altThai

Great place. I loved the décor. Modern simple, very peaceful, comfortable, great food. I had the pineapple curry with roasted duck (hot) that was out of this world. Service was great!

This place has a great atmosphere, attentive staff and delicious food. We typically eat the same thing every time and it is always consistently good (modern in style and not dripping in sauce). We had the spring rolls to start and then the pad woon sen and the pad thai. Their portions are generous and their prices are very reasonable. This past time we dined in and had Tony as our server. We had our 16 month old with us and he was very patient and helpful. This place is great!

Loved my chicken pad Thai and my husband loved his curry dish. Very good pot stickers too. Quite Pricey, for these 2 dishes and 2 orders of potstickers was $ 37. Small inside for dining in, more modern décor. Will go back again but wish it was less expensive

been here twice, my kids like it, nice modern urban décor and ambiance, good food and well presented, staff answers all questions about menu 14 for bottle of wine special, good service, I like

Probably the only Thai place I even consider in the area. Pad Si Ew is amazing and even their «medium» spice is hot (and I love spicy food). Definitely try this place out.

Great Thai food. I love their pot stickers with the dipping sauce which is sweet and spicy. The fried rice is huge for $ 10 and would recommend that if you have a big stomach. If you want something on the lighter side, I’d suggest getting the cucumber salad. Great food at a great price.
P. S. sometimes I am in the mood for their potstickers and so I just call them up and they are ready in less than 10 minutes! Great place for takeout!

Great food and service. I had the red curry with tofu, with brown rice and it was delicious. Tasty options for vegetarian and vegans.

Great service. These guys are on top of things. I’ve been to some high rated places lately that have had sub par service and it’s great to see there are still people that actually care about you. Recommending this place to everyone.

4 stars for the atmosphere and service. I liked its contemporary décor and noise level. It should be a great place for a lunch with your partner or a small group of friends. Food was OK so I take 1 star off — I couldn’t find ‘authenticity’ from it. But again, with some 50 bucks I fed three of us… can’t complain.

Very good! Gorgeous décor, great service & yummy food. Loved the Pad Ke Mow. Highly recommended!

Excellent Red Curry! The ingredients were fresh, service was friendly and helpful. Everything was very, very clean and spotless. I would definitely come back.

So I was down with a cold and was looking for some comforting food. A friend had recommended that we try altThai with the assurance that they had some of the best soup around.
The day we went in was perhaps a quieter one since the signages were not fully lit up and we infact missed it on the first go. This had us a bit anxious to begin with. Eventually we trooped in and were seated.
Our server was quick to notice that hubby was a vegetarian and accordingly suggested dishes without meat, seafood or fish sauce. The Tom Yum Chicken soup, Papaya Salad and Curry Fried rice were all excellent. The soup especially was hot, spicy and just perfect for my achy throat. So was the Papaya Salad — Crunchy, Fresh, Spicy & Lemony!
There was a delay in the payments, since our seat was in a corner of the restaurant it seemed like we were forgotten while the rest of the staff went about wrapping up for the day.
All things considered — great food, good service. Will be back :)

This is not Thai food. Thank heaven! There is a Thai food restaurants near this if you want authentic Thai food. But the Thai food you’ll get at this place in an alternative to that. And it is delicious! I’ve been here many times. I’m not an adventurous Asian food eater but the people I go with are, and every time we try new dishes here it is always consistently delicious.
I can’t say that for the other more authentic Thai restaurant I’ve been to in downtown Arlington Heights. Which is why I don’t go to there any more.

My first visit I got the red curry. So I got it again my second visit since it was so good! But for some reason the second time it tasted like it was loaded with ginger… I dislike ginger.
The service is excellent, and I love that they have liquor! Haha!

Altthai has been a favorite of mine for many years. I went for carry out today. The very nice server took my order, lead me to a table, brought me a glass of water, she was very sweet. I always giggle when people complain about the service in most Asian restaurants. No how are you? Seriously? Drop a star even if the food is the best because the service was awkward? The language barrier is often difficult for people, and they’re doing their best to bring you delicious food. Hope when you open your restaurant in Thailand it goes better for you. And slow service usually is the result of a «slow» kitchen making the food as it’s ordered.
I’m eating my order of Larb (ground chicken salad), which is delicous! The spice level is perfect, and the flavors are wonderful. I also ordered noodle soup with beef balls and pork. This dish is bland, which I expected, so I added a little Sriracha which was in my bag. They packaged the broth separately from the noodles and protein, which I appreciated.

