I've walked by here often, but never eaten here and today, I wanted to eat there, but I didn't like the way I was treated by the rude waitress who came to my table yelling at me if I knew what I wanted. I just sat down and it was during lunch time and the only menu the lady handed it to me was the lunch menu where it comes with egg rolls etc. I don't like those lunch menus. I like to order from the regular menus like full menus. Anyhow, when I told the rude/short/abrupt lady I was yet not ready to order. She gave me the look like "hurry up and order" look, so I made the executive/split decision to get up and walk out. I didn't want to spend my good money at a place that will treat me like I'm bothering them and not friendly/welcome whatsoever. It's good thing I did what I did, because when I was getting up and leaving, I saw one of the help guys threw his arms up in the air like "What in the world?". I haven't ordered anything and all they did was pour water in my glass. If they wanted me to stay and eat, then, they shouldn't had treated me with such rudeness. The food looked good, but I will never come back here based on the principles. read more

I order the spicy noodles from this restaurant at least 3 times a week. The spicy noodles are so addicted. Made with wide rice noodles. The flavor is perfect and so are the cream cheese angles. I highly recommend this spot if you're looking for good tasty Thai food. read more

Not sure why this place has 3 stars. This is a real Thai resturaunt, with actual Thai cooks that knows what they are doing. Im not an expert on Thai food, but i have spent almost a in Bangkok with a lot of locals i met through an exchange program at my high school and i have tried over 30+ Thai resturaunts all over the world. Thai Time has been our favorite spot in the states for years. This is my first time back to San Diego in 4 yrs and this place is still on point. Thai tea gets 2 thumbs up, Peanut sauce seems even better than before and panang curry is delicious as always! PS. My wife and I favorote Thai spot is in Bahrain (Honey Thai) if u find yourself out that way, give it a try. You will thank me later. read more

Thai Time - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

100 percent I recommend the restaurant excellent food ,excellent service ,excellent price , excellent ambiance best quality.

It's a lot of food guys. My two favorites: (1) Pad Thai, and (2) Green Curry. Took 3-days to finish it all. Total $27. read more

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Decent price and taste. Takes long the first and second times we had food here (lunch and dinner). It was during lunch special, but it was not crowded. Serving speed the 3rd time (lunch) is quick. read more

Good food, nice service. I recommend this for a quick Thai meal if you're in the Gaslamp area

I have a general rule when it comes to Thai restaurants. The fancier the place the worse it is. The best Thai restaurants are usually the small divey family type places. So after searching through the many Thai places in the Gaslamp district, I choose Thai Time for this very reason. It matches my expectations as far as my downhome criteria is concerned. I order the shrimp spring rolls and I have to say that I have never seen spring rolls this big. I was so happy, I could have ordered these as a meal. If this was so, I probably would give this place 3 stars. But, I went on to the main course unfortunately. Whenever I try a new Thai restaurant I always order the Pad Thai. As the national treasure of Thai cuisine, Pad Thai should be the base of all Thai restaurants. Everything else builds from Pad Thai. (This is my opinion). I order the shrimp pad thai. As soon as it hits my table I notice a different smell...almost like boiled fish. I figure it must come from something cooking in the kitchen. It's not strong enough to deter me from trying it. Then I try it. From the first bite, I'm turned off. Something is different. I can't explain it, but it reminds me of dirty water. I consider just paying my bill and leaving. I stay, pick out the shrimp, and work my way through half of the dish. I've had pad thai before that I would call disappointing, but I've never left pad thai on the table until now. I didn't get sick, but I was seriously worried that may be possible. I usually don't give bad reviews and when I do it's usually because of service, not food. I'm not saying stay away from Thai Time, I'm warning you not to order the Pad Thai. read more

