Pookie's

900 Hampshire Rd X, Westlake Village, CA 91361, United States

Pookie's
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Diner Review №1

I started going to Pookie’s probably from the first month she opened the restaurant in another location. I was a loyal weekly customer for 10 years until I moved away. Definitely get the Westlake roll, she invented it and no one else can make it as good. I tried and failed! I also love the monsoon noodles, all the curries and the fried banana dessert. I miss you Pookie! Thank you for making me comfort food!

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Good food and service.
Unfortunately they still give you the menu with outdated prices. The surprise comes when you get the check with prices 20% higher.
My simply removing the menu or printing a new one the problem would be solved.

Diner Review №4

Grate food,best flavor. I love sea food soup

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Absolutely fantastic

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Had the scallops.. they were slightly overcooked and rubbery.

Pad see Ew was delicious but beed was a tad dry.

Coconut soup was amazing.

Diner Review №9

Sorry to burst your bubble but this place is overrated. Ordered spicy cashew nut with tofu and was brought a bland dish without cashews. Beckoned the waiter who brought me peanuts. I said I ordered cashew nut so ???? And he brought me raw nuts. I asked him about my order. He didn’t have a straight answer. My dish was not spicy. I believe pointing to the item on the menu didn’t help with the language barrier. Pretty mediocre… like going to a fancy place only to be disappointed with service and quality of food. Go to Herb and Spice in Simi. I regret coming here after taking my car to the dealer nearby. Should’ve just driven to what I know is best. Great ambience though (ponds) but doesn’t match up.

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Great food great service! I could eat here every week.

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Couldn't get access to the restaurant because the handicap ramp was blocked off by people training their dogs.

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I can’t recommend this place enough. The food, ambiance, and service are amazing. I’d rate 3million stars if I could.

I haven’t found a better Thai place, always look forward to visiting Pookie!

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I've been going to Pookie's for many years and have never been disappointed. Pookie, the owner, is so nice and always makes us all feel at home.

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Great experience and delicious. FYI, their spicy is actually spicy!😄 Outdoor seating was enjoyable as well.

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OPEN MON-FRI as of recently (went today, Saturday, and were turned away)

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Pookie is the best!

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Highly recommended!!

Diner Review №29

Best Thai food around and the service is great.

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Good was yummy and staff were great .

Diner Review №31

Great place for some Thai food great atmosphere not too fancy but VERY nice still! ♥️

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Place is a definitely worth a try!

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Such nice place, and quick service also

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You ain't going there for atmosphere, but great food and service.

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Soooo goood 🔥🔥🔥👌🏻

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Very nice food& taste very good.

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Wonderful food for the price, and excellent service

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We all loved the food. The location is nice, too.

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Very good food and excellent service.

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A very relaxing ambience and friendly staff is what greets you when you enter Pookie's. The food is flavorsome, provides a good potion and is very satisfying. The place looks very upscale but is easy on the pocket. It's better to reach a bit early or reserve ahead since the place gets crowded very quickly. There is elaborate seating inside and outside the restaurant but it gets cold outside during the evenings. The place offers take out. The staff is also very helpful as they explain each dish we are interested in and recommend dishes according to our interests. I will definitely be visiting again just for the love of good Thai food and the ambience of the place.

Diner Review №42

Friendly staff and delicious food, love this restaurant.

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Yummy

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I highly recommend this place. I had a great experience ordering take out. Vegan and gluten-free friendly and the food was amazing. Best Thai food I have had and incredible customer service.

Diner Review №45

This restaurant is tucked in a business complex with a lil man made pond which gives it a relaxing and hidden environment, which is part of the appeal. I’ve never come when it’s too crazy busy, but always steady and it seems like a place where there are local regulars who also enjoy the chilled out environment. The dishes are very tasty, if a bit americanized, and we’ve always received friendly service, the table outside we want, and a good experience. They have a huge variety in the menu and alcohol also.

Diner Review №46

One of the best Thai places around Thousand Oaks. The food is just part of the experience. The outdoor seating with sounds of waterfall, and a small pond with ducks is a serene experience. It's good to visit in the evenings in summer so that the heat doesn't kill you.

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Delicious food.

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Great food..

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Good food good service strange location recommend..

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Went here with a friend for my birthday we both had a great time 10/10 would do again. we love pookie!!!

Diner Review №53

I absolutely adore this place! Pooky is incredible and so sweet. I instantly feel comfortable whenever I come in. The food is incredible and the service is great too. The menu is fairly big, but I've yet to have anything on the menu that has been disappointing. It's a great restaurant for families and groups. The setting outside is gorgeous as well, with a beautiful garden and pond right next to the outdoor seating. The restaurant is a bit hard to find in the complex, but it's totally worth it. The food is also well-priced as well, you get way more than you pay for in terms of quality.
I really recommend the Pad Thai and the Massaman Beef Curry.

