This is a tale of generally high expectations (4.6 stars!) and rather low experience. First time taking out and ordered spring roll, larb, pad see euw and panang curry. Sad to say every dish was off. Spring roll tasted of old oil; larb was strangely sweet but lacking any depth of flavor; the pad see euw was similarly bland and a bit oily; the curry was watery and only had chicken and 2 types of lazily chopped bell pepper--shockingly lacking in character and form. Now, I realize the restaurant's geography, and I live nearby. I get it : West Side Thai is never going to be as good as Valley Thai, which rarely gets close to Thai Town. However, we deserve better than this, especially for the price. Ayara remains the top dog in these parts and one to aspire to. Take notes, Nawa. Hope you improve. read more

First time being here and it was a pleasant experience. Super nice staff, nice ambiance. We got the lobster pad thai and khai soi ribeyes. The portion was huge and very tasty. Will come back to try other dishes. read more

Nawa Thai - Lobster Pad Thai - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

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I've had food delivered from this place multiple times and would usually order yellow chicken curry. I actually think that they make one of the best yellow curry in town. Now if you're a vegetarian, you will love how abundant the potatoes, carrots, and onions is in the entree. However, if you order it with chicken like I did, you would think that they gave you scraps of thinly sliced chicken that you'll be lucky to have at least 8 pieces. The dish is $21 and I ordered 2 and a passed ew that's $22. So imagine paying almost $80 for the food, delivery, and tip and finding out that you have to scrape the bottom of the container to make sure you get all chicken out because if you blink, you won't see the chicken. This happened multiple times in addition to the food rate not always being consistent. Such a disappointment. It's a waste of money to order from this restaurant. read more

The food is a little pricy, but the food quality and service was truly exceptional, I can't wait to come back

Nice local Thai restaurant-had lunch on a Saturday. I arrived before opening time, but owner/waitress let us in. Food was great. Place is small, but since we were early, we had a choice of seats. Really friendly people work there. read more

My family and I tried this place for the first time and were so glad we did! After our stop at El Porto Beach, we were craving Thai food but weren't quite up to driving 35+ minutes to our usual Thai place in Beverly Hills. After a quick search on Yelp, we found Nawa and made our way over. We ordered the pad see ew, Tom kha soup, wings and pad Thai and the food came out pretty quick! My family loved their orders. Everything was tasty and just the right portions. I was able to half a pad see ew dish with my 10 year old and we were completely satisfied. The interior is really cute and cozy with a modern tropical feel. Parking was easy on a Saturday night as there is a parking structure across the street. Will be stopping by again on our next (El Porto) beach trip! read more

Nawa Thai - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

Excellent! Loved the panang sauce. I was almost licking the bowl, it was so good. The duck was ok, I probably would order with chicken or another meat next time but the sauce was great. The shrimp donuts were amazing! Totally hits the spot. Roti was light and delicious. It was still warm too. Service was amazing. They were very helpful and always checking to see if we need anything. read more

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Amazing service and very tasty food. I had the paradise fried rice with vegetables, but ate it all before I could take a picture. It was a very good size portion, and I would definitely order again. Hints of curry, perfectly cooked rice, chunks of pineapple, raisins, and spices. read more

Nawa Thai - The mango sticky rice is a work of art and tastes as good as it looks! so yummy! - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

We stopped in after a friend recommended the place. The waitress was attentive and responsive to our needs. We told her not spicy. The first dish of drunken noodles was way too spicy for us. She took it back to have it replaced and told the cook not spicy on my Pad Thai. When the replacement dish and my Pad Thai was served the spice level was perfect. My only disappointment with the combination Pad Thai was the beef which was chewy and couldn't eat it. The pork, chicken, and shrimp were very good. I will try the again sometime in the future. read more

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Food was horrible & way over priced. Waitress was nice, restaurant was clean but definitely would not recommend or return. Items ordered: *Wontons- small not worth the fee *Pad See Ew- strong taste of vinegar (disgusting) *Crab Fried Rice- Meh *Chicken Larb- Cold & salty not spicy nor traditional tasting *Tom Kha Soup- Over lemony, lacked the true flavors read more

Ordered from here for dinner. They were 10 minutes late on when they said it would be ready and this is what i took home this was one of their specialty dinners. The crying tiger was absolutely disgusting i cant even feed it to my dog its straight fat. The gyoza are also disgusting and cold. Costco ones from microwave are better. Avoid at all costs read more

Nawa Thai - Gyoza - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

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Totally gone downhill. Used to be good, now it's not even edible and they charge $$$$$.

