We loved our meal here. The staff (owners?) that we spoke to were super nice and the drunken noodle was delicious and spicy. We got one chicken and one pork. The vegetables were cooked just right so as not to be too mushy. One of the best drunken noodles I've had in a while and that's my go-to dish.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Drunken Noodle
meg h
This is our favorite thai place in all of SLO county! It's incredibly delicious. I highly recommend it!!!! The pad thai is out of this world and we love the vegetarian fried rice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jarod Morris
Best Thai in
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Melanie Chawathe
Some of the best Thai food i have ever had. Fresh food, fantastic flavors! We ordered tom ka gai soup, egg-rolls, basil chicken, panang curry. This family-owned business also serves generous portions of warm hospitality. Can’t wait to go back again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vegitable Egg Rolls
Diana G
We come here all the time . Love that they have so many gluten free options. And the food is delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pat Thai Chicken and Shrimp, Curry Fried Rice, Pineapple Fried Rice
AMB
The curry rice really dry and nit delicious at all. It seems fried rice with curry and no art in that. The shrimp rolls came with fishy smell. I hate the written menu without images.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Roger Sofar
I had the Ginger Meat, they did it really spicy as I requested. Super fresh and great flavours. The veggies were a bit oily and the rice was basic. Very reasonable price for this quality!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Heidi Myers
Just went there for the first time. Fried rice was really good. Very filling. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice
Tony Martin
Oh MY! The food was SO GOOD! the Crab cheese wontons were the best I have EVER HAD, and the sauce equally good! The Pad Thai I had, and my wife's yellow curry, both top of the line. Prices were great! We ate outside, on the street, was OK, day was nice, it was shaded!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kay Lathrop
We LOVE Papa's Thai Cafe! When we moved to SLO, it became one of our first favorite restaurants - we became loyal. Today I shared my RAVE in the Central Coast Foodies FB group about today's lunch - the Asparagus & Snow Peas main dish - with Shrimp (my choice) and Brown Rice. It was to die for! The best, tender yet a little crunchy - every part of the stalk! I had to ask "Where do you source your asparagus?!" (local farmer who delivers). And I openly praised the cooking of the dish to perfection!
Other favorite dishes - Cashew Nut (my husband's go to) and the Divine Shrimp Pad Thai!
Absolutely, consistently delicious! Such fresh ingredients, cooked to perfection. Since moving to SLO it has become our first "be loyal" Thai choice! ♥ Wonderful team of people - making food with love and care!
Lauren Nichole
The best Thai restaurant in slo! The curry fried rice, yellow curry, and mango sticky rice is a must! Great service and a meal for a decent price! Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pad Thai, Fried Rice, Pad See EW, Yellow Curry, Egg Rolls
Francis Larocque
Amazing food - best drunken noodles I ever had
Food: 5
Authentic Reviews
This will be the most authentic review regarding Papa's Thai Cafe.Let's start with the food: VERY, very good if you want authentic Thai—fresh ingredients, piping hot. However, the service is filled with attitude and straight disrespect, and the atmosphere is dull and filled with negativity from employees.Now, by the slightest chance, you MAY NOT like your food; this is where the problem occurs.Personal experience: I’ve had Penang curry at multiple renowned restaurants and felt as if the one I ordered here had too much coconut milk and less flavor. As I didn’t initially read, there was no refund and no consideration, which is interesting in the first place that was listed on their digital screens above, I was told in short by the man, “no refunds or remakes, sorry” after stating “We felt as if the dish had a little too much of a milky taste as opposed to any of the other flavors” then as I walked away heard the wife of the business mumble and made comments as such “what do they expect, it’s Penang’s curry it has coconut milk” imagine even saying that out loud for the chance of a customer to hear? We were so kind and were simply curious, but to listen to that? Incredible. Along with that, we were treated with multiple up-down stares by the woman and a disgusted face the entire night. She also routinely does this no matter what.On my first visit to them, I asked the man upfront who runs the orders to tell me what the "banned list" in the back left wall was, and that was the first red flag. It was a list of banned customers with their respective receipts from orders. He explained it were times in which “customers disrespected my wife and I” Now, while I can sympathize with that, their attitude and lack of being able to take criticism may have absolutely played a role here, as I saw on display time and time again walking into the establishment. I have never ever seen a list as such as a food critic. It was concerning for them to feel the need to scare customers as such and is alarming for any new customers to see.Consistently throughout your night at Papa’s enjoying good food, you’ll hear the owners fighting and arguing and making comments and odd stares at all guests, mainly by the woman upfront who is the man’s wife. She even talks to him very badly. The primary debate that takes place in my mind to go there or not is to suck up the terrible vibes to eat good hot food as opposed to getting carried out by them, but it’s clear as to why their carry-out runs so well. NO ONE wants to sit in there. The chef seems to notice the disrespect as well, making eye contact with me and nodding and shaking his head in disappointment when he catches the woman saying certain things out loud that are rude and disrespectful.Here’s the deal: great food, indeed, but horrible in every other regard. It's pretty uncomfortable even to sit down and eat without having the woman up front make a disgusted face at you. From my own experiences, I didn’t even want to support this business for the way they treat customers, but I have found myself going back from time to time because of how good the food is compared to any other nearby spots. There’s this weird sense of unhappiness and projection that comes from all of them. The customer shouldn’t be able to feel that you’ve had a long day or that you’re frustrated, yet you absolutely feel that as SOON as you walk in, and that’s just not welcoming.Take this all into consideration before your visit.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Remy Smith
Red tofu curry needed more. Not a lot of tofu -- and the tofu is poorly prepared -- or vegetables to fill the broth. Leads to a small serving size. The vegetables are also very poorly cut, so you're eating huge chunks of almost raw bell pepper.
