SOI PB THAI STREET FOOD — Restaurant in San Diego

UPDATE:

Take-two, a week later and this place is NOW on point. The move is to get mild spice on the Pad Thai and an ounce side of chili oil. Great portion even for lunch special. Great flavor and not skimping on the peanut,chicken or scallion. For the poor soul who gets extra spicy, your experience will be ruined…don’t do it!

We can be friends now :)

Well I’ll have to try this place again but for now has to be 3-stars as my Pad Thai was inedible before I removed 80% of the chilies.

I get 8-10 spice level every time I order a pad Thai. I LOVE SPICE, it’s borderline impossible for me to complain about too spicy…until now.

This Pad Thai made my tongue numb and eyes water within seconds. I don’t get why they did this.

They offer: no spice, mild, spicy and extra spicy, not a number scale.

MAYBE it’s my fault for selecting extra spicy but I have no clue who would enjoy this. Would be a spice level 20 if on a number scale.

Once I removed the excess spice it was tasty and good portion so that is why I am going to try this...

This place was really just okay. I ordered shrimp yakisoba and spicy beef fried rice. The woman who took our order was very nice, but the food and cost weren't.

The yakisoba wasn't fresh at all and the tails were left on the shrimp. I know that's typical in Thai food, so I'm just mentioning it, because it's really annoying. The spices were good, but the ramen noodles didn't hit right. Overall, that dish was probably a 6 out of 10. Mostly because the seasoning was on point.

The spicy beef fried rice was just not good at all. It was filled with overcooked beef, that tasted more like overcooked pork. There was no spice at all, which was sad, since I ordered it medium spicy. Fried rice is fried rice, so I wasn't expecting much. But the meat was awful and made it inedible. I ended up tossing it after a few bites.

I'm not sure if it was just a busy night and they were backed up, but I'd expect a lot more from $39 worth of food.

I won't be going here again, but don't want to deter anyone. My brother had the curry and thought it was...

My boyfriend and I came here on a whim because dirty birds doesn’t allow dogs. We ordered the spicy wings, fried pork belly, esan sausage, pineapple fried rice, and mango sticky rice. The wings are good. Very crispy and has a good kick to it. I loved the fermented esan sausage. The flavor was delicious and you get two sausages with fresh cucumber and cabbage on the side. The pork belly was good but don’t expect liempo where it’s just the skin that’s crispy. It almost reminds me of katsu as the pork belly was cut small and fried all around. The pineapple fried rice was a pleasant surprise. The pineapple chunks were a bit bigger but it was great contrast with the curry in the fried rice. We ordered it with a level 4 spice and it’s enough to have your nose run. The mango sticky rice was delicious. The mango was a bit tart and not as soft as I expected and I wish there was more of the creamy coconut sauce on top but other than that it was great. This place was a great restaurant to stumble across. I would...