Awful food and even WORSE service. Bought a to go order for 3 people. Drove 10 minutes to pick it up. Drove 10 minutes home only discovered they didn't include the rice we ordered. So drove back over 10 minutes and 10 minutes home. Got no real apology and once we got home and ate the food was not impressed with it what's so ever. Panda Express would be a better choice. Awful customer service with food to pass on. read more

I tried out this restaurant because where I live we have a desert with zero Vietnamese food that's decent. Let me start by saying the Thai pineapple chicken and shrimp cashew grid rice was decent. Not the best I've had but not bad. However.... Upon arriving, I explained to the female waitress that I was so excited to get an authentic Vietnamese imperial roll with rice paper. I said indeed, to know how the Vietnamese restaurant near me only serves flour, Chinese or Thai roll and call them Vietnamese when in fact, Vietnamese egg rolls are in rice paper. I read the description of the mperial roll, and nowhere did it say it was *not* made out of rice, and I had expected she understood everything I said because she nodded at length. In fact, I ordered three orders - one to eat there and two to go - so I could bring them home, as I live several hours away. What arrived with inedible. At first, I thought perhaps something was wrong with my tongue because I could not taste anything. Other than the fact it was a flower egg roll paper with this mush of about the size of a pencil in diameter of a filling, where I saw the remnants of clear rice noodles and gray matter. None of the substance appeared to be shrimp, it might have been pork however it had zero flavor. I even pulled it out and put a little on the tip of my tongue to quite literally see if something was wrong with my taste buds, and still, I could not taste a thing. I could only feel the texture. I was absolutely puzzled, and frankly, beginning to gag. She did not come back so I had to finally walk them up to her - with only one bite taken out of one of the rolls and say, "Do you recall I explained it length I was looking for Vietnamese Imperial roles in rice paper, yet this is flour Chinese egg roll paper and I don't understand what's inside because it's not what it says on the menu. Her response: "Mushy paste inside is the filling" and then she went on to tell me that no Vietnamese egg rolls are ever made out of rice paper because, verbatim, "no egg rolls that are fried are made out of rice paper because you cannot fry rice paper or the oil would ooze into your mouth and burn you." I was floored. This woman was working at a Vietnamese fusion restaurant and had clearly never had an actual Vietnamese Imperial roll. I said ma'am, I ordered Vietnamese imperial rolls for more than 40 years around this entire country and they always are made of deep fried rice paper. I would like these taken off my order and I will take my fried rice to go. This woman wanted to fight. She repeatedly said, "but we already made them for you" which I replied "they are inedible and I am not paying for them." She then repeated that Vietnamese eggrolls are never made out of fried rice paper. Only cold rice paper is used in Vietnam's to make the shrimp or vegetarian rolls. I then proceeded to type Vietnamese imperial roles on my phone and showed her dozens of photos of fried imperial rice paper rolls. She continued to fight with me, saying those are flour. I then pulled up recipes, and showed her they clearly use rice paper. She continued to argue. I honestly should've gotten up and walked out of there because I had not eaten more than one bite of food but out of respect for the investment they made in the shrimp and the fried rice I said, please provide me a bill for the fried rice and Diet Coke and I will pay and leave. Begrudgingly she finally did and I provided her a small tip. I don't even know why. If you were looking for authentic Vietnamese food, this is not your place. I then dropped into ChatGPT. Where can I find rice paper imperial rolls near me, I called ahead, made three orders of them, and they were delicious. It was a little further into San Jose, but the name of that restaurant was Com Tan Thanh and judging by the amount of local Asian folks inside, it is clearly the dive of you want to try. If you were looking for Thai food or subpar Asian food at best, that's what you'll find at Indochine. read more

I actually live in Southern California, but come to Palo Alto often to visit my older sister and her family. Whenever I come, I always make sure to eat here and it is ALWAYS wonderful. Today, walked in around 1PM, and ordered the #22 Spicy sour shrimp soup (Also known as Tom Yum soup), I didn't get a chance to call and order ahead, so it was a walk-in order and she had it ready for me in less than 5 minutes. Great food and speedy service, this establishment is a gem in Palo Alto. read more

Indochine - Spicy Sour Shrimp Soup 虾磨菇汤 Tom Yum (Sorry it's half eaten and the shrimp have also been eaten) - Thai Near Me - Palo Alto, California