I have been coming to Thai Time for lunch for quite a while now, and I have always enjoyed the food, quick service and price. It's almost always packed during peak lunch hours, yet they are on top of it. For lunch, they offer different specials which you can choose your choice of protein at either $7.95, $8.95, or $9.95. You get soup, an eggroll and your entree. Pretty good for downtown San Diego! The food isn't amazing, but they are very conscious of your time, and get your order in and food out quickly. Outside of lunch I have had a not so great experience. The service is way worse and slow despite there being far less business. Prices are a little bit higher, as expected, but the quality of food isn't as good as lunchtime for some reason. Recently I ordered some spring rolls to go and asked for a side of rice to supplement my meal at home, and the packaging was terrible. The rice and the spring rolls were in plastic saran wrap, which he microwaved both in and threw into a plastic box. I mean.. at least take it out of the saran wrap before microwaving and into the plastic box?? I was barely spoken to and the sentiment I got was that I was annoying them by being there. So, moral of the story: come for lunch, not take out or dinner. Lunch: 4 stars, Dinner: 2 stars for a total of 3. read more

Thai Time - Weird to-go packaging - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

Came here with coworkers and LOVED it. Came for dinner after work we ordered a #33 Spicy Noodles (Drunken Noodles) with chicken $11.95, #43 Thai Time Fried Rice( House Specialty) $11.95, #32 Pad Thai with chicken $11.95 and we got a fee #77 Sweet Sticky Rice w/Mango (reg. $7.95). All three of us loved everything we order. Definitely recommend the sweet sticky rice with mango. It had a creamy coconut glaze, it was mouth watering deliciousness. I personally had the Spicy Noodles aka Drunken Noodles. They were served hot (temperature) like they were fresh off the wok. The spiciness level was just right not to hot not to mild. They were full of favor and the service size was large with lots of chicken. I recommend coming with friends and order a few different dishes and sharing them. One dish had food for about two people. My coworkers had the pad thai and fried rice they both said they loved their food and would come back. I want to try some of their lunch specials. The dinner prices were a little pricy but so worth it! read more

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FIRST TIME I WRITE A BAD REVIEW. I'm really understanding for a chef when it comes to eating out but holy crap this place hit every wrong note. Ordered spring rolls and yellow curry from Uber eats. Ill keep it short but the consistency of the curry was straight up disgusting, as if a server accidentally spilled a full cup of water on my curry. Vegetables were still raw, you could tell they didn't give a shit about what they were making. rolls were soggy and the dipping sauce reached a gelatin like texture on the edges. Literally had to throw everything out, call it a loss and order from somewhere else. Basics: If you don't know how to cook, don't open a restaurant. I mean this in the most genuine way, you guys need to find some other business to venture into because this is clearly not it. You guys should feel embarrassed, seriously. read more

I ordered from Postmates last night , they are open late ... I ordered the yellow curry with chicken and vegetables the curry was 98 percent gravy . I was trying to ladle what I could but just ended up with two small pieces of chicken and a few carrots. Very disappointed since I was starving after work . read more

The food was great the service was good and it's a place I recommend to eat. Also they had great ambiance

Went to a House of Blues show tonight and got out at around 11pm. My wife and I was craving something with broth and thank goodness Thai Time was still accepting orders through postmates! We ordered the spicy fried rice with chicken, Tom yum soup, and pho brisket and rare steak. In that same order, this is what we thought: spicy fried rice was bomb, Tom yum soup... just no (did not taste anything like Tom yum - should have listened to the other reviews), pho brisket and rare steak was good. Highly recommend trying this place out, especially as a relatively late night option. Skip the Tom yum soup though! 4 stars for the delicious other dishes, timely preparation, and steaming hot food upon delivery which is perfect for hotel room dining. Minus 1 star since one of the dish's order did not meet expectations. read more

It definitely AINT thai time here! The Pad Thai was awful. Too sweet. No flavor. No spice. I question if their produce is even fresh because the green onion (which clearly wasn't fried long enough) had a funky taste. The bean sprouts had no taste so I know they weren't fresh. I prefer no tails on my shrimp if they come mixed in with a dish. I don't want to have to put my fork down and pick up a tailed shrimp! Was I expected to chew the crunchy tail in my mouth? I have tasted waaay better shrimp at other Asian restaurants who did not charge me $19 for one dish to-go. The service was so-so considering it was lunch time and they were busy but the lack of a greeting or even eye contact made me feel unwelcome. I don't know who this food is suited for - definitely not me! First and last time here! read more

