Pailin Thai Cafe

16441 Bernardo Center Dr, San Diego - 92128
163 reviews
Thai Noodles Soup
(858) 674-4665

Great food, ambience, and service. Thai curry, pad thai, and spicy duck was amazing ?

Delicious food, great ownership and personal touch as a customer. Highly regarded for the quality of the food and personal service.

I wanted to love the food, but I don't. I ordered the:Pad Thai - it tastes just too tangy and sour, no sweetness.Pineapple Curry: the coconut milk looked over boiled, it was frothy and curdled. It also lacked dimension in flavor. It basically tasted like only pineapple and coconut soup, not curry/spices or anything else to it.Thai Iced Tea: this was soooo sweet, it tasted like sugar water, not Thai tea.I ordered through Door Dash.

Always friendly, good quality food, I consider this place better than many chains of thai restaurants. I love their fresh springrolls, they're petite enough to bite into without making a mess, their veggies fresh, and the rice paper wrap is fresh too, not sticky/hard/old like at some places. Great for small and large groups, kids, and overall very accommodating. Service is fast, friendly. Highly recommend it!

Great food, nice people. Fairly priced.

I've been buying takeout from this cafe for a year. Last night I placed a large order that included Pad Thai noodles and Hawaiian Fried Rice. The Pad Thai was old and dry, and the Hawaiian Fried Rice was also old and dry with pineapple chunks tossed in. If the quality does not improve this restaurant might as well close, because they are on a downward trend in an area that does not forgive bad food.

Visited this Thai cafe after a day at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Food is wonderful, service is great. Will make this a featured visit in future trips to San Diego. Felt like they took great pains to keep us all covid safe.

Highly recommend the lunch special! I was wowed by the See Ew Noodles lunch special. I order them everywhere I go, and theirs were far above average! The pad thai looks really good as well. The lunch special is a bit pricey, $11-15 depending on the meat, but you receive a good size portion, and the taste is quality. Definitely worth stopping for! I am going to add this to my regular rotation for Thai food!

Good food and the price is reasonable. Recommended for friends and family!

Worst food ever. Ordered Mee Krab which had 2 shrimp and a tiny piece of chicken. All was very dry and when asked where the rest of the shrimp was, he said only two. Really??? For $12.95? You gotta be kidding!!! Will never go there again.