Hadn't been here in 5+ years and wanted to see if it was still good. Was not disappointed, food was great as it always has been. Best little hole in the wall Thai food you can find!Oh, and if you ask for it 'Thai hot', they'll give you what you're looking for. Love it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Salad
Pton H.
Sala thai has the best thai food on Oahu. Their thai hot is hot with fresh peppers. Very friendly amazing staff. Hard working wonderful people.
Jay S
Excellent mix of local happy people and food that makes you smile ! Karaoke fun magic happens and sometime on key ! Enjoyable Sala Thai Good Times !
Meicha Dauria
Absolutely incredible little ‘hole in the wall!’ Even walking in at 9pm, we were greeted warmly by a lovely bartender and enjoyed the most amazing food. Do yourself a favor, and come and experience it! They also have pool, darts and one of those modern jukebox thingies. (: you’re welcome.
Raymond Ramos
Hard to find food after 9p on Oahu now but Sala Thai has restaurant quality food, despite being a bar. Service is fast, friendly, and kinda pretty. ?
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Thai Fried Noodles Pad Thai, Spring Roll Porpia Tot, Som Tum Green Papaya Salad, Spicy Fried Rice
Gilbert R.
Really local dive bar/restaurant over in Downtown Honolulu, the kind of bar where everyone knows each other. Owner/bartender is a friendly Thai lady who cooks as well. Ordered the eggrolls. Super delicious. Your basic beer brands are here, nothing too exotic. They've got some hard liquor options, too. Prices are all very reasonable. Would definitely come back to explore the menu.
Kevin T.
Wow! This is 1 of if not thee best Thai food on Oahu! I've driven past this place a million times and always assumed it was just a bar. Boy was I wrong! This is a sports bar with legit Thai food! Cindy is both the bartender and waitress so please be patient. A few of the regulars help out. This place is small and has a few regulars. I've tried maybe 3-4 dishes and will try the rest of their menu eventually! I love to have a few beers and shoot a game of pool or 2. This gonna be my new hang out! I enjoy both the food and company.
Skyelynn C.
The best thai food on island! Amazing staff and super delicious food. Highly recommend the Namkao, evil jungle curry, and pad thai! Top three favorite dishes! It's also a nice dive bar if you're ever needing a chill place to drink!
brandon dengler
Cool little hole in the wall. Probably the best Thai food on the island, homemade and fresh to order, but limited menu to noodles, curries, stir fry, and rice. Really great service as well.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Samantha Hinojosa
If you're from out of town and looking for a good time, some karaoke, good food and good drinks with some good people this is the place to be. I'm telling you. The Curry? AMAZING!!! The chicken? AMAZING!!!! The Spring Rolls? AMAZING!! Waitress was so attentive, the drinks just kept coming! Gregory and his team did an awesome job. Great place to remember. If I'm ever in Hawaii again I'm definitely going back!!! Thank you for making our vist memorable!
This place is interesting. It has a very unassuming front and the dim interior of a dive bar, with a pool table near the front and several large flat-screen tv monitors around the walls. One tv was playing what looked like a Thai language news channel, the rest had sports of one kind of another.Just off the bar is a dining area that has a neighborhood joint vibe. There are hanging lamps over the tables and very casually dressed staff. I chose this place for a family get-together because it's close to my job and I could walk there. And it's open after most of the downtown restaurants are closed.The reviews of the food were uniformly positive and my family as a whole like spicy food, especially my mother who grew up eating my grandmother's kimchi, which I think had a WMD half-life. My father's no lightweight either; he used to snack on raw jalapeños.Anyway, it is an odd venue. But the food is very good. My mother and I had the Evil Jungle Curry, others had varying degrees of spicy or mild dishes, and we all shared some green papaya salad. This last was a little on the sweet side for my taste, but my mother asked for the spicy stuff on the side so it could be enjoyed by everyone.I was not disappointed in the least. The staff look like they pitch in with all hands in all parts of the operation. Our server was also the bartender, and a couple of other people helped with serving and clearing, refilling water and so on, and they were all very friendly. It's a casual sort of hybrid joint that just works. Some people obviously go there to toss a few back, others to shoot some pool or hang out, and others to have some of the best Thai food in the area. I recommend it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Doug G.
Food is awesome, great portion too and clean place. Service is excellent, lots of parking. Nice atmosphere. Employees are friendly. Definitely recommends to everyone.
Mervyn S.
Was initially craving sushi the whole night but since I couldn't make it to last call on some places I had in mind, ended up stumbling on this place after scrolling through Yelp. I may not have had a craving Thai food tonight but I'm forsure coming back again to satisfy my new craving since it's that good!For those worried about going to a bar just for food, the hostess is super nice and the elderly lady cooking the food did some magic. Prices are around 10-20 per dish but the servings are fairly generous. Much more generous than a lot of places in Honolulu. I'd recommend the Pad Thai and the evil jungle!
Kel E.
What a GREAT find! 18 of us came out yesterday for happy hour and dinner. The location is not in a congested area and the parking is really easy. We loved the food - spring rolls wrapped in lettuce, chicken wings, pad thai and something I always like to order if it's on the menu - Crispy Rice Salad!! The staff was very friendly and the place is very clean! We plan to do monthly gatherings here now. Thank you Sala Thai!!
