By far the most authentic THAI restaurant in Portland. I stumbled across the original food cart 8 year's ago in downtown, Portland and glad that they are still open after the pandemic. I came here on a business trip and dine-in with my family today. Everything was superb, authentic and freshly made to order. Today we ordered the crab rangoon, chili paste fried rice and pad sew eww (stir fried flat noodles) with shrimp. Our experience felt like a nice homemade authentic Thai cooking. Customer service was amazing and prices was affordable. Next door to the restaurant/ food hall is a NEW Thai Boba Tea Shop. Give it a try! You'll get hooked! read more

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Charged twice for $23.00 meal, cashier claimed they didn't receive either payment on their end and tried to have me pay a third time? I refused because why would I pay $69 for potstickers. He still didn't want to give me my order after clearly seeing in my transaction history that they charged me twice. read more

They have the best fried rice and pad Thai! Super good food! Fast and great communication!

Sawasdee was a food cart in Slab Town and now it's an actual restaurant with seating indoors. Good for them! They serve decent Thai food and have a good following so I hope they are successful with their expanded and upleveled space! Tried the Pad Kee Mao and it was tasty, just wish there was more veggies in with the stir fried wide rice noodles and chicken. The yellow curry was very flavorful and the chicken very tender. Lots of curry sauce which got soaked up by the jasmine rice. I'd definitely get again. Service is friendly and efficient, everything made fresh to order. Parking is on the street so depending on the time of day, you may have to walk a bit. I was there to pick up a late lunch and no problem finding parking. read more

One of my family's favourite Thai spots. Great food, great service, great staff. They've upgraded from their food truck to a indoor space (and there's now bubble tea next door in the building). We often get the Kee Mao and crispy rolls. All of the noodle dishes are good and I've also enjoyed the curry. read more

Still go to this place after so many years. Great service and food. Best peanut sauce out there

This place is a food cart to the site of a non-functional restaurant. It offers all the major staples + a few specials. Standard menu. Prices are roughly $12 for dishes with chicken or tofu and $14+ for dishes with beef/shrimp/pork. These prices are up there with full sit down restaurants. Portions are good sized, food is standard. It doesn't truly stand out but, it's solid. read more

This meal is our stop over from Portland to Roseville, CA and the food surprised us! We ordered the crab fried rice, satay chicken and the tom kha soup and they are all so flavorful and not too oily like most of the Thai restaurants We've tried here all over USA. The service is ok, I think this is a mom and pop resto and it takes a little time for our order to arrive as what the other reviews for this place have said. However this is definitely worth the wait in my opinion. This meal is a treat for us! I won't probably be visiting again Keizer anytime soon but for anyone wanting to have an authentic and quality Thai food this place is highly recommended. read more

Great food,not too long of a wait. Cook and one person working counter, hot spot super busy. Good food! Small restaurant could use a little help with ambiance. Otherwise great food. read more

Sawasdee Thai Food - Fried spring rolls - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Great portions for a low price. Good customer service and seating area. I had to parked down the street and walked to the area but it was still decent for the price. Fast outcome and little waiting time. I'd ordered pad thai and pad kee mao (drunken noodles) and it was delicious. I'd chosen protein: shrimp and they we're generous in the quantity as well as the quality. The shrimps were really big and I believe I received 5-7 each bowl. I feel it lacked veggies for both but it was still delicious. Wasn't too salty or spicy for the regular as I asked for a side of chili pepper. The noodles sticked to each other more so not as much oil. Word of warning, only a put a little of their chili pepper cause it has a definite kick! read more

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What's the point of ordering ahead of time if you get there and the food is not ready. First time ordering here and will also be my last time. This is very disappointing. If I ordered ahead it means I don't want to wait there. Also the guy took the onions with his hands and put them in one of the orders. That's just not correct. Same hands he uses to handle all the other stuff in the front. read more

The food is really really good and the guy who works there is freaking cute. I suggest the pad mei

Quick, great pricing, and the staff was friendly. She prepared my order in record time and it was hot and flavorful. Great portion size too. I will say, the location is a bit strange. Feels like the patio of an restaurant that looks to be closed now. But decent food. If it had a different front I feel the traffic would increase but great place for lunch or takeout while we waited at the animal hospital next door. For a germaphobe I don't recommend because it comes off as grungy. read more

OMGGGG I still have dreams about the chili paste fried rice!!! I visited Portland and was told I absolutely had to try the food carts and Thai food being my favorite cuisine I couldn't resist this one. I asked for the chili paste fried rice extra spicy and boy do they not mess around when you ask for extra spicy!! Still, it was delicious and I finished the entire thing! I think I've told every person that I know going to Portland about this truck. I was absolutely obsessed!! read more

Sawasdee Thai Food - Chili paste fried rice on the left - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

The flavor of the food is amazing. I'm super picky about my Thai food. I'm impressed.

