Cha Thai Bistro

21001 San Ramon Valley Blvd Suite E1, San Ramon, CA 94583, United States

Cha Thai Bistro
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Authentic Thai food with locally sourced ingredients and freshly prepared individual orders! Taste the difference!

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Diner Review โ„–1

Monnie was an exceptional waiter to us!! She deserves a raise and made our experience extra delightful. Food was amazing!! I highly recommend this place for Thai food. Pad Thai noodles and fried rice was absolutely delicious ๐Ÿ˜‹ atmosphere beautiful and clean. Thank you ๐Ÿ™ Monnie for your prompt wonderful cheerful service. Happy New Years!! Oh and the green curry my favorite was too good ๐Ÿ‘

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Diner Review โ„–4

Omg soooooo delicious ๐Ÿ˜‹ the lady that served us I think her name is Maani super sweet and friendly. Great service cute little restaurant. Food is amazing even the Thai tea ! Will drive down here from Oakley just to eat here.

Diner Review โ„–5

The food here is superb, and the staff are amazing. If you stop by Monnie will make you feel welcome. The food will bring you back.

Diner Review โ„–6

Pathetic experience with To GO. Cheated us by not giving mushrooms , chestnut or baby corn in Veggie delight in spite of putting in menu. Upon requesting, they put the phone down disrespectfully. Also fried rice didnโ€™t have Tofu even though mentioned while placing order. Donโ€™t get To go as they use not knowing English as an excuse.
Here are further details: the order was placed last night, July 13th around 7 PM for all vegetarian items.

Diner Review โ„–7

Cha Thai owner- provide me your email and I can send you the details .. my order was placed on 13th July around 7 pm.

Diner Review โ„–8

Great food, excellent service. We called ahead for dine-in on a slow early Sunday evening. They had the food ready as we walked in and everything was delicious, even getting our picky kids to clean their plates.

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Diner Review โ„–10

2 stars to be nice - guy who took my order was nice. But I won't be returning. Not sure about the high stars on goggle. Maybe today wasn't their best day. But again I'm not returning to find out.

Just ordered take out about 30min ago. Not great.
Total spent: $40+

Ordered: Thai fried rice (no meat), orange chicken, and 6 fried shrimp.

Thai fried rice:
gummy, no flavor. Very bland.

Orange chicken:
Just yucko๐Ÿคฎ. Not freshly made. Fried chicken tastes like it was precooked from frozen. Sauce was clumpy and only taste like a sweet and sour sauce pack. No other flavors. Veggies (carrots) though sliced thin where big slices (distracting while eating). It comes with white rice and even that taste like yesterday's rice...

Oh and then theres...

The fried shrimp:
VERY gummy. The panko like batter was like eating raw dough. Though it was crunchy on the outside it was chewy on the inside and un appetizing. The shrimp was equally as gummy. Ate 1 and won't be eating the other 5.

I think the reviews are paid reviews because anyone with any tastebuds would steer clear away from this place. I hope they re work their dishes.

I won't be back, though. I can grab the same Thai dishes from the frozen section at the Lucky's grocery store across from them. (With better textures/flavor and quality) ๐Ÿคฎ ๐Ÿคฎ

It's too bad I really wanted to like this place

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Diner Review โ„–12

The food here is not worth it. The basil chicken was more like a tasteless soup.

Diner Review โ„–13

We were visiting from out of town. We decided to try this restaurant after reading the reviews. So glad we did. We ordered spring rolls larp beef salad and basil fried rice. Everything was delicious. Fresh vegetables and great flavors. Our waitress Manee was just awesome!!!

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Diner Review โ„–15

I ordered takeout through DoorDash and when I went in to pick up the order, the woman at the register said that their system was down but they prepared my food right away after I showed her the order details. The restaurant gave me a free soft drink on the house for the inconvenience.
I ordered the vegetarian panang curry and it was amazing. It was rich, full of flavor, and super filling despite it being vegetarian. I highly recommend this place. Nice atmosphere and great customer service!

Diner Review โ„–16

The woman who served me was so nice and the Basil Fried Rice with Pork that I ordered was so delicious I couldnโ€™t put it down for a second. Highly recommend this restaurant.

Diner Review โ„–17

Everything so delicious like always

Diner Review โ„–18

Lunch was great. Never tried this place but the rating was good so that sealed our choice. Their pad thai and pineapple fried rice was great!!!

