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1211 Hamilton St
Vancouver, BC V6B 6K3
Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Yaletown
(604) 642-0123
Vancouver, BC V6B 6K3
Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Yaletown
(604) 642-0123
- Price Range:
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$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
15 reviews for Simply Thai Restaurant
All Reviews
Simply Thai Restaurant
8/14/2010
Came here for drinks and snacks... had a hilarious server who was friendly and attentive. The Mango Colada and Mai Thai's were good for $6 cocktails (a little lacking in booze but OK considering it was only $6). The veggie spring rolls ($10) were delish-- came out piping hot and had more filling than wrapper. The Yum-Nua salad ($13) was light and refreshing for a warm summer evening.
Food prices were on the pricey side for semi-casual Thai food. It must be the premium pricing for Yaletown.
Simply Thai Restaurant
7/23/2010
Simply has the crap luck of having to compete with Urban Thai bistro down the street that loves to pump out cheap lunches on a higher traffic area of yaletown.
Luckily, they usually made better food which sometimes justified the $12 lunch. Wait a minute. Did I say made?
I stopped going to Simply Thai after ordering a takeout lunch during the olympics. I work down the street and a couple of us needed to be fed, so we called an order in. When I finished giving the order, I was asked if we wanted rice with our meal. I thought rice came with lunch and was told that due to the olympics, they were only serving their dinner menu, so our already expensive $12 lunches had now become $20 lunches.
We went and paid, but I vowed not to come back. Sure it was during the olympics, but they weren't very busy and had just gouged a fairly regular customer. No deal. I'm done with this place.
Simply Thai Restaurant
3/7/2010
Trying new thai places is always a gamble... but luckily Simply Thai, here, was up to the challenge!
We walked in on a Saturday night... greeted super courteously, and whisked away to our table. Our server was overly friendly, a little pushy at times, but still ok. The food was absolutely amazing... red curry = pure bliss! (Order it HOT if you're up for the challenge). The desserts were decadent (Berry Chocolate Mousse Cake... how can you turn that down?).
It was a pretty good experience, although the bill was a bit on the steep side (it is an expensive restaurant comparatively)...
My one pet peeve for the night? Funny you should ask.
Why oh why when you ask your server for water with lime would they bring you water with lemon? Why? People in the food industry should know that limes and lemons are completely different and have different tastes... so if someone asks for a glass of water with a lime (specifically), they shouldn't be handed a glass of water with a lemon wedge. WRONG WRONG wrong. I bet you if I asked for a shot of tequila, I would've gotten the largest LIME wedge ever...
Oh well - you can't win 'em all, right? While I wasn't a fan of the water, the food was above decent!
Simply Thai Restaurant
8/19/2010
I've just moved back from Bangkok so I'm a bit of a Thai snob and I gotta tell you, the Thai food I've had in Vancouver kinda blows. I used to think it was stellar until I moved...I was bigtime wrong. And Simply Thai...simply sucks. I saw Luiza's review about the service, that's bang on. Plus the food is very tamada (ordinary).
Simply Thai Restaurant
8/22/2010
My husband and I went last night and it is definitely overpriced for mediocre food. The service was good, however, that did not make up for the bland chicken and boiled vegetables simply covered with sauce. Will definitely not be back.
Simply Thai Restaurant
7/7/2010
Food was bad...Do not order The Tiger Cry (beef dish) if you wear dentures, heheheh it was tough and dry. We also ordered a few chef special C1 Goong Hom Pa (Prawns hiding in Blanket) the description was Tiger Prawns, red curry, coconut milk wrapped in Thai blanket which translated to my plate as Shrimp wrapped in potsticker wrapper. They must have forgotten to season it because I cant taste the curry and/or the coconut milk. The other chef special was C5 Pad Thai Talay which came out with no noodles, a pad thai dish with no noodles. Even the server was puzzled with this pad thai dish. We must have gottent the chef on training because because that night this place didnt seemed like a multi-awarded restaurant. It was such a bust, we all looked forward to Tim Hortons for coffee even before supper ended.
Simply Thai Restaurant
5/6/2010
OMG what have they done?!?! Went for lunch again today after a wonderful meal two weeks prior. I was totally eager to come back and feast again. But WTF! Poor service, poor food!! How amazingly disappointing! How does one go from first to worst in two weeks?! Waitress forgot one dish completely, couldn't tell dishes apart when they came, food was cold, bland, and tasteless. I'm still amazed. Did this really happen? Waitress said (and I kid you not) when she brought our dishes (finally) to the table, "I'm not sure which one this is, I can't tell them apart, all the dishes look the same". I'm breathless with shock. What the hell happened to the best Thai food spot in Yaletown or even in Vancouver!! I guess it's back to the mundane but totally predictable Urban Thai.
Simply Thai Restaurant
10/7/2009
Our favourite Thai restaurant in town. It's a nice balance - more than fully casual but very comfortable with a wine list.
The ingredients are enticingly fresh. It is owned by a chef who is Thai and trained with instructors of chefs to the Thai royal family. Excellent food.
