This is the closest Thai restaurant in our area so we decided to do takeout on a Saturday night. Food was ready in 15 minutes! They offer an extension menu that can all be customized to your taste. We ordered thru the app which was easy to use but you are required to include a tip . Usually tipping is optional especially on takeout. My wife had the Pork Pad Thai with medium heat and she loved it. I had the Chicken Pad Si Ewe with medium heat. Good portion of chicken but I would have preferred more broccoli and sauce. Portions are good in size and prices are reasonable. For fresh Thai food in the Carol Stream/Bartlett area,give CK Pad Thai a try. read more

CK Pad Thai - Chicken Pad Si Ewe - Thai Near Me - Carol Stream, Illinois

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This facility is going down hill. Last 3 times, the chicken satay is always so dry and even the chicken in the Tom Kha soup. The sweet/sour for egg rolls is like pure vinegar. Everything is just bad. The combo Thai fried rice was undercooked And they put like 3 pcs' of chicken, 3 pcs' of steak,(which is sandwich steak) and 2 shrimp - it's a shame because it used to be our go to Thai place. But not any longer. Save yourself the $ and find a different Thai restaurant. There's a few in the area that we're gonna try, sorry but it's bad !!! read more

Love parang curry dish every time I go there ambiance is always great as well service is always spectacular as well

The restaurant is located on the southwest corner of County Farm Road and Army Trail Road next to Dairy Queen. The restaurant is very clean and the tables are set with beautifully folded napkins, silverware, and water cups tuned upside down. The restaurant was warm and comfortable, I liked that. There is a wall with one large booth seating and chairs on the other side (I posted a dining room video) the restaurant is nicely decorated and very classy looking. I would recommend this place for a special celebratory dinner. There was elevator music playing softly in the background. There is a lot of variety on the menu, if you have special dietary restrictions please let your waiter know. I cannot eat meat today for lent and ordered the Tom Yom Noodle Soup but did not want the chicken... they were able to still make it for me. My husband ordered the seafood fried rice. It has shrimp, crab, and squid meat. We loved the food it was very flavorful as expected and will definitely be back again! read more

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CK Pad Thai is a very nice small restaurant in our neighborhood- pleasant environment, clean and good music Service for us has always been congenial and attentive. The star is the food- everything is very fresh and flavorful, with a nice sized menu. They seem to have a decent carry out following as well. Highly recommend! read more

We decided to try a new place for us. We came across CK Pad Thai. The initial impression is that the dining area is simple and basic. It is clean. We were immediately sat upon entering. When it came to getting service, we felt like every time we were inconveniencing the worker. One other pair was dining in the restaurant. Their menu has a good selection. Although, it took over 15 to get his attention to take our order. We noticed he was on his phone behind the counter. The other issue was not enough staffing. Their phone was blowing up, tying up the worker. Eventually, the chef or worker from the back brought our appetizer out. After waiting for 25 minutes, we were really hungry. Now the service may have been lacking.. their flavor and food was not! The chicken satay was very tasty and tender. The main dish I got was evil jungle shrimp. The peanut sauce was awesome!!! The shrimp were plentiful as well. Very very tasty! Overall, the fold was excellent....their service was not gold at all. If you are getting CK, get it to go. I don't think they are set up well for people dining in. Felt like an afterthought. read more

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Overall (A-) It's a great local safe bet place. The food is not excellent but pretty good and the lunch specials are a great value. Food (B) So I got the seafood fried rice lunch special. Included is chicken/rice soup and dumplings. All of the items were good. Safe bet local dining option quality. If I lived close by and wanted a Thai fix - I would order lunch from here Value (A+) Excellent value - especially in this economy. The lunch specials start at less than $10 and include soup and appetizers. It's a great deal. I think I was out the door with tip and tax and upgrade to seafood for $15. Service (A) Excellent friendly and quick service. If you are craving Thai, are near by and want a great value - check this place out. read more

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My family has been going here for over 10 years. It is ALWAYS good!!! Favorites for us- Appetizer platter Green Curry Basil fried rice Spicy Fried rice Pad Thai Tom Kha soup- best ever of any Thai restaurant! Spicy Crazy Noodle Seriously, always good!!! read more

Best food and service. We order frequently and every single time the food is cooked fresh, made to order, ad is absolutely delicious. Hubby loves the Thai Country Dinner and I'm always trying to decide between cashew chicken, mixed vegetable with shrimp or chicken, yellow curry, Thai fried rice, or pad Thai, everything is delicious. Appetizers are so good! The crab Rangoon has such delicious flavor and crispy. The fresh spring rolls are fresh, crispy, and sets off cravings. Another nice thing is that if you order frequently, they know your desires. Just a great local place with great food! read more

