Best Thai in Ocala! This food actually has FLAVOR! They will spice it up as much or as little as you prefer. Our server Alex was cordial, kind and full of information. The portions were great. We had the dumplings to start. Omg, the amount of meat inside was wholly above average. We also had the coconut chicken soup, outstanding! I had the Yum Duck salad, probably the most impressive Yum salad I've had anywhere in the world. My husband got pork pad Thai which was also stellar, noodles cooked perfectly and the sauce not overly sweet. Overall, this is the most solid and authentic Thai we've had within a 25 mile radius. Will definitely be a regular spot for us. Thanks Alex!!! read more

Had Fresh Rolls shrimp, w/peanut sauce. 8 out of 10 Also had Shrimp & Rice soup. 6 out of 10. Had to and Garlic chili sauce for flavor. Restaurant is clean. Staff is friendly Came in on a Saturday, off the interstate for a break from driving. Which it made my trip better. Get off 75, for nice meal. I'll stop if hear on my next trip. read more

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The interior feels very authentically Thai, with quaint four-person booths lining the walls and table seating throughout the rest of the space. It's a good spot for larger parties since the tables can be easily combined. The service was friendly and helpful. The menu offers plenty of options to suit a variety of taste preferences. I ordered the fresh rolls and was a bit disappointed to learn they didn't include meat as I expected, but the sauces served with them were incredibly flavorful; unlike anything I've had before. Very yummy overall. read more

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We stopped here for lunch today. It has a traditional decor so I liked that. We split several different items. Steamed dumplings which were our favorite item! Then spring rolls which were very fresh. And we split a medium spicy noodle dish with chicken. Everything tasted good, service was great. Give it a try! read more

Royal Orchid Thai Cuisine - Thai Near Me - Ocala, Florida

The beef noodle soup was amazing and very well priced tons of beef, I would highly recommend this place. It's a hole in the wall but gorgeous on the inside great service and really authentic food. Very delicious. read more

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Went here for lunch and I enjoyed it. I usually prefer the sauce of my pad seew to be a little stickier and caramelized with the noodles and I've had better Thai food but it's a really great spot for the price. The restaurant is very nice inside and the staff is very friendly. I would definitely come back. read more

Royal Orchid Thai Cuisine - Pad Seew - Thai Near Me - Ocala, Florida

Best Thai food I have eaten in this area. The service was excellent too. Pad Thai was over the top wonderful!! This is my new favorite restaurant. read more

The food it's just really good! Specially the pad Thai, also the pineapple fried rice and kee mao read more

Royal Orchid Thai Cuisine - Thai Near Me - Ocala, Florida

I must've ordered the wrong things. I ordered take out. Egg-rolls. The order was 3 little petite ones. Not one good thing to say about them. Small, dry, tasteless. I also ordered the Thai pad with chicken. The chicken was very dry. Honestly, they must've cooked it ages ago. Very dry. The portion was small and I wouldn't recommend that entree. The service was fine but the food was a huge disappointment. read more

They're serve the good food . Anyway, I think i can eat every day with the food right here read more

Royal Orchid Thai Cuisine - Pad Thai and shrimp tomyum soup (Spicy ) - Thai Near Me - Ocala, Florida

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My wife and I have had dinner here a couple of times. The food and service are very good, it's just a hole in the wall in a strip mall, but once you walk inside it is decorated very nice. The prices are reasonable, highly recommend trying it out. read more

It is so hard to review when the 2 people you were with loved their meal and yours was nothing you would go back for! One friend got the basil fried rice and a coconut soup, thought both were delicious, the other friend got a curry, loved it so much she was putting he fingers in the left over sauce and licking her fingers! Then there was mine! I ordered a chicken cashew, it was like having over poached chicken in dish water. no taste, everything over boiled and tasteless. I added soy, stirred, tried to have anything close to tasteful but it was a fail. Not sure I'd return but know my friends will! Tough to rate! read more

