If I'm being completely honest, I have been going here since I was a child. It may not be the best, but it definitely is a family friendly place with decent food. They have good service as well, never waiting to get my water refilled. (also there's no way someone was complaining about getting too big of a side...) Order S2 with a cucumber salad and you'll be fine.
Chelsea A.
I love this place usually but wtf is up with this portion size. It's like A SIDE OF BEEF. Not a full on meal. Shocking. Definitely sticking to the bbq chicken for good now and the fried rice since I dont trust the portion sizes moving forward.
Gary I.
Thai Original BBQ & Restaurant is part of a chain in a Northridge stripmall. Two rooms, the side room is big enough to hold a banquet. The crystal clear acquarium is its only notable center piece. Nice, quiet, efficient service. The waiter was kind enough to point out that I could get a better deal in getting the dinner special than ordering the same item à la carte. The menu here serves the standard Thai dishes that appeal to a mostly non-Thai clientele. 1) Friend let me try a fried crispy almost crunchy Spring roll. Skin is a little dry, but the filling of chopped up bits of shrimp, pork, chicken, glass noodles, carrot, cabbage flavoured with Nampla/fish sauce, black pepper was a pleasing filling. Accompanied by a sweet-sour sauce. 2) Chicken Ruby is a chicken the size of a large Cornish Game Hen. Battered and fried to a pleasant crispiness. Bit of old oil scent. Perhaps fresher cooking oil would have avoided that. Meat in places was a bit dry so brining the chicken would have made the meat texture more moist and pleasantly meaty. Inside of the chicken, which is conveniently split in two, is stuffed with the same filling as what is in the deboned fried "Angel Wings". Pâté of chicken meat, glass noodles, carrots, onion flavoured with Nampla/fish sauce, black pepper. (A little garlic would have added more earthy, funky aromatics.) A small cup of thickened, sweet, mild chile sauce paired well. But also added some pickled green chile pepper & pickle juice to add a acidic gastrique to pep up the dry chicken meat. Shrimp fried rice with two lush shrimp seemed as though ketchup was added and the rice was tossed around in the wok. Cooking here seems indifferent since it doesn't have to cater to a more discerning Thai clientele. No complaint about the prices which are reasonable, and good deal for the amount of food that you get. Took half the chicken home to make Asian chicken salad. 3+ stars.
Jim Henry
The place is dirty the food was
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Josh Guzman
It was a little empty inside, service was friendlyGot the food quickly. Ordered drunken noodles with chicken and orange chicken. They both are delicious. First time coming and I think this will be my got to place for take
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Zavory Shmorgoner
Placed a pick up order, it was wrong and all the other food we ordered was bland. I called and they couldn’t offer a thing. Don’t go
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
#DoACarl
When I crave for some tasty Bbq Pork Spare Ribs, this is my go to place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shellah A.
BBQ chicken with fried rice ALWAYS hits the spot. Other things we get are beef pad see ew, bbq rib with fried rice and thai tea.
Dave P.
Last great value for thai food. I come here once a month
Mindy de Leon
Highly recommend this place! Food is delicious and makes up for the few shortcomings it has (in my humble opinion) ... what are those shortcomings, you ask. #1 ... check hours before you come, they close pretty early in my opinion. #2 ... ambiance isn't great ... very bare bones. #3 ... service is acceptable but not exemplary. Like I said to begin with ... even with these shortcomings .... the food AND the price point makes up for it. I think they "get away" with those shortcomings because they are so yummy and reasonably-priced. I can only imagine how mind-blowing they could be with some very minor tweaks.
Good food, great service with great prices . Definitely recommend the BBQ Chicken Dinner Special.
Daniel Alvarado
The food is awesome but they give very little come on give some more food for the price is ok but give bigger plates overall I give 3 stars service is great food good atmosphere not the best but still good 3 stars!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Vikki W.
THis used to be our go to restaurant, today was not good at all. We got spoiled java rice! I had a few spoon when my husband noticed something odd about the taste. When we were about to leave, we heard a customer told the server about the it and was offered white rice instead. Got home with achy tummy!
Kathi L.
This place use to be a favorite Thai restaurant we'd frequent years ago. Unfortunately, the decline in food taste and quality topped with the portion size being much smaller was already two strikes against them. But the real kicker was they cheated us $10.00 on the bill. Where's the integrity of running an honest business?HEADS UP - check your bill before paying. The handwritten bill was for $64.65 but the credit card charge was for $74.11; an almost $10.00 overcharge. Because I didn't personally pay for the bill, the person paying didn't catch the overcharge before signing the credit card slip. Bottom line, they overcharged us $10.00 or added an undisclosed service charge (not printed on their menu) to our bill. Either way, they have lost our business for good as we will not be returning to dine here again!
Denise A.
