One of the many great Thai restaurants on El Camino and one of the many good place to dine at. It was evening out with my families. We came in with a group of five. A table would only serve a group of four but conveniently, they made it all happen for us to all fit by combining tables thats a great plus. The menu have many choices of dish from starter to the main course. We placed an order on fish cake which I have inform them to cut in half so that it can be better catered to everyone. Place two order on the chicken pad thai. A large size seafood Tom Kha that was serve on a hot pot. Mango beef and garlic fried rice top with pineapples. The order took about 7-8 minutes for the appetizers which was the fish cake to arrived to our table. We ate off on that while the main course gets prepared and brought to the table. The fish cake with the dressed cucumber was pretty good (mom makes em better =D). The Tom kha came next and we all just pour them onto small bowls. The taste of the soup was a bit more on the coconut side but it gets rinse quickly with the sourness from the lemon so it was quite well balance. Both chicken pad thai then came out and it was quite well plated. Just an FYI, each pad thai dish can serve minimum of two its why we placed two order on this dish. The pad thai was good not great, just wish they could of scramble more eggs onto it, just my preference. The beef mango was delicious as we ate them with the pad thai. They forgot about our garlic fried rice which was good for us because we got so full. We had a very good eat at this spot. If im looking to have thai food I would come here again. I would recommend to those who are behind the fence and want to try thai cuisine. The server are attentive and make alot things work out for us. Spot on! read more

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I ordered Pad See Ew. Overall is OK. But the beef is very dry. I will try other dishes next time. read more

Thai Spoons - Pad See Ew - Wide Rice Noodle - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

First time. Tom kha gai (coconut) soup with chicken was super spicy (my bad for not asking for medium spice), but the flavor was excellent and the chicken was perfect. Chicken basil wasn't my favorite. Something was a bit off with the sauce ( I tried to find out from the waiter, but no luck), and the dish was way too soupy and not enough basil flavor. Pad see ew with shrimp was the star of the meal and the reason for the bump up from 3 stars. The noodles were perfectly fried in a seasoned wok with nice amount of scrambled egg. Decent portion of fresh and perfectly stir fried good sized shrimp. I would go back for the med or mildly spiced soup and the pad see ew. Good value, good service, easy parking and clean. read more

We had a tasty lunch choosing from the cafeteria style lunch options. We had a few curries, a basil chicken, and more. One two and one three option plate was more than enough and the price point was very reasonable. I'd say the food was good. Not quite elite Thai but very solid and enjoyable--there was not a bad dish in the bunch. read more

This is a small Thai restaurant that offers a low key chill environment to hang out with friends. I got the red curry with duck and thought it was tasty. The duck was boneless which was a huge plus for me because I hate bones in my meat. The curry tastes great. I did think the portion was a tiny bit small for the amount you're paying (about $15). Rice was also not included if I remember correctly. My fiancé got the pad kee mao and thought it was tasty. He starred this restaurant on his list of go-to. read more

After reading several reviews I decided to try the Pad Kee Mao (Drunken Noodles) and fresh spring rolls. I was not disappointed. The wide noodles were cooked to perfection with a perfect amount of oil, seasonings, and nice balance of vegetables. The serving portion was average, enough for a normal appetite. I had left overs as I wanted to try the spring rolls. The fresh spring rolls were super good. There are 3 rolls wrapped together (during COVID take out). I loved how light, filling and flavorful they were. There's quite a bit of lettuce however the seasoned tofu balanced well with an outstanding peanut sauce and sweet chili sauce. The spring rolls were so good that I got a second order to take home to share. read more

I loved the Pad Thai and the curry. Everything felt very authentic as the restaurant is family owned. The decor and atmosphere make it very fun and relaxing. The service (shout out to Jessica) was quick and always made sure everything was to our liking. read more

Thai Spoons - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

The pad see ew here is so so delicious! Also tried their iced coffee and thai tea and the coffee is perfect - not overly sweetened and super smooth. Prices are very reasonable for the area as well. Definitely recommend this place! read more

My coworkers and I stumbled upon this place a little while ago and fell in love instantaneously. We've also had them cater a work lunch and everyone was incredibly happy with the choice. Everyone here is so sweet and the food is delicious!! The Gai Pad Ped is one of my favorites along with the yellow curry tofu. They also have a really nice thai iced tea :) As always we will be back! It has become our #1 lunch spot. read more

Our favorite Thai Food here in Sunnyvale! Love everything here esp the Pad Thai and Thai Iced Tea!

