We loved everything we ordered! We had the Fresh Rolls, Tom Yum soup, Kapow Beef and Panang Curry. Best Thai food we've ever had! Great atmosphere and service too :-) We highly recommend Monsoon Siam! read more

Monsoon is a great place for lunch in Charlottesville! The curry's are all delicious, if you are a fan of spicy then I highly recommend getting the Red Curry and asking for it spicy, you will not be disappointed! Go here for for the lunch special and you will be full and leave with left overs. The staff is very nice, Monsoon is one of Charlottesville's gems. read more

I had take out on a thursday night and it was delicious. I was especially impressed with the menu which has several dishes I don't normally see on menus around here. The sun dried beef will be on my order every time i eat there. Fried tofu and salads were also fab. read more

While we knew the wait could be potentially long because of beautiful day, we were unprepared for the poor service and long wait once seated. Our waiter seemed bothered that we were sat in his area. He made it very clear that we were not welcome there. We will not be going there again. After just placing our apps down and leaving he never once came back to ask how we were or even to remove the plates. He asked about the couple next to us several times. When the food came out, he again, never removed the plates and never asked us if there was anything else needed. We had to go in to get hot sauce. The meal also was not that good. After waiting 15 minutes after finishing our meal, we went in to get the check. He said he would bring it out. When it finally came out we waited another 10 minutes as he went to all the other tables and never back to ours. We took the check in and will NEVER come again. read more

I just moved from NYC where I get some yummy Thai food and was like there is no way I'll be able to get drunken noodles as good as my local spot...I was wrong. These were just as good if not better. My dad got the spicy basil fried Rice with chicken and it was amazing! My husband got a spicy shrimp stir fry...all amazing! Yum! read more

Love their food! Be careful about ordering through Order Up - they don't read the instructions and if you ask for even the slightest change (like spice level), they won't accommodate you. But otherwise good food for a good price! read more

Wow. Super disappointed. Would give zero stars if I could. I ordered online through Yelp over 90 minutes ago. Once I placed the order, I was told 45-60 minutes. Ok, I'm hungry, but I'll live. Fast forward to an hour and a half after my order and nothing. So I try calling the restaurant many many times (7) to be exact. No answer. Not sure what to do here. Yelp! Monsoon Siam! Anyone!! read more

Great find! Delicious food with a full list of drink options and full bar. Service was fast and friendly. Will definitely be coming back!

This place is AWESOME. Drunken noodle rules if you order it all the way spicy. I usually get takeout but when I sit in, I have a pleasant experience. They do what they can with the space and are really nice. Nobody's perfect but I love everything about this place. The people on this site who review everything are little punks for the most part who would probably critique their mother's casserole negatively and ditch their friends because they don't like radiohead and stuff like that. Little nitpickers who really don't have any sort of moral compass whatsoever or understand what it take to run a business. Little cry babies. Back to this restaurant. Food is great, VERY cheap for Thai food. WORTH IT 100%. No experience is PERFECT EVERY TIME. Go a few times and I guarantee it will become a regular habit. I could go for some of that Drunken Noodle now. YUMMMMM. Oh and the fresh rolls are on point! read more

The food was fine, but the service was terrible. Both times I have gotten delivery from here the order took longer than stated to arrive and when it arrived it was missing parts of my meal and was room temperature at best. I called to ask for them to deliver the missing items, but they refused to because they were "too busy" (leaving me with curry but no noodles to eat with....). They said they would refund me, but didn't. I called a few days later to remind them about my refund and they said they were "too busy" to grant me a refund. Thai 99 has better food, shorter delivery times, and more friendly service. I highly recommend going there instead if you want Thai in Charlottesville. read more

Have been here few times. Food has been good and consistent. Except last time I had eggplant tofu dish which was overly salty. Wasn't able to eat the dish at all. Looks like the quality of taste is very unreliable. They don't taste the food. It seemed like Tofu was so-called in salt water or had salt rub. read more

