Chai Yo Thai Cuisine

Good food (we had the green papaya salad and the pad kee mao, both excellent). Had we known that the pad kee mao didn't come with tofu we would have asked for it, so next time we will, but that's nitpicking. Very fast service, noticeably so. Location great for those in San Mateo or Foster City (and this restaurant is much better in my mind than Sweet Basil, I'm sorry). The pad kee mao dish was huge and we had to take home half of each plate (we got two, next time one will be enough, but we took it home and plan to enjoy later)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Vegan, Papaya Salad

We had the Chicken Panang Curry and Pad Thai. They were delicious!

This is one of those places where you will want to try out. They won't disappoint!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

What we thought would be a casual Thai joint in San Mateo turned out to be one of the best veggie meals we've had in a long time. Our group of three split a couple of mainstay dishes including their Papaya Salad, Tom Kha with Tofu, and entrees such as their Fried "Fish" and Minced Basil Soymeat. Everything came in large portions that we were barely able to finish most of them without taking a few bites home. The salad and tom kha were my two favorites - each having so much depth and flavor to each dish. The mock fish was also a standout and really goes well with a serving of rice, so don't forget to order some. Looks like they used to be a fully vegetarian/vegan restaurant but have since started serving animal products. Despite that, I encourage anyone to give them a try because their food and service were fantastic.

Great selections on their menu, and super flavorful!

They offer regular meat, too. I had the vegan penang curry with soy chicken and the soy chicken skewers with the peanut sauce. The appetizer was really nice. Curry was great, not the best I had

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My favorite Thai place in the Peninsula.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Consistently good food and a nice place to enjoy a meal.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fantastic Thai place, our go to! Try the spring rolls or the Tom Ka with rice noodles added in!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We went here with high hopes after reading the existing reviews. We ordered a Thai iced tea, chickin satay, fried tofu, yellow curry with jasmine rice, pad ki mao , and two wok dishes - king pri and another one non spicy. Turns out even the spicy dishes are not spiced well and yellow curry was too watery and sweet. Fried tofu was literally fried tofu with not so flavorful sauce on the side. Chicken satay was decent. Overall nothing stood out for us in terms of food and the only real positive was the food was fresh and service was fast. I wouldn't recommend the place for the price we paid but if you like not so flavorful non spicy vegetarian food then I would recommend giving it a shot.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Absolutely Delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Really delicious food here. An excellent selection of vegetarian and vegan options as well which was a delight. We tried the soy chicken satay, the kua gai and the katsu soy chicken. They were all super delicious. We also had the Lychee Iced Tea and Thai Iced Tea which were also great. Highly recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amazing family owned business with delicious vegetarian and non-veg/meat options as well!

My partner and I are vegetarian and love their pad thai, pad kee mao, yellow curry, and their roti and curry! Delicious, flavorful, and fresh always :)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Yellow Curry, Coconut Rice, Drunken Noodles, Roti with Yellow Curry

I ordered the chicken spears and they were hard and dry

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 5

Chicken wings, skewers beef noodles. All vegan and super tasty. Amazing place

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Vegan

Delicious food, i ordered chef special vegan duck, so crispy and yummy, loved their bbq fried rice too, the service is awesome and they are very informative on the ingredients if it is vegan or not. 5 star for the food flavor and customer service as well.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5