Didn't realize I can get my bbq medium rare. Not sure it's suppose to be like this. Anyways they're nice but their food portion also has lessened
If I'm being completely honest, I have been going here since I was a child. It may not be the best, but it definitely is a family friendly place with decent food. They have good service as well, never waiting to get my water refilled. (also there's no way someone was complaining about getting too big of a side...) Order S2 with a cucumber salad and you'll be fine.
I love this place usually but wtf is up with this portion size. It's like A SIDE OF BEEF. Not a full on meal. Shocking. Definitely sticking to the bbq chicken for good now and the fried rice since I dont trust the portion sizes moving forward.
Thai Original BBQ & Restaurant is part of a chain in a Northridge stripmall. Two rooms, the side room is big enough to hold a banquet. The crystal clear acquarium is its only notable center piece. Nice, quiet, efficient service. The waiter was kind enough to point out that I could get a better deal in getting the dinner special than ordering the same item à la carte. The menu here serves the standard Thai dishes that appeal to a mostly non-Thai clientele. 1) Friend let me try a fried crispy almost crunchy Spring roll. Skin is a little dry, but the filling of chopped up bits of shrimp, pork, chicken, glass noodles, carrot, cabbage flavoured with Nampla/fish sauce, black pepper was a pleasing filling. Accompanied by a sweet-sour sauce. 2) Chicken Ruby is a chicken the size of a large Cornish Game Hen. Battered and fried to a pleasant crispiness. Bit of old oil scent. Perhaps fresher cooking oil would have avoided that. Meat in places was a bit dry so brining the chicken would have made the meat texture more moist and pleasantly meaty. Inside of the chicken, which is conveniently split in two, is stuffed with the same filling as what is in the deboned fried "Angel Wings". Pâté of chicken meat, glass noodles, carrots, onion flavoured with Nampla/fish sauce, black pepper. (A little garlic would have added more earthy, funky aromatics.) A small cup of thickened, sweet, mild chile sauce paired well. But also added some pickled green chile pepper & pickle juice to add a acidic gastrique to pep up the dry chicken meat. Shrimp fried rice with two lush shrimp seemed as though ketchup was added and the rice was tossed around in the wok. Cooking here seems indifferent since it doesn't have to cater to a more discerning Thai clientele. No complaint about the prices which are reasonable, and good deal for the amount of food that you get. Took half the chicken home to make Asian chicken salad. 3+ stars.
The place is dirty the food was
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
It was a little empty inside, service was friendlyGot the food quickly. Ordered drunken noodles with chicken and orange chicken. They both are delicious. First time coming and I think this will be my got to place for take
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Placed a pick up order, it was wrong and all the other food we ordered was bland. I called and they couldn’t offer a thing. Don’t go
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
When I crave for some tasty Bbq Pork Spare Ribs, this is my go to place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
BBQ chicken with fried rice ALWAYS hits the spot. Other things we get are beef pad see ew, bbq rib with fried rice and thai tea.
Last great value for thai food. I come here once a month
Highly recommend this place! Food is delicious and makes up for the few shortcomings it has (in my humble opinion) ... what are those shortcomings, you ask. #1 ... check hours before you come, they close pretty early in my opinion. #2 ... ambiance isn't great ... very bare bones. #3 ... service is acceptable but not exemplary. Like I said to begin with ... even with these shortcomings .... the food AND the price point makes up for it. I think they "get away" with those shortcomings because they are so yummy and reasonably-priced. I can only imagine how mind-blowing they could be with some very minor tweaks.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
Good food, great service with great prices . Definitely recommend the BBQ Chicken Dinner Special.
The food is awesome but they give very little come on give some more food for the price is ok but give bigger plates overall I give 3 stars service is great food good atmosphere not the best but still good 3 stars!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
THis used to be our go to restaurant, today was not good at all. We got spoiled java rice! I had a few spoon when my husband noticed something odd about the taste. When we were about to leave, we heard a customer told the server about the it and was offered white rice instead. Got home with achy tummy!
This place use to be a favorite Thai restaurant we'd frequent years ago. Unfortunately, the decline in food taste and quality topped with the portion size being much smaller was already two strikes against them. But the real kicker was they cheated us $10.00 on the bill. Where's the integrity of running an honest business?HEADS UP - check your bill before paying. The handwritten bill was for $64.65 but the credit card charge was for $74.11; an almost $10.00 overcharge. Because I didn't personally pay for the bill, the person paying didn't catch the overcharge before signing the credit card slip. Bottom line, they overcharged us $10.00 or added an undisclosed service charge (not printed on their menu) to our bill. Either way, they have lost our business for good as we will not be returning to dine here again!
Didn't realize I can get my bbq medium rare. Not sure it's suppose to be like this. Anyways they're nice but their food portion also has lessened