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    Thai Avenue

    4.1 (160 reviews)
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    a bowl of noodles and chopsticks
    Ian T.

    First off, this place is is much cheaper than most other thai places you'll find in Boulder, it's probably due to it's location in a food court close to the CU campus. I always get the same thing, as I do most thai places - pad thai with chicken, with a variety of different spice levels (it all depends on how relatively hot their "hot" is). For this place, I get the thai hot - their spice level is very reasonable and a little under for my palette. I can't speak to eating at this location, I always order ahead and pick it up. The pad thai is not completely traditional, it's much more in the vein of americanized pad thai, where all the ingredients are cooked together. The flavor is great, good amount of fish sauce along with other dark sauces that almost hit the right balance of flavors of Pad Thai, but is probably missing 1-2 essential ingredients in traditional pad thai. It's has a great deep flavor and I'm definitely a fan. Along with the pad thai, I also typically get a side of fried wontons. They're pretty well priced and crispy. The proportion of cheese to wonton is perfect! Sometimes, you get too much cheese and not enough crispy bits. It comes along with a sweet and sour dipping sauce which makes it a perfect mixture of flavors and textures. Overall, being from Asia, I think this place falls into the category of very good non-traditional pad thai. It's well priced and a bang for your buck. Considering both the price, the amount of food you get and the wonderful deep flavors, this place is a 5 for me.

    Drunken noodles with tofu
    Lillian Z.

    Hmm. In response to the reviews complaining about the high ratings for this place and suggesting that all the high ratings are from sheltered college kiddos who don't know what good Asian food is supposed to taste like... I mean I agree that this is not the most amazing 5-star Thai food you will ever have, but it is also definitely not the worst. It's a solid 3.5 stars at least I'd say! FOOD: + Pad thai (with tofu): Pad Thai is one of those staple dishes that I use to judge most Thai restaurants that I go to, and for a Thai place located in a random food court in Boulder, I was pleasantly surprised. I did not have very high expectations, but I was impressed. The portion was large and the flavors were good. Have I had better pad thai? Yes. But have I had worse pad thai? Don't even get me started. I would get this pad thai again! + Tom yum soup: Also a staple and also good! Flavors were authentic and appropriately spicy. SERVICE: It's hard to comment on service when the place is located in a food court, but I just wanted to point out that this place is clearly family owned. I was just sitting there minding my own business, enjoying my pad thai, when I see a few of the Thai Avenue staff members walk by carrying a birthday cake and singing happy birthday to one of their older looking chefs. It was adorable! tl;dr: Not a place for a fancy sit-down meal, but definitely not a bad choice for a quick meal on the go. I would come again!

    Hello egg bomb, it's been a while :)
    Jamie C.

    Kim is one cool dude and his secret menu food is to die for. I don't know where else to get my favorite dish ever, EGG BOMB!!!! But if you ever want to order off the secret menu, you'll have to go in at a time when he's not as busy if not they'll say no, i.e. not lunch time! Other items are RadNa and Chicken Avenue. TIP: YOU CAN CALL AHEAD A PLACE A TO GO ORDER IF YOU ARE IN A RUSH!!!!! This is hands down one of the main things I miss about Boulder and it's nicely tucked under in a little food court. I've seen so many restaurants come in and out of there but Thai Ave is still standing strong and their lines are still just as long. There's been times when I've had a meal here every day of the week. Kim even knows me by name! Some Thai places make their food too sweet so Thai Ave suits my palette more in the sense that he has a good balance and you can tell from his pad thai! Suggestions: -Beef Noodle Soup in the winter time. OMG. -Beef Eggplant, I've seriously haven't had a better one that Kim's family recipe! -Chicken Pad Thai, honestly a signature dish. -Street Noodles-Can't go wrong with that -Tom Yum Soup-Don't get this more than at a medium hot because the heat mixed with the spiciness is killer. -EGG BOMB-hands down my favorite ever and I don't know where else to get it! It's a chicken based dish with mushrooms, baby corn, basil and you guessed it, an EGG BOMB! ahaha You can get 5 levels of spiciness: -Mild -Medium -Hot -Thai Hot -Double Thai Hot (I can't believe I used to eat at this level ahaha) Depending on who is cooking, there will be a difference in spiciness. Kim's wife makes things a little more mild so if you want it medium, i'd order hot and it would be about right. Kim tends to get more carried away with the chili but that's how I like it!

    Tofu Pad Thai.
    Annie C.

    The Good: - Thai Avenue has a pretty square idea of how spicy a medium level of spice is (a mix between sriracha and cholula -- Thai style). - Thai Avenue serves a fairly generous amount of food for what you pay (~$7). The Not-So Good: - The Pad Thai is lacking that "oomph", that zing, that out-of-this-world experience that Pad Thais should induce. - The noodle dishes are terribly oily! I could only take a few bites before I felt the imminent face-wide breakout and a massive tummy ache. The latter actually did happen. SIDE NOTE: I couldn't eat the Pad Thai with chopsticks because the noodles were itty-bitty (about .5"-1" in length). Use a fork, or a spoon, or both!

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    Waited over 25 minutes while they filled orders for other who came in later. Ended up cancelling. Not worth the horrible service

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    Best Thai food in Boulder. The atmosphere is horrible. Basically a food court. But the grub is great.

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    Best Thai in Boulder!!! Love the Pad Thai and the Thai Fried Rice.

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    This is my favorite Thai food stop in all Colorado. Food is great! Service is friendly and fast.

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