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My friends and I ordered from the vegetarian menu and selected the Papaya Salad and Eggplant Khee Mao. When the food arrived, it had a strong fishy smell, making it very difficult for us to eat, as we are vegetarians. After calling the restaurant, we learned that both dishes contained oyster sauce and fish sauce. This was extremely disappointing, especially since they were listed on the vegetarian menu. There was also no option in the online ordering system to request that these ingredients be omitted. The experience was frustrating and unpleasant, and I felt misled by the menu description. I was genuinely disgusted to discover that the dishes contained animal-based ingredients after ordering from the vegetarian section. Unfortunately, this experience has made me decide not to order from or visit this restaurant again. read more

Stopped by for a quick snack - ordered Imperial rolls, which are one of my favorites in Vietnamese restaurant...since they have it on their menu, I thought I will try....absolutely no flavor! No interesting sauce, stuffing inside seemed very dried out and flavorless. The restaurant was mostly empty....hummm.....I will not be coming back. Service was ok. read more

3.5 stars Indochine is our comfort neighborhood Thai food restaurant. They're quick, friendly, and the food is decent. Is it the best Thai food I've had? No. But it'll do the job when I have a craving. Their portions are also very big so it always stretches into 2 meals. I am a fan of their yellow pumpkin chicken curry and green papaya salad. The pad thai and chicken satay were okay. Their pad see ew is a huge miss though. Last time I ordered it, they used the very wide flat white rice noodles that you would see with chinese dishes like cheong fun and it is not good for pad see ew. It clumps together like one big mound of rice noodle. It's inconsistent because other times I've ordered it, it's been fine. Prices are typical Palo Alto $$$ but reasonable for otherwise decent food with large portions. read more

This is a casual Asian restaurant. There is seating and a dining area. The food here is solid. It's more of a casual fare and not like the other Indochina restaurant on El Camino. The service is great and not uptight. read more

We had an incredibly delicious dinner last night. Indochine is truly hidden gem in the Palo Alto restaurant scene. One dish after another were both beautiful to see and absolutely delicious! Creative chefs prepare each dish to order, as our waitress told us. Everything was fresh and amazing. I have been there several times for lunch with friends and my second time for dinner! Fantastic! read more

Definitely delicious! It must be worth trying!! Mango sticky rice and pineapple fried rice are my favorite!! Yum!

Ordered Pad Thai for take out. They use vermicelli noodles for Pad Thai instead of chewy medium size Pad Thai rice noodles. The noodles were all stuck together and it was like eating mochi. The taste was blend and it was not overwhelming with salt but it was underwhelming and forgettable dish. I cannot say it was bad but I expected little more. Paid $20 including tip/tax. For the quality, I was able to get two meals so the value was good. Service was average for pick up. The food was ready when I arrived. Ambiance was not concern to me since it was a pick up. It was not a bad experience but I was not impressed either. I think it was Thai-ish food but I will probably NOT return here. read more

This review is hard for me to give... This was a favorite neighborhood go to for many years. I haven't been since pre Covid, and wanted to give it another try. It was honestly depressing. I went for a quick lunch. Food was not good and the only other patron in the restaurant was listening to news on his phone at full volume. There was no music playing in the restaurant, so there was no way to tune it out. Not an enjoyable experience. I know it's not the restaurant's fault for this man's poor behavior, but I do believe there should be someway to let a customer know this is not okay to do. What happened to being aware of your surroundings? If this man wanted to listen to his phone, he should have worn headphones of some sort, I do believe a restaurant is responsible for creating an atmosphere they want to provide their customers. read more

Everything was amazing! Food was lovely I got pad see ew! Service was wonderful the woman that took care of us was very nice! And the vibe was awesome read more

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Indochine is our go to for the past 10 years - feeds our 3 teenage boys healthy choices and fills them up. The food is delicious.

This restaurant is amazing. The food is very tasty. I like this place and will come back again. read more

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One of the best Thai restaurants in Bay area! I had chef's noodles and yellow curry. They were so good and the service was top-notch. The owner was very attentive and kind. I will definitely revisit this restaurant whenever I have craving for Thai food. read more

Indochine - Chef's noodle, yellow curry, and Thai soup - Thai Near Me - Palo Alto, California

I love their pad thai. I'm planning on returning pretty often. If anything, I think they can try leaning into bolder flavors but truly, I thinks its a great neighborhood restaurant. read more

It has been awhile since we have eaten here but tonight we were delighted with the delicious food. It is a restaurant close to our home so having such excellent food within walking distance is a major plus. The service was friendly and good, and the food really great. I highly recommend this place. It is a neighborhood spot, nice decor and very comfortable. read more

Very impressed with the packaging and quantity - great value. Taste wasn't anything spectacular, but I ordered a pretty simple dish so I don't think it's as noteworthy to comment on. My entree and rice were stacked to the top, filled to the brim of the box. Definitely enough for one and a half, if not two meals. Great spot for family style, but ordering one entree with a side of rice or cooking your own rice is fantastic too. Chicken with Mixed Vegetables - basic stir fried chicken with a mix of cabbage, broccoli, carrots, and bamboo. Definitely healthy, hearty, and filling. read more

