Thai Express Restaurant Edmonton — Restaurant in The Palisades

What a pleasant surprise!!!!! My husband and I stopped here for lunch this week while we were doing business at the Tom Harris store next door. We had a half hour to kill and it was lunch time. From the outside it looks just like a typical fast food place in a typical strip mall. Even the inside decor confirms this impression. But once you look to the back of the restaurant, this all changes. First off, all the workers behind the counter are older. I don't know about you but I prefer that the people who are making my food look more like my mother and less like my kid brother. And when you look to the left, you see the grill. So hot you can feel the heat. We had never eaten here before and didn't know what to order but there was lots to choose from. We tried the General Thai Pineapple with battered beef. The beef was a revelation. Crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. And when you ask for hot and spicy, they give you just that. I watched as our food was being prepared. Fresh. Hot off the grill. And definitely hot and spicy. Just the...

I go to the Starbucks next door about twice a week. Noticed the Thai Express and told myself I would get lunch from there one day. When I've been to Thai Express at WEM in the past, I usually get the pad thai but today I went out of my comfort zone. I ordered Fried Chicken Dumplings ($5.65) and Pad See-Ew ($13.78). Looks the tofu addition was free but I paid $4.20 to get beef added to my noodles (as I expect to). My co-worker ordered the Fried Dumplings and the Cold Shrimp Roll.

My pad see-ew was tasty. Noodles may have been a bit too oily but better than not enough and sticking together. I shared my pad see-ew with my coworker so she could have a sample. At first she was not impressed on getting tofu in her bowl but she was impressed that it was tasty. My only criticism about this dish is that I had about 5 pieces of vegetable stem in my order but the tofu and beef were plentiful.

The fried dumpling were great. No complaints.

We would order from here again. It was quick and everyone behind the counter...

I went to today to get me lunch from this location. granted I understand it can be a busy time for them. He then brought my lunch to my worker place when I opened the bag I realized it was not what I ordered My husband has to drive back to this location to get my order they then asked him for the other order back that he had already dropped off to me!! He explained to them that he has dropped it off to his wife work place and when she opened the order she realized it was not what she ordered. Then proceeded to give him the item I had ordered. He now had to drive back to my workplace to give me the order I check it and it has no coconut milk and it tasted horrible. Needless to say I am done with all Thai express location period. It tasted like old water and old fish....