Sabai Sabai Thai Kitchen — Restaurant in Oceanside

Been here twice. It's a small Thai restaurant on Oceanside Blvd. They do not serve alcohol but looks like they applied for a license to serve. My first experience was 4 Stars then my 2nd was meh...

Food: Pad See Ew with Tofu Fried Chicken with Spicy Sauce Yellow Curry with Chicken Sticky Rice Papaya Salad

The pad see ew and sticky rice were delicious. The first time i ate the chicken wings it was cooked to perfection and seasoned well. I tasted the yellow curry and although it was just alright, I prefer panang instead. This last visit I ate the papaya salad and in all honesty, I will never order this again. The papaya was drowning in fish sauce like it was pre soaked. We barely put a dent in it and didn't take it home. I also ordered the wings again and this time around the wings were not cooked all the way through. I brought it to the attention of the man working the front counter. He offered to remove the wings from our bill but we said he didn't need to as we ate around the area that was cooked.

Overall, a cute little restaurant but I don't think I'll ever...

We love, love, love Sabai Sabai Thai Kitchen. The menu is traditional Thai with some additional options like their Sabai Sabai specialties. We are vegetarian and enjoy that they offer tofu and variety of vegetables in our dishes. We’ve had Pad Thai, Drunken Noodles, Pineapple Fried Rice and Panang Curry, Chow Mein, Fresh Hand Rolls, Egg Rolls, Tom Yum, Tom Kah, Glass Noodle Soup - We love them all! Portions are big and flavors are super bright and tasty.

Finally - if you order take out, SAVE your containers and wash them. You can bring them to the restaurant, order take out and they will fill them up. It only takes them 10-15 minutes to make your order so you can hang out inside or go sit in your car and wait. Sometimes they will offer a small discount for bringing your own containers. It’s a HUGE win for us all. Save plastic, save money, and support...

As someone born and raised in Thailand, I am super picky about my Thai food, and most places in SoCal don’t pass muster.

My husband and I were driving through Oceanside on our way home tonight, and I had a hankering for Thai food. But where to go that would be authentic?

I saw some good Yelp reviews for this place that mentioned authenticity, so decided to give it a try.

Man, it hit the spot! (See our “before” and “after” photos). The larp gai was so flavorful, and the Penang was NOT over sweetened, as curries in the US tend to be.

And they have sticky rice!

We’ll be back, and will definitely recommend Sabai Sabai to others as an authentic Thai place.

Bonus: the Thai posters on the wall, and the “night bus”...