The service was very slow even though the place was nearly empty. The beef salad was inedible the other dishes tasted as if they were not fresh or just reheated. This place used to be really good, I don't know if they are short staffed or just plain lazy and have gotten really greedy and now the food is not fresh. But since they had so much popularity in the past now they are careless about their business. After this experience we will not be returning to your restaurant, There are many Thai restaurants in the area that offer fresh cooked dishes and actually care about their customers! read more

78 Thai Kitchen - So many health and safety violations!! - Thai Near Me - Carlsbad, California

The surprise of the meal was when the bill came. Each dish with any "protein", (our dishes had chicken), there is an additional $2 per dish for the protein or meat. Surprise! Perhaps we didn't comb through the menu carefully enough to see that cost. So a dish costing $12-14 became $14-16 instead. Thai iced tea $6.00, hot tea (from a Lipton tea bag) $4. Prices are high for what you get. Food was mediocre at best. Spice level low so the dishes were not tasty. They were just ok. Portion sizes small. The only good things were server was very attentive and polite and inside decor was nice and clean. read more

Food: this is the reason I gave this location 5 stars. I know Kinaly Thai started in a different location and has branched to Carlsbad, but I would say the flavors and consistency is there. I got the tom kha soup with seafood, pad thai with chicken, cashew chicken, and panang curry with beef. All of it was EXCELLENT. While portions seemed rather single sized, my table of 3 shared them family style. I would come back again if I was ever craving Thai in North County Service: my server was the only one on that friday night. Despite that, she tried her hardest to serve at least 7-10 parties. It got way too busy for a single server, and there was some longer wait times, but my party did not mind. The restaurant is brand new in this location, and so they are still trying to hire and gauge popularity. Ambiance: the location is rather small and narrow in the inside-- i wish it was wider. Overall, clean quaint place that serves more for fast in and out or take out. read more

I'm very particular about what is considered good Thai food and this place is superb. Every dish I've ordered from the basil fried rice to the won ton soup tastes very fresh and full of flavor!! I'm not able to enjoy hot spicy dishes and this place does not 'kill' the flavors with spice. If you're a local or visiting, you must come here, especially if you decide to go to the Regal across the street. The service is quick and the waitresses are friendly! read more

Based on my first and only visit here the food was excellent. I will be back to try other dishes really soon.

Pretty disappointed, was looking forward to trying this place. Husband is Lao/Thai and family owns Thai restaurant in Fresno. Have traveled Southeast Asia/ Thailand / Laos extensively. Ordered pad see ew & pineapple fried rice and just wasn't good. The decor inside restaurant is very nice . The bathroom needs a purse/key hook on door, paper towel dispenser did not work Ps. I agree with the other reviewers about the smell when you walk in the front door. It would be good to get a plumber out there to figure it out, as it's such a turn off expecting to smell delicious food and spices, but smell that stench. read more

Nice new restaurant. Interior is clean and colorful. Good to see Lao food on the menu.

Great food! Great customer service! The gentleman server was so kind, professional, and attentive to our needs. We ordered Kinaly's combo, Wonton soup, and Basil Stir Fry! We are coming back! read more

I love this place, everything was so delicious!! The lunch special was huge! Nice atmosphere and great service!

We used to love this place. The food and serivce is very good. Last time we went in though, they removed quite a few things from their menu. Some of the things were what we went in for. Would love to go back if they open the menu back up. read more

It said it was open on Grubhub and we placed a pickup order. We drove 25 minutes to get there only to find out it was closed. Fyi its saying its open on Sundays on Yelp too so clearly not doing a good job on updating store timings. We had to get on a call with Grubhub to get a refund. Had heard good things about this restaurant. Poor service and very disappointing. read more

Great food! I had been trying to find a good Thai food restaurant near me and for awhile I had no luck, but my husband happened to find this place and we ordered take out and we were pleasantly surprised! We are definitely going to be returning but to dine in ! We had the chicken fried rice, fried bananas and Thai iced tea with boba. read more

78 Thai Kitchen - Thai Fried Rice with chicken - Thai Near Me - Carlsbad, California

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Stopped in for a first lunch here. Small, very clean and attractive restaurant. I ordered Crying Tiger and my husband ordered a seafood dish. I love Crying Tiger but this was a very different preparation, one that was missing the usual Jaew sauce, which I didn't like. Husband thought his dish was satisfactory. Bathroom was clean but the toilet is not installed correctly so it rocks in place. We'd give this place another try in the future, hopefully with an improved toilet install. read more

Very nice , clean fairly new restaurant.Greeted immediately and seated promptly. They have a fairly extensive menu. I had the pad ti that was sweet added shrimp. It was hot not spicy and definitely sweet. Daughter had panag curry with chicken. She loved it. She also ordered a thai tea that she said was excellent. I would highly recommend this restaurant. read more

We have eaten dine in and take-out several times and always been pleased with the quality of the entrees. My sister visited and said this was her new favorite massaman curry. read more

Good food, clean place, great service and affordable prices. I ordered the Tom Kha and the Phanang curry (chicken), both dishes with great flavor. I'm happy for finding this Restaurant that it's around the corner from my place. read more

In the past, I ordered the chicken noodle soup & it was very good. On 10/7/24 I ordered the chicken noodle soup & it was not good. Instead of pieces of chicken, they gave me mostly all fat & the nasty parts of the chicken. It was disgusting & disappointing. I wasted my money. I won't be ordering that dish again. read more

This is a great Thai place. The food is so flavorful and not much sodium. I'm very particular with Thai food and this place is really good!

