As a Thai/Lao person, this place is just okay. Food is usually decent but sometimes lack sufficient protein. They are serious about spice so that’s good. Their Thai tea used to be good but as of the last several months it’s been really watered down. The Thai tea is basically mostly water with a bit of food coloring and just a lil bit of cream. It’s more like a hint of tea. A tight tea. Don’t get it it’s not worth it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Drunken Noodles
Zac Chavez
Excellent every time I come here as down the best of Sacramento
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Meghan Davis
I didn’t get her name. But the girl working the front was sooo nice!! 10/10 can’t wait to go back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Damien Henson
The food at Thai Canteen was okay, but the experience felt rushed. They stopped taking orders and turned off the music at 9:30, even though they close at 10. Our food took a while to come out, and they started turning off chairs and lights right at 10, making it clear they wanted everyone out. It was hard to enjoy the meal with that kind of pressure.
If you’re looking for good Thai food with a more relaxed vibe, I’d recommend checking out Thai Time instead.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Vanessa Arthur
Parking: No spots.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Rick Tonsing
My recent Thai meal was disappointing. The Som Tum lacked any spice and was overloaded with lettuce, deviating from typical preparations. The Gkuay Dtiow Reur, despite my request for level 3 heat, was overwhelmingly salty and otherwise flavorless. While the heat level was acceptable, the dish's overall blandness was a letdown. Only the Thai Iced Tea met expectations, offering a standard, pleasant beverage. The food's lack of authentic spice and excessive saltiness overshadowed any positive aspects of the meal.
Food: 3
Service: 4
Juan Medrano
This use to be the spot! But the food has changed. Pretty dissapointed cause I've been coming here for +10yrs and now this place is a complete dissapointment. Now I am looking for a new spot for Thai food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Khali
Really disappointing downturn on food recently. I used to rave about this place, but the food has become bland and the level of care in preparation has decreased. I ordered a vegetarian dish and 40% of the dish was Taro. It was completely unspiced, and no direction on the level of hear was solicited. Also, maybe this is picky, but sake out of disposable plastic cups is tacky. I don't know if I'll come back after 2 years of consistent patronage. It's such a nice place too, it's very disappointing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 3
Kyle Cox
My meal was inedible. I like heat: I put ghost pepper sauce on my dinner almost every night. I don’t know what happened here. I ordered a medium spicy pad kee mao, and each bite felt like I was eating a whole Thai chili pepper. Not sure if the individual peppers were just spicy or if they somehow messed up the dish. I could only eat half the plate because my stomach started to hurt. I tried diluting the leftovers with rice at home and it didn’t work. I can feel the spice winding its way through my guts, something that’s only happened when I tried Hot One’s “The Last Dab” sauce. What’s worst is that the spice overtook any of the flavor of the dish.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
Tim Yoshida
The menu is fairly typical for Thai cuisine. We were visiting from San Francisco where we have many great Thai restaurants. However, we found the food lackluster and disappointing. Service was adequate for this type of place but mediocre. A rice plate with stir-fry vegetables (tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, pineapples) is offered with chicken as one of a few protein options. The dish was barely acceptable. The chicken, cut in thin slices, then deep-fried resulted in a dry and chewy meal and the glazed sauce was so sweet it could be a dessert. Sadly and in contradiction to the menu description, the few veggies were sparingly added as an afterthought. I counted 4 slices of cucumbers and the rest was mainly onions. My partner ordered Pad Se Ew (rice noodles with pork and broccoli) which was much better but mostly noodles, and minimal pieces of broccoli. We waited quite a while for these two dishes, and none of the staff bothered to ask how the dishes were or if we needed anything.
If I can leave a zero star I would. They forgot one of my dish for my order. When the charge cleared on my account, they added an unauthorized tip. Do not go. Bad service and not genuine.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Ghost Nitrate
This place used to have some of the spiciest food around. They must have gotten in trouble because now, ther s barely any spice to their Thai spice
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Heenesh Patel
Very plain food. Nothing special. Nice staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Darshweni S
I’ve been eating at Thai canteen for years at the Davis and Sacramento ones. The Davis one definitely never disappoints. Recently the standard of the Sacramento one has gone down so much. The food is horrible. I’ve been buying from them the past few months, all the time, the rice is dry, hard and uncooked. The chicken entrees like number 8 has lesser sauces and the chicken pieces were too big. I ordered them spicy and it came not so spicy and not much sauce coupled with bad rice. It felt like eating hospital food. I’m never coming here again. I’ll stick to the one in Davis.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
X B
Really bad Thai food. You want a dish with peanut sauce? Be prepared for an entire jar of peanut butter dumped on your plate. I like peanut butter, but not a whole damn jar emptied on my food.