Had lunch here today with three friends. It's a very intimate relaxing atmosphere. Service was impeccable. The food presentation was beautiful. Most of all the flavors were outstanding. I had the garlic chicken. It came with soup and small spring roll, all for under $15.00. In comparison I ate at Smalls the other day two small burgers and the greasiest fries for over $10.00 I couldn't even eat the fries. read more

Went here recently as we drove through town with my folks. Service was excellent. The owner, Josie, was super friendly as was our server, Angel. We had a couple of orders of Tom Kha soup (very tasty; could've used a little bit more veggies in there, but the broth was delicious). We also had some green curry dishes and and order of larb. The curries were delicious and fresh and the larb; although not like the traditional I've seen where it's chopped up, was also delicious and fresh. I would definitely go back again! read more

Royal Orchid Thai Cuisine - Green curry chicken! - Thai Near Me - Ocala, Florida

A coworker and I went here based on the reviews. I ordered the crab rangoons as an appetizer. They were decent but overpriced (5 for $11 or $12). I ordered the chicken fried rice. When it arrived I was a little nervous because it didn't smell very appetizing. I had a couple of bites and it wasn't great so I asked for some soy sauce. I then found a giant black CARPENTER ANT in my rice. . I put it on a side plate and gave it to the waitress. She inspected it, showed it to another employee and said "it's an ant." Exactly. She apologized and told us we were all set (since my coworker also lost his appetite). read more

Royal Orchid Thai Cuisine - Carpenter ant in my fried rice. - Thai Near Me - Ocala, Florida

For American pricing and standards, I felt that the portions should be larger. Royal Orchard seems to be lacking in their portions. When I order pad see ew with beef there is usually enough for dinner and lunch the next day. Judging from photos it might be the best spot in Ocala for Thai food. read more

Royal Orchid Thai Cuisine - Pad se ew with beef - Thai Near Me - Ocala, Florida

The food is amazing. Service is impeccable and I can't say enough about the ambience. Love coming here any chance I can when I am in town?

Royal Orchid is my go to place for Thai. Their Pad See Ew is awesome. Their lunch specials include soup, salad and an egg roll with your meal. It's all delicious! The service is great, I love to go there. Conveniently located off of 200 in Ocala. read more

We last patronized this Thai restaurant roughly 10 years ago. It was very good then and one of the few Thai restaurants in Ocala. There are now three or four Thai restaurants in Ocala, and Thai food is one of our Asian favorite. We were visiting here in Ocala again 10 years later and decided to give our old favorite another try. Happy to report it is still a very good place. They offer a lunch menu at a reduced price from their diner menu. Few people mention the lunch special menu. Lots of good lunch choices. The lunch menu includes chicken/rice soup and egg roll plus main dish for roughly $12. The main lunch courses were large and very tasty. The restaurant also seems to have undergone renovation of the interior which continues to be very nice. All in all, a great Thai lunch experience. !! We will be back before we leave town. read more

The staff was very pleasant and attentive. Restaurant is a bit older with unique decor. Our meal was excellent - Mom had panang and I enjoyed the fresh spring rolls - Yum read more

Found this hidden gem and the food is great! Red curry tofu, sweet and sour chicken and sauté cashew with vegetables were our choices. We will be back for sure! Service was great as well. read more

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I can't complain too much as it seems Ocala isn't exactly foodie Mecca- but Royal Orchid will certainly meet my Thai needs. All the dishes were a bit sweeter than they should have been- or needed to be, and the Green curry was extra heavy on delicious coconut milk but WAY under on the actual green curry paste. Nam sod was good. Lots of fresh ginger- not enough lime for me, but they brought me extra lime and it was better. read more

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Food is very good, Josie the owner is very friendly and efficient. Mamasan, the other lady that works there is a very hard worker and friendly also. You couldn't be at any other place that is quiet and able to have a conversation. The interior is warm and inviting so come on in to have some great THAI FOOD. read more

Food and service were really good but the decor and plates etc. could do with updating. As it was Valentines Day I expected a long wait, ut it was timed to perfection. Keep it up read more

Wonderful staff, great food, my go to restaurant for Thai. Extremely reasonable price and an overall great restaurant

Pretty good delivery Thai in the Ocala area. Drunken noodles were good. Tom Kha was good but not great.

