Casa Thai

Stopped into this place to grab some ingredients for a thai feast we were preparing.
They only had 1 mango left, but it was ripe — yay! It was $ 2.49.
Also picked up some rice paper wrappers and kaffir lime leaves ($ 1.99) and some Light Soy Sauce (not reduced sodium… Light. there’s a difference!) for a couple bucks. You’ll find the Kaffir Lime leaves in the freezer, in clear unmarked packaging — probably just better to ask someone where to find them.
Parking is tough — so walk or bring someone with you who can wait in the car while you shop!
Overall the prices were fine and the service was as friendly as I needed it to be.

They have a great selection of produce at very reasonable prices. It doesn’t look like it, but they do accept credit card.

Great and convenient little store. I needed to pick up a few last minute items for tamale making, so took the quick BART trip from my Fidi office to Casa Thai. The store isn’t large but is clean and crammed full of fresh produce, a meat/​fish counter and all the Hispanic foods you will ever need. I purchased some tomatoes, cilantro, HUGE lemons (4 for $ 1), jalapeños, cactus and corn husks for $ 11.
Nice checkers, fresh tortillas and a steamer filled with fresh tamales makes this a regular stop for me.

Produce = good prices. The cheaper stuff = more ripe, so pick carefully.
Service = friendly.

Love this place! Much cleaner than all the other places around 16^th BART, high quality produce as well. They had blueberries for $ 1, 2 lb strawberry boxes for $ 1.99 and other equally as cheap and fresh veggies and fruits.
And the cute little asian ladies at the cash register are super quick and efficient!

its not a Thai store. the name of the owner is «Tai.» to avoid dismaying customers and the long face and confusion, he carries a moderate amount of asian and Thai spices and essentials. a Thai store? best head to Bangkok.

It is cheap and have a good selection of produce. You have to be a little careful to pick things not too ripe. Besides that it is very convenient to have it near home.

Casa Thai has the lowest prices in the Mission for produce. The quality is always better than Duc Loi too.
The only thing is that they don’t always have what you want/​need. They switch it up daily with what is best. You can definitely get a few days to up to a week’s worth of groceries for under $ 10 here.
Don’t let the name of this place fool you either… It’s not Thai, at all. It’s a big mix of Latin and Asian groceries. The ladies who work here are quick and efficient as hell. I’ve heard them speak English, Cantonese, AND Spanish — all fluently. Plus they’re super nice
I haven’t bought any meat yet, but the prices seemed fair. I will probably come back for oxtail because those bad boys were huge, meaty, and a good amount of fat on ‘em.
They have fresh chicharrones at the counter too, but I haven’t tried.

$.94 for a can of coconut water, si claro!

Combo Mexican and Oriental market w/​good produce. So if you are looking for good fruits and veggies at good prices this is a good place. If you are looking to find a lot of Thai spices and items then don’t bother — very, very minimal.

Don’t let the name fool you, this grocery store carries very few Thai products. But for what it’s worth, the fruits and vegetables are decently priced.

they are right at the bart station, so that’s convenient. i was at casa thai when i was waiting for my friend at the bart station. and i was quite impressed with their seafood and meat selection. they looked quite good and the prices were more than reasonable. they also carry a good variety of asian stuff (although they don’t have much thai stuff, as the name might suggest)

Casa Thai is my neighborhood produce market and I stop in once or twice a week to see what’s fresh. This is a key point — if you come in looking for that ingredient you HAVE to have to make that night’s dinner you may be disappointed, as that may be the day said ingredient is not worth buying. That being said, if you are looking for deals and are willing to make do with what is fresh on the shelves, Casa Thai is the spot. They carry pretty much all the standard fruits and veggies and their prices are as fair or better than anywhere else I’ve found in the neighborhood. They also carry a wide variety of herbs, spices, and prepackaged/​canned items — all aimed at Asian and Latin cooking — as well as fresh tamales, real deal chicarrones, and a 3 for 99 cent pan de leche case. Also, if you speak Chinese and/​or Spanish, one of the two counter girls that always seem to be working can also handle any questions you might have in either of those languages or English.
Oh — they also have a meat counter with a separate cash register where they sell cheap meat and fish. I usually get my meat elsewhere, but on the occasion that you find yourself in need of a pound of chicken livers, a few oxtails or some tongue, Casa Thai is worth a stop.
My most recent trip found me hauling home five large bananas, four ears of corn, two pounds of baby carrots, two heads of celery, two broccoli crowns, two ruby red grapefruits, one gigantic cucumber, a package of raspberries, an onion, a green pepper and a mango. For ELEVEN DOLLARS!!! (Well $ 10.99 to be exact).
Is the produce Whole Foods quality? No. Is it organic? Not usually. Can you walk out of Casa Thai with two giant bags of produce for under $ 20 (and often under $ 15)? Absolutely.

What a deceiving name! I was expecting an Asian market but it’s all Latino. They had the maté brand I like so 4 stars. They pretty much have everything for a latino kitchen.

I visit Casa Thai a couple of times a month. Prices on fresh produce are excellent. Limes are usually 10 for $ 1.00. I recently found tomatoes for $ 0.69 a pound. I brought home 10 limes, 3 nectarines, 3 white peaches, 1 large avocado, 1 pineapple, 1 mini watermelon and 1 bag of mushrooms, all for $ 9.77 on my most recent trip. Expect awesome deals but crowded space. Local color will pester you if you let them.

NOT a Thai grocery. Owner not even Thai. Serves local community and actually does have very good fresh produce for value. But NOT a Thai store.

Four stars for what it is. It isn’t that amazing but it has convenient hours and decent food. I am able to pick up some food before I go to work and after I come home. There are a couple markets like this one near 16^th and mission and they are all about the same but this one has better hours and a better selection.
Recently I got apples and sweet potatoes. Both were decent quality although the apple was unpleasantly bruised. I think that is what you can expect from most of the items in the store. The staff is pretty similar because they are rather nice but kinda uninterested at the same time. On the other side of the coin, maybe that is great because they are super fast and efficient.

Love this store.
THAI products that may be hard to find elsewhere (all in one place for sure). Makes looking for my items much easier…
Friendly service and the perfect sized physical location — not too big, not too small.
Most importantly the prices are fair. Woo!
I’ll definitely be back here.
:D

This is the only place I was able to find kaffir leaves for the thai dish I was making. I went to about 3 other asian markets and none of them had this. They sell them frozen — very fragrant. Also, you can get frozen galangal.
⁴⁄₂₈ — Just saw that Whole Foods sells an abundant of fresh Galangal.

Today I’m going to share of my favorite secrets in the city. I buy almost all my produce at this place. Their fruits and vegetables range between the quality you’d get at Safeway (decent) and the Farmer’s Market (excellent). They also have a wide selection of meats too. The best part is that you’re going to pay considerably less for your foodstuffs here than you will almost anywhere else in the city.
Being that this market is a combination of Mexican and Thai influences, you can find sundry good from south-​of-​the-​border and across the pacific.
Good quality corner markets like this are part of the joys of living in a city. You owe yourself the favor of making this part of your regular weekly shopping experience.