The staff is kind, fast AND they have tamarind candies. Winning, happy, smiley times all around. read more

I'm gonna put them on da map..all this talk of Thai food here and there from Marc D started this craving and with this nice weather outside, I trekked from my desk to Thaida on Davie and Bute! How did I forget to yelp about them before? I must give credit. Its good Thai food, especially when I am comparing them to the Thai House chains or fusion places or Chili House or Salathai, yes, its even better than Salathai, well at least its cheaper. I've had their pad thai before and it did pass my pad thai test but today I had their pad see ew which is a rice noodle dish stir fried with meat of your choice, veges, lots of garlic and a light sweet soy, fish sauce and basil. It was really good. May be the best pad see ew I've had. And the lunch combo came with a piping hot spring roll and salad for $8.50. Bargain or wut?!?! There's better thai places but those need long drives or bridges to cross but for a westend/downtown Thai place, they're good. Now I am looking forward to Marc D.'s take on this place. :) Arroy Mak Mak! read more

Food is nice. Space of the tables are a bit small. That is why losing one start for that. Just suitable for two people. We have a group of four and we ordered 5 dishes. Hard to sit comfortably to have our meal. read more

THAI'M TO GO Quick and to the point, Anything else would be better than this. It was mediocre at best for the 2 dishes ordered. (drunken noodles and Pad Thai). To top it off they charged for a 2nd glass of flat diet coke without even letting us know that they charge for it. Who does this still? read more

Depends what you're looking for; it's a nicer decor/atmosphere if you're looking for a sit-in feel, but I prefer Mango Thai, which is across the street, albeit, a bit more casual but more natural light. Plus the taste is better, easy for me to compare with green curry, that's all I eat lol. Date worthy here, an iffy, good enough decor to pass, brown theme everywhere. Street meter parking. Not much parking, no delivery. read more

While out walking in the neighbourhood we made a mental note to dine at this restaurant because we love Thai food. When we arrived the place was fairly quiet, but by the time we left there wasn't a seat in the place. Our waitress was pleasant...I believe she was working the entire restaurant as kitchen staff assisted in bringing out food. On to the food.....it was "ok". There was nothing memorable about the food or anything that would spur an urge to return. It was typical Thai food that you can get at any restaurant. Was I disappointed we dined here...no. Would I go back...probably not...strictly due to the fact that I've had better elsewhere. read more

Good food but smells like a litter box. A clean litter box! And I use the wheat-based litter. Had the fish cakes. Never had them before anywhere. Consistency of eggs and tofu and bland but the sauce was sweet and crunchy and good. Tom Yum soup was tasty. Green Curry extra spicy awesome. Our waitress recommended it. Pad Gra Pao had nice crispy veggies and tasty sauce. Also got extra spicy. My husband had a sweaty nose by the end of dinner. His name is Tom. Now it's Tom Yum. read more

Was there on Monday night, small place with approx 12 small table, pretty quiet night, the waitress greeted us upon we walked in, very friendly waitress. We ordered the Thai beers, papaya salad, DongYum Soup with prawn, green curry with chicken, one bowl of coconut rice and noodles. Firstly, the beers is light, pretty good smell of wheat, nice beers. Good one to order. Then Papaya salad, way too sour and the papaya is too hard to eat, not recommend. Next is DongYum Soup, I would give 2 stars as the soup base is too salty. Green Curry, one of the best for the night, perfect taste of curry and the chicken is tender, perfect with coconut rice. Last is the noodle, we end up has to return the noodle as the noodle is not fresh at all. The waitress was willing to cancel the order for us. I would try some other Thai restaurant next time as I was a bit disappointed this time, even the waitress is quite friendly, the bill automatically added 15% service charge on top of the bill which is fine because of the friendly waitress, however, they should really think about changing the chef as other Thai place offer much better quality food near by. read more

Decent food. Nice staff. Reasonable prices. I had some drunken chicken noodles for a late lunch on the weekend with a couple friends. The noodles were very tasty, but despite being designated with a chili pepper, meaning spicy, they were only maybe a mild-medium. I like it spicy! Anyhow, the meal was good. It came out fast, we all enjoyed our meals, and then we paid. The service was quick and friendly, and the bill was brought to the table with tamarind candies. Not much else to say, except the drunken noodles did not get me drunk. That was a disappointment. I'd come back to try them again, for sure. I'll just ask for extra spice! read more

So far there's been mostly good things to say about this place. Well I'm gonna keep that ball rolling! I discovered Thida Thai a few years ago when I was strapped for cash but wanted a decent ethnic meal. Davie Street has no shortage of restaurants, but this place is a real gem. It's small, quiet and pretty authentic (as authentic as you can expect in Canada, anyway). My wife and I often go back here and order a few dishes to split. I have yet to try something from the menu that I don't like. And the best part is the price! Super cheap for lunch. It's also close enough that you could order your food to go and stroll down to English Bay or Sunset Beach to enjoy your meal by the water. read more

