Siam Thai Cuisine — Restaurant in San Jose

Siam Thai is a completely indistinct Thai restaurant- by looks from the outside. It sits on De Anza Blvd in Cupertino and in the few years I have worked in the area, never have I been compelled to go there. But a friend convinced me to give it a shot and here we were – a small group of 9 making a Friday lunch trip to Siam Thai.

The place was relatively small (compared to say Thai Pepper down De Anza or Thai Delight on Homestead Ave). We got a seat pretty quickly for our sizeable group. Siam Thai offers lunch platters and other lunch specials with decent vegetarian support. Most of the lunch group ordered the platters while I was an exception going with a pineapple fried rice. A vegetarian Tom Yum soup came out almost instantly followed by the main courses. For a place as pedestrian looking as Siam Thai, I was definitely impressed with the plating on the lunch platter. See one of the photos to get what I mean. My pineapple fried rice was well plated also and the taste matched it. I was pleasantly surprised with how good my pineapple fried rice was (agreed it is too simple a dish to screw up but it was pretty good). With every passing moment, my opinion of the place grew. Fellow eaters were also suitably impressed with their food.

In all, first impressions are not always and not necessarily the best impressions. Siam Thai is deceptively uninviting on the outside but compensate with tasty food. Definitely worth a...

This place is known for its good food. So we went back today for dinner after calling in to reserve the tables. Agreed, it was their closing hour but they accepted our reservation so here we go: didn’t take the order for over 10 min within min of food arriving, brought the bill and insisted on prompt payment because they are closing but also assured we can finish our food within min of payment started to rush us to finish our food as they were closed! brought somebody else’s dish to our table never got our appetizer and fried rice that we had ordered brought the wrong bill with items that were never received initially bring didn’t eating plates and table settings but after requesting brought small plates because they were out of big plates! But then we saw them setting other tables with big plates getting ready for the next day!

Not sure how so many things could go wrong in one night??? Sorry...

Tried this place for the first time. I will definitely be back! I ordered duck curry, excellent but a little on the salty side. Had Tom Yam Kung soup which was very good. Portion sizes are great, lots of menu options and priced very reasonably. The fact that this place has duck on the menu is a big plus for me and they have Thai iced coffee which the restaurant I used to go to no longer has on their menu. Another great aspect was that they actually didn't bring appetizers and entrees all out at once like most Asian restaurants do. I want to enjoy my appetizer without my entree sitting there getting cold. These folks understand this!👍🏼 And there were so many great dessert options, I had trouble choosing. There were only two wait staff and they were busy but still were attentive and friendly. I highly...