Thai Talay

Katrina Johnson

Omg this place is amazing!! I ordered the spicy filet mignon skewers that had such an amazing sauce on it that I poured it on my pad see you! I also ordered the unfiltered sake which is my favorite. This place has fantastic food, the waitresses were really nice, and the atmosphere was very calm and inviting.

Audrey Audrey

Authentic and good. STANDOUT DISH: FILET MIGNON With green bean garlic sauce or five Spices sauce (I had the green bean garlic sauce and was not disappointed, at all). The tom kha was as good as I've had elsewhere. Scallops with lemongrass sauce were a treat. Quiet, clean, and well run. Always playing easy Bossa Nova, world music. Wait staff are efficient and on task. Recommend.

Phillip Burum

Tonight was my first visit. I was dying for some Tom Yum and this place was open late and had dine-in. The soup was good. While the chicken was a little tough, the flavor was spot on and a couple fresh Thai chilis brought the heat up to where I prefer it. Having resolved my craving I decided to have some sticky rice and mango for dessert. There isn't a lot to be done that makes sticky rice stand out from anywhere else but here it was done by presentation. Wow.

Anette Reutlinger

The meal was so fantastic. We were 4 people and the meal of all was really tasty. The server are very friendly. Great you have to go there.

Living in LA for 18 months - this is a great neighborhood location. Staff are awesome - food is great and always lots of great people at the bar. Owner is there most days and great guy to hang out with as well. One of my favorites!

Midwest Business Consulting

Living in LA for 18 months - this is a great neighborhood location. Staff are awesome - food is great and always lots of great people at the bar. Owner is there most days and great guy to hang out with as well. One of my favorites!

Ryan Bohnet

Thai Talay is hands down one of our favorite restaurants—we find ourselves coming back a few times a month! The food is consistently delicious, and the atmosphere is warm and welcoming. The staff are always friendly, attentive, and make you feel right at home. We’re obsessed with their soft shell crab—perfectly crispy and full of flavor. All of the noodle dishes are spot on, especially the pad see ew and drunken noodles. And the Tom Kha soup? Rich, creamy, and packed with that perfect balance of tangy and savory. It’s our comfort food haven. Whether you’re dining in or grabbing takeout, Thai Talay never disappoints. Highly recommend!

Pineapple Fried Rice with Chicken, Shrimp, Crabmeat, Cashew Nuts, Eggs, and White and Green Onions. Pad See Ew with Flat Noodles, Chicken, Broccoli, and Egg. This last minute dinner decision was well worth the U-turn! Not only was the food well seasoned and freshly made, the ambiance was sophisticated, but approachable. The staff wasn't super attentive, but they also weren't rude.

New years eve, after getting back from shopping there are almost no places open past 830. Thai food sounded good and Thai Talay is within a 5 min walk from our hotel (in heavy rain). There are no shortage of awesome Thai joints in Chicago so it is not easy to impress us. Just like other ethnic foods in the US, the American version is always a little different from the original back home. We didn't want to have left overs so we ordered our go to plus a sampler app. The app was on point, the chicken satay was so tender that they fall off the stick when you bite into it. Now alot of other places we have been to, you will have to rip it off the stick, so this is a good sign. The Pad See You with Chicken was 60% chicken and 35% noodles plus the veggies. The meat to noodle ratio is quite rare and we almost wanted to ask for more noodles by trading in the chicken. The sauce is a little bit on the sweet side, as in overly sweet (same as the Satay sauce). My duck in red curry was awesome, a little bit of heat, thick curry and tons of duck. The only thing I don't particularly like was how dark it was in there at night time, you can barely see the food. It was darker than a night club. That was why it took me a while to edit my photos to look somewhat presentable. And yes they do charge for the rice separately so do not make that mistake of complaining at the end when you get the bill because they will specifically ask you when you order. Comparatively speaking, it is a solid 4 star in our experiences, nothing like the real thing in Thailand though.

Cute Thai spot with standard dishes. Came here after bowling at Bowlero on a Sunday evening for dinner and got seated immediately. Street parking. Credit cards accepted. Indoor dining only and takeout available. I got the chicken pad thai and my friend got the yellow chicken curry. Note that rice is an additional charge for the curry. The pad thai was well made and I had enough for leftovers (which heated up well for lunch the following day). Service was friendly and quick.

Nice vibe! It was a bit busy, but then again, it was Friday night. Even so, we were able to get a table right away. Our server seemed a bit rushed. The food was good though. I’d definitely recommend this place.