Coming from SE Asia, I'm not doing back flips for this place. Especially when there are so many other Thai food places in Downtown Vancouver! I found the serving portions at this place stingy; and the prices too high for the value and quality of food. Don't get me wrong: the food isn't horrible... Just not great either (for the price that you pay). I only tried this place upon a friend's request that day. Won't see me coming in here again. read more

I'm fully in agreement with Phil S. on Thida Thai. It's so much better than the chain restaurants, and has an authenticity that I really value. The food is delicious, the service is friendly and pretty efficient, it's a great place for people watching on Davie, and the price is right. Simply, and great place for Thai food! read more

This place could be so much better! The BF came here and has decided he likes this place so I humoured him and came along since my favourite Thai place is closed until Jan.15th! Now that's a winter vacation! Sheesh! Anyways, we came in and the place was empty, I couldn't decide on what to order since they do have quite an extensive menu (I only ordered from the lunch menu last time so it wasn't as big) but I finally decided on the Eggplant Delight (I can't remember the Thai name for it), and the BF ordered the pineapple fried rice, and a iced coffee, from our very shy and quiet server (not sure if she was the same girl I had last time, but don't be shy, we don't bite I promise!) The iced coffee and food arrived pretty quickly, and I was excited to have a nice hot and spicy dish to make my nose run more on a cold rainy day. Unfortunately there was not a drop of spice in my dish, sure it was flavourful with eggplant and basil, but when you order something on the menu with a chili pepper next to it you have expectations. The dish was good, yes, but it wasn't what I was expecting. I also would have liked it if my stir-fried veggies came with more sauce. When you order a side of rice with your stir fry, the rice is supposed to help soak up all the sauce and juices and be just as delicious, but instead I found my white starchy rice naked a lot of the time instead of swimminng in sauce. We had to go up to the counter to get our bill, which was kind of strange since only one other person had wandered in since we arrived, so I am not sure why they didn't just bring it with the leftovers we had them pack up? Whatever. I paid my bill, left a small tip and will probably be dragged back in the future by the BF. It's not that I don't like this place, it's just that I think they could do so much better! read more

Two stars are based on awful service, or lack thereof. I've been here a few times, all in a span of a bout a year, 4 years ago. Always had great experience service and food wise. Went for dinner here a couple of nights ago, they were quite slow. We sat down (there were two of us), server brought by menus and went off to do other things. About 5-7 minutes later I looked around to see if she was busy, and maybe on the way to bring us at least water or ask for drink orders. We were sitting with menus closed at that point. The server was cleaning off another table and paid absolute 0 attention to us. I figured ones she took away the tray of dishes from table she was clearing up, she would come by....alas another 7 minutes later she never come by, asked for drinks or acknowledged our existence. There was another server at the bar chatting with a friend (she might have been off). Needless to say, we got up and left. I have been a server myself, so this comes from a place of full understanding that things might be busy, you could be tired and etc. However, I would not ever let customers sit without any acknowledgement for 15 minutes+. Too bad, since from what I remember they had good Thai food, but this one experience makes me hesitant to ever come back. read more

I'm somewhat torn with this review. I would like to give 3.5 stars. I have no real complaints per se other than me being picky. The service was friendly, the place clean and the food tasty, but not stellar...and, crucially, not as 'Thai' as I would like. Overall, I suspect they are being too cautious with Canadians, choosing to err on the side of sweet with their dishes (or at least the dishes we tried). The Kra Pao Gai was ok, but certainly not spicy, despite confirming that yes I would like it spicy. Kee Mao noodles were similarly sweet and perhaps a little oily, but hey, iit would be perfect for soaking up some booze. What this restaurant needs is the standard Thai accompaniments found in most restaurants in Thailand (fish sauce, sugar, etc.)....the most important of which, the vinegar with chili. Perhaps more for Thai virgins read more

On a rainy cold Vancouver night tried this place as a friend had recommended it. It's quite small but cute, the decor is not really Thai but I was there for food and not ambience. Our server was nice but changed through the meal which I always find odd, as you are not sure what you are tipping for. We started off with Spring Rolls which as always are delicious, and were more on the greasy side at this place. For main I gave the Red Chicken Curry with Rice a try. The portion sizes are quite small and had it not been for the beer I would've left not entirely satisfied. Overall this food is good but in a city with such amazing options, I doubt that I'll be back any time soon. read more

Thida Thai restaurant has been around for a few years. I've been there twice and both times have been disappointed. We ordered chicken and beef specials. The chicken stew had almost no chicken in it. The ginger beef was pretty good. What really got me was the service. We never got checked on, our dishes were dirty and the bathroom looked like it wasn't cleaned in a while. Will not be going back. read more