Chef G on 4th Thai Street Food — Restaurant in Alhambra

New Thai place that is great so far. Seems like the owners are somehow related to a Thai restaurant up near Sacramento, CA, which is a good sign.

Food is pretty good. We spontaneously decided to eat here when we were walking by. We ordered a green curry (rice is an extra order), a Thai milk tea, and a Guay Tire Ruar (the boat noodles they call it).

Thai milk tea - Sweet. Too sweet for my tastes. Still good. Pricing is good too so I don't mind that I ordered something way too sweet for my tastes.

Green Curry (medium) - Flavour is very good. Unlike most green curries, the flavour is strong and not diluted. You can clearly taste coconut milk and the curry paste. Amazing. A bit disappointed that rice is an additional side order (+$2) though. Would've been nice to not need additional order of rice since all the sections (outside of a la carte) comes with some sort of carbs. Serving size is... a bit small if your expectations are normal American sizes (a lot). I think the serving is perfect to feel satisfied, but when you compare it with the average portion size on the area, it is a bit small.

Guay Tiew Ruar (the boat) - essentially it is a beef noodle soup. For non-thai folk, the flavour is a kind of like a fusion between taiwanese beef noodle soup and a Vietnamese pho. I really like it. Flavour is really good and strong, and the spice level is reasonable for a western audience. Portion size is the same story as the green curry. I think this applies to all items here.

We ordered some salads as takeout the next day and had similiar thoughts. Good price, smaller than average portions (but enough to feel satisfied), and good, strong flavour.

Service was really good. The people were friendly and attentive. Way better than what you would expect from the area.

Store location is pretty small. Sore only have 7-8 tables of 2-4 people, so don't expect to easily sit a group of 8 here.

The store seems to be pretty new, and the first few months is the most turbulent time for a restaurant. Hopefully the good times...

I first went out about this place in late 2023 till this day it has now been one of my top five favorite places to go eat and have dinner with my husband. There has been a lot of changes since then when I first went there they were like grade 8 in the braces Were way more than now they did some updating to like the walls. The menus I recently went on Monday to go have dinner with my husband, and I asked why they were closer to the past weekend and then they told me they did some deep cleaning and I didn’t notice that their grade level went from A to B. I can tell you that I am not sure what they found or why they went down to me, but the food was still delicious. I also didn’t notice that they raise the prices again when I was getting the soup there’s sour soup seafood, sour soup there before it was $12.95 and now it went up to $16+. I just went to their website and the prices there aren’t all updated like the restaurant. Either way if you’re around Alhambra area this is a spot. I do recommend. I usually always get the same thing I get seafood, sour soup, mild and spicy and then I get the shrimp fried rice and shrimp pad Thai. I I really enjoy drinking the Thai tea but due to the price change I think for a small glass it’s exaggerating price. I didn’t get it this time. I drank water, but that was fine. I did get my total this time and it was 70+ without tip so we are going to be making less visits to our favorite spot now because it used to be a little bit less than 50 before and with this economy we really can’t afford these nights I’d rather go to a fancy restaurant and spend that much with a little more, but I...

Looking for a quick, local dinner and ended up going to Chef G. Overall great first experience, so glad to know there's (another) local Thai spot for when I'm in the mood.

I had the Khao Soi which as of recently has been my favorite dish in Thai restaurants. I was happy to see it on the menu since I believe this is more of a specialty, regional dish, and do not see it at all Thai restaurants. I like to think of Khao Soi as a leveled up version of the usual Thai curry. It's that much more savory, creamy, a little spicy, sweet and just so delicious. I was happy with this Khao Soi here and the chicken that it came with was very tender as well. I don't think there are other protein options with this dish as I have seen at other places.

The Khao Soi was about $14 which I thought was pretty cheap when I saw it on the menu. I assumed that it was going to be a little bit smaller of a dish and that was true. But it was not too small and did not leave me hungry. I think I like it's a little smaller and cheaper, with things costing so much these days.

It's a nice clean, little Thai restaurant with maybe under 10 tables. I like the large mural they have on one of the walls. The service staff was fantastic both when taking the order and checking with me throughout the meal. Friendly and attentive.

They are located on 4th St, as stated in their name, right off of Main St. Parking should not be an issue with parking structures close by as well as residential street parking is readily available.

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