Authentic and delicious. This is one of the rare Thai restaurants which gives you right amount of…read morefood and does not surcharge you. I came at a very busy time; still they do not ignore you. Definitely deserves a 5 star!

As a professional dating coach and a full‑time food lover, I take my restaurant scouting very…read moreseriously. My job is to help you avoid the tragic first‑date mistakes I've already made, like the overpriced spots, the bland dishes, the "why is this chair attacking my spine?" seating. I've wasted the time, energy and money on the other loser spots so you don't have to. But when I find a place that's clean, visually appealing, thoughtfully designed, and serving food that's actually seasoned, cooked well, and plated with pride? Oh, I'm shouting it from the rooftops. So let me put you on to my latest discovery: DIHO SIAM, right in the heart of Ladera Ranch. If you've followed me on Yelp for a while, you already know I'm a lifelong Thai‑food fanatic. I've been loyal to Thai cuisine longer than some people stay loyal in relationships. Since I wasn't trying to overeat, I ordered an appetizer, and let me tell you, this "appetizer" came out looking like a BIG FULL-GROWN lunch. I'm not a big white‑meat gal, so I asked if they had anything with dark meat. I ended up with chicken wings and drumsticks in a sweet‑and‑sour sauce. The moment I cut into that chicken? I ascended. The breading had that perfect balance...not too salty, not too bland...crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside. I'm not saying I had a foodie‑induced spiritual experience, but if I did, nobody needed to know. One look at the rest of the menu and I knew I'd be back. Yes, I will absolutely make the 45‑minute drive to try their lunch dishes. It's worth it. And the prices? Shockingly reasonable considering the economy is basically held together with duct tape and vibes. Now, my one note for the owners: please, for the love of all things holy and iced... offer a dairy‑free Thai iced tea option. It was 94° today, and I was ready to down two giant glasses, but they only use half‑and‑half. This is California. We are oat‑milk, soy‑milk, almond‑milk, "I'm‑on‑Ozempic‑don't‑judge‑me" people. Give the people what they want. Add oat milk to the menu, put a cute little 4x5 flyer in a clear acrylic stand on each table announcing your new dairy‑free Thai iced tea, and watch customers flock to it. And just to close this out on a high note: I'm 100% coming back to Diho Siam. There are way too many dishes on that menu calling my name, and I fully intend to answer. Consider this my official teaser...I'll be updating my Yelp Elite Squad review after my next visit, and trust me, people wait for those updates like they wait for a second date after a great first one. I might even give you an extra star and make it a Five-Star review! Wink! wink! Stay tuned, because this place has officially earned a spot on my "must‑return" list. And don't forget to give me a thumbs up or a heart if you like my reviews and follow me!

Food. Service. Ambiance. All of these describe this restaurant as EXCELLENT…read more This is my Go To for Thai. I do have one other on stand by. But this is my fave. I ordered the Crying Tiger for lunch today. And as usual, it was excellent. There is a lot, so I brought the remaining food home. Spread the word. It's GOLDEN. And I really like their Mango & Coconut Sweet Sticky Rice dessert. They give a generous portion. I haven't had any other that I like as much or more

After being a monthly customer for 7+ years, I'm done with this place…read more Dining in person is frustrating if you like customer service. You literally have to wave them down for refills, or remind for sauces, etc. one time it took 15 minutes from when we asked for a check to get the bill. Then another 10 for them to pick it up, so we got up and took it to the front register. Ordering takeout is even worse. They hand you a receipt to sign and tip them for...well I don't know why they expect a tip. Every visit I ask for several types of sauces and or utensils, they are ALWAYS skimping out. If I order 3 entrees and I ask for hot sauce, I should be given enough hot sauce for my order. Skinny short haired lady hands me 3 ketchup size packets for 3 entrees max. The final straw was on a takeout order when I see the typical "3 sauces for 3 entrees" and I ask as usual for more sauces, the lady has the audacity to give me 1 more and then turns around not saying bye. I go to my car and per usual they forget all utensils. I go back in and the lady is visibly mad I'm back, I ask for utensils and she gives me 2 (bro I always order 3 entrees, it's for 3 people). I ask for one more and she scoffs but gives me the third. Then says "do you need anything else?" Yes ma'am, I need you to learn customer service if you're front of house. Every time I come in I'm angered by her attitude and service. NEVER EVER AGAIN!

My first time trying Thai food. My friends were excited to pop my Thai cherry lol…read more Omg, I had been missing out on some delicious food. Hanuman really has some good food. We ordered for the entire table and we all shared dishes so I got to try a lot of different food. For my first time tying Thai food I say it is delicious. Service was fast and friendly. The place is small but well decorated. We came exactly at 3pm when they opened so we got seated right away. This was a great experience and this restaurant had a delicious food quality. Prop to the cook for some delicious food.

