Krob Krua Thai Kitchen

FOOD: Nice, enjoyable Thai restaurant with good, authentic food. We had curry puff and wild mushroom dumplings as starters, and tried the pad kee mao and garlic eggplant basil (which had plenty of eggplant). Medium spice was perfect for us—not too spicy. Portions are adequate for one person to finish at the table; don’t expect large portions with lots of leftovers like other Thai places. SERVICE: They have a slightly different ordering system—upon entering, you stand in line, decide your order, pay, and then get seated (you can still order more at the table). Overall, service was quick, and food started arriving within about 5 minutes of sitting down. AMBIENCE: Large seating area with a pleasant ambience. LOCATION: Located in the downtown area with free customer parking adjacent to the entrance. WAITING TIME: No real waiting time, except about 5–10 minutes to stand in line while people ahead of us placed their orders.

Omg, this is my new FAVORITE Thai place! I’m from Seattle and have been SEVERELY underwhelmed with every other Thai place I tried in Eugene. But this place is the BOMB! I got the green chicken curry and my boyfriend got the eggplant and garlic stir fry with tofu. Also, we got spring rolls. Spring rolls were delicious and crispy. The curry was creamy and decadent. But the garlic eggplant dish really stole the show! OMG. I will be dreaming about the flavors in the garlic eggplant dish! So yummy!!! The tofu in the dish was crispy and yummmm, the eggplant melted in my mouth with SO much flavor! 10/10 will be back for more. I wish the hostess would come to the table to ask if you want drinks or whatever. We would have ordered a drink or two but got distracted and didn’t make it up to the ordering counter for them.

Our friend took us out to a unique thai restaurant was amazing. We started off with a special seared Ahi salad plate complimentary of the Chef...🤩 Also tried the massaman curry, bbq pork, curry puffs, and pizza of the month... all were very delicious and uniquely created. Our cocktails were great! Service was outstanding! We loved the differences from a traditional thai restaurant and would highly recommend checking out.

Krob Krua is one of my favorites. They always deliver high quality, delicious food with such depth of flavor. Took my partner's family here this evening and everyone was so happy with their food.

What a great find! My friend invited me for lunch with a colleague of hers and we decided to order a variety of fudges for the table. Such a lovely variety of colours, textures, flavours and aromas. Partially this is par for the course with Thai cuisine, but I felt that they managed to elevate the dishes beyond what I expect at a typical Thai restaurants. The eggplant was sooo good, and frankly so was everything else. We had the green curry, pad kee mow with plump prawns, ahi laab which was so fresh and dressed with cured (?) black beans and fried chilli. Save room for dessert, as the mango sticky rice with coconut is beautiful visually, has a great contrast of warm and sweet sticky rice with perfectly ripe mango. Nom nom nom @mackenzieputici 📲

Stopped in during lunchtime while waiting for a friend having a quick haircut a block away... Ordered Crispy Spring Rolls thinking I would get this very quickly as I only had about 20 minutes to spend there... Waiter was very nice, but took longer to receive than expected and was extremely hot... But finally when it cooled enough to not burn my mouth, it was tasty. Sweet n sour sauce was yummy.

The food was great and the environment is clean and nice. They want you to pay for your food before you even sit down and that means the tip too. You only see your waiter once when they bring you your food. They lady that took our order was very nice though.

Hands down best Thai food in Eugene. Service model not so great. Ordering when you first come in is awful. QR code at table does not work. I wanted to order a bottle of wine, not an option. I ended up paying for food on one ticket, bottle of wine another ticket, and drinks yet a third ticket. How is this streamlining anything. Also, please do not serve glasses of wine FIVE DAYS after the botte of wine was opened. This no longer wine. Finally, one glass of wine is $12, but a bottle is $55. I have never been to a restaurant where the math works out such that it is cheaper per glass to order by the glass. 4 glasses = one bottle. 4*12=48, but to order bottle it its 55. I did not want a bottle anyway, but i ordered it because i did not want five day old wine. Server seemed totally uninterested in my minor sigh over the whole issue. Unlikely to go back even though we loved the food. :(

One of the top eateries in Eugene! Friendly staff, excellent food, and flexible if you've got dairy free or GF folks with you. Every time I go, I see local chefs or restaurant owners dining here. It's wonderful!

