Esan Zap Thai Cuisine

9323 Martin Way E #114/116, Lacey - 98516
194 reviews
Thai
(360) 539-4799

This is one of the best restaurants in the area imo. This is not generic fried rice and frozen egg rolls. It's fresh, flavorful and amazing! They put a lot of effort into this food. Try the fried rice ans pancakes

We mentioned we need to leave early and the chef made accommodations to get our food ready quickly. We ordered eggplant curry and hot stuff. Very delicious, and eggplant was cooked and sauced well. Reasonable price and would drop by if we are near.

I have been to multiple Thai restaurants.I love all the different styles. However I do have to say the spice the flavor and the textures are amazing. I give it a 4 star only because I don’t like the building it’s too cold and bright. However the food is amazing.

As other's have mentioned, the wait for your food is very long. We ended up waiting for our food for about a hour after we arrived. If this were especially good food or an especially high-class restaurant, I would expect that, but this was neither. It tasted like pretty much every other thai place I have been to. The drunken noodles had too much of that "Thai spice" that makes food taste like it was made near the back end of an elephant. I liked my wife's dish, though. She got something with peanut sauce. I'm not sure if it was vegan like my dish, but it tasted good.

All of the food is good. But my fav one is cream cheese wonton. The satay is fine. The pad thai is not the best one I think.

I was really looking forward to eating this for dinner. Last time I got it I got 1.5 spice level. i was able to eat it with no problem. This time I got the same spice level and it’s just too spicy. It’s not very consistent. I grew up eating my mothers Mexican food and could handle the spice. I like spice but not a lot, which is why I chose 1.5. I cannot imagine what their highest level would be ? The dish would probably be great if I could handle the heat. My boyfriend got 1.5 spice too for his meal and was fine but tried mine and told me mine was “hot as hell” and that it was spicier than his. So sad ?

Not to my taste but may have ordered the wrong items. Everything was cooked well however it tasted too strongly of black pepper for me. I like spicy food but I expect hot peppers rather than black pepper flavor in Thai food. Everything seems fresh so may be worth another visit and ask about more popular dishes to order.

We have recently returned from a 3 week stay in Thailand. We were missing the food so we gave Esan Zap a try. So happy we did. I kept it simple with phad thai with shrimp 2 star heat level. It was so good. The shrimp were plump and fresh. We also had the boat soup. It was also excellent. So happy. We will visit often. Sorry we didn't take the picture before eating. We didn't think about doing a review until we found it so pleasing. The service was friendly and friendly.

Ate here for the first time and was delicious. I ordered the called 'Spicy Stuff' and it was delicious. I got 3/4 with the spice level which made sweat but I could've gone level 4. Definitely eating here again.

Amazing... some of the best Thai food I've ever had. Definatly worth checking out