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Thai Ivory Cuisine
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 9 am - 9:30 pm
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- Paid
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
17 reviews for Thai Ivory Cuisine
17 reviews in English
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Review from Ryan m.
Halifax, NS
3/2/2012 1 Check-in Here
First off if your looking for absolute authenticity when it comes to Thai food, go to Thailand. If you want some of the best home made sauces you can find at a Thai spot in Halifax, go here! Mango salad is awesome & their beef dishes in general are great! Love their springrolls and pretty much everything else. Been to many different Thai spots in Halifax but my friends and I keep coming back here! Give it a try and see if you start leaving downtown and heading up the Bedford Hwy for your Thai cravings!
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Review from Jennie B.
5/22/2012
When it comes to Pad Thai Cha Baa is by far my favourite but while visiting a friend in Bedford and seeing the Billboard on the Bedford Hwy many times we thought we would try Thai Ivory Cuisine out. 2 of us ordered Chicken Pad Thai and spring rolls and the third ordered pineapple chicken. Lets start with the good the pineapple chicken my friend had, was really nice had a well balanced sauce and was a pretty good serving size. The spring rolls were tasty, crisp, and stuffed with veggies but at 7.99 for 4 small spring rolls seems a bit much... but they were good.
Now the bad.. the chicken Pad Thai was not good, the sauce was all wrong and there was way too much of it. Also for $13.99 it really was not a ton of food it was enough but really not what you would expect for that much money. It did have 1 redeeming factor was that it was big chunks of veggies which was a nice addition. -
Review from Barb F.
Lower Sackville, NS
4/28/2012
Went the other night and had the spring rolls and the black beans with pork. Food was fantastic, the chicken Spring rolls were crisp and hot and the dipping sauce matched up perfectly. The black beans with pork was delicious, crisp vegetables and just spicy enough to perk up the taste buds. The sweet rice mixed great with the black bean sauce and with the excellent service I had a thoroughly enjoyably meal at a very good price, plan to go back and try the rest of the menu with others to share the experience.
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Review from Nicole P.
Halifax, NS
11/3/2011
I placed a take out order for Masaman Curry, The service was great, and the order was prepared quickly - but i was disappointed with the size of the order of rice that I was given with my curry. I even purchased an extra rice at a cost of 3.50 and it too was a very, very small portion. Both rices combined did not even equal a bowlful. Rice is dirty cheap, why be stingy with your side orders??? Also, my curry sauce was very runny and the chicken was chewy.
My recommendation is not to be so stingy on things that have such a low cost - you left me unimpressed and I probably won't return - all for the lack of a large scoop of rice. -
Review from Mallory B.
7/9/2011
We were a little uncertain when we pulled up, as Thai Ivory is attached to a shady motel in Bedford. However, the decor was beautiful inside. The wait staff was a little slow to take our order, but friendly. The menus are sheets of paper in a binder, by the way, which doesn't look great but definitely holds a vast number of options!!
I had the Thai Massaman Curry, which our waiter recommended, and it was awesome. The rice portion was small but I ended up bringing half my curry home for lunch the next day. My husband initially ordered the pineapple curry, but our waiter recommended the yellow curry instead, so my husband changed his order. The yellow curry had huge chunks of pineapple along with vegetables, and he special ordered it spicy. I found it very spicy but he wished it had been a little spicier. He still enjoyed it very much, though.
We also shared an order of vegetable spring rolls, which were amazing, and the sauce they came with was sweeter than I've usually had and tasted great with the rolls.
For dessert we had ice cream with fruit, which came with Asian fruits like lychee. It was great! I also had a glass of the house Merlot with dinner and it was the best house wine I have ever had anywhere.
Each of our entrees cost about $13, which is about average for this area (I'm American but my husband is from Halifax). All in all, this was great value for the experience - vibrant decor, amazing food, and wait staff that is available when you need them but otherwise leaves you alone for a private dinner. We got there around 6:30 or 7 and the place was about half full by the time we left; there was a table for six nearby but I can see how it would be hard to get a table for much larger parties than that.
When we're in town, we will definitely be making more visits to Thai Ivory! -
Review from Sarah A.
Halifax, NS
6/26/2011
As I write this, I am eating one of the best Spring Rolls I have ever had!
The first time I ate here, I ate in. I ordered the Pad Thai off of their Lunch Menu. It came with a Chicken Spring Roll and Hot and Sour Soup. A friend of mine ordered the Pineapple Curry, and wished it was spicier. But we all enjoyed our meals. The atmosphere is very cool but the seating seems limited.
I ordered in today, and had the Green Curry with Chicken and of course some more awesome Spring Rolls. Probably the best in Halifax. Everything came still pretty hot, no need to reheat. (Bedford Hwy to Clayton Park)
I totally recommend this restaurant for some good Thai food. -
Review from S P.
Halifax, NS
6/1/2011
Right. Well....
The waitress came to our table and greeted us with an exasperated sounding sigh. I jokingly asked her if she was tired. She expressed very, very slight amusement, (as some people tend to do when I joke), but she said nothing in reply. We placed our orders and she shuffled off.