ALWAYS. ORDER: the Garlic Basil Eggplant. Always. It is one of those dishes that is SO GOOD, it just never disappoints. The eggplant is tender and so rich and balanced in flavor, it is simply a delight to eat. We chose the Fried Tofu for the Pad See Ew and it was delicious. The Massaman curry came with a bowl of rice, brown or jasmine, as did the eggplant. We were a little concerned that the single bowl would not be enough because we were sharing the dishes family style. But it worked out. We also ordered off the special as well on the recommendation of staff chef Aria: the sausage appetizer and the Wild Mushroom Dumplings -- the presentation was striking and the cameras came out. Ordered the Painkiller which is by far one of the best cocktails on the menu. Side note: sometimes it's not quite blend long enough so chunks of pineapple block straw, but just ask them to blend a little extra so it's smoother. Last but not least: the Warm Spiced Cinnamon Sugar Donuts were delivered as promised warm and soft with a cinnamon sugar that loved every part of your fingers. But it was the quince ginger lemon curd that blew us away. Hands-down. We could not get enough of it. It's like an aphrodisiac and should be bottled and sold. Harmony was our server, and even though the model of service has changed so that you buy the food first and then our seated, during our meal she was attentive and thoughtful. My two guests were two of the most discerning diners I have eaten with and they were very delighted repeatedly expressing appreciation for both the taste and the appearance. It was also very gracious of Master Chef Hardinger to come out and say hello; he received their compliments warmly and they left saying they were excited to bring friends back. As long time Eugene residences I thought that was perhaps among the highest compliments they could give.

Gonna start with the critique, because I really love this restaurant overall. But unfortunately, there are dead roaches in the baby changing table, giving me serious pause about the cleanliness of Krob Krua. Everything looks like it's routinely clean but no one ever opens up the changing table. Really, really disgusting. When I have my hands full, it's a serious hassle to wipe down the table myself. See photo. Other than this, I really love the food here. It's delicious, texturally interesting, and they take pride in their food. They also take pride in their service. I have always had kind service from the hosts and kind interactions with the cooks. I hope they learn to take pride in their cleanliness as well.

This is one of my favorite places to get Thai food. I always get pad se eww anywhere I get Thai food but I have been tempted to get the Thai pizzas because it is unique to this restaurant. I finally tried the veggie Thai pizza that they had this summer and it was so good! I look forward to trying a new pizza special in the future. Service was friendly and the space is very nice!

Love this spot! Usually go for take out but dined in and had an excellent experience. We ordered the tom kha soup, Brussel sprouts, spicy fried chicken and boba tea (they have vegan varieties which is awesome). We will definitely be back for take out and dining in!

I had the rare wood fired Thai beef salad, it was amazing! I also had the Apple Manhattan, and it was delicious also. Nice ambiance, with a lot of locals and foot traffic from the street. Great service as well.

This was our first time here after I heard rave reviews from a coworker. The inside is very nice with a bar and many different seating options. I got the lamb shanks and it was amazing super flavorful and fall off the bone tender. The service was amazing and very fun to watch them prepare food.

I love a restaurant that clearly labels gf! Decor was nice and bright, service was friendly and prompt, and the food is DELICIOUS which makes the price worth it. Looking forward to returning so I can try some of the drinks described on the menu because they look amazing.

Eugene has a lot of delicious Thai food and the food here is some of my favorite. Delicious, beautiful, flavorful food. It is a higher price point than some of the other places. Unfortunately I greatly dislike the dining set up- you have to stand in line then order at the counter then sit down. I find this unpleasant and it detracted from the dining experience. Especially for the higher price would prefer a standard experience. Again- love the food but wish the dining experience was different, will likely be eating at other Thai restaurants.

Food is great but I've stopped going there since they stopped taking orders at the table. Now you have to order before you sit down and I don't like it one bit.

The massaman curry at Krob Krua is probably my all time favorite massaman curry, it is a MUST ORDER!! You get a lot of curry for the price too, definitely enough to share or have leftovers. I love the eggplant also, but wish it was a bit more garlicky. Both dishes are great with the purple sticky rice. Service was good, but I wish that you were able to get seated first before ordering.