Placed a large to-go order here. Food was amazing! I got several different things and it was all incredible. They made my order quickly and they were so nice when I arrived! You could tell they really care about their customers! So glad this place is in the neighborhood. read more

I would certainly try this food cart again since the service was good and the food came out fast and fresh. Ordered: Extra Spicy Chicken Pad Thai- A little skimpy on the chicken, but plenty of veggies. I made the mistake of getting the second to last spicy level. I'm someone who loves hot sauce, chilis, and other spices, but my senses were on fire after the first few bites. Aside from that, the meal was very good! So good in fact, that I was able to finish the entire order in one sitting despite my taste bus feeling like they were being individually roasted. Service: The woman who took my order was friendly. Wait Time: Approx. 6 minutes. Bill: $ read more

Sawasdee Thai Food - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

J'adore this restaurant! Food is always delish and the owners/staff are lovely. I go often for lunch and dinner :)

This is hands down the best Thai food I've had in portland. It's priced extremely fairly compared some some far worse Thai places in the Pearl and downtown area. The ingredients and portions are top notch. A must try read more

This was a nice solid plate. For $7, I got the house special - basically a red curry with chicken, green peppers, bamboo shoots in a coconut sauce base. While my first bite of chicken seemed to be a bit chewy, the balance of the plate was very satisfactory. I asked for spicy and I enjoyed the hot that was served. Portion size was fine for me - and I'm a big eater - so this worked well. There are several carts in this pod, Sawasdee certainly works well in my mind. read more

Had this delivered by a delivery service. That was fine, but the food itself was absolutely horrible. I got the pad kee mao, or at least that was what it was supposed to be. I've had Thai food at dozens of restaurants, but never anything this bad. The noodles were dry, no sauce at all. No onions, no basil, and no flavor. I ended up throwing it away. Thankfully GrubHub refunded me for this abomination. read more

Always great service! I used to go here when I was working downtown. Amazing food! My go to for Thai food read more

almost no meat and way over priced for having very little meat, and also had a very small portions

Pad Thai is priced decently although the chicken was a bit chewy in an over cooked way. Nothing wrong with the meal but there's so many options in the area that I probably won't "crave" this place anytime soon. The guy was very friendly ringing me up, the wait time wasn't too long so good place to go if you're in a rush. read more

Oh this is the most amazing restaurant ever! I eat here several days a week and couldn't be happier! I grew up in Singapore and really love that they can bring me back to my childhood with all their amazing flavors! Oh, and Rochana's service rocks and makes me feel like I'm eating at my aunties house! read more

I ordered the house special. When I got home to eat my food, I had eaten about half of my food, I went to close it up, and a maggot fell out of my food. Don't know if it was on the container or if it was in my food but it was still but there still a maggot will not be going here ever again!!!! disgusting!!! read more

Tiny little black ants crawling on my food when I got home and opened the bag. F'ing YIKES. I suddenly felt itchy all over. It pains me to give a one star review because it seems most everyone else has had a stellar experience. Ants in my food just freak me out. I am no Andrew Zimmern... The weather is warming up and food carts, well, all restaurants need to pay attention to the creepy crawlies. read more

I have been around PDX for three years now. That in itself is crazy. But I have also gotten to eat some incredible food, especially all of the Asian cuisine that is so amazing in this town. Now down here at the food carts on 9th, I have eaten at around 13 or 14 of the carts, I'm not sure anymore of the number, but I still have a long way to go. On a Saturday, the carts tend to get busy. The Hawaiian place with a line, the German place, a Korean cart doing well. I wanted to try a different cart, and you can never go wrong with Thai, but no one was at this spot? My standards are always either Tom Kha or Pad See Ew and I decided to go with the latter and a Thai iced tea. I was asked if I'd like it spicy? Of course! And he did deliver on the spicy. For the most part, this was your standard chicken pad see ew. The broad noodles, the light and sweet soy sauce, green veggies including broccoli, and the addition of carrots (which could have been cooked a little more, they were a bit on the raw side) and then there was the spice kick. Some places I've been to, will basically just throw some red pepper flake into a dish and call it Thai hot or extra spicy. The problem with that is that it doesn't get cooked into the food or the sauce and it's just a bad taste to a meal. Here at Sawasdee, it was cooked into everything and the heat was beautiful, that is if you are one that can take that sort of heat. I thoroughly enjoyed this dish and will gladly grace this cart again in the future. The Thai iced tea? Can anyone make this bad? No. And it was good here as well. Just because there isn't a huge line doesn't mean the food isn't on par, it just means that it's still not known to everyone yet. Good food, good drink and I will be back. Enjoy. read more

