UThai Bistro — Restaurant in Town of Oyster Bay

I saw the other 5 star reviews of this place and wanted to give UThai Woodbury a try. When you walk in with no or zero expectations, then you can only look up. When you walk in after reading 5 start reviews, the expectations are already set up. That being said there is only one Thai restaurant in Long Island that is worth going to. We typically go to Elmhurst and we have some off the charts places over there. Where there is a diaspora of Thai decent that actually live and cook there. Aesthetically, it's a nice cozy place. I don't fancy the elevator music. Not one bit. Play whatever else, unless this is a geriatric home. The food was what I did not want to expect - bland, watered down, Thai food based on the surrounding area's palate of who would eat this cuisine unfortunately called Thai. At this point, you can call it whatever, i did not taste the fish sauce, nor, was the level of spice up to expectations. It was bland. No flavor. and unfortunately, overpriced, way over priced because the overhead demanded that customers be charged higher prices. We gave it 3 stars because the waiter, the ONLY waiter, was a hustler. He did his best to attend to all the tables. He was friendly, polite, and did his best. That's why we give this place 3 stars. Maybe the other reviewers gave pity reviews or they have zero clue or they've been eating SPAM sandwiches at home for the past two years, I don't know. We even talked about the places that, ironically, he also goes to in Elmhurst and the one Thai restaurant in Long Island that is worth going to. Follow the ethnic or local person. If they eat there, then it's authentic Thai or whatever cuisine. 5 stars,...

The place is beautifully decorated. Not many seats available so I’d get there early for lunch. It got quite packed by the time we were eating. The food was amazing. We used to eat Thai a lot in queens and have not found a great spot till now. The pad see ew was very flavorful, seasoned very well. The chicken in it was not as flavorful solo but eaten together it tastes great. The pad Thai to me was normal, my wife thought it was very good. The massaman curry was superb. The curry was so tasty and rich, slightly spicy and a tad on the sweet side. They rice portion was a bit small but since we ordered a bunch, we were stuffed and took the rest of the curry home for dinner. Portions are great and come with an app if you go during the lunch special.

I can’t think of another place I’ve been that tastes as good and the price can’t be beat for lunch.

Food Service was a bit slow given there isn’t a lot of staff for a random weekday lunch. They did keep my water filled and anything else I need on request so still a five star...

11/10 experience all around! It's so rare to find an authentic Thai restaurant especially out in Long Island, and we were thrilled to find some of our favorite dishes (Khao Soi, Thai dumplings) on the menu. I highly encourage everyone to try something new on their menu - my favorites are the following (first 4 pictured) but everything was delicious:

Pad see ew w/ shrimp (the shrimp were so succulent and the sauce had amazing flavor) Thai dumplings Thai crepes (a new dish for me! We loved it) Khao Soi (an amazing curry noodle dish with both chicken and shrimp) Pad thai (one of the best renditions I've had so far!)

On a more personal note, the staff and owner Joe are so kind and really go the extra mile -- we thought we lost an item in the restaurant and he not only personally looked through his surveillance footage but remembered us when we came back a day later for lunch. The food and ambience were so amazing that we ate there twice in 3 days! Such an amazing addition to the local dining scene and we are...