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Delicious-Thai
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 5 pm - 10 pm
Tue-Fri 12 pm - 2:30 pm
Sat 12 pm - 10 pm
Sun 12 pm - 9:30 pm
- Parking:
- Street
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
15 reviews for Delicious-Thai
15 reviews in English
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Review from Tara M.
12/10/2011 1 Check-in Here
Before I went to India, I went for Thai; Delicious Thai! (pun INtended).
Delicious Thai is a small out-of-the-way place in Kensington that does a stand-up job at being, well, delicious. I was impressed that I could choose how spicy I wanted my dish, that the rice wasn't overwhelmingly large and the staff friendly.
There are Thailand paraphernalia scattered around the restaurant so you can learn about the country who's cuisine you are sampling in case your dinner partner is uninteresting or you'd like to be inspired to visit Thailand.
Paraphernalia aside, the dishes I tried were quite flavorful and well balanced; something I expect from Thai food; and overall I found Delicious Thai to be quite charming and a nice place to pop in for a decent dinner or lunch. I would eat there again!
T. -
Review from Sabahat N.
Calgary, AB
2/1/2011 ROTD 2/17/2011
I'm a big fan of Delicious Thai. Every time my friends and I want to go for a low-key dinner, and don't want to venture too far, I take them to Delicious Thai.
Here are my favourites at the restaurant:
-Green curry chicken. I love love LOVE their Green curry chicken. Absolutely amazing sauce, and I love the array of vegetables in the curry. I am pretty sure I can literally eat it every single day.
- Papaya and shrimp salad. So unique and flavourful and light and fresh and tasty!!
- deep fried ice cream. Mmmm!!! Try it. You have to.
Their service might be a bit slow sometimes because the restaurant gets packed pretty quickly. I went yesterday on a Monday night, and every table was occupied, and there was a steady stream of people coming in the entire time I was there! Even though the service might be a bit slow, it is very courteous. Every time I have been there, I have been greeted warmly and politely.
I love this place, and recommend it to everyone. My favourite Thai restaurant in Calgary so far. -
Review from Janna L.
12/8/2011
Drove up to this place last night and decided to order the Pad Thai for take out. Oh how many times we have passed by and I said to myself, "Self, I wonder how this place is?" Shrimp pad thai was ordered, 3 chiles! HOT! It took 5-10 minutes and brought it home piping hot. The portion size was just OK, perhaps below average. 4 shrimp included and yes, I always count how many I get to decide the quality of the dish for the price. This pad thai obviously had peanut butter in it which is A-OK as I like a little sweetness to the dish. The noodles were thicker than normal, like fettucine. Fresh lime and peanuts added and an oddly healthy portion size of finely juliened carrot. Too much of it that took the place of where more pad thai could have been. No leftovers as I normally have with this portion size and if I ever order again I will ease up on the chiles from here - I was up most of the night with heartburn! My bad!
Value OK, service good, food average! -
Review from Starsia E.
Calgary, AB
11/25/2011
Not so delicious. My experience with this restaurant has insured that I will never eat here again.
We wanted to have a specific Thai dish and needed delivery and after looking this was what I found. When I called the man who answered barely spoke or understood English but apparently he's the only one who can take orders. It took five mins for him to get my address, phone number, name and credit card right.
On there menu it says that you can pick how spicy you want your dish. I asked the man to please make my orders mild (which everything was) and Colin's order extra spicy. I repeated extra spicy a number of times and asked specifically once if his would be extra spicy. He never at any point during my order said he could not do this. In fact he said ok. I also asked for our order without red and green bell peppers( which are sweet and not spicy in any way). I also read what the menu listed as ingredients and asked if anything else was in the dish. He told me no and i told him it was very important that it came the way it was in the menu with no extras and he promised it would. After repeating the order to him multiple times he still repeated it back wrong. Still we worked it out and got off the phone.
A short time later the food came. So I will say that the delivery time was reasonable. The bill reflected a different price then the menu on their OWN website. We don't care that much about price but many will. Everything we ordered was at least a dollar more than on their menu. When you order a few items that can add up. Plus when the food is mediocre it's not worth the price. The food is made with cheap ingredients and popping with the cheap stuff while very sparce on the ingredients you expect to see for the price. The restaurant boasts authentic food while three out of four of the items we ordered were nothing like the authentic dishes.
We opened our dinner and it looked nothing like the authentic Thai dish I have made and we have ordered from other Thai restaurants. Plus it had cheap from frozen veggies filling the container, after we were promised no extra crap. Colin's dinner was as mild as they come and not extra spicy.
