Thai spot popular for takeout that serves up traditional appetizers, pan-fried noodles & veggies.
came in around 6:30pm on a wednesday evening and got seated immediately.
ordered the chicken salad, which is sometimes called larb on the menu in other thai restaurants. flavor was good though i wish it was spicier. none of the entrees or salads come with rice. decent food for the price.
Their Thai food is very authentic! The fried rice is very tasty and very much like the Thailand. The noodle dishes are very good too especially Lad Na, thick noodle with gravy. I had it with Tofu and it was wonderful. Pad see ew, stirred fried noodle with pork is also good. Last but not least, the beef noodle is very Thai style and yummy. Chicken satay and Curry puff are a must for appetizer. We had mango sticky rice as dessert (depending on mango availability). The owners are very kind and service are super great. We could not be more happier to be at that place.
I've been eating here for years and they are consistently excellent! You will NOT be disappointed by any dish they serve. They're always friendly and accommodating. The owner is a humble, hard working man who's eager to make your dining experience a pleasure. His wife heads the kitchen and is exacting in providing the best possible quality!
I especially appreciate the little efforts they make to improve. Recently, they've changed the way they serve a simple bowl of plain rice. It used to come in a mound in the bowl like every other place. But now, they use a heart shaped mold. Clearly they don't need to do that, but it shows that they make that little extra effort. I really love that they care enough to do that.
I've had nearly everything on their menu and have NEVER been dissatisfied!
I HIGHLY recommend this place!!!
Great place foe delicious foiod, friendly and fast service at a reasonable price. Best Tom Yum soup I've ever had.
Servings are generous and flavorful. They are willing to swap ingredients if you wish to customize your rider.
Good food, okay prices. Delicious Thai food.
Best duck soup I've ever had ❤️
came in around 6:30pm on a wednesday evening and got seated immediately.
ordered the chicken salad, which is sometimes called larb on the menu in other thai restaurants. flavor was good though i wish it was spicier. none of the entrees or salads come with rice. decent food for the price.
Great place foe delicious foiod, friendly and fast service at a reasonable price. Best Tom Yum soup I've ever had.
Servings are generous and flavorful. They are willing to swap ingredients if you wish to customize your rider.
I've been eating here for years and they are consistently excellent! You will NOT be disappointed by any dish they serve. They're always friendly and accommodating. The owner is a humble, hard working man who's eager to make your dining experience a pleasure. His wife heads the kitchen and is exacting in providing the best possible quality!
I especially appreciate the little efforts they make to improve. Recently, they've changed the way they serve a simple bowl of plain rice. It used to come in a mound in the bowl like every other place. But now, they use a heart shaped mold. Clearly they don't need to do that, but it shows that they make that little extra effort. I really love that they care enough to do that.
I've had nearly everything on their menu and have NEVER been dissatisfied!
I HIGHLY recommend this place!!!
Authentic and best tasting Thai I’ve ever had. Definitely coming back for more spicy seafood!
Best Thai Food in San Francisco! Team who works here is so nice and the food is phenomenal.
The Food was amazing! Very nice staff and more than interesting ambiance.
My friends and I come to this place weekly and Manee always remembers us and makes us laugh. Great food too, they have decent vegan options. My favorite is the eggplant tofu. And the brown rice comes in the shape of a heart! So cute. It's a bit pricey ($29 for eggplant tofu and brown rice including tax and tip) but worth it for the experience.
Delicious local Thai restaurant in SF Mission
The food was delicious, I don't think I've ever scarfed down so much eggplant in one sitting, I will definitely be making another trip sometime. This was my first time trying thai food btw. Don't forget to follow my account for more great ideas on an eventful day in the bay area!
The service was super slow (only one server for the entire restaurant). Food took a while to arrive and they messed up a couple things. The food itself was also fairly average / bland.
Ordered soup with fish balls that were obviously just frozen - they were still cold in the center. Friendly service.
Get the pad Thai.
BEST pad Thai! Super tasty.