Food was good and fresh. The only one thing I do have to say about the Lobster Pad Thai it's to dry, hard and very chewy. It was a bit sweet needs more savory tasting. The service is excellent! Very friendly, welcoming and very attentive. Ambiance is great, the place is small but cozy, peaceful and where ever you sit you have a nice view out the windows. The coconut seafood soup was a bit too sweet for us. I need to more chili and lemon flavor. As an appetizer we order the wings. Unfortunately didn't take a picture of them. They were over fried and very dry and hard from outside to inside. The bill came out to $103.00 with 10% discount, because we paid cash, plus tip for a total of $120.00. For a party of two.. 4 beers 1- Lobster Pad Thai 1- Coconut Milk Seafood Soup 1- Wings 2- Individual white rice Honestly it was very pricey, but nowadays it's always very expensive to eat out. read more

Nawa Thai - White Rice sold as individual servings. - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

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Delicious pad see ew. Friendly owner/staff. Good vibes. Had the pad see ew for lunch and then mango with sticky rice for dessert. read more

Parking is hard to find during dinner hours; even the small parking lot was full and we had to circle several times to find street parking. This place is cute, but small. Beets are obligatory with Thai food so we ordered some Singhas. We shared some shrimp curry, some chicken pad Thai, and some beef basil. All were very tasty, but honesty, we ordered the curry spicy and it came back pretty mild. I know that if we had ordered the same in Thai Town, we would have gotten it Spicy. The flavors were tasty, and the company was great. All good. read more

The food is incredible and the service is awesome. I've been 4 times and each time I'm very happy with the decision to go! Highly recommend read more

Nawa Thai - Mango Sticky Rice - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

This is certainly among the best Thai cuisine I have ever experienced. We ordered crab fried rice , lobster pad Thai and a selection of appetizers, my entire family enjoyed the meal. While the food is a little pricy but it is understandable the restaurant is close to the beach. read more

Best Thai food in the area!! I have ordered from here countless times and they never disappoint. The shrimp pad Thai, pad see ew, curry, pineapple fried rice, and mango sticky rice are all 10/10. If you pay with cash, they also give you a discount. I cannot say enough great things about Nawa Thai. read more

Although you can't usually go wrong with thai food; maintaining authenticity, quality, and service isn't consistent across many Thai food places. We have a go to thai place but I'm glad we gave Nawa a try. Their service, quality, and taste are all amazing. Best items from what we tried: Tom Yum soup, drunken noodles, crab fried rice, and crab rangoon. Panang curry were good but too sweet than needed. One thing I wouldn't order again is a fish cake. They did not even taste like fish at all. None of us liked it. It tasted like some sort of soy patty although it was a fish patty. We also did not like the wings. It was dry and mild. We had a 9 year old in our group who couldn't eat his food due to spice and they were so accommodating, they gave a new non spicy plate for the kid. Spice level here was slightly higher than other thai places we've been to. I usually order medium, but it was a little more spicy than normal medium. It was great experience and I can't wait to go back. It's in a great location with parking right across the street. Post meal strolling places are beautiful since it's located in Manhattan Beach. read more

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Nice quaint spot. Father's day lunch with the kids. We ordered the beef pa see ew, yellow curry with chicken, and house fried rice. All medium spicy. It was all DELICIOUS! For dessert, we had the mango sticky rice...WOW! The service was great and all were so nice. Definitely will be going back. read more

Nawa Thai - Mango sticky rice. Amazing! - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

Delicious Thai food. Had their pad Thai and curry. Definitely recommend this place for your Thai cravings

I am very disappointed that I don't live close to this restaurant! Stopped in while on a business trip and had myself a fantastic dinner. I started off with the House Salad with Peanut Dressing on the side. Both the salad and dressing were ample and probably could serve two. For my main course I had Yellow Curry with Chicken. Everything about the main was delicious and exactly what I was looking for. The restaurant itself and staff were all wonderful. Will definitely stop in on future trips. read more

Nawa Thai - House Salad with Peanut Sauce. - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

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My wife is Thai and I'm an airline pilot. We've had a lot of Thai food all over the world. This place is very good. I was impressed.

Came here after watching the chargers game, looking for some good thai food close to the beach. Came upon this place, they have plenty of street parking (or they did when we were there), you just have to pay to park there. The inside is somewhat large, with multiple tables and chairs throughout. THey have several large screen tvs. One had the game on, another had a traveling and cooking channel on. Which is all good and stuff, until they show them butchering some small mammel and de-gutting it and making blood drinks and food out of the blood, it was extremely offputting. It was pretty disgusting. We ordered several things. Including their tom kha (spiciest level), pad thai, chicken satay and their crab fried rice. First off, the tom kha was amazing. It was really good. A little too spicy for me, but not for the one who ordered it extra spicy. But the depth of flavors was amazing. The coconut taste was prevalent throughout. And it tasted like it had been cooked for hours on end, just developing flavor upon flavor. The chicken satay though was not good at all. It was so overcooked that the chicken was almost like leather. It was dry and chewy. And just not good. Without the peanut sauce it tasted even worse. The crab fried rice was ok. Not much flavor there as well. Good amount of crab throughout, but it just was so so. Maybe needed some chili sauce or something on it or fish sauce. Overall it was an ok place. No views of the ocean right behind them. Interior was simple. Service was fast. Price was fair. For 4 dishes and the chicekn satay with tip, the 4 of us paid about $25 each. But it was just so so. If everything had as much depth of flavor as the tom kha though, it would be a definite 5 star review, but since it didnt, it gets a middle of the line review. read more