We have a couple of Thai restaurants in Ocalla. This one is the best of course my opinion. We always order take out to go. I ordered the drunken noodles seafood spice level medium , the Penang curry hot, Thai chicken, basil, medium. The flavors are spot on. I think my only gripe is I think the portions are a little small. But their price points are in line with their portions. Flavor is good meat and seafood is plentiful. Spice level, correct. You can't go wrong eating here. read more

We arrived about 8:30 pm on a Wednesday evening. We were ushered in by a very sweet lady, owner. The service we received was attentive but not pushy. She even made some recommendations for us on the menu. The summer rolls were fresh and the peanut sauce was perfect. My husbands sweet and sour chicken was the best we have ever eaten! The sticky rice and coconut ice cream was divine! Highly recommend this spot! read more

Recommended by a friend, and even she was so disappointed that she could not eat her chicken Pad Thai as the 'taste was off'. My summer rolls were chunky vegetables and I could not find the shrimp. I was hoping the tempura Bangkok shrimp would redeem, but I was wrong. The shrimp were wrapped in a heavy dough wrapper and deep fried so much that the "crust" was burnt and the shrimp not to be recognized. A few veggies that did have a tempura coating were okay, yet the flavor suggested very old oil. I will not go back. read more

Randomly stopped here on a long drive back from South Carolina. This place is located on on a very popular exit with million chain restaurants and fast food spots. With everything being so packed, we decided to drive down a little further and glad we did. Found this hidden gem in the plaza. Beautifully decorated and prices are extremely fair. The curry dish came with soup and a spring roll, so prices can't be beat. read more

I was down in the Ocala area a couple of nights ago on a fact finding mission, and as it was getting late I decided to grab a bite to eat down there instead of trucking my way back up to Gainesville. Walking in, I was greeted and quickly seated in one of the booths. However, I found those to be uncomfortable for me, so I moved over to a table with chairs instead. No issues on the move... they weren't busy and I wasn't taking up any more space either way. Looking over the menu, I decided on the fresh rolls, tom yum soup, and the pad Thai. First up, however, was a nice small salad with peanut sauce drizzled on top, which I found quite lovely. Next up were the fresh rolls, which were quite good. They came with two kinds of sauce, peanut and tamarind. I certainly prefer the peanut sauce. After the rolls came the tom yum soup. Now, I love tom yum soup. It has this wonderful kick to it that for some people actually makes them go a bit loopy. It doesn't do this to me, but I still love it. This particular one they use a bit more fish sauce in the soup than I am accustomed to, so it was a bit different. Not bad, mind you... just different. My only issue at all with the soup is that they did not provide a proper soup spoon, just a regular spoon with the silverware. Personally I love the Thai style soup spoons when eating soup... any soup. Finally came the pad Thai. This is a good pad Thai... the noodles aren't gummy and were individual entities, the sauce was beautiful, and there was just the right amount of meat on the plate. Fish sauce was used in the dish, which again I found to be a bit different. Not bad, just different. The chef appears to really like using fish sauce in the various dishes. It wasn't very spicy, and I had to ask for chili sauce to give it some pep. It really isn't surprising that the food here is not all that spicy... the residents of Ocala are predominantly retirees who seem to think that black pepper is too spicy, so I understand why these kinds of dishes aren't that strong. All in all, if you are looking for a place to eat in Ocala, Royal Orchid Thai is a good place to go. read more

All of the above. Great food and nice ambiance! Service was timely and courteous. I would definitely return.