Hanuman Thai Eatery is truly amazing-I didn't expect Costa Mesa to have such an absolute star of a…read moreThai restaurant. Every single dish was dialed in with bold, balanced flavors and high-quality ingredients. Hanuman's Ceviche: The menu calls this out in all caps as "DEFINITELY A MUST TRY!!!" and it completely lives up to it. Fresh yellowtail ceviche prepared Hanuman-style, served with crispy shrimp chips for the perfect crunchy, citrusy starter. Green Papaya Salad: A staple done to perfection. Tangy, crisp, and refreshing with the right amount of punch to kick off the meal. Panang Curry with Hanger Steak: Incredible flavor. The curry has a rich salty-sweet profile with kaffir lime leaf, citrus zest, and unshelled edamame. The hanger steak was cooked to a tender, juicy medium rare. Hanuman's Fried Rice: Fantastic balance of sweet and savory, packed with flavor from the combination of Chinese sausage, Isaan sausage, eggs, garlic, and onions. Everything from start to finish exceeded expectations. Easily one of my favorite Thai spots in Orange County.

The food was delicious, the service was pretty good, the restaurant is clean and well maintained…read more I wanted to try another Thai place, so we went to Diho Siam. My daughter ordered the pad Thai. I ordered a green Thai curry and asked them to make it spicy - level 4 out of 5. The lunch special came with either a soup or a salad. We both ordered the soup. The server came out a while later and asked us if we would both like a salad, on the house, before the soup, since they were still preparing the soup. I decided to skip the soup and go with the salad. My daughter kept the soup. The salad was a bit of mixed greens - nothing special- with some sort of honey mustard dressing on top. When the soup arrived, I regretted getting the salad. The soup had veggies and chicken, and was pretty tasty. My daughter received her pad Thai and started eating, and I waited and waited. My daughter let me taste some of her pad Thai. I think she felt bad that I still hadn't received my food. The pad Thai was very good. Could have used some spice, but still very good. The server came out again and asked if I would be ok with having brown rice instead of their white rice at no extra charge. I agreed - I guess arriving at opening wasn't the way to go. I waited a little bit more, and finally my curry arrived. It was worth the wait. It was really good. It could have been more spicy, but it was still good. The curry was loaded with vegetables and chicken and was very wholesome, especially after I added rice to the bowl. Definitely could have been more spicy though. If the food wasn't as good as it was, I would have given them three stars, but I was happy with my meal. I would recommend coming here, just not right at opening. Better to give them some time to set up. Sorry, no pic of the green curry. I was pretty hungry by the time it arrived - LOL

Food was really good. The chicken dishes had a really good crunch to them. The house special…read morechicken had really good flavor to it as well. The pad Thai was a healthy portion and very flavorful. The chicken wings have lots of meat with a great crisp to the outside. The sauce that came with it was just okay but I added some of the chili oil to it to spice it up. For the price you're getting all of this food, I think it's well worth it to come and you should probably leave with leftovers. All of this food was just over $60. Will most definitely come back. Service was fast and easy. It was the end of the night so there wasn't that many people in there but it was quiet.

Excellent food! Had it to go. There not too many good Thai places that I'm aware of in OC but this…read moreone is very good!

The pad sew ew is my go to order at every Thai restaurant, I feel like this place has the BEST pad…read moresee ew for the area however it's not consistent at all. Sometimes I get a perfect pad see ew, flavorful noodles, tender beef, etc. 1/3 times it comes bland, chewy pieces of meat and it's just underwhelming. Same goes for the tom yum soup , I order with shrimp. Sometimes it's perfect other times not enough flavor/seasoning and watered down. I think sometimes there's a good chef and then maybe a bad chef? lol it's a shame bc when it's good, it's literally the BEST tom yum in all of OC. I've moved all over from Westminster, to Irvine, to south county. This tom yum is the best (sometimes)

I love this place best Thai food in South Orange County, my go to is the yellow chicken curry. They…read moremake everything from scratch and fast service. They are very nice people I love this place Thai palace is where it is at it's a must spot to go to

Thai Palace 3.5 stars…read more I stopped in to get some Thai food to go and it's basically a takeout place. I ordered pad Thai with shrimp and chicken sate. He said 15 minutes. There's basically no ambience so I wouldn't recommend hanging out here for too long. I'll let you know how the Thai food is. Here is my update. I only got the tom yum soup and the pad Thai so so that's not really enough to give a glowing review, but it was good for what it was. If I'm in the neighborhood again, I might come back and try some other dishes but I wasn't overly wowed

Restaurant is cozy with spacious seating. Staff was friendly, if busy with take out orders…read more We ordered: 1. Thom Kha: great flavor, fresh, excellent 2. Beef pad thai: great flavor, great presentation 3. Mango sticky rice: sweet mango, good sticky rice TLDR: Good service, excellent food, great establishment, great value. Would recommend!

