Well, we ordered our favorite standbys to test their quality before trying other menu items. 2 our of 5 items were good...
The Spring Rolls were very dry and not flavorful. I didn't even see any meat. Well, we each took a bite and gave the rest to our dog (he's on a fresh food diet so it's all good).
The Tom Kha... inedible. Too salty! I couldn't taste the lemongrass, lime, or mushrooms. Nothing, just pure salt. I only had two sips before throwing it away. My fiance couldn't stomach it either. This was very disappointing and a waste of money. Thus, the search for the perfect Tom Kha in Chicago continues.
The Crab Rangoons came free with out order... (yay American Chinese from a Thai restaurant!), but they were surprisingly very good. Is that fresh imitation crab I taste... why yes it is! Delicious!
Massaman Curry... Not very flavorful and I've never had massaman with RED potatoes WITH skins still on the chunks. The skins give a bitter taste and really did not go with the curry at all.
Pad Thai... my fiance's favorite. Well, this was the only thing that was very good from what we had ordered. Most of all, it was fresh! Nothing soggy or oily. Very well done.
I thought I was saving money ($5) by ordering from this place instead of Thai Avenue, but nope... ended up wasting money and food. At least the delivery guy was very friendly.
This has to be one of the best Thai restaurants I've been to. Service is generally pretty quick and I've never waited for a seat. Definitely cheaper than some other places in Chicago, and the food is just as good if not better. You can easily get a full meal here for under $10, and there's almost always food left over for tomorrow.
Review Source:Their food was always a little oily, but that's to be expected. They had okayish flavor and it was served hot and fast. Despite this, I'm never going back.
While dining there last christmas I bit down and found gravel in my food. Not just in the mouthful I was eating, but all through the leafy greens in my dish. Apparently washing the veggies is something for which I'm supposed to pay extra?
After pulling out a rock that cracked my molar the waitress demanded to see it. She then took it to the chef.
I was offered no apologies, no substitutions, and was still required to pay for my meal.
I will never be returning to this restaurant.
Love this place!!!! Probably one of my favorite Thai restaurants in Chicago! Â I love their sweet and sour chicken. Full of a variety of vegetables and flavor!! I also love their Panang Curry Chicken. Very creamy and flavorful! Super friendly people that work there. Excellent choice for takeout! Vegetable egg rolls are great too!! They always taste fresh!
Review Source:Noo! I was so disappointed by Thai on Clark during a recent second trip :( I happened to be right across the street catching up with a friend and was excited to introduce her to what I remembered as really good, really cheap food. The crab rangoon- wayy to cream cheesey. My pad see ew- no flavor. And to top it all off, my friend's pineapple fried rice was so bland that she actually added some soy sauce in a desperate attempt to make it taste like something. Gahhh, I was so sad!
Review Source:Excellent Thai food. I have never not loved what I have had here. I love cashew chicken and theirs is great. Sweet and flavorful, and not cheap with the cashews. The soups are super and all the appetizers are excellent (running out of adjectives here!). The Chicken Larb Salad is one of the best I've had. A great mom and pop type place and the BYOB is a nice option. Super friendly people. A bit of a communication barrier. The nice lady who seems to run it doesn't speak much English and the tall big guy who is super nice, speaks very softly! Try it! A bit off the beaten path but worth the trip between Aville and Lakeview. Love this place.
Review Source:How can I give anything less than 5 stars to the restaurant in Chicago I frequent most?
I live across the street and love this fact! Â Whenever craving delicious Thai food its a great feeling to know I can just make a simple phone call and walk across the street to some sapid loveliness.
My fav is the chicken fried rice with crab rangoon and a cucumber salad - I know I'm a chunker.
Its a total low key place, allows BYOB and is a great neighborhood food stop. Â If ever in the area and in need of good Thai stop in.
I love it!
This is my go-to place for Thai food within the Uptown area. Food is delicious and you're always treated with prompt and friendly service. Pricing is very reasonable and their lunch specials are a steal!
Not an ideal dine-in place, given their sub-par decor, but a must for take-out or delivery.
