First Impressions: this is a local spot and close enough to my apt to walk for Thai cravings. The food is really good and the prices are reasonable. The Noms: Ground pork basil rice- one of my default orders here... the meat is perfectly cooked and seasoned and mixed with rice and a fried egg is one of the most perfect comfort meals. Coconut sticky rice - I like to order this as a dine in order because then I can ask for more coconut cream, because they tend to be a bit skimpy with it. For deliveries, which I have done three times now... it's always very dry. In Conclusion: So after the first time my coconut sticky rice was too dry, I asked for extra coconut cream on the side for the second time but they forgot... then the third time they remembered but the packaging was so poorly done that it spilled everywhere in the bag. That time was the last straw... I can no longer order take out from them. It's awful. And when you call to give the owner feedback, he told me to return the food and he will remake it. Bruh. I'm on my lunch break at work, I've not got time for these shenanigans. When u tried to tell him I can't return the food, but please make sure to package my next order more securely... he hung up on me!! While the food is good and the restaurant clean... I will no longer order take out due to poor quality and the rudeness of the owner read more

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Had a hankering for Thai and decided on delivery. Found a deal on GrubHub so ordered Living Thai's Lunch Special Penang Curry with Mock Duck with Extra Shrimp and selected the side Thai Salad. Didn't know Mock Duck was a thing and curious to test it out. The "mock duck" was not so bad, but not sure had I'd be able to discern it was emulating duck flavor through the stronger curry sauce. Loved the vegetables too. Overall the dish was flavorful and glad I ordered the Extra Shrimp to make it more of a filling meal, although not sure without the deal it's as good a value. That being said, would recommend Living Thai. read more

Living Thai - Living Thai - Flavorful Lunch Special Penang Curry with Mock Duck and Extra Shrimp - Thai Near Me - New York, New York

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Amazing food! Customer service was outstanding! Will definitely be coming back! We order the chicken wings for appetizers and it was crispy and juicy at the same time! Very tasty food . read more

The food was amazing and the duck was the red curry is a must try I'll be back soon

Best thai food I've had so far in NYC. Very affordable, the owners are nice and it's a great environment. Lunch special runs until 4pm even on weekends! Will be coming back :) read more

Living Thai - Pad Thai, Pad See Ew, Thai Iced Tea, Fried Tofu, Shumai - Thai Near Me - New York, New York

The inside of Living Thai is simple, clean and welcoming. It makes you feel like you're eating at home cooked meal in Thailand. The drunken noodle has generous amount of tender chicken and egg. It's not too sweet and has just the right amount of spiciness. For its quality and location, it has the most reasonable price point. The tom yum soup tastes clean and simple without over complicating spices. The service was warm and friendly, but the waitress was very busy on a Friday night. Overall, a gem of an authentic thai restaurant in UWS. read more

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Fav Thai spot for lunch time! Great deals. I always order during lunch time deals with Uber Eats.

Had drunken noodle dish at Living Thai, a casual spot near Columbia. It had just the right amount of kick, flavor and spring to the veggies. It also came out nicely dressed and piping hot. Less than $20 which included an app., can of diet coke and tip. A bargain on the UWS. read more

Living Thai - Drunken Noodles! - Thai Near Me - New York, New York

i love their drunken noodles and the chicken gyoza is very good. they have a great lunch special. i've only ever gotten take out or delivery, but the place is very cozy and they are very attentive to my orders when i call or order online and go pick it up read more

I think overall, this is a pretty mid thai place. The food wasn't bad, but I didn't love it. One of my favorite dishes is duck so when I saw there was a duck curry, I jumped on the opportunity to order it! I was hoping it'd be a bit more flavorful, but it seemed like a pretty generic curry. I was happy that I was able to sit down with a decently large party of 6 pretty quickly on a Friday night, and I wouldn't mind coming again potentially if someone suggested it, but it's not a restaurant I would highly recommend and want to come back to frequently. The roti just wasn't really roti, but more like scallion pancakes without the scallions? It kind of felt like a thai restaurant was just trying to mimic other cultures and not doing any superbly. read more

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Walked in to pick up my order. I was visiting my friend and this is a great local spot they order from. Prices were very fair and food was great - as expected! Inside was nice and down to earth. read more

