California Thai Cafe

I used to drive 30+ miles just for this Thai food and always ordered the pineapple curry. When the new management took over, they no longer served it. Looks like I will be looking for a new Thai food place, and I will not be coming back.

Allergy issues! Poor customer service.

The biggest issue was: We got shrimp instead of chicken wings. Also all food was way spicier than it ever was (we were regulars about a year ago and loved the food. We'd eat here weekly). When we called to rectify this, we were told to bring food back and they'd remake it. We drove back across town to return the food, we were not comped. There was no concern for the shrimp vs chicken even when I told them my husband has a shellfish allergy. Also the cashier had a poor attitude when we discussed spice level. Old management we'd order 6-7 and today's 4-5 we're much hotter than before. Family visiting from out of town work in restaurants and said in most businesses we'd either be comped our meals, be delivered new food, or even both. We also understand there is a Thai spicy but friends of ours from Thailand said if you are not Thai typically restaurants adjust accordingly. Even the remade food was hotter than we could handle after asking to adjust spice to a 2.

We used to eat here often but apparently not since ownership changed. New ownership provides very poor customer service. We were unaware of this change and will not be back. The dining room was empty and I now understand why. I can't imagine this place will last long with the way they treat customers.

Price is also higher than it was. $15.95 for a tofu noodle dish that is missing the vegetables is not right. It has increased significantly in the past year and the taste is sub par.

The food was very good. All the items ordered were fresh, flavorful and just the right amount of spice levels. The service could have been a lot better. I would go back for the food!

Food was incredibly underwhelming - the drunken noodles were way too oversalted with soy sauce and the pad Thai didn’t have the best flavor. Overall really disappointing especially for the high prices. It was almost $50 for the two noodle entrees and an appetizer (2 pc curry puff). The curry puffs were at least good, but still way too overpriced.

Overpriced. Was charged $5.00 to add broccoli to my yellow curry to-go order yesterday and they didn’t give me any broccoli. They also didn’t secure the lid to the curry and it spilled all over the bag. The owner and server were also rude - overall, Bad service and mediocre food. Won’t be back.

We ate the Sweet and Sour Pork, Thai Green Curry, and Pineapple Fried Rice with Thai teas. This place is the best Thai place in SD we have tried. Highly recommended to anyone looking for authentic Thai food for a very reasonable price.

The food was amazing! I highly recommend the Thai dumplings, drunken noodles, and the pad Thai.

We absolutely intend to visit again!

I ordered eggrolls and chicken pad Thai.

Taking off 1 star because the quality of the food did not match the pricing. Too pricey for a Thai food in my opinion. YMMV.

Taking off another 1 star because the noodle texture of Pad Thai was subpar compared to the competing restaurant nearby.

Food took about 15min, so order before you get to the store.

Egg rolls
- crunchy
- good texture overall

Chicken Pad Thai
- was not expecting this flavor from the pad Thai dish. I was expecting more “Thai” flavor.
- seemed like there were about 80% noodles, 15% veggies, and 5% chicken.
- not too flavorful.so make sure to grab chili sauce or soy sauce to your taste

I’m disappointed that Tom Yum soup does not have “bowl” size anymore, only Hot-Pot size so it’s pricier.

Great service and amazing food! I arrived between lunch and dinner, but the owner said I could sit and drink until the cooks returned from break. She put my order in when they arrived back and it came out quick. I had the pineapple fried rice and it was delicious; just the right amount of sweet and spicy. I would definitely recommend this restaurant!

Worst experience ever! First they never served my wife her food. I requested they just prepare it to go, since we had already shared my food, but they tried to serve it to the table instead, after waiting for them to finally prepare it. Got home and opened the bag and there was only 4 pieces of shrimp and no Panang, or rice.

This is my favorite Thai restaurant in San Diego. I’ve sampled many of their dishes but especially love their yellow curry and panang curry. My food always arrives freshly made, hot and delicious. The friendly, good-looking staff and owners always welcome me and make me feel at home.

We were first time here. Service was good, but food was not delicious and overpriced. We went to many Thai places in San Diego, this one was one of the worst. Overall don’t recommend this place

Very nice Thai food. Lunch special menu includes salad, spring rolls, Thai curry and rice. Go to place for lunch.

The food was outstanding and the Service was “Top Notch”

The food is very tasty

The Establishment is very clean

This is going to be a regular stop two times a week for me and I will bring some friends along

Stop by, you will not be disappointed

Mr ARG
S/F

Used to be 4-5 star food, but not anymore with the change in ownership. The chicken pad see eew used to be great, but was very sub par when I went more recently. Not BAD food necessarily but I won’t be going back.

I ordered the panang curry because I was craving it after a long day of work. The curry was one of the most delicious curries I've tried. It was exactly what I was expecting since the place near my home overuses the fish sauce for their curries. Service was okay too. The reason why I am giving 4 starts instead of 5 is because of the price; $20.42 for a single order of panang curry? That is a little extreme. They should consider offering lower prices.

Absolutely worst customer service. Got the order wrong. Called them to fix that but instead the girl started arguing with us. We went there to re order it but they got into heated argument with us. Very very rude behavior from the girl taking the orders and the girl whom we talked to about our order issue. Don’t ever go there if you want a courteous and friendly customer service.

My mama and I came here twice before and the food was delicious. We came today excited and hungry and were disappointed. Not happy with the new ownership. The shrimp pad Thai came with 3 little shrimp and was very dry and the potsticker and egg roll was cold! I asked the waitress about the 3 shrimp and she said yes thats all it comes with. Decided not to order dessert. Will not come back so many other good Thai food.