I'll regift Thai on Clark with an extra star. Â That whole randomly closed thing only happened once, and this is a pretty solid and affordable ladies night choice in the area. Â They do like to sweeten the deal with freebies, so I'll stop drinking the haterade and switch to Thai iced coffee.
Review Source:I've been looking for a dynamite Thai place in my area and still have yet to find one. Thai on Clark had a chintzy dinning area that reminded me of covered plastic furniture. Because of walking distance my cohort and I decided to stroll over after spotting this place after a Blue Ocean visit.
The crab rangoon and pot stickers were done well and were fair priced. As we finished up the these little treats and I had a refill of water. That refill resulted in more than just water - accompanied by a long hair dangling about the ice cubes. No compensation for the hairy water, wtf. This gave me an uneasy feeling for the entree.
By the number of take-out orders filled and being the only people that were dinning in made me wonder. I think calling in an order would have been the way to go. But if I don't try new places I would have nothing to write about.
The entrees were decent after I overcame the queasiness in my stomach. Soft Shell Crab Fried Rice and Pad See Ewe were both very good. Plenty of food for the price.
Not my number one Thai place but that has yet to be found. Take-out orders would be my suggestion based on this experience. Bottom line: cheap prices and plentiful servings.
Thai on Clark and I have a rocky relationship. Â
Part of the problem is that it got off to a slow start between us. The first few times I'd been there, the cuisine was uninspiring (I focused on curries) and left me wanting more. But, ToC happens to be right down the street, and this proximity gave us a sort of pseudo-relationship -- an acquaintances-with-benefits situation you might say -- and I kept going back. Eventually, I found the back page, the dinner menu, and found some real gems on there.
As goes with relationships, the rocky beginning has persisted beyond the slow start... and the current problem is: I keep breaking their stuff. Â I don't know what it is or why these things keep happening, but I'm starting to develop a guilt complex. First, it was their bottle opener (they're BYOB), which was cheap and flimsy, but still. Then, it was a water glass. Most recently, my date knocked over their jar of red sauce, breaking the ceramic dish and spoon.
At this point, do I break it off? The guilt is starting to rack up, but I guess I still persisted when they were getting all the benefits of the relationship (my money, while I was getting ok food), but now that I'm getting the benefits (good food, but my money's subsidizing their in-coincidentally failing infrastructure) ... I feel this need to never show my face their again.
I think I'll keep going.
My friend lives in the area and we were both a little thin on the money side and he said this would be a good place to come to: cheap, good and nearby. I ordered the Green curry, which I view as the cheeseburger of Thai restaurants, a basic dish that can measure the quality of any other dish on the menu. It was pretty good, a basic load of vegetables and a little bit of heat, not too much, it could have used more.
I ordered the Vietnamese rolls which are spring rolls w/shrimp. I was surprised by it, it was loaded with vegetables but also packed with shrimp-usually seafood dishes are a bit lopsided but this one had the right balance. My friend ordered Pad see ewe which was delicious, it is favorite dish here. I am not a fan of fried noodles so it was okay to me. The pot stickers are pretty basic-but fried well, just crisp enough but not overcooked so that hot oil bursts out.
It's a small place and it seems like the neighbors/friends stop by so the waitress was busy at times talking to them. A solid place, and since my friend is nearby it's going to be an updating review for sure.
BYOB- Yes Brought two bottles of wine and we hung out with another couple. No corkage fee.
Food: Good Thai food. All of our food was good, reaching over to taste each others dish. My favorite was the Jungle curry. Just the name is cool. This is one of the few curry dishes we can find with out coconut milk. It has a high spice level that some will have a problem with, but for us, it was head sweating good. Other dishes that were good was the eggplant with pepper steak, the pad yoon sen, the Thai fried rice was very tasty as well. The regular curry was also very good.
Ambiance: probably a 2 to 3 start, it has about 10 tables, clean, basic chairs and wall decorations. It's not a "to be seen place" It is a nice place to have a bottle of wine and hang out with friends.
Combo night: walk about four doors north to the corner to Carol's pub. one of the last country music honky tonks around. they usually have live music Friday, Sat, Sun and will play until 4 or 5 am! A classic place.
This is a cute, brightly-lit Thai place on an otherwise run down area of Clark street. We went on a Friday night and the restaurant was empty.