This place slaps
Their Thai food is very authentic! The fried rice is very tasty and very much like the Thailand. The noodle dishes are very good too especially Lad Na, thick noodle with gravy. I had it with Tofu and it was wonderful. Pad see ew, stirred fried noodle with pork is also good. Last but not least, the beef noodle is very Thai style and yummy. Chicken satay and Curry puff are a must for appetizer. We had mango sticky rice as dessert (depending on mango availability). The owners are very kind and service are super great. We could not be more happier to be at that place.
Had the best duck pad Thai 👌🏽. The customer service was amazing as well! Definitely recommend this place!!!
Great place for Thai food. Panang curry and pad Thai are 👍
Best curry I’ve ever had (panang). Highly recommend. Grandma is just the sweetest. Can’t wait to be back in town to eat there again.
Best curry I’ve ever had, amazing service!!!
Had an excellent experience here. Food was great. Service was excellent. Atmosphere was very nice. All in the heart of the Castro. Highly recommend!
$27 for Pad Thai, not including tip! Rip off
We ordered a variety of dishes and they were all delicious and were ready in 25 minutes. We'll be back.
Yellow curry with chicken reminds me of the curry I grew up with. So delicious!
Excellent service and food was delicioso.
非常好吃!强烈推荐泰式奶茶和冬阴功汤!
Was looking for good Tom-Yom soup & found the most authentic Thai place I have come across since Thailand. The food is delicious, the staff is super attentive and friendly & the prices are ok. Dine in, take out, deliver however u get this, just do it. Thank them later 😋😍
We’ve decided to pop in for a quick snack - staff are every nice and attentive. Food 4/5 - Tom kha soup was very lemony and it could do with more coconut to add to the flavour. Pad Thai was a little bit too sweet. Jaskinw tea was great. Prices are decent and portions are ok. Place is a little bit too dark and too quiet (there was no music in the background at all).
😉AMAZING👍🏼‼️
A little pricey for Thai food but really yummy! I enjoyed the yellow curry.
One of our favourite Thai restaurants in San Francisco. Great service and a wide range of choices on the menu
Wide variety of dishes, well prepared.
The food is very good but the best part of this restaurant is the supernice server who works there on the weekends. Extremely friendly.
Although it was pride weekend, the team tried their best to ensure everyone was served as orderly and promptly as possible. Kudos!
Wow, this place has really gone downhill. What used to be a pretty good Thai place has slid into somewhere between mediocre and pretty bad. Part of the problem seems to be a staffing issue. Two people were running around like crazy trying to serve everyone. The service was subsequently slow, and when the food finally came it was cold. And the quality of the food is poorer than it used to be as well. Even the menus, which used to be a multi page affair bound in leatherette was now a curled-up laminated list. I don’t know what happened to this place but it’s pretty bad even for a neighborhood noted for its mediocre food. I would definitely avoid.
Ughh
Ingredients were not that nice, lots of inexpensive filler root vegetables. Curry had very little chicken in it, basil/beef was overloaded with fish sauce. Can't recommend it.
I ordered takeout: vegetable pad see ew, red curry with chicken, and string beans with beef. Medium spice level for all.
The red curry with chicken and the string beans with beef were to die for. Everything was so savory, so warming. The meat was perfectly tender. I’ve been sampling Thai places for months, looking for a replacement after my former favorite Thai place closed (Me & Tasty), and I’ve finally found it. This absolutely hit the spot. This is my favorite Thai food in the city.
With that said, the pad see ew wasn’t my favorite. The noodles were tasty, and the tofu was delicious, but it was a bit bland.
My order was, at most, 2 minutes late, which I did not mind; they threw in some sticky rice as an apology. It was also amazing.
I will absolutely be back.
Delicious food and great service.
Every time I've been here, they never disappoint! Excellent customer service, perfect portions... Took two friends here for their first time and they were delighted! Can't wait to come back!
Fantastic and very nice service. Great local spot for takeout and dine in!
good food always
Pad see ew was meh. Noodles themselves were fine but the veggies and shrimp had absolutely 0 flavor like they were literally cooked in water and not even tossed in salt or butter and just added on top.