David Glenn

Nice vibe! It was a bit busy, but then again, it was Friday night. Even so, we were able to get a table right away. Our server seemed a bit rushed. The food was good though. I’d definitely recommend this place.

Isabel Yanes

Pineapple Fried Rice with Chicken, Shrimp, Crabmeat, Cashew Nuts, Eggs, and White and Green Onions. Pad See Ew with Flat Noodles, Chicken, Broccoli, and Egg. This last minute dinner decision was well worth the U-turn! Not only was the food well seasoned and freshly made, the ambiance was sophisticated, but approachable. The staff wasn't super attentive, but they also weren't rude.

D “Juanito” H

New years eve, after getting back from shopping there are almost no places open past 830. Thai food sounded good and Thai Talay is within a 5 min walk from our hotel (in heavy rain). There are no shortage of awesome Thai joints in Chicago so it is not easy to impress us. Just like other ethnic foods in the US, the American version is always a little different from the original back home. We didn't want to have left overs so we ordered our go to plus a sampler app. The app was on point, the chicken satay was so tender that they fall off the stick when you bite into it. Now alot of other places we have been to, you will have to rip it off the stick, so this is a good sign. The Pad See You with Chicken was 60% chicken and 35% noodles plus the veggies. The meat to noodle ratio is quite rare and we almost wanted to ask for more noodles by trading in the chicken. The sauce is a little bit on the sweet side, as in overly sweet (same as the Satay sauce). My duck in red curry was awesome, a little bit of heat, thick curry and tons of duck. The only thing I don't particularly like was how dark it was in there at night time, you can barely see the food. It was darker than a night club. That was why it took me a while to edit my photos to look somewhat presentable. And yes they do charge for the rice separately so do not make that mistake of complaining at the end when you get the bill because they will specifically ask you when you order. Comparatively speaking, it is a solid 4 star in our experiences, nothing like the real thing in Thailand though.

Shanelle S

Cute Thai spot with standard dishes. Came here after bowling at Bowlero on a Sunday evening for dinner and got seated immediately. Street parking. Credit cards accepted. Indoor dining only and takeout available. I got the chicken pad thai and my friend got the yellow chicken curry. Note that rice is an additional charge for the curry. The pad thai was well made and I had enough for leftovers (which heated up well for lunch the following day). Service was friendly and quick.

Our server super attentive!!! Especially for a larger private party 🥳 . Crab 🦀 rice Great 👍. I use to be a regular before the remodel.

Jose A

A local favorite for some. This place is great for their limited lunch menu. Recommend the red curry, though be wary of the spice. The service here is slow and not to attentive, almost rude. The food keeps me coming back but the service limits me from dining in too often.

Average and expensive. The food tasted ok. But the menu contains of only text. Not even a single picture of any food. A restaurant owner that cares about his customer and his business needs to be much more active in marketing and advertizment. Having a menu without even a single picture of Thailand's food culture is not acceptable. In my case this ended up for me ordering wrong food. The amount of salt in the food and sauses was ok. The staff were very polite and helpful. The total value of food I ordered ended up $28 (with tip). To expensive!

Ketabe Danesh

Average and expensive. The food tasted ok. But the menu contains of only text. Not even a single picture of any food. A restaurant owner that cares about his customer and his business needs to be much more active in marketing and advertizment. Having a menu without even a single picture of Thailand's food culture is not acceptable. In my case this ended up for me ordering wrong food. The amount of salt in the food and sauses was ok. The staff were very polite and helpful. The total value of food I ordered ended up $28 (with tip). To expensive!

I took my family on a Thursday night. Not too much people there. We got calamari and Tom yum soup for appetiser. The quality of the soup was too less and the way they served it was poor. The fried calamari was not fried as we expected. They added carrots In calamari? Where did that come from? And let’s not even talk about the quantity of the pad Thai. Only 2 people can hardly share one plate. The Thai fried rice was ok but there was less quality. Overall food were really expensive and they don’t worth your money. Go somewhere else if you have a big team with you.

Extremely Disappointed – Not as Described and Not Worth the Price I rarely leave negative reviews, but this experience was too frustrating to ignore. I ordered the Chilean Sea Bass expecting a high-quality dish, especially at $36. What I received was not what was described—there was no ginger sauce as listed, and instead the fish was floating in a bland, unappetizing broth. The flavor was completely off, lacking any balance or depth. It tasted nothing like what you’d expect from a premium dish. For that price, I expect excellence—or at the very least, accuracy. I ended up throwing the entire thing away after a couple of bites. I don’t mind paying for quality, but this was a complete letdown. I won’t be ordering from here again. Save your money!

