Thai Hot Box, New York NY

Thai Hot Box serves delicious food at reasonable prices. While they do offer lunch specials, I opted for the crispy tofu appetizer and the crispy pork belly and sausage over rice, both of which were excellent. The space is long and narrow but colorful and charming. It definitely warrants a return visit.

I’ve been to a couple of areas in Thailand and this is exactly like the food there. Affordable pricing as well. Authentic, full of flavor, and packs a punch! The server was also very friendly. Will definitely be coming back

We ordered the curry puffs, Tom kha (which was delicious, packed with flavour and spice, and would recommend ordering) to start as appetizers. The drunken noodles (pad mee kao) was had good balanced flavour, sweet, savory and spicy! Also big portions, had to take away the noodles that I couldn’t finish!

Staff very attentative small place for a quick bite. I like Thai Food will eat here again.

The service was top notch!
The food was flavorful and esthetically pleasing. The price was very reasonable.

I come to this restaurant consistently as I enjoy the food and atmosphere. However, I've had several unpleasent customer service experiences, which is the reason why I am writing this review. The last one occurred on Thursday, 10/26. I just wanted to have a quick dinner and decided not to leave a tip. The server put me on the spot saying that I forgot to tip, and I said, "Sorry, not this time. " Then, the server proceeded to ask why. When I mentioned that I just did not want to, she complained with her coworker right in front of me, which is very unprofessional. The whole situation made me feel uncomfortable. I understand that workers are underpaid. However, that is not the consumer's fault. Like I said before, I am a regular at this place, and I usually leave a tip, but sometimes it is simply not in one's budget. People should not be flagged down as the whole point of tipping is that it is optional. Because of the many times I've had bad experiences in terms of customer service here, I have decided not to come as frequent and will not be recommending the place to others as I have done so in the past.

Food was definitely high quality, especially for the price.

Curry puffs (4 small ones in a serving for $8) were not bread heavy and were nice and crispy and flaky on the outside. Seasoning was well done and came with dipping sauce.

Pad See Ew with roasted duck ($18) was well seasoned, on the saltier side, but still very good. Duck skin crispy and meat was on the drier side but not enough to call dry.

Amazingly fast despite at least 5 pick up orders coming through. They were very easy to get the attention of (though that may have to do with it being a small space). Kindly took and boxed my leftovers.

Loved the servers kindness. There was a mother and her two kids there, and they dropped a few belongings a couple times, and the servers were quick to notice and pick things up for them.

Soooo good！highly recommend pad see ew and wings zaab！especially the wings zaab！magic power on it！

Poor service and below average food. It is high time they should have more rice main dishes and customize the egg they provide, instead of providing them half boil. Very disappointing

The best Thai basil fried rice I’ve had! Lots of green pepper, onion and chicken with pieces of fried basil throughout. So nice and spicy, highly recommend!

My wife and I had been been to a museum and were looking for a substantial lunch as we were quite hungry. There were lot of eateries but we were glad we choose this place. The staff were pleasant and helpful. The food when it arrived was ample and delicious. It certainly hit the spot. Would be happy to revisit when I am in that area again.

For families and particularly mothers with young babies, I would strongly suggest seeking out a different dining option. Thai Box clearly needs to re-evaluate its stance on customer service and embrace the diverse clientele of the 21st century.

Really excellent flavor and presentation at an affordable price- great lunch specials. We got green curry and basil sauce beef. Green curry sauce has great aromatics with kaffir lime leaf flavor distinct in flavors and basil. Really sweet servers and cute decor

Best Thai food ever! There’s curry puffs are to die for and the pad Thai seasoning is perfectly on point!

There are so many tasty things on the menu! I went with a small group of friends where we shared everyone’s dishes.

Particular standouts include the curry puff appetisers, the crispy belly pork and massive king prawn noodles! The green curry and pad Thai are great, too.

It’s only a small place and when we popped in it soon filled up. Prices were decent and portion sizes generous. Don’t hesitate to try it out!

Great food, and especially great wings but didn’t give very much beef with the Thai basil lunch special. Also the music was slightly to loud for how small the place is. But overall great little Thai restaurant.