The potstickers were tasty, as was the crab fried rice (although the rice itself was a little bland.) The pad see ew was nothing special, and could have used a little more sauce. Â Overall, the food was not bad but nothing special. Prices were cheap.
Service was quick and friendly. I'd recommend heading over here for a cheap dinner and then grabbing a few beers at Carol's down the block.
Heard about this a number of times and never ordered from here or went..even though we are only a few blocks away...
..as it happened was in the neighborhood over the weekend and decided to stop in and glad we did....the food was great! Â Some of the best pad thai I have had, the cashew chicken was great! Â You could tell the ingredients they used were of high quality and just a fantastic mom and pop type of restaurant! Â We will absolutely be back!
I was floating between 3-4 Stars, but had to settle for 3. The food was good, I just think I chose the wrong dish. I got a Chicken Dish in a Peanut sauce. The sauce was way to thick and over powered the dish. It felt like I was eating peanut butter by the scoopfuls.
Now the Thai fried rice was excellent. I have never seen my four year old eat so much rice! The wife got the Sesame Chicken and it was great.
The server was a tad odd and kind of out of place. I believe the owner picked up a lot of his slack even though there were only two tables.
Overall this place is fine for the price. Large portions, and very friendly people. Kid friendly is always a plus. I will go back but more so I will order take out from here any day!
We had a menu in our house... not really sure how we got it... but one day we were looking for a quick, cheap meal on our way to run some errands so we stopped in. Â
Thai restaurants in Chicago are pretty much a dime a dozen and some are better than others. Â However, my husband and I really enjoyed this place and found the prices really reasonable. Â We had the crab rangoon... good. Â I had the pad woon sen and it was delicious. Â The Mr. had a curry I believe and he enjoyed it as well. Â We have since ordered delivery from there and had good experiences.
We'll certainly be back!
This place is where I go when I want good food, good service, and cheap prices. Â It's a once every-other week deal for me. Â My partner and I always get 2 app (crab ragoon and Vietnamese rolls), and 2 entrees. Â That's totally enough to fill you and have lunch for tomorrow unless your really hungry :)
I love their Tom Yum Noodles. Â It's spicy and tastes fresh (you can taste the ginger, peanuts, bean sprouts, lemongrass etc). Â I can hardly ever finish the portion they give me. Â Also the pineapple fried rice with tofu is awesome.
It's not presumptuous here. Â They just make great food. Â
BYOB
Thai on Clark has become a weekend staple of mine since my friends moved two doors down. What it comes down to is average-to-slightly-above-average food, great service, and some of the lowest prices I've seen.
First of all, the service is always incredible, whether you're getting takeout or dining in. Last weekend, they threw in an order of crab rangoon after we had to wait for just three minutes. Three minutes is not rangoon-worthy in my opinion, but hey, nom nom nom.
The food ranges from amazing to all right, depending on what you get. I highly recommend any of the curries, particularly green curry or panang curry. Definitely the high point of the menu for me. Their potstickers are also amazing. The only thing I would not order again is the Pad See Eiw -- the noodles were oddly rubbery. I'd be more inclined to think this was a one-time slip-up, but with all the other great stuff on the menu I probably won't try again for a long time.
Overall, an amazing meal for the money you pay.
Haven't had a bad meals yet at this place. The Lad-Na was just the way I like, no need to add any other seasoning, just a little bit of the chili.
Lunch specials is $5.95 - $6.95, you get soup, appetizer, and the full size entree. How good of a deal is that?
If you in the area, give them a try, you won't be disappointed.
I am sooooooo lucky to have friends that live in the apartment adjacent to this place!!!! I've been to this place about 15x.....
The service.... is friendly, takeout times are quick (10-15 min. post phoning in my order!!!!)
The food.... let me list EVERYTHING I've had:
crab rangoon, chicken satay, spring rolls, potstickers, tom yum, miso, tom kha soups, pad thai, thai, curry & softshell crab fried rice, & their jungle curry....All are absolutely fresh & oh-so-delicious!!!!
I don't drink coffee at all!!!!.... UNLESS, it's their THAI ICED COFFEE!!!!