I swear this place gets better every time I go. It makes me so happy to have this level of quality Thai food, and our town. Quite simply, they are crushing it. We went recently and had yummy cocktails, good wine, and lots of excellent food. I highly recommend the Thai lemonade cocktail. We ordered the coconut shrimp, which normally I wouldn't get, but these were pretty darn good. And these pan fried dumplings that were super crispy and filled with pork and shrimp. We got the crispy rice salad, which was mine blowing delicious. One of the specials of the night that was a crispy duck curry. Outstanding! And a pork and noodle dish that was beautifully seasoned. I've also had their green papaya salad before, and it is a generous portion, and very refreshing The service was excellent, and despite how crowded it was, the noise level was perfectly reasonable. So the acoustics are good. This place is great for takeout.

Off the charts! This food was very delicious! I was excited to get the Sautéed "Garlic Eggplant Basil" dish. I love eggplant when prepared like this. I chose Tofu as my protein and brown rice as the base, and the proportions were very generous as well. Which I was very thrilled about, I wasn't able to eat all of my dinner, but I'm looking forward to lunch tomorrow. I also got their Golden Milk Tea, although it wasn't how I make it at home, it was tasty and had a very nice presentation. I loved the whole ambiance of the place, and the staff were very friendly and efficient. This place is amazing and I can't recommend it enough!

I finally got in to try this place and it did not disappoint. I'd say this is best for groups where you can order and share everything. That's how we did it and it was great. The food and drinks were both very good. We got the crispy rice salad as a starter to share and I'd HIGHLY recommend this. We go the Laab Pizza. It was okay - I'm not sure that I would order it again but I'm also glad I tried it. Be careful, it has a kick! We also shared the Ba Mee Moo Dang - very good! Lastly, we got some other stuff off their specials menu, though they were out of some stuff (particularly seafood like the scallops). Either way, this place lived up to the hype. I'd highly recommend and will definitely be going back.

My first visit since they relocated from Wildcraft Brewery. This location is so much bigger and spacious--it definitely has a more upscale vibe compared to the brewery. They offer both indoor and outdoor seating. I love the new location, it's bright and cheerful. The menu is for the most part the same, but they added a Wood-fired section with Thai inspired pizza. They also have seasonal specialties--my personal favorite is their Duck & Pineapple curry. Also new to the menu (for me) is the alcohol/cocktails selection, as well as mocktails for the non-alcohol drinkers. The food was amazing! The braised lamb shank was falling off the bone delicious and mildly spicy, the chicken wing were so crispy (& still tasty as next day leftovers), the duck was tender and curry really flavorful--good portion of duck, the crab fried rice had chunks of crab and was very tasty. The dessert was a recommendation by our server and it was amazing--baked bananas, a hint of sweetness and the ice cream was so refreshing, bite for bite; reminded me of a bananas foster, but this was much better! Our server was very attentive and checked on us periodically. Our visit was a special evening, celebrating my son's 21st birthday, so he comped us dessert.

Ordered Chicken pad Thai Pad see ew chicken With du rescan and shrimp dumplings Everything was delicious with tremendous taste and bountiful serving. Now waiting to chow down on my left overs. No dumpling leftovers- they were just too darn good Fast prep and delivery! A new leader in the club house of great Thai in Eugene

Food was hot and fresh. We did a group lunch order today and everyone loved their choices!

4.5/5 (wish they awarded 1/2 stars) The food was delicious, all entrees ordered with medium spiced heat. Would've given 5/5 if the food had more "wok hei" flavor. Nice ambiance. Very friendly staff. Would come back again to try other things on the menu. It looks like they have a lot of special items on rotation.

We had lamb shank massaman, crab Rangoon, chicken satay, and spring rolls. It was all delicious. The service was fine but they seem very short staffed. It's a cute place. We don't like high tops so we sat on the other side.

The best Thai food in town.i will not go anywhere out. I suggest everyone should try..

