08/16/08

They lie about what's in the food.

by Gunky616

They put msg in the food but on the menu they say,"no msg added". So if you wonder why the food tastes so good, that's why.

02/16/08

Worst food anywhere!!! Avoid always!!!!!

by hobo214

This ''restaurant'' is supposed to be good, but I found out that it has the most unhelpful service and bland, untasty, cruddy food. I recomend any other thai restaurant than this one. When I walked in, there was plenty of seats but a sign said to wait to be seated. I asked the lady if she would take us to our seat, and she ignored me. Finally, after 20 minutes, I got seated. Talk about lousy service!!!!

• Pros: Help me, will ya?
• Cons: Everything?

12/10/07

hands down best meal(s) of my life

by sissyportland

I love Thai Orchid. They're always happy to see me, the warm goodness of their noodles warms me from my soul to my toes, they never mess up an order, their service is consistent. Nothing makes me happier after a long day to go to Thai Orchid with a book or a good friend.

Thank you Thai Orchid, thanks you, thank you, thanks you.

• Pros: pad prik, pad thai, service, their curries, mmmmmm yum.
• Cons: parking

05/06/07

Love their yellow curry and pad thai

by cho435

We are hooked on pad thai and yellow curry. They taste so good. Thai iced tea is also very good. They seems to do a lot of take out. The service is good and friendly.

04/23/07

Long time favorite, flavorful food, nice decor, and friendly

by ppwonder

We have been to Thai Orchid for over ten years. We have never been disappointed. The food is flavorful and consistent. We usually order panang seafood (seafood in panang curry sauce), pad thai, and pad khing chicken (stir fried with ginger). We would like to order others but we are so hooked on these three items.

• Pros: Very flavorful, nice atmosphere, friendly
• Cons: Parking can be difficult to find.

04/22/07

Inconsistent Quality Food and Service for high prices

by diningouttonight

I feel compelled to write this less than satisfacory review after a recent experience, especially since Thai Orchid does charge premium pricing Last time we went in we ordered Rad Na which is suppossed to be prepared with eggs in the noodles while stir frying. It was incorrectly prepared with eggs in the gravy (wrong). Ate it and it was terrible. Pointed this out to the same waiter on the next visit. Waiter remembered the previous visit and also saw that it was incorrectly prepared by a new cook and said nothing at the time, neither offered to have the dish done over properly. This second visti he recommended I try it again "to make it right". This time it was prepared correctly but was pretty tasteless....not good enough to be a restaurant offering in my opinion. In neither case was I offered the opportunity to order a replacement entre (at no cost) or offered a credit against a future visit. Any really good restaurant (from a customer service perspective) would have made such a complimentary offer after a customer has directly expressed having a bad experience. This was truly a disappointment.

I recommend that Thai Orcid management to a much better job of training their wait-staff to be sensitive to any patron having a bad experience due to problems with dishes not meeting expectations or improper preparation, especially when the person involved is a known repeat customer. Also it is obvious that the cook-staff need some serious fine-tuning on some of the proper "spicing" of basic Thai dishes like Rad-Na. It may be a while before we return. Time to try a few other local thai Food establishments in the meantime.

• Pros: Great dish to try is Pad Prik w/ Chicken - try at lunch
• Cons: Inconsistent quality on some dishes and staff not trained to make things right

04/17/07

One of the best Thai around

by nsang

I have been to many Thai restaurant; Thai Orchid is definitely one of the best. I love their red curry with roast duck, Po Hang -- combination seafood dish, and Pad Thai.

• Pros: Good food, friendly service

01/15/07

Thai Orchid is the Best

by ns4992

I have been to many Thai restaurants; Thai Orchid is the best. I love their #86 Pad Kee Mao. It is so flavorful. Their red curry with roast duck is so good.

11/07/06

Yummy

by jane856812548

This is one of the better Thai restaurants I've been to around Portland. Much better than Typhoon, although not as good as Mai Thai. I didn't experience the same bad service the other reviewers did, but I went when it was dead and the employees had nothing better to do than give us attention, although it was slow in getting our food. I would recommend this place, except that Mai Thai is pretty close and even better.

11/07/06

Ok if you are in the area, no need to make special trip

by msomera

I agree with other reviewers, try a mom and pop thai place instead. The food is alright, but the SERVICE IS THE WORST. Not that they are unfriendly, they just don't check on you or refill water, or bring you the check, etc. etc.

• Pros: some dishes are good
• Cons: some dishes are not as good, service is SLOW, no parking