Living Thai - Pineapple Fried Rice - Thai Near Me - New York, New York

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Thought the portion sizes are great, I was still disappointed by flavors in the lunch special that I ordered to-go. Tom Ka Soup: Tasted like plain coconut milk; it had no other flavors. I normally love tom ka soup, but I couldn't finish this one. Red Curry: Doesn't have quite the depth of flavor that I am used to in a red curry. It was quite a large container of curry, though, and it was tasty enough that I ate it with all of the jasmine rice that came with the meal. I don't think I will be ordering tom ka or red curry from here again, but I may come back to try some of their more popular dishes. read more

Living Thai - Tom Ka Soup - Thai Near Me - New York, New York

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I have ordered takeout from here quite often. I finally decided to dine in and had a nice experience. Overall good service but they did seem really busy. Lots of people came in for pick up orders. I ordered a small bowl of tom yum with shrimp, pad thai with chicken and the mango coconut sticky rice. Each item came out in order, depending on how much if it i had eaten so my server was definitely paying attention! 4/5 Tom yum soup - good but not the best tom yum i've had. There werent any spices/herbs (ex: lemongrass) in the soup which was nice (smoother eating experience). It was sour and had a light kick to it. They gave me three pieces of shrimp and there were mushrooms. 4/5 pad thai - i got a bit tired of eating it partway through but i'd already finished the soup so that might be why. Forgot to take a photo bc i was excited 5/5 mango sticky rice - mango was perfectly sweet and soft. The sticky rice was also really good but the outside formed a bit of a layer and was difficult to separate into smaller bites without it tearing more sticky rice so i ended up with a much bigger piece than i wanted. I didnt finish this but it was still really good the next day! read more

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A cute, casual and affordable Thai restaurant near Columbia with good food and service! I came here with a friend on a Monday around 2:30pm and we had a great time. We made it in time for their lunch special (12pm-3:45pm) and it was so worth it!! For the special you can choose one starter and one entree. We both chose Tom yum soup for our starters, and I got drunken noodles for my entree while she chose one of the curries. All of that only came out to $14.11 each, which is amazing for NYC. Furthermore, we loved the Tom yum soup as it was perfectly flavored. I do think the drunken noodles tasted a bit bland especially in comparison to the soup, but I still really enjoyed my meal. Come by! Especially during the lunch special, maybe you'll see me there. read more

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I ordered from Living Thai on a weekday for lunch. They have a lunch specials menu with several options to choose from, I selected the red curry with a side of shumai. Upon placing my order online, I received a phone call shortly after notifying me that the restaurant ran out of shumai, and I was presented with some alternative options for my side instead. I selected the chicken pot stickers. I think my order was prepped in record time for any pickup order that I have ever picked up from. Because once I hung up the phone I was already on my way out to go pick up my lunch. The pickup process was pretty seamless, the establishment prefers cash payments. My red curry was flavorful and the chicken pot stickers tasted like any normal chicken pot sticker, but the nice part about it was that it wasn't too oily. I would say for Thai takeout orders in this area, this place probably serves smaller portions when compared to their local competitors. Overall, this is a nice option for a lunch special if you don't mind smaller portions. The staff is very friendly and I wouldn't mind trying out a meal at the restaurant one day, since it looks pretty clean and inviting. read more

Living Thai - Interior of store - Thai Near Me - New York, New York

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Lunch special is so worth it here! Came on a Tuesday with a friend ~1pm and we're seated immediately. We got both an appetizer and entre and food came out quickly. My green curry really hit the spot for me since it was a cold day. read more

Living Thai - Green Curry - Thai Near Me - New York, New York

Great Thai lunch spot! Portions aren't huge but they are enough. The soup was delicious and had a fair amount of pork in it. The fried tofu were just okay - i wish they had more flavor. read more

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I came here on a lunch break and got the lunch special for a quick bite. The food came out super fast! I got the spring roll for an appetizer, basil chicken with rice as an entree, and lemon Thai iced tea. It was a very pleasant meal for a quick cheap bite. I've never had lemon Thai iced tea and almost drank the entire thing before remembering to take a picture. The waiter was really nice and the restaurant was super clean. Would recommend for a lunch special! read more

Living Thai - Basil Sauce with chicken - Thai Near Me - New York, New York

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Pretty typical Thai restaurant in its offerings. However, the staff is fantastic and the dining room is comfortable.

