Come here for mediocre Thai food and slow service. This place is PACKED at lunch and even though they have a list to write your name, go ahead in and seat yourself. They don't seem to care. After waiting ages to order, the food came out in batches so by the time I got my yellow curry, my coworkers' food was already cold. The yellow curry was decent, but absolutely nothing to write home about. We tried the roti appetizer. I lived in Thailand for a year and have never had roti taste like this. Honestly, I'm not complaining though, it was very good with the peanut sauce. Also, there is a mysterious disco ball hanging from the ceiling and I have been informed that this place is dead at night. To me, that says the most. read more

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For lunch, I ordered Massaman Curry with shrimp - coconut milk, onions, peanuts in a savory sauce. The sauce was excellent. I enjoyed spooning the savory sauce on top of the white rice. The shrimp comes with white rice and a small soup. The décor was OK to medium. It is sort of like a neighborhood restaurant and not fancy. That is OK with me. Barn Thai Located at 921 E Duane Ave in Sunnyvale in a non-descript strip mall next to Metro City restaurant and bar. Parking in the strip mall is free and plentiful. I had mixed reactions to the wait staff. The woman was cordial; the male was aloof. read more

This place can 4 stars just based on service! My friend Vijay comes here a lot..today I was placing an order for him (he was running late) and once the waitresses heard what I ordered, she knew who it was for and asked if he also wanted a coconut juice knowing that thats what he usually gets. Keep in mind that she has only seen me with Vijay on two occasions...where else can u get service like that? Food is consistently good and a great value. 80% of their lunch items are between $6.50 and $8. If you're vegetarian they'll substitute the meat in any of their dishes with tofu. Try their coconut juice....tastes like its straight out of a coconut (reminds me of home...Fiji) and not out of a can..plus it comes with pieces of coconut flesh!! ahhhhh soooo gooood. I normally get here around 12pm for lunch and thats when its just starting to get busy. In the past I've seen (and stood in) lines outside this place after arriving there at 1pm, but I didn't see that on my last two visits. Will upload some pics later on read more

Barn Thai Restaurant - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

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They have a decent lunch menu with great prices: $6.95 for chicken/beef/pork option, $7.95 for seafood or noodle dishes. I love spicy food so I ordered the Pad Kee Mao. Yes, it was spicy like how I wanted but besides the spiciness, there was a lack of flavor, it was bland -___- I looked around at what other people order and their portions are a bit smaller than other Thai places I've been to. I ordered the Thai custard but they ran out. They said they only make it every Thursday.......but today IS thursday. Since I'm on a hunt for good Thai custard, I might come back to this place just for it...maybe... FYI: Minimum $10 credit card charge read more

Barn Thai Restaurant - Pad kee mao - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

The flavors are pretty good but the selection and portions for lunch are pretty small. I'm always hungry about 2 hours later.However the Musumun Beef is acceptable when I need a Thai fix and I need it as a fast lunch. The place is rather small, in a piece of old Sunnyvale strip mall. It can get crowded but if you show up around 1pm most people are on the way out. read more

For a small place that's completely deserted at 7:30 pm on a Thursday, this place is good! I loved their flavoring - never too bland or too salty or anything. The place only had one chef and one waitress, so it took a while for the dishes to come out, but the service was very good as well, and it was nice knowing that they make everything from scratch on the spot as you order. There's definitely no reheating here. All the dishes were piping hot, they use high quality materials, and the foods extremely authentic. read more

interesting name. Wonder if the sign was intended to be Bahn Thai and was made incorrectly. Anyways, happened to stumble upon this restaurant while looking for another restaurant. Decided to go here since we were running out of time. I had the pineapple fried rice lunch special which was just OK. It was reasonably crowded and service was still surprisingly slow. Had to ask for a menu, status on the food and ask again for the check. read more

This place is way over priced for curry. The size of the curry is very small. It doesn't even come with rice, which most places don't. If I'm paying $9 plus tax for curry, I should have a large container of curry. It is so disappointing, that I will find another thai place. I haven't tasted it yet, but I was instantly turned off by the slap in the face. :( Very poor barn thai, very poor! Service was friendly, so one star for that. The pineapple fried rice was an enormous proportion, so an extra star for that. I'd rather have less of the rice and more curry... read more

