Satay On the Road

Some of the best Thai in the city! All the dishes taste fresh and delicious. The red Thai curry chicken with pineapple is probably the best I’ve had. For the portion sizes the prices are great! Friendly staff. Great place.

Terrible! A group of us from work would order lunch from here (only because of they are close and convenient) but today’s lunch was absolutely terrible! The curry sauce in the green curry chicken was watered down and lacked flavor! We were charged $ 1 more for the gluten free cashew chicken meals — and were told that this is because they come with a difference type of sauce. Well… the cashew chicken meals came without any sauce at all and looked and tasted like boiled colorless chicken on plain rice. So, we paid more money and got less value. How is that fair? The spring rolls used to be accompanied by a red Thai sauce, but today it was packaged with the familiar Chinese egg roll sauce packets. I could make better food at home. Nothing tasted even remotely close to THAI food at all! It tasted like boring cafeteria food. What a shame! We are extremely disappointed and will never be ordering food from here ever again.

Came here last week on Thursday to pick up dinner. When I called and ordered 4 different dishes they told me it’d only take 10 minutes which was surprisingly quick.
When I got there around 8:00 pm the place was pretty empty. The latest customers dining in just left and the waitress was cleaning off their table.
As I waited for them to finish packing my food, I happened to notice that the waitress was creating a collection of leftover food the other customers left on a counter by the bar. She grabbed a leftover piece of fried appetizer from an unfinished plate and tried to shiftly eat it thinking I would not notice. I gave her the benefit of the doubt and thought maybe I mistakenly took the leftovers as food that was already there but as I watched her closely, she began to empty leftover desserts (some sort of ice cream) into a styrofoam container, grabbed a spoon (previously used by the latest diners) and took a huge spoonful of leftover ice cream (or whatever it was) and shoved it in her mouth!
I was so appalled and second guessed the food I was about to take home but it was late and we were starving. I thought her coworker would have at least said something or noticed and given an odd response to what he was witnessing her doing but it just seemed like this was a normal thing. Either way, it is highly unprofessional and disgusting!
The food is decent but if this sort of stuff happens at the front of the house (the whole conception of «not wasting food») and is accepted, I can just imagine what it’s like in the kitchen!
Will not be dining here again thinking that someone is just waiting to dig into my leftovers and perhaps catch my cold by using the same utensils.

Worst thai food I have ever had. I live around the corner from Satay so when I placed the order I was told it would arrive within 25 min. Over an hour later it shows up and the «signature» shrimp dish I received was not at all what was described on the menu. It was supposed to be sauteed shrimp in a spicy tomato sauce of sorts. Instead I got shrimp that was at some point crusted in bread crumbs and fried but had become completely soggy. Then there were some tiny bits of noodle (not listed on the menu) which leads me to think I may have gotten left overs from another dish. Not to mention there was no tomato sauce at all. Before posting a review I gave them the opportunity to fix the issue and called to politely complain. I was told the manager was out but he would call me tomorrow to discuss (no apology at all I might add). It’s now 2 days later and no word. Save your money and perhaps try nother thai alternative.

My pad Thai here was great! I loved the peanut lime sauce. I can’t comment on any other menu item, but if you’re looking for pad Thai, this is a good place!

Had lunch. Only two people in the place. Ordered satay special. Beer was good, but nothing else was. Chicken was dry and tasteless, satay sauce was, well, not. Had to chase down the waitress (on the phone) for the check.

I came here a few evenings ago with a couple of gf’s. It was ok. Their space easily accommodated my stroller (and they were nice and put us at a corner table). They were very accommodating.
We had items that had pictures on the menu. The pad thai was ok. We had lettuce wraps (yum), spring rolls, lemongrass ribs, and a beef stew.
Everything was pretty good.

Oh was disappointed after hearing good things. The papaya salad dressing was tasteless (but it was fresh). The satays tasted like yesterday’s leftovers — dry and old. MUCH better places in TO — Thai places on Bloor trump this place! Never returning. Staff was nice.

Large portions, decent ingredients and nicely prepared Thai Food that is on the slightly bland side. A little more kick to the food would make it a great Thai place.
Service was incredibly fast and on the ball, but could stand to be more welcoming and friendly. We were, however, very impressed by the restaurants willingness to customize some dishes to our unique requests.
We will return when in the neighborhood, but wouldn’t trek across the city to eat here.

Went here for a friend’s birthday on a Sunday recently. I am impressed with the décor and the atmosphere of the place but the food… not so much.
A few of my friends and I ordered the favourite Pad Thai. After a few bites, we all realized that the tofu had a rotten taste. I thought it was just my dish but 2 other friends had the same problem. Rotten food = trip to the bathroom… I’m very thankful I wasn’t rushing for the toilet. Also authentic Pad Thai have a brown look to it. This one was way too red and the chef had used too much ketchup.
One thing I appreciated was they gave my friend a birthday dessert for free which looked delicious.
I would only go here for dessert and drinks.