Diner Review โ„–19

Really delicious and the people where very nice and efficient.

Diner Review โ„–20

Today, I purchased a meal, and to my dismay, I found a foreign object in my pineapple fried rice. Fortunately, I noticed it before consuming it. I am quite upset about this incident

Diner Review โ„–21

Poor customer service - they need to hire more staff!
They have one old lady taking orders and serving the tables! So sad! they never answer phone for phone orders โ€” as only 1 human has to do it all!

Diner Review โ„–22

Waiter got no clue how to serve customers. Food is very average, don't expect too much from this place. Ordered medium grilled steak, got well-done with minimal caramelization. The manager handled it professionally and saved one star from the review.

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Diner Review โ„–24

One of our favorite and regular place we visit for Thai food. The owner is very nice and courteous. The food is great, price is regular.
Try their Thai curries. One of the more ordinary dish which I donโ€™t recommend is chicken satay.

Had to edit and change the review.. we had Chicken Satay again, and they have definitely improved. Loved the Tom Yum soup too today, it was great too.

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We ordered red curry and Pineapple fried rice (both vegetarian) and was blown away by the taste and quality!!! Amazing restaurant and a must-visit if you are into Thai food!

Diner Review โ„–27

This was our second time ordering from Cha Thai and it was even better than the last time.
My favorite was Pad See Ew with beef. The flavors were fantastic and at medium heat it was perfect.
I still enjoyed the Basil Eggplant a great deal. Something about Thai basil is amazing.
Tom Kha was excellent. Very creamy and fresh with plenty of chicken, cabbage and tomatoes. The flavors were terrific.
Will definitely order food again.

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Diner Review โ„–29

Food is underwhelming. Paid Thai was good. Satay was ok. Red curry was not good.

Diner Review โ„–30

Very good tasty Thai food at a reasonable price and portions. Service was friendly and attentive. We asked for Thai spice which made it even yummier. Will be going back soon.

Diner Review โ„–31

It was ok, much better Thai in the area. The chicken and pork in our entrees were really dry. I have to admit that dry/overcooked meats in a dish are a pet peeve of mine and therefore I would not return.

Diner Review โ„–32

Overall the food was very good. Specially Eggplant Basil. The Pad Thai was very good as well. Mango salad was amazing, we loved it.
The potstickers were okay, but really tasted like they were the already frozen kind that were heated. The eggrolls were trouble. They were mushy on the inside, very doughy.
Overall I recommend this place and we will definitely go there again however I hope they do a better job with the appetizers.

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Diner Review โ„–34

I have been friends with the owner of this restaurant since we were kids. Always delicious.

Diner Review โ„–35

My family loves Cha. Just so delicious! Great neighborhood place get amazingly food. Their catering is great too!

Diner Review โ„–36

The food is delish and well priced and the waitresses are amazingly loving and caring ๐Ÿฅฐ

Diner Review โ„–37

Friendly, personable and nice but the food was terrible and that was evident by the empty restaurant at lunchtime.

I was not asked which spice level I wanted so I assumed it would be medium: wrong. It was so mild and tasted like oil with no flavor. Really disappointed. Would have loved to save the leftovers for dinner but it wasnโ€™t good enough.

Easy parking in the large lot.

Diner Review โ„–38

Best Thai food in town. Must try. Very friendly people.

Diner Review โ„–39

Decent place to have lunch. Thai basil fried was very good. Fried calamari and shrimp are not worth it. Overall good ambiance and customer friendly.

Diner Review โ„–40

Very happy with the yellow and panang curry. Friendly service. Price is a touch high for lunch, but the quality and amount of food makes up for it. Recommend a 1/2 price & portion lunch menu! Thanks for the meal!

Diner Review โ„–41

Excellent costumer service, very clean restaurant/bathrooms. Food was very good. We got the spring rolls with shrimp and yellow curry along with panang curry. Very good and filling. Ended up with leftovers.

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Diner Review โ„–43

The food was wonderful. I loved it.

Diner Review โ„–44

Pad thai and drunken noodles were very good. I liked their Basil fried rice and pineapple fried rice. We asked for soft tofu instead of fried one in fried rice dishes. They made sure we got that. Quality was pretty good.

Diner Review โ„–45

The food was okay, but my review is based on the fact that they added an unauthorized tip. Watch out if you are going to eat here. The staff seems "nice" but keep a copy of your receipt and double-check your credit card transaction a few days later.