Been here a few times, but this last visit was probably one of the worst. Actually went on a first date here for lunch and man this place sooo didn't come through. The service was super slow. They had one person who took orders and another person who bussed tables. The table busser guy was super quick on refills and cleaning tables, while the order taker was doing something in the back (who knows what!). I came in at 11:45 and this big table came in around 11:55. The order taker went to them first and then another party of 2 there. Hello!?! hello?? I want to eat here too! The food took a while to come out too. Probably another 20-30min. Good thing I wasn't in a rush to get back to work, otherwise I might not only lose out on the date, but also possibly my job! The food itself wasn't too bad, but this time it was kinda bland compare to the other times i've been here. I got the Penang Curry with pork. The portions were good tho, that's why I gave it 2 stars instead of 1. Hopefully they can improve their service and have more people take orders! and yes, I did get a second date, so it wasn't a complete disaster.. but i know better now! :) read more

I love me some Thai food. This place rocks and has not changed in many years. The service is always fast and friendly. I usually get the Pad Thai but I have tried other items too. The food is very very spicy. I ask for extra spicy and they make it extra hot. Yum! They also make no spice, mild and hot food too. Give it a try for lunch. You will most likely fall in love with the food. Lunch prices are reasonable and I can make two meals out of one lunch portion of Pad Thai. read more

This was my first time having Thai food. People told me I wouldn't like it, but now I realize this was a case of "I don't like it, so neither can you!" I tried the ginger stir fry beef, it was very tasty. the spring roll was REALLY good. I asked for it to be really mild and if sauce could be had on the side, since it was my first experience I wanted to control the spice level. All by itself it was super tasty, so I totally forgot to add any chili sauce to it. Although, next time I will probably try it full strength cause I can see where some heat would have been good, too. I did not care for the soup, not that it was bad, I am just not a fan of sweet n sour soups. I would have liked the chance to tell them not to bother so it didn't go to waste, but she brought them and plunked them down and there we were. She was very nice though, so the service was definitely star worthy. The food was good, the service was fast and friendly, I am taking the star off because I did not like the feeling that they wasted soup on me, and did not give me a chance to decline or ask if there was an alternate soup option. read more

I loved the food. I got a chicken pad Thai. I didn't really appreciate the service. My bf and I waited 20mins just sitting at our table for someone to take our order. When we realized no one paying any attention to us. I had to call someone over who didn't even realize that no one had helped us. He quickly took our order. After eating and paying we waited for our change. Once again I took forever. So we just left. It's okay the change was 3 dollars so that was there tip. The food is great but the service not so much. I'm not sure if it's always like this because this was my first time coming here. I don't think I'll be back. Please pay attention to costumers. read more

Barn Thai Restaurant - Chicken pad Thai - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

We come here once in a while for lunch. It's generally full during that time but the wait isn't too long. The lunch specials include a cup of soup and a small eggroll which is nice. The food is decent, nothing special I'd say but for about 10$, you'd be full. read more

Got the vegetarian pad thai and was just alright. The soup on the house was overly sweet and the pad thai was okay - a bit clumpy with small cubes of tofu and bits of carrot, bean sprouts and canned baby corn here and there. One can always tell by the flavors that the restaurant did not use the traditional palm sugar but instead substitute with refined sugar. The spring roll adds a good touch. This restaurant has gotten much busier since the next door Pho Vy is under renovation. read more

Barn Thai Restaurant - Vegetarian pad thai - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

I came here with my friends and was really looking forward to some yummy thai food. We ordered the calamari, spicy eggplant fish, green curry and the crab fried noodles (which are supposed to be the best thing on the menu). I was underwhelmed. Calamari - the batter didn't hold well to the squid. Spicy Eggplant FIsh - this one was actually really yummy and it was spicy so it got right there. Green Curry - you can't go wrong with green curry. Loved it. Thought they could put more tofu into the meal. Crab Fried Noodles - Disappointment. They only tasted good when I put spices on it. They just didn't have any distinct flavor. Not sweet, not sour, not anything. We came on a Thursday and it was pretty dead. Our service was just meh too. Maybe I'll give it another chance or maybe I'll move on... who knows read more

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Decent thai food, but the portion is quite small. - soup was refreshing with a good sour flavor - Panang Curry with pork - the panang curry is on the watery side, but good flavor; the pork was chewy and overcook... - Pla Rad Prik - fried fish was tasty read more

Barn Thai Restaurant - Pla Rad Prik - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

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This place is slow and has rude waiters! Never will I come back here again, this will be my first and last time coming here!! Foods suck also!!!! read more

After months of being closed due to COVID my favorite Thai restaurant is finally open again!! Yay!! The food is just as yummy! Their drunken noodle is delicious and authentic. If you haven't tried their roti and curry you are missing out!! Thank you for reopening!! read more

