Simply Thai
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About Simply Thai
En Simply Thai, te invitamos a disfrutar de la auténtica cocina tailandesa en un ambiente relajado y acogedor. Nuestra carta ofrece platos tradicionales, deliciosos menús del día y una amplia selección vegetariana para todos los gustos. Ven a Jarvis Avenue y déjate sorprender por los sabores exótico...
En Simply Thai, te invitamos a disfrutar de la auténtica cocina tailandesa en un ambiente relajado y acogedor. Nuestra carta ofrece platos tradicionales, deliciosos menús del día y una amplia selección vegetariana para todos los gustos. Ven a Jarvis Avenue y déjate sorprender por los sabores exóticos que nos han convertido en un referente de la gastronomía tailandesa.
What Customers Say About Simply Thai
Simply Thai is a popular spot known for authentic and flavorful Thai food, especially the curries. Customers rave about the friendly staff and quick service, particularly for online orders and takeout. Some reviewers mention small portion sizes as a concern.
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Tip: Online ordering is easy and efficient for quick pickup. Be aware that portion sizes may be smaller than expected.
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Simply Thai Newark Reviews
Second meal here in 2 nights while working a gig in Fremont. The prawn Pad Thai last night was excellent, tonight's panang chicken curry was just as good. Fresh ingredients make a big dif. Recommend!
Loved the vegetarian options and there are a good number of them. The spicy veggie fried rice and chuchee tofu curry were both amazing. They were very flavorful and had good amounts of tofu and veggies (and babycorn). Medium spice was good for me. I also tried the crispy corn, it tasted good but wasn't very crispy probably because of takeout.
Thai Ice Tea was authentic and delicious, then the Pad See Ew, Tamarind Wings, and Pla Duk Pad Phed arrived! They were all wonderful, will definitely come again!
Quick, good price, and great food. The only thing more you can ask for is good customer service and they have it. Now, the customer service is not great, or perfect, but it is good. They are very attentive and will provide you with anything they can to make your experience better. If you can handle the heat, go for the Thai Hot. If you just like it spicy, the Hot is perfect. All levels still pack that Thai spice everyone loves.
Had our dinner here with my son. Ordered Yellow curry for me, I shouldn’t drink, but we did drink beer. Nice and friendly environment. Good disks.
Simply Thai serves some of the most authentic and flavorful curries I’ve had! I ordered the Yellow Curry with Prawns, and my friend had the Roast Duck Curry—both were rich, well-balanced, and packed with fresh ingredients. The restaurant has a clean and relaxed atmosphere, and the staff was incredibly kind and attentive, which made the dining experience even better. Highly recommend for anyone craving real Thai comfort food.
Simply Thai is a great family friendly place. The food is great and was customized to our preference. I wish the number of people servicing in the restaurant would increase as very little number of staff were serving so many tables. The cashew chicken curry and Tom kha gai were my favorites. Totally recommend it!
I've been coming here since I discovered this place back in 2021. It's by far one of my favorite Thai food places. When you get take out you get a generous portion and the flavor is so good. Our favorites are: Chicken Pad Thai (medium spice) Beef Pad Thai (medium spice) Beef Pad See Ew (no spice) Thai Tea Medium spice per my mom and boyfriend is pretty spicy for them and they have a higher tolerance for spice so pick the level you feel you can handle to try. Or get one level below what you normally like in case it's super spicy. They close online orders on Sunday and Mondays due to insufficient staff but it states that when you try to order. I've eaten here in person too and the staff is super nice and helpful. Go support them ! (:
This is my go to Thai restaurant. My favorite dish is the lunch special "Red Curry Prawn". I like the prawns simmered in coconut milk with red curry, and pineapples, tomatoes, bamboo shoots, peas, bell peppers, Thai basil. The red curry with coconut milk has a hint of sweetness, which I like it very much. By the way, you can choose the spicy level based on your preference (default spicy is medium). I like the Lunch Special version because it also comes with salad, fried spring roll and sour soup.
Update: 01/2023 - tried this place again after a long time. The food was delicious and well made. Plenty of vegetarian options and quick takeout or done in service. Soup, rice and tofu dish are very delicious. Update: 04/02/22 - their front desk person has changed and messed up our order. Had to wait extra 20+ mins to get our missing items.
Come here every so often when I’m in the bay. The wings here are darn good!! Also head a few beers and a pad see ew
Online ordering so easy. Pickup easy. The ladies are always smiling and kind even when they are busy. I love how I can order and pay online and my bag is waiting when I get there. Best Thai food in the area if you want something fast. Mango rice and pad Thai here is delish.
Best Thai food!! Great service, flavors and prices. The highlight of our order was the eggplant gra praw - wow I would eat this every day. Also the mango sticky rice is outstanding. Such friendly accommodating staff. Highly recommend.