Diner Review โ„–46

Too expensive and didnโ€™t give the white rice with the green curry I paid for in the order .. very bad service .. we had nothing to eat the green curry with as the rice was not packed in the order ..

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Diner Review โ„–48

My husband told me about this restaurant and today we decided to come for dinner and it was the best idea the food was exquisite the best that I had tasted in a long time really they have an exquisite touch thank you very much chai thai bistro I recommend them 100% ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

Diner Review โ„–49

Had the pad see ew, it was great! Beef was a little bit tough, but overall still very flavorful

Diner Review โ„–50

The food came out piping hot and very flavorful. We had crispy calamari, angel crispy shrimps, basil-pad kra pow thai spicy with chicken and pad thai with shrimp and chicken. A nice hidden gem in San Ramon

Diner Review โ„–51

Ordered food through GrubHub, restaurant confirmed then cancelled just at the same time the food was supposed to be delivered. I ordered around 6pm and they cancelled the order at 7:15.

Diner Review โ„–52

Ordered a take out for the first time seeing the good reviews but was disappointed! First they forgot to give the Thai iced teas that I ordered. And asked to come next time to get them. Second, the food was not good. Not an authentic Thai place. The red curry had no taste! Would not recommend this place.

Diner Review โ„–53

Amazing service, so friendly and welcoming.

Diner Review โ„–54

Nice people good food

Diner Review โ„–55

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Diner Review โ„–56

Best Thai food EVER! Mani is always so attentive and precise. She knows our order perfectly and it never fails to disappoint us. The portions are very generous. We usually order the cashew nut delight with egg fried rice and eggplant basil with brown rice. The pad Thai is also very good. We only go here for Thai food! Highly recommend them!

Diner Review โ„–57

Yellow curry is amazing. Better than my own.

Diner Review โ„–58

The dine-in area was pretty empty on a weekday evening. The food was great, and the lady serving us was super nice. The price range is comparable to that of other Thai restaurants in the area.

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Food is good tasty good costumer services
Good red curry love it

Diner Review โ„–61

Curry is authentic Thai food. Papaya salad id great too

Diner Review โ„–62

โ€œLocalizedโ€ Thai food but not bad at all

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Diner Review โ„–64

Possibly best Thai food in East Bay. Curries are excellent and Tom Yum soup is full of wonderful fresh veggies. Garlic pepper stir fry is award winning.
Very good service. Clean dinning room.

Diner Review โ„–65

Tasty, clean and inexpensive
Far better than any of the Thai places in San Ramon. Papaya salad, chicken satay and coconut soup was tasty. Will be our go to place for Thai affair!

Diner Review โ„–66

Best Thai in Dublin. I eat there almost every week. Small friendly staff, and wonderful Thai chilis in fish sauce on the side. Like "Thai hot"? You can get it here!

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Diner Review โ„–68

Simply delicious delivery to the buds always for me, pad Thai beef made me feel whole again...

Diner Review โ„–69

Great food and service at great prices!

Diner Review โ„–70

Had a most delectable meal with outstanding service yesterday! Totally enjoyed every minute of being there and every bite I took! Thank you for such a delightful time!!!

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Diner Review โ„–72

Very sad to be moving away from my favorite Thai restaurant. Their Thai beef salad is addicting and has converted quite a few people on its own. The staff is wonderful and very nice. Definitely stop by if in town.

Diner Review โ„–73

Warm and friendly service + delicious food!

Diner Review โ„–74

Food tasted good , we ordered the eggplant basil & garlic pepper stir fry shrimp . My only complaint is the amount of shrimp wasnโ€™t enough especially when you add $3 extra . Other than that i would eat here again . The lady who served us was great& checked on us couple of times asking if we need anything.

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Diner Review โ„–76

The drunken noodles are the best

Diner Review โ„–77

Always enjoy the food and service! Love the spring rolls with shrimp, pad Thai, roti and iced Chai tea sweet!

Diner Review โ„–78

Food and costumer service are exceptional I love to get food from this place!!! Highly recommended!!!

Diner Review โ„–79

The best food in town. Good service.

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Diner Review โ„–81

Ordered Pad Sew Ew, Pad Thai, Drunken Noodles to go. Overall pretty good.

Drunken Noodles though, it tasted oddly sweet....