Timothy Hudson
So my wife and I love Thai and found this place with a 4.5 rating and gave it a go. As soon as you walk in you're like "dang it this is a bar." It is a bar that serves really good Thai food. Give them a try.
Hadn't been here in 5+ years and wanted to see if it was still good. Was not disappointed, food was great as it always has been. Best little hole in the wall Thai food you can find!Oh, and if you ask for it 'Thai hot', they'll give you what you're looking for. Love it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Salad
Sala thai has the best thai food on Oahu. Their thai hot is hot with fresh peppers. Very friendly amazing staff. Hard working wonderful people.
Excellent mix of local happy people and food that makes you smile ! Karaoke fun magic happens and sometime on key ! Enjoyable Sala Thai Good Times !
Absolutely incredible little ‘hole in the wall!’ Even walking in at 9pm, we were greeted warmly by a lovely bartender and enjoyed the most amazing food. Do yourself a favor, and come and experience it! They also have pool, darts and one of those modern jukebox thingies. (: you’re welcome.
Hard to find food after 9p on Oahu now but Sala Thai has restaurant quality food, despite being a bar. Service is fast, friendly, and kinda pretty. ?
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Thai Fried Noodles Pad Thai, Spring Roll Porpia Tot, Som Tum Green Papaya Salad, Spicy Fried Rice
Really local dive bar/restaurant over in Downtown Honolulu, the kind of bar where everyone knows each other. Owner/bartender is a friendly Thai lady who cooks as well. Ordered the eggrolls. Super delicious. Your basic beer brands are here, nothing too exotic. They've got some hard liquor options, too. Prices are all very reasonable. Would definitely come back to explore the menu.
Wow! This is 1 of if not thee best Thai food on Oahu! I've driven past this place a million times and always assumed it was just a bar. Boy was I wrong! This is a sports bar with legit Thai food! Cindy is both the bartender and waitress so please be patient. A few of the regulars help out. This place is small and has a few regulars. I've tried maybe 3-4 dishes and will try the rest of their menu eventually! I love to have a few beers and shoot a game of pool or 2. This gonna be my new hang out! I enjoy both the food and company.
The best thai food on island! Amazing staff and super delicious food. Highly recommend the Namkao, evil jungle curry, and pad thai! Top three favorite dishes! It's also a nice dive bar if you're ever needing a chill place to drink!
Cool little hole in the wall. Probably the best Thai food on the island, homemade and fresh to order, but limited menu to noodles, curries, stir fry, and rice. Really great service as well.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
If you're from out of town and looking for a good time, some karaoke, good food and good drinks with some good people this is the place to be. I'm telling you. The Curry? AMAZING!!! The chicken? AMAZING!!!! The Spring Rolls? AMAZING!! Waitress was so attentive, the drinks just kept coming! Gregory and his team did an awesome job. Great place to remember. If I'm ever in Hawaii again I'm definitely going back!!! Thank you for making our vist memorable!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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This place is interesting. It has a very unassuming front and the dim interior of a dive bar, with a pool table near the front and several large flat-screen tv monitors around the walls. One tv was playing what looked like a Thai language news channel, the rest had sports of one kind of another.Just off the bar is a dining area that has a neighborhood joint vibe. There are hanging lamps over the tables and very casually dressed staff. I chose this place for a family get-together because it's close to my job and I could walk there. And it's open after most of the downtown restaurants are closed.The reviews of the food were uniformly positive and my family as a whole like spicy food, especially my mother who grew up eating my grandmother's kimchi, which I think had a WMD half-life. My father's no lightweight either; he used to snack on raw jalapeños.Anyway, it is an odd venue. But the food is very good. My mother and I had the Evil Jungle Curry, others had varying degrees of spicy or mild dishes, and we all shared some green papaya salad. This last was a little on the sweet side for my taste, but my mother asked for the spicy stuff on the side so it could be enjoyed by everyone.I was not disappointed in the least. The staff look like they pitch in with all hands in all parts of the operation. Our server was also the bartender, and a couple of other people helped with serving and clearing, refilling water and so on, and they were all very friendly. It's a casual sort of hybrid joint that just works. Some people obviously go there to toss a few back, others to shoot some pool or hang out, and others to have some of the best Thai food in the area. I recommend it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Food is awesome, great portion too and clean place. Service is excellent, lots of parking. Nice atmosphere. Employees are friendly. Definitely recommends to everyone.
Was initially craving sushi the whole night but since I couldn't make it to last call on some places I had in mind, ended up stumbling on this place after scrolling through Yelp. I may not have had a craving Thai food tonight but I'm forsure coming back again to satisfy my new craving since it's that good!For those worried about going to a bar just for food, the hostess is super nice and the elderly lady cooking the food did some magic. Prices are around 10-20 per dish but the servings are fairly generous. Much more generous than a lot of places in Honolulu. I'd recommend the Pad Thai and the evil jungle!
What a GREAT find! 18 of us came out yesterday for happy hour and dinner. The location is not in a congested area and the parking is really easy. We loved the food - spring rolls wrapped in lettuce, chicken wings, pad thai and something I always like to order if it's on the menu - Crispy Rice Salad!! The staff was very friendly and the place is very clean! We plan to do monthly gatherings here now. Thank you Sala Thai!!
So my wife and I love Thai and found this place with a 4.5 rating and gave it a go. As soon as you walk in you're like "dang it this is a bar." It is a bar that serves really good Thai food. Give them a try.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5