Went for a quick lunch on a weekday. The place was completely full but the staff was able to take the order quickly and deliver the delicious food promptly as well. Went for the spicy vegetable fried rice and drunken noodles.
Simply Thai serves some of the most authentic and flavorful curries I’ve had! I ordered the Yellow Curry with Prawns, and my friend had the Roast Duck Curry—both were rich, well-balanced, and packed with fresh ingredients. The restaurant has a clean and relaxed atmosphere, and the staff was incredibly kind and attentive, which made the dining experience even better. Highly recommend for anyone craving real Thai comfort food.
Simply Thai is a great family friendly place. The food is great and was customized to our preference. I wish the number of people servicing in the restaurant would increase as very little number of staff were serving so many tables. The cashew chicken curry and Tom kha gai were my favorites. Totally recommend it!
I've been coming here since I discovered this place back in 2021. It's by far one of my favorite Thai food places. When you get take out you get a generous portion and the flavor is so good. Our favorites are: Chicken Pad Thai (medium spice) Beef Pad Thai (medium spice) Beef Pad See Ew (no spice) Thai Tea Medium spice per my mom and boyfriend is pretty spicy for them and they have a higher tolerance for spice so pick the level you feel you can handle to try. Or get one level below what you normally like in case it's super spicy. They close online orders on Sunday and Mondays due to insufficient staff but it states that when you try to order. I've eaten here in person too and the staff is super nice and helpful. Go support them ! (:
This is my go to Thai restaurant. My favorite dish is the lunch special "Red Curry Prawn". I like the prawns simmered in coconut milk with red curry, and pineapples, tomatoes, bamboo shoots, peas, bell peppers, Thai basil. The red curry with coconut milk has a hint of sweetness, which I like it very much. By the way, you can choose the spicy level based on your preference (default spicy is medium). I like the Lunch Special version because it also comes with salad, fried spring roll and sour soup.
Update: 01/2023 - tried this place again after a long time. The food was delicious and well made. Plenty of vegetarian options and quick takeout or done in service. Soup, rice and tofu dish are very delicious. Update: 04/02/22 - their front desk person has changed and messed up our order. Had to wait extra 20+ mins to get our missing items.
Come here every so often when I’m in the bay. The wings here are darn good!! Also head a few beers and a pad see ew
Online ordering so easy. Pickup easy. The ladies are always smiling and kind even when they are busy. I love how I can order and pay online and my bag is waiting when I get there. Best Thai food in the area if you want something fast. Mango rice and pad Thai here is delish.
Best Thai food!! Great service, flavors and prices. The highlight of our order was the eggplant gra praw - wow I would eat this every day. Also the mango sticky rice is outstanding. Such friendly accommodating staff. Highly recommend.
Went for a quick lunch on a weekday. The place was completely full but the staff was able to take the order quickly and deliver the delicious food promptly as well. Went for the spicy vegetable fried rice and drunken noodles.
This place serves authentic thai food. The food and service is great Definitely worth a visit
Fantastic spot for Thai food. Everything I've had here has been fresh, delicious, and well-portioned. My personal favourites are the chicken red curry and gai nor mai. The prices are pretty standard for a restaurant of this type as well. The staff are friendly and the restaurant has a relaxing atmosphere. Overall, I'd definitely recommend checking this place out.
I ordered a chicken pad thai. First order from this restaurant, even though I've lived in the area for a couple of years now. The website was very easy to navigate. The photo of the pad thai matched up with what I received. As I walked in, the employee was very kind and I got my order immediately. The pad thai itself was very delicious. I got the medium spice level, which was just right as my tolerance has gone down over the past year from not eating as many spicy foods. The noodles, chicken and veggies were cooked to perfection. The amount of food I got was as expected for the price I paid. Will order from this place again if I'm craving Thai again!
I ordered a chicken pad thai. First order from this restaurant, even though I've lived in the area for a couple of years now. The website was very easy to navigate. The photo of the pad thai matched up with what I received. As I walked in, the employee was very kind and I got my order immediately. The pad thai itself was very delicious. I got the medium spice level, which was just right as my tolerance has gone down over the past year from not eating as many spicy foods. The noodles, chicken and veggies were cooked to perfection. The amount of food I got was as expected for the price I paid. Will order from this place again if I'm craving Thai again!
This place serves authentic thai food. The food and service is great Definitely worth a visit
Fantastic spot for Thai food. Everything I've had here has been fresh, delicious, and well-portioned. My personal favourites are the chicken red curry and gai nor mai. The prices are pretty standard for a restaurant of this type as well. The staff are friendly and the restaurant has a relaxing atmosphere. Overall, I'd definitely recommend checking this place out.