Couldn't tell you about the food ... I ordered from Uber eats and was waiting patiently for my food when they randomly canceled my order after already waiting a period of time ! But here it says there open and you can order ... but why if they'll just cancel u at 12 pm lunch time on a Saturday ... anyways I won't be wasting anymore of my time trying esp when you're hungry they make you wait and cancel after u do ... gotta go wait more now! read more

My go to place if I'm ever craving thai food. It's super convenient - right outside my office. But it's pricey for the quality of the meal. My go to order is usually the Kai Qua Lunch Special with Calamari. I've also ordered their pineapple fried rice and pad see ew in the past but it's just okay - to my disappointment. The Kai Qua's sauce is just so flavorful every time and never disappointments. Their lunch specials are a sweet deal because it's a discounted price and they also throw in a salad, egg roll, and wonton on the side. It's a small hole in the wall. So there's not much to the ambiance of the food place. You can dine in but don't expect much from the environment. read more

This place is obviously cooking with old oil if the wonton are coming out crispy and the inside uncooked. Disgusting. What a trash of a cook and of a place. Never ordering from here . I suggest you guys stay away. read more

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The Thai buffalo hot wings were AMAZING! Sweet and spicy. Perfect late night eats. Must try!

The food here is so good. I will be coming back. Try the spicy fried rice, highly recommended

Mediocre at best. Got the wontons $7.00 which were supposed to be stuffed with cream cheese and crab ... but it was primarily cream cheese ... drunken noodles "combination with beef, chicken, calamari, shrimp" $16.00 .... I left pretty disappointed. My meal was served lukewarm and the noodles were beyond rubbery. I spent close to $30 for a meal that I basically boxed myself and handed off to a man in the street. My first server was nice enough but then the shift changed and I had to track down the next server for my check and a box for my cold expensive noodles. I will not return and I DO NOT recommend this place to others. read more

This place is amazing love the food!! I highly recommend this place wonderful service and really nice people. Great restaurant for lunch or dinner!! This deserves a 5 star review. read more

Really good food came for lunch here. Very friendy and courteous . I AM GLAD THAT I IGNORED THE 3 STARS REVIEW. Highly recommend Chow main ; beef read more

LIED ABOUT INGREDIENTS. I came here with my mother, who has celiac and is extremely gluten intolerant. We told them this upfront, and the server told us the food was all rice- based and that there was no flour. My mom got extremely sick only a few hours later, so clearly that was untrue. For the sake of public health, restaurants have an obligation to honestly disclose ingredients, and I'm livid that they failed to do so. read more

Ordered Green Chicken Curry and Pad See Ew seafood noodles from Post Mates. In my opinion this was the worst Thai food I have ever eaten. Green curry had maybe two slivers of chicken and was mostly gravy. The gravy was so tasteless and awful I threw everything away after two bites. The Pad See Ew noodles were worse, frozen stale mussels imitation crab meat and soggy vegetables. Not good at all I didn't eat any of it. This place is an embarrassment to Thai Food. read more

Not a fancy restaurant but staff are extremely friendly and the food is very good. Try the Tom Yum soup.

Ahem...as those old ass ladies from those old ass wendy's commercials would say.... "Wheres the motherfu*king beef?!?!" CRYING TIGER BEEF http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/thai-time-san-diego-2?select=xI61n_lFnbgzPpENGpoKCQ#Og0hDxTLmyYKt5GnwhQghQ Yup, I was crying because all I saw was veggies.... and veggies make me sad. read more

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First time here and was not dissapointed! plenty of food to fill you up. I had the shrimp Pat Tha, probably spelled wrong, and I was very pleased with it, even had my leftovers for dinner and it heated up just perfectly. Can't wait to go back read more