I picked up the phone and called them right away. I told him our dinner had extra veggies and Colin's dinner was very mild. The man tells me first that we asked not to get red or green bell peppers so they added the veggies. I told him I specifically asked him not to and he agreed. He says it's the way that dish is made. I KNOW this is not true and tell him his dish is nothing like the authentic dish and plus the authentic dish does not have frozen veggies in it. Then I say plus Colin's dinner was very mild not spicy. He says that without the bell peppers it won't be spicy. To which obviously I remind him that bell peppers are sweet. Then he says that you cant get that dish in anything but mild and I am mistaken about the spice option printed in a huge square on their menu. I told him this was not good customer service and he had told me we could have extra spicy and that the dishes would not have extra ingredients.
He responds with; and this deserves it's own paragraph because it's important that people read it; "well then don't order food from us then". I have worked in service jobs and I would NEVER tell a customer to shop somewhere else if they are being calm and have a valid complaint. In fact I wouldn't even say it if a person were rude. I was calm and polite in making my complaint and the man was rude and offered nothing but arguments and insults.
In my reviews over the years you will see that even if a place was not so great, I want to go back and give it another chance and that I will still point out a positive. Delicious Thai is mediocre, over priced food with a rude and completely unprofessional staff. I will not be going back and I will be telling everyone I meet not to as well. It would take an apology for me to give them a second chance. -
Review from Mike A.
Calgary, AB
2/11/2011
Sabahat tells no lies. The green curry here equals the best I've ever had. If coconut milk didn't have 550 calories and 250% of my daily saturated fat allowance per freaking *cup*, I really would eat this every day. I appreciated that choosing 'medium' spicy resulted in a curry that you would get at other places by choosing 'hot'.
The pad thai is also worth mentioning, not because it was yummy but because it tasted different than ones I've had at other places. Gooier and maybe sweeter. -
Review from Stephanie C.
Calgary, AB
1/29/2011
Just returned from Thailand and have decided that I LOVE Thai food! Sweet, sour, salty and HOT, O My! So needless to say, I was on the hunt for some decent, ketchup free, Thai food in Calgary.
Went in on a Tuesday night for dinner with my good friend A. Dining room was sparsely populated but very inviting. We went through the menu and noticed how flexible the choices were. With any of the curries, we could pick our choice of protein (chicken, beef, pork, shrimp etc) and adjust chili levels.
We decided to go with the Chicken Panang Curry, my all time favorite, "Pla Rad Prik" Deep Fried Fish with Sweet Chili Sauce and coconut rice. Mmmmm....so good, the curry was wonderful, fish fried perfectly and portion sizes were more than enough for two. Next time I'll give the mango sticky rice a try! -
Review from Jo J.
Calgary, AB
12/29/2010
Having once lived in Thaland I'm on the lookout for decent Thai restaurants wherever I go.
This little gem is not to be overlooked. The Bangkok-style dishes prepared at Delicious Thai are wonderfully authentic, prepared fresh, reasonably priced, and are consistently good.
It's a small venue, so may be full at peak hours. I've discovered it in the past year, but in the 4 times I've walked in I was always able to get a seat for 2 or 3.
Whether you know what Thai food you like, or not, I suspect that picking a random item from the menu when you dine would result in a delightful surprise.
Don't miss the mouthwatering and light PoPiaTod appetizer (deep fried spring rolls), or the wonderfully pungent, spicy-hot and sweet Green Curry, or the fragrant, nutty Panang Curry. Vegetarian dishes available. -
Review from Sarah Louise F.
Calgary, AB
2/11/2011
I came here for the first time after a Market Collective with friends because it was convenient.
I guess I should not really judge the food too harshly as a vegan as there were only a couple things I could eat. As I wasn't extremely hungry, I settled on salad rolls, which were modified to be without meat and etc. However, I recall it costing roughly $8-10 dollars for two veggie salad rolls that were cut into pieces on a plate and was kind of unimpressed. Although, the plating was real pretty.
Also, aesthetically it kind of made me depressed in here. Not the best of lighting, and the long white tablecloths were really gross. I still remember their pseudo satin, pilling fabric with dirt all over them because they were clearly too long. This really grossed me out because obviously I am a snob. -
Review from Adrian B.
Calgary, AB
4/6/2011
I took a party of 5 out to lunch here today. In the past, dining here was a bit slow especially at lunch but they ditched their lunch specials, which has sped things up considerably. The menu is extensive and a little bit hard to follow but once you figure out what you want, you're good to go. We ordered the dinner for 6 for $120 which amounted to 2 appetizers of spring rolls and stuffed chicken wings, 4 entrees consisting of green curry, ginger beef, cashew chicken, vegetables with tofu and pad thai. The entrees were book-ended with generous portions of coconut rice and a dessert of sticky rice with mango.