I ordered a thai fried rice but received a pad thai. I didn't say anything, ate what I received, and did not complain. But, I would've liked the thai fried rice. 😆
Really tempting food! The service needs to be improved. Tables are small for a party of 4. The server was really rude. Although kudos to the chef for making good food. Must try- spicy fried rice. Pad Thai/pad kee mow
Today is my anniversary! My wife wanted Thai but didn't want to go far. This place meets those requirements. I'm going to make this fast and then update in detail later. Basil chicken is legit spicy. I got watery eyes. The yellow curry is good. More details later.
Nice ambiance, Tasty food with balanced flavors. They are short-staffed and a bit slow initially in taking our order, but the quick food service made up for it. Definitely worth a visit!
Placed a carry out order today. Thai egg rolls very fresh and flavorful. Plum sauce was amazing. Chicken Pad Thai also well prepared and presented. Fast friendly service. I'll go back.
Pineapple fried rice, & a jumbo prawn dish in a sweet Thai chili paste. Both were delicious and there was plenty of food. Prices were decent, cheaper than some other places. The pad Thai was okay, but not my favorite. I'll probably be back for takeout. Dining in is okay, but not that enjoyable especially without AC.
Today is my anniversary! My wife wanted Thai but didn't want to go far. This place meets those requirements. I'm going to make this fast and then update in detail later. Basil chicken is legit spicy. I got watery eyes. The yellow curry is good. More details later.
Nice ambiance, Tasty food with balanced flavors. They are short-staffed and a bit slow initially in taking our order, but the quick food service made up for it. Definitely worth a visit!
Placed a carry out order today. Thai egg rolls very fresh and flavorful. Plum sauce was amazing. Chicken Pad Thai also well prepared and presented. Fast friendly service. I'll go back.
Pineapple fried rice, & a jumbo prawn dish in a sweet Thai chili paste. Both were delicious and there was plenty of food. Prices were decent, cheaper than some other places. The pad Thai was okay, but not my favorite. I'll probably be back for takeout. Dining in is okay, but not that enjoyable especially without AC.
This place has good Thai food but it doesn’t handle volume well (maybe lack of employees?). Most recent visit was on a Monday evening around 7pm and there were only 4-5 tables seated. We made a take out order and the woman at the front, although nice, was not very proactive in helping us place our order even after we said we were ready to order (she just went on to do other things and then looked at us slowly and suddenly remembered). It also took over 30 minutes to get 3 items. Honestly I would probably just go across the street to Simply Thai for faster service 🤷🏻♀️
This was a total of $60 for ridiculously small portion except the noodles. There’s like 5 pieces of meat in the red curry which btw isn’t even red like what it should look like. It’s mostly coconut cream and barely taste the fragrance of the spices. The eggplant is also overly saturated with oil and barely has good flavoring. This was extremely disappointing on top of the portion size for $15-17 a dish.
It's a very busy place. ... It's a small restaurant. ... The food is great but long wait. ... the service is also good. ... Price is okay. ... We had a nice dinner. ...
This was a total of $60 for ridiculously small portion except the noodles. There’s like 5 pieces of meat in the red curry which btw isn’t even red like what it should look like. It’s mostly coconut cream and barely taste the fragrance of the spices. The eggplant is also overly saturated with oil and barely has good flavoring. This was extremely disappointing on top of the portion size for $15-17 a dish.
It's a very busy place. ... It's a small restaurant. ... The food is great but long wait. ... the service is also good. ... Price is okay. ... We had a nice dinner. ...
Good food and taste. Quick service. However I have a feedback. The portion size is very small. You are charging 20$ for a Panang curry and the quantity is small. Go to another Thai restaurant and see the box size. I see you have gotten similar reviews around small portion size from other people. You should consider the feedback
Good food and taste. Quick service. However I have a feedback. The portion size is very small. You are charging 20$ for a Panang curry and the quantity is small. Go to another Thai restaurant and see the box size. I see you have gotten similar reviews around small portion size from other people. You should consider the feedback
The sweet and sour prawn is all vegetable and soggy when complain about it there was no refund or offer to remake or switch the item.
I've been coming here for several years for their crab fried rice it use to be 🔥🔥 full of crab and flavor . However today I went for lunch and was terribly disappointed it was full of flavor but crab barely none. I had to turn on my flashlight to look for it. If I hadn't been on lunch at work I would have definitely taken it back. This was my 1st time coming since they reopened but if this is the service I will not be back. For 17.00 I expect MORE!!2
Service is quite disappointing and we'll never come back to this place. Both waiter and waitress are not patient and quite pushy. It's difficult to add a bow of rice because thy never walk over and check, and looks busy even there are only 2-3 groups in the restaurant. When we want to have boxes to go, the waiter gave us a paper box for the soup. I don't feel is welcomed by this restaurant and staff over there just want to push to order, eat and pay. And don't make trouble for them.
