Erawan Thai Cuisine (Philadelphia)

Thai restaurant · Rittenhouse

Erawan Thai Cuisine (Philadelphia)

Thai restaurant · Rittenhouse

123 S 23rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Highlights

Traditional Thai curries, noodle dishes & spicy salads plus lunch specials in a simple space. BYOB.

123 S 23rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19103 Get directions

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"Eating at Erawan in Rittenhouse feels like having dinner at your favorite aunt’s house. Everyone gets a personal welcome, the dining room is warm and smells great, and you’ll leave just a bit more full than is comfortable. None of the Northern Thai dishes here are blow-your-mind delicious, but the drunken noodles, fried chive cakes, and massaman curry are all reliable. We usually lean heavily on the chef’s specialties—the tender kor moo yang and mountain of crab fried rice are standouts—especially when we're with a group. Just make sure your dining companions are exceedingly polite. If they offend your aunt, you can never go back. photo credit: Nicole Guglielmo photo credit: Nicole Guglielmo photo credit: Nicole Guglielmo photo credit: Nicole Guglielmo photo credit: Nicole Guglielmo Food Rundown Khao Mok Gai Braised, fall-off-the-bone chicken and turmeric rice topped in a fragrant, Northern-style curry and crispy noodles. When it’s cold and angry outside, this is a dream dish. photo credit: Nicole Guglielmo Crab Fried Rice Just grabbing a spring roll or shrimp roll? Add this fried rice. Need a side to go with the spicy papaya salad? Add this fried rice. You’ve ordered one of everything else and your friend who always orders too much asks if maybe you need just one more thing? Add this fried rice. You get the idea. photo credit: Nicole Guglielmo Fried Whole Fish This fish is not on the regular menu, but it's almost always available as a special. A whole snapper gets fried and tossed in a fragrant pool of ginger, garlic, and soy, along with cashews and peppers. It’s light, moist, and good to share. photo credit: Nicole Guglielmo Kor Moo Yang If you’re looking for a meaty main that's not on every Thai restaurant menu in the city, this is a good one. The grilled marinated pork is smoky on the outside but still sweet and tender inside. It’s served with sticky rice, but we like eating this with the crab fried rice." - Alison B. Kessler

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"The first Thai restaurant to open in Philly, Erawan has garnered a reputation for being a great BYOB for those wanting to try Laotian food. Try their signature Massaman curry that’s rich and creamy in flavor with potatoes, onions, and peanuts with jasmine rice." - Ernest Owens

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Keleena Gigi

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Walked in to order a take-out. Was amazed at how well the place was decorated. I ordered their Thai Wings which is an appetizer. The wings were really good and flavored to my liking. Will come back to try more.

Shruti K

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Big fan of Thai food and sometimes hard to find places that have vegetarian curry without fish sauce, but this place does it! Might be my favorite Thai place in Philly! They are also so great about customizing dishes and adding vegetables, etc. Also very good about accommodating allergies. Highly recommend the red curry, chive cakes, spring rolls, and Thai iced coffee!

Alexandra Borisevich

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The food here was absolutely DELICIOUS. I loved it so so much. I especially recommend the chicken fried rice and the green tea ice cream. But the service really ruins the experience. There was only 1 other table with us when we were dining, but we had to wait an hour and a half for ICE CREAM. Service is not great to say the least. I definitely undertstand that the workers were trying their best and may have had lots of online orders, but it's not right to leave their customers without checking up at all and practically ignoring them. The food is 10000 stars but service is 1 star.

Jed Immanuel Lloren

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I had the curry here, it was very good. I saved some just to be able to enjoy it later again. The service was very nice and the interior was cozy and festive (went during Christmastime). I would definitely come back here again.

Adam Solomon

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Excellent Thai food. Very solid service. Very good Thai food with excellent service in this small walk up restaurant. A couple steps up off the street, this small store has a relaxing atmosphere. The food is excellent -- though you might want to ask for more spice (this worked out well for my kids whose palettes don't tend as spicy as mine). No alcohol served, but you can bring your own. The service here was outstanding. Clearly, they work as a team each backing the other up. Each of the servers on the floor refilled our water glasses and checked up on our table. Not wheelchair accessible due to the steps up to the entrance.

Amanda Sprague-Getsy

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Food was excellent! But service was kinda slow and it took a long time to get our food. I would definitely go back again to get the drunken noodles!

D C

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The food here is AMAZING! I didn't like Thai food in the past due to bad experiences at other restaurants. However, I wanted to give this place a try. The first thing I got was the Green Curry with beef and shrimp and medium spiciness. Oh my goodness! Soooooooo good! The next thing I got was the Exotic Pork (wild boar) with shrimp and medium spiciness. Let me tell you! This place has made me love Thai food now!!! Everything tasted super fresh and the medium spiciness was perfect and not too much to overpower the dish. The wild boar in the dish was AMAZING as was the shrimp. There was also this herb in there that tasted like fresh pepper, oh my it was tasty! And the wonton soup..... Hey Erawan, if you are reading this, you need to make this bigger and offer it as a main dish! It was sooooooooooooo good! The broth was perfect, and all the veggies were very fresh. And the wontons were absolutely amazing! 5 stars to this place! And the lady that answers the phone has always been super nice!

Jason C

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I visited this restaurant about a month ago and while I think the lunch specials are priced only slightly higher than comparable places, the service unfortunately could have been better. I ordered the shrimp curry and it wasn't bad. I did have to wait for 5 minutes though, for another bowl of rice. The restaurant was really crowded and there was only one server that day.