Thai Garden — Restaurant in Northampton

Thai Garden, located on Bridge Street in Northampton, Massachusetts, offers a wide selection of authentic Thai cuisine that will satisfy your southeast Asian cravings.

We arrived as soon as the doors opened at 4:30 Thursday afternoon. The hostess recommended a table in the corner of the restaurant underneath a tent-shaped awning. Our server took our drink order (a Shiraz and a Sam Adams) as we perused the menu. Although the beer was good, the Shiraz tasted stale and something that you buy in a box.

We ultimately chose the Peanut Noodle, as well as the Chiang Mai Noodle dishes. The former consisted of thinly sliced chicken and steamed rice noodles immersed in a peanut curry, topped with string beans, onions, red peppers, crushed peanuts, scallions, and cilantro. One can substitute the chicken with tofu or pork for no additional charge, but the beef or shrimp option incurs an additional $2. The meal was great, with the curry very creamy and penetrating the chicken and noodles.

The Chiang Mai Noodle was also very tasty. It included your choice of chicken or beef in a homemade curry (likely made with coconut milk), with yellow noodles, red peppers, red and white onions, and topped with deep-fried noodles. Again,the meal was very tasty, with plenty of chicken, noodles, and onions. Due to the ingredients used, the curry isn't as creamy as the peanut dish, but it was quite flavorful and recommended.

Thai Garden was a delight. The service was timely, the servers were polite, and the restaurant was clean, with an atmosphere that was relaxing and inviting. There are plenty of nearby restaurants featuring a variety of national meals, but if you're in the mood for Thai, then Thai Garden has...

RACIST AND XENOPHOBIC RESTURANT!

My friends and I have been going to Thai Garden for the past three years. As Smith students surviving on a strict budget, this restaurant seemed to meet our limitations. However, we have been seeing a disturbing pattern grow into what was an extreme case of religious and racial discrimination against me and my friends who identify as muslims. We usually pay ten percent tip on the food we eat at Thai Garden, given that their service has never been up to the mark and they have always been unnecessarily rude and obnoxious with us. However, recently they come back to our table and start demanding a higher top constantly referring to the fact that 15 percent is the bare minimum (I have been to many restaurants and 10 percent is perfectly acceptable) Today when our bill arrived they very loudly let us know that we HAVE to tip 15 percent and above that they had HIGHLIGHTED the tip estimates on our bill. On being confronted, the substitute manager explained to me that we never tip them enough, indicating that he has specifically been calculating our tips for a long time. When I raised questions, the man simply walked away.

I understand that Thai Garden may serve decent, affordable food but guys remember that by going there you will be promoting racism and xenophobia that is rampant in their behavior. Northampton has always promoted a safe and inclusive environment and this restaurant goes against EACH ONE of those values. Try Siam Square or Taste of Thai (Amherst) if you ever...

We were a party of 3 and reserved a table ahead of time. While I am not sure about the weekdays, on sunday night, it seems to fill up at around 6:30 - 6:45.

Here were our experiences with some of their dishes: pad thai came without sauce and was white tom yum soup was okay, nothing remarkable seafood adventure, the stir fry seafood, was decent, but unremarkable Thai garden salad was very tasty, but the unseperated cabbage held it back a bit the red curry with duck was by far the best. Tasted amazing and felt authentic.

Other than this, the decor is cozy and creates for a great atmosphere and parking while hard to get right in front of the restaurant due to it sharing many spaces with other stores and being street parking, if you just go up the road there is an abundance of street parking only a few...