Had the pad Thai medium heat with shrimp. It was the best combination of spicy and sweet-the egg was well broken up, shrimp well cooked, noodles not overcooked. 11/10 would eat again. Top 5 best pad Thai I've had. read more

Best Thai coffee ever!!! I walked over from my hotel and got their coffee. Such a delicious treat. Service is great. They are very sweet and thankful of their customers read more

My boyfriend and I were visiting Portland and are both big fans of Thai food. We spent quite a bit of time on Yelp searching for Thai spots before deciding to walk to the nearby Midtown Beer Garden Food Cart area to check out the options. After wandering around and weighing all of the delicious looking (and smelling!) options, we both opted for Khob Khun Thai Food. He ordered the Spicy Basil with Chicken, medium spice level. I opted for the Garlic Pepper with Shrimp, spicy level. While we were waiting, we grabbed a cocktail from the onsite bar and pretty soon after our food was ready. We sat in the communal seating under the tents and dug into our food. I love spice, so I found the spicy level to be perfect. My boyfriend loves spice too, but it was a bit much for him, so medium was the right call. Both of our entrees were flavorful and the portion sizes were perfect. This Food Cart area is perfect as it has something for every palate. Definitely worth checking out if you are in the area! read more

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Ordered the pad see ew with shrimp for dinner since I was craving noodles. $14 if you're paying cash, $14.50 if you're paying with card. The man running the food cart was so nice and it took about 8 minutes for him to prepare my food. My family and I were staying at a nearby hotel and decided to take our food back to our room to eat. The noodles were still hot when I got to eat them and had great flavor! They were sweeter in flavor than I was expecting but still delicious. I really liked the texture of the noodles which were thin yet chewy. When I've had pad see ew from other Thai spots, sometimes it's a more dense noodle. The shrimp were cooked well and the broccoli had a nice crunch. Really enjoyed this dish and would love to go back and try the curry next time! read more

Khob Khun - Khob Khun food truck - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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We had the yellow curry with chicken . This food cart is located in the Midtown Beer Garden . Well it was sooo good . The rice was perfectly done , the yellow curry was delicious we chose medium hot and it was just right . This dish is definitely a keeper ! Our only regret is we should have asked for an empty container so could share better . read more

We are avid Thai food enthusiasts and stumbled upon this amazing Thai food cart that was within walking distance of our hotel in downtown Portland. We visited in July 2022. Holy cow is it good! The food is authentic, piping hot, and prepared with love. We visit Portland almost every year and try out as many food carts as we can when there. It's pretty typical to be met with aloof, annoyed workers among the food carts making it an uncomfortable experience. Not at Khob Khun! We visited several times and were met with smiles, laughter, and kindness. Our favorite foods were Pad See Ew, any of the curries, salad rolls, coconut shrimp, potstickers, and the BEST Thai iced tea in the city. We hated leaving Portland because we new we'd miss out on our daily Thai fix. Be sure to give this place a try if you're in the area - it's definitely some of the best Thai food we've had! read more

Khob Khun - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Portland has a love affair with Thai food. I did too when I had Khob Khun. Grabbed a quick snack before dinner on a Saturday. Ordered the very simple, yet quintessential Thai dish - pad see ew with chicken. Pad see ew is just a giant rice noodle, made with Chinese broccoli, egg, chicken (or any protein), with a soy sauce based. This was 6 buckeroos. SIX DOLLARS. My platter was 6 dollars!!! AND it was insanely good! The vegetables were tender, the noodles with pan fried with a little bit of char, and everything was insatiably good. This was probably the best 6 dollars I have spent in a long time. Took a quick gander and most of the dishes are priced at $6 bucks. Honestly, that's a steal. Plus there's no sales tax, so you're basically eating for free. You so lucky Portlandians. read more

Khob Khun - pad see ew ($6) + thai iced tea ($2) - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Bery authentic and reasonable. One of my favs for sure. Loved the green curry with shrimp an tom soup

