Zab-E-Lee

My experience at Zab-E-Lee was like a normal, regular day at a restaurant. The service was straightforward and the atmosphere was calm. The highlight of my visit was definitely the food—the drunken noodles were packed with flavor and had just the right amount of spice, while the dumplings were delicious and very fulfilling. Everything came out hot and fresh, which made the meal even more enjoyable. Overall, it’s a good spot if you’re craving tasty Thai dishes that hit the spot without being over the top.

I was a single diner looking to eat after a long flight. The food was excellent. I was the only diner and the focus of the business was on take-out. So I ordered at the counter and was otherwise left in peace. Until there is more dine-in customers I don’t see this being a date-night type of restaurant. It has the seating, but no dine-in customers while I was there. Go for the food and never mind the rest.

Walked in and thought, "This is going to be good." It's was mediocre. The Basil Rolls were good, and the Coconut Soup seemed okay, but I ordered it with veggies & no meat. I received it with chicken, then when the second order came out, it had a piece of something unfamiliar. When I asked about it, I was shown something that I knew it was not. Service wasn't the best. Our server seemed a little confused. So, to wrap this up, I don't think I'll be returning.

We couldn’t have asked for a better experience. The location and the cooking space were stunning! Alice, our chef, was by far the most entertaining, informative, and funny host. If you can ask for her specifically, do it!!!

The food is really salty and I don't know how they messed up on the peanut sauce for the basil roll... It is not good anymore I don't recommend it.

I tried the Drunken noodles at this restaurant. While the noodles had all the right flavors, what was not good was the oil they used and how much of it they used. This was after i had requested for less oily noodles. The service was fast and prompt though. I am not very good with too much oil and so i fell sick but maybe the other items aren’t that oily.

I decided on delivery and found this menu to be expansive! I ordered the duck pho, tempura, spicy basil combo noodles, spicy Tom Yum chicken soup, and a Thai iced tea. First off, my spicy basil combo noodles were missing entirely! So I was already not happy with the experience. I tried the Tom Yum soup that I wanted spicy, and it wasn't even spicy. It was so underwhelming, and the flavors didn't come together without thay heat. Surprisingly, my duck was crispy and wasn't bad, but the pho broth could have used more seasoning. Although the fresh herbs and mix ins should enhance the flavor, it fell flat. By the time I opened the tempura, it was soggy and didn't survive the trip. This means the coating wasn't crispy. For the price that was spent, it wasn't worth it. However, the food is edible. After reading the review about the roaches and uncleanness, this will be my first and last order from here. Now, it had me questioning if the food I received was roach free and clean before it was packed into the containers. Either way, I won't be ordering from here again.

Best Papaya Salad on the Southside hands down! Their Basil Shrimp Fried Rice is delicious as well. My daughter told me that the owner daughter went to high school her.. Never knew they were in the community this long, I’m never going north for my Papaya Salad again!

Great quick meals at a decent price. In the hood but not a dangerous spot. I love the sushi and curry dishes.

The food is okay. The only hiccup was that I ordered mild spice, but it came out pretty spicy. I do love the cheese rolls--they're like a tasty twist on cheese wontons, served in an egg roll form. So good!

I've eaten Thai food in Chicago, LA, and NYC and this place is the real deal. Don't let the modest decor, the location , and lack of ac fool you, this is some damn good authentic food in ATL metro. I had the chicken pad see ew and next time I'll get the veggie version because my only complaint is that there wasn't enough broccoli lol. It's family owned and operated so if you want to support your local economy while eating some unforgettably flavorful food, add this place to your rotation of good places to eat.

Updated Review: 12/30/23 Drove here because I wanted the Thai BBQ Chicken the Shrimp Fried Rice that comes with it. The lady at the counter said they were out, just sold the last one before I walked in. Ok. I had to order something else. While I was deciding, I looked around and noticed the differences in the restaurant. More lighting, you could dine in, new menus, and new tables. This is all great, but I was wondering if the food is going to be the same. I ordered the Pad Woon Sen, medium spice, beef/chicken, no baby corn, or tomatoes. 15 to 20 minute wait. No problem. I'll wait. I got home, no medium spice, beef/chicken needed flavor, noodles were ok. But it could've been better. I'm not super excited to return, and for $18 bucks, I wanted and expected better.

The food is always outstanding, the service this day was just ok. But let me tell you, next time it takes us longer to pay then it did to order and eat, we will just walk out!!! If it is that hard for us to pay (was almost 30 min waiting to pay) then you must not want us to!

