I cannot say enough about how amazing Thai Express is; that I have been going here since they opened up (so, for nearly 25 years now!) speaks volumes about the quality of their food and service! It's a small storefront, and a cozy interior, but the food is beyond delicious-I don't think there's a bad item on the menu. If there is, I haven't found it yet. They have options for even the pickiest eaters *glares at husband*, and the portion sizes are enough to last for days. The staff here are beyond wonderful, and I cannot say enough good about them! Basically, go get yourself some Thai food from them-they won't disappoint you! read more

Love the mild chicken pad tai especially when they have the mung bean sprouts loaded in it i like extra peanuts and the lemon or lime wedge. Busy place so call in order or arrive and wait. Faster if ordering within 20 minutes of closing, but food always perfect! read more

5 Star no words. I had to put my socks back on after the sesame chicken. Knocked my socks right off. The pad kana is also amazing.

Came here for lunch, to go only. We got drunken noodles medium, and pineapple fried rice mild. The medium is super spicy! But the pineapple fried rice was good! We only got 2 dishes and the serving is so large. When I picked up the bag, it seriously felt like it was 10lbs of food haha ! The service was quick and they were nice! Sorry, no pics hah read more

It's just par to be honest but very quick and easy in and out for pick up. Perfect for lunch at work since we only have a little time to do it. read more

I have only had their takeout, so I can't speak to the service, interior, or other dishes at this establishment. But their peanut noodles were excellent. A lot of carry out Asian food is lacking in this area, but this place delivers on the genuine flavors you want from Thai cuisine. I will try more of their menu and update to 5/5 stars if I continue to be impressed. read more

Pretty much the only Thai restaurant in the area and for good reason: no one else can compete. Pad Thai, drunken noodles, Mongolian noodles, and gai tom gha soup are some of my favorites. Perfect speed for takeout with great service. Coming from the west coast this is authentic as you can get in the Midwest. No frills and no tricks just really good Thai food. read more

My husband and I ate some Thai here once, a while back. Had some pad pak and a pad Thai here. My husband said his pad Thai was good. I had a bite of it, it wasn't too bad. My pad pak wasn't bad either, it had decent flavor and a decent amount of in it chicken too. Sauce wasn't too runny. read more

Thai Express - the outside of a restaurant - Thai Near Me - Brighton, Michigan

The food is amazing very friendly service never very loud or very busy. The only thing I don't like about it is how the food is extremely spicy sometimes. read more

They know how to spice things up. The peanut curry noodles are excellent. Grab some take out. You will not regret it, unless you do not like spicy! read more

We haven't eaten here in a long time and I don't know why. We had a great meal last night. I had the number #14 Gang Gai w/beef med. and it was delicious. We will have to try this again, sooner rather than later. read more

Thai Express - #14 Gang Gai w/beef med with a spring roll and crab Rangoon - Thai Near Me - Brighton, Michigan

Outstanding food!! Love this place, best of all it is within walking distance from home!! Dangerous!

I don't give out one star reviews often. I reserve them, usually, for places that have made me ill or have employees that have been flat out mean. This has got to be the first one dolled out due to bad flavor alone. The food didn't make me sick and the employees are nice, but the food is just awful. If you went to the house of an old lady in the midde of no where who's most "exotic" meal was spaghetti and asked her to make chicken fried rice, it might turn out better than the chicken fried rice here. I think they used at least half a bottle of soy sauce in the rice. The rice comes out a dark brown color and is just awful. I've also tried the pad thai, and it was horrible too. read more

Such a hidden gem in Brighton. Best Thai Food in town. Their food is extremely fresh and well prepared. If you like spicy, this is the place for you. read more

Unfortunately my husband and I did not enjoy the food here. We ordered number 37 Pad Se Ewew with beef. It was made with pad Thai noodles instead of thick rice noodles. The pad se ewew was watered down. We also ordered number 41 Peanut Noodles with tofu. The sauces was also watered down and very, very sweet. The Tom yum soup we felt was over powdered with bamboo flavor. We did move from Chicago IL so maybe this is how the Thai food is here in MI? read more

Thai Express - #37 - Thai Near Me - Brighton, Michigan

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All time fave Thai food. Excellent customer service, order is always accurate & always fantastic food!

