We came here for one dish in particular and that was the crispy pad see ew! I had high expectations for it, and they were definitely met. It was crispy, sweet, salty, and addicting! It felt like you were eating a noodle dish but in chip form. The service was okay... it took them a while to take our order since they were chatting with tables. But I understand it's not their fault if the customers have questions. The ambiance had a lot of Thai decor, and it was a little dim in there. It felt like a hole in the wall spot, but I'll definitely come back to try other dishes one day. read more

Thai Valley - Crispy Pad See Ew - Thai Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Really great Thai food! Got the viral crispy pad sea-ewe and it was so unique and delicious! Flavorful wontons and curry too. Cool vibe, the service was friendly and quick on a Saturday night. read more

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Thai Valley is a great place to come and eat lots of food! We used to eat here almost every other day but then covid shut everyone down. So now they open only a few days a week and I think a lot of people have found alternative options and their restaurant is suffered a little. The restaurant itself was always clean and there is usually a table to sit at and never a wait. It's a nice cool spot! Food is delicious! read more

I've been doing to this restuarant for yrs since I was young and still they have amazing food. Recomend and I give it more than 5 stars.

The food is amazing here. We love everything we have tried. Sadly, they've been away the last few times we've called to order. Hopefully they open up again soon. Neighborhood gem for sure read more

The food was amazing and the service was awesome very fast and the staff members were very polite. The ambience is really nice very spacious, but also very interpersonal. I go there all the time for the lunch special. I get the Thai basil chicken spicy over white rice and it hits every single time. read more

The food is always great (+generous portions) and ready in 20 minutes. Some favorites are the Red Curry, Pad Woon Sen, Thai Basil and Pad Kee Mao. It's been our go-to Thai restaurant in Chicago for several years now. Highly recommend! read more

Hands down, best Thai food in the Chicago land area. I used to come here as a child with my parents and this is our "family" restaurant. When we have a special milestone, we will come here. The food has consistently been delicious for the past 30 years. We will drive 50 minutes from the suburbs where we live now to come here and eat. The service is always spot on. There's one server in the restaurant but it's never taken away from the service. He's personable and always remembers us. A familiar face makes for a comfortable experience. The ambiance is absolutely serene. It had a good vibe. This restaurant could definitely use an update as it's been the same forever, but it's still incredibly comfortable. Love this restaurant. read more

Awesome food ! Great service! Clean restaurant! I live in the suburbs now but I kept coming back to this quaint restaurant. The place might not that be too fancy yet the service and the food are really awesome. Quiet place! read more

Located in The Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago, Thai Valley brings the Thai culture to Chicago with their interior decor and authentic Thai dishes. 4 out of 5 stars. read more

The food was terrible, and it had one more table and it took forever to get our food.

My family has been ordering from here for years ! It is an amazing , family owned place with so much flavor. The chicken and cashew is unlike any I've ever tried, authentic and delicious. Excellent service read more

I've been going here for dinners for 20 years. Same owner, who also supplies the recipes and trains the cook. Same waiter! I love the food. I particularly love the Tom Kai Gai. They make it just right here - savory with a nice amount of lime juice and slight saltiness. Yes, a little touch of sweetness but not so terribly sweet as many Thai restaurants make it. It's a savory soup, not a dessert! I can't stand the over-sweet way most places make it, but Thai Valley makes it JUST RIGHT. I usually order it medium spicy, which brings a little heat. Sometimes I order it HOT and then it fogs my glasses and singes my hair - but sometimes that's the way I want it! Their curries are very flavorful, and they have the best pad woon sen I've ever had. GO THEIR! Note it is small and not much staff, so you may have to wait a little to be served- but it will be worth it. read more

Thai Valley - Yummy pad woon sen. - Thai Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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The worst Thai food in the northside of Chicago. Noodles and Co. makes a better Pad Thai than this place. We ordered pad thai, spring rollls and crab rangoon. The rangoons had big chunks of cream cheese and no crab or onions. The one star is for the spring rolls which were decent. There are far better Thai restaurants in that area. read more

Had the lunch special which comes with an appetizer, soup, and entrée. Could not tell what was in the soup of the day, and the odor was very offputting so we did not really eat it. Pad Thai was extremely bland with a few pieces of tofu thrown into some noodles. Very little seasoning, no garnish or anything like that. read more

As unassuming as this place may seem, this place has some of the best basil beef I've had in the city. Portion sizes were great for the price and service was friendly. would definitely recommend this place for lunch or dinner. read more

Thai Valley - Chicken satay - Thai Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Best eleven dollar lunch special in . . . Forever! With leftovers for supper. May I suggest the #5 tomato beef with the satay?

Thai Valley is my very favorite Thai restaurant in Chicago. I have been coming to this restaurant for almost 30 years now! Love their amazing lunch special, and their incredible spicy rice namsod. All of their curry dishes are also excellent as well as the cold beef salad, you really cant go wrong with anything you order here! read more

The best Thai food! Fresh, very flavourful, super yummy!!! Tum Yum Koong is highly recommended.