Food is fresh, authentic, & delicious!! Noodles are spectacular. Flavorful Many thanks!! read more

This is our go to for Thai food around us. The team here is focused on quality and put out a great consistent product. Carry out or dine in, you won't be disappointed. read more

Best Thai food in town! I can say that without hesitation because it's also the only Thai restaurant in Carol Stream. The dishes I have tried here have been on the sweet side and I'm more partial to the savory flavors. The dishes here are more Americanized than traditional Thai. Their online ordering is easy and convenient. CK Roll (12) $7 - Fresh Rolls with cream cheese, cucumber, avocado, bean sprouts and omelet. This is a unique roll you do not see elsewhere and it was worth a try. It's a soft roll that has mild flavor. Panang Curry with Shrimp $12 - The medium level spiciness is subtle. I think I would enjoy the hot and will try that next time. I like that it comes with a lot of vegetables (bell pepper, baby corn, jalapeno and broccoli). Stir Fried Basil with Veggies $11 - The sauce is tasty, but sweeter than I prefer. Lots of fresh veggies in this dish - mushrooms, basil leaves, onion, bell pepper, baby corn, snow pea, broccoli, string bean and jalapeno. ....| \ _ , , , - - , , _ , .../ , ` . - ' ` ' . _ \ - ; ; ; , _ ..| , a - ) ) _ . ; . ( ` - ` - ' - ' ' - - - ' ' ( _ / . _ ) - ' ( _ \ _ ) 2020 read more

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- Dī māk - Very good Nice little place. It's small, but worth trying for sure. We got seated right away and the service is good. A place like this my guess is it's a family that owns and runs it. A gentleman was our server. Food came out quickly and he refreshed our drinks often. Got the pad prik as well as another noodle dish. Both were very good. I'd definitely go back for more. read more

Our favorite local hang-out is Mangy Dawg (best chicken strips you've ever tasted), but man, CK Pad Thai impressed us! We've lived in south Hanover Park for three years and finally tried this place since it's just a few blocks from home, haha... First, the prices! OMG. They're actually *fair* compared to some of the crazy $16.99+/entree costs we're seeing at the local Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants... The Pad Thai here is like $11 and even our incredible, shrimp-generous Fresh Spring Rolls were only $7.50 (that's literally a bargain since they're huuuge with a delightful peanut sauce). We also ordered the Chicken Satay appetizer, which was perfectly cooked chicken and generous portions. The Pad Thai was light on toppings while more heavy on noodles, but it still was really good! I'd add more veggies to it and peanut bits. There was so much, I had a great lunch the next day. :D Meanwhile, the Yellow Curry was delicious and I'd highly recommend that; very good sauce and plenty of vegetables in it. Finally, the Baby Banana Rolls! Deep-fried rolls filled with banana and featuring a chocolate sauce?- YES PLEASE. Heed my advice though: this item is deep-fried, so you may need to eat it first or it will get soft. We tossed it into an air-fryer and it crisped right up, but just and FYI. Otherwise, these were delicious and glad we ordered one for each person! (Portions are generous, but it's too good to share!) read more

CK Pad Thai - Wow! Spring roll appetizer includes 3(!) of these large beauties. - Thai Near Me - Carol Stream, Illinois

It is a Thai family owned business. Their food is some of the best and most authentic I have ever had. Everything is fresh per order. Therefore, you can also make some custom options. Also the prices are extremely reasonable. The inside is smaller but they have good Thai lager and other authentic beverages. read more

Our go to place for Thai! My wife always gets Rama Chicken and I get Chicken Curry. They make a delicious Tom Yum soup and the Spring Rolls don't disappoint. read more

This place has excellent Thai food. The fried rice was great. The chicken soup is amazing. The service is great. Definitely going back to try something new. read more