Such good thai food, very fast and quick. Kind thrown off though that the server rushed us to eat the calamari because out entrees were coming out, never had that done to me before. But it was still a good meal read more

My all time favorite Thai food anywhere in the country! I can't express enough how good this place is. Highly recommended! And very reasonably priced. read more

The previous owner left and two of the former waitstaff took over the business. They have streamlined the menu, which is much improved. Service can be a bit slow, but only because this place is always packed. The food is great! read more

I'm a big fan of Monsoon. I moved from NYC to Charlottesville last year and was heartbroken to leave behind the thai place next to my apartment that had the most perfect drunken noodles. But then, I found Monsoon. My go-to dish is the pad see ew with chicken. The chicken is always fresh and plentiful, and the noodles are always cooked perfectly. It's well-sauced (I hate when noodle dishes end up dry) and the sauce is just the right amount of sweet. Their spring rolls are also perfection--crispy on the outside, flavorful on the inside. I've also tried the pad thai, drunken noodles, soup, and salad, all of which are delicious. I love their lunch deal, it comes with an entree, a spring roll, and your choice of a soup or salad. For around $10 it's a huge amount of food and I always have leftovers. The staff is also pleasant and attentive. I luckily haven't had some of the service issues that other reviewers have mentioned. Unfortunately picking up takeout is a pretty big pain since there's no parking around, but it's definitely worth the inconvenience. read more

Monsoon has outstanding service and dishes. Our waitress was very polite and attentive. Definitely recommend the Drunken Noodles and Pnang Curry. read more

The menu is quite extensive with some wonderful options that you can't find elsewhere. The staff is all very sweet and accomodating. The seating outside is really nice, but the food is even better. Best Thai food I've had in Charlottesville. My husband and got fresh spring rolls and noodle bowls, which were both superb. The dessert that our waitress suggested was absolutely divine - avacados, crushed ice and coconut milk. Yum. read more

Food good, but delivery took well over an hour and took several calls and emails to resolve.

While I really like the food which drives me back here but the service is degrading constantly. They take a lot of time to take your order, staff starts sounding rude during peak lunch or dinner hours. read more

I love monsoon. I only get one thing so I can't speak to all the food but my co-eaters like what they get too. Service is a bit slow.. works for dinner but challenging at lunch. My dish is never as good as take out but still significantly better than other area Asian options. read more

I LOVED their seafood curry dish. It tasted so good that I wish I ordered more. I came here with a friend since all of the other restaurants were packed and it was a great decision. The pricing was decent at $14. They had good looking cheaper options as well. I will be back sometime. read more

Generic food wrapped up in hipster decor. It seems like the (non Thai) proprietor has lived (and cooked?) in Thailand but the food doesn't really reflect too much of that. read more

Love their Chicken Pad Thai and Spring Rolls. The lunch special is a very reasonable price and comes with spring rolls and either soup or salad. Very friendly staff, great outdoor seating, and right off the Downtown Mall! read more

This place looks charming from the outside, and hopefully my experience was the exception, but from reading other reviews, it looks like competence of service is an ongoing issue. The panang curry is fair: nothing offensive, seems lacking in bold flavor, overall standard or slightly below for your average town Thai joint. The major hurdle was having an order accepted online, arriving a bit after the confirmed ready time, and then being told to wait a few minutes for it to be ready, which was fine. Around 15 minutes later, the hostess says, "2 minutes." Sitting on the front porch, time passed and no one approached me with my completed order. "Oh, what is your name?" the hostess asked, and then revealed that they had no idea about my order, and I actually had to find it in their online order system where they had confirmed it. "I thought you had left," was the excuse, despite waiting exactly where I had been the entire time. Finally, the food was unceremoniously slung to me from the kitchen, with the minimum of apologies for the wait time. Would not attempt that experience again. read more

