Came in for an early lunch April 24th. Our waitress was so friendly and funny as well. She mentioned it was recently under new management, which could be a great sign considering the food was delicious and quickly received. My Vietnamese girlfriend absolutely loved the tomyum soup. read more

Mantra Raja - Thai Near Me - Carlsbad, California

Food was literally so good and service was amazing. I'd definitely come back and bring more people with me next time! Highly recommend.

Ambiance..nice place on main floor..look for sign above door. The side says aroi..thai..pretty big space. Service..fast and friendly Food..amazing..I got thai tea with boba..pineapple.friend rice foe lunch..it came with salad and egg roll..it was ao good and full of flavors read more

Review if two days, two orders: Took my daughter for her birthday (day before her birthday) here because she wanted pad Thai for her birthday. I know the yellow curry is delicious here (just ask no onion and for potatoes to be cooked soft because the onion and potatoes and carrots are hard if you say nothing. I don't mind the carrots being hard, but the potatoes and onion I have to take out because way too hard, so I say no onions and ask the potatoes be cooked more). The yellow curry and chicken in it are absolutely delicious! I crave it now, so good! so I thought let's try the pad Thai here! Service is always wonderful! You are treated like long awaited family that is visiting. We greet with a hug but you do not need to if you do not want. They are so caring and so kind. They want you to be comfortable and welcomed. No bad smells, they use essential oil candles and are healthy no chemicals. Their food tastes healthy and quality ingredients. We got two lunch specials. I highly recommend. salad/peanut sauce is fresh/delicious! I could eat two! egg rolls were yummy/crunchy. Pad Thai was yummy. I appreciate it doesn't have bright orange thick gross sauce many places in San Diego do this and it's slimy and gross and tastes chemically. I appreciate this place makes it like my friend from Thailand. More natural. Garnished with cilantro and peanuts. So yummy. My daughter was happy. Next time she wants to get it without egg because she doesn't like egg. I love it but I understand. They gave her coconut ice cream for her birthday, so sweet! It was also so creamy and yummy. Their Thai tea is sweet and yummy too. Again wonderful service. Clean restrooms. A little warm inside but one evening it was cold inside but ppl filled the room and it felt better. They had it cold because many were coming. Bathroom clean and natural products which I so appreciate. Only complaint of the day is I didn't get my points. They use a toasted app to give you points. I hope next visit they can fix that so I can get my points. Next day for my daughter birthday she wanted pad Thai again! So we called for 30 mins but no answer so we ordered through toasted app. It was pretty easy to order. We got 4 lunch specials. It arrived in good time. Was an open bag but nothing was disturbed and all our order was there. I'd asked yellow curry no onion and for the potatoes to be softer. They were still hard but I just put them out of the curry. It was all still so delicious. Chicken and liquid and carrots were all delicious! I get zero spice level because it's quite spicy for me at zero. It is my favorite dish. Again, I crave their yellow curry. Just please cook potatoes longer. They are way too hard. My husband seemed to like his pineapple fried rice. He chose pork. Unfortunately Both pad Thai were very dry, no flavor, also both missing peanuts. In the restaurant the day before it was yummy, but this delivery order both were dry no flavor no peanuts. Sad because it was for my daughter's birthday. They aren't answering their phone, I'm pretty sure they would replace both pad Thais if I could reach them but no answer. They are truly nice people that work there, I've met the owner once and the lady who serves is beyond wonderful and caring and I truly think if they knew this about the pad Thais that they would replace it so I hope I can reach them at some point. Again dining in it tasted great. I so hope you will try this place. Even the delivery egg rolls were crispy and yummy. And salad was crips and fresh. So I recommend even delivery with them. I will most definitely return to eat there. I hope they can replace the two pad thai orders soon. We will get more delicious yellow curry too. And their fried crab wontons were yummy too. Had them another visit. read more

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Food was pretty good, but service was very poor due to "someone not showing up today". The server literally was somewhat rude in the nice polite Thai way. Restaurant is decorated beautifully and has plenty of parking. There are stairs to climb at the main entrance- but I think if you park in the back, there is another door that is at ground level. Lots of parking and located east of the busy Carlsbad main drag- but close enough to all the other spots you might want to go to after dinner. We'll give it another try. read more