This was our first stop in Portland when we first came to visit. Ever since we've been regulars, we've tried the Pad Thai and fried rice, both are delicious but I recommend the crab fried rice (spicy)! It is fresh and contains a lot of FRESH crab. The serving portions are more than enough for one person and it is affordable. The lady working there is very nice and is always busy which I'm glad to see, all that means is that this is a good spot! Her prices are going up by one dollar, what used to be a $9 crab fried rice is now $10, it is more than fine because the serving portions are so good. There is also a .50c charge for credit cards (don't let this sway you away). read more

Khob Khun - Fried Rice crab - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Stopped by this booth for a quick lunch. It's relatively inexpensive and I was happy they were serving green Thai tea the flavours were just okay. I ordered the pad Thai and I think I should have gone with the spicy. I saw another review that said the spicy was mouth burning and I definitely would not trust that review haha. I ordered the medium and it was not spicy at all. I would recommend coming here if you need a quick Thai food fix read more

Khob Khun - a tray of food and a drink - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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The thai food here is pretty good. Nothing outstanding but really tasty. So I had a craving for Pad See Ew, so I looked this place up. Unbeknownst to me, I've been there before. Yes, I need to branch my Thai food more. The food came out fairly quickly and it was a good deal heavy container. The noodles were light and delicate and not greasy at all. There was enough beef for this girl. I wished for a little more scrambled egg but no biggie. The weird part was that it had carrots and zukes. I've only ever had it with broccoli so it threw me for a curve ball. Whatever, more veggies is better for me right? The carrots were not my favorite, but everything else I scarfed down. Yum! I asked for medium spicy, which is weird because this dish doesn't come spicy. Luckily, I picked up some hot sauce and chili flakes to spice it up. This is a good deal and the food will be satisfying! read more

Khob Khun - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Looking for a light snack, stopped here because the salad rolls looked divine. Looks we're not deceiving! They were spectacular.......enough so, that we decided to grab an early dinner to go. The star of the show is the peanut sauce. Plain and simple: you could put it on anything! By comparison, other peanut sauce tastes like it came from a can. Slight chili spice, somehow managing to not taste too "peanutty".......as in peanut butter. Utterly wonderful! My world traveling partner said it's "just like mama at Taipei Gate in ChengMai." I'm taking her word for it.......but the sauce makes me a believer. The Phad Thai was tasty, but I cannot review it, since we bought it to be nuked later......unfair. Plus, I put more peanut sauce on it........I'd eat leather from my old boots with that on it and pronounce it tasty! read more

Khob Khun - Storefront - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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As the last endeavor to get some food before heading to the airport, we decided to get something at a food cart. After looking at the rows of places, we opted for Thai food. Between this one and the one literally two or three stands down, we for whatever reason went with this one. Plain chicken pad thai to keep things simple. It was just okay :( The chicken was really bland, but the portions were good. We had trouble finishing it! Not the best pad thai I've ever had, but definitely not the worst. Kind of disappointed that this was the last exposure of food in PDX that we got, but meh. I would probably skip the pad thai and go with something else if you come here! read more

Khob Khun - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

This is my favorite downtown Thai truck. Everything is so flavorful and fresh. I've eaten my way through most of the menu, and I've yet to have a bad or boring meal. Most meals are a friendly $8, and the service is quick enough for a short lunch break. My favorites are the kai kua and panang curry. read more

Khob Khun - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

One of the only few Asian carts I've found downtown that has reliable prices. With a few of my past reviews, prices listed on the food carts didn't reflect what one would have to pay - deception is evil. Here, you can get ANY meat - chicken, beef, or shrimp (yes, I said shrimp!) for just $6 for many of the Thai dishes. I went for the classic, Pad Thai. You order by telling them what number you want from the menu (not by dish name), what meat, and level of spicy. All to the point for efficient and speedy service so that both parties can carry on with their lives. The Pad Thai was plentiful and would last me two meals. More bang for the buck! Everything about the food was great and I'd for sure come back to explore more variety! read more

