Pattaya Thai Cuisine — Restaurant in Philadelphia

Nice and timely service with excellent appetizers and noodles. Golden triangles here are amazing! Only complaints are that shrimp are cooked too long and they become hard in the noodle and soup dishes, and the Thai tea is too sugary.

EDIT in 2024 (above posted in 2021): Pattaya no longer demonstrates the excellence I was used to in the past. I dined in for the UC dining days deal and received what looked, smelled, and tasted like microwaved entrees. I got the pad see ew with beef and my friend got the red curry with beef. We both immediately noticed that the beef seemed not fresh, had a strange look to it, and tasted subpar. It didn't seem completely inedible so we continued to eat, but I soon realized that many of my noodles seemed hard or crunchy around the edges, which is absolutely unacceptable for pad see ew and indicates the noodles had likely been sitting around for quite a while, as freshly boiled noodles added to fresh sauce would not have that texture. The calamari we received was quite bland, though the salads tasted good and came in good portion sizes. Finally, the desserts were very underwhelming - one small scoop of coconut ice cream (which did actually taste good) and not even half a banana included for the fried banana, with a sad looking chocolate sauce star drawn onto the serving plate. While we left dinner feeling quite disappointed in the quality of the food, the bigger issue was the nausea I felt when I got home. I never felt this way after eating at Pattaya in the past at their original location near 40th and Chestnut, and it's clear that their quality has nosedived in the past few years. I had saved the rest of my (mostly uneaten) pad see ew in hopes of sprucing it up at home but now must throw it away because it seems that eating it will likely harm my health. I will not be returning because this last experience has literally made...

This is not my first time visiting Pattaya Grill and I love the garden seating option of Pattaya Grill! We ordered their Seafood Tom Yam soup, the soup itself is on-point for its sweet and sour, though it arrived in our table in such a luke-warm temperature. I believe the soup would tastes 3x better if it was hot. We ordered the Pineapple Fried rice, Pad Thai and Three Buddies. Our favorite were definitely the amazing Pad Thai. Pineapple fried rice was ok, it was not dry enough for my tastes. If they just keep stirring the fried rice a bit longer on the wok, it would’ve been perfect. Three Buddies was something new that I’ve tried here, in my opinion it was a bit too sour. The only thing you taste is just the sourness of the dish, guess you’ll love it if you like sour dish. Overall, this is a great place to grab...

We decided to dine in at Pattaya on a Friday night. There was only one other couple in the entire restaurant but they had many take out orders ready so the kitchen was busy. We decided to try the spring rolls and the Tom yum soup. I guess they heated the spring rolls in the microwave and it released lot of oil. The base of Tom yum soup was really good but the overcooked blend shredded chicken and raw mushroom were horrible. We got the basil fried rice and drunken noodle(spicy) both with chicken. Once again, it was the same overcooked boiled chicken that ruined the dish. We kept the chicken and tried to enjoy our dish. Will definitely try other protein or keep it vegetarian next time. The flavors are really good if they can improve their meat. Service was okay but this is a take out place. Not recommended...