Real Thai Kitchen

1632 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz
(831) 427-2559

Recent Reviews

Khushboo Goyal

Amazing amazing food, will come here again. Papaya salad, eggplant stir fry, pineapple curry, spicy eggplant, everything was incredible.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Upma Sharma

Loved the food here, a party of 5, ordered a lot of food and everything was

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Tom Kha

Gourmetnoodle

Love their green curry with tofu, and mixed vegetable entree. Amazing!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Green Curry

Charles Jutkins

This place used to have the best Thai buffet in town alas no more Buffet but it still is the best Thai food in town and at a reasonable cost lunch specials are still pretty good for Taste excellent for Value pretty

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Michael Briones

Unbelievable!! Walked in, stood and ordered food to go. There was a $11.(and some change) for a tip put on my bill with out asking me!!

Food: 5

Service: 1

Vinay Perneti

Amazing Thai food. Vegetarian friendly.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Myles F. Corcoran

We've eaten here for decades. Good food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Will

I love this place. The food is amazing, extremely tasteful, and seasoned perfectly. They have never gotten my order wrong. They're on top of everything, they don't play around haha. I usually do take out, but I dined in on my birthday a couple months ago and their service was amazing. The atmosphere was nice too. If you want authentic Thai food with great service, you should definitely try this place. I almost want to gatekeep because it's so good, but they deserve the business.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

John Pierce

Good Thai food. Not great but ok.

Tracy R.

Quick service, quality food, and reasonable prices. The restaurant is small but mighty, lots of tables and and they get food out to you FAST. -Tom Yum with Shrimp (5/5), the perfect balance of tangy, tasty, and familiar. There are a lot of mushrooms in this dish, which I enjoyed. - Pad Thai (5/5), so delicious and saucy. The balance of tamarind is great in this one, and it's a large portion. -Yellow Curry with Chicken (3/5), the coconut flavor was too overpowering in this one, and the chicken was dry. The portion is fair, but just a bit smaller than I was expecting. Can still be shared between two, but order something else too. -Thai iced tea (5/5) - PERFECT sweetness. I've been here twice now and will keep coming back when I'm in Santa Cruz craving Thai. There's parking in a lot, and we were seated immediately on a Saturday night.

Ron S.

Thai food is tough to make. When it is done right, it is fantastic. Delicate. Flavorful. I've been to Thailand on business and somehow the street vendors can whip this stuff up and make it delicious, but it loses something when cooked in the states. This restaurant has decent food and service, but I have to mark it as "OK", whatever that means. The Covid lockdowns destroyed our favorite in Soquel and still looking for "the one". This restaurant is a good choice in the meantime.

Wendy G.

What an amazing experience! The food was incredible and we were lucky enough to experience the staff on Halloween in full character, so fun! Thank you, we'll definitely be back!

Bruce F.

Table for two, we ordered Fresh Spring Rolls (EXCELLENT), Tom Kha Veggie soup (EXCELLENT) and Rice Noodle Soup with ToFu (EXCELLENT). All dishes have very fresh and healthy ingredients. And THE FLAVORS ARE WODERFULLY FLAVORFUL in the best Thai traditions. They emphasized the freshness of vegetables and Tofu in our dishes. Really healthy feeling to eat!Service was very good. We got prompt attention and very professional response to questions.Ambiance was casual. Dinning furniture was strong and sturdy. You can host a large group as they had a large table reserved for eight.

Shailen Black

This place is truly underrated. We tried the fried sweet potatoes, spicy noodle, and mango sticky rice. It was wonderful that they use actual sweet potatoes instead of yams. The spicy noodle was great and the wide noodles were cooked to the perfect texture allowing them to absorb the sauce perfectly. The absolute highlight of the meal was the finale. YOU NEED THE MANGO STICKY RICE. It’s a need you need it. Perfectly balanced sweet sticky rice.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Peanut Sauce, Spicy Noodles

Cyrus Cyrus

Food was really delicious and service was extremely fast .. a +++

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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