ORIGINAL SA-BY THAI

273 E San Fernando St, San Jose
(408) 564-5989

Recent Reviews

Ajay Dhanapalan

Amazing tasting food! Been going to this place for over 10 years now (preciously located on the 2nd street.) Love the green curry, yellow curry, roti, fried chicken... so much more!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Basil Eggplant, Pineapple Fried Rice

Anuradha G.

We ordered take out. The tofu tam yam soup with noodles was delicious. So was the spring roll. My husband enjoyed the chicken pad Thai. Great deal for the price and pretty quick

K R.

We enjoyed a great lunch here. Basil beef with rice was superb. Wait staff friendly and just right.

G Lee

It’s pretty good in my opinion but not super great. Mainly because it’s clear the THAI B.B.Q CHICKEN was pre cooked and reheated. Parts of the chicken were cold. Other users were overcooked and dry. The papaya salad was good but the sticky rice tasted like regular rice. Doesn’t that usually have coconut or simmering?However, the GOONG GA BAWG was very good! It’s like a shrimp rolled up in an egg roll skin. Lastly, the Penang curry was pretty good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Danny Montiel (Calderon)

Neat and clean, though small. Portions aren’t generous, either.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pad Thai

Miriam I

Chanced upon this hole in the wall kind of restaurant across from SJSU campus, craving for some good Thai food. We ordered Thai Iced Tea, Fried Chicken over Fried Rice, Vegetarian Egg Rolls and the Lamb Curry Speciality all for $59, including a $2 extra for using Amex credit card.Lots of piping hot food, well plated and served by a sweet hostess. If not for the inside run down decor, this restaurant is worth every penny. Like they say, don’t judge a book by it’s cover…food here tastes pretty awesome if you come in hungry!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kaushalya

A very tiny place but serves good food.Vegetarian options: Has quite a variety of vegetarian options

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Tom Yum Soup

James Washer

A small Thai take-away/restaurant near SJSU.The staff are very friendly and took my order quickly. I had Chicken Satay to start followed by the Beef Massaman set.The food was served in around 10/15 minutes whilst I had a beer at the table.The Satay was tasty, but a little dry/tough. The beef was similar, but the sauce was great. They served it with white sticky rice and Roti, which I found a little odd being an Indian bread - but they were cooked to perfection and the best part of the meal! Flaky and buttery, just like they should be!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Satay Chicken Satay

Kelley J.

Not sure who my delivery system was either Uber eats or door dash but my orders was opened and I had 3 out of 5 of my chicken wings and 3 out of 7 of my egg rolls. Needless to say I thee it all away knowing that someone had touched my food!

Miles Schifano

Food is really tasty and close to authentic Thai food. Open a little later than other and has a great location with open parking spots

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Loretta Bowen

Food was good. Very limited indoor space. Kind-of hiding behind a tree.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Pad Thai

Nawaratt Huang

This is a hidden gem. It was our first time there, and will definitely go back in the future. The food was very good. Very authentic and good portions.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 3

Monica D.

Great food, reasonably priced, It's our go to Thai that is close to home!It feels good knowing we're supporting our local restaurants!

A N

Came here for lunch on Friday, 5/19/23. The place was small for mostly for take-out. There were few tables for sit in also, and no restroom for guests. We (3 adults) were the only ones that ate there during lunch hour. Here are my ratings for each dish that we ordered.1/Papaya salad(Thai style): good. Sweet, sour dressing with crunchy papaya and few raw green beans. However, they used lemon juice instead of lime juice.2/ Pak Ke Mao with chicken: just ok. The meat was tender but the dish was lack of flavor not like other Thai restaurants in SJ and also in Bangkok3/ Chicken and Shrimps stir-fried with mango and bell peppers: just so so. This dish did not have much flavor. It was kind of bland. They brough out the sticky rice for this dish in a foil, not in a little bamboo basket as I was expected. Few minutes later, the sticky rice was cold and dried.We waited about 20 minutes to get our food. Our bill was a little over $40 dollars Overall, our lunch had nothing to wow about. One time is enough.

Thomas Lillibridge

It's "fine". Not very spicy and barely any seafood is put into the seafood Pai Thai. I have had better at any other Thai restaurant I have gone to. It does the job though.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 5

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