I have visited a number of times now and can honestly say that I very much savor their wonton soup which includes bok choy, bean sprouts, onions, chicken/shrimp wontons and a light veggie broth. Aside from the soups, I have sampled almost all of their lunch specials and it's pretty solid fare. Here's the caveat, I'm not usually a fan of thai food. I do believe that I like the food because it's not your traditional thai food. Although a number of dishes lean more towards the sweeter end, when an item is labeled as spicy please believe them. It's a small location that is still in the stages of building a steady clientele. The prices are affordable and they're pretty consistent when I stick to the standard basics. read more

Living Thai - Ginger lunch special with Chicken - Thai Near Me - New York, New York

I cannot wait to make another trip to Living Thai for their fantastic food and fantastic service! While walking around last night looking for a new place to try dinner, my friend and I were drawn in by the colorful decorations outside of the restaurant. The ambiance is very soothing and the interior decor is lovely. We were quickly greeted and seated by our stylish waitress. We asked our waitress for recommendations, what she enjoyed and what was very popular. It was a hard decision because everything really did look so good. I ended up ordering the Green Curry with my choice of protein being chicken. The curry meals do come with a side of rice. My friend ordered the Drunken Noodles, and chose shrimp as his protein. Our food was served to us in a reasonable amount of time, and arrived piping hot. The flavors of the curry were very well balanced and each ingredient tasted very fresh. I tried one of the noodles from my friend's dish, and it was also very flavorful. I did not try a shrimp, but he insisted that is was excellent. I'm looking forward to returning to Living Thai. I think for the price and for the service, this is an excellent place for lunch or dinner! read more

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I loved my lunch here! I tried the chicken pad thai and the drunken noodles. The pad thai noodles were soft and the flavor was great. The drunken noodles were really great as well with the perfect level of mild spice. I loved the fried tofu appetizer, which was still crispy when I bit into it. The spring rolls were yummy as well. read more

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First time here and we like how authentic the dishes taste. We dined in and ordered: 1. Pad Kra Pao (Thai Basil Ground Pork with rice) 2. Green curry 3. Pad Thai 4. Mango Salad No fuss, no loud music! We like how the restaurant is decorated, true to the Thai essence unlike many Thai restaurants in the city which have opted for modern furnishings. The weakest link is the Mango Salad. Avocado will never be added as one of the ingredients in mango salad in Thailand. Though not at all close to the typical Mango salad (in Thailand, only green raw mango will be used) we accepted it because the flavors is the same. Certainly I don't mind ripen yellow mango. We will be back for more. read more

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My go-to Thai place in Morningside Heights, within walking distance from Columbia University! I love coming here to sit and have a good chat with friends, without the loudness or flashiness of other Thai restaurants in the area, but still with great service and food. The food is a great price, plentiful, and good quality. Excellent Thai iced tea that I order every time. I've had the pad see ew, the pad thai, Thai fried rice, in the past. Also recommend the curries. You can't really go wrong! I always look forward to coming back. read more

It's an in the know spot. Very busy but once you're seated it's all business. Excellent meal. A bit on the loud side...........

The food at Thai Market is so delicious. We are vegan, and had quite a few choices. My partner ordered the broccoli, tofu and peanut sauce. I had the eggplant with tofu and Thai basil. Both came with yummy rice. Especially good was the mock duck salad appetizer. The entire table of vegans and omnivores thought that was one of the best dishes. As mentioned, the acoustics made it a bit tough to hear each other, but we were a table of 50/60 somethings! read more

I'm giving this restaurant a one star. Review I called them at 9:39 PM. To place an order, I told the lady I'll be there within 1015 minutes. She told me that you can't place an order because you're closing in 10 minutes on their website. It says 1030, they will close It was only gonna take me 10 minutes to walk one block to pickup the order. That lost me as a customer. I was going to spend $25 to 30 in food and now I'm not gonna order nothing from them anymore. I'm going to find somewhere else to order the food rejecting my order. Because I told the lady, I'll be there in 10 minutes. I don't understand you. Lose all this money. Now i'm going to go to a different restaurant and spend my money.Don't shop at this place, bad representative read more

One of the best places for Thai Food. I've absolutely enjoyed the food every time we've come here. Their peanut dumplings, roti canai and chive pancakes are beautiful. The order comes fast and the service is always consistently good. It's currently BYOB, so that's a plus. Do check this place out, you won't be disappointed! :) read more

Living Thai - Thai Near Me - New York, New York

Very simple, ordinary decor. We ordered Mixed appetizers, which came with spring roll, fried shrimp, fried dumpling, etc. Everything was fried, and I was not impressed by the taste. For entree, I had roast duck pad see ew, which was delicious and perfectly spiced noodles. My friend ate pork with ginger sauce and she liked it. I drank a Thai iced tea which was good but not outstanding. I might go back if I was in the neighborhood, but wouldn't go out of my way to come back here. read more