A mere shadow of what it once was. Food order was wrong (chicken as protein instead of tofu) Pad Woo Sen was once my favorite. Now it is worst meal I've had eating out. Will not return. So sorry the sold it.

Stay away from zab e lee the ownership is Not the same, and the cooks clearly different Tips are added on Togo orders over $50 they're nuts, and the food has truly fallen off in my opinion.. Complete waste of time...

This is a Thai restaurant, that has been hidden on Old National for years. EVERY TIME I dine here, I get the chicken and shrimp Pad Thai without bean sprouts. They are very generous with the serving size. The plate pictured has 10 large shrimp and a lot of chicken. Price was reasonable and the taste keeps bringing me back. I also got an order of chicken spring rolls which was too crunchy for my looking. The restaurant could use a little updates as it sits in an old plaza. Service at this location is usually quick even during lunch hours.

The food is great and very authentic. Highly recommend the thai hot drunken noodles with chicken!

The vegetables were good. However, The calamari was not cooked, it was moist and tough to chew. The egg rolls were excessively greasy. I saw, I tried, Im done.

My go to Fav. Hidden Gem to make me feel like home when I am in town! Customer Service and amazing menu cannot be duplicated...1st try on the mango tea.... Creamy with the full mango notes ..a must try..daughter ordered her rolls and let's say she was okay ... I am coming there after you go back home ...

The food has no taste!!!! Everything in my sampler is horrible very disappointing!!!! I spent $35 and have to go find food I can actually eat

The dish I ordered was amazingly good! The flavors were definitely Thai and it was a good portion

Haven't been here in a while, came for lunch and glad that they haven't changed much.. I got some veggies rolls and pad see ew with chicken. It was very flavorful. I'm glad I came and will definitely be back. My friend had the yellow curry and she loved it...

THE BEST THAI FOOD THIS AIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI!!! Hands down, this was way better than I expected, the place looks like a hole in the wall, but it was more like a Diamond in the rough. I ordered the Panang Curry level four spice and it was spicy, but delicious. Most Thai places I have been too don't spice it up, but here you will get what you ask for so be careful if you can't handle it. The fried rice had a grill flavor to it and the Thai tea is crazzzzzzyyy. I have already been back here three times before I could post. Go and enjoy!!

Since coming under new management Zab-e-lee has gone way downhill. The customer service was the first thing I noticed. When this was a family owned restaurant the staff was more warm, friendly, and even grab the door for you when they knew you had a large to-go order. Now they just want your money and for you to be on your way. The food has lost its appeal as well. I ordered two deep-fried spicy tuna rolls yesterday and what I got was a mess. As if everything was thrown together. Not to mention the watered-down Wasabi. Also ordered the Massaman Curry, but it was missing the cashews, avocado, and the overall dish just wasn't what it used to be. I used to patronize Zab-e-lee at least once a week before it was sold. NEVER AGAIN

Super fast food! I went in and ordered and the food was read in less than 10, while there busy doing many takeout orders. Staff was super friendly, not full dine in service, self service. And pretty good prices. Really happy with the food quality, tasted really good, SUPER impressed with how good the mangos were! Very satisfied with my purchase!

The chicken spring rolls were good nice tangy sauce, still warm. I was not too pleased with the Sushi, part of the nori was gummy, so I ended up eating the fill only.

I've tried the Drunken Noodles with beef on a delivery order. A good balance of spicy with the peppers and sweet with the pineapples. I've also dined in once and service was quick and friendly.

Great food amazing flavor. Staff is friendly. Definitely my go to when hungry. Great food amazing flavor. Staff is friendly. Definitely my go to when hungry.

We were staying at a nearby hotel and needed a fast dinner. The Yelp reviews were good though we missed the fact that they were only doing take-out. We found this place in a pretty rundown plaza in a dodgy part of town so we were glad to take it with us. The menu was huge so it was hard to make a decision. The mountain beef was good but a bit bland - should have grabbed some hot sauce to give it some flair. My wife ordered the ginger delight with tofu and she liked it a lot. It only took about 10 minutes to get our order. A good place for take-out.

Food is so excellent! Passing through town for the night and lucked upon this place close to the hotel. Everyone loved their meals!