This review is a month late, but given the current situation I wanted to make it known that this restaurant has made the most incredible yellow curry. The chicken was PERFECTLY cooked and the curry broth was thick and delicious. We also ordered pad Thai which was amazing! This is a lovely family owned restaurant and I want to thank them for making delicious food and for being so incredible to our health workers with their food donations during this difficult time. You can count on my family ordering their food as soon as they reopen in May! read more

Delicious, made from scratch, and so many veggies! Menu allows you to mix and match meals with protein, which gives vegetarians unlimited options. read more

The food is horrible. Had three item lunch, presents like prison food. Has no flavor and is poor place to eat if you like Thai. read more

Thai Spoons - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

I really like coming here for lunch because I get to pick three different items with rice for a beautiful $10. It's $9 for 2 items with rice if you're not a fatass like me. Wish I could pick 4 items, but I'm too embarrassed to ask for that, haha. Thai iced tea is $3. Was going to give this place 4 stars because the food could use a bit more flavor (but then again I am going solely off of the pre-made hot food station,) but I do love the existence of the hot food station, service is super friendly, and.... just today I noticed one of the workers there is quality eye-candy. He might be the owner's son. Forgot to tip because I was so flustered @_@ It's ok I give you an extra Yelp star instead!!! read more

Thai Spoons - Three item lunch special: pad woon sen, vegetable omelet, pumpkin curry, and white rice underneath. $9 of deliciousness! - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

I came to Thai Spoons for a light dinner. I ordered Eggplant Delight ($11) curry with steamed brown rice ($2). The Eggplant Delight contained barbeque eggplant chunks, tofu cubes, kaffir lime leaves, red curry paste, and coconut milk, topped with cilantro. The meal was delicious and I will return to try other items on the menu. The red curry prawns ($13) also seems appealing. In addition to the prawns, it contains bamboo, bell peppers, onions, Thai basil leaves, red curry paste, and coconut milk. The service here is friendly, I felt welcomed even though I arrived just a few minutes before closing! read more

Thai Spoons - Eggplant Delight and brown rice - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

Decided to try this place based on the strength of the Yelp reviews - what a mistake! Came here right when they opened for dinner at 5 pm, thinking we'd get fast service (we had a toddler with us so speed is important). Alas, after placing our order in the first five minutes of sitting down, we ended up waiting for 45 minutes for our food!! Apparently they "lost" our order among the sea of take out orders they were preparing. The restaurant is so small, and yet they failed to remember their only table of customers sitting there waiting for their food! :-( Food: Pad Thai - way too much tamarind sauce Crispy fish - not very crispy. They totally rushed this dish when they realized they forgot our order. Butterfly shrimp appetizer - they sent this to us as a complimentary appetizer but it was fried with way too much batter We requested an extra order of rice but even that didn't come. :-( All in all, disappointing experience and disappointing food. read more