The only thing going for this restaurant is that it has outside seating.
The Eggplant had nothing other than Eggplant — what? I’ve never seen anything like this before. The cold rolls had a piece of sliced egg in them — ugghhh!
The lettuce that comes with the lettuce wraps was crispy and edible, but, the minced chicken was oversalted.
Someone we spoke to at a nearby restaurant recommended ‘Riz’ which we shall go to next time

So far, this is the best Thai delivery I’ve had in Toronto, and I’ve tried all of them that deliver to my area (just north of Danforth).
What seems to set them apart is a certain level of authenticity and a wider variety of menu options. I’ve ordered twice already and based on my experiences, Satay On The Road is my new default for ordering Thai delivery.
I’m not, by any means, an expert in Thai food, but I’ve tried many places and it seems that many of them taste very similar. The exact same menus, and the same western-​friendly flavours. There are a few exceptions (Pi Thom, Salad King/​Linda), and this may be worthy of going on that list. Take, for example, the mango salad. It was crunchy, the mango still a bit green and under-​ripe, the way you see it in Thailand, in travel shows, not yellow, sweet and ripe like most places in Toronto serve. It was a small touch, but every item in both meals I’ve had so far seemed to be full of those small details that when summed up, made a huge difference.
The menu variety is impressive, as, for example it has two different eggplant dishes in the vegetable section. It has the same old Thai Style Eggplant that all Thai restaurants are serving, but it also has the Makuer Yaow Siam: Eggplant Siam Style, which is made with minced pork and whole shrimp. It was so good, I had to have it the second time, and I think it’s become one of those dishes I’ll order every time I get food from here.
I also loved the grilled, marinated chicken, which came with a sweet sauce to drizzle over.
The Sambal Shrimp was very tasty as well.
I really love the pork dishes on the menu. Many Toronto Thai restaurants don’t have good pork dishes, but these guys do it right. Both the spicy noodle with pork and the basil pork that I had were moist and delicious.
We also tried the satay combination, which was an impressive amount of food — great if you can’t make up your mind. I wasn’t crazy about every single one of the many satays that I tried, but I was glad I had it so now I’ll know which ones to order a la carte (chicken, squid, lamb).
The Pad Thai was good, though pretty standard (not overly bright in colour/​food colouring). I appreciate that the default choice is shrimp and chicken — I hate when restaurants split up that classic Pad Thai combination.
The ginger chicken was spicy and comforting — brought me back to the glory days of Green Mango at Yonge and Bloor.
Of the appetizers, the calamari is very tender and crispy — worth getting. All of the spring rolls are very good, as expected. The soft shell crab was good, but not great, though in fairness, the soft shell crab season had just ended, so in my mind, they got a pass.
The one thing we didn’t like was the Golden Baskets, which were like palm-​sized phyllo dough-​like thin baskets, filled with chicken, carrots, nuts, bamboo shoots and herbs, but ended up tasting like a fistful of greasy, deep-​fried peanuts. Sadly, these are included in the appetizer «House Platter», which I usually like to order at other places, but these Golden Baskets are displeasing enough for me to just order other apps a la carte.
I’ve never eaten in, or even passed by Satay On The Road on Bayview, so I really can’t speak to the atmosphere, cleanliness or level of service. Though, I went to the Avenue and Eglinton location about a decade ago and remember it being charming and full of regular customers.
As far as delivery goes, they’ve done a very good job so far. If you want to phone, you can find a monthly special offer on their website, or if you’re like me and you’d rather order online, they’re on
!
One time, we ordered the Chicken Wing appetizer and they called right away to say that they’d run out and that they were very sorry. They gave us a complimentary order of spring rolls!
Delivery time was very good. The first order came in about 45 minutes, and the second order arrived in less than 30 (despite the chicken wing snafu)!
The take-​out containers they use are good quality, and they’re good at separating the hot and cold items, and keeping the fried foods crispy.
If you live in the area and you’re thinking of ordering Thai delivery, I would highly recommend Satay On The Road.

Myself & my guest enjoyed the food.
I had the ribs (I know it’s an odd choice), but they were very good, and the side salad (with strips of mango) was really quite good.
I must say though, that I found that it had better ambience after the sun went down. Not sure why…
I would go back to this restaurant.

I’m sad to say I’ll never be back.
sad, because i saw a bunch of awards were given to this place by the city of Toronto for a «wonderful dining experience and exceptional food» and i was anticipating a great meal.
the only good thing about this place is prices.
service needs a lot of improvement. (took the waitress 20 mins to come up to us after we were seated and it wasn’t even busy)
food is very bland.
we ordered the appetizer platter and were told that due to the fryer being broken we wont get calamari but we will get an additional spring roll (which didn’t happen). the tastiest thing on the appetizer plate was the peanut sauce, which we had to drench everything in since everything else was very blah.
i ordered pad Thai and it was a mass of semi translucent noodles with very tasteless chicken and shrimp. (Great Pad Thai’s can be found at Pi Toms at Yonge and Alexander — truly an amazing experience)
my companion ordered Thai fried rice and he said the dish had no flavour.
i love a good Thai restaurant (there are so many in Toronto!) but sadly this wasn’t one of them.
its a shame this place sucks. i just bought a bunch of «groupons» to this place… will have to find someone who enjoys this place at least somewhat or lives near by so i can pass those on to them.
i also wonder how did they get all those awards.

didn’t think it was back flipping good, but not bad. liked how they didn’t cook the veggies too much and ingredients were more abundant with veggies. but not too memorable…

Very middle of the road Thai food. Having been to thailand, enjoying the holy host of curries, noodle dishes and meats bursting with flavor, i make it my business to find the top notch Thai places in toronto, Golden Thai being a favorite of mine. Satay on the Road however is more of a «if your in the area, come and enjoy some» kind of place. Living just a few blocks away, i find myself with my friends, frequenting this place more often than we should for the convenience. The pad thai is horrendous compared to many other places in toronto. A sickly sweet tomato taste, with the massive portion size trying to make you forget you are eating the most sub par pad thai south of Bayview. The portion sizes are really the only thing that justify spending money on the rather pricey menu. The spring rolls, are passable, but the taste is like no other spring roll i have ever had before, and im not saying that as a good thing. I often find myself quadruple dipping in the thai dipping sauce to increase the appeal of the rolls. Spicy Crispy Beef, another common pick, is, well… good. There is alot of beef, not so much crispy as savoury. I will likely return back some day to test some more menu items, but i dont find myself rushing, and i would urge you not to rush yourself. The dwindling crowd seems to speak for itself.