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- Cody A.Salem, OR05Jan 8, 2024
Best Thai food in Salem! Always friendly service and food comes out in a timely manner!
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Shelley E.OR, OR0123Apr 24, 2024
This used to be a fav of mine. Unfortunately they recently increased their prices ($3 more for fried rice) and then decreased the portion size. Additionally, they seemed to have doubled the amount of spices which literally made it inedible for me, even though I asked for 'regular' spice.
I absolutely will not be ordering from them again.Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Rolando B.Ashland, OR8168963Sep 23, 2023
I ordered take out last week and received a very tasty meal at a really good price.
The young lady who checked me out was very helpful and friendly.
When I opened the food in my hotel room, it was still very hot.
Definitely recommend the Pad Tai and Flat Noodles.Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Sep 6, 2023Updated review
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Came in about half an hour before the posted closing time and got told the kitchen was closed. Didn't matter whether it was take-out or eat in. Just "we shut down the kitchen."
Apparently thirty minutes to closing is "close enough."
:/Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0Mar 3, 2023Previous reviewSo with the decline and eventual collapse of the Liberty Plaza, Thai Orchid has moved from their building top location to a street-level walk in more to the center of downtown. The location is nice, bright, and open and there was plenty of seating available when we arrived. We ate here for lunch and noted that there was plenty of through traffic, as people either picked up lunch orders or came for seating.
Our waitress was friendly, cheerful, and on top of things. She got our drink orders quickly and was ready as soon as we put our menus down.
My partner has Celiac's, so she has to eat gluten free and I try to as well, when I'm with her. Thai Orchid makes it -very- easy to keep her safe because they put a handy (GF) tag next to every item that's gluten free. They also do this for Vegan items.
I opted for the khao pad ga prau, a spicy fried rice with beef, chili sauce, egg, cucumber, onions, and basil.
My partner, if I remember correctly, went for a curry and I think it was the gaeng ga ree yellow curry. She always switches things up, so there is no "regular" dish whenever we eat Thai.
We both like things as spicy as possible. Sometimes this is an issue, as wait staff often times run into people who say they want their food "as hot as possible" and then complain because it's too spicy. We always elaborate to every server we order from that we will guarantee not to send something back for being too hot, we genuinely want the hot mouth and heat sweat, and to please, please, please make it as hot as they make it for anyone native to the cuisine.
Generally, it's on a five star system of heat, and we go for five stars.
About....two times out of five this works. We note carefully which places give us "mainstream" spicy versus "country of origin "spicy."
Thai Orchid delivered on the heat. It was great! We went through several glasses of water and coke, and the staff were very on top of refills.
I enjoyed the fried rice quite a bit. The portion size was large, and everything worked together very well. I ate most of it, but there was enough left over for my partner to make another small lunch out of it at home later. The same for her curry; she had most of it, but we still took some home.
We enjoyed it quite a bit and would definitely go back if we were in the area and wanting Thai food. The biggest obstacle for us eating here is that we just generally don't hang around in Salem on our off time, so we're generally not in the area. Otherwise, we have no complaints at all. - Tania L.Salem, OR50734Apr 8, 2024
This place was a great find for last minute late dinner. Parking was busy because your in the middle of town around the night life, but we found some close by. It was not busy and they had space for our large group. The staff were friendly and helpful. The food was really good and everyone enjoyed what they had. My mango sticky rice was great, although the mango was not ripe so it had a great sour note against the sweet rice. The chicken satay was very tasty but I did not like the sauce so much. We will have to come back and try some other items on the menu. The prices were more than other places we tried, but I guess it depends on the location.
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Dale Y.Haiku, HI1510Sep 4, 2023
Kid friendly and the food was really good. Service was also good!
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Evil Jungle Prince CurryHelpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - 101147264Nov 13, 2022
More of a 3.5. The location is clean and seems remodeled. The Drunken Noodles with beef were fantastic but the Pad Thai was severely lacking. I also had the Boozy Thai Tea and it was good as well. The Mozzarella Wontons were good as well!
Helpful 1Thanks 0Love this 1Oh no 0 - Martin C.Simi Valley, CA05Dec 29, 2023
Some of the very best Thai food I've had. It reminds me of home and some of the dishes I had there. Staff are friendly and service is always stellar. I feel like I've found one of the hidden gems of Salem.
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Heather B.Salem, OR01Mar 9, 2024
We have been a loyal customer for over 15 years. In the last 6 months we have had several issues with orders, like inconsistency in spice levels, undercooked vegetables, watery curry, mistakes with take out orders. Tonight our take order was missing a dinner and one of our dinners was made with eggs after we requested no eggs due to an allergy. We had to wait for our order to be remade. I asked to talk to the owner who interrupted me multiple times while I attempted to share our disappointment in the food over the last six months. When we arrived home I discovered one of our meals had been made without the broccoli (and the writing on the outside of the box specifically listed it was suppose to have broccoli). It's like the owner just doesn't care any longer. Very disappointing. We will be finding a new Thai restaurant.
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Don H.Salem, OR2044085Jan 30, 2023
We were in town for a show at the Elsinore tonight. Our first choice for dinner was closed (Monday). So we began to look around to see what was available. We drove by this friendly, inviting-looking restaurant and thought to try it.
The service was satisfactory. But we were disappointed with the food overall. My companion ordered one of her favorite Thai dishes (Pra Ram), and it was (in her words) "not a good version." The chicken resembled deli-sliced meat in a pale, tasteless sauce. I ordered the Lemongrass Chicken and was served something the server called Spicy Chicken. It was not spicy. The vegetables were bright and colorful but were swimming in a greasy, slightly burnt-tasting sauce.
Was the place having an off night? But in times like these, the restaurant needs to make an effort to WOW on the first visit. Likely, we will not go back again.Helpful 1Thanks 0Love this 1Oh no 0
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