My son said it was the best food he has ever eaten! This is my son I loved this food I ate the pineapple Fried rice they let me have no chicken because I'm a vegetarian!(: they had lots of food on each plate! I LOVED it!(:(:(:(:(:(: read more

Have gone a couple times...each time not impressed with the service at all. The servers do not pay attention, and last time I went the server was obviously very sick and touching all of the water and food. Gross. The food is okay Thai food, decent portions. Nothing special. Popular for weekday lunches. read more

Came here with four coworkers for a birthday lunch. Long story short, it took 40 minutes to get appetizers from the time we ordered. Over an hour to get main courses for part of the table and over an hour and ten minutes to get mine which was a simple salad. When I asked about my food and pointed out how long it had been, the waitress just said "I am just the server, what can I do"? During the time that we waited for our food, a minimum of four tables were seated, got appetizers, ate their meals and paid their checks and left. I know I will NOT be back. read more

Food was good not great. Calamari was good. Would have preferred a different dipping sauce besides sweet chili sauce. Drunken noodles were made with hamburger meat instead of beef. Good flavor. read more

Not sure about this place. Came in for lunch and received pretty consistent, slow and unfriendly service from waitstaff to checkout. Like others have mentioned, the Tom Yum soup starter was a tiny bowl of soup with a few pieces of tiny cabbage. I was told the cabbage was "vegetables". Drunken noodle dish was overly salty and "tomatoes" portion of dish consisted of one cherry tomato sliced in half. Not sure I will return. read more

Got the spicy pad see ew lunch special for $9.95 today and it was exactly what I expected. The service was much faster today which was nice. Maybe the difference was coming in for a late lunch at 1:45pm. read more

Barn Thai Restaurant - Pad see ew chicken - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

Barn Thai is an excellent lunch option in Sunnyvale. The name of the restaurant makes me laugh, and the prices here make me grin, and the food makes me smile. Essentially, Barn Thai makes Archie G. happy. Their lunch special is awesome. It consists of a small soup, small salad, and generous entrée (made to your spice level) with a side of rice. It usually has enough leftovers to provide another small meal for later and it only costs around $10 to $12 (including tip). No complaints on the food. It's a small restaurant with Thai themed décor and ambiance. The statues and artwork are cool. It's always clean. The energy level is usually high as it's packed at lunch. It's best to come either early or late for lunch. Regardless of the time, they will always finds a spot for you quickly and efficiently. No complaints on the décor or ambiance. The service is stellar. The servers work hard, don't screw up orders, and keep the refills coming. No complaints about the service. They are open from Monday through Friday from 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. and 5 P.M. to 9 P.M. They are closed on the weekends. I guess they rake in so much business during the week, they don't feel the need to be open on weekends. I definitely have a major complaint here. They should be open more often. Are they not aware the world revolves around me and my food cravings? read more

I had one of their scallop dishes tonight, which was pretty good and very spicey. I just wish there were more scallops...at most there were like 7 pieces. I also tried some of the green curry which was pretty good as well. Note that usually I am very hungry around dinner time and pretty much anything will taste good to me...so this review just might be totally redundant. read more

This is the best Thai restaurant in the Bay Area! Sandy is the always friendly and remembers regular orders. Their peanut sauce is the best that I have had as well as their Pad Thai. I come here every year for my birthday and have brought many new people to enjoy their food. I always look forward to when I get to come here. read more

Oh yummmm! Thanks Yelp app on the iPhone for pointing us to this place after our workout tonight. Barn Thai? Interesting name huh? It's found in this old school strip mall with a bunch of other types of cuisine...everything from Japanese to Filipino and Latin. We got here about 8:45pm and this place closes at 9pm but they politely welcomed us in to sit down and never rushed us out the door. Our waitress was very polite and friendly and frequently filled up our waters. We weren't starving so we ordered 2 dishes....Tom Yum Kai and Pad Kee Mow. Tom Yum Kai is hot and sour chicken soup, lemongrass and mushrooms. Price is $3.95 for small /$10.95 for large. My husband and I both agreed that this was one of the better soups we have had in the area that comes very close to the soup we had in Thailand last summer. Loved the big chunks of mushrooms! Pad Kee Mow is pan fried noodles, basil, tomatoes and chili. We got ours with chicken. $7.95. Not the best pan fried noodle dish we have had but for the price, we can't complain! The decor here is very festive and ordained with tons of Thai and Buddhist decorations. The only thing that turned me off from this place was while we were trying to have dinner all we could hear was very loud music coming from the club/bar next door to us. The bar next door seems like a popular joint on a Friday night because after we left, there were tons of people standing around waiting to get in. Overall a nice experience and how can you beat a nice dinner for less then $20? We'll be back....see you at the Barn! ;) read more

