Thai Express Restaurant Barrie

Thai express is usually my go to at food courts and I always get the Beef Thai Fried Rice. Attached is the food i usually get at other locations and a quick photo of the food I recieved.

It was my first time at this location and all I can say is I was very disappointed with what I got. Here's a list of all that was wrong.

The employee was busy talking to someone while recieving my order. I ordered beef thai (pineapple and tomato) fried rice and did not have any of those on my order. It didn't even have any basil, which was the other option for fried rice. I was not asked about the spice level and the food I got was very mediocre. The food consisted of dried up peas, huge chunks of poorly chopped carrots, barely any beef, and flavourless rice. How the rice did not have any real flavor baffles me. Also did not put any onions??

My friends who ordered at the other establishments got a way better meal for the same price. Will definitely not be back at this location and would not recommend it to anyone. I usually avoid leaving bad reviews but this place disappointed me that much. Don't waste your money on this mediocre food.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I have had Thai express multiple times at other locations (almost weekly) and I moved back to Barrie and was craving a Thai soup with chicken. This is my second experience at this location, first time a year ago I thought maybe the worker was new.

This is the menu description for Thai Soup.
_ A fragrant, tangy and homemade bowl of liquid gold! Thaï chicken broth filled with noodles, vegetables, and topped with crispy fried red shallots.

My Thai soup at this location today Sept 9th/2024 as well as a year ago at this location had the most disgusting un-flavorful broth, tasted like they used the water they boiled the noodles in. The soup has no cilantro or onion or shallots like EVERY other location.. but it is loaded with LETTUCE.. like pure romaine. I picked out the pile of lettuce and the level of my soup went down about half way.

Very disappointing as it's the only location in Barrie..

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

The worst take out I’ve ever had.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

I really enjoy the food they make here. And the staff are really friendly!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Always great food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Thai Chicken Soup

It's in a food court in the mall, so no atmosphere. But good food and service.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Chicken Pad Thai

Vegetarian options: total waste of money

Dietary restrictions: could not eat the meal wasted almost 2o dollars

Spent almost $20 on chicken pad thai. One bite went in the garbage. Mushy overcooked noodles swimming in a disgusting sauce. Almost like soup.

Awful food , asked for thai rice , made it like pho.awful in whole

Food: 1

Ordered chicken pad thai. I basically recieved ramen with teriyaki sauce. This was the soggiest thing ive ever eaten noodle wise. This is not pad thai. Its tasty but it was on the wok for 1 minute. Someone needs to teach the cook how to cook.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

It is not thai express noodle. She used just one time wok and take less then one minute to cook. It was too bad to eat there.I am not recommend anyone here.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Love your fried rice extra spicy!! Yummy ??? ?

They are great for taking care for cooking the gluten-free options which is very important for those with Celiac Disease. Always delicious and staff are friendly.

Dietary restrictions: Gluten-free

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is by far the best place to eat at the food court she's using fresh ingredients and you can tell. Portion sizes are great too. Been coming here for 10 plus years.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

As others have pointed out before me, this location does not serve food from the Thai Express menu. The pad see ew is so bad. The noodles are soggy, it was pale and like others say, they cooked it for 1 minute. They also cheap out on ingredients. Rather than Chinese broccoli, as the menu specifies and all other locations use, they use cabbage. It tasted nothing like Thai Express. I also bought the basil fried rice. Not to mention, there was so little meat and veggies in any of the dishes. It looked and tasted nothing like the usual recipe. There was definitely no basil used. I spent around $60 for my family and we ended up throwing it because no one enjoyed the food. I hope corporate takes a look at operations at this location, they're definitely doing their own thing and completely ruining the brand. This has been going on for a while because this is the second time I've had this experience. Previously I chalked it up to a bad cook that day. But apparently, it's just how they usually operate. Don't go to this location unless you like your food bland, soggy, and nothing like Thai Express.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1