I've ordered take out from them twice. The green curry was consistently good. Spicy really does…read moremean spicy and I have zero regrets. I'd rather it be spicy like requested, than not. I do have a good tolerance for heat. However, extra spicy may be overkill. The papaya salad was also delicious. It comes w two large shrimp. The papaya was crisp, even the next day and the day after. I was more interested in the papaya salad itself than the shrimp, but you can also opt for the salted crab as an option. Pad Thai was ok, but I'm not fickle when it comes to this dish. But if you are particular/ picky about your Pad Thai this might not be for you. It was a bit sweeter and heavier on the sauce. The noodles were also a bit too soft. That's probably because it was a togo order so it continued steaming in the container, so I don't fault the restaurant for that. The dishes I would pass on would be the green beans in garlic sauce. They were older, tougher green beans. But it came w mushrooms that were good. Maybe it's just this shipment of green beans that weren't young and crisp. But, I would skip it all together and try something else next time. This restaurant is family owned and they work hard. It's good to support family businesses. Definitely give them a try.

Good food. Good service. The grilled meats could use some pizazz though. Curry's good.read more

This was the latest of many visits I've had to Manaoo in Tustin now. Since they first blew up, I've…read moreyet to have a disappointing experience here. It's always the same. Show up right at evening opening to even have a chance at getting a table without waiting 1-2 hours. Struggle to find parking. Order food and it kind of takes forever. While waiting for our food, we almost always start to wonder if it's all worth it. And then every time, once the food arrives, that conversation gets dropped. We always order the Manaao Pork Jowl and Khao Soi with braised beef. We also typically order a noodle dish as well. As always, their Khao Soi is fantastic. The flavor is deep and the curry is rich. The beef is always cooked until it falls apart between your chopsticks. The one we were a bit unsure about was why they started to serve the pork jowl with no sauce on the side. We feel like when we first started ordering the dish, the sauce was lightly drizzled on top and served on the side in a small ramekin. Now, all of the sauce comes on top of the pork which seems to have made the dish a bit colder and less crispy. Still, the flavor is dialed, perfectly sweet and tangy. Their noodles are also always fantastic, perfectly cooked and seasoned. This visit we decided to try a new curry, and went with the Chu Chee Curry with Fried Catfish. This dish blew us away. We were immediately surprised by the generous portion of catfish, which seemed to be a full fried filet. At first, I felt like the batter may have been too thick for my liking. It seemed to be so thick and fried that it would taste crunchy rather than crispy if that makes sense. However, once coated in the curry sauce and enjoyed with the rice, the textures work together perfectly to maintain the crisp of the fry on the fish, which was cooked just right. The curry was light, which meant it didn't overpower the subtle flavor of the fish. We also ordered dessert for the first time off of the recommendation of a friend to try the rice balls in coconut milk with coconut ice cream. The flavor was amazing, and the texture of the rice balls (think mochi but more soft and tender rather than chewy) was very pleasant alongside the crunchy bits of fried mung bean. Our only gripe was that even by the time the dish reached our table, the ice cream was mostly melted. If anything, I feel like serving them separately would help maintain the temperatures, and enjoying them together in that way could create a more satisfying contrast. As always, Manaao is our favorite Thai spot in Orange County. I definitely recommend.

I always enjoy a good Thai food spot. This is a great spot near the ocean with a cool breeze. My…read morefavorite dish here is their Green curry with fish which makes your taste buds dance for joy and satisfaction guaranteed. The flavors are delicious and the pops with each bite. Another great option is their Drunken noodles. You ask how do I wash these items down to keep that satisfaction? A nice smooth Thai iced tea. The service is on point as the staff is equally as good as the food. Parking is either at the San Clemente library, the lot right outside of it, or on the main street which is in downtown.

Delicious meal. Good service, food out quick and hot. Nice…read moredim lights, soft background music and beautiful Thai art on walls.

I'm partial because this place is around the corner from where I live, but I will tell you:…read moreauthentic and fresh Thai food at very reasonable prices... It's my go to on a weekly basis

I go there all the time but lately the quality of the food became really really bad!!!…read moreThai bbq chicken looks horrible like it's left overs from another day and I call them back to tell them but they don't even care and gives you bad attitude like you their doing you a favor. Next again I'll give them business.