Stopped in on a Saturday and really loved this place! The service was super inattentive and it’s a great deal for a lunch special. The choices are quite extensive and all the food was very fresh and flavorful. Would recommend!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$10–20
Recommended dishes
Fried Shrimp Wonton
I live in Peoria where we have no Thai food so when we up in the Chicago area we searched for a Thai restaurant that had yellow curry. This was THE place! The yellow curry was fantastic! My husband had the panang curry and loved it. They didn’t ask us spice level like some Thai places do but they nailed it. It wasn’t too spicy and we really enjoyed the flavour. We also enjoyed the Pad Thai, crab Rangoon, egg rolls and my daughter loved the fried rice. Thai iced tea was delicious as was my all time favourite dessert, mango with sticky rice! Service was great! Very attentive and polite. We will definitely make the drive up to eat here again.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Mango Sticky Rice
Amazing!!! We're new to the area and are trying to replace our old go-to's. This is now at the top of the list. Classic Thai flavor and couldn't believe they had MEE KROB. Such an amazing underrated dish and so hard to find in the area. Will be back countless times!
Service
Take out
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 4
Recommended dishes
PA-Nang Curry Chicken
There's so much to share! This restaurant is just a gem! The egg plant curry I ordered was very delicious, the flavor profile covered the whole tongue and the ensemble of textures with the marinated tofu was addicting! If you're looking for good Thai food in Hoffman Estates this is your place! I will definitely be stopping here again next time I'm passing through. Kinda bummed they're not near me house to be honest! Also the staff was very friendly, which goes a long way.
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Green Curry
Can't recommend this place enough; like any good Asian restaurant it doesn't waste on appearance and gives you a lot of great food at a low price. We got the Thai Platter, Chicken Pad Thai and Chicken Basil Fried Rice; everything came out quick and was great, about the only thing we didn't like was the "spicy sauce" that came with the platter was insanely hot. The portions were also massive (it'll probably turn into about 8 meals for us) and it was only $40 which in this day and age is insane.
We'll definitely be back.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$20–30
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 4
Recommended dishes
Spring Rolls
Update 1/2023
Still as delicious as always. I came in for the lunch special with a friend. We had the panang curry and the green curry and also ordered the Tom yum soup with shrimp. Excellent and full of flavor. The egg rolls were so good I was tempted to order another one. The banana sticky rice desert was authentic in a banana leaf and was a great ending to a nice lunch.
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Update 11/2022
Taste of Thai is a hidden gem that you must try if you like Thai food. I had their lunch take out a few months ago that was very good. I’ve been meaning to try them for dinner with my husband. The dinner was amazing! Everything was clean, quality, taste and portions of the food were excellent! The Tom yum soup came out piping hot and had a great amount of chicken and vegetables. The chicken egg rolls were a nice size and had a nice flavor to them. We also ordered shrimp Pad Thai that had premium large shrimp that tasted authentic and fresh. We ordered the chicken pa-nang curry that was so good, rich and creamy that we couldn’t stop eating it! The food is consistent and they give very generous portions on everything we ordered. Lastly the fried ice cream is like eating a little cake with ice cream. The whole dining experience was very very enjoyable. Our waitress Yoni (apologies if I misspelled) and the entire staff was so friendly and welcoming. This is our new go to for authentic Thai cuisine!
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I came here impromptu as it was close to an errand I was running. Pleasantly surprised by this quaint little family run restaurant. I ordered the Pad Thai lunch special w/chicken to go. The lunch special comes with choice of egg roll, crab rangoon, rice or other item. Restaurant was very clean, neat and orderly. Menu is simple and has a lot of variety to choose from. Food was made super fast and wrapped nicely. They give a very nice portion size and the flavors are authentic and delicious! I ordered with chicken and they didn’t disappoint as there was many large pieces in with the noodles. I loved the cabbage and carrot crunch with the noodles. I chose the egg roll which was super crispy, flavorful and decently sized. I did see others plates being served in the dining room as I waited for my take out. All the food looked amazing. They also had Thai authentic coffee, tea and drinks to choose from! I really liked that this is a small intimate place. I’ll return with friends and try their other items. The staff is very pleasant and eager to please to make sure you are satisfied.
A rare gem that is still as good today as it was 20 yrs ago! After living out of state for years, we had dinner here tonight and were thrilled that it was better than we remembered! Great, authentic Thai food at very reasonable prices. Very friendly and timely service.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 3
They used to have very friendly superior service around three to four years ago. Maybe the owner has changed since then. I went there for lunch last week and ordered curry dish. I was told the curry is not really a curry but it's more like stir fried with curry flavor. So she meant there is very little soup. So I asked her if I can have additional soup for additional fee. She said no. I asked if she can separate rice and curry in two plates. She said no. She gave me an usual (not for lunch) menu and if I want curry I can order from the different menu. My partner ordered crab lagoon. She said it's not crunchy. I assume she meant it's oily? By this time she took the usual menu away from our table so we didn't know what's are available. A curry without soup and a crab lagoon not crunchy...... And she added she tried to explain what we could expect to have because she didn't think we (Asians) wouldn't know about how to eat Thai foods. We politely excused ourselves from the restaurant without having lunch there. We drove a few minutes from there to have a wonderful Thai lunch experience at Thai Garden near by. We will never go back to this restaurants anymore......
Food: 1
Service: 1
Atmosphere: 1
Preface by saying I love this restaurant.
I ordered a few times, and the food was just ok, not good or bad. But I ordered it today, and I don’t know if they did something different, but it was great! I got yellow curry, and it was so flavorful. My wife ordered basil fried rice, and specified it was for a vegetarian, and the restaurant actually called to double check that egg in the rice was ok! Really appreciated it, and the food was really good
Service
Delivery
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Usually I order from Thai Garden and I love their food, this time I tried the food from Taste of Thai and I’m very disappointed. The green curry wasn’t green and didn’t taste good, it was very sweet and heavy. The egg roll dough was a disaster it was raw. I spoke with someone over the phone about the egg rolls dough but they can only offered me free egg rolls with my next order, no refund over the phone only if I drive to the restaurant. Thank you, but I think I will keep order from Thai Garden.
Service
Delivery
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$50–100