Thai Iced Tea is damn good too!!!! =P
Comfortable setting, modest decor, BYOB, meter parking (but easy to find)
So I'm thinking I need some Thai food. And what I'm really thinking is that I need to order from Siam Noodle and Rice. So I pull out the menu and I work my way through it -- this is serious business, folks! I'm good to go, I give them a call... "Thank you for calling Siam Noodle and Rice. We are on vacation. We will be back..." NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Now I'm crushed. I could call one of my standbys, but I'm crushed. So I call the least likely place -- Thai on Clark. I live down the street from this place, I get their menus ALL the time, but something about them seems so dicey. I've never ordered from them. Ever. Tonight's the night.
You know, they're not bad.
Fish cakes, standard. I've had better. Much better. But I've had worse.
Tom Yum Noodle soup, surprisingly good. Served in a weird to go container that doesn't work for soup at all, so there's a bit of a hassle getting it into a proper service module. And it's milder than I'm used to. But very noodley, which is what I need right now.
Rama Chicken. I suppose there's such a thing as a bad rama chicken, but I can't remember having one. This one is pretty good. Lots of broccoli, which is a nice change.
Pineapple fried rice. An experiment. Not a success. It doesn't taste much like pineapple, but then, it doesn't taste much like anything.
Overall: acceptable. I see that there are lots of five star reviews here, which kind of surprises me. But I'm judging by one experience. They're no Siam Noodle and Rice. But I'll call them again.
the girl and I needed some sustainance last night after a big afternoon of work - she very cleverly ordered us up some Thai on Clark  food while we were driving back into the city....thirty five mins later, we were home, the bell rang and it was game-on.
Pad Thai for me.
Some-sort-of-curry-thing for her.
and spring rolls for the two of us.
The spring rolls were impressive looking but, just "meh" in the taste category. Not bad, just nothing to yelp about.
My Pad Thai was crazy-hot (temp) and lovely tasting, even more so after doctoring it up with some of the included hot sauce. Yum.
I didn't try her curry thing but, she gobbled most of it right up....curry's just not my thing.
OK, OK...I feel horrible for giving Thai on Clark only three stars and attributing much of my dismay to the condition of their washrooms and their lackluster decor. Â I am having Yelper's remorse.
Thai on Clark has amazing food! Â I've dabbled quite a bit in the world of Thai food in Chicago and I'd have to say that their food is the freshest and the best. Â Nothing is overly greasey...ever...and their flavors are bright and fresh and explode in your mouth. Â Fresh Fresh Fresh...I can't say it enough. Â
The BF has traveled to Thailand a gazillion times and says the only Thai food that he has had better than Thai on Clark was from a little lady on the streets of Thailand serving cheap eats out of her make-shift rolling cart kitchen.
I proudly add another two stars to Thai on Clark. Â And...the owner is so gosh darn nice. Â I'm sorry to you Mr. Owner for only giving you 3 stars in the past.
I ordered delivery here last night. Never again...
I was told it would take 45 minutes, it took 1 hour and 10 minutes. When I called to check they were not friendly or apologetic at all about the long wait.
Then my lukewarm food came. The pad thai was sticky and bland, and had gross dry pieces of pork in it and was oversweetened.. The sesame chicken was chewey meat with a soggy exterior. I should have known better than to get sesame chicken, but it sounded good. The crab rangoon had a weird flavor, too. An all-around flop.
There are far too many other choices to even think about giving this place a second try after slow and bad service and crappy food.
I like the cheesy decor. I like that this place is family owned. It's pretty great when the server tells you that Mom is making your pad thai and spring rolls.  Seriously, I'd take Mom over Mario Batalli any day of  the week (to be blunt, he would too I'm willing to bet)!
Perhaps it is because I hope to be adopted by a woman that can cook (attention: I am taking applications!). Plus, now I can swagger in like Frank Sinatra and they know my name, drink order, chopsticks preference and level of food spicyness...