I did have a hard time getting ahold of somebody to even place an order, however I am glad I had persistence because it is a 10/10! Only two people working and they were cranking out food left and right! I got the drunken noodles and they are very good! Highly recommend! read more

Thai Express - a black container with noodles and meat - Thai Near Me - Brighton, Michigan

I have dined at Thai Express about ten years ago. They were my first Thai meal that a CB friend introduced me to. Since that time I had stopped going simply because no one in my family like Thai anything. Today, I went back and ordered their Pad Talay, scallops, shrimp, green peppers, mushrooms, and shredded bamboo cooked in Thai Yellow Curry sauce. My weakness is any Thai dish that uses cocoanut milk. It is so sweet and savory that my taste buds SCOLDED me for hours for not taking catty out here! Publicly shamed by my own sense of taste! Shameful! I shall repent and return. This is such a dining pleasure that I forgot. I will still enjoy dining out with my dining partner but forced to eat alone, I'll sneak back and surprise my mouth! Oh Happy Day! Viva Cocoanut Milk! read more

Thai Express - Pad Talay, yummy for your tummy. - Thai Near Me - Brighton, Michigan

My boyfriend told the girl at the register Mild with a tiny bit of spice. I ordered MILD plus. His order wasn't spicy at all. Mine was SO spicy that I couldn't eat it. My bf said it was super spicy as if they made it hot plus plus plus. I asked them to remake it. She stared at me. Then I asked for more rice to bland it down & she said I had to pay for extra rice. I told her I shouldn't have to pay since they made the mistake they should have fixed it & made it correctly. My 1st & last time. I'll be here. read more

Amazing Pad Thai honestly best in the world nothing touches it. Would recommend to anyone and everyone best bang for the buck.

These guys jam in the kitchen. Very nice ingredients. When you order the veggie curry you get real veggies. No bamboo shoots just real veggies. Best Thai food in Livingston and Washtenaw Counties. read more

I've enjoyed Thai food from restaurants all over the country. Thai Express is as good as it gets when it comes to curry dishes. I built mine: red curry with coconut milk, chicken, shrimp, broccoli, green and red onions and red bell peppers. Absolutely perfect. Medium spice had a good kick. Very flavorful. The staff was friendly. Highly recommend. read more

Thai Express - Red Curry with Chicken and Shrimp. - Thai Near Me - Brighton, Michigan

Love this place for take out. The staff is great, food is great and things are ready when I get there. I work in the area, and this is probably my most frequented restaurant. read more

Nice lady good food Thai tea tasted good Noodles cooked to perfection The curry sauce wasn't overpowering, could taste everything read more

They uSed to be great. Last time I wenT it seemed as if they steamed rather than stir fried vegetables. Sauces were thin. read more

Our second visit here for carry-out and they continue to impress! I surprised my wife with Thai Express ordering her favorite Chinese dish to give theirs a try. Their Sesame Chicken was the best I've had. Not overly sweet with plenty of sesame oil and sesame seeds and a touch of vinegar if I'm not mistaken. The breading was light but crispy (for carry-out), the vinegar seeming to be their thing here. It's the x-factor ingredient that makes everything just a little more flavorful and brighter tasting. My Peanut Curry had a little too. It was also fantastic! This time I made certain to get two orders of their egg rolls. Once upon a time Kim's Garden's in Novi had the best egg rolls. That was before their basement fire that consumed their staff of illegal aliens of course. Thai Express' are even better. They use cabbage, and no sprouts, but also put a little carrot and some other tasties in there. They're fricking amazing, rolled snug and fried perfectly! Service is always fast and very friendly and the store is clean. I'm so thankful Brighton has good Asian food. read more

Though I will be back in Thailand later next week, I had to get my Thai craving in advance. With me in Brighton today with some business, I spotted Thai Express and stopped in for a sample. Small place in a corner shopping with convenient and ample parking. Dined in for lunch. Ordered the Gang Pha which is described as "Sliced bamboo shoots, baby corn, eggplant, and string beas cooked in a Thai red curry sauce". It comes with a choice of Hot& Sour soup or Egg drop. I opted for the H&S. The Hot and sour soup wad remarkably good. Rich, thick...hot just right and soured more than other places. The Gang Pha curry was served up in about ten minutes. I knew right away this.place had a hood chance of being authentic by the aroma of Nam pla (aged fish sauce) which was profound. That's okay with me, but might turn off some others. The dish itself was fair. Chicken was a little gamey and tough. Sauce was mild for ordering it "medium-hot". Way too much bamboo shoots as their taste over powered the curry. Green beans were very wrinkly: either cooked well in advance or were not fresh. I wasn't impressed overall by this dish. An adjacent table had some Pad Thai which looked pretty good. When I am in Brighton again, I'll give them another try. read more