Khob Khun - Shrimp Pad Thai [$6] - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

This was the best Thai I have ever had in my life. I love portland!!! The woman was an angel on earth and cooked everything up quickly, I took my firsst bite of the savory dish and couldn't believe my taste buds. Do yourself a service and check this place out on fifth ave downtown! read more

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Been coming here for years and as long as this cart is open it will be my favorite Thai food in portland! Best pad kee mao, the noodles are always consistent and cooked perfectly while most other places overcook the wide noodles making them soggy. Not to mention the people who work there are always so kind read more

Definitely in the topmost tier of Thai food carts in Portland. I normally try to reserve judgment of a place until I've been a few times, unless the first visit's absolutely abysmal, and Khob Khun has been consistently tasty every time. So far, my favorite is the Pumpkin Red Curry. read more

Khob Khun - Pumpkin Red Curry with Chicken - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

The food is okay here.. it is one of many food truck stands in this row.. (from Korean burritos to Mexican to gyros and Thai) the food it self was just okay.. nothing to great.. I guess I just had better Thai food else where so was expecting something better.. but other then that the staff was nice, got my food fast read more

This is like "Food Court Portland Style". This eatery is located in parking lot with a dozen other vendors each of them in their own trailer backed up to the sidewalk. Each day they open at 11:00 am and close at 6:00 p.m. Some are open on weekends, others not. There were at least two of these "food courts" that I came across while meandering the streets of Portland. In any event, I was hungry for some Thai food and I ended up at Khob Khun Thai run by one lady who whipped up my food in a flash! I ordered standard fare...Pad Thai, nothing fancy. I stood there and watched her every move and wow, she was efficient and in less than 5 minutes my dish was good to go. The lunch wagon food was very good, very tasty, and very inexpensive. A heaping take out tray of pad thai topped with chopped peanuts and bean sprouts set me back a mere $5 and it fed me twice as I couldn't finish it all in one sitting! This place is great and if you are needing some food in a jiffy this is the place to get it! read more

Khob Khun - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

sandwiched between gyros and burritos, this food cart looks modest but serves huge portions. you'll get a bang for your buck! my friends and i got the veggie green curry and tofu pad see ew to share. the pad see ew was my favorite...the noodles were thick, chewy, and not at all too greasy. veggies could have been cooked through more, but food trucks are all about being speedy so that's understandable. the green curry was good too, just not the best i've had in terms of milkiness and mix of spices. we got mild, but the spice still kicked in pretty strong. for a small unsuspecting food truck, we enjoyed a satisfying thai meal. read more

Khob Khun - outside - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Went for the #1 Pad Thai, spicy, beef. Nose wont quit running it was soooo good. It was lots of food, fast, and pretty cheap even during the lunch rush. read more

Khob Khun - Dear lord. All that spicy Pad Thai for only 7 bucks!! - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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We stopped by this food stand to get a quick late lunch during a girls trip to Portland. It was definitely a good choice. I got the beef pad thai and really liked it. There are three levels of spice: mild, medium and spicy. I usually eat pretty spicy foods and so I went with spicy in a hasty decision. I should have gone with medium to more enjoy the pad thai and flavors of the dish. You know how sometimes things can get so spicy that all you feel is your lips burning and no flavor but you keep stuffing your face because you are hungry? Yep, that was me. I would definitely go back if I am in town again. But I will go with medium spice. I also have to add that the thai tea is pretty good! Not too sweet so just the way I prefer thai tea. read more

I came back from Thailand over a month ago and have been looking for somewhere to serve Khao Soi ever since. I was absolutely hooked when I was in Chiang Mai, but it's a really hard dish to find here in Portland. Lucky for me, the pod across from my work (at Big Pink) has this cart and their Khao Soi is EXCEPTIONAL. I mean, I finished my bowl of it (which was substantial) and was so in love with the taste that I was actually considering going back to get another one right away. I don't claim to be an expert on Thai food just because I spent a few weeks there, but I can tell you that this cart does it just like some of the best places I had when in Bangkok, Chumphon, Koh Tao, and Chiang Mai. I'd also suggest their red curry. So flavorful! read more

