chantanee thai restaurant

good food bit the service was a bit confused. our food was delivered to the table next to us. it took quite a while ro get it all figured out

great thai food, without the pretentiousness of chantanee in bellevue (owned by the same person i believe).

my favorite local place. the food has always been consistent, prices reasonable, and hearty portions. my favorite dishes are the ginger vegetable and swimming rama. a place i will be coming back to often.

excellent thai experience. this jewel, on main st, bothell, offers first rate thai food and is a good choice both for lunch and dinner. highly recommended. nice ambience. suitable for a dinner date.

pen thai (thai/south east asian). i expected seattle, the unofficial capital of thai cuisine in the u.s., to have a better standard for excellence than pen thai. during my time in the city, i heard story after story about this great little thai restaurant up a bit north in bothell. convinced excellence awaited me, i made the drive. what a mistake. pen thai quickly became one of the worst thai restaurants i'd ever tried. overcooked, poorly prepared shrimp, underseasoned curries, and tough noodles reigned over a lackluster, expensive meal. even the thai iced tea, something most can craft at home, was completely wrong; wrong tea, wrong milk, $5. when you can find better thai food on the side of the road in east los angeles, you know a place is bad.

rating: 4.2/10

best thai on eastside. done. eat the larb ghai, sizzling beef, panang beef and chicken phad thai.

i always get their tom yum soup with a side of white rice and then i mix the two together. it's my favourite here!! my allergies really do limit my choice of food here but the service is so kind and always willing to help, they gave me so many options to choose from and said they could make sure my dishes never come in contact with peanuts. their dishes always come out with the cutest set up, the soup comes set upon a tiny dish with a candle underneath it, so pretty! the restaurant is always clean, always smells so good, the music and lighting are appropriate for the time of day, and the service has always been wonderful. the feeling of the restaurant is relaxed and comfortable and i love eating feeling no stress at all! i'd recommend this place for dinner any time or occassion, you will always be impressed here.

great service and food!. extremely friendly and attentive servers. answered all our questions. food was some of the best thai i have ever had. the panang curry was so flavorful i wanted to drink the sauce :)

daily special the halibut was salty and sauce too sweet. before we even were half through soup, got rest of the order all at once and cold by the time we started entry. restaurant is family friendly.

best thai food ive ever had.service is great. family friendly. huge menu. best calamari ever!

salty! then more salt.... very disappointed! went to pen thai based on urbanspoon's rating, #1 in bothell, (and in some reviews #1 thai in the seattle area).

se asian cuisine is all about 'fresh', flavored with a balance of salt/sour/hot/sweet. i've been to thailand and love the food there. the basics for the food at pen thai was outstandingly fresh, i'll give them that, but the balance of flavors was truly awful.

the som tam (green papaya salad) came drenched in fish sauce without any hint of lime, kaffir lime leaves, onion, vinegar, or chili's. just a grated green papaya in fish sauce, not the utterly sublime dish that i love. grate a very mild apple and mix with anchovies and you'll be eating what i did.

i thought i might be able to compensate (after all, in bankok, on the street, you specify how much salt/sour/hot/sweet when the vendor is cooking it, so i asked for condiments, and was presented with dried off-color (old, orange-colored) chili flakes, chili oil (chinese), a chili paste, and what i thought at first was traditional "thai chili's in rice vinegar". i was ecstatic, sour/heat would make it better. but then i discovered that the traditional chili/vinegar condiment was chili/fish sauce, it only added to the saltiness, and had no heat.

the other two dishes we ordered, sizzling panang duck, and scallops prik pao, were equally brilliant in their freshness and the way they were cooked, and also equally salty and overwhelmed with fish sauce, and without any other flavor.

thought at first it might be a "chef's off tonight" thing, but this is saturday night. not going back until the reviews get better.

my favorite place to eat. i was buying $30 worth of food for just myself once a week back before i moved. cripsy garlic chicken, swimming rama, spring rolls, chicken satay, phad thai, princess curry - you really can't go wrong with anything on the menu.

chicken pad thai had good flavor, but far too much sauce. i don't like my noodles swimming in goop.

does not except reservations for parties under five people


-----13 jun, 2011-----

the food is excellent but service can be very slow when they are busy.

can't go wrong. i have been here many times and have loved everything i have ordered. i have cravings for the lovely little spring rolls! plus, i appreciate that there is a clear, large vegetarian section, and the tofu is always prepared just right.