Thanh Thao Restaurant

Very delicious soup and chow mein, the best Thai soup in town. You should stop by and try for your self. I would be back here for more next time I’m around.

I love this amazing restaurant with all the variety they have! Best Hot n sour soup ever! A vegetarian must have!! Lemon Grass Chicken with a thick flavorful coconut curry is my FAVORITE!!! Even their PHO is AMAZING!!! Good prices too for lunch! Not open on Tuesdays...

Good family restaurant. This place has been here a long time. There are tons of Thai and Vietnamese restaurants throughout the Portland area, but this one has always been consistently good and offered a huge variety. I particularly like their Tom Yum soup, their Lotus root salad, and their Mango salad, but everything is fresh, large servings at reasonable prices.

Relatively affordable lunch menu ($6.75-$7.50) will fill you up. Plenty of vegetarian options. Variety of standard Americanized Chinese and Thai dishes. My girlfriend loves their duck curry. But the taste is... merely ok. Overall I rarely get excited about going there, but never have a bad experience when I do. I give it a "fair".

Did not taste like Thai. Got the pineapple curry rice and the pad kee mao. Both were almost flavorless. People were nice though, and good portions. My veggies were barely cooked. I got my meal spicy and it was not spicy at all. Looked like a old Chinese restaurant that say they serve Thai food because it's more hip.

I had a good experience at Thanh Thao. They started us off with a complementary pot of Jasmine tea, and provided quick and kind service. For a Hawthorne Street restaurant, they werent too busy, despite it being a Sunday night. Their pumpkin yellow curry was delicious and very original--just the right amount of spicy. To top it off, their fortune cookie told me I was going to get rich so... I'd say this was an overall great experience.

Ordered three veg dishes - pad Thai, pad see iew, and eggplant. They were all passable but not remarkable in any way. Kind of generic Thai from the 90s with not much flavor or innovation. The medium spicy didn't seem any spicier than the mild I got for the kids. OK in a pinch but if you want good Thai food keep looking

Three of us went for dinner on a weeknight, one having been there before many years ago. Great food, atmosphere and service! We had salad rolls for appetizers, then shared a green papaya salad. (I learned years ago how to make this, but have gotten rusty at it. Theirs was superb!) For main dishes, one of us had the ginger cod and it was wonderful, with a delightful crunch to the crust of the fish and the ginger sauce perfectly balanced. Another had eggplant with garlic and tofu and it, too, was quite good. I had pad thai with chicken and asked for it "medium spicy," but should know by now that Northwest palates are not geared for spicy food and it was not quite spicy enough for me. Still it was great....I took leftovers home and they never made it to the refrigerator! Ha! The atmosphere speaks of the age of the place, in a good "old school" way. Vintage lamps and decor with lovely wooden divider panels. Very clean and sleek. For a Monday, it was medium busy and seemed to attract lots of regulars. Service was well-paced and we did not feel rushed at all. Others who had gotten there before us were still there when we left, enjoying their meals in a leisurely fashion. Prices are quite reasonable, and our waiter was very friendly and accommodating. Parking, either on Hawthorne or on the west side of the building, is plentiful. The menu is pretty extensive and will be worth exploring on future visits. Oh, and btw, we went on a quite warm evening and were SO glad for the air conditioning!