Noble Thai — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

THEY CALL IT "TIGER CRY"🐯 @noblethaichicago 📍West Town, Chicago

We celebrated our 3 year anniversary here 🎉and wow I can't even begin to explain how good everything was. The Thai chef and owner was from Opart Thai before. And they opened this spot up during the pandemic

I'm always skeptical of Thai food in Chicago. It's very hard to find quality and authentic Thai food thats as close to what I've had in Thailand as possible. This is one of the places I'd 100% say is authentic and I can't wait to be back # sponsored

We got the: 🥩TIGER CRY- charbroiled marinated beef : sweet, savory, chilli and tangy. Beef was nice and tender and flavor was bomb 🐷CRISPY PORK BELLY or PAD KANA MOO CRAB - crispy pork belly, super flavorful and tender (takes a long time to do) with the sauce soaking in Gai Lan. Everything I love in a dish 🦆 DUCK RED CURRY or. GAENG PET PED -. Simple with Huge chunks of duck. Has a nice sweet flavor with pineapple, tomato, and coconut 🥭MANGO STICKY RICE - no explain needed . They serve it only 3 months in a year. You can see how ripe and yellow the mango was

Don't forget the cocktails. I highly recommend the MyThai that I had. Mango, lime, and coconut , really tasty combined with rum

We didn't order the pad Thai because we asked Pim what she loves at the restaurant. If you want pad Thai, I remember that the pad Thai from Opart Thai (same chef) was really good, more on the tangy side

Update from July 2023

My favorite Thai spot in Chicago

I'm from Hong Kong and been to Thailand maybe 10x growing up. so my standards for Thai food is quite high. It took me 5 years to finally find a Thai spot I loved, now I'm sharing it with y'all.

All my Hong Kong friends said this was their favorite meal of our girl's trip 😂

𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: actually owned by Thai people (where you have to ask about "Thai spiciness" 😂) made fresh with authentic flavors super affordable (as Thai food should be) no skimping - lots of effort into the "wok hei" or "heat of the wok" , sauces , curries, herbs & fresh shrimp incredible decor + skylight Happy Hour 4-6p weekdays $4-6 draft & $6 potstickers

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 (👍for must-order) Thai Iced Tea (nice & creamy)👍 Thai Iced Coffee 👍 Chicken Satay (incredible sauce, with 6)👍 Tiger Cry (grilled beef) 👍 Papaya salad (ordered a medium spicy) Crab Rangoon (comes with 8) Pad Thai (nice & dry with chewy noodles) 👍 Gaeng Pet Ped (Duck Red Curry, huge chunks of meat) 👍 Pineapple Fried Rice Pad Kra Pao (Holy Basil & Pork on rice) 👍 Mango Sticky Rice (seasonal + pandan) 👍

𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 $110 for 4 people so around $27 before tax & gratuity

𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 & 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 @𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 & 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙜𝙤 &...

I just had dinner here tonight and drove 1.5 hours to try this new beautiful place. The decor is beautiful and minimalistic and well spaced apart. We probably ordered 90% of the menu so we could try as many things as we could and everything was Deelicious! I didn't even want to take up stomach space for Tiger Cry because I thought it would be like galbi but this meat is so flavorful and tender I think I have to get this every time now. I am picky about Tom Yum and this was extra lemongrassy with all the best flavors in each spoon (I'm deeply regretting the little I left behind). And when my husband tried my leftover pad thai he exclaimed this was the best pad thai he's ever had (this is an excessive review for him because he is rarely impressed by anything). The fried chicken (get it spicy) is extra crispy with an additional crust of spicy lemony seasoning (never had something like this before but I wish I could have a jar of it). I don't like fishy papaya salad so this one was perfect for me, refreshing (get it spicy if you can handle it). I guess I'll have to drive 1.5 hours again to come back for all of...

I rarely leave negative reviews, but our experience at this restaurant was truly unacceptable. We were charged a tip without our consent, and when we raised this issue, the manager responded in an unreasonable and dismissive manner. Instead of acknowledging our concern, he asked if we had tipped or not, completely ignoring the fact that the service was subpar and the tip was added without permission.

What’s worse, he stated that the staff “don’t get paid” and that’s why they charge guests, which is both unethical and unprofessional. He showed no willingness to listen, take responsibility, or offer a resolution. Instead, he accused us of simply “complaining” after he had already admitted they charged us for something we didn’t agree to.

This type of behavior reflects very poorly on the management and overall integrity of the restaurant. Guests deserve transparency, respect, and a basic standard of customer service, none of which we received. I hope they reconsider their practices, because no one should be...