I've been to Monsoon a couple of times now, and I got to say, the first time I went it was really good. But the last few times, the food has been pretty average. I have a very high threshold for heat, and love my food very spicy. When I order thai hot, I expect to be surprised, but this last time I ordered my food thai hot, there was absolutely no spice on my food. My water glass was left empty for a very long time, we weren't given silverware or napkins, and it seemed as though our servers were more interested in whatever was going on inside then actually serving us. Sadly the food was bland and the service was terrible. read more

We went on a Friday evening around 630 and got very good service from a guy who had spent many years in SE Asia. We specifically went to this restaurant since they are the only in Charlottesville that have khao soi on the menu. It ended up being outstanding, very similar to what I had in Thailand. My wife's pad thai was pretty standard, but to be fair pad thai is always pretty much the same. Overall it seems like they have a good handle on things, it seems they've gotten more organized since some of the other reviews. read more

Crispy squid ka pow for the win! I've been coming here every week for years, unstoppably good!

Used to be a fav. Esp the lunch special is awesome. But now it seems the food quality is not as great as before. Even though, the waitresses are still super friendly. read more

Love the food, but the service is awful. Been eating here for a long time and things have gone down hill recently. After several increasingly bad experiences I will not be back. read more

Simply the best, most authentic Thai food in C'ville. I'm there at least once a week. New owners are fantastic!

This place is awesome!!1 Best Ka Pow I have had in long time the chicken was so tender most places serve dry chicken breast so I avoid it but not here. The cigar rolls and house salad with ginger dressing is a great start too! read more

The food was not even close to passable and took over an hour and half for delivery. I wish i could give it zero stars there's seriously nothing positive i have to say about this place. I love thai food and its honestly a shame that this place tricks people into believing that they can get a worthwhile meal here. read more

I read the negative reviews and so went here with some trepidations. I guess anyplace can have a bad night or two, but the restaurant experience I had bore no relationship to the ones which describe bad service. This is a charming, albeit humble, little family-run place, with a very friendly and attentive wait staff. We were seated immediately, had our drink order taken promptly, and were able to order our food, all within the space of a few minutes. There is a full bar, and the drinks are reasonably priced. The food, in my opinion, was excellent. We ordered the Drunken Noodles, which my wife and I thought were outstanding. We also had a very good Massaman Curry dish. The food seems to be homemade, was served piping hot, nice ample portions, and really delicious. And the staff could not have been friendlier or more attentive. I'm an ex New Yorker, and have enjoyed Thai food at some of the best places in NYC -- this food would hold its own against them. read more

Disclaimer: I love monsoons food, but this review is not about that. I ordered delivery through monsoons website a few weeks ago and paid for the food and a 20% tip for the driver as I ordered. After an hour of waiting I called the restaurant to check on my food and was told by a woman that "they were just so busy but my food was coming". After another hour I called again to check on my food and this time a man answered and actually checked on my order ( I found out that the woman who took my call previously never actually did) and he informed me that they were having issues with their website and never received my order even though I had already paid. He then offered me 10% off my order and said my food could be there in 45 minutes. I let him know I didn't think 10% was enough and he said they could do 15% (my bill was $28 total so that was about $4 off, which I still didn't think was sufficient). My food ended up coming 1 and half hours after the second phone call and 3 and a half hours after I ordered food, and I never received any type of discount. Horrible customer service. read more

The food was pretty good, very flavorful, I would probably give it 3-4 stars. The service was abominable. After we arrived, we waited for about 20 minutes to be seated. They had tables open, but the staff would not acknowledge our presence. We should have noticed and escaped. After we sat down, it took them 35 minutes to deliver drinks and one appetizer. another appetizer we ordered never arrived, we finally told them it was an hour late and asked to cancel it. The waiters were always busy and did not make eye contact or apologize for the wait. The food arrived about 45 minutes later. We needed another plate and a new fork, but it was hopeless, we made do with what we had. Oh, and there was open hostility between the staff, not exactly what I wanted to witness on my night out. A senior waiter was staring and talking down the other waiters, all in vain. I was there with kids and my 4 year old begged me never to go back. What a waste of an evening. read more