Great food. Good ambiance of restaurant and great location right next to the 5 freeway at Carlsbad village drive. Service was excellent for our private event. I will be back to try the rest of the menu with my family read more

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Mantra Raja hosted a Yelp event. I finally was able to attend one of these cool affairs. What a great experience meeting with other Yelpers. There was 20-30 of us that came to taste what Mantra is all about. First of all it is right off the 5 freeway. They share a building with another restaurant El Tejate. The parking lot is in the back. We had a set menu offering us fried wontons with cream cheese and imitation crab meat. It was a good start. They also provided a small Thai iced tea. This was actually pretty good as I ended up having 2 of them. We had the drunken noodles chicken and it was not bad. The fresh ginger stir fry with tofu was ok. I think the star of the show is the yellow curry chicken on top of the rice. I would order this next time for sure. The service was on point and the restaurant was nice and clean. You should add a little heat to the dishes as they served these dishes to us with no spice to accommodate the ones that don't like spicy. We were given a small portion of spicy sauce and you just added how much you want. If you need a quick Thai fix in the Carlsbad area just come here. read more

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Honestly, the Kao Soi noodle dish I ordered was so bomb! I was already planning on my next visit after my first bite! The broth was so flavorful, and the ingredients all feel so fresh! Mango sticky rice was almost perfection, except they did not put toasted sesame on it which I feel it's such a finishing touch to this dish. I can't wait to be back to try other things on the menu! The owner is so sweet and came to say hi to our table. We love going to her tea spot Mantra Sukha. Lovely woman, very kind. The place is cute, their lighting could dim a little though. One area was way too bright so we had to move to a different table. Nonetheless, we will definitely be back! Highly recommend! read more

Mantra Raja - Forgot what it's called but it's a soup noodle dish. One of their specialties. The broth was so flavorful, almost like a curry. - Thai Near Me - Carlsbad, California

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We came around 5 and brought my cousin from out of town. we were the first ones there and my family was very impressed. The service was so fast and fresh! They were very kind and the food was amazing. Lots of flavor and love how it's tucked in. Makes it a hidden gem. I will definitely come back. read more

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Fresh, spicy, and full of flavor! The seafood was juicy, the glass noodles soaked up the delicious dressing, and every bite had the perfect mix of tangy, sweet, and spicy. Super refreshing and not too heavy -- definitely a dish I'd order again. read more

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Carlsbad!!! Wake up and smell authentic Thai food! Beautifully prepared, excellent service and the food was delicious!! Support local!! Give this place a try. If you're lucky the owner, Nok, will greet you with her big, lovely smile. read more

Most of the dishes we ordered were fine (not mind blowing but decent), however it was unclear that the "protein choice" for the wonton soup referred to the protein inside of the wonton. Most wonton soups (at the same price point) from other places have wontons and an additional protein of some kind so I figured choosing vegetable would get me the standard wontons & just veggies. Nope, the protein choice was apparently for the wonton filling, which would have already been disappointing, but was made way worse by the fact that each wonton was "filled" by a singular, tiny floret of broccoli..... the broth was good, but I'm sorry for the same price point / serving I can get a wonton soup from Thai Thai Oceanside with better broth, delicious pork filling in the wontons, vegetables, chicken AND shrimp. I wanted to try somewhere closer to my house but the fact they would serve a wonton soup with what were essentially just unfilled wonton wrappers kind of put me off from coming back. My husband also said the level 3 spicy for his dish was pretty underwhelming compared to other places. Will definitely be sticking with Thai Thai Oceanside from now on for thai food read more

Extremely delicious. A hidden gem in Carlsbad, you need to look for the El Tejate sign and it is behind the building. Would recommend to anyone visiting or in Carlsbad. read more

Food service and ambiance!! Very very best Thai in north county!! Please go! Every dish is amazing! Thai tea to die for! We love it here!

