Krathom Lek
Thai, asian · Visalia
About Krathom Lek
Located in Visalia, Krathom Lek offers a diverse range of dining options, including dine-in, takeout, delivery, and convenient curbside pickup. We're proud to serve lunch and dinner with a focus on providing a comfortable and accessible environment for everyone. We are wheelchair accessible, with ac...
Located in Visalia, Krathom Lek offers a diverse range of dining options, including dine-in, takeout, delivery, and convenient curbside pickup. We're proud to serve lunch and dinner with a focus on providing a comfortable and accessible environment for everyone. We are wheelchair accessible, with accessible entrances, parking, restrooms and seating. Enjoy our great tea selection along with your meal. We are a popular location, with a 4.0-star rating based on 123 reviews. We are closed on Mondays, but open every other day of the week. We welcome you to visit us!
What Customers Say About Krathom Lek
Krathom Lek is praised for delicious Lao and Thai food, especially the Pho, spring rolls, and Pad Thai. Customers frequently compliment the fast, friendly service and generous portions. Some find certain dishes oily or not spicy enough, but overall, it's highly recommended.
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Tip: If you like your Pad Thai spicy, ask for chili oil, especially if ordering to-go.
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Krathom Lek Visalia Reviews
This place is not busy as it should be. Had lunch here today and the food was great! Drunken noodles had great flavor. The pad thai could have been spicier but there was chili oil on the table to use (If you getting this Togo make sure to ask for chili oil) the beef pho was prepared well the broth was flavored with all the pho spices and full of meat. The server was very nice and we will be back here again.
I walked in and ordered some chicken pho. I was greeted immediately by staff. My order took less than 5 mins and the quality was awesome. Egg rolls were crispy not greasy.
We really enjoy all the dishes here but the Tom kha soup and the noodle dishes are our favorites. Plus the staff are always super nice and helpful explaining the more authentic dishes we’ve never had before.
Best Thai and Lao food around. ALWAYS hot and fresh. Will continue to eat here!! The place itself clean, nothing fancy. It's all about the food!!! Today I had the Khaosoy Noodle soup and Angel Wings.
After a nice pedicure we came and had lunch here. At first I was a bit skeptical to eat here since it’s new and I have never been here. I was not disappointed at all! The Phad Thai was soooo good and flavorful ! The drunken noodles were good as well! But the Phad Thai was AMAZING! I will definitely be back!
Really good! We stopped here on our way back from Sequoia national park. They were accommodating to our requests. Their sum tom is really good! A little on the sweeter side. I would recommend making it a little more sour next time!
Has very delicious Lao-style papaya salad (thum mak hoong) and other Lao foods. Would definitely stop in here again when coming through Visalia next time!
"Food was delicious and the service was great! Highly recommend supporting local—try local, spend local!"
Great food and service. I had the spring rolls and beef Pho. So good!
This place is not busy as it should be. Had lunch here today and the food was great! Drunken noodles had great flavor. The pad thai could have been spicier but there was chili oil on the table to use (If you getting this Togo make sure to ask for chili oil) the beef pho was prepared well the broth was flavored with all the pho spices and full of meat. The server was very nice and we will be back here again.
I walked in and ordered some chicken pho. I was greeted immediately by staff. My order took less than 5 mins and the quality was awesome. Egg rolls were crispy not greasy.
We really enjoy all the dishes here but the Tom kha soup and the noodle dishes are our favorites. Plus the staff are always super nice and helpful explaining the more authentic dishes we’ve never had before.
Best Thai and Lao food around. ALWAYS hot and fresh. Will continue to eat here!! The place itself clean, nothing fancy. It's all about the food!!! Today I had the Khaosoy Noodle soup and Angel Wings.
After a nice pedicure we came and had lunch here. At first I was a bit skeptical to eat here since it’s new and I have never been here. I was not disappointed at all! The Phad Thai was soooo good and flavorful ! The drunken noodles were good as well! But the Phad Thai was AMAZING! I will definitely be back!
Really good! We stopped here on our way back from Sequoia national park. They were accommodating to our requests. Their sum tom is really good! A little on the sweeter side. I would recommend making it a little more sour next time!
"Food was delicious and the service was great! Highly recommend supporting local—try local, spend local!"
Has very delicious Lao-style papaya salad (thum mak hoong) and other Lao foods. Would definitely stop in here again when coming through Visalia next time!
Great food and service. I had the spring rolls and beef Pho. So good!
Great food, good portion sizes and the service is always fast and friendly. We recommend this restaurant to everyone we can and usually go at least 3 times a month.
New name new ownership just tried out and food was very delicious with great service I highly recommend 😋🙂🍜🍛👍
This place is great. While a little thicker than usual, Panang Curry has just the right amount of spice and tasted delicious - the denser consistency didn't take away from the dish at all. The yellow curry was also great, while just little on the more mild side, and the fried rice was perfect. Great egg rolls too. Portions were fairly large, especially for the price. Definitely deserves more than the 4.1 star average.
New name new ownership just tried out and food was very delicious with great service I highly recommend 😋🙂🍜🍛👍
Great food, good portion sizes and the service is always fast and friendly. We recommend this restaurant to everyone we can and usually go at least 3 times a month.
Great service and the Pho excellent 👌 the broth was not greasy didn't leave a bad after taste. The servings well worth the money being I'm very picky about Pho I recommend this place.