This place used to be my favorite Thai spot back when I was a student at LMU. Unfortunately, the quality has gotten worse and today I decided to give it another shot and I was sooo disappointed. I ordered Uber eats because I’m very much pregnant and hungry and I don’t want it leave the house. The food made it here timely however, I ordered a soup and requested utensils they gave me two forks not sure how I’m supposed to eat soups with a fork. Fine. Also, the soup is supposed to be coconut cream based but they must have skipped that step becuase there isn’t any. Second, the pad Thai is absolutely disgusting, it’s not fresh the eggs are horrible not scrambled, burnt and bunched up. Hardly any sprouts, tiny little lemon wedge abs just as i wen to write a review I found A HAIR! Gross! I WILL NEVER EAT HERE AGAIN. Honestly there are so many really good Thai places in the area not to mention all over LA this feels like a really cheap hole in the wall that buys really cheap food and cuts corners I’m really disappointed they used to be so good but now they’re disgusting.

I ordered the cashew chicken to go. I arrive there 30 min after I ordered. Waited another 20 min. My food was on the shelf the whole time. So when they gave me my food it was cold. To then find out they barely gave me anything. Waste of time and money.

Ace Rose

This place used to be my favorite Thai spot back when I was a student at LMU. Unfortunately, the quality has gotten worse and today I decided to give it another shot and I was sooo disappointed. I ordered Uber eats because I’m very much pregnant and hungry and I don’t want it leave the house. The food made it here timely however, I ordered a soup and requested utensils they gave me two forks not sure how I’m supposed to eat soups with a fork. Fine. Also, the soup is supposed to be coconut cream based but they must have skipped that step becuase there isn’t any. Second, the pad Thai is absolutely disgusting, it’s not fresh the eggs are horrible not scrambled, burnt and bunched up. Hardly any sprouts, tiny little lemon wedge abs just as i wen to write a review I found A HAIR! Gross! I WILL NEVER EAT HERE AGAIN. Honestly there are so many really good Thai places in the area not to mention all over LA this feels like a really cheap hole in the wall that buys really cheap food and cuts corners I’m really disappointed they used to be so good but now they’re disgusting.

Noemi

I ordered the cashew chicken to go. I arrive there 30 min after I ordered. Waited another 20 min. My food was on the shelf the whole time. So when they gave me my food it was cold. To then find out they barely gave me anything. Waste of time and money.

Suprava Ahana

Don’t spend your money here…the quality was terrible. They serve overpriced food for a very small amount. Customer service was ok. We will not be going there neither our friends and family. Really disappointed.

Lotta Fakes

Extremely Disappointed – Not as Described and Not Worth the Price I rarely leave negative reviews, but this experience was too frustrating to ignore. I ordered the Chilean Sea Bass expecting a high-quality dish, especially at $36. What I received was not what was described—there was no ginger sauce as listed, and instead the fish was floating in a bland, unappetizing broth. The flavor was completely off, lacking any balance or depth. It tasted nothing like what you’d expect from a premium dish. For that price, I expect excellence—or at the very least, accuracy. I ended up throwing the entire thing away after a couple of bites. I don’t mind paying for quality, but this was a complete letdown. I won’t be ordering from here again. Save your money!

Arko Barua

I took my family on a Thursday night. Not too much people there. We got calamari and Tom yum soup for appetiser. The quality of the soup was too less and the way they served it was poor. The fried calamari was not fried as we expected. They added carrots In calamari? Where did that come from? And let’s not even talk about the quantity of the pad Thai. Only 2 people can hardly share one plate. The Thai fried rice was ok but there was less quality. Overall food were really expensive and they don’t worth your money. Go somewhere else if you have a big team with you.

I bet I almost died back there. I ordered crab rice noodles and got sick afterward. The food was cold it looked like fast food, yet I had to wait 40 minutes. It tasted like $2 store-bought noodles. The crab tasted awful. It smelled bad, and the waiters were touching cash and then the tops of the silverware. Terrible place to visit. It’s also way too dark inside.

Horrible service, they seem to favor their regulars at the bar. Food took forever to get to us and they messed up our order as well. Food also didn't taste as good as it used to years back. Fried rice was lacking ingredients- cucumber. The server seemed least interested in making it better