My love for Thai cuisine has got me trying many Thai restaurants all over San Diego. I've tried very good places but never found a really bad joint. This place isn't bad, but it also isn't the best. They have decent classics of Pad see ew, green and panang curry. The currys were a bit on the runnier side instead of creamy which I prefer, but taste was decent. I would come here again only if I were in the area. read more

Loud waitress: "Hey...hey you!" me: "Huh?" *turns around* Loud waitress: "Da booth is fo mo pee-po, sit o-vah there!" me: "Oh..." Well if you didn't want me to sit in the booth, why did the other waitress who greeted me point at the booth when I walked in? That was certainly embarrassing having to get up clumsily and trying to make my way to the other side of the restaurant. So I meekly chose a two-chaired-table by the wall, away from civilization. Thankfully the loud waitress did not serve me. The nicer waitress came by and served me some soup as I glanced over their menu. Hmm typical selections, I thought. Nothing out of the extraordinary or ordinary for that matter. "I'll take Panang Curry. Er, make that not spicy at all." Once she left, there was a waiter dude who would look at me with shifty eyes. He came by to refill the water. When I thanked him whole-heartedly, he grumbled some indecipherable phrase before walking to another table. Wow, so much for charisma. Did I owe him something? I don't know, but it sure felt like it. Fastforward. Ah there's my food. Well-portioned curry with jasmine rice. Ooh, fried wontons... I love wontons...with minimal fillings... oh. The panang tasted fine, just as it should have tasted, and blended well with the beef. But again, nothing spectacular. The shifty-eyed waiter dude walked by again. Must... avoid eye contact! So I ducked my head down and pretended to be absorbed with my food. The couple sitting near me kept looking over at my table. Maybe because it was Valentine's Day and they were wondering why a girl like me was eating alone. Or maybe because I was sporting a huge ass Jury Member badge on my left breast pocket. Or maybe it was the random monarch butterfly display installed on the wall next to me. I don't know, I prefer to enjoy my food without being stared at. But whatever it was, I lost my appetite there. Forcefully I shoved down another spoonful of rice topped with curry beef and swallowed it deliberately. The lump of sustenance slowly traveled down my esophagus. The couple peeked at me curiously. The shifty-eyed one came by again, this time not to refill my water but to drop off the check silently. Enough is enough. I got to get out of here. I wiped the grease off my mouth, put a Jefferson down, and handed it to the nice gal. The moment I walked out feeling the cold breeze on my face, I knew I was free. Thai Time no more. Sorry, I got no time for Thai. read more

I ordered through DoorDash but I've ordered from this place many times before. I found a pube in my yellow curry. Yuck had to throw away

My name is Anne, I got a plan ... so I'm not Santogold singing Anne and having a plan was the opposite of what we had for lunch. We originally planned to go to Sushi Deli downtown (cheap plan) but we hadn't planned on the line being around the corner and we also didn't want to wait. Next plan, Panera (chain plan) but why go chain when you can go local? Thai Time was within walking distance of our planned next event (Horton Plaza), so there we were. Thai Time is a cute little casual lunch spot, you could do a working lunch or escape from the concrete jungle for an hour and nosh. And nosh we did. I ordered a peanut sauce dish - I make a mean peanut sauce at home, but they are like apples and oranges. This one was good but not coconut curry like which is what I expected for thai. I nibbled on Andreas Pad Thai, but I really don't like pad thai EVER so my opinion doesn't count. If I worked in the area I'd come to Thai Time, but I wouldn't go out of my way or plan for it if you know what I mean. The service was quick, the prices were cheap and that's really sometimes all you want in an unplanned type lunch spot. read more

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I am pretty shocked to see the low stars on here and am really determined to right this wrong! I come to Thai Time at least three times a week and I need to defend their honor and reputation. Let me just say, this place is great. Like really awesome. For those bashed the pad thai, it's Americanized Pad Thai (get over it) and delicious to boot. I'm not Thai but I've been to Thailand and literally have sampled Pad Thai from every area of Bangkok and beyond. By no means does that make me an authority, but while Thai Tine isn't 100% authentic, it's pretty damn tasty and comes close to the "westernized" stuff you'd find in Thailand. The servers are super friendly and it gets really busy during lunch. I've seen people be rude to the staff which breaks my heart because they're all so nice and seriously customers can be jerks. The entire menu is tasty and the servings are huge at good prices. What else can you ask for in a Thai restaurant? read more