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Very disappointed. They skimped and left out ingredients in the preaw warn - no cucumbers or tomatoes as listed in the menu. Filled with onions and only a couple of bell peppers. The pad Thai was sweet and lemony. The pad cashew had no vegetables and was all onions. We also ordered fried rice, crab ragoons and spring rolls and none of it was very good. It's annoying they skip ingredients and fill it with onions. Won't return. read more

This Is an awesome Thai food restaurant I get them five stars I live 4 miles away from this place very good food when I got home it was still steaming hot if you like Thai food this is the place to go read more

This review is solely on the food alone, the place is clean, they took necessary steps for Covid, and staff is kind and professional. But the food itself, is off. I ordered Pineapple Fried Rice, it was very very different from every other Pineapple Fried Rice I've had for the past two decades across the world. Their Pineapple Fried Rice was basically a soy sauce/sesame oil fried rice with pineapple in it, could not taste other flavors (besides the overly spicy hotness). Their spice level is also quite different, I usually eat spicy at most Thai places, but when I try a new place I start with medium just to test the waters. Their medium spice level is equivalent to hot on a regular spicy chart at Thai restaurants. It was so spicy it's hardly edible. I'm hoping to give this place another try, we'll see. read more

Definitely a go/to for me and my wife. Great food and reasonably priced. Their brown sauce is the best I've ever had. If they were closer to me I'd be eating Thai every night... read more

Atmosphere is lacking, clean and the one person waiting on people, busting tables, taking to go orders & helping to cook is busting her butt. The one person is incredibly nice & doing her very best but she is only in one person. Very cold in the dining area. No hot tea. Just water. Spring roll is just filled with cabbage. Rather tasteless. Served very hot & fresh. The wrap seemed thick for a spring roll. The peanut curry noodles were amazing. Delicious! Lots of peanut flavor and mildly spicy. The noodles weren't stuck together or mushy. The food is really good. Next time I'd do take out. I hope with more success they get a better location & more staff. I'd like to see hot tea or bubble tea on the menu too. Definitely worth trying the food, just don't dine in. read more

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Pad Thai was great and the peanut sauce amazing wish the spring rolls were good (lack filling)

order pad se ew for lunch hot and it was mild . the pad se ew noodles were thin not wide like most places .and the sauce taste like heavy soy sauce . Not sure if I'll come back. read more

Thai Express - Thai Near Me - Brighton, Michigan

We got take out and all the good was hot and fresh. I had pad see ew and I would definitely recommend. The noodles had excellent flavor. FYI they use small noodles like the ones I usually see in pad thai not the big flat ones that I expected but still yummy! My husband got some curry peanut noodles which were also very good. Other family members had the drunken noodles, again all was delicious. We will definitely come back. read more

The appetizers (spring rolls & potstickers) were amazing! I had such high hopes for their entrees, but my drunken noodles (ordered at medium heat) were spiced with primarily black pepper which made it difficult to enjoy, I like spice but I had assumed it would be spiced with chili. It might be a great dish without spice, I may back and try it again to see. read more

We've ordered take out from here before and I don't remember it being great, but it wasn't bad either. So, we ordered take out again last night. I got Pad See Ew and my husband had chicken pad Thai. Both of our dishes were very dry and bland. We also ordered a side of Rangoons and spring rolls and got one tiny side of side of the sauce for both of these appetizers. I'm not sure why this place is so skimpy with the sauces. If we were dining in, these are things that could have probably been easily fixed, but when doing pick up, it's frustrating to get all the way home and then realize they didn't give you enough of something. With other options in the area, we will probably not be going back. read more

I didn't think they could get any worse but...... Noodles are soggy. Long wait times. Medium spice is different each time. Unfriendly staff. Dirty floor and tables suggest dirty kitchen. Glad there's a new Thai restaurant call NoThai in Brighton. read more

I've been coming here for years, and have never had a bad experience. Everything I've tried has been nothing short of amazing! The drunken noodles, and the curry noodles are my favorites, but everything is delicious. The Thai iced tea is AMAZING, and highly recommended. read more

Came in around 3:30 and it was completely dead inside so there were plenty of spots to choose from. I ordered a small Tom Yum soup with chicken and an order of Thai spring rolls. My order came out quickly and piping hot which I absolutely love! The soup was a little more sour and spicy than other Tom Yum soups I've ordered, but it was still delicious and I savored every spoonful. The spring rolls were fried and went well with Sriracha. I would like to come back to try other items on their menu in the future. read more