Charoen Express

5610 N Interstate Hwy 35, Austin - 78751
73 reviews
Thai Food Delivery Service
(737) 333-6669

Just gross. Every “restaurant” in this building is nasty and part of a larger ghost kitchen operation. Both this place and their other restaurant “brisk Thai” served me gray, rotting/moldy vegetables. The pad Thai was edible, but extremely greasy and tasted more like charred bacon and bbq sauce than pad Thai? Im convinced that the 5-star reviews are either fake or payed for. Unless all these people don’t have tastebuds. Not worth the price point + you could easily get yourself sick eating here.

I ordered the massaman curry because I wanted a curry with potatoes. I did not receive a single potato in my curry. The carrots are also undercooked and the tofu is very tough. The only reason I am giving two stars is that the brussel sprouts were good. Besides that I feel like I wasted my money and am incredibly disappointed. I emailed them. I hope they respond and remedy this with a refund for the curry so I can remove this bad review.

My wife wanted to try this place because a lot of her food blogs she follows says it was legit.This is hands down the worst Thai food I’ve ever had in my life. I really don’t like to leave negative reviews but wow.The laab: where do I start? It was sweeter than cotton candy. What? I’ve never ever had a laab dish with any sugar in it at all, let alone the full cup of sugar they poured on this dish. Laab should be spicy (usually with bird eye chilis), they left that out. There was also no lime juice or any other acid in the dish? Aromatics/Herbs? Nope. Cucumber? Toasted rice? NOPE!! I tried to save this abomination at home but the pure amount of sugar made it impossible.Thai omelette: sugar. Sugar. Sugar!I don’t know who they paid to get these reviews but if I can save one person from this place, this rant was worth it. Bleh.

I’ve got an iron tongue but my 3/5 spice pad see ew was nearly inedible. I was on fire. It would have been more acceptable if the noodles had flavor. And the noodles themselves weren’t thin broad noodles, they were thick and tough.

I was a little hesitant because of some of the reviews but I'm so glad i tried it. Pad Thai portion is enormous and delicious. Tangy with a little bit of heat. Spring rolls were a little messily made but really good too. The order was ready really quick, I'll definitely be coming back.

All I can say is the Crab Fried Rice here is amazing and is my go to dish whenever I want fried rice!

I love this place. The brisket fried rice is such a unique mix of thai food and Texas BBQ. (Somehow it just works.) Apart from that, I haven't been disappointed by one thing on their menu yet. I also like this ghost kitchen concept, pickup is easy.

$15 for 4 pieces of broccoli and 4 pieces of beef, poorly cooked. $8 for 1/3 of a container of Brussels sprouts. Rice was terribly over cooked.The manager said this is standard portions. Just avoid this atrocity.

Are you kidding me this was the best tofu pad Thai I've ever had in my life

I moved here from NYC 20 years ago. Since then, I’ve been on a quest for good Thai. Yes, I was recommended to many places back then, but everything was bland. Finally I found Charoen! They have a dish with GLASS NOODLES aka cellophane noodles. I haven’t been able to find that since I was 19! Pad Woon Sen. My new fave dish. I got it with pork. I love that they add snap peas, tomatoes and green peppers. It does run a tad sweet, so be aware.The menu isn’t very large, which is a good thing. All of their dishes are tasty. They have a good selection, and Thai iced coffee. Yum!Recommended!