Customer service was excellent! Super friendly worker that I have encountered!! Encourages me to go back to visit because of this ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š

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Diner Review โ„–83

Nam helped me when I was here! I was hungry but didnโ€™t know what to get but she helped me decide! Very friendly and nice! Restaurant is clean and has a nice vibe to it. Got Pad Thai and Fresh Rolls! So good! I definitely recommend this place to everyone in the area.

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Diner Review โ„–85

Outstanding basil eggplant with pork. Great place for lunch!

Diner Review โ„–86

Tried the Pad Thai a couple days ago - good portion size and balanced seasoning, a good value. Today, I tried the basil eggplant with beef - very tasty, but Iโ€™ll order chicken or shrimp next time (beef a bit tough). The green curry with chicken was well-balanced, the perfect comfort food. Note that you can select the level of spiciness for every dish. The order was freshly made and ready every time I ordered through DoorDash. Iโ€™ll definitely be back to try other dishes!

7/3/21 Update: best dishes - Pad Thai, Pad See Ew, Drunken Noodles, Eggplant Basil, Green Curry. Not bad - spring roll, banana sweet rice, basil pad kra pow.

Diner Review โ„–87

Ordered Doordash and food came fast, and delicious!!
Only complaint is the cheapest fork and spoon you could find :-(
$25 dollars for lunch they should be able to provide decent utensils to eat with!!!

Diner Review โ„–88

AMAZING service and food

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Super nice people and absolutely delicious food!

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Diner Review โ„–94

Great food- lucky to have this restaurant in the area

Update 11/14: still love this place and food is great

Diner Review โ„–95

ฤฐt is was wonderful experience !
Me and My wife love it ๐Ÿ˜
I definitely recommend this place
By the way itโ€™s very very clean!!
If you did eat in SFโ€™s Asian places you will understand what I mean ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Diner Review โ„–97

Great food and service! Ordered takeout and it was ready when i got there. Packaged in nice plastic containers so the food stayed warm. Definitely recommend!

Diner Review โ„–98

This is the best Thai Restaurant in the area. I've never had a dish that I did not like. My mission is to try every single dish on the menu. SUPER GOOD!!!

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Diner Review โ„–100

Awesome tasty food!!! Not sure how I missed this restaurant earlier while living in the same area..

Diner Review โ„–101

Great ambience, good Curry and noodle dishes. Top notch service.

Diner Review โ„–102

Pole service, quiet, vegan options. Portions are on the smaller side and some lack of attention to detail are detractors.

Diner Review โ„–103

Friendly accomodating staff. Receptive to Vegans.

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Diner Review โ„–105

Great food and service

Diner Review โ„–106

Nice Thai tea and food

Diner Review โ„–107

Great food!

Diner Review โ„–108

Good inexpensive Thai food.

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Diner Review โ„–110

Chai Thai Bistro is amazing. Excellent Food, Menu and Service. We are remembered and weve only eaten here 5 times. Curry Dishes ate excellent, so is Orange Chicken, Crying Tiger Beef, Pad Thai. Can you tell we really enjoy this Restaurant

Diner Review โ„–111

Diner Review โ„–112

Found a hidden gem in San Ramon. Quiet, family run restaurant with tasty Thai food. We enjoyed the Spring rolls, pad Thai, kra prow, mango salad, and pineapple fried rice. Everything was fresh and delicious, presented well, and with excellent service. We will be back soon!

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Diner Review โ„–114

Amazing service and food

Diner Review โ„–115

The food, service and decor was all great

Diner Review โ„–116

Went for lunch with a friend. Awesome location, right off the freeway. Quite roomy with lots of natural light. Friendly staff - advised us on portions and spice selection. My Shrimp Green Curry was tasty and so was the brown rice and Thai tea. Heard they have new management. Will definitely go again.

Diner Review โ„–117

During my current stay in San Ramon visited this restaurant along with the family. I was delighted to find the real test of Thai food, soup ,tea & dessert as well.
I shall surely visit this restaurant again.Will highly recommend specially for Thai cuisine.

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Really good food and friendly efficient staff.

Diner Review โ„–123

Cha Thai restaurant I was actually in the shopping center for a different reason and had already eaten so I didn't get a chance to eat here but if I were to be hungry I would have eaten here first. Cuz I love Thai food and this looks like a great Thai food restaurant that's why I give it five stars without even trying it plus I read some of the other reviews from the people that review places. Are the best people to get your reviews from. And if you like the reviews always give him a thumbs-up that's always at 4. They were very nice they let me in to take some pictures It's A very upscale place if I lived in that area I'm sure this would be one of my favorite places.

