Chan Dara Thai Cuisine

Best Thai food I have ever had. I love the green curry and thai tea. The owner is so nice. It is always a wonderful experience when I stop in to eat. The dumplings are also super yummy.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Though I've been going to this place for years and they have modified orders to be gluten free, I had THE worst restaurant experience of my life today. I am pregnant and craving Thai. My husband calls to make my usual order. There are 2 women who usually work here. One is the nicest lady in the world and super accommodating. The other is a grumpy hag that always tells me it won't taste good gluten free and I tell her thanks but I just put tamari on it and it's great. Well tonight she told my husband that the chef refused to make it. 2 of the 4 things we were ordering already come gluten free. They just had to leave out soy and oyster sauce on the other 2. Never been a problem before. He called and tried again and she refused again and said the owner said they were "too busy". She refused to let him talk to anyone else. He even told them his wife is pregnant and we have ordered these same items many times before. I have NEVER had such poor service in my life. Sadly, this place WAS the best option for GF thai food in Escondido. I will not be going back, even though I was always happy with everything we ordered.

Best Thai food in San Diego County!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Went there for dinner on Saturday night. Have plenty of parking looks like a ghost town, food didn’t take that long but waiter just took the order and drop off the food and disappeared, should have checked the water and after drop off the food do we need anything, or how is the food? Food was better than the service, except the egg roll not sure they buy it or make it need the check on the salt. We both felt little too salty.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

Loved the Pad Thai. Definitely a great Mom & Pop restaurant to invest in.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Absolutely Delicious! I stumbled across this gem and was absolutely blown away!! This establishment was clean, and the guest service amazing. As soon as I entered I was greeted right away. The food was absolutely delicious!!! I couldn’t put my fork down it was so good. I’ve had Thai food from many establishments in San Diego and neighboring cities but nothing comes close to this place. I’ve had mediocre experiences, but this place I had to write a review about

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The best Thai food I ever had (or was I just hungry?). The salad dressing was so good and the curries were out of the worldly

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I love coming here! The food is tasty and reasonably priced and good service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It's okay.

Our family loves this place. We eat here way too much!! Anytime we bring friends, they love it just as much. Highly recommend

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Decided to try this place for take out to feed family of 7.
First observation was the portion sizing..the containers were definitely less full compared to other local Thai spots.
Ordered Sweet & Sour Chicken/Garlic Pepper Chicken/Green Beans Chicken and few other chicken teams (on a Tuesday)
Every chicken dish felt like chicken jerky and super hard. Sweet and sour chicken was absolutely the worst of the 4 chicken dishes.
Chicken was over boiled/over cooked. And largely just missing flavor.

Not sure if this makes sense but it felt more like Chinese takeout, less like Thai. Missing the fresh parsley flavors that I am used to.

Waste of near $100 after tip. Disappointed 🙃

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 4

I’ve been visiting Chandara for years and I recommend it to everyone I meet because this restaurant is exceptional. The food is delicious, it’s high quality and the service is out of this world. My recomentation is to try all their curries specially the pineapple curry, please don’t miss the Tom kha soup with shrimp and of course the bbq ribs and pad Thai.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wonderful hidden jam off the restaurant. Food always delicious. I highly recommend it

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best thai food I have ever eaten. I highly recommend... Eddie and his wife are so friendly they make you feel like it's home. Thanks Jay

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wonderful Massaman curry. Very nice lady served us with a smile

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5