Nawa Thai - crab fried rice - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

Nice staff. Cosy spot. Im a Thai food snob however and this one was just...ok. Had three dishes. None of them wow'd me. Paid meter parking across the street was easy. read more

This restaurant is fantastic! I had a papaya salad. It was excellent! Definitely worth it. The salad was so good I forgot to take a picture. Excellent service and ambiance. read more

Walked in and were seated quite quickly. Not a big place but very inviting especially from the staff who met us with warm smiles and hello's and seated us immediately. Ordered appetizers of Chicken Satay and Cream Cheese Wontons (not pictured). Didn't think to take pictures but they were light and not heavy with oils with loads of flavor. Immediately came the Chicken Noodle and Yellow Curry so very quick in bringing these beautiful meals to us. My friend got the Chicken Noodle and raved at how tasty it was. I got the Yellow Curry mild. The sauce was so full of flavor and had been made to sit and just get better while it sat. Just a bit of bite and not overly curried or with coconut milk. They had Green and Red Curry as well so the choice of protein doesn't sit and marinate which would have made it even better along with the veggies in it but I understand. My tongue and sinuses loved it! The coconut ice cream was fresh made in house as well so was really refreshing and delicious after a bit of spicy meal. This was definitely not a one time visit! Parking can be a bit difficult across the street but be patient as the food and service are worth it. 10% discount if you pay in cash! It was under $100.00 with 1/2 our dinners that we couldn't finish to take home and enjoy later. Huge portions so well worth the price! read more

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Amazing customer service all the workers were so sweet ! This place is a hot spot for a reason worth the wait to get in! We got the pad thai, fried rice, and the tom kha and all of it was amazing!! read more

Instagram: @eat_saw_telle Eat: Gyoza, Fish Cakes, Panang Curry with Pork, Crab Fried Rice, Pad Woon Sen with Tofu Saw: tasty claws, steps from the beach, too sweet and sour sauce, that fish got a cake, get there early, customizable spice Tell(e): 8.27 / 10 Hi-bite: Crab Fried Rice, Pad Woon Sen Lo-bite: Gyoza read more

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Definitely we are going to visit this place soon. The food looks very delicious. We love Thai food.

We did the lunch special with chicken teriyaki and the Penang curry. The lunch special was a good amount of food and everything was super tasty. This is some of the BEST Thai food we've ever had!!! Everything was so flavorful even down to the salad! Cute interior ambiance - clean and airy. Service was great too. Can't recommend this place enough honestly! read more

Nawa Thai - Mango with Sticky Rice - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

I visited Nawa Thai in May 2024 and I loved the food. However today I order a delivery order via Uber eats. The pork drunken noodles order that I received, the flat rice noodles in it were all soggy, squashed and disintegrated to nothing and it had pork and veggies only. I assume it was because the dish was hot but the restaurant should have Atleast waited for the dish to a cool a little before packing it. In addition I specifically requested for the spicy sauces to be added on the side and no spicy sauces were provided. I am very disappointed by the order read more

Nawa Thai - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

Yummy food as always! The thai iced tea here is also one of my favorites. Today we ordered our usual--the yellow curry with chicken and pad see ew with beef. Food comes out pretty fast and our server is super kind and helpful. Thank you, Nawa Thai for a nice experience once again. :-) We'll be back soon! read more

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Don't get scared away by the Manhattan Beach prices--Nawa Thai is some of the best Thai food I've had in the South Bay and the portions are generous. It's well worth the price! read more

Amazing Duck curry - very flavorful and the duck was cooked to perfection - it was just the right amount of spice

First of all, the food was amazing! All lunch menu was $17, and I picked Thai Basil with pork protein. Pork was so tender, and loved the seasonings. I asked for spicy sauce, then they offered three kinds. My favorite one was Chili Fish Sauce. Their decor was cute, and server was so nice and helpful. read more

Nawa Thai - Lunch Thai Basil - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

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Delicious authentic Thai food! This is now our new favorite in the South Bay. We've ordered the carb fried rice, Thai Basil special, Thai Basil, and all other dishes and they were all delicious. We've had good Thai food but this one tops the charts! Also it hasn't been too busy each time we go which is also nice. read more

Nawa Thai - Thai Basil - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

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Service excellent. Chicken Satay very good. Drunken Noodles not so great............served before satay was eaten so they were cold and congealed (and honestly tasteless) before I even got to taste them. Not at all spicy. read more

Best thai food in town! Price is very reasonable. Wait staff Is very kind. They also have outdoor seating patio. read more

Nawa Thai - Inside dining - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California

Best Thai food on the west side ! Everything was fresh, the service was fantastic and I loved the ambiance! I got the yellow curry and my friend got the Pad See Ew . Can't wait to try more things on the menu read more

Nawa Thai - Thai Near Me - Manhattan Beach, California