Amazing! Best Thai food in the city. Always consistent and service is unfailingly exceptional. Definitely order shrimp rolls and fried rice!! read more

Excellent Thai food in my new work area. Love the lunch specials It's one of my favorite routine restaurants to go for lunch. Looking forward to trying every dish on the menu. read more

Decent Thai food with good flavors I had the $6.95 lunch special which has a soup, appetizer, and main dish. Soup was great Shrimp wraps were ok but a bit small The Pad Ka Prik was decent but there were like $4 shrimp ( you pay $1 extra for shrimp) Just happen to be passing through the neighborhood- would come back if nearby but wouldn't cross town to eat again read more

Thai Valley - Tom Yum soup and Shrimp Wraps - Thai Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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My wife introduced me to Thai Valley - it was actually our first date. Thai food can be hit or miss but this place hits all the right notes for us. If you order medium spicy it will have a nice kick. The veggies we've had are always fresh and the lunch special, even take-out, is a steal. Faves of the house are the Pad Thai and the Pad Ka Praw with ground chicken (the basil is present but doesn't bang you over the head and overpower the dish). The green curry is also a go-to. My wife had eaten here for years and for some reason just had never got around to the green curry. Once she did I got blamed for not "telling her about it sooner". (Playful banter...don't read anything in to it.) Curry is not a must-have dish for me but it was very satisfying and, again, just hit the right notes for me. In case the perspective helps the Tom Yum soup takes me back to a hole-in-the-wall place in Bridgeview my parents used to take me to when I was eight. There were three tables...mostly pick-up/delivery. COVID/CURRENT...they're only open Thursday through Sunday currently, and not for dine-in. Every time I pick up an order I make sure to ask the owner when he's going to open for dine-in again, or at least every day of the week. Trying to get a grass-roots campaign going. If possible, try to bring a cash tip for Fidel. Anyone who has worked in the industry will get that subtle nudge. Final tip - I played it "safe" with my first order on that date with my wife and I was not "wowed". That was my fault. The second time we went I ordered what I really wanted...and was not disappointed. Hope you give this place a try! Oh...try the Thai Ice Tea if that's in your wheelhouse... ~Food is Love... read more

Very fast delivery! I ordered Pad See Ewe, Combo fried rice and Green Curry Chicken. The prices are FANTASTIC!! I would have given a higher rating but I asked for them to burn the noodles a little so they would be crispy and I'm pretty sure they must have been busy as the fried rice seemed to be made out of hot freshly cooked rice instead of day old/cold. I will definitely be ordering again. read more

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Wow. Better than most thai places. For $7 you get an entree, soup, and appetizer. Really? A bit greasy but full of flavor. It's been here for years. Last time I tried food here was when my coworker brought me here 5 years ago. He was a salesman and I was a warehouse assistant. He said, this place is pretty good, I always come here. I didn't believe him until I started eating. Good lord! Other places have pad Thai that is bland, tastes like soap, or has a crapload of oil and no other flavors. And they're overpriced! You really have to try to believe me. A gem for sure. read more

Delivery: Anytime I visited a particular relative, they'd order takeout from here. That's how I began to take a liking for Thai food. The food was always well prepared, warm and fresh. You know how sometimes some ethnic foods just don't travel well; maybe their delivery people suck, so the food arrives soggy or different than usual. Never had that problem yet with Thai Valley, however at times the delivery time took up to 50 minutes. If you don't mind the wait, you're in for a good surprise. Fyi: 1 order of Crab Rangoon 8 pcs. Cream cheese is plain, not sweet. Good with the provided S&S sauce or hot sauce. Dine-In: Dining room is adorned with a visual smorgasbord of Thai dcor. Near the front door there are many plants and a board stand-up of a Thai woman? Maybe a Thai airline stewardess?? Perhaps you are supposed to think you just got off the airplane and were transported to Thailand. I dunno. Very laid back approach to dining. Unless you are a regular you won't be able to distinguish their wait staff from a customer. Service is better when the dining room is full. On lazy nights, find yourself calling out for service or walking down to the desk so they call the waiter. Which still, is, retarded since they have a mini camera watching the front. Pay attention to your tip is what I want to yell out. Parking: You are limited to street parking, which is hard to find usually. Cost: due to the popularity, a simple order for three could run up to $40. Something happened recently which really grossed me out and just lingers in my brain. It involves the old Thai dude which is usually manning the counter. I'm just going to fast forward to save us time. So, it's the end of the meal and the waiter is nowhere to be found. I walk over to the counter and as I look up at him, he's got his index finger flying up into nose picking position. He didn't notice me walk up, so he's got his finger flying up into his nose, with a quick twist around inside and out. He's a pro at this maneuver. I call him over, cause I need a container to carry out my Beef Panang and the bill. My friend is watching him and also witnessed the booger pick. Old guy packs my curry and hands the bill over. As we walk out my friend says "dude, are you going to eat that?" "Why, you want it?" "Heck no, that dude picked his nose and then packed your curry." " Don't call me if you plan on coming here again." If I never ate in the dining room, I would've rated them much higher. read more