This place is decent thai for the location and the price. We routinely have lunch here, and the food's been consistent, fast, and affordable. I would note, though, that the restaurant does not have air conditioning (or if they do, they're not turning it on when it's 92F outside). Just a heads up. read more

Service here was great and attentive. I thought their food was mediocre. The curries were a little bland and way too watery. Hopefully the pasta and noodle dishes will turn out better. I definitely appreciated the fast service. It humors me to see that they have a "Best Thai Food in Sunnyvale" Award up, considering there is just SO MUCH COMPETITION for Thai Restaurants in Sunnyvale. read more

i don't know what all the hype is about. their shrimp pad thai is tasteless, no flavor whatsoever even with the hot sauce and ground peanuts. it seemed like it was leftovers, the thai noodles weren't even hot, and it was really sticky and a little hard. friendly service, but i don't think i'd eat here again. should've judged the book by it's cover on this one! read more

TIP: It seems to be pack from 12-1 time slot so its best to come in around 11:30am and after 1pm for lunch service. This is my go to thai place when I'm craving my pad thai, roti and egg roll fix!! They're really delicious and yummy!! The roti comes in this flaky pastry like and the dipping sauce is good, spicy and has a good amount of kick that its not spicy spicy. The egg roll is sooo delicious and theres one noodle dish that has crab and that is GOOD!! read more

Barn Thai does not disappoint! Of the three times I have been here, I have been seated quickly (each time has been during the lunchtime rush), been served right away, have not had an issue with the order, and left full and satisfied. The little appetizer soup is delicious! I have order the pineapple rice each time and I might be in love! read more

Not bad. But not anything to rave about either. I just went there for lunch with my co-worker. We go there at 11:45am in order to beat the rush and didn't get our food until 12:30pm. There was quite a crowd, but come on now? People who come to lunch in this area have to be back at work by 1pm. The wait was ridiculous. Good thing the food was pretty good. I ordered the Spicy Eggplant lunch special with Tofu. It was soupy which I didn't expect but went good with the spoon of carby rice I allowed myself to have lol. It came w/ one small fried spring roll. Other Thai places give 2! Hmm?? haha. There is an AC unit that was blowing down right on our table that made us quite uncomfortably cold so we asked them to turn it off. 5 minutes after, it was super stuffy. They need to spend some of their bank roll to fix the joint's air system which is important when you eat spicy Thai food. Overall, filled me up to lunch expectations for satisfying hunger. But will I come here often? Probably not. Will I come back? Probably if I get sick of all the Korean BBQ and Sushi I have been eating lately and because its closer to one of my co-worker's buildings. LOL. Try it for yourself, maybe you'll get a better day than I did. read more

Overall Impression: The red curry hit the spot, with all the ingredients to make a good Thai meal. Cost: $10 for the chicken red curry and a side of white rice Taste: The curry soup had a good kick to it that other Thai places are too scared to deliver, and the white rice was sticky enough to dip into the soup. The only downside was the chicken, which was hard to come by and proved to be a little too dry for my liking. Customer Service: I ordered take-out, but the waitress was quick to grab my food. Ambience/Atmosphere: A nice quaint place that is begging me to dine in next time around. read more

A hidden gem located in a beat down plaza. I've lived in the neighborhood for about 2 years now and never wanted to try this place because of how it looked from the outside. Like they say never judge a book by its cover. This place is worth trying. Not to mention it's so conveniently located. It could be that I was super hungry when I tried Barn Thai but either way my fiancé and I enjoyed what we ordered. The service was good too. We ordered: Curry chicken, tom yum soup, spicy basil chicken with eggplant, and pad seiu (I think this was what it was called, very similar to chow fun). Everything we had was good. I have to say the tom yum soup is one of the best. The one thing that wasn't that good was the thai tea but I'd rather have bad tasting thai tea then bad tasting food. I will definitely be coming back here... read more