My 1st food cart experience in Portland and I was a very happy girl!!! It was a Saturday around lunch time, and I had originally gone to this location to check out the Tabor cart but it was closed. We had just flew in and were starving so we didn't want to have to walk somewhere else. I had been craving Pad Thai for a while and decided to give this place a shot. I was so glad I did. The portion was huge and the price was way better than any place I've tried in SoCal. I believe it was $5. I don't know if it was because I was beyond starving but this was one of the best pad thai's I've had. They didn't skimp on the shrimp and it wasn't overcooked like a lot of places tend to do. I ordered it mild b/c they had plenty of hot sauce available to to take with you which was delicious. I love the food cart community concept they have in Portland, I wish they had that here in SoCal. If I worked nearby I would be eating from this cart a lot, great food, service, and price. read more

Fast, cheap, convenient meal en route to the east side. Ample portions, good spice. Hooray for brown rice option :)

This is absolutely the BEST THAI cart on the BLOCK or event in PORTLAND! Great portions, and add a salad roll, and you are stuffed beyond dinner. Excellent people, and they always seve with a smile. I have tried almost everything from their menu, and will work my way toward that but I love their glass noodles, their pad Thai, and their yellow and green curry and those amazing salad rolls!! It also comes with a good amount of spice at their spiciest and I cannot see myself going elsewhere. To all those negatives, try something else on their menu, and you will not be disappointment!! My ONLY issue is...wish they had more Khob Khun carts out there... read more

BEST SALAD ROLLS EVER! Equal parts noodles and lettuce veggies with tofu crammed between served with the best peanut sauce ever. Once you've had them, every other salad roll you'll have anywhere else doesn't taste up to par at all. read more

This is one of the few carts downtown that serves Thai iced coffee, so I love them extra for that. I especially love that it's only $1.50. They were somewhat quick, compared to many other Thai food carts, the woman was very nice, and the food was good. It's not the best I've had, but it's better than many other Thai carts I've been to (which is a lot). I will definitely be back because of the tasty food, the Thai iced coffee, the decent prices, and the nice service. read more

Cheap food and a big serving. I'm stuffed after eating the padsee ew. The dish was mediocre and the wait was short. Not too shabby for a quick lunch. I'd come back for a quick lunch. read more

This cart really needs to up its game on a block filled with other thai food carts. Ordered the Pad Kee Mao. Huge pieces of unripe tomatoes, 90% noodles, and a few pieces of chicken. Worst $7 I've spent at a cart to date. read more

The secret is out! This place is a steal! I love the #20 param, brown rice, tofu, nice veggies and great peanut sauce. The only downfall is this place can see a hard wait right at lunch time - go early! They also take phone orders which is a big help. They are always very nice and I love the free hot tea in the winter. read more

They are great. Not only they have a cheap price tag (5 dollar for almost everything), but also they have a great taste of food. If you like Thai food, this one could serve your appetite. My favorites are Pad Khee Mao, Pad See Ew, and Spici Basil Fried Rice. It's just good.. PS. The portion is smaller than other Thai's Cart. Once in a while, when you are very hungry and you open the box you will say "Seriously ? Just this ?" but what do you expect ? It's just $5 Try it yourself read more