Late afternoon on Wednesday, we tried this small Thai restaurant in our area. If I describe it in a few words, it was a "hidden gem"! I give 5 stars out of 5 without any doubt as a total experience. Our order: Iced Thai coffee Young coconut juice Lunch specials of..... - Vegetarian Drunken noodle - Thai pepper steak with fried dumpling, soup of the day, and white rice. Drink Iced Thai coffee - 5 stars out of 5. Nice and strong coffee with good sweetness. We did try Thai coffee before, but it still went above our expectation. Young coconut juice - 5 stars out of 5. Never tried it before, so it was an adventurous choice for me. Glad I did! So gentle coconut flavor, and big chunk of coconut slices and soft sherbet of coconut juice ice (?). Not sweet at all, just natural coconut flavor. It did clean up flavors between each food. Reminds me of tea's function in Indian cuisine. Appetizer: Fried dumpling - 5 out of 5. I usually prefer grilled dumplings to fried ones. But they offered fruity dipping sauce with them, that did change my mind. Cooking was perfect, texture was crispy outside and juicy meat inside. The dipping sauce was yummy and took away oily flavor. I kept dipping dumpling to the sauce every small bite. Lol yum Soup of the day (Cilantro, rice and chicken soup) - 5 out of 5. It was a chicken base soup but their cilantro made a completely different balance of flavors. I loved it! Thai pepper steaks with white rice - 3.5 stars out of 5. Beef was tender and easy to eat. Sauce got rather sweet and soy sauce-like taste. It was good, I liked it. But comparing to other menus, this one seemed a little less powerful. Nothing wrong with it, good volume and gentle flavor for Thai cuisine beginner like me. Vegetarian Drunken noodle - 5 out of 5. Ok, during Covid time, we started buying frozen "drunken noodle" bags from our local grocery market. But I realized they were not authentic. Drunken noodle in this restaurant has heavy straight punch of Smokey flavors from the first bite. Every bite, flavor got even better and better. It was impressive! I want to order it again and again, definitely the dish of the day this time. My image of Thai food was simply "spicy". And I felt a little scared to try because my stomach is weak to those spices. But glad we tried, it got so much flavors I didn't know. I think they offer surprises more than just yummy foods. I do want try "Thai curry" menus next time! read more

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We decided to give this place another shot and the food was much better this time around. The chicken in the pad si ewe wasn't over cooked and dry and the noodles were softer than last time. My husband thought the pad thai was just ok. We had lunch specials, including the garlic pepper chicken and be warned, there's cilantro in it! I don't mind it, but it tastes like soap to some people, including my husband, so we won't be getting it again. Each lunch special comes with your choice of egg roll, crab rangoon, or two potstickers. Of the three, the potstickers were the most bland, the eggroll was pretty decent, particularly with the dipping sauce provided, and the rangoon was the best. The chicken jasmine rice soup was delicious. I love the ginger they add to it. read more

CK Pad Thai - Chicken pad si ewe with medium spice - Thai Near Me - Carol Stream, Illinois

Went for lunch with wife, staff was nice and welcoming. Immediately brought out the menu and answered our questions. Being Vegetarian not many thai restaurants have as many options as CK did. For lunch we got egg rolls, soup, red curry and crazy noodles. All food items were excellent in taste and perfect portion sizes. We will be coming back! read more

Food is delicious and delivery was quick. I ordered here twice and I was not disappointed.

I've been eating here for over 10 years. The staff is great, the food is good and reasonably priced. The lunch specials are excellent. My favorite item is the Jasmine Rice soup. read more

Best food and service!! The owners are so pleasant and we are always happy to see them!

Our goto Thai spot - always fresh and tasty. The Massaman curry is our favorite and has always been delicious - friendly staff, clean interior. read more

Please update your hours on Yelp. Love the Pad Thai but came on Sunday since the hours said they were open on Sunday from 4-9. I was bummed. read more

CK Pad Thai - a man holding a sign in front of a store - Thai Near Me - Carol Stream, Illinois

I can not believe good thai is hiding in a strip mall in Carol Stream. I mean seriously, when I think of good food or area restaurants, Carol Stream is really not my go-to city. Until now! This place is adorable! It's a nicely decorated, clean, cozy place nestled in a strip mall with Piggly Wiggly and Dairy Queen. I didn't even know there were PW stores in Illinois. Guess that's another Carol Stream secret. We found it by searching the app for restaurants in close proximity to Costco because it was close to 9p and we were not traveling far during severe thunderstorms for food. We pulled in the lot and walked in and it was a ghost town. A waiter appeared to be dozing off. And here I thought I was the only person who is tranced by the sound of rain. We wondered if the food would be that bad. But we sat and ordered anyway and are glad we did! It was 8:40p so we ordered quickly. I went traditional with Chicken Pad Thai and he had a coconut dish. He asked for beef but received chicken too (chuckles). Despite the mix up, it was great. Both were flavorful, saucy and the portions were generous. Our server, Tony was personable and attentive. He checked on us often and offered information about delivery and lunch specials. We were treated like we were the only ones in the room (and we were but it still felt nice!). We will definitely circle back. Only next time, we can only hope to receive what we ordered. :-) read more