My oh My. Krob Krua is some very tasty Thai food! The crab fried rice has big chunks of real crab. The pad Thai is very tasty, but the Pad Ke Mow is outstanding. I travel to Asia regularly and this is in my top 3 anywhere in the world. Service was on point. If you like Thai food and are anywhere close to Eugene, you really need to try this place

I so wish to have really liked this Thai food place since I heard good things about it. But it was a rather disappointing meal for us. The vegetable spring rolls were spot on: hot and crispy and a sweet chili dipping sauce. This was the highlight of the meal. The Pad See Yew (wide rice noodles) were ok but we had it with chicken on the side since there was a vegetarian in the group... that chicken was tasteless, rubbery and very unappetizing, even when I stirred it thru my pad See Yew sauce and noodles on my plate. The garlic eggplant Basil was so incredibly bland, no taste of garlic at all. Some pieces of the eggplant were undercooked and too tough to eat, others were snotty overcooked. But the whole dish had absolutely no taste to it. We ordered it mild since "moderate" is supposed to have the spice level of Habaneros, pretty spicy. Too bad that "mild" meant totally flavorless. The decor is nice , front room better than the back room: this back one looks tru a glass door and glass wall to a space with fermentation vats which apparently now is used for storage. Not appealing and so easy to take care of with a curtain or blinds or window-cling. No points for decorating on that part of the restaurant. The entrance is nice and well laid out. Parking for about 20 cars or so and otherwise street parking. Service was good.

I have to say that this was the first time that I had visited the location on Pearl Street since they moved from the former Wildcraft Cider location near REI. The thing that I like the most about Krop Kua when they were at the wild Kraft spot was the fact that this was the most authentic pad kra pau I had gotten outside of Thailand. The kra pau was still good but I feel it missed a little of the old essence. All in all, this is still probably the best Thai restaurant in Eugene. Just not sure about the Thai pizzas. That feels like just the need to use the old Laperla pizza oven. Still this is a place to go and try their food.

Great food, fun and cute atmosphere. Pretty good cocktail options. I always enjoy the curry!

Krob Krua isn't bad, but I think there are better Thai places in Eugene for the price. I was generally underwhelmed by the flavors here and the portion sizes. Usually at Thai restaurants you can get at least 2 meals from leftovers. Here we had nearly none. In my opinion, you get better flavor and more food at Ta Ra Rin.

The food is super as usual! So good! The fact that you order before you're seated takes away the dining out experience. I will not tip 20% for this abbreviated service. We also ordered less beverages with the new system.

I'll start by saying my wife and I eat a lot of Thai food in the Seattle/Tacoma area. This is well laid out restaurant that has nice ambience. It was a hot day and despite sitting inside, I was sweating while eating. U order at the hostess desk. I was a bit surprised when I was prompted for an 18% tip when paying given there was no table service. There was a bottle of shareable water on the table that we quickly consumed given the interior temperature. This was not replenished. I ordered chicken Pad Thai which was made with dark chicken meat. I am not a fan of dark meat and have never had Pad Thai prepared with anything but white chicken meat. My wife had chicken satay which was good but she was not a fan of the stickey rice. My son and his girlfriend enjoyed their meals. Not some place my wife and I'd return to when visiting Eugene again.

Tried this place for the first time last night. We were a bit confused by the fast food feel of the place. You have to order at the register as you enter. It's a small waiting area and there were people behind us so we sat on a bench to look over the menu. Then you have to pay as you order at the front register and they expect a tip at that time even before you taste the food or get any service other than them running your card! Only after payment and tip, of course you're not obligated to tip, do you actually get to sit down at a table. Personally we like to be seated, order drinks and take a leisurely look at the menu. We both had Pad Thai and I ordered mild + spice and my partner ordered medium. The food was OK, good flavers but medium, we were told, would be Habanero level heat. The food came and mine had no spice at all and my partner's was what I would call mild. We interacted with 2 staff, one to order and one who brought us our food, that was it. No one checked on us during the meal. We won't be going back until their current ordering system is changed.

There's more than meets the eye to this place. You'll have to just try the place out for yourself to see what I mean. The entire menu is interesting and something I hope to methodically work my way through. All the options we ordered were very tasty with some subtle, but unique twists from the traditional expectations. The service was top notch and the prices reasonable. Great food, good service, and a unique dining experience. What more could you ask for!?!?

