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    Simply Thai

    3.0 (190 reviews)
    ModerateThai, Salad, Soup
    Closed 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Good for kids

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    Linda S.

    If you look at my history, I only give good, positive reviews. Unfortunately, this food was so awful I am trying to warn others. Chicken and vegetables tasteless. Pot stickers bizarre in texture and taste like pure garlic. Pad Thai had so much overpowering tamarind that it was completely inedible. No typical ingredients either like peanuts, bean sprouts, lime, cilantro anything that would give it the common ingredients/flavors of this dish. Who is making this food?!?! Awful!

    Pad see ew (thick noodles)
    K K.

    Ordered take out. Pad Thai was a disappointment. They used super thin noodles instead of the regular thicker noodles. Taste was very bland. I've had much better making my own using bottled Pad Thai sauce. Noodles also very overcooked. Will never order this again. The type of order that truly warrants wanting your money back or getting a different order if you're dinning in. Pad See Ew was wonderful, tasty, lots of vegetables, everything cooked to perfection. Something I'll definitely order again.

    PAPAYA SALAD
    Steve R.

    Ooops....the food was so delicious....I didn't snap photos of my entire meal Papaya Salad Clear Noodle Salad Tom Kah with Chicken Lard Na with Shrimp Veggie Potstickers Panang Curry with Chicken Free Egg Rolls 4 Thai Coffee The food was delicious, colorful, clean quality fresh ingredients....excellent food each time I've been there...very consistent and well portioned meals....thank you very much for a delicious meal ** Please, it's really unnecessary to add a processing fee for a called in order....your prices should already factor in your "processing fee" of $2.01 ($0.01???)

    Drunken Noodle
    Alexinwunderland n.

    Best Thai food around suburbs. I see many negative reviews for this place and they are unfounded. I have eaten here 15 times minimum. The food is great. I have never had issues with the quality. The drunken noodles are one of my favorite dishes. Always tasty, cooked properly, and fresh. I like the basil fried rice a lot. The beef and broccoli is excellent too. I have never had an issue with any employee, I usually interact with a male.

    Tom Kha Soup shows vegetables, none were included
    Ricardo K.

    Pouring rain outside, decided to order from Simply Thai in Northbrook. Placed the order from the car while waiting for a order from the Chinese joint next door. So i ordered the Tom Kha soup and an order of Chicken Pad Thai. Soup had absolutely no vegetables in it all, only Chicken. The same with the Pad Thai, no vegetables at all only noodles and Chicken. The noodles were so dry I thought they were a week old.

    Enormous amount of dressing for the papaya salad.
    T P.

    I support small businesses therefore, I always try to order from family owned, one of a kind restaurants. Tonight, through Uber eats, I ordered a small Tom Yum soup with chicken, papaya salad and flat noodles with chicken. I love how Uber eats works because you get to see the steps from order to delivery. I absolutely recommend ordering through Uber eats as my food was delivered on time and the driver was very pleasant. I wish I can say that my experience with this restaurant was pleasant. When I placed the order, I put in the notes section that I needed utensils, soy sauce and hot chili paste. I am staying at the Marriott for a week for work and often, get sick of Hotel and work food. There were no utensils, no soy sauce or red chili paste. I called the restaurant and spoke to a gentleman who answered the phone to let him know what it happened. His response was "tell the driver to come back and pick it up, go ask the hotel for utensils and sorry, sometimes we forget things." He was so rude and unapologetic that I will never order food from him again. Of the three items that I ordered, the only decent item was the papaya salad. But I did post a picture of how much dressing they include - it was overpowering. The Tom yum soup was bland and flat noodles, too. I do not Recommend and I will not order from again. With other options, I'm sure I'll find betteR customer service and flavor.

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    I'm not sure if the person is the owner or employee. but he was extremely rude and didn't wear a mask. I won't be coming here again.

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    Thank you for your business and kind words, Vi.

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    6 years ago

    Bought a lot of food here. Today I went in for lunch and the owner was there. He was rude and condescending. I won't be back!

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    Owner was rude when I called into see where my delivery order was and he hung on me. Would never go back here because of the rude service.

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    Okay David, we might be cheap but certainly not stupid sir.

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