Scrumptious HOT Thai ~ Coming to you from a Trailer Cart. In a parking lot. Surrounded by construction workers. The perfect setting, no? Yes, I was a little unsure myself. My Portlandian guide assured me, it's tip top. I safely ordered the Veggie Pad Thai and waited... waited a mere 5 minutes!! It's fast, It's crazy cheap, and it's cooked in a trailer! Where did 'trash' come from anyway? Clearly, it's 'Trailer Park Thai!' read more

Sawasdee Thai Food - Sawasdee- Trailer Cart Style! - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Since I'm straight from the streets, I'm in my element when eating from food carts. Portland has it's fair share of options---so many to choose. After letting my nose peruse many a food cart, my mind grapes caught notice of the handwritten specials of Sawasdee's: Pumpkin Curry. It was the day of the Pumpkin, I like Thai, and I wanted to try a Portland food cart: It was on. I ordered the Pumpkin Curry with chicken (tofu was also an option). I chose to wash it down with a tall can of a coconut drink. After ordering I checked out the downtown scene for a minute or so, and then my meal was up (Yes, it was that fast). Lawdy, lawdy. My curry in a box looked off the chain. The cart next door was closed, but offered a surface for me to dine on. I said a blessing to the Great Pumpkin and dug in. Damn. Every once in a while one has a meal which tatoo's itself within your memory as something special. Pumpkin Curry was one of those meals. I love all types of curries (yellow, red, green), but I now have to add Pumpkin Curry to my the top of my list. I ate just about everything; I was stuffed. I did end up leaving a little bit of rice for my homies, and dropped it in a nearby Solar Trash Compactor nearby (http://www.yelp.com/biz/big-belly-solar-compactor-pdx-food-carts-portland). What a meal. I Chose Wisely. Oh, and I'm not that street. I just perpetrate. read more

Sawasdee Thai Food - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

We LOVE this place, thank you Yelpers! We were beyond happy when we found Sawasdee - we were ecstatic when we realized this parking lot was full of little food stands like this! We had to check out every spot to see what else were offered but we ended up at Sawasdee. Boy, I can cry just thinking about this place. You folks there are just so freaking lucky - why can't we have places like this in the Bay Area?!? With about 10-15 other food stands around, this place is still the busiest. Why? Because it's fresh, tasty, large portion and ONLY $5! Can you believe this? $5 for authentic Thai? Just unreal, unheard of... The lady behind the register is very nice. You have a choice of how spicy you want your food - hot is pretty good. We loved their curries - green is our favorite but the red was tasty too. Love all the bamboo shoots, the basil...the eggroll that comes with it is tasty too. The sauce is so yummy...I wish we had endless steamed rice. The fat noodle was also very good - not Pad See Ew but the other one. Oh and the Thai iced tea was fantastic - $2!!! We really can't get over how cheap it is and such tasty food. You folks are LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY! read more

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Ordered the pad kee Mao and the Thai iced tea. Thai iced tea was overly sweet so I recommend asking for less sugar if possible. The pad kee Mao was SO SPICY I couldn't eat it. Otherwise, it was really good. Pretty good portion sizes and a good amount of meat. They had really large noodles though which was kinda annoying because it wasn't flavored. See pic below. read more

Sawasdee Thai Food - Pad kee Mao. Lots of large uncut and unflavored noodle pieces. - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Good quality Thai food. We stopped here for lunch. The number of food trucks at this corner was astonishing. After chatting with some locals I chose Sawasdee to try. I ordered the traditional Thai Pad Chicken and Thai Iced Tea. I was pleased and satisfied with my meal. It was bountiful and filling. Although there is minimal seating, we managed to luck out and grab a nearby table and enjoyed each one of our choices under a tree. When I visit Portland again I will make sure to stop in for lunch. read more

Sawasdee Thai Food - Chicken Thai Padhi with Thai tea - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Thank you YELPERS!!! Once again, I had a great EATING experience because of YELP!!! yippie!! It was my first Food Cart Experience in Portland..and it was definitely a GREAT one. You cannot beat the $6 price for a filling meal..the "fullness effect" actually lasted for a bit over 24 hours (I skipped dinner and breakfast on the following day lol!)...For a small stomach, you could certainly split this into two meals. I ordered the Pumpkin Curry with chicken... I have had a lot of Thai food and I'm definitely a curry fan..but Pumpkin curry was definitely NEW and AWESOME! VERY TASTY! It was a red curry based with squash and bellpeppers. I ordered "spicy" and yeah, It was spicy.. or maybe extremely spicy for those who are not used with the spicy food...and the portion was HUGE!!!! I also love the fact that they used a paper box for the food.. $6 and environmental friendly..sweet! I agree with some yelpers who complained that the rice was kinda mushy..but I had it as soon as it was served ..so it was ok...my only complaint is that.. I wish.they separate the rice and the curry..because I don't really like mixing my food...but it was all good! read more