Simply Thai Restaurant
Underrated Thai restaurant in Yaletown.
Having been here many times over the years I really do like this restaurant, the food is tasty and the staff friendly. Probably my favourite Thai restaurant in Vancouver (and I've been to many Thai restaurants both inside Thailand and out).
The Gang Ga Ree (yellow curry) is excellent as is the Larb Gai (knock you on your ass spicy minced chicken salad).
I don't understand the complaint that this isn't authentic Thai, this is way more authentic than Urban Thai down the street. The dishes here would not be out of place in a better Bangkok restaurant.
Simply Thai Restaurant
4/8/2009
The menu contains vegetarian meals but they're aren't anything you can't find in other Thai restaurants. Our dinner was satisfying, just nothing remarkable that I want to write "be sure to try..."
The staff is friendly. However, they'd be wise to withhold comments about their patrons when they're not walking around those of us still eating.
Simply Thai Restaurant
7/18/2009
Just finished up some leftovers from yesterday's lunch at Simply Thai.
Is simply Thai, Thai enough? There seems to be some debate among the other reviews. I don't feel confident arguing authenticity, when I've never been to Thailand. (I will gladly take on the challenge, if someone will sponsor me and book the round trip tickets to Bangkok.)
What I can say, is that I liked it. However, I went with a dish that I almost always love- a sweat n sour stir fry chicken. My friend got the chicken pad thai- the dish that she always loves- and surprisingly, she liked hers as well. What can I say, we know what we like.
The patio was completely empty when we met just past noon on Friday. It's a nice space- bright orange chairs and white tables.
It was mostly shady, and a great place to enjoy some summer weather.
Oh and don't let me forget- lots and lots of menus. Do you like menus? Would you like a wine menu, a cocktail menu, a food menu, and another food menu? All different types too- a laminated legal-sized sheet, a bound book, a 3-ring binder. Whoa...way too many menus for me. I don't really understand what's going on with all that, but I suggest streamlining everything to fit within one menu please!
The service was good- lots and lots of water refills for me, which I greatly appreciate. At the end, our server packed our leftovers for us. Overall very nice, but not too friendly.
Simply Thai Restaurant
8/17/2008
This is an uber stylish Thai resaturant with that modern hip vibe to it and is a common place to spot celebrities that are in town. Like all other Yaletown establishments it houses a huge wine list for those that are into their wine. However, also like other establishments in the area there seems to be an air of arrogance or pretentiousness.
This is certainly a place to go to be seen.
The food is decent but certainly not authentic Thai and prepared in a way that appeals to Western tongues. Which I think there is a time for both, so if you're looking for that Westernized flavouring which tends to be very sweet this is a place to find it.
Simply Thai Restaurant
Updated - 2/17/2010
They're going to have to win me back after today. I realise that we're smack dab in the middle of the Olympics but I take offense to ripping off customers. Not only were they only serving their dinner menu (more $, less food) but they were relatively empty and the service was the worst I've ever had there. The waitress was jovial to the point of being overly casual (IMHO) and there was an automatic 18% grat added to the bill! It took ages for her to take our order, my Pad Thai wasn't as good as I've had there before, I had to pay an extra $4 to get it and I didn't get the usual lunch spring roll that comes with each dish. I watched three tables sit down and leave as the service was bad - there were probably a total of 10 tables including outside which is far less than they often have in there. As for the grat that was added without letting us know, well I'd normally tip 20% on good service but I didn't get good service. Sorry Simply Thai - not impressed. My bottle of Bischofliche Ayler Kupp Riesling was the only thing that I was happy with.
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9/23/2009
Well I can't comment on authenticity. I'm not Thai and it's been ages since I traveled there and I… Read more »
Simply Thai Restaurant
9/16/2008
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Pricey, but the well worth the extra bucks.
We had
Cho Muang: violet flower dumplings filled with mince chicken and onions
Pra Dook Foo: Salad with deep fried ground tuna
Gai Prig Paow: stir fry with sweet chili sauce
Definitely get the Cho Muang. You'll be hard pressed to find it, even in the Bay Area where there is an abundance of Thai restaurants.
The two other dishes were very good too and taste authentic enough.
If you go at lunch time, they will by default give you the lunch menu. If you want Cho Muang or Pra Dook Foo, you will need to ask them for the dinner menu.
Simply Thai Restaurant
7/19/2009
I took my girlfriend to Simply Thai this weekend for dinner and the food was okay. It wasn't the best thai we had ever eaten, but it was far from the worst. I ordered the Pad Thai and she had the "Tiger Cry," a beef dish. The beef was a bit overcooked and lacked in flavor, even when doused in the included sauce. The Pad Thai was mediocre, but had the right type of noodles, etc.
The reason for the one star is that both of us had food poisoning for the day following eating here. THis was the only place we shared food while in Vancouver, so we were both fairly sure that Simply Thai is the culprit.
My advice would be to skip Simply Thai unless you really want the Thai food and are willing to pay with several hours in the bathroom for it.