Fair Oaks Plaza is a cornucopia of multinational salty sweet goodness, including the oddly named Barn Thai restaurant. Rob G. and I tackled it for lunch today, passing on pupusas and Filipino food (we will return!). We were stunned that the place was 100% full at 1pm. This ain't the building cafeteria... After waiting 10 minutes, we got a booth and looked around the place. It is heavily decorated in traditional and nontraditional Thai art. Pretty cool. I got my standby - Panang Chicken Curry. It was a bit more watery than other places - but it turned out to be just a lot lighter than, say, Old Siam (http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-old-siam-sunnyvale#hrid:bpVWYE5M9308xgVgA5DGvg) or Dusita Thai (http://www.yelp.com/biz/dusita-thai-cuisine-sunnyvale#hrid:2R_tCklWXVoeI9YF5-0e6A). The egg roll was so hot that it burned away half of my tongue and the top of my mouth, but from what I could still taste, the panang was flavorful and spicy. After finishing, we noted the other great thing - our bill for two was $16. Love it. read more

Used to frequent this place because it's literally a 2 minute walk away from home.. but lately they've been going downhill. My Thai tastes are pretty simple.. Massaman curry thai hot, soup and rice is all I need to be satisfied. 3 visits ago, they made my curry PERFECTLY spicy, amazingly hot and SO flavorful.. Took me about 30 minutes to finish the bowl (simply because it was spicy as all hell, but I LOVE that). The next time, I asked for it the same (I come here frequently enough that I don't even have to order, they just bring me my food when its ready). The curry wasn't spicy in the least, and the chicken was very gristly (they use white meat, but apparently this breast didn't wanna be cooked). I shrugged it off as them just having an off day. Went back a week later, told them that the curry wasn't spicy at ALL last time, they apologized and promised to make it "thai hot" properly, ok great.. get home, and it's as mild as it was the time before! :( Come on Barn Thai, you're good.. but please try to be consistent! I like my curry molten! Oh, and they're closed on weekends :( Makes sense I suppose, they're in a tiny old rundown strip "mall" next to a crappy Mexican night club, crappy pizza place and a Pho restaurant that uses toilet water for broth *lol* read more

Moms n pops were like "hey where ya'll wanna go for dinner?" So we were all, "Thai! yay!" In our mind, Thai Chili Pepper on El Camino behind the Fish Market is the best Thai in the South Bay so we always want to go there but Moms looked at Pops like, "Barn Thai?"... and this brotha doesn't know Thai food from a Thai Stick in the 60's. She said, "You know the one on Duane." Im thinkin to myself where on Duane could this place be?? Only spot to eat worth mentioning is Pizza Depot in that crusty little plaza that looks like Funnyvale circa '1975. We roll up and sure enogh, Barn Thai is next door to Pizza Depot. That aww damn feeling washed over me. Thee definition of a Hole in the wall joint! So let's start with the things I liked. First of all the place is a hole in the wall but its very clean and the owner plays great jazz and blues music all day long. The service is personal and attentive. The owner served us as we were 1 of 2 parties dining last Friday night. Somewhat surprised they were not busy at all on a Friday night but maybe that speaks to the location (Duane). Remind me not to name any of my kids Duane!. Anyways, i ordered the panang curry which is my favorite thai dish lately. I got the chicken and I added shrimp. My parents ordered 3 appetizers, the fish cake, the "spring rolls", and some "devil wings" which is their take on angel wings. Okay, so the fried spring rolls come out and they look super tiny on the plate.. they are sliced diagonally very elegantly but you need a professor keenbeen microscope to see them. I swear they were made for the "Littles". They seemed to be of the frozen variety and were not good whatsoever. Dry and flavor less. They come with the standard sauce you get for angel wings at most thai joints. Okay, the chicken wings were also super tiny, i think they come in orders of 6. I needed tweezers for those as well they over fried them so I only could taste crunchy tough skin. teeny weeny too did I mention that? okay moving on to my curry. I immediately noticed that the color was not as yellow as I am used to with a rich panang curry at other spots. My benchmark is Thai Chili Cuisine on El Camino which has the best Thai hands down as I mentioned before. Whoa and it was watery watery watery. Who wants watery curry? I think they think they are stretching it but its not good. I ate it but i was very disappointed. All I can say is the owner is a very nice lady and I think the business has its loyal customers which keep it alive but I will not be back and if my parents suggest Thai again we will be going to my SPOT. (thai chili cuisine) Now I know why they weren't busy at all on a Friday. Mediocre at best. "I keeps it real." -ODB read more

Very pretty place. Elegant, quiet, clean. Service is prompt. The food was just OK. They started with a soup that we thought oddly sweet. But could be just a matter of taste. The Pad Thai noodles were a bit overcooked and mushy. But the flavor was pretty good. read more

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