Most of the food carts aren't open on the weekend, so did a quick circle around the 5th/Stark lot to see what was open, then consulted Yelp (duh, like a good Elite-ist). I think BrunchBox, a couple of Thai and a couple of Mexican places were open, and Khob Khun's reviews warranted a stop. I couldn't tell which one it was until I realized, duh, we were standing right next to it! (Facing BrunchBox, it was directly to the left) Ordered a #15 (mixed vegetables) with tofu and brown rice and grabbed some sriracha (so crucial!). I love that you get your choice of brown or white rice (same price, yes!!) if you don't order a noodle dish - rice comes in the same container as the entree so it gets all nice and saucy. Super quick service (and we basically got to see her cook it in front of us through the window -- I wonder what kind of pan/wok set up she had--it looked different than what I was used to seeing!), paid the $6 (a good deal for the amount of food) and hustled back to the hotel to eat (it was drizzly out). Yum! I wouldn't say it knocked me off my feet (Thai food rarely does that) but it was solid. A good mix of veggies (broccoli, mushrooms, onions, carrots, etc), yummy brown rice, not TOO saucy, hit the spot on a chilly day. CASH ONLY. read more

Yum!! I tried the basil fried rice with tofu and it was delicious! Not only was the food very good, it only cost 5 bucks! The portion size was good as well. I am a bit said I didn't get to try more items on their menu. Next time! read more

Khob Khun - Basil fried rice with tofu! - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Really delicious food! I come here at least once a week for either pad thai, pad kee mao, or pad kee ew. The GOOD thing is that they use wonderful CHICKEN BREASTS, not that dark brown chicken meat, in their dishes. Their peanut sauce chicken is to die for! Simply delicious. Also, please note that they have raised their prices to $6 per dish for all their dishes, not just shrimp. read more

WOW. Just WOW. I think I have found my favorite Thai food cart in Portland! Today, my co-worker and I ventured out to the pod of carts on 5th and Washington. Still trying to get over our mistake of ordering from another Thai cart (which I also recently reviewed), we hesitantly agreed to order from Khob Khun after quickly looking it up on Yelp. Sure, it had few reviews but they were all positive. So I got the Pad Kee Mao with Shrimp ($6, even though most dishes with chicken or tofu are $5) and she got the Pad See Ew with Chicken ($5), with full intentions of sharing. We were given a number and waited patiently for 15 minutes...there were about 6 people in front of us, so if you do the math, they churned these out real quick. Back at the office, we unwrapped our dishes preparing for the worst...and saw the characteristic dark brown glaze of the dishes. Visually appealing, with nice chunks of broccoli and carrots for the Pad See Ew and peppers, basil and onions for my Pad Kee Mao and 5 - count em - 5 nice big shrimp for my dish! Eating it? Oh my lordy. SO GOOD! If I closed my eyes, I could have been back on the streets of Bangkok, and not here in drab Portland. My mouth did a happy dance, savoring the intense flavors. Only downside is that they don't have Thai Iced Tea yet, but I walked a few carts over to Veli Thai and scored some for a buck. Yay-Yah! I think my faith in Thai Food carts has finally been restored! Now if only I could stop grumbling over the fact that this would be 30 baht/$1 in Thailand.... read more

Best Thai food cart around! Always fast and consistent. The owner is almost always the chef and she is fantastic. Super friendly and remembers her regulars. I love the fried rice and pad see ew. read more

I came by for lunch on a weekday. I honestly there were so many food stands I had a hard time making up my mind. I decided to try this. It was a good decision. I got the summer rolls and spicy basil w/chicken on brown rice at hot level. The order took about 5 minutes, which was super quick. The summer roll sauce was warm! Pleasant surprise as it tasted really good. The rolls didn't have shrimp though, which for some reason I was expecting, but it had tofu and was good for sure. The spicy basil hot level definitely hit expectations, but I still got extra sauce to go. The extra sauce was a good idea. The chicken in the dish was a little dry and the flavor didn't quite get in. The rest was great. The rice for some reason was tasted slightly sweet, but the spicy masks it fairly well. Overall a great fast place to get Thai food. For the total $12 incl tip and 5 minute wait, it was a good choice. read more

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My favorite Thai food cart downtown. Curries always have great flavor and their noodle dishes are always on point. You always get a large serving at a reasonable price along with friendly service. Also, their salad rolls are a steal! read more