As a Thai/Lao person, this place is just okay. Food is usually decent but sometimes lack sufficient protein. They are serious about spice so that’s good. Their Thai tea used to be good but as of the last several months it’s been really watered down. The Thai tea is basically mostly water with a bit of food coloring and just a lil bit of cream. It’s more like a hint of tea. A tight tea. Don’t get it it’s not worth it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Drunken Noodles
Excellent every time I come here as down the best of Sacramento
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I didn’t get her name. But the girl working the front was sooo nice!! 10/10 can’t wait to go back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food at Thai Canteen was okay, but the experience felt rushed. They stopped taking orders and turned off the music at 9:30, even though they close at 10. Our food took a while to come out, and they started turning off chairs and lights right at 10, making it clear they wanted everyone out. It was hard to enjoy the meal with that kind of pressure.
If you’re looking for good Thai food with a more relaxed vibe, I’d recommend checking out Thai Time instead.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Parking: No spots.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
My recent Thai meal was disappointing. The Som Tum lacked any spice and was overloaded with lettuce, deviating from typical preparations. The Gkuay Dtiow Reur, despite my request for level 3 heat, was overwhelmingly salty and otherwise flavorless. While the heat level was acceptable, the dish's overall blandness was a letdown. Only the Thai Iced Tea met expectations, offering a standard, pleasant beverage. The food's lack of authentic spice and excessive saltiness overshadowed any positive aspects of the meal.
Food: 3
Service: 4
This use to be the spot! But the food has changed. Pretty dissapointed cause I've been coming here for +10yrs and now this place is a complete dissapointment. Now I am looking for a new spot for Thai food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Really disappointing downturn on food recently. I used to rave about this place, but the food has become bland and the level of care in preparation has decreased. I ordered a vegetarian dish and 40% of the dish was Taro. It was completely unspiced, and no direction on the level of hear was solicited. Also, maybe this is picky, but sake out of disposable plastic cups is tacky. I don't know if I'll come back after 2 years of consistent patronage. It's such a nice place too, it's very disappointing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 3
My meal was inedible. I like heat: I put ghost pepper sauce on my dinner almost every night. I don’t know what happened here. I ordered a medium spicy pad kee mao, and each bite felt like I was eating a whole Thai chili pepper. Not sure if the individual peppers were just spicy or if they somehow messed up the dish. I could only eat half the plate because my stomach started to hurt. I tried diluting the leftovers with rice at home and it didn’t work. I can feel the spice winding its way through my guts, something that’s only happened when I tried Hot One’s “The Last Dab” sauce. What’s worst is that the spice overtook any of the flavor of the dish.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
The menu is fairly typical for Thai cuisine. We were visiting from San Francisco where we have many great Thai restaurants. However, we found the food lackluster and disappointing. Service was adequate for this type of place but mediocre. A rice plate with stir-fry vegetables (tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, pineapples) is offered with chicken as one of a few protein options. The dish was barely acceptable. The chicken, cut in thin slices, then deep-fried resulted in a dry and chewy meal and the glazed sauce was so sweet it could be a dessert. Sadly and in contradiction to the menu description, the few veggies were sparingly added as an afterthought. I counted 4 slices of cucumbers and the rest was mainly onions. My partner ordered Pad Se Ew (rice noodles with pork and broccoli) which was much better but mostly noodles, and minimal pieces of broccoli. We waited quite a while for these two dishes, and none of the staff bothered to ask how the dishes were or if we needed anything.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
If I can leave a zero star I would. They forgot one of my dish for my order. When the charge cleared on my account, they added an unauthorized tip. Do not go. Bad service and not genuine.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
This place used to have some of the spiciest food around. They must have gotten in trouble because now, ther s barely any spice to their Thai spice
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Very plain food. Nothing special. Nice staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
I’ve been eating at Thai canteen for years at the Davis and Sacramento ones. The Davis one definitely never disappoints. Recently the standard of the Sacramento one has gone down so much. The food is horrible. I’ve been buying from them the past few months, all the time, the rice is dry, hard and uncooked. The chicken entrees like number 8 has lesser sauces and the chicken pieces were too big. I ordered them spicy and it came not so spicy and not much sauce coupled with bad rice. It felt like eating hospital food. I’m never coming here again. I’ll stick to the one in Davis.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Really bad Thai food. You want a dish with peanut sauce? Be prepared for an entire jar of peanut butter dumped on your plate. I like peanut butter, but not a whole damn jar emptied on my food.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
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