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Decided to stop in since there was a 2 hour wait at Semiramis (failed attempted groupon use). We walked by the place and I looked in and thought to myself that it might actually be good. I had no idea I would be walking back over to eat in the same night. We started out with Crab Ragoon as an appetizer. They were huge and came with 7 pieces...pretty good. For my meal I went with the Roasted Duck over rice. The portion was just right...not too big, not too small. The duck was very tender and packed with lots of flavor Nice little spot to stop in randomnly. This place is BYOB and delivers read more

My family has been coming to this restaurant since before I was born. That's 27 plus years, and every time the experience has been great and food has been amazing. There has been times where spices were changed in recipes which was making some food too hot but not a big deal for spice lovers. Overall an amazing restaurant with an amazing staff. read more

Great service and generally empty which makes for quick service and a quite environment that makes eating a pleasure.

my parents have been going to this place since before i was born and I have been eating this food for my whole life. i still love it. such good food. please go yall, the food is awesome read more

This restaurant, in my opinion, serves the best Thai Food in Chicago area. The food is delicious and fresh. The interior of the restaurant is outdated and I even like that because their food is well prepared and tasty. For the last 20 years I love to go there to sit and eat with my friends in their unpretentious restaurant's environment. When I ordered take out during Covid time I ordered more food thinking the portions could be smaller because of hardship the restaurants are experiencing. Thai Valley didn't disappoint. Their portions are still generous with very popular prices, The best bang for your buck. I will list some of my favorite foods from their menu: egg rolls, crab cream cheese wonton, cucumber salad, pad sea-ewe (shrimp, chicken, beef), shrimp Penang-they always adjust spiciness to your liking, and Pepper steak. Thai Ice Coffee is a cherry on top of the delicious food experience. read more

Thai Valley is quite good and at a reasonable price. The spring rolls are best ordered with the sauce on the side (note to self as well as the rest of you) and the egg rolls were delish (but how can you mess that up aside from bad oil or burning, right?!). The Pad Thai is rather good, comparatively. I'm not a fan of the sweet, reddish sauce on my Pad Thai and this place is not an example of that, thankfully. Given the price and decency of the food, the value proposition here is quite worthy of a very good review. It's also a few business fronts over from a liquor store if you forget it's a BYOB (but the liquor store has a credit card minimum of around $20, so drink up!). I recommend this place and look forward to trying out new options myself. The lunch deals are even better than the already fair prices for dinner, as I've seen in the menu. Check it out! read more

Been coming to this place for a long time. Beat Thai food in the area. I highly recommend the Padsee eww spicy.

I've been going to Thai Valley for almost 2 decades now. It's good Thai for decent prices. The only thing is there one server and he's been there for much longer. As of lately it seems the place has been getting slammed with large parties. It's usually empty and quiet. Otherwise I've never been disappointed with any of their dishes. I recommend their Pepper Steak - very delicious. read more

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There is such a handful of Thai restaurants in the area so at times its tough to decide which one to go to. From the times I've been there it seems like there is only one guy working, and its the same guy every single time. He will juggle all the tables and work the counter as well. He is always super calm and nice. I've order all the standard dishes such as Pad Thai and Tom Kha Kai and everything was awesome. Portions are very generous too. **Try the lunch special if possible** Very good deal! Definitely one of the highly underrated spots. read more

Great Thai food for the prices. I loved the fact they offered mild and spicy green curry. The place is generally empty, and there is only one server. Everyone there is very friendly. The pad Thai was ok, can definitely be more flavorful. The cardboard cut out of the woman would always freak me out. I'd think it was an actual person. read more

I just love this place. My favorite Thai restaurant in Chicago. It is unpretentious, very affordable, and the food is excellent. My favorites are Spicy Rice Namsod, Pad Kee Mao, Chicken with Basil, and Tom Ka Kai soup. read more

They serve fantastic Thai food here! The gentleman who works here is always nice and welcoming!

Got takeout from here last night. I urge you to try anywhere else. Nothing we got was good- the pad thai was bad, the fried rice were bad, the spring rolls were bad. All of the flavors were very off- my pad thai was sour, but not in the right way at all. Just go anywhere else, and save yourself the unpalatable food and the indigestion and icky feeling that come after eating here. read more

Been coming here for several years. I always order the same thing, basil beef friend rice, chicken pad Thai, crab rangoon and a Thai iced tea. Food is really good and I love their homemade hot sauce on the table. Would be perfect if the crab rangoon has more crab in it. read more