Thai Chef & Noodle Fusion

Drunken noodles are amazing. Tom yam soup not what u usually get but not necessarily bad. Service is… Authentic? SE Asia slowwww

An average thai food place. Everything is what it should be.

What happened to this place!!!
In the past few times that I have gone (last 6 – 8 months) have been so disappointing!!!
the curry dishes are watery; the flavor is lacking; everything is just off. still good service, but the food just isn’t the same…
how sad.

So sad, I used to love this place back when they used to serve huge heaping bowls of delicious pad thai, pad see ew, and thai basil noodles. It looks like the restaurant is under new owners/​chef and the new dishware gives it away that it’s probably a Chinese family. And not surprisingly, the noodles just taste like chicken chow fun now. For $ 12 a dish, this is unacceptable. Oh well, I’m not too surprised I guess, given that some Philly greats like Noble and James have recently gone out of business.
(I’ve given my rating an extra star for the new Caucasian male waiter they’ve hired who is a total sweetheart and a great server.)

I’ve only been here once, and I enjoyed my meal. They had a lunch special, a 3-​course lunch for $ 8.95. I got ravioli (they were dumplings) soup, a spring roll, and a tofu eggplant dish. The food was delicious, but they brought out our entrée before I had a chance to finish the appetizer, and so my entrée got a little cold. The waiter never asked if we wanted a drink other than water, and it took him over 20 minutes after we finished eating to bring us a check. However, he happily split our check for us.
The paintings on the walls were a little strange and didn’t seem to go with the actual restaurant theme at all.
The food part was delicious.

Delicious and fun! My friends and I came here one late Saturday night to drink ourselves into oblivion. Well, not oblivion– we’re classier than that– but a group of 6 and 4 bottles of wine is definitely calling for some fun.
I have to start off by saying that there version of fried ice-​cream is one of the best I’ve had. It was delicious and as I came here already having eaten dinner, it was the perfect way to end my day.
I sampled some food from my friends plates and it was scrumptious. The spring rolls are very good and I heard the moon dumplings are fantastic as well. The portions are a very good size and not too expensive.
We came here late at night, about an hour before the kitchen closed, on a Saturday, and people were still coming in in a steady pace. Our waitress was hilarious and gave us pretty good service. I’m quite sure we had the most fun out of all the diners.
It was a wonderful experience and I can’t wait to go back.

The ambiance is… Special. Something like…“Darling its better down where it is wetter — under the sea!”. Very little mermaid feel But since we came here on 2/​4, it was also decorated in giant red hearts.
It’s a BYO, conveniently located right near the wine and spirits shop on chestnut.
I have been here twice now, and both times everyone thoroughly enjoyed their meals, including one chef that was dining with us. Went on weekend nights both times and didnt have to wait, but it also wasnt creepily desolate. The place is definitely not fancy — but for good, cheap Thai food you can’t go wrong. Or if you’re looking to be «part of their world». (sorry, I had to)

I’ve been here for the lunch special a couple times, and it is a great deal. $ 9 for soup, salad or appetizer and an entrée is definitely a good price for lunch. The food has always just been ok, but for the price you couldn’t complain. However, they have a $ 15 credit card minimum which can present a problem.
I came here last night to pick up food since it seemed to be the only place open late on a sunday in the entire city of Philadelphia. We ordered pad thai and qua gai (sp?) with shrimp, and in the five minutes it took us to walk there, it was ready. We were surprised to see that each one was almost $ 15… I’m used to paying around $ 10. We checked the menu and ifound that the prices were actually wrong, and had to listen to the waitress complain while we waited for her to fix it. After all this trouble, my pad thai was pretty tasteless and dry. I probably not be back considering all the better options in the area.

Perfect lunch spot!
For $ 9, you get soup, a small appetizer, and an entrée. All were tasty, satisfying, and fast. And the portions were VERY filling and there were plenty of choices, even thought it is a separate prix fixe menu.
I had Tom Yum soup (excellent broth, made with chicken instead of shrimp, lots of veggies), Moon dumplings (DELICIOUS), and Pad-​Se-​Ew (wide noodles with chicken, broccoli, and brown sauce).
while Thai Chef isn’t gourmet and doesn’t have flashy décor, its inexpensive and hits the spot. What more can you ask for?

If there was a possibility to give a lower rating, I would. Stopped by Thai Chef & Noodle Fusion to grab a meal while a friend was in town visiting. The food had absolutely NO seasoning whatsoever. The pad thai was so bland that we had to throw it out, and the curry was basically an incredibly spicy bowl of green goo. Not a single thing that was even slightly edible, and they charged us over $ 30!
Definitely one of the worst meals I have ever had.