Excellent food and service!
Excellent Thai food for a good price. I've only had takeout from here but really enjoyed the Veggie Pra Ram which is vegetables and tofu in a peanut sauce. The peanut sauce is the best I've had in SF so far. They have a separate menu for vegetarian items for all parts of their menu (soups, salads, appetizers, entrees) with lots of good items to choose from. Looking forward to ordering again!
Our favorite place for Thai food in the Castro. Great service and food. We usually have an appetizer platter that has a good combination of plates.
Nice servers. Food is mediocre but good enough for me!
Tiny portion, decent food
Had lunch with a friend, really good service. We both had curry chicken, yellow and red. Both were great flavor with lots of chicken, one with eggplant and the other with potato. $12.95 a good price.
Yummy.
Coming back to life after pandemic. No fun waiters back to work yet
Friendly service, great food, great for takeout or dining in. The coconut pumpkin curry actually comes inside an actual pumpkin, it's my favorite thing on the menu. A great place to bring friends, the staff are happy to arrange the tables for a bigger party.
Excellent every time!! And you really get a full meal for the price.
Chicken Soup like water, no broth!! Tiny portions of meat in pad see eew, unbelievable share sauces through tables!
The food is just ok.
Great service and great food, one of my favorite neighborhood spots!
Excellent take out
Ordered takeout only. The veggie panang curry (thai spicy) was very satisfying: balance of flavors is on point, lots of different veg, and large portion (for 2-3 ppl). I found price to be good value for price ($14), which I consider to average for San Francisco. I would highly recommend if your in the area.
Great neighborhood Thai spot with friendly staff and delicious Thai food!
In Castro , wonderful staff. They always help me pick the right dish. The Thai tea 👌
Esta bien rica
Delicious Thai. Friendly staff. Good portions!
Fairly over price for the food quality. I ordered special pineapple curry and the pineapple is canned fruit. Tasted good for average.
Always a great place to eat in the Castro!
Great
Very friendly, attentive staff in this small neighborhood restaurant. The mango rice with prawns was really delicious.
Great
The good was average at best. The pad Thai wasn't flavorful at all. I asked for vegetarian soup and got one with shrimp and meat in it. I ate a few spoons unknowingly and fell sick with a stomach virus the next day. Would not recommend this place.
The chicken yellow curry noodles are really good
Ordered take out.
Good quality and delicious 😋
You won't be disappointed.
Ok... So as I am prone to do when eating at a new Thai place, I looked though the menu to see if anything caught my eye. This place was visited out of necessity, hadn't eaten for most of the day. In their menu and low and behold there was not just 1 or 2 but they had 3 roast duck items. The other 2 play no part in this review. What I ordered was the roast duck curry and rice to go with it. I've had this dish before in many different places. The Thai Chef has done it well. Other places might give you a small portion of duck. Still others may be lacking on heat. This place made me smile. Just enough duck, just spicy enough and the right amount of pineapple and coconut milk. My only issue was the tomatoes. Don't think I like them curried. The waitress upon finding this out because they were still in my bowl while everything else was gone, said to me... "Next time you can ask for no tomatoes and have them add more pineapple." I nodded in acceptance of her suggestion. This not knowing when I'd be back see as I live in Sacramento and this place was in the heart of the Castro in San Francisco. Soo much has changed there this restaurant may be gone by the time I make it back there.
The food is great and the people who work there are really nice... makes not want to leave
Staff is always so friendly
Great Thai Food!!
This place has great food and a very professional staff. I like the angel wings and their duck dishes. Great place to meet friends a d enjoy good food.
Always friendly. The food is to die for, everytime we visit San Francisco we go here.
Really great service amazing food and great sharing portions.
Great staff, excellent food and reasonably priced. Try the fried wontons, chicken sate and Tom Kum Gai
Excelent food and friendly service. Highly recommend.
Good Thai food at a good price. Friendly service.
Good
My favorite Thai place in the area. Good service and good food. The Tom ka soup is so good here. Drinks always full and happy friendly service.
