Sawatdee Thai Restaurant - Minneapolis

Very disappointed by the service from the staff, very rude and was looking at getting us out of the restaurant fast as possible even though it’s empty … green curry we ordered was below standard … not a place to go

We recently decided to give this place another try after several years of getting Thai food from restaurants who can actually prepare and deliver the food we ordered. Unfortunately, my Pineapple Red Curry showed up as some sort of pot roast entree??? Beef, potatoes, and cashews??? Unfortunate since we live nearby, but they are now 0/5 giving us the food we ordered. ✌️

Second time ordering from here. I wasn’t a fan of my first entree (beef laab esan, was quite dry and tough) and they were kind enough to let me replace it with something else, and went out of their way to proactively modify it to make it even better. I don’t expect this level of going above and beyond anywhere, and I just wanted to say a word of appreciation.

I also got the chicken satay, and it was as fantastic as the first time I had it.
I grabbed mango w sweet sticky rice, and it was perfect. I’ll be sure to leave them a tip next time I carry out.

Ate here on Thursday 04-10-25. Had the egg rolls and the beef Pad Thai. The egg rolls were very good. I was quite impressed.

I ordered my Pad Thai middle of the road spicy (or 3 chili 🌶️ as I dictated on the menu). It was quite flavorless without any spice to it. Even better yet, I ended up with food poisoning that I am still dealing with 3 days later as I write this.

Never again…

I’m celiac and finding safe places to eat when I travel is hard. This place was amazing. At first I was skeptical but the young man that was my waiter was knowledgeable and the items are marked on the menu. Food was outstanding! His service was great. He was very kind and attentive.

We ordered take out for new years day and the food was excellent. Good sized portions, spiced to each individuals preference.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sue's Egg Rolls, Spicy Noodles, Broccoli Fried Rice, Massamun Curry, Chicken Satay

Perfect fried-rice

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Coolest server I've had in a long time. Arrived with my husband and kids. We were headed to a Guthrie show and wanted to eat quickly but didn't want to put on the pressure. Server noticed our tickets on the table and said he'd try to get out food out soon so we could get to the show! And he did!... So thoughtful and accommodating!!!

I have actually been eating at this Sawatdee for many years, but had had some very meh experiences a handful of years ago, So hadn't been in while. Was impressed this time! Tried the green curry and it was Solid!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

The lunch buffet was good. I would say not the same as pre pandemic.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

If you are scouting through dozens of reviews (because it's hard to trust wedding websites these days) trying to decide if you should have Sawatdee cater an important event, for example, a wedding, like I did when I was looking for wedding caterers, then here is your review. Go for it. 10/10. Cyndy knocked it out of the park for our wedding. The food was amazing and people were so excited to eat something besides champagne chicken. We got the 3 entree package with the china add-on and it was worth every penny. And honestly, it was very reasonable. Cyndy helped make our wedding memorable and fun. She was also our most communicative vendor. She always responded to emails. We were so impressed with everything she did for us. We couldn’t have been happier.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food, great service, best egg rolls in the

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Roast Duck Curry, Chicken Fried Rice, Fried Spring Rolls, Fried Vegetarian Spring Rolls

Appetizer for 2 had a good orange sauce. Spicy pad Thai noodles was good. Pineapple curry had almost a lemon grass taste that was refreshing. Do spice up here from level 1-5, I got a 3 and it felt more like a 2.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 3

Great service, no complaints there, but unfortunately all food was pretty bad - no spice, quite bland, papaya salad was soggy and mushy, calamari was rubbery and chewy, and others said their curry was pretty bad as well. Its unfortunate because our server was very kind but I dont recommend this place based on the food

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

It was my first time tasting Thai Food and the experiencia was amazing!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pad Thai with Mock Duck, Spicy Noodles

Great food and location, but takeout is inconsistent. We’ve had a great time dining in, but the takeout is often so wrong that it makes me think they are doing it on purpose. For instance in a single order, the dishes requested 4/5 heat had no spice, while the dishes requested 0/5 were spicy. The vegetarian dishes for which we ordered extra vegetables, had almost no vegetables and instead contained large chunks of very fatty chicken. The dishes for which we ordered extra shrimp, did not contain extra shrimp, but had a huge amount of woody galangal and lemongrass shoots and pieces of Kaffir stems that were very woody and too small to notice and remove.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 1