Vegetarian options: Tofu and vegetable options for most dishes. The tofu in curries is not prepared well. It looked better on the drunken noodles
We loved our meal here. The staff (owners?) that we spoke to were super nice and the drunken noodle was delicious and spicy. We got one chicken and one pork. The vegetables were cooked just right so as not to be too mushy. One of the best drunken noodles I've had in a while and that's my go-to dish.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Drunken Noodle
This is our favorite thai place in all of SLO county! It's incredibly delicious. I highly recommend it!!!! The pad thai is out of this world and we love the vegetarian fried rice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best Thai in
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Some of the best Thai food i have ever had. Fresh food, fantastic flavors! We ordered tom ka gai soup, egg-rolls, basil chicken, panang curry. This family-owned business also serves generous portions of warm hospitality. Can’t wait to go back again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vegitable Egg Rolls
We come here all the time . Love that they have so many gluten free options.
And the food is delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pat Thai Chicken and Shrimp, Curry Fried Rice, Pineapple Fried Rice
The curry rice really dry and nit delicious at all. It seems fried rice with curry and no art in that. The shrimp rolls came with fishy smell. I hate the written menu without images.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
I had the Ginger Meat, they did it really spicy as I requested. Super fresh and great flavours. The veggies were a bit oily and the rice was basic. Very reasonable price for this quality!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Just went there for the first time. Fried rice was really good. Very filling. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice
Oh MY! The food was SO GOOD!
the Crab cheese wontons were the best I have EVER HAD, and the sauce equally good!
The Pad Thai I had, and my wife's yellow curry, both top of the line.
Prices were great!
We ate outside, on the street, was OK, day was nice, it was shaded!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
We LOVE Papa's Thai Cafe! When we moved to SLO, it became one of our first favorite restaurants - we became loyal. Today I shared my RAVE in the Central Coast Foodies FB group about today's lunch - the Asparagus & Snow Peas main dish - with Shrimp (my choice) and Brown Rice. It was to die for! The best, tender yet a little crunchy - every part of the stalk! I had to ask "Where do you source your asparagus?!" (local farmer who delivers). And I openly praised the cooking of the dish to perfection!
Other favorite dishes - Cashew Nut (my husband's go to) and the Divine Shrimp Pad Thai!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Absolutely, consistently delicious! Such fresh ingredients, cooked to perfection. Since moving to SLO it has become our first "be loyal" Thai choice! ♥ Wonderful team of people - making food with love and care!
The best Thai restaurant in slo! The curry fried rice, yellow curry, and mango sticky rice is a must! Great service and a meal for a decent price! Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pad Thai, Fried Rice, Pad See EW, Yellow Curry, Egg Rolls
Amazing food - best drunken noodles I ever had
Food: 5
This will be the most authentic review regarding Papa's Thai Cafe.Let's start with the food: VERY, very good if you want authentic Thai—fresh ingredients, piping hot. However, the service is filled with attitude and straight disrespect, and the atmosphere is dull and filled with negativity from employees.Now, by the slightest chance, you MAY NOT like your food; this is where the problem occurs.Personal experience: I’ve had Penang curry at multiple renowned restaurants and felt as if the one I ordered here had too much coconut milk and less flavor. As I didn’t initially read, there was no refund and no consideration, which is interesting in the first place that was listed on their digital screens above, I was told in short by the man, “no refunds or remakes, sorry” after stating “We felt as if the dish had a little too much of a milky taste as opposed to any of the other flavors” then as I walked away heard the wife of the business mumble and made comments as such “what do they expect, it’s Penang’s curry it has coconut milk” imagine even saying that out loud for the chance of a customer to hear? We were so kind and were simply curious, but to listen to that? Incredible. Along with that, we were treated with multiple up-down stares by the woman and a disgusted face the entire night. She also routinely does this no matter what.On my first visit to them, I asked the man upfront who runs the orders to tell me what the "banned list" in the back left wall was, and that was the first red flag. It was a list of banned customers with their respective receipts from orders. He explained it were times in which “customers disrespected my wife and I” Now, while I can sympathize with that, their attitude and lack of being able to take criticism may have absolutely played a role here, as I saw on display time and time again walking into the establishment. I have never ever seen a list as such as a food critic. It was concerning for them to feel the need to scare customers as such and is alarming for any new customers to see.Consistently throughout your night at Papa’s enjoying good food, you’ll hear the owners fighting and arguing and making comments and odd stares at all guests, mainly by the woman upfront who is the man’s wife. She even talks to him very badly. The primary debate that takes place in my mind to go there or not is to suck up the terrible vibes to eat good hot food as opposed to getting carried out by them, but it’s clear as to why their carry-out runs so well. NO ONE wants to sit in there. The chef seems to notice the disrespect as well, making eye contact with me and nodding and shaking his head in disappointment when he catches the woman saying certain things out loud that are rude and disrespectful.Here’s the deal: great food, indeed, but horrible in every other regard. It's pretty uncomfortable even to sit down and eat without having the woman up front make a disgusted face at you. From my own experiences, I didn’t even want to support this business for the way they treat customers, but I have found myself going back from time to time because of how good the food is compared to any other nearby spots. There’s this weird sense of unhappiness and projection that comes from all of them. The customer shouldn’t be able to feel that you’ve had a long day or that you’re frustrated, yet you absolutely feel that as SOON as you walk in, and that’s just not welcoming.Take this all into consideration before your visit.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Red tofu curry needed more. Not a lot of tofu -- and the tofu is poorly prepared -- or vegetables to fill the broth. Leads to a small serving size. The vegetables are also very poorly cut, so you're eating huge chunks of almost raw bell pepper.
Vegetarian options: Tofu and vegetable options for most dishes. The tofu in curries is not prepared well. It looked better on the drunken noodles
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
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