Very disappointed in my take-out order today. Mostly flavorless dishes. The curiously identical ratio of ingredients in each dish just shows the kitchen is mailing it in. Yes, I know, it's cheap, but at least TRY to make something that reflects the name of the dish!! My order: Penang Curry. This should really be named "vege mix with coconut milk + yellow #5 + meat". Zero taste of curry. All coconut milk. Plenty of veges and even chicken (what I ordered), but I have never tasted such bland curry; much less Thai curry. This could have been served as a soup. Spicy String Bean. Should be named "vege mix with basil". I swear, my coconut milk dish above had exactly the same number of string beans (~15?) and this dish had the same number of all other vegetables as the "curry" (see photo). I didn't taste any garlic, pepper, or even soy sauce/salt. Complete absence of taste other than the basil. Papaya Salad. This was decent. A bit on the spicy side for "medium", but that's actually pretty standard for Thai. Pad See Ew. Best dish of the night. As such, not much left when I got it. Good noodle texture., actually contains a disproportionate amount of noodles to everything else (broccoli, meat, etc.), which is what one expects when ordering... um... noodles. Service was good - fast and courteous. They even wrapped the papaya salad carefully to prevent the sauce from getting everywhere. When I crave Thai (especially cheap Thai), I want FLAVOR. Not complex flavors, but flavor, like what is in the name of the dish! And not the same vege mix as every other dish when I order string beans. The Pad See Ew and courteous service saves this from being a 1-star review. read more

Thai Spoons - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

I was very excited to try this place because I wanted to try something new and different from my regular go-tos. This was for a July 4 party, we ordered bunch of curries and appetizers. Food was below average, in my opinion. The curries were not flavorful at all and seemed like made from a similar paste. Rice quantity was above average. Pretty disappointed, will not go back. read more

This is one of those hole in the wall spots! I've been here about a year ago but this is the first time i had to wait for about 40 mins to get seated. The staff brought us menus while we waited outside and tried to got our orders. Our food was ready right when we got seated! I love the basil fried rice... especially when they make it spicy. It's probably one of the best I've had in the area! Wasnt too excited about waiting 40 mins but it all worked out. read more

Thai Spoons - Pad Thai - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

Ordered Pad See and the food was cold. I was so surprised because I thought they made it fresh. The curry chicken was good but it's hard to mess up that dish. The eggplant dish was good but there was no mention of tofu and it showed up on the dish. I"be had much better experiences at other Thai places. The only problem here was food prep read more

I think Thai Spoons is awesome and a pretty good Thai eatery for a quick fix. The service here is excellent and friendly. They are on point with refills and quick with serving. The menu is good with a nice range of Thai entrees. They serve the main dishes that'd you see in any other Thai restaurant. This place is small with limited seating so that is something to watch out for. This restaurant is clean and spotless, so that's a plus. I came with some friends and had a good time chowing down. I enjoyed their Pad Sew Ew! I made sure to order it medium spicy because this dish is much better that way. I thought the noodles were cooked fine; it wasn't dry or deeply pan fried. It still retained moisture which was nice. Their Thai tea was delicious and their mango sticky rice dessert was also a good; not too sweet. Their prices are cheap here and defintely worth it. I'm a fan of this place and I defintely recommend this to people around the area. read more

Delicious, authentic Thai at super reasonable prices! I've been coming to Thai Spoons for years and I recommend it to all friends, family, colleagues in the San Jose/Sunnyvale area. Firstly, it's a great spot for lunch in Sunnyvale. They have a lunch buffet with different curries, vegetarian entrees, noodles, and rices with great portion sizes (perfect for lunch + an afternoon snack). I love the Gai Pad Ped (Thai chicken nuggets), garlic green beans, and Eggplant Delight (if you haven't had this, try it.....you're welcome). If you come during lunch time, you'll be able to try multiple items since their lunch plates allow to mix and match items. Their Thai iced teas and Thai coffees keep me wired all afternoon and up all night thinking about what to order next. It's also a great place to grab dinner, whether you're looking for a fresh and reliable takeout spot or want to have a cozy date night. My fiance loves the Pad Thai with prawns and the spicy Basil Chicken. I obviously get the full size Eggplant Delight. Pro tip: get the red/brown rice! read more

Delicious Thai lunch! Perfectly spiced vegan Tom Kha soup.... Coconut milk/vegetable goodness. Fantastic vegetarian Panang tofu curry... Good portions and great flavors. Pad Thai looked super great. We will be back! read more