I enjoy their food. But I was expecting more of the strong bold flavors of the their Tom Kha soup. Their pot stickers and drunken noodles are delicious. read more

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Let me start buy saying we are a Thai family and have ate so much Thai food through the years. We love Thai food.My husband and I decided to try this place tonight. I walked in and the first thing I noticed was the smell. Smelled like an old musty building which worried me. Our server was a guy with black hair who was nice but didn't have any knowledge of the menu. I asked him if the panang was spicy and his response was the spices are on the side.. I thought that's weird I've ate panang so many times and have never had the spices on the side.. hmm I decided to order it and it was very spicy. I ate it cause I was starving. It wasn't bad but it wasn't great either. I said to the server this panang is spicy and he said oh yeah and walked away. I honestly wanted to laugh cause it was like a oh well. My husband got the pork noodle soup. The broth was terrible. It was missing something. I would say this place is more of a Thai fusion then Thai. I got the papaya salad. I waited for it for probably 25 minutes so I thought this is gonna be good. It was missing garlic and had way too much fish sauce. It honestly just tasted like fish sauce with papaya. This place is not gonna last long here. The prices are high and the Thai food is not good. read more

Ordered take out, lots of flavor and food was ready before the estimated time! I'll definitely be back! I had their pad Thai...

What a nice find. Cozy little place with good quality and delicious food. We will be back.

Food is delicious and authentic, portions are large. Service is fast and friendly! Worth every penny!

Highly recommend. Very clean restaurant and the staff is very friendly. My husband had soup and he said it was delicious read more

78 Thai Kitchen - Thai Near Me - Carlsbad, California

Great food :) delivered food was still warm. We ordered calamari, mad fish and bbq in rice. It probably would be so much better if we dined in. Next time :) read more

They serve the best Thai dishes around. The menu has many choices for all types of diets. The location is small but worth the wait. The service was excellent and very friendly. They are always adding to their menu offerings so there is always something new and special to choose from. read more

I was so looking forward to the Thai food dish last night. I ordered the Seafood Sizzling dish. While the fish was tasty, pieces of seafood were cold and not anywhere sizzling. Obviously, it should have been cooked longer. The waitress was very accommodating and checked on us often. I would rate her service at four stars. The decor was very attractive. The colors were very modern. I especially like the futuristic seascape. read more

A really nice spot for Thai. Wait staff are super pleasant and sweet. Not that busy so easy to get a quick and tasty meal. Highly recommend!

I come here for lunch and the food is fresh and delicious. Lunch specials are a great deal. I really liked the coconut shrimp and spring rolls. Thai Tea is on point. Highly recommend. read more

Great place for Thai food in Carlsbad! Food was tasty and fresh, service thoughtful and attentive, and ambiance welcoming! Loved their fresh Shrimp Spring Rolls and Drunken Noodles dishes. Their fish dishes were tasty as well. Thanks and I look forward to comimg back again soon! read more

My lunch entree of garlic stir fry was $13 and proteib was an additional $2. it was mostly lettuce and was more of an appetizer. Flavor was ok but I. prefer other Thai places with lunxh specials that are more generous. Won't be back. read more

So far the pad Thai, curries and fried rice are really good. Love the flavors. I'm going to try the soups next time.

Came by for Lunch, great food great customer service. Highly recommended for Authentic South East Food.

Wow! Went in on a whim. So so good and flavorful and fresh! We had the spring rolls, Pad Thai with chicken and shrimp and the broccoli with chicken! Amazing! Will definitely be back! Great service as well! read more

Tried out this place for the first time and it was so amazing! The decor is absolutely gorgeous and I loved the gold spoons and forks. We got the fried wontons and lettuce wraps for a starter both were delicious. I got the fried rice which was very tasty and my man loved the pad Thai. Our waitress was so sweet and recommended a new beer and had good knowledge of the menu. Definitely coming back! read more

My husband's go to Thai spot. Vegetarianly friendly and great service. They know us there and already know what we are going to order. Food comes out in a timely order. Great for take-out! Just call 15-20mins ahead. We needed a good thai spot in town! read more

I'm not kidding when I say, THE best meal I've had in a long time. I got the egg rolls for an appetizer and my god. PERFECT. PERFECT. They make them in house and add taro to it, the dipping sauce is the egg rolls best friend, they just make sense together. The Khao Soi Lao was fantastic. But the mango sticky rice - should be illegal to taste that good. Run don't walk to this place. Service was also 10/10 and so polite. I wish I lived in this area for this restaurant exclusively. So good. Last thing I'll say, I wish I took a picture of my food. I'm not typically that person but the presentation of the food was beautiful to say the least lol. Idk I'm impressed af, music playlist was also bangin read more

The food is always amazing!!! Here are some things you need to order: Tum ka, pad Thai, drunken noodles, spring rolls, and best of all, red curry with a die of rice! The food is fast but delicious. Service is amazing too. I come every weekend as a treat! read more

Both the food and service were excellent. It was a relatively small place, however, the ambience was very nice. We had the drunken noodles and basil stirfry, and both were excellent. read more

Disappointed with my takeout from here. I ordered fresh spring rolls and when I got home I found they didn't pack the peanut sauce... also the curry I ordered wasn't fully sealed (cheap containers possibly) because it spilled quite a bit in the paper bag. Not a good experience. read more