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    Simply Thai

    3.7 (559 reviews)
    ModerateThai, Sushi Bars, Chinese
    Closed 11:00 am - 2:30 pm, 4:30 PM - 10:30 PM

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    SIMPLY THAI ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Happy hour specials
    Good for groups

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    Pad Thai with chicken
    Emory B.

    This was my first time here and it was delicious! We did level 2 spice (they said it that was medium) and it was perfect! Mango salmon didn't taste super mango-like but it was delicious.

    Tom Kha with chicken
    Tammy E.

    Loved it! Peanut satay was great. Loves the Tom Kha, was enough to split with my husband. We also split the chicken pineapple curry. Great portion, super tasty. I should have gotten veggie over chicken but it was really good. Highlight was my drink Violent Storm. It was like pina colada with blueberry syrup. One of my all time favorites. Price was great and service was excellent. Very relaxing atmosphere.

    Spring Roll
    Glenn W.

    Simply Thai is incredible! The vibe is very casual. Chill lo-fi beats in the bar area where we waited for takeout. The guy running the register was super helpful! He knew the ingredients of every dish and was able to help us meet our dietary needs. Highly recommended for gluten free, df, egg free, vegan! They can make everything on the menu (except for things that are fried and the yellow curry) gluten free!! As far as vegan, they will sub out proteins and use coconut milk to make any dish vegetarian or vegan!

    Pineapple Curry
    MaryCarol K.

    The pineapple curry is to die for!!!!! I could eat it every single day!!! It's easy to make it vegan too! I get it with vegetables and spice level 3. One thing I will say is if you're ordering takeout on a Saturday night it will take all of 40 minutes for pickup.

    Appetizers
    Faith C.

    Invited by a local that highly recommended. Place seems a little run down. Service & food was great though! I tried three appetizers (2 were mine, 1 was my host) & my host ordered the pineapple curry...I tasted, it was delicious. Shrimp packages with cucumber sauce was delicious! Matter of fact, every sauce was! Loved variety provided with appetizers. Wish they would put more attention to restaurant overall. Toilet wouldn't flush & those things matter to me. I would eat here again if in the area, but would highly recommend carryout.

    Lauren H.

    Thai food is not my favorite however simply Thai might actually be a new favorite spot! They have something for everyone. I came with my vegan friend and we had no problem splitting an app and him getting a dish that was vegan. The food is good and the service is kind and quick. We left absolutely stuffed and our wallets weren't too bad either! We came on a weekday in summer and it was relatively calm, no wait.

    Pad See Iew
    Daniel T.

    I dined at Simply Thai on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 6 pm. I'm a lover of Thai food and have eaten at and reviewed many Thai restaurants on Yelp. I checked the reviews and menu online and thought this place looked promising. Unfortunately, I was sorely mistaken because this was one of the worst Thai restaurants I have ever been to due to its lack of authenticity and quality. First of all, how can an authentic Thai restaurant not have a spice tray with basic chili peppers and spices. I asked the server and he gave me a confusing look because they didn't have one. Secondly, the restaurant failed in executing one of the most traditional Thai dishes that any good Thai restaurant can serve. If you want to judge the authenticity of a Thai restaurant, order one of the Thai staple stir fry noodles like pad Thai or drunken noodle or pad se ew. I ordered the pad se ew with beef and it was very saucy and wet. The beef was bland and tasted like it was boiled or steamed instead of charred on a hot wok. Not only was I able to discern that the dish was not cooked long or hot enough based on the beef and noodles, I also tasted raw garlic throughout the dish. The shrimp spring roll appetizer was fresh. The size of the roll is larger than average because the veggie to shrimp ratio was rather large in my opinion, so I thought it could be rolled a little bit smaller. Service was average. My server was nice and attentive. He gave me a to-go box without me asking. But I had zero intentions of bringing it out of the restaurant. The food came out in reasonable time given how busy they were. Overall, I'm sure there are better options for Thai food than Simply Thai. But if this is one of the best Louisville has to offer for Thai food, folks should consider traveling out of state to reevaluate their standards. I definitely won't be returning. Simply Thai was more like simply not it.

