BAHT — Restaurant in San Luis Obispo

Local Take: Wow...great Homestyle Thai food in a food court in SLO-town...along with fresh reasonably priced eats! Who would have predicted this? Not me. While there are tons of Thai places in SLO County, it is really hard to find homestyle food...and the only one that this place rivals is a tiny Templeton Farmers Market vendor who also crafts homemade eats.

Baht not only is homestyle but puts modern twists on both food prep. & the menu itself. My Thai Curry came out simply dreamy, along with a puffed egg on top [which was new to me].

The Curry has a long name, which was Pinto Box Pork Shoulder Jungle Curry. It was a perplexing name, but after a few tentative nibbles, I just engulfed it like the old "Blob" movie...in which a relative played the staring role decades ago...JK.

I initially wanted the soup, but they were out, and Pad Thai sounded a bit too pedestrian...so PBPSJC was it.

Baht's curry was just the right balance of spicey, savory, & complexity. They also had the right amount of Jasmine Rice with the fresh food.

The curry was so yummy that I did not even take one pic of it!

In the kitchen itself, they had some ultramodern rotating Wok-like drums that they quick cooked their wonderful eats. Super cool & super yummy.

Since I am obviously enamored with these set of vendors in the SLO Public Market, I had to return in just two days to have more.

On this visit, I wanted to try more Baht's Thai food & this time I had the pleasure to meet the owner, Tanya. She was wonderful & very helpful with food selection & cooking methods.

This time I decided to try the Thai Soup, the Fried Shrimp & Eggrolls.

Again, I wolfed it all down, but this time I did take pictures. Both fried items came with different sauces. The Shrimp were beyond stellar & are among the very best shrimp I have had in years. The Thai soup had a clever two compartment take out dish, which keep everything from getting waterlogged.

I only stepped away a few feet from Baht to consume my delicacies in the Market Common area. The soup was really savory & not too spicey. It had a good balance of the ingredients and did remind me of some Vietnamese soups.

I am so please with Baht & the surrounding vendors since they are all very tempting and various ones are open from 3 to even 7 days a week, until about 7-8 PM. Many open around 10-12 AM as well.

These places are ideal for locals who crave gourmet dishes for lunch or dinner in a relaxed casual atmosphere.

As for my favorite overall vendor, I would have to say Baht, since I just adore great Thai food. Of course, I also eat almost everything else in the food court, and can have a multi course international meal either here or for take out.

I am not aware of anything like this place in all of SLO County and we have eagerly awaited these fine food vendors in SLO Public Market. I really wish them all success. It kind of reminds me of some of the food court ideas on the Embarcadero in SF....but this is far far closer to home...just a few miles & a few minutes away for me!

I have likely tried almost every Thai place in this county & this is the top choice in my book. While so far, they have a few choices, those are stellar ones at that....and just happen to be what I would get anyway in other places. In many ways this is superior to other Thai places, since it is fast, fresh, causal, and fantastic. You can also combine a Thai dish with an appetizer from another country via another vendor or even cool off your palate with some Buffalo Ice cream from Perfect Scoop around the corner. Bottlecraft can provide one with all kinds of beverages to go with all your choices. Since CCC or Torritelli is right across, you can also get some great Italian eats to either make at home or reheat.

Regardless of what else one gets here, I think Baht's Curry stands out as the best of the best here.

Thanks Tanya for opening this...

Food in terms of flavor were very good, I just wish the portion is a bit bigger, too small even for one person relative to price. It is a quick service type of a restaurant so don't expect to have a full service experience, I gave 4 star because their Point of Sale system failed them. They encourage you to place your order thru this big screen (pos) when we did , and about to pay, the transaction got declined, but the unfortunate part was that their merchant (pos) took money from my bank. So on my end the transaction went thru but on their end it was declined. They hold my money for 4 day before it got...

Wonderful food in SLO public market. There’s not a lot of good Asian food in SLO and this place changes that dynamic. I’ve eaten most of their menu in the year I’ve lived in slo and everything tastes great.

Yesterday I witnessed the staff being harassed by a customer who was being irrational and racist. The employee treated this person with calm and respect while being disrespected and mistreated. I was really blown away by the professionalism and care that was taken by the team in this situation. I’ll be a customer for life because of this level or service even to a...