I come here very often for the same ol same old. I have not found a dish that has such a delicious fresh taste. I am referring to the GLASS NODDLES (I get mine with mushrooms since I am vegan). I have ordered the fried tofu which was good and crunchy as well as the vegetarian spring rolls. I recently purchased the sushi (Avocado and Tofu) which was unique and pretty good. They do not have much vegan options but the options they do have are really tasteful. The host are always friendly and a delight to greet when you walk in. Great spot at an affordable price

We went there for our anniversary. The food was pretty good. The place seemed clean. The ambience was nice.

Delicious, authentic Thai flavors my favorite is the veggie coconut soup with a little chili paste and some veggies added, cooked well done

So this place was originally a Thai food place and I must say it was good food. Now under new ownership they have introduced Indian cuisine which to me is great, since there's no other one near here. The service was pleasant and the ambiance was quiet and relaxing.

Awesome food, i have never had a bad meal from here. Don't let the facade fool you, best thai food on the south side.

They had me at Thai food. Though the ambiance could be better taken care of. The people were great and food was authentic.

Excellent flavor and highly recommended. I'm a huge fan of Thai Curries and I always find the best rated Thai restaurants in each city I visit. My favorite Thai food is generally found in Hawaii. The green curry I just ate from Zab-E-Lee is incredible. Every bit as good as I find in Hawaii. Lots of great flavor and loaded with veggies (I chose the veggie option). Highly recommended!!

Zab-E-Lee ain't what it use to be. I've seen it, going down in quality, off and on, over these past 10-15 years. It used to be an outstanding restaurant. I ordered a Tom Yum Soup Shrimp, Sweet Basil Rolls and Pad Thai. The Tom Yum Soup was salty and lacked even a hint of lemon grass. The Sweet Basil Roll was unacceptable I brought it to their attention before leaving. They tried to fix it but couldn't. It was mainly Romaine Lettuce with 3 tiny sprigs of basil. Tasteless. The commercial carpet is filthy and needs to be replaced. My order was Take Out as I was a walk-in. 2 other pick up customers had issues with accuracy of their orders. There are discrepancies with posted online menu order descriptions and actual order presentation. This was brought to the Host's attention by other customer. Host and maybe Manager were pleasant. The new management needs to step up their game. Substandard food is unacceptable. Leaves a bad taste in your mouth and your mind.

I LOVE Zab-E-Lee. I've been here often and I'm hardly disappointed. Their Thai Tea is so sweet and I love it. I ordered Yellow Curry with Tofu, Thai Tea and Mango Sticky Rice (I haven't tried it yet but I'm excited) and got it delivered. I've never eaten inside. I usually take it to-go but the service is also very quick. It's always clean inside and never too busy. I love the Singapore Noodles and the sushi is simple but fresh. It was my first time having the Yellow Curry and it's my new favorite.

Ordered delivery and everything showed up nice and warm earlier than estimated. the spring rolls were delicious but the Pad Thai was ruined with way over cooked chicken.

Food was terrible. Table next to us was dirty the whole time and there wasn't anyone in the restaurant. Took forever barely ate anything it was so bad and dry. They also after the meal said credit card machine didn't work had to pay cash.

I checked Yelp before coming out to Zab E Lee, but yelp didn't really tell me anything about the sushi. So, here we go as you can see in my pictures the sushi looks fine for the most part. With the exception of the yellowtail. The yellowtail is poorly colored, to say the least. Each piece of sushi has a very small clump of rice, which would be fantastic at just about any other sushi restaurant. However, the fish to rice ratio is way off for this establishment. As the fish Is what I would call "sub-medium Quality", the rice portion should've been larger and the fish portion should've been smaller to hide the inequities. The yellowtail was also rather salty and the best way I can explain the texture would be spongy. The tuna and salmon were very brightly colored and looked great, but they just didn't have great flavor. In the case of the squid, it popped like cartilage, but it didn't have any creamy textures. Plus, again the flavor wasn't really there. The only piece of sushi that I remotely liked was the unagi, but even it didn't have as good of flavor as I'm used to. The only consolation about the meal was that for all you see in my photos, I only spent $31 (plus tip). Now, you might be wondering why I gave this restaurant three stars when I'm saying that the sushi was just god-awful... I also ordered some of their coconut soup. Remember, this is not Hey Japanese sushi restaurant. Zab E Lee is a Thai restaurant that just happens to serve sushi. The coconut soup was pretty good. My personal preference would be for a little bit less lemongrass and more chicken, but it was a delicious soup. I will probably order from them again... Definitely not the sushi... But I will probably order some Thai food from them as it seems like they'll do that very well. My honest recommendation to the chef to prepare the sushi is, please look for a better fish vender... Perhaps ask the people at a Happy Sumo. I would also recommend that you cut the fish a bit more thinly. Sushi Is an art form that is all about balance in beauty and flavor.