This place hit the spot. In town for one night my sister and I chose this for dinner. I had an excellent green curry and a pretty darn good green papaya salad. The person at the front desk was knowledgeable and friendly. The place looked nice but I got take out so experience limited. Would definitely go back.

This restaurant is now located at 13th & Pearl, in a building that had been Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor, La Perla Italian restaurant, the Community Fermentation Union (a brew pub), then vacant - all since December 2007. Its latest incarnation: wood-fired-pizza/Thai-food-with-tamarind-sauce and more plus a nostalgic, glassed-in display room On my first visit, I attempted their wood-fired BBQ pork special - strips of some cut of pork with impressive portions of grizzle and fat. Surgical forceps and a scalpel would have been helpful in dissecting out the chewable portions. The table-setting steak knife, however, was very helpful for hacking off portions from a blob of "sticky purple rice". A fork was not up to the task. For a touch of unique ambiance, we were seated next to a glass-walled section of the long-gone Community Fermentation Union. It is now a museum-like display of mothballed brewing kettles, gleaming white PVC piping throughout, dust covered cartons and other trash. And then there was the noise. My iPhone decibel meter was reading 72 to 80 for the entire dinner - levels usually produced by a garbage disposal at work, a police siren or a portable generator. Conversation was possible only when leaning forward and shouting across the table to companions. After giving up on my unchewable entree, I spent a little time watching the kitchen staff at work. Several wore masks. Only a single older woman in view appeared to be from Thailand. She also wore a mask but had placed it well below her lower lip, securely on her chin. As she carried entrees out to a side counter, I wondered if her mask was protecting others from an infectious chin. Obviously her nose and mouth were not risk factors of any concern to her. As a closing note, my companions' entrees were incredibly good. The tofu dish was perfect and the beef massaman was something I could eat four times a week and never get bored - the best I have ever tasted. Kudos to the chef. But I doubt I would return to dine in-site. Just too noisy.

Didn't get to eat. Was excited to try this place and had heard good things about it since I had moved out of town before they opened. Hours say open until 9pm but we arrived at 8:30 PM and we're turned away. I understand that industry standard is to shut down a kitchen 10-15 before official close but 30 minutes is pretty ridiculous. You might as well say you close at 8:30 at that point. At the very least make a note of it on your website so people don't show up thinking they can eat.

Wood fired Thai...never have I ever. I tried the sea bass given it uses the oven. Well done and I look forward to trying more items.

We irdered takeout from this place for the first time last night, and wow! Excellent Thai food! Great flavors and portions, all in all it was great! I will say that their idea of mild is enough to set your face on fire, but the flavors were worth it! Will definitely be back!

Best Thai food I've had! Went for graduation dinner and it was my 2nd time coming and it was awesome trying new dishes. The pizza was amazing! The food also came out super quick. We got the shumai as the starter which were huge and super good!

The dining experience is semi-fast food now (although the prices aren't) because you have to order up front before you're even seated, and this includes paying the tip before you've even been served (!!!) So you have to make up your mind what you want with a line of people at your back. Also, our food arrived super fast and it was like it had simply been warmed up. I was just drinking water, but yeah, no server truly dedicated to our table as they're spread thin now, so forget about refills. So glad I had water in the car!

First time visit was for lunch. The place was relatively quiet. I perused the menu and ordered the crispy spring rolls and bay shrimp fried rice at the front podium. After ordering, they seat you if you're eating in. Presumably they must do a brisk take-out business as well. I noticed after paying that there was also a list of specials on a board right in front of my face that I totally missed. They looked really interesting. Next time... The food was excellent! Everything hot and as expected. I was struck by the freshness and quality of ingredients. The fried rice for instance, even without the bay shrimp, which I love, was excellent. The quality of the food was as good as any Thai I've ever had. Looking forward to returning with my wife and trying some new dishes!