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First of all - my mom and I are constant customers of Thai Spoons. My mom is definitely not a go-out-for-lunch person. She's willing to eat any healthy crud but this is what she'll eat. Their lunch buffet is always satisfying and it lets you try curries you might not think to get. So when you come back for dinner you can get exactly what you want. If I could give 10 stars for service I would. It might be because we come around so much, but they always provide what you need, even before you know you need it. The family is so kind and really wonderful at what they do. If you can please support this business however possible! read more

Delicious Thai food and great service. We always go for a noodle and a curry combo, and they never disappoint. The folks there are always kind and fast to get the food out - highly recommend! read more

This place is bomb. Service is good and food is even better. Not that service is horrible or bad, but the servers are very attentive. Ordered pad see ew with beef, sweet and sour chicken and panang curry with prawns. It tastes and seems like everything is made to order. Definitely one of the best Thai spots in the area! read more

Cute little place that isn't too cramped. Love the food and the hosts are always kind and polite.

My girlfriend and I had just finished our weekend vacation down in Southern California and were craving some good Thai food to satisfy our hungry stomaches. Unfortunately, the Sunnyvale area isn't really known for a lot of good Thai restaurants, but the closest one to us with decent ratings was Thai Spoons. Thai Spoons is located in a small plaza on El Camino Real before Mary Ave. Parking shouldn't be a problem, since there's not too many competing businesses in the area. We came in around 6pm on a Tuesday and there weren't too many people inside. I was actually surprised that this business was surviving, since the place was so small. The restaurant itself probably had at most 10 tables; you can probably rent out the whole place for a party if you wanted. In terms of the menu, Thai Spoons has your usual Westernized Thai cuisines. They'll have all the usual noodles like Pad Thai, Pad See Ew, etc. What stood out about the restaurant was that they had several dishes that I've never seen before - probably unique to their branding. They had several plates with some fried chicken nuggets using their "special" Thai Spoons sauce. My girlfriend and I ended up getting tom yum soup with their house special chicken nuggets, and a plate of Pad See Ew. Tom Yum Soup (6/10). I thought Tom Yum Soup was okay. The soup definitely had your average sour and spicy taste to it and the diversity of the ingredients was plentiful. It was a shame it looked like they used canned mushrooms, but it was nice that there were bits of fish in the soup. A bowl (around $8) can satisfy two people for sure. The downside was that it looked like they just used a bunch of powder for the soup, which may give you a bad, lasting taste in your mouth. Pad See Ew (7/10). For a Thai restaurant, Pad See Ew is always a good fall back. Thai Spoons's version isn't bad. I felt like, overall, this was probably the best thing that they had. The noodles were warm and portion size was decent. House Special Chicken Nuggets (2/10). I forgot what the actual name of this dish was, but it was probably because this dish was very bad. Basically, the dish is comprised mostly of small pieces of fried chicken ("nuggets"). The chicken was very dry and it didn't help that their special Thai Spoons chili made it even drier since there was no flavor on it. The menu said that there were onions and bell peppers, but there were literally only a few pieces. I'd recommend not getting this one unless you really liked dry chicken. All in all, I had a pretty meh experience at Thai Spoons. There were probably better things that were worth ordering on the menu, and so maybe we were unlucky. I won't be too harsh on them since the service was decent and I thought the Tom Yum and Pad See Ew was okay. I'd give this place a "tolerable, sufficient for sustenance" rating. Eat well and prosper, read more

Thai Spoons - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

We ordered green curry , garlic pepper chicken and fried rice. For $80+ lunch- the quality of food, taste and the amount was horrible. Having tasted for years, authentic Thai and other ethnic food- this was the worst Green curry! This dish had hardly any flavor, the coconut milk was diluted, smelled of turmeric with hardly any meat. The Garlic pepper chicken was atrocious- minced almost raw garlic mixed with boiled chicken slices. It smelled of raw garlic and had no flavor. The quality of this overpriced food was abysmal to say the least. It is very perplexing how this restaurant was rated this high with such substandard food. read more

Thai Spoons - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

I ordered chicken with eggplant with white rice and a Thai iced tea on the side. The food was good and fulfilling after a hangover. The service was attentive and friendly. It's been 9 hours since I had the meal and it still keeps me full since then! read more

Thai Spoons - Chicken with eggplant with white rice on the side. It was delicious. - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

The food is always fresh and you can taste the quality of the ingredients. Friendly workers as well. I would come back here again!