Thai Time - Pad Thai lunch portion with Thai iced tea - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

Screw this place for takeout. No soup for you, yet same price for lunch special. Screw this place for takeout. No soup for you, yet same price for lunch special. Screw this place for takeout. No soup for you, yet same price for lunch special. read more

Absolutely great food, the Panang curry creamy and tasty with the white rice . Pad Thai is what we enjoyed , soft chewy and a bit saucy! Service is good. And a quiet space in the heart of downtowns Overall good time. read more

Jury duty day, so was looking for something good near the good ole Hall of Justice. I didn't have time to properly peruse Gaslamp, so when I spotted a thai place I'd never tried (right outside Horton Plaza), I decided to check it out. It was full, but service was quick and the food came fast (there are 15 or so options on the lunch specials menu). My mango curry with tofu lunch special was just $6.95 (soup, curry puff, rice and entree) and the portion was generous. The soup was an insipid, overly sweet concoction laced with some shredded cabbage. The curry puff was unfortunately served cold and without any sauce, so I gamely dunked it into the mango curry. The curry featured a nice portion of fried tofu, mango chunks, green beans, eggplant and bell pepper--flavorful but not remarkable. Overall this is a decent, budget and veggie-friendly option if you need a quick meal during a jury duty break. read more

I don't want t be mean to my fellow Thais, but I'm not going to lie either. I'm visiting San Diego with my bf, and we came across this place while walking to Horton Plaza. My bf is in love with phad thai so we decided to try it. We ordered shrimp phad thai togo so we can eat it back at the hotel. Let me tell you. The price and the portion is good, 2** for that. I wanted to give them more ** but I can't. I would be lying if I said that their phad thai was good. I'm FULL thai, I know how thai food taste. And this tasted nothing like it. There's no sweetness, saltiness, or sourness to it at all. I don't know if we had came on an off day or what. But if I was to return to San Diego...I would not be coming back to this place! read more

Thai Time - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

Of the Thai places near Horton plaza, this is the better one. I've had their red, green, and yellow curries, their pad Thai, their pad see yew, and Tom yum kai. It's all decent. I think their red curry and Tom Yum kai is decent. But I've had better in San Diego. Just not downtown. The lunch specials aren't super cheap, but they aren't super expensive. The service here is much more reliable than other nearby Thai places and food is better. If you order the food, they'll give you an accurate estimate. Pick up is quick and easy. If you eat in, service is decent too. The ambiance could use a little improvement. It's hole-in-the-wall chic. I wouldn't take a date here, but I'll happily pick up take out if I'm craving Thai downtown. read more

Thai Time - The casual ambience. - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

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This restaurant was right outside the door of our hotel, so we ordered takeout not wanting to go out that night. The crispy angels were delicious. Crispy and hot with a heaping filling of cream cheese and a little bit of crab flavor. The green curry was really tasty (ordered medium heat and could have gotten hotter) and you get a lot of rice. I ordered scallops and was a little disappointed because there were not too many for $16 but the ones that were there were tasty. It had a couple pieces of good eggplant, carrots, peas, scallions, spices and a lot of bamboo shoot. The peppers were were semi soft and delicious. It was chilly out so this was a perfect way to warm up. Not at all disappointed, very good. Only minus one star for the lack of scallops. The very friendly girl at the counter even told us that she gave us extra utensils because she knew we were going to share. read more

Thai Time - Crispy angels. We already ate two. - Thai Near Me - San Diego, California

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Food was gross. The ingredients used to make the food didn't taste fresh. I had the pad see ew with seafood. The noodles were mushy and the seafood consisted of imitation crab meat, a couple of shrimp, and a couple pieces of pieces of squid. To top it off it was just bland and flavorless. read more