Service is quite disappointing and we'll never come back to this place. Both waiter and waitress are not patient and quite pushy. It's difficult to add a bow of rice because thy never walk over and check, and looks busy even there are only 2-3 groups in the restaurant. When we want to have boxes to go, the waiter gave us a paper box for the soup. I don't feel is welcomed by this restaurant and staff over there just want to push to order, eat and pay. And don't make trouble for them.
Food was okay, service was NOT. They didn't greet when I approached the counter. The cook from the back came out and acted with disdain as if they don't serve black people. The manager who took my order acting like I'm from a different planet. Customers weren't friendly - weird energy as well. I was polite as always but I never will recommend. Never will give them my money again and will encourage others I know not to patronize. The Korean restaurant next door was over the top polite and I should have eaten there instead. Noted for next time.
The food was to our liking and we started going here a couple times. The last 2 times we repented we shouldn’t have gone there. First time we had a piece of plastic in the soup & when we complained all we got was an apology. This time (today, 10/4/2024, 8 pm), the person that served our table was totally rude from the beginning we ordered our food. He seemed annoyed and was behaving very very rude to us. He was not ready to listen to our preferences for avoiding fish and oysters sauces and egg in the food. He then swapped our order and got something that we didn’t order . We were offered an apology by the owner but didn’t swap the food for the order that we made. Then there were no napkins and spoons offered and when asked was mocked by the service person. I then complained to the owner cum manager cum cook and all offered again was an apology. And gave us a cold drink as an apology that we promptly denied to take. We left the food as is and paid the money and came back. I said you lost a customer today and he said “thank you” . So please Beware when you go here .
Rude, incompetent servers who constantly make customers feel terrible. The service is genuinely the worst I have ever seen. Staff is undertrained from thailand, and some barely speak english and are extremely rude. For a thai restaurant who should be very hospitable and respectful, the service is angry and cranky all the time. I cannot tell you how much I do not recommend this place for anyone if they want a decent dining experience. High prices, low quality of service make me hope this place gets shut down. I will be filling out many petitions to hopefully get it closed for good. DO NOT COME HERE
The food is good, but SO overpriced. They have been continuously raising their prices for a while and i’m not having it. Will change my review when they start charging fair prices.
Ordered vegetable noodle option for healthy option but minuscule amount of veggie : like 95% noodle perhaps 5% veggie. Only upside is food tasted ok. There is no refill offered. I tipped decently despite bad exeroence though.
OWNER INTENTIONALLY UNDERSTAFFS!! I’ve been coming to this place on and off for five years, and unfortunately, the service has consistently been terrible. The staff are often extremely rude and slow, which makes every visit an unpleasant experience. I spoke to a server during my most recent visit, and he seemed completely exhausted. It’s no surprise, given how the owner appears to treat both customers and staff. The owner’s behavior seems to be at the root of the problem. It’s clear that nothing has improved over the years, and it’s deeply concerning that employees are being mistreated. Something needs to change. It might be time to protest and ensure the owner is held accountable for how poorly they manage both their staff and customers. Until things improve, I can’t recommend this place to anyone.
This is the first time we visited this restaurant. First of all the attitude of the waiter wasn't good. He was very rude. He had taken some customizations that we ordered but none of the customizations were accommodated. The taste of the food wasn't good too. I am not happy with this restaurant. Will not go ever again.
Ordered Pad Kee Mao Chicken. I can hardly count 5-6 thin pieces of chicken, 2-3 broccoli/carrot. Generally in other restaurants, ratio would be half noodles and half protein/veggies. I got 80% noodle and just 20% of protein and veggies. I ordered food from this restaurant for the first time and I am very disappointed. Probably, I will not going to visit/order food again.
I asked for Veg Pad thai it was way too soggy. The veggies were drenched it oil and over all it tasted nothkng like pad thai. I couldn't eat it and went to counter to pay they said we have a new chef and cannot do anything about it other than charging me for it.😂
Service is Horrible…. so horrible i paid for my coke and got up and left. after i started ordering and the waitress started to make fun of my order and commented like wow more and then when i asked for spicy she would say how spicy and I had to ask twice. which she got frustrated about. so I walked down to Craby Craby was Greeted seated and fed with no attitude. DO NOT GO TO SIMPLY THAI. Never got to try the food due to the poor attitude and service
I had a very bad experience with my recent online order with Simply Thai. After I came home, found one of the items is missing, and I tried to call the restaurant but they picked up and put me on hold for about 10 minutes without even say anything. Trying after multiple times, they didn't even care to realize their mistake, and ask me to drive all the way back to pick up the missing item which I didn't want to do. There is no way on their website to get a refund as well. Worst ever customer service!!!!
Gosh! Just because this place has been here for a while doesn’t mean this is good. We went for business lunch , the service was rude , the food - they couldn’t make simple roll, we ordered their roasted duck , beef and egg plant - all of them was way below normal Thai place. If you have a choice then pls go to another Thai place.
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