Diner Review №54

The best Thai food I’ve had in the United States. The food is amazing, the service is even better, and Pookie gives a loving feel to everything that is done

Diner Review №55

Great service, kind staff. Beautiful location, delicious food. 10/10, will be dining again.

Pineapple Shrimp Curry was great, recommend with purple rice. Westlake Blvd noodle dish was also very good.

Chinese broccoli with oyster sauce rounded it out nicely. And check out this view. Not pictured is the sounds of the waterfall and birds. Mm.

Diner Review №56

Very nice Thai restaurant.

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The best Thai food in the area! The dishes are always so great and fresh. I come here very often and its a Thousand Oaks delight.

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How can you take the sides of one order and put it in with another. They're 2 separate dishes and yet somehow you added it to the wrong thing?

Diner Review №61

Out of the way quiet place. Pad Thai is to die for

Diner Review №62

I love the atmosphere and the scenery. The trees, plants, and water features really made it beautiful. The food was flavorful and it came very quickly. We especially enjoyed the duck!

Diner Review №63

This is a wonderful Thai place in Westlake Village! The atmosphere is really nice and you can sit outside next to the relaxing pond with the sound of flowing water. The staff is very friendly and the customer service here is top notch! You can substitute ever dish's meat for tofu, which is very vegan and vegetarian friendly. Dish #41 was not too spicy at all even though it had 2 chilli peppers next to it on the menu. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because the thai iced tea wasn't as good as I was expecting, although I did substitute coconut milk which maybe why. I would recommend and will be back again!

Diner Review №64

I test each Thai Restaurant I go to by their Pad Thai. This was without question one of, if not THE BEST, I have ever had. It’s creamy, perfectly balanced and quite delicious! Everyone was gushing over their food also. The sadness is that it’s not in the greatest location and therefore doesn’t have close to the customers it deserves!!

Diner Review №65

You won’t be disappointed here. Pookies is the BEST!

Diner Review №66

Our favorite Thai in the area. I can't get enough of their California Curry.

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YUM. Authentic, deliciousThai food! Everything tasted fresh, homemade and had a true Thai flavor - which is difficult to find. Highly recommend, and know that everything we have ordered is always great!

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This is the best Thai restaurant in the Thousand Oaks/Westlake Village area! The service is always great, and the food is even better. We love coming to Pookie's and being able to support them!

Diner Review №72

Off-beat quirky spot for Thai food, and they make a great Thai-tea.

Specialty Dr. Glenn Duck Dish is spicy and satisfying, but expensive, and the pad thai and pad kee mao was only okay - overall the portion size could be a bit bigger for the price.

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Love the food. Service could be quicker

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Great 👍 love it awesome prices

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Such delicious food! Excellent service!

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friendly staff
delicious food

Diner Review №80

I have been eating Pookie's Thai for about 15 years. The food is consistently wonderful and great value. I just placed a dinner order for take-out and it will be ready in 15 minutes. Easy. And if you like desserts, her fried banana with coconut ice cream is outstanding.

Diner Review №81

Great food, very tasty! took twice as long to be delivered. I recommend choosing take out.

Diner Review №82

This is my most favorite thai food

Diner Review №83

Lost my virginity here

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Diner Review №85

We usually like this place. Portions are always small, but the flavor is good. Tonight was a total bummer. Placed the order at 5:48. OK, it's Mother's Day, so when she tells me it *might* take until 7:30 to get our food, I agreed. Food did not arrive until after 8:00--almost two and a half hours from when we ordered. (See photo) Soft shell crab appetizer was the skimpiest portion ever--Half of what we usually get, and lukewarm. Surrounding it with lettuce did not fool us. (Photo) Tom Ka Gai soup contained a few shreds of chicken and three--count them three--mushrooms. Entrees were equally light on the protein. If you are running out of food, be honest and we'll order elsewhere and then come back. After tonight? Maybe not.

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So fresh and delicious! There are also many unique and tasty dishes. Yum.

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Lunch menu available. Outdoor sitting is very nice. Food was okay. Portions can be more generous.

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The place is difficult to find as it is hiding in an office complex. But the food is really delicious, and genuine, and that, makes all the efforts worth it. However almost every time I find the service to be not the best. There is usually long waits to get essential things, like napkins.

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This place is way too expensive for the overall quality and taste.

Diner Review №96

We ordered veggie dishes, they were so delicious.

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Very good food.owner Pookie is great.

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Beautiful outdoor seating...delicious curry and Pad Thai...yummy Thai tea!

Diner Review №103

Love their Thai Yellow Curry

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best crispy duck

Diner Review №105

This place has a great location. Definitely recommend eating outside near the water feature. Decent food. Very friendly staff.