    Basil Entree - this is not Thai!   No Birds Eye chilis no fresh basil, hardly edible.   Should call themself "Simply American-Asian Fusion"

    Basil Entree - this is not Thai! No Birds Eye chilis no fresh basil, hardly edible. Should call themself "Simply American-Asian Fusion"

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    Met friends there - uneasy about it not knowing what to expect. It was absolutely delicious. Will definitely go again.

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    Best Thai restaurant in Louisville. Get the pad thai, satay, curry bites, or any curry dish.

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    Great food and drinks! Stop by on a Thursday for a bite to eat and discovered that it was happy hour every Thursday!

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    One of the best places for Chinese food and a great atmosphere for family and friends to gather…read more The entree portions are large plus they have a dim sum menu, which promotes sharing. Family dinners are available as well. I enjoyed my flavorful wonton soup, ate plenty of sweet and sour chicken, took bites of the Mongolian beef, and sampled most of the dishes around the table. I realize now that I didn't snap photos of everything! Service was attentive and friendly. Plenty of parking. I'm excited to return with my family.

    I will never come back to this place…read more Let me start by saying I used to love this restaurant. It was one of our favorite. But now, it's on our list to never eat here again. It started with me placing an online order. This is new on their website while I was looking at the menu. I figured this would be best than calling the restaurant. How I was so wrong. I placed it with a 30 minute window. Ordered at 4:44 to be pick up at 5:14pm. I showed up to the restaurant at 5:03pm. There was about 4 other people at the counter. One person just placed their order, another person said her mom called to place the order but wasn't sure when it would be ready. They told everyone 20 min. I showed my ordered and they were going to be me 20 minute. I said I placed my order 20 minutes ago. Ok so I waited... Another lady came in and said that she placed her order around the same time online. Her order number was 140 and she had a long receipt with quite a lot of items. My order was 148, somehow. By the time I asked what's going on with my order at 5:15, they said they go by the order number and they're on 138. I don't think they processed my order until I arrived at 5:03pm. It took until 5:39pm before I receive the order in my hand. I only had very few items, one of which was an order for combination lo mein, plain mantou, shrimp tofu and wonton noodle soup. Mind blowing because I paid $50. The online system also charge a $1 fee, which I did not know about until I saw the receipt. Which would had been fine if my order was done in the time it was promised. Now, the staff was not the most friendly either... the person that handed me the bag almost dropped it because she put it in my hand, didn't say a word and turned and walked away. They cannot be any more rude than that. I was sweating profusely and shaking while waiting for a very long time while I am pregnant and nauseous. Now here's the review for the food. It was not good. We have had some on and off with their food and we haven't been back for a while so I wanted to give them another chance. But their lo mein was soo salty, and they used pad thai noodles. The wonton noodle soup was small container, so bland, literally no flavors, and the wonton tasted so bad. They put really hot tofu that was deep fried in styrofoam container that it put a hole through the container. So my paper bag was soaked and wet within the 6 minutes drive home. The mantou was so tiny for $4.5. Not worth it. All in all, the 4 items that I ordered did not worth the $50 for almost an hour wait, not worth my time or money. I wouldn't have eaten the food if I didn't already paid. Had I not already paid online, I would just had left.

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    Popped in for a takeout order at 3.30ish on a Monday. There were two folks behind the counter and…read morea couple of customers waiting fir there orders. There were a couple of high top stools at the counter at the window, facing the street but really not a dine in restaurant. The gentlemen who took our order was kind. Only took about 10 minutes to prepare our vegetable stir fry that came with fried or white rice. We opted for the white rice. It was still plenty hot when we got it home and more than enough for the 2 of us. The veggies wete fresh and crisp, not over cooked. Yhere was brocolli, carrots, snow peas, pretty sure cucumbers, bok choy and celery in a tasty brown sauce. And ample rice. Great good, price and servive.

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