Shortly thereafter came another silent waitress with our dessert. I thought it a little odd to be served such a sugary thing before the main course. It came in a bowl, it was VERY sweet and, well it tasted similar to coconut soup.... Oh wait, it WAS coconut soup. I guess. There were a couple of pieces of carrot in it, at least. It's just... hmm.. remember that time when you were a kid and you snuck a little extra sugar into your bowl of cornflakes, and after all the cornflakes were gone, you were left with that extra sugary milk (or should I say milky sugar)? Well, that's the kind of coconut soup it was. A milky sugar coconut soup.
Once we hadn't finished our soup, the main dishes were served by a third silent waitress. One of the orders was wrong, but we were convinced that nobody there understood English, and we didn't feel like causing a disruption, so we ate it anyway. The main dishes were unlike any Thai food I've seen before and were also too sweet. Small servings as well, though I wouldn't have eaten more, had they served it for free. I think the rice was put on a plate with an ice cream scooper. One scoop of it. Not quite enough.
Needless to say, we left rather unimpressed. There was one good thing about eating there though: we didn't have to do the dishes.
So after all of that, I think I've concluded that Thai Ivory Cuisine is a good place to not go.Comment from Thai Ivory Cuisine T. of Thai Ivory Cuisine 6/14/2011
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Review from Ben B.
1/1/2011
The only problem with Thai Ivory is that it can sometimes be tough to get tables big enough to accommodate big groups. Other than that? Game on, my friends. The staff are nice, the menu is robust, and the food is fantastic.
Do yourselves a favour and try the Cream Cheese Wontons which are so good that it's pretty much ridiculous. Pair it with the incredible Massaman Curry and you've got a delicious situation on your hands. -
Review from Rob B.
Bedford, NS
3/20/2011
It's just OK. Pleasant and clean and good service but the food is a little blah. Too little heat and sauces seem thin. Only Thai choice in Bedford but you an do much better within 20 minute drive.
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Review from Anita H.
Hammonds Plains, NS
5/3/2011
I thought the pad thai lunch special for $9.99 was the best deal I've seen in Halifax in YEARS. I was soooo full I thought I'd burst. Some of the group took leftovers home. It was flavourful and just spicy enough. The hot & sour soup was delish too. Can't wait to go again.
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Review from Shawna D.
Chester, NS
6/19/2010
Wow, Thai seems to be Halifax's choice of pallet lately, enough that this restaurant opened in Bedford in June.
What a beautiful interior, and a very reasonable priced menu. Items on the menu will be under $20.00 a plate, which is not bad considering the quality of food you are getting.
Lunch Specials: the menu is great in this sense, they offer a two person combo for $30.50, which includes
2 Spring Rolls , Mango Salad or Papaya Salad , Pad Thai and Entree
(Choices of Vegetarian, Chicken, Pork or Beef.)
This is what we ordered, it was fantastic. Hot and Spicy. It is great to have an alternative Thai Restaurant
in town. -
Review from Matt K.
Dartmouth, NS
1/1/2011
Big menu. Friendly staff. Pretty authentic flavor. I've eaten at many of the other popular Thai restaurants and this is comparable.
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Review from Richard S.
Oromocto, NB
4/9/2011 1 Check-in Here
Very nice place. Well recommended.
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Review from Jen M.
Bedford, NS
8/25/2011
Pretty good Thai food. My favourite is the mango salad: totally addictive.
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Review from Victoria P.
Halifax, NS
9/20/2010
This place was okay, nicely decorated, good service, but the food was lacking. The portions were small and didn't have as much flavour as some of the other Thai restaurants in town. I would gladly spend the extra 10 minutes driving to get to Talay, which in my opinion is far superior.
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Review from Mary L.
Dartmouth, NS
8/8/2010
Three of us tried this restaurant for the first time tonight. We had lemon grass soup, Thai salad rolls, Pad Thai, Thai Mussman Curry and spicy beef. All the dishes were excellent. My personal favorite was the Thai Mussman curry. It is medium spicy and the combination of coconut, curry and peanut was really perfect for me. The spicy beef and the curry came with rice, but we could have used a bit more. Their menu is very large with most dishes having a vegetarian option. We will definitely be going back to try more delicious dishes.
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Review from Philip Y.
5/23/2011
nice setting. nice and friendly staffs. although managed by authentic thai owner and including cooks and some of their waiting staff, the food may not be for those who knows authentic Thai cuisine well. Being from a asean country which is just next door to Thailand and have visited the country countless of time, I dare say that if you were looking for the real authentic Thai stuff, you will be disspointed just like how I felt. I guess the dishes have been toned down to meet the local ability to consume spicy dishes, which may be consider a fair reason for the dissappointment. Take for example the tom yum which tasted more like a sweet and soir soup to me and the pad thai was simply too sweet which definitely not the way it suppose to be. But I suppose if just want a nice thai like setting and get a hint of how thai food would taste, then go for it. Otherwise, save the trip for a real authentic thai restaurant, which I have yet to set foot in Halifax.