The Thai food here is good when you need a Thai fix. The green curry, especially is yummy, Americanized, but yummy. The staff is very attentive and the Tom Kai soup is better here than most places in town. I've been here when the one to five star spice rating is spot on, and I've been here when it was way off and two star burned going in and out. I think it depends on who's in the kitchen that particular day, etc.. The pad, Thai, which is really my go to grading system for Thai food, was a little greasy, and on my to go order the last time they skimped on the peanut sauce. That hasn't been the case when I've eaten in though. A couple of times when we've been there the bathrooms needed some love and attention, and that's kind of a turn off for me for the dining experience. If the bathrooms aren't spotless, I worry about the kitchen... That being said, I've never had any sort of experience with illness or anything else, I just really prefer to see a place with spotless bathrooms and tables that are not sticky I know this seems kind of like a negative review, but understand I'll eat there again if I'm in the neighborhood and I'm craving Thai I'll eat there, but I'm not gonna drive all the way across town for their noodles.

We just did carry out here. Tom kha and crab cheese dumplings were delicious. The soup was surprisingly small for the cost.

What a delightful treat tonight, with a gorgeous basil & eggplant dish and massamam lamb shank in a rich, peanuty sauce alongside delicious naan from the wood oven. The food was heavenly, the presentation beautiful, and the ambiance laid back but fun. We were prepared for ordering at the counter (with a warm, friendly person), having read other yelp reviews. This didn't bother us at all, as we enjoy having our own space while we dine. I thought someone might come by to check in just once but no one did (we only saw a food runner briefly, as he dropped off our dishes); that might be nice! More importantly, having a stack of "to-go" containers available would be helpful for packing up left-overs. We didn't want to order anything else, but they might make it clear what diners should do if they want to add on another drink or dessert.

interesting atmosphere for sure. as you walk in and greeted you also have the chance to order and pay before you sit down. with the ordering and paying out of the way it's up to you to pack up. this experience reminded me of a food truck in the best way possible and during flu season the minimal contact with our server was awesome. would recommend. the pictures of the food speak for themselves #delicious #foodboner

This place does so many things right. So many! From the spotless establishment, to the service, food and libations. Of the three of us that went, there were three soiled thumbs up. This is now our favorite place fir Thai in the Eugene area and very much worth checking out.

I think this is the best Thai food in town. The crispy rice salad is a unique dish that tasted super good and was surprisingly filling. The tamarind duck was perfectly cooked and a huge portion, but a little too much sauce for me.

Utilizing the wood burning pizza oven left behind from the former resident of this comfortable restaurant great Thai has been rediscovered and reborn. We loved the roasted half chicken. The traditional thai curry and noodle dishes are all more than one notch above any normal Thai cuisine you have ever had. Add a fantastic full bar (and fantastic bartend) this new spot in Eugene has become instantly one of the most popular in the City.

Disappointed about the change in service. We've dined here a handful of times and always had a great experience. Recently they changed service to order at the front then receive food at table. This is a terrible idea. Everything came out at wonky times...our appetizer came last and the "self order" for drinks at the tables wasn't working. I unfortunately won't be back until this is changed. There are other Thai restaurants in the area with just as good of food with the sit down experience I prefer if I'm going to spend the money dining out.

Yummmmm!! We stopped by Saturday night about a half hour before they closed. Our server was super friendly and energetic - loved her. We got pad see ew with ground pork and red curry with chicken. Both were absolutely fantastic! I thought the ground pork option was a bit unique from what I see at most Thai places in terms of meat options. I wish more places had ground pork like Krob Krua. So so tasty!! Definitely grab some Thai at this spot if you are in Eugene and a Thai food fan. You won't regret it!!

I've been back 3+ years and finally got around to visiting. It was interesting to see what they did with the old Farrell's (where I worked as a kid) and they made a very nice space. The food was tasty and the service good. Nothing to really rave about, but certainly nothing to be negative about! There's a lot of good Thai to choose from in town and this one stands with the best of them

The food at Krob Krua is fabulous. Truly some of the best Thai food I've ever had. The Crispy Duck special was amazing as was my wife's Pad Thai with shrimp. The nutty flavor of the brown rice enhanced the duck's flavor as well. The Son Tom Salad had a delicious flavor, but for me the textures were hard for me to chew. My wife loved it though. The ambiance was quiet and lightly elegant, and the service was right on point. It was the perfect meal to end our weekend in Eugene.

Delicious food with a fun twist thanks to the wood fired oven. Everything we had was delicious, and the staff were all friendly and helpful.