If you're looking for a good take out meal, Zab-e-lee Thai food is scrumptious! The location is less desirable but def adds a pleasant variation to the scarce options of good food in the area. The service is always fast and friendly and the meal never disappoints. Highly recommend!

Great food, but because of a labor shortage you read the menu and order at the cash register and they bring it to your table. This didn't make a lot of sense because we were the only people in the restaurant, and the lady at the counter was the one that brought the food to our table...which was three steps from the register...which was three steps from the kitchen. I get the sense the strip mall this place is in is dying. It looks run down. It's next to an interstate, and exiting from the mall is difficult in heavy traffic. We had a similar problem in our hometown where a corner grocery failed due in part to the difficulty in egress. So...good food! It needs to move its location though.

Chow mein and red snapper are amazing! My friend ordered the sweet and sour shrimp which she said was amazing as well. Looking forward to coming back as the service was top notch. Both ladies working were very attentive. Felt clean and comfortable in there dining area.

Butter Chicken is out of this world, and the Massaman Curry's flavor profile is unique and fabulous! And the staff are awesome! This is quickly becoming a favorite local restaurant.

Phenomenal food. Basil fried rice is a must have classic. Staff always takes care of me. Highly recommend!

Can get tasty vegan dishes. Quick take our service. Nice quantity for price . Personnel friendly.

All of the reviews for this place are so great, that I was excited to try it. But I'm sorry to say that I was disappointed. The flavors just weren't there, for me. I had the red curry with bamboo and chicken. It was just very bland. No real coconut flavor or spice. I might go back to give them another try, but we'll see.

I ordered three (3) BBQ chicken dinners, that I have been purchasing for years. When I got there, I was told they only had two (2). When I got home, I realize that the order had changed from what it used to be. The chicken was so dry, it could be chewed. I called back and they just apologized but did not offer a refund. They will NEVER see me again!

This has become one of my faves for Thai. I love everything I've had here from Thai BBQ chicken, Soups, Sweet n Sour Chicken, pad Thai etc! The staff is super friendly here and very attentive. Perfect place to take your family for dinner. Plenty of parking in the open lot and we've never had to wait.

This was my first visit and definitely my last! I ordered a whole fried snapper with white rice and it came with a side of basil sauce. The sauce was filled with vegetables so I scooped some off into my rice. After eating I noticed a roach on my fork, it definitely came from the sauce. I feel sorry for people that aren't aware! Hopefully I don't get sick!

I'm going to give it a few more tries before I pass judgment! Right now, I am giving pastoral side eye. I knew the owners family, and it had sold hands to what I have been told is someone who is in the family. The food just seems a bit different, not bad, just different! Came in today ordered in the restaurant but had to wait 45 minutes. Was told they were down staff. No problem, but how about something for my downtime? A soda, something. The new owner or manager just told me they were down and it was coming. Now I am thinking a percentage off would have been a nice gesture, but still nothing. Just pay the bill and ask if I wanted condiments. When I get home, I notice the container for this food is the type you get when you buy a meal that is a meat and two sides. It is not really designed for thai food, which usually uses a flat bottom container. This new container shape def gives you slightly less food. Again, I will test them to see if it was just a one-time occurrence or if this is the new norm. If it is, I have fond memories of the restaurant as it was, and I can move on to another spot! Alas, all good things come to an end!

The shopping center it's located in doesn't look the best, but don't let that fool you. The food was very good, service great, friendly owner. I had the sesame chicken, very good! and my coworker had sushi sampler and he thought it was top notch. Give it a try-place is legit and prices very reasonable.

It's a 3.5 star for me. Food was decent-it's togo only, you can eat in but it's essentially "togo eat in" I got the Laab and it was what you can expect, I wish sticky rice is added at no extra cost. The basil fried rice was also average as well. Nothing bad about this place but nothing that blows your socks off. For the area (staying by the airport) it's not bad.

Very, very good authentic meals. It's a hidden gem. We've tried quite a bit. Love love it

Ordered take out and was pleasantly surprised. Food was pretty good. A solid 8 outta 10. The pad thai coukd have been a litttle more flavorful, however the sushi was well prepared. Food was ready as soon as I arrived (20 mins from placing order). I would definitely make this a go-to for quick thai food near the airport.