Went here on a Tuesday evening during dinner time. The restaurant is located where Pho King used to be at. The place wasn't too packed. I was there with a group of 4 people. We ordered Spring Rolls as appetizers. The rolls were a very good size. Probably the biggest ones I've seen in Visalia restaurants. For our main course, we ordered Combination Pad Se Ew (Pan-Fried Noodles), Combination Paneng Curry, Combination Pad Kra Pow Gai (Stir-Fry) and Chicken Pad Kra Pow (Rice plate) Everything was delicious! Good size plates, full of flavor and everything came out quickly. Overall, the food was really delicious and our waitress was very nice and very attentive. The only reason I'm giving this place a 4 is ambience. They need to put some sort of background music to liven up the place a bit! Something minor that can be fixed. Otherwise, definitely come here for delicious Laotian/Thai food!
Went here on a Tuesday evening during dinner time. The restaurant is located where Pho King used to be at. The place wasn't too packed. I was there with a group of 4 people. We ordered Spring Rolls as appetizers. The rolls were a very good size. Probably the biggest ones I've seen in Visalia restaurants. For our main course, we ordered Combination Pad Se Ew (Pan-Fried Noodles), Combination Paneng Curry, Combination Pad Kra Pow Gai (Stir-Fry) and Chicken Pad Kra Pow (Rice plate) Everything was delicious! Good size plates, full of flavor and everything came out quickly. Overall, the food was really delicious and our waitress was very nice and very attentive. The only reason I'm giving this place a 4 is ambience. They need to put some sort of background music to liven up the place a bit! Something minor that can be fixed. Otherwise, definitely come here for delicious Laotian/Thai food!
I haven't had all the food yet, I'll def return to try more. The Pad Thai is TOO oily and dense but tastes decent. Angel wings are good but overpriced, probably opt for egg rolls next time
I haven't had all the food yet, I'll def return to try more. The Pad Thai is TOO oily and dense but tastes decent. Angel wings are good but overpriced, probably opt for egg rolls next time
Cambodian girl alert!!!! 2nd time trying this restaurant. Both times left unimpressed. This time I got the Pad thai chicken. I thought to myself they can't mess that up. It looks the part but the flavor is lacking. There is a 2 out of 10 flavor. Meaning it is almost flavorless. I even asked for thai hot which from my experience is the hottest. It was barely hot. Hopefully they read this review and add more seasoning to their food.
Cambodian girl alert!!!! 2nd time trying this restaurant. Both times left unimpressed. This time I got the Pad thai chicken. I thought to myself they can't mess that up. It looks the part but the flavor is lacking. There is a 2 out of 10 flavor. Meaning it is almost flavorless. I even asked for thai hot which from my experience is the hottest. It was barely hot. Hopefully they read this review and add more seasoning to their food.
Ordered pad kra pow. Clearly they don’t know what that is or trying to just give me anything. There wasn’t a trace of basil in the stir fry plate I got ( take out). I wish they would have just told me they didn’t know how to make the dish instead of giving me just anything, as if I wouldn’t know better. So now I feel like they didn’t care one bit and scammed me. Guess I won’t be going back there.,
Ordered pad kra pow. Clearly they don’t know what that is or trying to just give me anything. There wasn’t a trace of basil in the stir fry plate I got ( take out). I wish they would have just told me they didn’t know how to make the dish instead of giving me just anything, as if I wouldn’t know better. So now I feel like they didn’t care one bit and scammed me. Guess I won’t be going back there.,
We went in last week and they were advertising PHO outside. We were told to sit anywhere and it was the lunch rush but it took 10 mins for someone to take our order and after 20 mins if waiting my food was delivered with a roach. We told our server who took the bug to show someone… she comes back 5 mins later and asked “what else do you want to eat” no even a sorry!!! We immediately left🤮 I could never eat there again
Egg rolls way too chewy for my liking I can’t even bite into them without a fight. The sticky rice was not sticky and didn’t have the normal sticky rice flavor. Pad Thai disappointing.
Showed up to get brunch, the waitress was extremely nice and attentive but the owners kept yelling and fighting in the background. I ordered a PadThai and asked for it to be extra spicy (my mistake) I got a dish engulfed in chili peppers. It was so spicy, it made me sweat & cry. Only took 2 bites before I left. The waitress kept apologizing from the moment she brought my food, so I knew this was done purposely by the cook(owner).
We went in last week and they were advertising PHO outside. We were told to sit anywhere and it was the lunch rush but it took 10 mins for someone to take our order and after 20 mins if waiting my food was delivered with a roach. We told our server who took the bug to show someone… she comes back 5 mins later and asked “what else do you want to eat” no even a sorry!!! We immediately left🤮 I could never eat there again
Egg rolls way too chewy for my liking I can’t even bite into them without a fight. The sticky rice was not sticky and didn’t have the normal sticky rice flavor. Pad Thai disappointing.
Showed up to get brunch, the waitress was extremely nice and attentive but the owners kept yelling and fighting in the background. I ordered a PadThai and asked for it to be extra spicy (my mistake) I got a dish engulfed in chili peppers. It was so spicy, it made me sweat & cry. Only took 2 bites before I left. The waitress kept apologizing from the moment she brought my food, so I knew this was done purposely by the cook(owner).
Worst “Thai” food I’ve ever had. Literally tastes like they used great value peanut butter in their dishes. They give you your food at half volume, they don’t include rice with “curry,” and the meat literally tastes like dog pee smells. Anyone who knows Thai food will be sorely disappointed with this nonsense. I’ve had my share of bad Thai food in my 38 years, this is by far the worst I’ve ever had.
Worst “Thai” food I’ve ever had. Literally tastes like they used great value peanut butter in their dishes. They give you your food at half volume, they don’t include rice with “curry,” and the meat literally tastes like dog pee smells. Anyone who knows Thai food will be sorely disappointed with this nonsense. I’ve had my share of bad Thai food in my 38 years, this is by far the worst I’ve ever had.
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1424 N Ben Maddox Way, Visalia, CA 93292
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