Good food, good staff and reasonable place to eat if you are in Castro. Yay...
Always consistent good food and friendly service at reasonable prices. My go-to for easy dining in Castro.
Food was really good and our waitress was friendly and fun!
Food was above average and the service was excellent. Definitely worth a stop if you're in the area.
Good Thai food with excellent service.
Excellent service and decent Thai food. Not to mention the friendliest owner who is always present to take care of the customers. If you're in town, give it a try! 🍜🍹🌈
Consistent typical Thai (American) fare with never-changing Daily Special of Asparagus-something. Economical. Rice is extra. Good service. Longtime Castro eatery.
I love this place. delicious food and awesome staff. One of the best Thai places in town, and I have tried many in my 20 years here.
Food was goid and the service was great but the portions were a bit on the small side. We had a noodle dish and we chose shrimp as the protein. It came with 4 shrimp, 4! It's lame to be cutting a 2 shrimp (2 for me, 2 for my hubby) into 6 small pieces to make it last through the plate of noodles.
Quiet place, authentic and good Thai food.
Was really good. Never seen to have the same staff but good is pretty consistently yummy. Everybody had their off days
Good Thai food in the Castro District of San Francisco. A short walk from the cinema. Everything is expensive in SF.
Awesome food
Horrible
Reliable Thai food in a small and a bit cramped interior. Nothing was bad. But also nothing outstanding. The food is reliable and solid
This place has my favorite papaya salad in the whole city.
I struggle to find food that is genuinely gluten free, with a lot of places not understanding the issue. 2nd visit. Both times epic and free from.
Great food & location. Soft shell crab curry is amazing.
Best Thai food in The Castro. Pumpkin curry is really good. They also have great peanut sauce.
The food was really delicious and fresh, the atmosphere relaxed and the decor stylish and onobtrusive. The prices were reasonable, the menu choices many, and the staff attentive and friendly. Perfect for a dinner out. And I heard that they do take-away deliveries too.
Tasty food with good customer service. One of our favorite dinner spots on Friday night after Happy Hour.
Silver Noodle Salad is to die for ! Love the friendly and attentive staff. It's my favorite Thai Restaurant EVER !
Placed an order online only to find out the restaurant doesn't have a working internet connection. Staff couldn't tell me how to cancle my order and couldn't accept a credit card. Disappointed. Went to thaihouse express instead.
Some Thai places have garish lighting and a somewhat sterile atmosphere, but Thai Chef is nice. It's got a diner feel in my opinion but the low lighting and decor create a more charming ambiance. Also at every Thai place, I get yellow curry dishes with tofu so I have a lot of research to compare. This one is right up there. It's fresh and came with lots of extra veggies. Also, we had a very large group, and the server was very accommodating with our requests regarding splitting the check. Some places can make your life miserable at that point, and our server was excellent in that regard. Very nice staff!
Food was delicious. Atmosphere was pleasant and service was prompt. It was a quite Monday night.
Have to say the food here is really good. I had the Pad See Iew which was amazeballs! My friend had Soft Shell Crab and rice which was delish. Service was good too. Definately woth while visiting.
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- Contact: +1 415-551-2433
- Website: http://www.thaichefsanfrancisco.com/
- Location: 4133 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94114, United States
- Map: 37.7607456, -122.4357986
- Thai restaurant
- Monday: 12–3 PM–5–8:45 PM
- Tuesday: Closed
- Wednesday: 12–3 PM–5–8:45 PM
- Thursday: 5–8:45 PM
- Friday: 12–8:45 PM
- Saturday: 12–8:45 PM
- Sunday: 12–8:45 PM
- No-contact delivery: Available
- Delivery: Available
- Takeaway: Available
- Dine-in: Available
- Fast service: Available
- Great tea selection: Available
- Lunch: Available
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- Solo dining: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible seating: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet: Available
- Alcohol: Available
- Beer: Available
- Coffee: Available
- Comfort food: Available
- Healthy options: Available
- Small plates: Available
- Vegetarian options: Available
- Wine: Available
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- Catering: Available
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