I am very lucky to have Thai on Clark be my nearest thai restaurant. Â We started out going here to take advantage of their lunch special: soup, appetizer and entree choice for like $5.50, less than 6 bucks. Â Then I started branching out into other menu items, the tofu soup with chicken is a pile of fresh veggies in a clear chicken broth-excellent hangover cure/cold day healing. Â The spicy basil with chicken is perfect, but the other night we took advantage of the BYOB policy; I had the Jungle curry, my husband had the Rama curry, it sent this place into the 5 star category.
Not only is the food spicy when advertised, but just quality across the board. Â You can't beat the service and the price. Â heart heart love love neighborhood thai place.
I absolutely love this place. It's just steps from my place, and it's a great value. The people are great, too. When I order for carry out, the guy on the phone knows me by name (which may or may not be a good thing.)
The crab rangoon is also out of this world. Cheap, convenient, and comfortable; that's what makes this place awesome.
I love this place. Â I live just down the street and come here very often. Â The reasons are pretty simple:
1) It is good Thai food. Â Is it the best I've ever had? Â Probably not, but their green curry is amazing and they will make it as spicy or as mild as you want them to.
2) It is cheap. Â 2 people can have drinks, entrees, and an appetizer for less than $25
3) It's comfortable. Â I can wander through the door in sweatpants and no one will care.
4) It's quick. Â If you feel like speed-eating you can be in and out in 40 minutes.
I don't have any ill feelings towards Thai on Clark per se, but I've ordered takeout from there several times and have never been blown away by the food. It's alright for when you're desperate for food and don't want to wait very long (I live very close by), but there are far superior options elsewhere in the city for around the same price range.
In general, I'd lean away from going here unless I was dying and really needed some (mediocre) yellow curry or something. :P
Well first of all it's in 60640 zip code not 60686. Â I live right in their neighborhood so I'm sure it's 60640.
I tried it...it's alright. Â Not as good as other Thai places I've tried and I've tried a lot. Â I had their Pad See Ew beef. Â It was too watery. Â Maybe I'll try it another time but this time I give it a 2.
The lady at the register was nice though.
Maybe I haven't given this place enough of a chance, seeing that I've only been here once. Â However, nothing here really seemed all that great. Â If I go back and have a better experience, I'll change my rating. Â
As Amy mentioned, the wood panel & mirrored walls are less than glamorous. Â And the place is fairly small.. I think 5-6 tables total. Â
My friend and I both quickly found something that sounded good on the menu and our orders were taken quickly. Â
The iced Thai coffee was good, but we both agreed that our entrees are done better at other area Thai places. Â The mild curry that I ordered is a little cheaper than it is where I usually order from, but in this case, the more $/better taste wins out. Â
I didn't think the serving sizes were that big; my friend plowed through his entree and while I happened to have leftovers this time, if I had gone in on a totally empty stomach, I would have nothing for lunch tomorrow.. and that would make me sad.
I thought the service was friendly enough and fast enough because we were there for a leisurely lunch, but had I been in a hurry, I would have been annoyed by the waiting for the check and then to get change. Â
If I happen to be on the 4600 N block of Clark and am jonesing for Thai, I'd give this place another shot. Â Otherwise, I'll just stay closer to home where the food is better anyway.
If I had a car, I'd drive here once a week to have Thai. Â But I don't. Â And the Clark bus can be a little sketch at times (in my opinion). Â But I would walk here for this shiznit. Â It's just THAT good. Â This place is rub-your-belly, sigh-contentedly good. Â
The restaurant is by no means glamorous (think low-budget 70's decor), but it has a cozy and unassuming atmosphere, which I chalk up to the fact that it's family-run. Â
It's BYOB with no corkage fee (woo hoo!), cheap (double woo hoo!), and just plain finger-lickin-good. Â Though I don't think many people lick Thai food off their fingers. Â But I digress. Â Appetizers, main dishes, you name it, I love it. Â The menu is quite extensive, whether you want something to spice up your life or take the palate-friendly and wonderfully seasoned route. Â And the portions are big enough to feed 2 people (unless you're a linebacker with a gargantuan appetite).
The service is great and friendly as well (once again, thanks to the fact that it's family-run). Â
My only regret on my first visit here is that my group of friends neglected to bring enough wine, and there isn't a shop close by, so I would suggest overestimating booze consumption.
Remember the trifecta: good food, good prices, BYOB. Â You can't lose.
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