Sawatdee Thai Restaurant - Minneapolis

Curry was extremely watery, it seemed they watered it down to save cost. Food quality at this restaurant has really gone downhill in the past couple of years.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 4

We had a great new years dinner here. Food was delicious and our server was very friendly. Would recommend!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

The food potions were very small and the quality was not good. The vegetables in the green curry were frozen bagged vegetables. The scallops in another dish had a bad taste to them. The meal was overall very disappointing and overpriced. We did have a nice waitress.

Excellent food and service. Great place to go before seeing a play or other event in area.

Authentic Thai food is supposed to have rich layers and flavors that build. This fell so flat. The level 5 spice is an actual joke. Everything is covered in a vat of oil. Such a disappointment!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 5

Stopped by Sawatdee for dinner and tried the Tom Kha, duck curry, and vegetarian spring rolls.

Everything tasted very fresh. The spring rolls were delicious. The wrapper was a little loose, but that’s fine. They were plentiful for the price. Two large pieces, halved. I actually stopped myself from finishing them so I could enjoy the rest of the order.

The Tom Kha was flavorful and came in a huge entrée-sized portion. Fresh kaffir lime leaves gave it a glorious depth. The lemongrass was clearly fresh and imparted exactly the flavor you want. It tasted exactly as expected, but the portion was massive, easily two to three times the size of places like Amazing Thai. For the price, it was perfect.

The duck curry was great. The duck was tasty, the red curry blend was on point, and it was only $18. That’s compared to $30 at places like Amazing Thai for less food.

Sawatdee gets treated a bit like fast casual, but the flavor absolutely competes with the best of them, especially if you care about value. Great dinner all around. It smacks!! :)

Service was also excellent. The gentleman who served me was attentive and personable. Couldn’t have asked for better. Thanks for a great dinner and a great experience.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 5

Always great! I had to go up to a spice level 4 to get it reasonably spicy, but my Pad Thai was awesome.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Everything was outstanding!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Good food, good service, quiet atmosphere (day before Thanksgiving). Had the lunch buffet, which is a great value.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I had the beef salad and the beef was overcooked and dry. The seasoning is light and subtle. I also ordered the calamari and that was really good!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Best Thai and service i have had. Would give more stars if I could.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We stopped by on a Monday evening so not a real busy time so dining room was pretty empty. Had coconut shrimp appetizer which was good but slightly over cooked. Family had a curry dish that was great, shrimp/scallop noodle dish that was also great and drunken shrimp that was so so with way overcooked shrimp. Very good service and a robot that delivers the food. Will have to try a hotter spice level next time as medium is pretty weak.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Great evening with a good friend. Very good food!! I'll be back with my wife.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

After a football game and a few too many burgers and fries, I was craving something different. Sawatdee Thai was within walking distance from my hotel, so I gave it a try.

The restaurant itself isn’t the most modern — a bit of fresh paint and an interior update wouldn’t hurt. That said, the staff were friendly and welcoming, which made for a nice atmosphere.

The food was good, with solid flavors and fresh ingredients. My only real complaint is that the portion could have been slightly bigger — I didn’t feel quite as full as I had hoped. Price-wise, it was reasonable and fair for what I got.

If you’re looking for a break from fast food and want something flavorful and comforting, this is a solid choice.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Really not good.

We ordered two pad Thai dinners for myself and girlfriend on ubereats with mock duck. Really wish we didn't. The food was exceptionally greasy, like really really greasy, the point to which we both were feeling really sick really fast and had to throw out the majority of the food. The mock duck tasted.. off.. like musky almost.

Traditional pad Thai typically comes with green onion, cilantro, and lime. It had no green onion, cilantro, and instead of lime they gave us.. lemon?? lol. In my years of working in restaurants as a cook I have NEVER seen lemon served with pad Thai. That being said the lemon we got in our food was literally old, brown, and rotten, it looked absolutely disgusting.

All in all around 40 bucks to feel gross is disappointing to say the least. Whoever runs this place has no idea what they are doing or how to make traditional pad thai. Its a really simple dish.

You can see in the picture where it ended up and belonged.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1