The Old Siam Thai Restaurant

Excellent food and excellent people. They were able to make my thai noodles veg and it was tasteful. My son had a soupy pork noodles and hubby tried green curry chicken, they were all flavoursome. One of the best Thai food we had. And pls do try their fried banana with ice cream desert. They do it fresh and was yummy.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very tasty

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was above average, just s little to the sweet side. Otherwise large portions and tasty

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

I originally ordered door dash and loved the pad se ew and I went in person and ordered the Pad kee mao. From the portion sizes you aren't missing out but ordering door dash. Pad se ew was sweet and savory highly recommended. The pad kee mao was surprisingly spicy and so tasty. Servers were quick when they open up for the day and food was also served quickly.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is my favorite Thai spot in all of the bay area

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The Old Siam Thai Restaurant – High Hopes, Disappointing Reality

We came to The Old Siam Thai Restaurant with high expectations. San Francisco is a city that often excels in Asian cuisine, particularly South and Southeast Asian fare, and the restaurant’s venerable name suggested a place of tradition and authenticity. Unfortunately, our hopes were dashed once we encountered the reality.

The servers were friendly and accommodating, and the kitchen does offer some vegetarian options. However, the dishes bore little resemblance to authentic Thai cuisine—about as far removed as Chinese-American or Italian-American food is from its culinary roots. The flavors were bland, and more concerning, key elements of Thai cooking were missing altogether.

A clear example was the larb salad we ordered. A proper larb must include the distinctive crunch and flavor of toasted rice grains, an essential ingredient in the dish. Here, there were none. What we received was simply a chopped salad wearing the name of a venerable Northern Thai specialty but lacking its defining characteristics.

For what we paid, the experience was underwhelming and far from the authentic Thai meal we had anticipated. San Francisco has many wonderful spots for genuine Thai cuisine—sadly, based on our visit, this was not one of them.

As ordinary consumers, we are not paid or compensated in any way for this review. We hope the restaurant takes this feedback to heart and returns to the traditional flavors its name suggests.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

The food tastes delicious, just like in Thailand. The service is excellent, and I’m very impressed.

Really terrible food

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 2

Amazing food and drinks!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Offers great vegetarian choices!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Simply incredible nice food chilled place chill people. Love from 🇬🇧

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

You get to taste the actual ingredients in the food. Very delicious and highly recommended. Beef soup and roast duck are particularly delicious.

The food was very fine, truly authentic. The only minor disappointment was that it had pepperoni in the dish. I noticed that this is standard in Thai meals in America, and it was also added to the Krapau last time. It's a shame, American, after all. I picked it out and put it away, anyway it was really delicious nonetheless. My dessert was also superb. 😎❤️🫶👍

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The next morning I got very sick

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

We walked in randomly and had an incredible meal. Rivals actual food we had in Thailand. The pad Thai, sweet chicken, old Siam chicken (super crunchy) were amazing.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4