Esan Thai Restaurant

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221 E Kirkwood Ave D, Bloomington

Esan Thai Restaurant Reviews

4 stars for food, but minus one for the stomachache I got afterwards. The food really is delicious, with a proper fresh spiciness. Yellow curry is is full-flavored, rather than the weak Americanized curries that are so easy to find, and larb is excellent and fresh, as others have said. Unfortunately, despite how much I enjoyed the meal, my stomach was quite sore for almost 12 hours afterwards, and a bit upset the next morning. That might have been my fault a bit for overdoing...read full review

One of our first times at a Thai restaurant and we truly enjoyed it! I ordered Pad Thai with chicken, my son's girlfriend ordered some type of fried rice, and my son ordered a meal with chicken, vegetables, and rice (maybe LS3?). We also ordered spring rolls as an appetizer and the dipping sauce was amazing!! All were delicious and plentiful.

After a couple more visits to Thailand and some time away from Bloomington, maybe I was just too eager to find food here that I liked. The larb is still good, pad thai may not be what you're used to if you're from Bangkok but still authentic to other regions, and they are one of the few Thai restaurants in the entire Midwest that actually serve Khanom Chin. Outside of their Nam Tok and Khanom Chin, however, Esan Thai seems to be holding back on the biting freshness that's typical...read full review

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