21 Best Thai Restaurants in Pasadena

“Delicious and nice place.“

“We spent a long weekend in Pasadena and at first chose this Thai place because it was just 5min walking from our rental cottage. They greeted us so friendly and accommodated our requests for items on the side. Then, the next day we came back here because everything was so flavorful! My husband had the crispy sole fish special and I enjoyed the glass noodles with shrimp. Exquisite!
We highly recommend!“

“Love this place! Highly recommended :)“

“Great and delicious Pad Thaï! Was fresh and traditional! 💯 I have ordered half shrimp/half chicken. Big portion and leftover. The service was professional and pretty quick. Nice staff. Cute clean warm and welcoming place. Thank you! I highly recommend this restaurant. 👍“

“Time for Thai! Just south of Old Town, Kwan Kitchen is a local gem. Quality ingredients, friendly & attentive service, something for everyone on the menu. Pineapple fried rice is not on the menu but they made it for us. Delicious! Small to medium size dining room; reservations recommended; casual vibe; moderate noise level; can get very busy; very popular especially among students from Cal Tech, ArtCenter, Fuller, etc. Limited free parking lot; moderately priced; good value; takeout order if too crowded; more individual dishes rather than family style; come hungry. Support your local small businesses & restaurants.“

“This is my OG favorite Thai spot starting way back in 2007 when I moved to Pasadena! I recently went back to give it another try and it's as good as I remember, prices are now considered reasonable and even good especially the lunch specials, and everything still tastes fresh and high quality. Even some of the servers are still some of the original servers from 2007! They said they love working there. The inside is unique, used to be a wall of empty frames but they made it a bit more artsy but definitely eclectic! They also have if you dishes that are not straight tie but Singaporean or Malaysian. A lunch special for two and both of us getting one iced coffee and one Thai tea came out to a whopping ;-) $40. I think that's super reasonable for high quality Thai food and the drinks added $10. Go check it out!“

“Great food, great service, generous portions.“

“Delicious! We tried the Thai salads, (Mango 🥭and the one with Strawberry 🍓), Pad See Ew and Pad Thai with shrimp, chicken and egg tofu—everything was full of flavor and so good. I also loved the flavor on the morning glory—definitely another favorite!

The chicken wontons were great: hot, crispy, and perfectly cooked. And the Thai tea panna cotta? Delicious! 😋

A little warning: be careful with the spice level if you’re not used to heat—those Thai chilies are no joke! 🌶️🔥 🥭🍓

Really enjoyed our meal, we had plenty of leftovers and will definitely return!“

“Food was absolutely delicious! Jonathan was an exceptional - guided us through the menu.“

“I'm 1/3 through the menu trying different entrees. So far, every meal has been a tasty treat! The food is always hot, flavorful, colorful . . . and delish!😋“

“Clean restaurant and decent pricing for LA. The tom kha soup stood out and was absolutely delicious, but it only had three pieces of shrimp, which I paid extra for. The drunken noodle was soggier and had no egg. Service was fast and efficient.“

“Server has attention to detail and well educated in the dishes they have, went in looking for specific item and ended up choosing another thanks to her recommendation, The dish that I chose to get was the drunken noodles, the flavor and the ingredients are well combined and the vegetables still have a crispiness to it even though they're fried, I also got to try a new mango pudding, let me tell you as someone who loves fruity desserts, this was a PLUS for me, Loved it. Will be recommending this spot to others and coming back myself for sure!“

“I was looking for a light dinner and I’m so surprised that this was like honestly one of the Most freshest and tasty and flavorful food. The papaya salad is divine with the perfect amount of spice. I’m so fresh and the mango sticky rice so amazing. The mango is so yellow and big and it’s a whole mango and the banana baguette thing I don’t know what it was, but it was amazing so was the. Panang curry!!!!“

“Incredible food, savory broth.“

“Great food. Friendly fast service“

“This place does Japanese AND Thai food?! So let’s see if they’re pretty good eh or ew. I got their spicy tuna and imitation crab crispy rice, dragon roll, and chicken pad Thai to try. The spicy tuna was smooth, not fishy, not really spicy, and pretty limey. The imitation crab mixture was mellow, not fishy or stringy, and was a little mayoy. The rice on the bottom was lightly crispity crunchity and chewy. The dragon roll was filled with more of that imitation crab mix and crunchy briney not fishy masago and was topped with a thin layer of creamy avocado, fatty skin on eel, and sweet drizzle. Wasn’t the biggest fan of the eel skin. The pad Thai came fresh crunchy iceberg lettuce topped with like a peanut sauce dressing. The pad Thai itself was nicely sweet, savory, and tangy and had chewy springy rice noodles, crunchy bean sprouts and a decent amount of a bit dry chicken breast, egg, and bean curd. They’re family owned, everyone here is super nice, and everything tasted really fresh, clean, and not fishy which I like. Overall this place is lowkey pretty good.

Crispy rice $8.50
Dragon roll $19
Chicken pad Thai $21.50“

“FANTASTIC Thai food! We have lived in the area for 8 years and recently decided to give BTC a try. The food is fresh, very good portions, every dish was superb (we particularly loved the fried rice and egg rolls). We will definitely be putting this restaurant into our regular rotation. Good stuff!“

“I had the all white meat Hainan Chicken plate. Everything was absolutely delicious. I’m definitely coming back. I highly recommend this place.“

“I don't get to Pasadena very often, but I was there, I was hungry, and it was open. Much to my surprise, it was the best Yellow Curry I've ever had. I eat at numerous Thai food places on a semi-regular basis, but the flavor of this one blew me away. Great lunch spot or casual dinner. The dining room isn't very big, so I probably wouldn't do date night or a business meeting here, but for great food? Yeah, this is THE place to go. Great service as well.“

“Great place for a date! Delicious food and incredible atmosphere. The place was empty at lunch and was more casual, but very much worth trying if you like Thai food. The food was rich in flavors and the duck was cooked so beautifully. Their pad Thai was also a great comfort food option.“

“I come here pretty often with my friends. We’re students at PCC, and we really love this place! The food is always delicious, and the staff are super friendly and nice. Even though we’re not Vietnamese, we’ve definitely fallen in love with Vietnamese food because of this place 😂 I hope this restaurant keeps doing well and gets even better in the future. Highly recommend!! ❤“