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Thida's Thai Restaurant
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
4 reviews for Thida's Thai Restaurant
4 reviews in English
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Review from Chelle A.
Winnipeg, MB
9/19/2011
What a great place! One of the best Thai restaurants in the city. Great food, fast service and always friendly. Lunch specials are so delicious and served in a timely matter for short lunch breaks. Yum!!
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Review from DineoutGal A.
Winnipeg, MB
3/17/2011 12 photos
I was craving for some Thai on a cold dreary workday; normally I'd drive outside of downtown to pick up some decent Thai. But I decided to walk from portage and main to the foot of the Donald Street bridge to try Thida's Authentic Thai cuisine.
Here's the thing, we're in Winnipeg, we are really never going to get authentic Thai food. So for me, if they come close, that's all you can ask for in the middle of the prairies. Things never taste the same as it does from the country of origin because they have access to super fresh ingredients that we would only dream of! So ingredients alone will make the difference even if it's an "authentic" recipe.
Anyhow, this place is super busy on a weekday lunch, especially for a Monday. I thought it was going to be a tiny restaurant but it's a fairly long dark narrow room. Lots of booth tables catering to mostly office workers.
The lady at the front was super nice and warm. I asked if there were lunch sized portions so she told me about the lunch specials which includes #30 - #31 and #34 - #41 yet #32 and #33 the panang and matsaman weren't included. LOL. The lunch meals includes 2 vegetable spring rolls with a peanut sauce and your choice of tofu ($9.95), chicken/pork/beef ($10.95) or shrimp ($11.95) and a serving of rice. I chose #31 which "Pad Keow Wan" with chicken in a green curry stir fry in coconut milk. The lunch meal came to $12.27 with taxes. She asked how spicy I wanted it and I told her in a very serious tone "very spicy!" So she said "how about a 10?" and I agreed. You kind of have to max it out at Thai places to see what their definition of a "10" is. Most places tend to keep it pretty safe.
I guess the lunch rush was dying down as people were mostly filtering out to pay since I arrived closer to 1 pm. I waited less than 10 mins for my food and the food was piping hot! I was impressed!
The spring rolls were deep fried but didn't taste too greasy and had the usual carrots, bean sprouts and mushrooms as filling. The peanut sauce was a bit watery and didn't have a very strong peanut sauce but that was fine with me. There was a very light hint of heat....really faintly in that sauce. Good spring rolls - taste similar to other Thai places.
When I opened up my chicken green curry dish I noticed a lot of red pepper flakes on top but once again it wasn't that spicy especially if this is supposed to be a ten! Maybe for someone who doesn't eat spicy food that often, this would be a 9 or 10. But for those who can take the heat, I'd say on a scale of 1-10 this was about a 5. The heat gives you a nice warm feeling but nothing too crazy. But all is well as it was probably a good amount of heat for a work lunch.
The green curry coconut sauce leaned more on the sweeter side, which I am not a fan of. But there's no complaints in terms of portions. There was a surprising amount of chicken (all white meat) for a lunch portion and lots of veggies like carrots, onions, green and red peppers, celery and bamboo shoots.
Overall, it's an okay downtown lunch spot for Thai though I wouldn't say I'd go running back though the service was very pleasant. I'll cut them some slack on "authenticity" as this place obviously caters to the office crowd considering its location. -
Review from Doug M.
Winnipeg, MB
5/5/2011
One of the best Thai restaurants in the city.
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Review from Nikolous F.
3/5/2010
Admittedly, I am from Seattle where Thai restaurants are as common as coffeehouses so I can be a bit of a Thai cuisine snob. That being said, the Thai cuisine as Thida's was very basic. The ingredients were fresh but perhaps the seasonings were adjusted for a more midwestern palate. Overall, this place is just not very exciting. In addition, I got there about 30 minutes before closing and I got a distinct sense that the waiter had wished I hadn't shown up as he was busy mopping the floor when I arrived. Overall, it was OK.