Indochine - Jasmine Steamed Rice - Thai Near Me - Palo Alto, California

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Food quality, flavors and servings sizes are great! We usually get the green curry chicken, fried rice and chili green beans. Highly recommend. read more

I always eat here. They are delicious, very friendly and my food is always fresh to eat! The lady at the front is very attentive even though she gets a lot of calls and is busy helping everyone! Recommend very much! read more

Very good family option in midtown - we had been getting take out from here for years but somehow fell out of the habit. Decided to come here for lunch with my kid on a random weekday afternoon and was so glad we re-discovered this place! Ordered simple entrees (pineapple fried rice and pad see ew) - it came with soup and salad that I wasn't expecting. Portions were huge, had to take it home. Only two other occupied tables here, so service was fast, and only a touch more expensive than fast-food. Restaurant was clean and cheerful. Thankful that this is a neighborhood option! read more

We came here with a medium sized group and everything was delicious! Portions were generous in size and had nice presentations, and most importantly, were super yummy! We got the demon chicken, spring rolls, green beans, pad Thai, mango and sticky rice, corn and egg drop soup, walnut prawns, sweet and sour chicken, potstickers, and more! The woman who served us was so lovely, kind, attentive, responsive, and warm. They have tons of gluten free options (including the walnut shrimp YUM!), and she was so sweet to inform me about every dish that was gluten free that others in my party ordered (since we did family style). They do a great job with Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese food, and we'll definitely be coming again! read more

I don't know why it took us so long to stop in and get a meal to take home here, because our friends love it, but now we have done so! Overall, it was a very tasty meal with chicken satay, Mongolian beef, chicken lettuce, cups, and Singapore style rice noodles. I loved the rice noodles in particular, which was the good news, and the bad news. The good news was that it was so flavorful, the bad news was that it was also very oily which never agrees with me. That said, we would eat there again. read more

I've frequented here because of its convenient location for me. I have alway enjoyed the food. It is consistently good. I think the pricing is also pretty good- not too expensive. I do think they be short staffed bc of Covid, so you do tend to wait a little bit for your food, but it's always been very freshly cooked when I get it. read more

Great food, excellent service. Went here with friends and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of Chinese and Indonesian food here. Really liked their honey walnut prawns and chicken Satay. read more

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Delicious food! Indochine offers dishes from both vietnamese and Thai cuisines, and excels in flavors for both. We ordered: 1. Vegetarian spring rolls: delicious, hearty flavors. We requested for peanut sauce on the side with it and they graciously provided it. So gooooood! 2. Vegetarian soup without mushrooms (contains veggies, coconut milk, and galangal): perfect for this rainy wintery evening or any time really - loved every sip and bite of this soup! I asked for fried tofu on the side since soup comes without it. Highly recommend! 3. Panang chicken w/ brown rice: I hear it was incredibly flavorful. We asked for spicy but it wasn't too spicy for an Indian taste palate haha! If you want very spicy then recommend asking for spicy sauce on the side. Service was quick and friendly. Ample parking available in parking lot. The entrance is a little hidden so look around the building before you give up. Definitely coming back for more! Highly recommend! read more

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Currently there is only take-out service. We tried this place for lunch today as we were already picking up an order from our fav bakery, Misfit Bakehouse two doors over. There is a table at the doorway and you have to yell across to the owner/hostess? at the far end of the restaurant who is wearing a mask. So very challenging to hear what she was saying. Anyhoo, we went through way to many verbal exchanges sorting out our order. But patience to pay off in the end. We ordered Chicken basil with Rice lunch special (missing the spring roll the menu mentions) and the Eggplant lunch special with the $3 addition of shrimp added (again - missing spring roll) Total for two dishes was a tad under $28. But dang - they do give you a boatload of rice and the main dish. We had plenty for 3-4 people from these two lunches. Service was prompt - it took less than about 10 minutes and was piping hot and fresh. My eggplant and shrimp had a bit of heat and plenty of garlic. Very satisfying. The chicken dish was ok - but I found the meat a bit dry. Lots of bamboo slices? and nice fresh basil. Definitely worth coming back to try more items. I'd recommend placing our order over the phone to avoid the shouting order exchange :) read more

Indochine - Chicken basil lunch plate - Thai Near Me - Palo Alto, California

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i have spent three thousand dollars here over the last couple years, exclusively on the kung pao tofu. i dont think i've even tried another dish. how could i possibly recommend it more. read more

