Talay Thai Restaurant

406 First St SE, Washington
(202) 546-5100

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Customers' Favorites

Shrimp Roll and Fried Wontons
Chicken Panang Curry
Crispy Spring Roll
Drunken Spaghetti
Drunken Noodles
Chicken Pad Thai
Pad Peanut Sauce
Lunch Pad Thai
Thai Red Curry
Chicken Wings

Menu

Beverages
Thai Iced Tea
Canned Soda

Appetizers
Shrimp Rolls (5 pcs)
Jumbo shrimp stuffed with ground chicken and served with house sauce.
The Sampler
Chicken satay, chicken wing, crispy spring roll, shrimp roll, and steamed dumplings.
Crispy Spring Rolls (3 pcs)
Deep-fried vegetable roll served with sweet and sour sauce.
Steamed Dumplings (5 pcs)
Crabmeat and minced chicken dumpling served with Thai soy sauce.
Chicken Satay (5 pcs)
BBQ chicken on skewer served with cucumber and peanut sauce.
Curry Puffs
Stuffed ground chicken, potato, carrot, curry powder, and wheat flour.
Shrimp Tempura (5 pcs)
Delicately marinated shrimp in a simple batter deep fried and served with special sweet and sauce.
Crabmeat Sausages (5 pcs)
Stuffed bean curd with crabmeat and chicken served with sweet and sour sauce.
Fried Calamari
Deep-fried calamari with crunchy light batter served with mild and tender chili sauce.
Tod Mun (5 pcs)
Deep-fried fish cake served with cucumber and peanut sauce.
Fried Tofu
Fried bean curd served with sweet and sour sauce and crushed peanut.

Soup
Lemon Grass Soup (Tom Yum)
The famous Thai soup with mushrooms, lemongrass, lime juice, and chili paste.
Chicken Herbs Soup (Tom Ka Gai)
Chicken with herbs, spices, galanga root, lime juice, and coconut milk.
Wonton Soup
Minced chicken and shrimp with vegetables in clear broth.
Mushroom Soup
Minced chicken with shiitake mushroom and scallions.
Tofu Soup
Minced chicken in clear light consomme with tofu and scallions.

Salad
Papaya Salad
Sliced fresh papaya and carrot with spicy house sauce.
Nua-Num-Tok Salad
Thin slices of grilled beef with herbs, spices, lime juice, and chili.
Thai Salad
Fresh garden salad with house peanut sauce dressing.
Spicy Chicken (Larb Kai) Salad
Ground boneless chicken breast with spices, herbs, lime juice, and chili.
Yam Talay Seafood Salad
Shrimp, scallops, calamari, and mixed vegetables seasoned with spicy lime dressing.
Yum Woon Sen Salad
Bean thread noodles. Woon sen noodle with lime juice, celery, fresh Thai chili, onion, cilantro, Thai house sauce, ground chicken, and shrimps.
Pla Goong Salad
Grilled shrimp with spices, herbs, lime juice, and peppers.
Yum Ped Salad
Sliced boneless roasted duck homemade with chili paste, herbs, spices, lime juice, and peppers.

Lunch Entrees
Lunch Kaprow (Basil)
Served with your choice of protein sautéed with snow peas, fresh chili pepper, garlic, and basil leaves in special Thai hot brown sauce.
Lunch Pad Peanut Sauce
Your choice of protein is stir-fried with peanut sauce and served with steamed broccoli.
Lunch Spicy Eggplant
Stir-fried eggplant with chili pepper, garlic, and basil leaves in black bean sauce.
Lunch Mixed Vegetables
A combination of fresh vegetables stir-fried in light garlic sauce.
Lunch Sweet and Sour
Stir-fried pineapple, red and green bell peppers, scallions, tomatoes, and onions in special Thai sweet-sour sauce.
Lunch Pad Broccoli
Stir-fried broccoli in special Thai oyster sauce.
Lunch Cashew Nut
Served with your choice of protein sauteed with red and green peppers, onion, scallion, hot chili peppers, and cashew nuts in savory light brown gravy.
Lunch Pad Woon Sen
Served with your choice of protein with bean thread noodles, stir-fried with egg, mushrooms, onion, bell pepper, and vegetable.
Lunch Garlic Sauce
Stir-fried pepper, mushrooms, scallions in a light garlic sauce, and steamed broccoli as garnish.
Lunch Ginger Lover
Stir-fried choice of meats with fresh ginger root, fungus mushroom, onions, and scallions.
Lunch Pad Prik Khing
Stir-fried green beans with Thai curry sauce and lime leaves.
Lunch Pad Ped
Stir-fried bamboo shoots, green beans, and spicy house sauce.

Lunch Curry
Lunch Panang Curry
Thai curry with chili paste and coconut milk.
Lunch Green Curry
Traditional Thai green curry with coconut milk, bamboo shoots, green beans, and basil.
Lunch Red Curry Delight
Thai red curry with Thai spices, chili, pineapple, tomato, and coconut milk.
Lunch Mussaman Curry
Your choice of protein simmered in a traditional yellow coconut sauce with roasted peanuts, onions, and potatoes.

Lunch Noodles and Fried Rice
Lunch Pad Thai
Famous Thai-style rice noodles are stir-fried with scallions, bean sprouts, egg, and crushed peanut.
Lunch Drunken Noodle
Stir-fried rice noodles with chicken, chili peppers, tomato, scallions, onion, and basil leaves.
Lunch Pad See-Ew
Stir-fried rice noodles with broccoli and sweet soy sauce.
Lunch Basil Fried Rice
Fried rice with fresh chili, garlic, and sweet basil.
Lunch Pineapple Fried Rice
Fried rice with pineapple, onion, scallions, tomato, egg, and cashew nut.
Lunch Siam Fried Rice
Fried rice with onions, scallions, tomato, and egg.
Lunch Druken Spaghetti
Stir-fried spaghetti noodles, hot chili pepper, tomatoes, scallions, onions, and basil leaves in special Thai sweet soy sauce.
Lunch Noodle Soup
Rice noodle in special soup with scallion, cilantro, and bean sprouts.
Lunch Dry Sukiyaki
Stir-fried bean thread noodles with choice of meat and egg, onion, scallion, cabbage, celery, and mild house sauce.
Lunch Rad Na
Stir-fried fresh wide rice noodle with broccoli in light gravy bean sauce.

Sides and Additions
Steamed Rice
Peanut Sauce
Mixed Vegetables
Chicken
Beef
Shrimp (5 pcs)
Five pieces.
Pork
Tofu

Desserts
Coconut Custard
Homemade coconut custard.

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Recent Reviews

It was spectacular. 10,000/10. Excellent service, super kind, friendly, and attentive to everything. The food was amazing, absolutely delicious. An excellent experience, thank you so much!!
September 2025
Best Thai food in DC. Ingredients are always so fresh and the staff is so friendly. Pad Thai is the best I’ve ever had. Chicken spicy Eggplant or the curries too are all excellent. Total hidden gem.
August 2025
I got the peanut chicken and I can say it ranks among the best peanut chicken I have ever had. For how busy this place was on a weeknight the service was very quick and efficient. Would highly recommended if in the area!
June 2025

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Talay Thai Restaurant

406 First St SE, Washington, DC 20003
(202) 546-5100