aroi Thai restaurant — Restaurant in Town of Rhinebeck

UPDATE: Went again 3 years later and it was a really strange experience with similar quality problems. I feel like the prices here are very very high for the quality of food served if you are a vegetarian/vegan. The meat dishes all looked nicely prepared and garnished but the veg dishes we ordered felt like there was no care put in. The dishes were sweet and otherwise flavorless, and should have cost $12 max rather than $17.

The service and staff are SO nice and respectful so it hurts that the food is so sub-par that I had to remove another star from my review. PLEASE improve your vegetarian/vegan dishes and PLEASE add some kind of herb or fresh chili and PLEASE use fresher vegetables. The lack of care and standards show in the vegetarian/vegan food specifically.

Once again, the staff were lovely and attentive - the food just really needs a lot of work.

Wanted to like the food a lot more than I did. The appetizer was great but my ‘Crispy Kale’ entree didn’t taste Thai at all and tasted like lays BBQ potato chips. Weirdly disappointed. Not bad food, just not worth the prices at all. Good service but no...

A more upscale Thai restaurant, though still reasonable prices. The entrees are consistently good, and there are usually seasonal items added to the specials menu. I had a massaman beef curry that had pineapples and Asian pumpkin instead of the usual potatoes, and it was delicious. The restaurant is located in an old house in rhinebeck that used to be a tea house, I believe, so it's not large, and dinner reservations are recommended around, during holidays, and on weekends. I think the thing that really makes aroi stand out is their really great desserts. I love their taro pearls in coconut cream served with sticky rice - this is probably my favorite of any dessert I've ever had. My husband loves the coconut ice cream, and they usually also have coffee ice cream, also really delicious. Since it's pumpkin time, they worked that into their dessert menu, offering something similar to the taro dessert. It may be the only Thai nearby, and it's definitely worth going to again and again. Make a night of it by going to a movie at upstate films just...

The best Thai food around!

My little family adores this place! We never go in but we always order take out. Usually weekly! When I want "cozy" comfort food, this is it! Our top favorite is the Red Curry with chicken, chicken pad thai, fresh shrimp rolls, mee krob (with the yum mango its delicious), yum mango, the buns they've had recently, tofu tod and their thai ice tea! Everything is flavorful and delicious. The people who own this place are awesome and friendly.

One thing I do want to point out to the owners is I've noticed within the past month the fresh rolls have a different smell to them. I can't pinpoint it but I think it may be the rice noodle. I'm not sure If you have changed the type or brand but we definitely prefer the older recipe. I didn't notice any smell to it then. My husband doesn't mind tho!! LOL!

We are so thankful you guys are local....