If Fuji Mountain was closed again, I’d definitely come. Decent chicken pad thai and drunken noodle!
–T&N

I’ve been here twice and the first time was definitely better than the second. The first time I came for the lunch special and I was impressed by how fast the food came out. Then I thought twice about it… The room quickly filled up on this Friday afternoon, and then service became significantly slower. Still, I enjoyed my Vegetable Spring Rolls and Vegetable Pad Thai.
Second time I came for dinner on Sunday night. Service was either off, or I hadn’t noticed it before how slow it was. Lemongrass soup was good! Slightly spicy, delicious. But neither of our entrees were anything special. Again, I got the pad thai– I’m just the kinda girl that likes to get something that’s guaranteed good… which in this case was a serious disappointment because there was no flavor and hardly any vegetables. The massaman curry was very thin also and not very tasty.
That’s too bad about the food because the décor was fun.

Were it not for the practically drool-​accompanied commendations that gushed from my pal’s mouth as we looked for a spot to grab dinner, I would have never dreamed of entering this astoundingly colored storefront. Sorry, I tend to be a bit of an aesthete, though I think the surrealistically assembled murals and accents that pass for décor here could scare away the colorblind. But this is some of the tastiest Thai I’ve had in town, if not anywhere.
The dumplings, which my friend dreams about during late night pangs of hunger, were honestly surprising — how a simple pot sticker could be made so savory I don’t know, but I’ll say the salivary reveries are justified. I couldn’t resist a dish daringly titled Jungle King — chicken with vegetables and spices (was that cilantro I detected?) — and was rewarded for my «regal» choice with an appropriately lush medley of flavors.
The pad thai, brown loafer of asian dishes, was also quite surprisingly well crafted. The portions are ample — I’m a real hog, and I ended up entirely stuffed. The menu’s got a lot to offer — I’ll be eager rate the curries next time I’m in the neighborhood. And I’m sure I’ll be having dreams (vivid ones) of Thai Chef & Noodle Fusion for a while.

After many return visits, the cheapest lunch deal in town (still at $ 7.95/$ 8.95) quickly lost its luster once it seemed as though most of the food served here is thrown together without any culinary prowess.
You get a lot of food for your buck but that food is mediocre at best. The soups and most of the saucy dishes are strewn with barely cooked vegetables (most often loads of raw white onion) and the flavor profile is sometimes almost non-​existent (and often very sweet). The curry sauces are pretty good, but the noodle dishes need some work. The salads are served deconstructed, and as other reviewers have mentioned the dressings and a lot of dishes are missing complexity and some heat.
Definitely not a detour worthy place, but still a so-​so cheap lunch out. And that décor gives me the spins.

Had dinner here last night with some friends. The place was small. I love the under the sea decorations on the walls. The service was fast and efficient. We never have to ask for more water.
I had the pad thai and asked for extra spicy. The huge addition of pepper flakes testified to the fact that they listened. I enjoyed my dish a lot especially considering that I ate a late lunch and was not hungry to begin with. The price was decent also. Will definitely go back and try other stuff on the menu.

Horrible service to the point where I had to say «seriously can we get some service» after waiting 30 minutes.
Food was ok just ok, taste like Thai food. Nothing special about this place would not return.

I met up with friends at 6:45 on a Friday night and the place was empty which was a little worrisome at first, but all 15 or so tables were full by the time we left an hour later.
The food was delicious. I had the Mango Curry (chicken). Two important things to note though: the dishes are served individually, so no family style dining, and if you want it to be spicing you have to specifically ask for it.
The décor is the opposite of boring, which is refreshing for Asian restaurants and the staff put a lot of care into origami napkins and straw wrappers.

You know how this happens — you start narrowing your lunch choices down to the ones that everyone likes every time? That’s Thai Noodle Fusion. We order lunch for the office every day, and we have it down to a narrow list of all-​time faves. We like this place.
I get the standard pad thai — yeah, I know, the cool kids don’t get that anymore — but I’ve also gotten the red or green curry. Love it. The food is consistently tasty, hot and good. This one’s highly recommended, and gets a 4 for a lunch place, which is high praise indeed.

Came here again (and again) and it’s still greta and still a great value at $ ⁸⁄₉₅ for a 3 course sit down lunch.
Masaman Curry or Pad-​See_​Ew are my faves here. Soooo tasty.
And Pookie — one of the servers — is a doll.

AWESOME AFFORDABLE LUNCH!
Thanks to Karen F. tippoff, I had a great cheap lunch. 3 courses for under $ 10 is a perfect treat for thai. Soup and appetizer came out in just a minute of so. I had the coconut soup which I slurped down to the last drop. It was great. The Moon Dumplings were fried but really fresh, crispy and tasty. Im sure they’re healthy for me. For my entrée I chose the green curry and it was really delicious. It wasnt super spicey but enough to be flavorful. I believe that you can request for hotter but this was so good, I needs no improving in my opinion. My friend had the pad thai and said it was really great. The bill for the two of us was only $ 19.30 and service was faster than I usually want but hey, I only had an hour for my lunch break and still had time for coffee on the way back to work.