Khao San Thai Kitchen

1255 N Davis Rd, Salinas
(831) 998-7914

Recent Reviews

Anish Gupta

Vegetarian options: All dishes can be made with Tofu

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Massaman Curry

Raphael Smith

Mediocre noodles.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Jessica Daggett

Best pineapple fried rice I have ever had in my life! I love Thai food in this place is

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Rice Dish

Steve F.

I stopped by for lunch.....ordered pad Thai, it was good. The portion was very small. The place has only 4 tables. Very tiny place. The tables are completely empty no sauces, salt, soy....nothing. The staff is very nice and helpful. Here is my gripe......they don't offer water to customers they tell you water is available for purchase. The other issue is NO RESTROOMS for customers! I have never seen this before. The guy behind the counter said I could walk to Buffalo Wild Wings across the parking lot or go to one of the other businesses in the area!!!! I'm sorry but WTF! I have never seen such a disregard for customer comfort. If your going to go be sure to wash your hands go to the restroom before entering. I will not be back.

Yovanna

Food was super good! Great pad see ew & the chicken was great! Customer service was super nice too!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

neil galang

Important to note - this is primarily a take out place. They have enough space for maybe 12 people at most. You have to go to the counter to place your order and pay for it. Then they’ll serve your food if you’re lucky enough to get a table.Food is decent overall but avoid pad see ew. They obviously don’t know how to cook it.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

John Chan

Food quality and taste wise the best Thai food in Monterey county. The flavors are fantastic. Not much of a sit down place environment. More of a take out place. Unfortunately, Thai noodles like pad Thai don’t taste the same after time so stick with the excellent curries and

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Massaman Curry, Green Curry, Sweet & Sour Fish, Pad Prik Khing, Tom Yum Noodle Soup

Rati G

Yummy food. The quantity is good as well.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ms. Lala L.

Probably the best Tom Yum soup I've ever had. They will ask you the spice level so be prepared. The shrimp were juicy and cooked perfectly. They didn't skim you there or give you baby shrimp. The flavor of lemongrass is so prominent and gives it the perfect touch... along with the spices. I was so impressed how they were able to make this so flavor packed and I loved how many mushrooms were in it. I didn't have time for a bowl which I got one to-go back home.Will be sure to return. Oh, and their veggie fried spring rolls are amazing! Super good. I enjoyed the friendly and welcoming service and the quality flavors and ingredients in the soup. I can't even tell you how bomb this was. Whenever I'm in the area I will be sure to return.

Californiadiver Diving (Californiadiver)

This is a very small restaurant. My experience started off on the wrong foot. You should know they don't have restrooms for customers. No music. No water. Only bottled Costco water for $2.50 each. Table service happens after you order at the counter. The person who rang me up brought the food to the table and checked in on me regularly. The floors, windows, and tables were clean. The windows are lined with bright multicolor neon lights.I ordered spring rolls, panang curry, a side of rice and a water for $30 (20231019). The pandemic and inflation have me all messed up on value for eating out but it felt expensive to me.So how was the food?The spring rolls were good. Not standout great but certainly good, stuffed with fresh, crisp ingredients. The generous serving of peanut sauce in a plastic container on the side was better than others I've had with fresh crushed peanuts on top.The panang curry with chicken was pretty tasty. I got level 3 spice and it was just enough to kick it up a notch but not overpowering. I probably could have gone with a 4 but didn't want to risk it. The curry sauce was the perfect consistency, not too thick, not too runny. The chicken meat was great, no gristle and tender. The veggies were good, not soggy. So the food basically counteracts the atmosphere. In other words, get it to go.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 4

Mary Gustus

The orange chicken was absolutely disgusting, over cooked more like crunchy chicken. My first visit there and my last visit. If the traffic wasn’t so heavy I would’ve taken it back.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken

Mary gustus

The orange chicken was the worst I’ve ever had, ended up tossing more than half. Over cooked, I could not even pretend to enjoy it.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: None at this point

Deborah M.

So many good reviews for this place. Maybe I got a bad batch of food today but I got the yellow curry and chicken pad kra pao, it was not good. The flavors are really weird, unlike the usual thai food I've eaten in LA or San Jose. There was a weird bitterness in the curry and maybe too much fish oil or fermented bamboo shoots in the pad kra pao. I do appreciate that the spice level is on point. Sometimes you say mild and it is still spicy as heck.

Julio Bueno

Food is very good. No longer need to go out of town for good Thai

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pineapple Curry

Ankh Pom

Ordered the mussaman curry, rice and Thai iced coffee. Boiled white rice is standard fare. The curry was good but somewhat salty for my taste. The peanuts added a little crunch. Thai iced coffee was too sweet. Less condensed milk would be better and brings out more of the coffee taste.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Massaman Curry

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