Diner Review โ„–124

Pad thai is my go to!

Diner Review โ„–125

Loved the spring rolls in fresh wraps. Friend ordered shrimp soup and moved it. The portions was pretty big. I had Thai red curry and it was great as well. The server forgot one of our orders and later messed up with the cheque receipts. He was probably just having a bad day otherwise the place is good. Highly recommend to give it a try.

Diner Review โ„–126

Diner Review โ„–127

Some of the food was salty but the BBQ pork with rice was really good. The calimari was a bit chewy but overall it was good.

Diner Review โ„–128

Disappointing. Pad thai noodles were all stuck together and not the thicker noodles that expected but more like vermicelli. Sauce tasted like ketchup. Thai basil chicken, where's the chicken? Sparse amounts of it. Catfish dish was one filet of catfish with carrots and red bell peppers . Overall, unimaginative that food.

We eat thai food, Andaman, Thai Basil, Simalan, a lot and this restaurant is by far the worst.

Diner Review โ„–129

Iโ€™ve been to Thailand, have a good friend that has a Thai restaurant! Had the Chicken Larb taste less ! Brown rice
Had a weird taste $$$$ to expensive for what you get save your money!!!!

Diner Review โ„–130

Pad thai noodles were very chewy could hardly swallow them. If I was not with my 3 yo niece I would have had the dish sent back and perhaps get something else. My niece wouldn't be able to sit that long.

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New restaurant still struggling to work out the service kinks. Will definitely try it again

Diner Review โ„–133

Food is delicious, very fresh-i ordered the red curry chicken soup, and there were tiny pieces of lemongrass and ginger in the broth. Perfectly cooked veggies in my partner's pad see ew-no precubed mushy stuff!!
Service is a little slow, but we were there mid-afternoon and they had a skeleton crew staff on.

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Best Thai food in town! Friendly people and great atmosphere!

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Very good food & service!

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  • 136 reviews
  • 4.3 Health Rating
  • Contact: +1 925-999-9953
  • Website: http://www.chathaibistro.com/
  • Location: 21001 San Ramon Valley Blvd Suite E1, San Ramon, CA 94583, United States
  • Map: 37.723622399999996, -121.943034
Menu Highlights
  • Thai restaurant
Opening Hours
  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: 11โ€ฏAMโ€“3โ€ฏPMโ€“4:30โ€“8โ€ฏPM
  • Wednesday: 11โ€ฏAMโ€“3โ€ฏPMโ€“4:30โ€“8โ€ฏPM
  • Thursday: 11โ€ฏAMโ€“3โ€ฏPMโ€“4:30โ€“8โ€ฏPM
  • Friday: 11โ€ฏAMโ€“3โ€ฏPMโ€“4:30โ€“8โ€ฏPM
  • Saturday: 11โ€ฏAMโ€“3โ€ฏPMโ€“4:30โ€“8โ€ฏPM
  • Sunday: 11โ€ฏAMโ€“3โ€ฏPMโ€“4:30โ€“8โ€ฏPM
Service options
  • Delivery: Available
  • Takeaway: Available
  • Dine-in: Available
Highlights
  • Fast service: Available
Popular for
  • Lunch: Available
  • Dinner: Available
  • Solo dining: Available
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible car park: Available
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance: Available
  • Wheelchair-accessible seating: Available
  • Wheelchair-accessible toilet: Available
Offerings
  • Alcohol: Available
  • Beer: Available
  • Comfort food: Available
  • Happy-hour food: Available
  • Healthy options: Available
  • Vegan options: Available
  • Vegetarian options: Available
  • Wine: Available
Dining options
  • Lunch: Available
  • Dinner: Available
  • Catering: Available
  • Dessert: Available
Amenities
  • Toilet: Available
Atmosphere
  • Casual: Available
  • Cosy: Available
Planning
  • Accepts reservations: Available
Payments
  • Credit cards: Available
  • Debit cards: Available
  • NFC mobile payments: Available
  • Credit cards: Available
Children
  • Good for kids: Available
  • High chairs: Available
Parking
  • Free of charge street parking: Available
  • Free parking lot: Available
  • Parking: Available