Thai Essence

Been here several times over the last 3 years. The quality of food has certainly gone down. Chicken pad thai smelled like rotten meat

Fast service, hot food and excellent flavors. It's our favorite in West Lafayette

First of all this place started to scam customers.

1. ridiculously pricey for a small portion. A curry dish doesn't come with rice and they charge extra for rice
2. we ordered a tea and decided to spilt for tasting. For an empty cup they are again charging the cost of another tea. such a cheap tactics for a quick money.
3. the waitress behaved with a rude attitude as if this place is offering free food

The food is acceptable. Not very delicious, but it has the Thai flavor’s. The portion seems to be acceptable. Service is not bad, but one of the servant was rude. She supposed to be friendly but she forgot how to smile. Prices seems to be expensive compared to other Thai restaurants. I don’t think that I will visit them again.

The location is very nice.
The inside is basic nothing special nothing horrible.
The service was wanting.
The servers and owner while generally professional, they were also very haughty and snobbish.

One of the dishes came out and smelled rotting meat to the point that everyone at the table’s stomach turned. When we told the server, she removed the dish only to come back and say we aren’t taking this off the bill.

The manager came out to declare they been making it for 20 years. The manager made the chef come in on his day off to defend his dish, which only proved further that the dish was old.

No one came to check on the food if we needed anything after the disagreement. We apologized for offending, paid the full bill, finished with our friends, and respectfully left.

But unfortunately we won’t be going back or recommending. $20 to lose a customer and referrals… doesn’t seem worth it.

Absolutely delicious, food was out of this world. If you enjoy thai, this is the place to go in Lafayette, IN.

So thankful that we have a good thai place in town! There’s not a lot of options for thai food around here, but when you’re craving thai this is the place to go to.

This place is a hidden gem 💎

expensive, but it’s the only thai place in the area. pad see ew is always my favorite and this place does it well. the carrots are a bit untraditional but i like them!!

Where can I put a 6th star? The Tom Kha soup was OUTSTANDING!! Love Thai food and Thai Essence scratches that itch!

Great food. Will be back again.

so delicious！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！mast test pad kee mow！！！！！！！！

Had the spiciest dish of my life. Had me running from the table like a little school girl. My family has and will not ever let this decades old memory go. Will be stopping by again to conquer this epic life challenge this August.

I will not be back. Experienced poor service and it ruined my dinner.

Vegetarian options: Clearly calls out what can be made vegetarian. Chef came out and discussed alternative when he could not make something vegetarian.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4