I really loved the food and the ambiance here so I wish I could give it more stars. The first time I came I was very impressed. I was sort of in between meals at the time and wanted something light. They had like a snack size portion of the massaman curry was which was exactly what I was looking for. I was excited to return. I called ahead of time at around 2 pm to check when the lunch special is until. They told me it's until 4:30 pm. I came at 4 pm to try their lunch special. I was told their store is closed from 4-5 pm. I was like, "okay but I just called and checked and was told the lunch special is until 4:30". She said sorry but basically implied that I needed to leave. I just find it very disrespectful when businesses first lie to the customer by providing false information over the phone and then subsequently when they arbitrarily close down midday but do not put their correct hours on any of their sites (yelp, google etc.). I went to Thai market instead. If they could be more straightforward and honest with their timings, I would consider returning as the food and ambiance were lovely. read more

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Please be careful. You do not have to tip because the tip is included in the price you are charged. I paid double for the tip. The taste is average. I think the price is high for the taste. The Thai salad was not good, just sweet sauce on lettuce. I will never go there again. read more

One of the best Thai food spots on the UWS. Their Thai iced tea and pad Thai is my go to. The owner is very pleasant to speak to as well. Well run establishment. read more

Great service, solid food. I was enticed by the lawn and the lights outside and was rewarded for stumbling in. They offer the fare you expect. The drunken noodles I had were intense! The good kind of intense, where the spice challenges you to keep on pushing on because it balances the rest of the classic flavors so well. Noodles had a great texture. read more

Chicken satay was over cooked & the peanut sauce served with it was runny. Ok other than that ok

Living Thai has great lunch specials! An appetizer with an entree for 7.95!!! The portion is pretty huge too! I tried the spring rolls, the tom yum soup, pad thai and pad see ew. The soup was decent. The spring rolls were pretty good. The pad see ew was actually very tasty! The pad thai wasn't so bad either for the price! I would definitely be ordering from here again! Definitely not as amazing as Pure Thai Cookhouse (not close enough for delivery anyways), but comparable to Thai Marketplace. Worth a try if you're around during lunch time! read more

I tried Living Thai today for lunch today because one of my friends keeps raving about the amazing prices and food quality, and she's really not wrong. The restaurant was well lit and felt very airy on a sunny afternoon; the decor is pretty with Arabian lights hung and lots of artsy pictures on the walls. I'm a Thai Market regular, and this was such a welcoming surprise and definitely worth the 2 extra streets of a walk to Living Thai. For the lunch special priced at only $7.99, I ordered shrimp shumai for the appetizer, coupled with drunken noodles as the entree. The shumai was packed with flavor and felt fresh, and the drunken noodles were super delicious, packed with great flavor. The Thai Iced Tea was also really affordable for $3 and the dessert Mango Sticky Rice was super yummy. Overall I spent under $40 for a shared 3 course meal for two, which is rather excellent. The food came out at a reasonable rate and the service was wonderful! I actually liked this overwhelmingly more than Thai Market, because the service was more efficient and kind, the prices cheaper with greater value, and the food more delicious and high quality. Would definitely return here to try other things on the menu! read more

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I wanted to like this place, but the waiter was curt and non-responsive to a question I asked, the dish was just barely warm, and the flavors very simplistic and not complex. Having been to Thailand 9 times, I know what to look for in good Thai food, and sadly, this isn't it. read more

Ordered delivery from Living Thai (crab ragoon, curry puffs, and drunken noodles). Ordered generally arrived on time and the food tasted great! Crab ragoons were small and bite sized which was nice, curry puffs were great, and I only took one star because the initial delivery they sent me the wrong entree. Was informed the incorrect dish was packed into my delivery, but they instantly sent another delivery guy with the correct item in less than 5 mins. There's quite a few Thai joints in UWS and this definitely sits at one of the top ones in the area and will definitely order from here again. read more

If no one else got me (=closed at 10pm), my homies at Living Thai got me (=open at 10pm and have delicious pad see ew). Real review: live in the neighborhood and this always makes a great dinner spot to meet up with friends or just get dinner on my own. My go to!! read more

Living Thai offers free delivery so we ordered two sets of lunch special and they are awesome! Each lunch special is composed of a starter, an entry and a bowl of rice. The price is reasonable while the dish is a bit small. Green curry with chicken is good. Basil with shrimp is a little disappointing because there is only five shrimps.... maybe I should order beef instead. Shrimp roll with the sweet and chili sauce is also terrific! read more

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