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The best hidden secret for great thai food with master sushi chef Kosaan. Awesome sushi with great thai food with an amazing patio.

Diner Review №110

Save your time and money. Here’s what we experienced. #1) Nobody welcomed us after 5-minutes at entry #2) Screaming kids running up and down the outside seating area #3) Waiter was clueless and unaware of the situation and menu #5) Brought the wrong food three times #6) Took a plate of food (we hadn’t touched yet, besides mixing it with a fork and nearly taking a bite) when the waiter literally switched plates with adjacent table. #5) No drink refills or offers to purchase 2nd round. #6) Every table (3 tables) around us (with 3-5 people at each table) received food before us despite having been seated 15-minutes after the two of us. #7) POOR QUALITY: IF KRAFT MAC&CHEESE OFFERED PAD THAI THIS WOULD BE IT! Like I said save your time and money. Go to another Thai restaurant or eat Kraft Mac & Cheese (it’ll be better I promise). I don’t often write reviews, but I had to on this. You’ve been warned.

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Great, consistent food. Good service. Nice outdoor seating.

Diner Review №113

Great food and location - love the option to sit outside listening to the water rush by!!

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Very nice ..fast

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Very nice Thai food in a difficult to find location. Keep looking, it's worth it!

Soup and dishes are delicious. I ordered a red curry chicken and the server forgot to deliver the rice. After asking and waiting, it finally came when I was just about done. To be fair, the waitress was working the tables, cash register and take out orders alone.

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Excellent food & very nice atmosphere.

Diner Review №120

Pookie goes out their way for their customers! Has great food and a new sushi bar that rivals any Japanese restaurant at a much lower price. I just love this restaurant and go there most days for lunch.. Definitely worth going there for either lunch or dinner with your families or for a romantic dinner outside on the water court!

Diner Review №121

Pookie is hidden jewel in Westlake

Diner Review №122

Maybe we ordered the wrong thing. The mixed appetizer with satay, shrimp roll and egg rolls was ok (I thought the satay tasted burned), but the "heavenly combo" fried rice was awful. The rice was still white ( completely white), the onions were sharp and the remaining vegetables were from a bag of frozen mixed vegetables! Tiny cubes of carrots. No fresh carrots?? We could barely find any chicken. Why cheap out on the chicken? We found a bug in our beer glass. I'm sure it was there before we wasted a bunch of beer. It wasn't a flying insect. We told the server and he brought another glass and just left it without a word. I told them it was my husband's birthday when we arrived. I guess they do nothing for birthdays. We won't go again. I expect fresh vegetables at a Thai restaurant. Unfortunately, I didn't get my phone out for pictures.

Diner Review №123

I love the food from this restaurant!! Very tasty, takes time to serve the food, love the flavors of Thai food!!

Diner Review №124

First time here. Nobody was at the front desk when I came in. Man at sushi bar wasn't helpful. After about 2 minutes, I asked where could I order and he pointed around the corner. The lady who took my order seemed annoyed when I had questions about the menu. The par Thai tasted fairly good. I've definitely had better but it did the job. I came here because this place had such fast reviews but I was disappointed by the customer service.

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favorite thai place in conejo valley

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Food was dry. Ambience was soothing by stream

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Great quality food. A step above the other Thai restaurants.

Diner Review №129

EVERYTHING was delicious.
I am/was VERY impressed.
I'm declaring Pookie's as my new, favorite restaurant.

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el mejor sitio para disfrutar de una riquísima comida thai...👍

Diner Review №132

The food is good if you call in a to go order add extra time. The food is fresh and the owner is nice but there arent too many employees to help.

Diner Review №133

my GF likes this place so much she uses Pookies as a term of endearment! great food, super friendly owner.

Diner Review №134

The owner works so hard you can just tell. My curry was amazing it was and is the only thing that I was thinking about for days. I had to go back for more. I wish I could bring this place to Texas.

Diner Review №135

Small Thai food place in the Westlake area. The food is fairly priced and it is pretty good. Good sized portions. The hostess and server were nice. I went on a Tuesday evening and it wasn’t too busy. It can be tricky getting here the first time since it is located on the bottom level, inside of the courtyard in the building.

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Soooo goood!!!

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Always, always...so good. Probably the best Thai restarant in greater T. O. area.

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China

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Great food and better service.

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Curry 👍

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My favorite thai restaurant

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Had a lunch special. Bbq chicken with pad thai. Good flavor and portions.

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People who work there are so slow and unorganized. After 35 minutes waiting for pickup they figured out they never had my order on their system . Then after ten more minutes they gave me a wrong bag . When I was leaving they said sorry for making another mistake and finally made my order in five minutes!
It would take just five minutes but they made me wait fifty minutes .
We are so busy . That's what they said instead of We are sorry .

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The best food. Great ambience. Ooh so nice

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Best Thai food in town

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Oh so good!

