Bangkok Garden Pasadena — Restaurant in Pasadena

Previously Bangkok Oriental. Then purchased by new owners. Those owners sold and now under new management. The place has been redecorated and is light, airy and inviting. More like a cafe. A small area for live mysic, light-colored wood. The seperating wall has been cut down to a half-wall. A very comfortable atmosphere. Friendly staff. I had the chicken zaap, which was quite tasty. Fried chicken cut into strips and tossed with the fish sauce, lime and ground rice that is usually on larb. I really enjoyed it. My husband had the drunken noodles with tofu. It was colirful and flavorful. The noodles were the wide noodles. It had colorful bell peppers, tomato and thai basil. We would definitely go back and happily order both dishes again. The menu has some uncommon dishes on it such as nam khao tod-crispy rice with the lime juice dressing and ba mee hang pu which is egg noodles with crabmeat and crispy pork or crispy chicken and a handful of other thai dishes I haven't seen at any other restaurant in the area. Check out the Secret Thai menu. Prices...

Wooh! I love a new, fairly local Thai spot!!

I was having a rough day, terrible migraine, and decided to treat myself to some Thai, as it’s probably my favorite type of food 😁 I had never been here before, and a 30min drive seemed a good chance for some fresh air. After reading a review from Thais saying it tasted authentic, I buckled up and made my way!!

It was around noon on a Tuesday— so while the kitchen was working nobody was eating inside— the restaurant itself was beautiful. It looks like they host some really nice nights here.

I got crispy pork over rice and a crispy chicken pad thai — a thai coffee for the road, and mango sticky rice to surprise my fiancee later. Everything was really, really amazing. I had eaten through the pork and rice so fast that I forgot about taking a picture of the pad thai until after a couple bites 😅

Anyways, Khop khun krab 🙏 Can’t wait...

Horrible! There was one server for the entire restaurant on a Friday night. It took 15 minutes to get waited on and almost an hour for our meal - even the appetizers! The spring rolls were not spring rolls - they were mini vegetable rolls that were originally frozen before fried and served with duck sauce. Our entrees both contained chicken. The chicken was old and overcooked. The noodles in the Pad Thai had been sitting and were stuck together. The Pad Thai was otherwise flavorful. The rice in the Drunken Rice Basil Chicken was dry - a little odd considering that it was drunken. The basil was black. The ingredients in this dish had obviously been made earlier and then combined for the entree. We were warned that the dish was spicy; sadly, the only flavor was pepper. This was not the authentic Thai cuisine we thought...