My dining partners have diverse tastes but each one was very impressed with the quality of food, flavours and presentations. Usually someone is unhappy with something but I can honestly say that not a single person left feeling hungry of dissatisfied with the meal. We packaged up what we didn't devour and brought it back to the office for later consumption. The favourites were the Pad Thai, the Green Curry and the Stuffed Chicken Wings.
It does have some detractors, the dining room is small and not the most up to date but at least they have tried to put in a effort and use what they have to the best of their ability which is endearing. The servers English wasn't the best but at least she tried to socialize with us which was really good considering apart from a take out order, we were the only diners in for lunch.
This isn't a place you go to for the decor or ambiance, its strictly about the food and if you are fan of Thai and are looking for tremendous value, I'd highly recommend it. This place and Spicy Hut on Edmonton Trail are the go to's for Thai for me in Calgary. -
Review from East Bay Mom L.
Calgary, AB
Updated - 2/13/2012
I have to update my review because so far, I haven't found a better place.
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Review from Sapna G.
Calgary, AB
6/2/2010
Delicious Thai is a welcoming restaurant located in Kensington. With decor that appeases the eyes, flavour that appeases the taste buds and prices that appease the wallet, Delicious Thai is a 'must-experience' for all you Thai food enthusiasts out there.
Carrying a delightful assortment of vegetarian dishes, curries, stir-fries, soups, appetizers, noodles, desserts (and the list goes on and on), there's no chance that you'll leave this place with an empty stomach.
Delicious Thai is...well...simply delicious! Try 'em out. -
Review from dinah g.
Calgary, AB
11/29/2009
Tonight Lounge Burger was too full of football enthusiasts, and there was an hour wait at The Broken Plate in Kensington so we happened upon this cute little Tai place slightly hidden on 10th.
Delightful decor, creamy harvest walls and very simple and elegant Tai artworks. Each table was decked out with white tablecloths and every chair had covers with bows; it was an extremely welcoming ambience.
Traditional Tai music played faintly in the background as we were seated and our orders were taken right away. We ordered the Pineapple Curry with beef, coconut rice for 2 and the calamari as a warm up. I also indulged in a Tai cold coffee. The Pineapple Curry is a wonderful blend of coconut curry, beef, red and green pepper, pineapple and lemon grass.
The food took its time and I don't know what it is about this place but acoustically I could hear every other person's conversations at our table. This was slightly annoying but the calamari came right on time to distract me from this dilemna.
The calamari was nice and crispy, not greasy, wide oval slices accompanied by a sweet and sour sauce. The curry was a decent portion and could easily feed two persons and the coconut rice was so pungent we could smell it before it came to the table. Even at a mild curry rating, it still had punch, but then again I love hot spicy food.
All in all a pleasant meal at $30, and nice service from an all smiling waiter with the sweetest decorum. I am pleased with the surprising unfolding events of the whole evening and would definitely return here again. -
Review from J K.
Calgary, AB
2/6/2011
In the word of Larry David , Pretty Pretty Pretty Good.
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Review from Charles T.
Calgary, AB
11/10/2009
It was late on a Sunday night and almost every other restaurant I had tried was closed. I just happened upon Delicious-Thai tucked away in a pedestrian cul-de-sac off of 10th street. I checked their posted menu out, checked the taped up local newspaper reviews and thought "this is going to be good!". But it wasn't.
I was greeted with a bow by a fellow dressed in an impressive cream coloured waiter's uniform. I really liked the ambiance - the chair backs had neat covers with a big bows facing out. It was a cozy place and very neat.
I ordered the seafood satay soup which the menu promised had a variety of seafood. There was a variety but mostly it was squid. It was also very over done. Almost everything was rubbery. I also thought the portion was quite small given the price of $10+.
I almost feel bad giving a bad review since the newspaper reviews were glowing and there are several very positive google reviews as well. It is quite possible I caught the assistant chef just as he was closing up after a long day - perhaps I didn't get the best this place has to offer. -
Review from Cornelius V.
Calgary, AB
1/9/2010
very good spicy and creamy curries, great portions, decent thai beer selection and great service. good place to visit and i will be back for more. curry, rice, a beer, and generous tip = $22 a person. not a bad meal but this place just didn't blow me away. i'll come back if i'm in the area.