Doesn't get more authentic!! Food was phenomenal. Had the crab rangoons and chicken pad Thai. Go you won't regret it. Best Thai I have had in a long time. read more

I lived in Thailand for two years, and this restaurant is authentic and delicious! Their north-eastern Thai food is what I tried (papaya salad and yum woonsen salad), and it was absolutely delicious. Service was pleasant and fast. The location is in a strip mall and not super fancy, but I would come to Ocala again just for this restaurant. read more

I visited on a Sunday evening and was seated promptly. The restaurant has a nice atmosphere and the intricate china gives me the impression the owner cares. My seafood pad Thai was excellent, noodles where al dente, the sauce flavorful, maybe on the sweet side. The squid was tender but could have had more flavor, the scallops cooked just right and the shrimp very tasty and chewy with nice texture - clearly they were fresh. There were two servers, one was not friendly, the other one very nice. I had to ask for silverware. Price was reasonable. read more

Royal Orchid Thai Cuisine - Seafood Pad Thai - Thai Near Me - Ocala, Florida

Lovely little find thanks to Yelp! I have driven by this strip mall on countless occasions and have never noticed a teeny tiny restaurant quietly tucked away in between the mass stores. Thank you Yelpers! So sweet and so cute with excellent food! The decor definitely transports you to Thailand as do all the lovely servers. Our waitress was beyond kind and accommodating. She gladly got the chef to make our special order of raw vegetarian spring rolls and they were some of the best we have ever had! We each tried a soup - one a coconut lemongrass base and the other a sweet and sour tofu. Both were excellent and fresh. We also tried a fresh vegetable appetizer with the most delectable peanut sauce that was addictive and a mouth watering vegetable noodle dish. For dessert, we wanted the sticky rice with mango but sadly the waitress explained to us mango was out of season so it was not currently on the menu. Can not wait to return and try more dishes. They also have a macrobiotic section available. Oh, they had a very nice wine selection by the glass unlike most Thai restaurants who offer general, lower quality options. I particularly like the Kendall Jackson chardonnay as a staple and I was pleasantly surprised to see they had it on their wine list. Highly recommend this sweet little place. Ocala has really got some good interesting restaurants. Next up to try are a Cuban, a new Puerto Rican place and a Mexican hole in the wall. Yum, read more

Royal Orchid Thai Cuisine - Very thoughtful presentation in all the dishes. We had fun making the lemon "talk"! - Thai Near Me - Ocala, Florida

Terrific Masaman curry. Order extra rice as there just isn't enough initially. Lunch specials comes with soup and a spring roll. Definitely a great value. Terrific service and a cozy atmosphere. A great joint for sure. Bottom Line: Best Thai food in Ocala for sure. Our favorite! read more

As newcomers to Ocala, we have tried numerous restaurants with many disappointments. Last night we ventured to Royal Orchid. We did not have high hopes when we arrived. It is situated in an old strip mall right on Highway 200 that has seen better days. WOW were we pleasantly surprised. The decor inside is unique, inviting, and immaculate. I had the "sizzling seafood" and my wife had the nightly special, soft shelled crab with shrimp. Mine consisted of a huge lobster tail, calamari, shrimp and vegetables in a ginger chili sauce. It was outstanding. The soft shelled crab was cooked perfectly. We were both shocked at the quality of the meal. The owner, Josie, told us that the restaurant has been there 30 (!) years. She was warm and welcoming. Please try the Royal Orchid for a great, authentic, Thai dinner. We will definitely be back! read more

Fresh rolls and tofu pad Thai is my favorite to order here. Kind staff and prompt service !

We are in Ocala for a swim meet. We wanted Thai food for dinner. The Royal Orchid was fantastic! The food was absolutely delicious! Very authentic, fresh, and full of flavor. The service was exceptional and the ambiance was very relaxing. We will definitely return! read more