CK Pad Thai - Thai Near Me - Carol Stream, Illinois

4 stars for friendly staff, fast service, value and EVERY entree was super tasty and YUMMY!!!! No 5th star for location and ambiance =( So I had to get the triad of protein selection--- chicken, beef, and tofu. All were fantastic! MUST HAVE: chicken pad thai (ask for extra peanut sauce), tofu pad see ewe, and red curry beef. You won't regret it. Plus the entrees range from $8-10, you can afford to try them all! I have been coming to this place for a long time because they delivered to the hospital I worked at. They have awesome coupons for free delivery, free apps, etc. Visit their site to take advantage of these extras! Enjoy and Thai it all!!! read more

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With all the dine-in options closed due to COVID-19 we decided to order take out from CK Pad Thai on a chilly day. Over the phone, the person taking the order was very nice. We had to call back about 5 minutes after we placed the order to change something, and he was able to accommodate! Truly appreciate it owners like this Items Ordered: Basil Fried Rice - great taste and good quantity for the price! Tofu was cooked perfectly and slightly crisp. The rice was a little dry, but might be due to rewarming after we came home. Panang Curry with Tofu - good amount of vegetables, but wish there was more "curry" to the dish. Taste was great, will be my to go dish at CK Pad Thai. Tofu Pad Thai - I like more vegetables in my dishes and this pad Thai did not disappoint. Noodles & vegetables were perfectly cooked with a good amount of sauce. Ordered all medium spicy, probably could have done spicier but glad they give the spicy Thai sauce on the side to customize the level! read more

CK Pad Thai has great customer service, dine in or pick up services are available, ownership is very friendly and their Jasmine Chicken soup is out of this world! read more

Very good food, but real small portions for the price. Service is just ok for a small place.

Incredible Pad Woon Sen. Great service. Overall the food is fantastic. Authentic food that isn't Americanized. The main server is from Thailand originally and very friendly. Large hot Saki is shareable and 8 bucks. read more

CK Pad Thai - About a quarter into my Pad Woon Sen. Excellent!!! - Thai Near Me - Carol Stream, Illinois

No msg and they accommodate our request for low salt. Always tasty, fresh and not greasy. Quality is consistent. Price is reasonable. They haven't raised their prices as much as other restaurants. When they once made an error, they corrected it. Can't complain. We come back for more time and time again. I recommend this place! read more

A local favorite for many years, CK Pad Thai offers delicious Thai cuisine in a beautiful dining setting. They have good lunch specials and everything I have tried so far has been delicious. read more

Great food- we did takeout the cucumber salad, jungle shrimp, pad Thai, egg rolls were delicious!

I love this restaurant! I have been coming here for years. The food is consistently good the atmosphere is cozy and the service is always excellent! Everything that I have tried is delicious! I have brought family and friends here and they loved it too. This will always be one of my favorite places to go for a tasty night out! read more

Very fresh food. Tasty and fairly priced. I love the wide rice noodles. Homemade and not too oily The seasonings are just right too. I recommend this place highly. read more

Love this place. It's very clean inside and same with the food. Reasonable prices. Decor inside is modern and clean cause I don't see any webs. Trust me those spiders work pretty darn fast. My sister also says their music is what they okay for babies to sleep in the hospital. Like their crab Rangoon is fresh and always outdoes any Chinese takeout. Humongous proportions and size of the fresh veggies in the springs rolls. Always get their curry in any form. Service is excellent which usually gets the full seal of approval other than the food at a restaurant. Best thing is that it's so close to my house I can walk! But I'm in the suburbs and I have a new car so I won't. I want to continue the peace of my entire visit. read more

I got a few dishes to go and I'm not sure if this place has changed cooks or ownership but it was either bad Chinese food or horrible Thai food. Every dish including Pad Thai lacked any flavor and even the vegetables tasted frozen. I have not had food here in about a year and decided to try it out again as the first time was better than what I got this time. I will definitively not be returning here and will have to go back to other Thai restaurants around the area which are also not city Thai restaurant standards but definitely better than CK. According to other reviews the food should have been better but maybe it was a bad night for the cook and hope this review helps them improve food taste and quality. read more

awesome people lovely place i love the owners they have amazing service !! i really like the food too

Love the Pad Thai, Curry dishes and the appetizers (especially the crab Rangoon). Helpful and friendly staff as well!