I really want to support local and we've frequented this place every time we run out options. Came here again and the food was something akin to what would be served at a horrible soup kitchen. We ordered the Basil Chicken. Do yourself and don't ever order Basil Chicken. It was more like a restaurant sized can of metallic tasting bamboo with a few slivers of chicken and some sad Thai basil mixed in. There was probably the equivalent of about 4oz of chicken and 2lbs of shredded canned bamboo filler. Absolutely disgusting. Pad see ew. It was definitely EWWW. The noodles were clumped together, sitting in a pool of oil and flavorless aside from the heavy flavor of soy sauce. Avoid. This place serves food one bar above edible and not worth the time or money spent here unless you were a panda in your previous life and prefer bamboo over everything else. read more

Authentic Thai food, take-out good portions enough for two persons, friendly ambiance

The food is delicious!! The staffs are amazing, reasonable price and the servings are huge. Hidden gem in Palo Alto .Best Singapore noodle I had... read more

Summary: Solid Asian cooking with generous portion. Nested in midtown area supporting locals. We have been coming here for years. Takeout service only now. Is it authentic Thai? No. Are the food tasty? Yes. Mixed with standard Asian cooking style. Basic service. Tips: We like to pick up their lunch special. $11-14. It is perfect for WFH parents feeding kids. -Green curry chicken = My Fav. Tender chicken with nice curry sauce. with a little kick. - Red curry beef = Good and the meat are tender. - Pad Thai = a little on the dryer side but we usually ask for extra sauce. - Papaya Salad = ok CC? Yes, they do take cc. To support local, if you can pay with cash, of course they won't say no. Not sure why some of the other review said it is a cash only place. That is not correct. read more

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Food was delicious and service excellent! Server was very helpful and understanding with my picky diet.

Came in this evening, a lady was helping a single table and two take out orders. One guy left with his takeout, upset about how long it took. The people seated at the table left, the waitress helped both take out orders, then went to the back. Since she ignored us, we seated ourselves at a table. Another person came in to order take out and the waitress eventually brought us menus without greeting us. Then another person came in for take out, so we patiently waited until she was done helping them, then waved and asked if we could order. She walks towards the back and hollers at us, "you want water? Ice or no ice?" And we said "oh, can we actually just order?" I wanted a Vietnamese iced coffee, not water but she proceeded to just yell "ice or no ice?!" Sooooooo we left because wtf?? Lol thank goodness we found the significantly better "Indo" a super nice restaurant where the service and food was fantastic. I was excited to try their vegetarian dishes as the menu looked tasty but I wasn't about to stay and dine at a business that clearly doesn't want me there. read more

High quality plates , amazing flavors , nice service, and good environment, love this place ! 5*

Ordered their sweet basil chicken and was overwhelmingly disappointed. Flavor wasn't bad, but considering THE WHOLE ENTIRE THING WAS JUST BAMBOO. $16 (ordered through UBER Eats) for three tiny pieces of chicken. Never again. Sweet Basil Chicken read more

Indochine - Sweet basil "chicken" - Thai Near Me - Palo Alto, California

I would honestly give this place a 3.5 stars, but the service was nice and portion size was really big, so you really got a bang for your buck. The food was good. The soup was decent, but the vegetable chow mein tasted good. But it was really standard noodles. With stir fried veggies, soy sauce, and spice. There is nothing else that seems special about the dish at this restaurant. So I really can't say that you should come here specifically for the food here, but it is definitely a place to go if you are nearby and looking for lunch/dinner options. It wasn't amazing, but its a good place to eat! read more

Indochine - Vegetable Chow-Mein - Thai Near Me - Palo Alto, California

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Rude host/waitress, fails to greet minorities or look us in our eye and has a disrespectful tone every time we pick up orders.

Omg I'm so sad.. I've been sick with a cold and wanted some coconut soup and hubby wanted pho soup. Just awful!!! No flavor, soooooooo bland. He ordered the beef pho soup, got chicken pho soup. We also got the spicy chicken wings and shrimp basil vegetable roll. No spice at all for chicken wings and no vegetable in the only basil and shrimp. $90.00 on takeout and it was terrible. I will never order from them again. So sad and disappointed. My husband literally put better than bouillon in his soup to give it flavor. read more

Indochine - All the food left over we didn't eat.. - Thai Near Me - Palo Alto, California

We absolutely love Indochine!!! My husband and my honeymoon was in Thailand and we have found them to be the most authe tic Thai in Palo Alto. They were a staple during the pandemic and always a family favorite. We now order it for our broader family gatherings. Jenny is wonderful and always remembers to make the adjustments to my kids' orders. Delicious food! Relaxed ambiance! Highly recommend! read more