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This is forever one of my favorite Thai food places. The food is always consistent, fresh, and delicious. Plus, Pookie, the owner, is so sweet she could give you a toothache and she works her butt off to give the best service. 5 stars across the board!!!

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Very nice people and very good food.

This place is very hard to find, but worth the hunt. Beware, closed for two weeks until August 15th. Downstairs of the building in the middle of the block. Trust the Google location icon, not the address.

Had the standard judging dish, green curry. Lightly fragrant of Thai basil. Just enough spice to get the nose running. The brown rice is actually red Bhutanese rice. This short grain chewy rice is a better choice than the long brown cardboard tasting stuff.

Green tea seemed to be a matcha, which was an interesting twist. Going to try again when they get back from vacation.

Diner Review №160

Delicious and a few dollars cheaper than the surrounding Thai places.

Diner Review №161

The food was incredible and very reasonably priced. It’s kind of hard to find, downstairs in what appears to be an office park, but worth it.

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Fpod good service sucks

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Cheap, good tasting food. Interesting restaurant and property it's on.

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Love this place! The food is consistently great and the service is always quick and friendly.

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Authentic Thai, So Good+, Healthy ingredients, and consistently good+. p.s. ask for Pookie the Owner, she's usually there.
p.p.s. Pookie started this restaurant ~15 years ago on her own.

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Great value in Thai cuisine. And Pookie seems to know everyone. Limited outside seating in a pleasant environment. And its not too crowded on the weekend so you can go last minute.

Diner Review №173

What's not to like? It's Thai food and very reasonably priced. On top of that Pookie will make whatever creation you come up with. Why not five stars? Well it's got everything you want except it's in a business park. The food and portions however are excellent

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Thai coffee tasted spiked...no problems with that ;)

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Nice place,service can be sketchy,food is very good.

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Yes so good food and drink

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I waited for over 25 minutes for my order to be ready . There's no excuse even on Valentine's Day they shouldn't hired extra help. I work for a delivery service so I had to call the customer and apologize for the long wait.

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Good

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Wonderful hidden gem.

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Love this place. Perfect lunch spot. Food and service are quality.

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Good food.

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Pookie really cares and goes the extra mile to serve amazing food . The Westlake Roll is our favorite!

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Very nice spot for lunch

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The worst service EVER. 5 people waiting for takeout orders for over AN HOUR after they said it would be ready!!!! They said 35 minutes, i left at 95 minutes. Awful. They even allowed people to sit at tables while we were all standing there waiting for our orders AND SERVED THEM?! so pissed. Never going back.

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Nice ambience with tasty food

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Good quality

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Amazing food. Portion is a little less.

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Excellent steam fishes

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The daily special was noodle curry with chicken or veges. I would order that very frequently if I lived nearby. It's hard to find Thai food that good at their price in Utah.

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Best Thai food in Town. Fresh flavors, impeccable service and really economical. Owner will remember your favorite dish even if you come after ages.

Must Try!!

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I like their menu and the place

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One of the best Thai places in the area. Great food, great prices and an amazing staff. The staff is small
so be patient but the food is always well worth the wait if there is any. They have Gluten Free options for those of us who have a gluten sensitivity/Celiac and I have yet to have a reaction. One of my favorites places :)

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Amazing delicious subtle atmosphere. If you been good luck finding it don't get frustrated just call them it's all part of the experience

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  • 200 reviews
  • 4.4 Health Rating
  • Contact: +1 805-381-0094
  • Website: http://www.pookiethai.com/
  • Location: 900 Hampshire Rd X, Westlake Village, CA 91361, United States
  • Map: 34.155228799999996, -118.8306037
Menu Highlights
  • Thai restaurant
  • Asian restaurant
  • Southeast Asian restaurant
Opening Hours
  • Monday: 9 AM–3 PM–5–8:30 PM
  • Tuesday: 11:30 AM–3 PM–5–8:30 PM
  • Wednesday: 11:30 AM–3 PM–5–8:30 PM
  • Thursday: 11:30 AM–3 PM–5–8:30 PM
  • Friday: 11:30 AM–3 PM–5–9 PM
  • Saturday: 12–3 PM–5–9 PM
  • Sunday: 4:30–8:30 PM
From the business
  • Identifies as women-owned: Available
Service options
  • Outdoor seating: Available
  • 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
  • Coffee: Available
  • Comfort food: Available
  • Healthy options: Available
  • Quick bite: Available
  • Small plates: Available
  • Vegan options: Available
  • Vegetarian options: Available
  • Wine: Available
Dining options
  • Lunch: Available
  • Dinner: Available
  • Dessert: Available
  • Seating: Available
Amenities
  • Toilet: Available
Atmosphere
  • Casual: Available
  • Cosy: Available
Crowd
  • Family friendly: Available
  • Groups: 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