Disgusting! The food was reheated and not freshly stirred. Unethical! Pad seew chicken- chicken was stale and smelling horrible, threw the whole thing. Veggie pad Thai- was cold and not heated through, wet, soggy and sticky in lumps. Waste of money and time. Such a disaster! read more

Came for the lunch special a few times. You get a really good portion for an even better price. You can choose from several option to make 2 items ($11) or 3 items ($12) plate with rice. They have both meat and vegetarian options. The food is very fresh and flavorful. You can also order from the full menu a la carte during lunch. Recommend getting the Thai hot wings. They're very crispy and come with a house made sweet & sour sauce. And don't forget the Thai tea of course. read more

Found a good Thai place! This is a small little restaurant in a shopping center. It seems to be family owned and run. There are about 10 tables in total inside which is fine. The service is good and quick and the servers are attentive. You can really see they hustle! We ordered Pad Kee Mao, spring rolls and Pad Ped (Chicken). We ordered the Pad Ped "Thai Spicy" and whoa! Was it hot!!! The flavors were so good and I kept wanting to eat it but the spice was just way too much for me at some point, so my husband finished it off. He eats really spicy and even he said it was super spicy. The spring rolls were good...nothing out of the ordinary. The pad kee mao was great. I ordered it regular spicy and it was spicy (just enough spicy for me not to cry lol). When we went, there was a bowl of peaches for customers to take at their discretion. Found out they were from one of the owner's tree. That was nice that she did that. The peaches were delicious! They also give you these tamarind candies with your bill which my husband loves! read more

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Staff is exceptionally friendly and welcoming. I always feel like family when I come here. Also the food is fire. Best yellow curry in San Jose! read more

Thai Spoons - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

Love this place! Can't believe it's taken us so long to give it a try given how close we are. We came here on a Thurs or Fri night (can't remember) and beat the dinner rush by 10-15 minutes, thankfully! I wanna say we got there around 7:30pm. We started off with the Thai Shrimp Rolls. They were delicious! Perfect crispy texture and I loved the sauce that came with them. We went through all 10 rolls in like 3 min, haha. Will definitely be ordering these again. I got the Green Curry Delight for my entree and really enjoyed it! Serving size is quite generous and the green curry had just the right amount of spice. Came with so many vegetables too. I feel like compared to other Thai places in the area, this place is relatively cheaper, so that's another plus :) We really wanted to try the mango sticky rice but we were too full after we finished our main dishes. All in all, a lovely experience. Will definitely be coming here more often! read more

Good food! I had yellow curry with chicken. Nice employees and a comfortable place to go for family, friends, or solo. read more

Cozy little place friendly crew staple Thai dishes. Came in for dinner tried - Yellow pumpkin curry: very mild in flavor would be better adding more pumpkin - Pad Thai: very flavorful Brown rice needs additional $2 which is bit bummer as usually in other places it comes by default. Overall a nice place for casual dinner, will consider come back read more

Thai Spoons - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

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Came in for dinner on a Friday evening, and luckily beat the rush! We ordered the drunken noodles with beef and panang nue (tender beef curry) with rice. The portion sizes are good so two orders to share between two people is the perfect amount of food. We're always greeted and served with a smile here, which is one of the main reasons we keep coming back, second only to the delicious and authentic Thai food! read more

Thai Spoons - Panang nue (tender beef curry) - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California

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First time here, Pad see ew wasn't bad, egg rolls was good. But then this happend... I almost swallowed peace of steel wool. It destroyed all my appetite. read more

Thai Spoons - Thai Near Me - Sunnyvale, California