Talay Thai Restaurant

406 First St SE, Washington
(202) 546-5100

Recent Reviews

Nathan Fleming

Very tasty food and excellent service. It's interesting, this felt like two restaurants in one: Outside, well-dressed, young capitol-hill types were enjoying drinks after work; inside, families and small groups of friends had dinner. All our dishes were quite tasty (the pad thai was maybe a little too sweet, but otherwise great). We really enjoyed the food. Portion sizes were perfect, and our waitress was very attentive and made us feel welcome. I would definitely recommend!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ugwunna Amadi

Dinned there with my girlfriend, we went for the happy hour which is from 4-9:30pm. The drinks were HEAVY. Certainly will get your money‘s worth on the drinks which are $6 during happy hour. We ordered the fried wontons, fried dumplings and chicken wings which were all stellar and $5. But the main dish that really sold us was the drunken noodles. They were spicy and packed with flavor.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shrimp Roll and Fried Wontons, Drunken Noodles, Chicken Wings

Ayanna White

Food was great hidden gem down the street from the dome! Nice place

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Archana Vasa

insanely cheap (really good) food and drinks right by the capitol. However, everyone in this establishment is 22 and a Hill rat. Not a bad thing per se, but know what you’re getting into.Happy hour until 9:30!! Featuring 2.50 Miller Lite

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Pad See EW

Ming-Yen Kao

Very delicious! And it is just at the corner of the metro

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Andrew Murray

Tasty thai food located a block from the Capitol Hill South metro station. Filled with congressional staffers and locals. Best massaman curry in the District. Affordable. Attentive staff. Five stars.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nuha Anwar

I ordered the calamari and was disappointed to find that most of the calamari were actually chunks of fried, heavily battered broccoli, which made me feel like I was cheated out of the dish. Drunken noodle was a bit bland, and the Thai tea was a bit watered down. At least service was good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Sravya Sundaraneedi

We visited this restaurant today. We were received after 4 minutes we entered the restaurant. We are actually students and I feel like it depends on the customers to give tip or not. But the lady that received us was so rude with us just by the fact that we skipped the tip page while paying. She canceled the payment and went back to the tips page again and forced us to pay her the tip amount. The food was good we tried shrimp tempura, green curry and drunken noodles along with iced tea. I really liked tempura and green curry.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

Bill Wright

Ok, any place with a M-F happy hour until 9:30 pm gets my vote! Quick and friendly service, good spice level in the food, and tasty drinks. Festive atmosphere with a young urban professional crowd.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Drunken Spaghetti

Adnan Ansari

Laid back atmosphere. Good food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Drunken Noodles

Rebekah M

Very attentive and kind

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fabrizio Amaya

I really like the food. Well seasoned and always hot. it does have smaller portions though.Vegetarian options: Choice to omit meat from the dish

Food: 5

Recommended dishes: Green Curry

John W

Happy hour here is amazing, it’s so cozy and everyone’s having a great time, good and drinks are very inexpensive and it was all around an awesome place! Will definitely be coming back to try the rest of the

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Alice J.

Delicious food (tender squid for example), ok speed (when in a hurry for theatre!), but service with a grumpy face in a super noisy environment. They have a huge patio (noise level outside is better; able to chat). Soft shell crab is great (sauce comes on the side so the crispy crab doesn't become soggy).Ginger lover seafood is also wonderful. The whole place was full at its seams on a Thursday night. Lots of guests in suits, probably the people working in nearby government offices. Tables and chairs aren't the best (may need attention) but the whole ambiance is casual so I guess in the end, thanks to relatively fast service, all is well that ends well.

MR Rice

Pad see ew and Massaman curry are fantastic

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