We came to Mantra Raja to celebrate my sister's birthday, so there were 4 adults and one baby. The restaurant itself has a quiet zen feeling which is very nice since you don't have to try to have a conversation over blasting music. The vibe is comforting and beautifully decorated. The service was very good despite that this young woman was on her own doing everything including taking orders, getting waters, serving food, bussing tables and being the cashier. She was very sweet, professional, respectful, helpful and did everything with a smile on her face. Then we found out that she was in a terrible accident just the night before. We are very happy that she was not injured and to be at the restaurant doing the job of 4 people is even more impressive. The food was very tasty. We ordered crispy wings for appetizers, Pad see ew noodles, orange chicken and the Larb Pla Tod which is the whole fried seabass. Everything was well seasoned and flavorful. I would say that the only one that was a miss was the orange chicken which was way too salty and the chicken pieces were dry. Perhaps it would have been more forgiving if they used dark meat chicken and definitely less salt. The lime sauce on the sea bass was delicious. So, with so many wonderful things, why only 3 stars? Because the serving sizes of all the dishes were incredibly small! Each dish is really just a single serving. We are not huge eaters, but I did not even get a piece of the fish because there were not enough pieces for all 4 of us so I crunched on the deep fried bones which were delicious but not filling. Everyone was still hungry after finishing the food we had ordered so we ordered the choo chee cod which the picture online shows two pieces of fish, but when it came to the table it was literally one piece of fish measuring 4 inches by 1.5 inches and that is being generous. Yep, we actually measured it. Thai food is one of our favorite foods it has been on a very rare occasion that we don't leave with leftovers no matter how many people we have. We were scraping bottom here. Our food bill was $145 then we added a tip. I understand that it is very hard to make a go of a new restaurant currently and you need to do what you can to stay afloat, however I think it would behoove the owners to consider increasing the serving size of their dishes even just a bit. I would go back again if I was eating alone or perhaps with one other person and not very hungry but unfortunately, I do not recommend it if you are going with a group of 3 or more. I do wish them the best of luck and hope that with a few tweaks, they will remain open for a long time. read more

- This is the first negative review I ever submitted in Yelp. - Never had this happen before at a restaurant. One of the items we ordered was a TomYum soup. We regularly order it at other Thai restaurants. Theirs sucked we both tried a couple bites and we sent it back and informed it sucked. When the bill came it was still on the bill. I. asked why it was still on there and he informed since we ordered it we got charged. So we had to pay for an item we did not eat. The fresh rolls appetizer was good but the Drunken noodles was marginal at best. read more

Service was great, food so so. Not in an ideal spot and ambiance was nonexistent Won't go back.

I'm not a big reviewer so I'll keep this brief. Pleasant surprise that the former Thai restaurant here has been replaced by this gem. Amazing food, fresh and clean atmosphere, and great service. If you like Thai food eat here. read more

The best Thai I have ever had!! Highly recommend the Tom Yum soup it was the tastiest broth. I was having a bad day and this magical soup made me feel so much better read more

Ordered for pick up. It was all packaged and ready for me. Ordered orange chicken with no spice and egg rolls. Chicken was tender and barely breaded which was a refreshing change for orange chicken. The sauce was light (not thick and syrupy). It came with cooked broccoli and white rice. Egg rolls were light and tasty. This will be my go to spot for Thai. Can't wait to try more dishes. read more

Delicious, authentic Thai food! Great service with kind employees. Love the vibes of the restaurant. I will return over and over again! read more

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Everything was 10/10. Service is great. Food is amazing. Ambiance is beautiful. Every detail of this place is so thoughtful and well designed. Highly highly recommend this spot for incredible thai food and a lovely experience !! My boyfriend literally said the Kao Soi Crispy Pork was one of the best things he's ever tasted. The curry was so flavorful. Gluten free and vegan options !!! Prices are totally reasonable. We can't wait to keep coming back! read more

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I could not recommend Mantra Raja enough. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, and the food is a 10/10! I had a wonderful experience.

The food was so delicious!! This was our first time eating at Mantra Raja and like I said the food was amazing as well as the service and ambience!!! We will definitely be eating there again. read more

Such an amazing restaurant I loved my experience here. Food was delicious and fast and everyone was super friendly!

Mantra Raja is such a great spot. The vibe inside is super nice and relaxing but still feels a little upscale. The food is honestly amazing everything tastes fresh and full of flavor, and you can tell they care about what they're serving. The staff is also really friendly and makes the whole experience easy and enjoyable. Definitely a place I'd come back to! read more

amazing atmosphere the service is great and the food is not only delicious but extremely authentic, what a welcome addition to our community here in Carlsbad Village don't forget the mango and sticky rice before you wrap up it's amazing read more

Amazing food and service!! Had such a good time here with my friends. Will definitely be coming back!