While still on the walkabout to find a great Thai place we finally went to altThai. As others have said a modern décor to the interior. It feels nice and open unlike many places that have poor lighting and just feel dark and dingy. Although that might be what they’re going for…
Had lunch specials so they come with little sides that IMO are 100% better than any other Thai spot. Fresh cucumber salad was great and the pot stickers we’re also good. The soup is real TomYum.
The spicy ginger w/​seafood was great. Very clean seafood, cooked right, with hot peppers. They marinade the squid so it has a nice texture & not super chewy.
Also did the Pad Thai and was a big fan. Served with sprouts, ground peanuts, shredded cabbage, & carrots. It had the right amount of sauce and it was not oily like so many other places. The only thing I wasn’t keen on was the BBQ pork. It’s a clean cutlet that they slice for you with bbq flavor on the outside. It’s not bad but I might have been expecting marinaded pork pieces that I have had in so many other Thai dishes but bbq’d flavored. If you think of this as well done dry cuts of pork w/​some bbq flavor you’ll be ok.
Both these lunch portions were large compared to other Thai places so it’s a good value for me. If I make one comment it’s that the items I had could have used a bit more salt (WHAT?) I know I never say that as I hate over salted food! They do give you soy and hot sauce on the table but the flavors just needed a little boost. I will say I’d rather add that have it loaded up to begin with.
I’ll be back to try other things…

Stopped in for a light dinner before seeing a movie… since I had a couple hours to kill and didn’t want to go home.
Left work a little early to beat traffic… and low blood sugar is not a good look on me. :-)
So 2 appetizers later I check in… whoo a discount? Hey even $ 1.40 counts… hahah… too bad I had to discuss the validity of it multiple times with the waitresses… seriously annoying.
Maybe they felt my stink eye thru the shades… or saw my rapidly reviewing fingers… but the changed their tune and said the Manager just okayed it.
Geez. Food good… service annoying. Won’t be back for a good long while. Grumble

I find that with Thai restaurants it’s hard to find one that is good AND isn’t stingy on their portions. Everything we ordered was delicious n portions were good.
I’ve dined in and carry-​out.
Dining in experience:
I love the presentation using the beets, so simple yet eye pleasing. We dined in on a Sat evening and it was surprisingly not busy but food did take awhile to prepare compare to other places.
We ordered several dishes to share, one of them being woon sen and requested mild for the kids. 2 out of 3 kids complained dish was too spicy (you have to specify your heat level for each dish). The one that didn’t complain was older n she can tolerate some heat. The adults tried the dish and thought it was fine but we believe it was bc our tastebuds were numb by the spice frm trying all our other dishes. We came to the conclusion that they messed up on the heat level of all our dishes bc the one that we requested «hot» wasn’t as spicy as a dish that we requested «medium». It wasn’t a huge issue bc the flavor profile for all the dishes were on pt; was just an issue for the kids dish. We ended up ordering fried rice for them and made certain they made it mild.
Service was ok, didn’t seem very attentive. We were celebrating a bday and server said he would bring out dessert at the end and forgot, had to ask someone else.
Carry-​out experience:
They have a very good lunch special. Soup is included when u dine in but not carry-​out. Portions of items not part of special seems to be smaller (imo) compared to same item ordered for dinner dine in and I believe pricing is the same. Plus u don’t get the pretty presentation.

The décor is modern. The food is good. Went here with 2 other people today.
We ordered the crab rangoon, papaya salad — spicy, tom yum seafood — spicy, panang chicken — spicy, and pad see ew tofu.
Crab rangoon was so good. I loved it. They actually had seasonings in the filling! The papaya salad wasn’t as fishy as I’d like it, but it was super spicy and still pretty good. I’ve had the best homemade papaya salad so nothing ever comes close. The tom yum seafood was delicious. Lots of seafood and spicy. Panang chicken was too watery. It was like a soup. The flavors were good, but I’m used to panang being creamier and thicker. I almost thought they accidentally brought us another tom yum. Pad see ew was good too. Even tho I usually wouldn’t order tofu with any of these, I’m glad I did. It made it seem lighter than it was.
Make sure you check in for a free thai iced tea! :)
I’ll def stop in again when I’m in the area & I’m craving some Thai.

Although it’s only a small restaurant, we were impressed with the friendly staff and the extensive menu of delicious dishes. The highlight of the meal was definitely the slow cooked massaman curry lamb — tender, moist meat with a delicious curry sauce and an accompaniment of roasted onions and potatoes. I requested the spice level hot and the kitchen did not disappoint.
Great restaurant with very high standards. Keep up the great work!