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    Hot Pepper Thai

    3.1 (88 reviews)
    ModerateThai, Salad, Soup
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Matt M.

    I should preface this with the fact that we are regulars here. Probably 20 visits since they opened. We have a love hate relationship with hot pepper Thai. When it's good it's so very very good. But when it's bad....... They are incredibly inconsistent. Both with their flavors and more so with their spice levels. Their service is slow. They are constantly understaffed. Their workers argue with each other. Nothing about how they operate makes sense. But... when their food is good it's so very very good. If there were a better Thai option in the area, we would never return. Edit: Got our chicken pad Thai home. No peanuts, no tofu, barely any chicken. We are officially now done with Hot Pepper Thai.

    The pieces of lettuce were about four inches square.  Stupid.
    Dan O.

    Order took twice as long as they said. Waited for an additional thirty minutes. They bring the food out, but the bag looks too small for what we ordered. "Is the Thai Salad in there?" "Oh, uh, no. Good catch! You should work here!" Um, no. So the kid bagging the food didn't know how to make it, the cook was listing off random ingredients. Got it all home and the salad was missing the green onions and bean sprouts. The lettuce pieces were laughably enormous (see photo), like they were pulled off a head of iceberg lettuce. Not chopped. Just "here you go". The flavor of the food was great. The salad was a joke. The wait was inexcusable. Another customer waited so long she asked for her money back. Save yourself the trouble - avoid this place and go to Bangkok Thai Express on Dixie. They've been rocking it and getting orders right for a long time.

    Amy N.

    Update: so we have been trying to eat here again for a few weeks and can NEVER get through the phone lines, every time we have tried calling multiple times and no one ever answers. Tried one last time and I was calling for over a half hour and line was constantly busy- finally was done with my errands and drove by (when I would have been getting dinner) and place is empty- still no one answers the phone. I have double checked the number; guess they just don't want business? I'm sad because the food has always been good but I literally have not been able to order for months.

    Pak 10. Pad Pak Lunch with tofu and red curry sauce instead of brown sauce. Yum!
    Taylor K.

    I got the pad pak vegetable with tofu but I asked for red curry sauce instead of brown sauce. I liked all the veggies in the pad pak so they were very accommodating. Very nice flavor. Medium has a good kick but not too spicy. The soup they served for dining in at lunch was good too. It was like a hot and sour egg drop soup with veggies. I don't usually like hot and sour soup but this one had a nice taste.

    Mel W.

    Came here on a whim with my 3 teens. Service was great! Kind and helpful servers. Starter soup was hot and delicious. I ordered seafood coconut curry--mild pepper with just a bit of kick. Son got chicken satay. Nice sticky peanut sauce. Not too sweet. Tom Yum soup was a bit heavy on the onions but had chunky button mushrooms instead of shaved. Small bowl was the size of a full bowl in other Thai places. Crab Rangoon was sweet and slightly crispy. Pad Thai had big chunks of tofu & chicken with just the right amount of crushed nuts. We'de come back again!

    Drug out the rice cooker, so that we can eat our meals
    Penny S.

    I have eaten in & have had carry out. Good food & Fair prices. They do make more than their fair share of mistakes though. This is the second time I have gotten all the way home- and there is No Rice. Called, and they Said they were too busy to take of my call. So here I am at home, hungry, paid for dinner, which is getting cold while I cook my own rice. Ugggh Hungry & Sad

    Jenni R.

    We waited 50 minutes for take out on a Tues night (highly recommend calling ahead, which in fairness, we had not). Our order was simple: one large Pad Thai & one Lettuce Wrap. The noodles were very, very salty, and near flavorless. The Lettuce Wraps? Not only were they not "wrapped", (not a big deal, but after waiting almost an hour, we thought they must be more labor intensive than a scoop of overly sweet and excessively salty meat filling in a plastic container), but the lettuce itself was so gross (brown, old, no crunch) that I would have discarded that quality from my own refrigerator. The young people behind the counter were understaffed, polite, and hustling. But the food was definitely not worth waiting for.

    Perla F.

    It's a fast food restaurant, dine in and out. Nice, clean, fast service. The drunken noodles, Pad thai and Pad ped(?) were all well served and delicious. The course size was also large enough for two people.

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    9 years ago

    Great food and fast, nice to have a great Thai place in Clarkston

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    9 years ago

    I've been eating here for 4 years. They always make my Pad Thai the way I like it. Excellent service every time!

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    10 years ago

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    9 years ago

    Good food. Great prices. Great service. Starter soup was great and tofu tod was fresh!

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    10 years ago

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    9 years ago

    Clean, fast, not a hole in the wall type joint, which is nice compared to some other restaurants for Thai in the area. Pad Thai is good

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    10 years ago

    Tastes like microwave food, yuck. Atmosphere is very take-out only, bright fluorescent lighting and awkward tiny cold seating.

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    9 years ago

    Great food, with a solid atmosphere. Workers are very professional and very kind. Great place to eat, highly recommend.

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    9 years ago

    Just finished eating here. Awesome pad Thai and service! Super kid and family friendly. Everyone who works here was great. We will be back!

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    8 years ago

    Pad thai, spring rolls and drinks are good. Food takes about an hour to prep though....

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    7 years ago

    Love eating here!! Staff is always friendly food is always great! It's great to have another option others then coney and diners.

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    8 years ago

    Never again!!! Got a shrimp garlic entree yesterday at 2:00 pm yesterday. Only 5 shrimp smd the entree was more of a soup.

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    8 years ago

    Not good. Had chicken pad thai and it was bland. I dont think this restaurant will b open very much longer

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    8 years ago

    Great,flavorful food with fast service! I had seafood in yellow curry sauce. It was the best I've ever had.

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    8 years ago

    Just had a nice dinner. It was very well prepared and a great tasting meal! We so very happy a great Thai place is right here in Clarkston.

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    10 years ago

    Pad prik and pad Thai both delicious....glad they opened a 2nd location. I've dined in and carried out and enjoyed both.

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