The last thing I wanted to do before getting on the train to head back to Seattle was to try one of the food stands in Portland. Unfortunately, many of the places were not open due to the Memorial Day holiday. After checking out a number of stands on SW 10th and SW 5th, I settled for Sawasdee. Mostly because there was actually seating space here. Most stands do not have this, so this is one plus going for this spot. Based on the number of Yelp reviews, this appears to be the most reviewed Thai food stand in Portland. Not my reason to visit, but I guess I headed for the stand that was the most popular when I was there. The menu is full of standard Thai classics like curry and pad thai sold at awesome prices. Even saw some dishes that I found to be a bit different that I have not seen in Seattle like mango curry. I wanted rice noodles so I got the pad kee mao with chicken ($6). The wait was about 10 minutes and I expected it to be sort of lengthy due to the small space and popularity of the place. After getting my dish, I took a seat on the wooden bench in the seating area and digged in. The portion size was not huge, but it was sufficient. Flavor was just okay although I liked that they use different color bell peppers in the dish. Orange and yellow peppers are much more interesting in flavor then the predictable green. It was a sufficient meal and I think that this all you can expect from a humble space like this. Given my train ride home, it was actually good thing that the pad kee mao was not heavy. Sawasdee is fine for what it is, though I will stick with going to a full service Thai place if I can. read more

Ummmmmmyeaaaah. If there's something wrong with loving $5 Thai curries out of the back of a food cart, I don't want to be right. Their house special was a nice blend of red curry and peanut sauce over fresh veggies and beautiful tofu. Oh - and it was huge as in 'I ate myself sick and still had to throw some away' huge. Go and get ya some. read more

Sawasdee Thai Food - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

So on my quest for food stand food - the thing I look MOST forward to on my trips to Portland, I came across this one. It was a little later in the day, so many of the food stands had closed, but I yelped this particular establishment and decided to give it a try. I asked the lady for recommendations and she suggested the Spicy Basil stir fry. YUMM. I asked for medium spicy, which was perfect because it had a nice kick and I was still able to enjoy my food. The portions were huge and they give you the option of brown rice and white rice - I opted for the brown, thinking I would feel less guilty about eating the whole thing. I was hesitant about going to ANY food stand, just because it was open, but Sawasdee Thai did not disappoint. read more

Sawasdee Thai Food - Spicy basil - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

My first try of Thai food in Food Cart form and it was DELICIOUS! Due to reading through a lot of the reviews that have been given in the past, I felt that giving Sawasdee Thai a try was worth the trip downtown. I know that Food Carts are known to be very popular in Portland and it's easily known why - great quality food at a cheap/reasonable price! You can't beat it! I'm a sucker for Pad-Kee-Mao at any thai restaurant that I saunter into. That's generally the first item that I will try anywhere. If they have a Tom Yum Noodle dish, well that would be my 2nd favorite thing on the menu. I stood out in front of the cart waiting for my food - the smell of the food made me more hungry as the minutes went by. I walked over to Pioneer Square and sat down on the brick steps to eat to my hearts content. The Pad-Kee-Mao with Tofu was PERFECT! The right amount of hotness (I asked for Medium-Spicey), the noodles were del-ish, the broccoli and the carrots had the perfect crunch. 2 Thumbs up for the Pad-Kee-Mao!! The lady was very nice and friendly. Service was quick as well. Definitely try Sawasdee Thai for your first Thai Food Cart experience. You won't be let down. read more

Sawasdee Thai Food - The Pad-Kee-Mao Tofu dish. Perfect Drunken Noodle dish! - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Really amazing Spicy Basil Fried Rice! Everything was made fresh and the dish came out sizzling hot! We asked for it Hot since we like really spicy food! It was lip smacking good and I will have a hard time finding this good Thai food in Seattle. Ask for it medium spicy if you like it little spicy. Ask mild if you cannot handle spicy food. I am sure rest of the food must be really good too. I will have to come back soon to Portland just to eat this!! Must have!! read more

Sawasdee Thai Food - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon

3.5 stars! So unfortunately, most of the carts at the Alder St. food pod are closed on Sunday. Sawasdee was one of the few carts that were open. They have all the usual Thai fare - like curries and noodles. My go-to Thai dishes are pad thai and pad see ew. I ultimately decided to go with pad thai with tofu, just mildly spicy. The man who took my order was really friendly and they accept credit card via square. He told me that my order would be ready in about four minutes! That's so quick! I didn't time it, but I do think that's about how long it took. While I was waiting, I heard him call out a pumpkin curry order! I love pumpkin curry and had mad food envy! My pad thai was pretty good - noodles were cooked well and it had good flavor and the tofu was the fried kind. It was good, but nothing super special. Service was friendly, so if I was ever back in the area on a Sunday, I would come back to eat here! read more

Sawasdee Thai Food - Exterior - Thai Near Me - Portland, Oregon