Look By Plant Love House
“PLH is another one of them, located in Elmhurst not too far from my house.”
“Pork blood noodle is rarely to find in New York and this flavor is real Thai.”
“Try the mackerel, the soups, and share the papaya salad.”
Look By Plant Love House
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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I really wanna try this place & got a chance today. They have this deal buy 3 desserts & free 2 iced tea for $25. Not bad!
Drinks: iced coffee & longan. Coffee taste good but the longan is too sweet. Not a good combination for desserts that we got since its very sweet by itself.
Choco bear lava cake–lava cake with green tea ice cream & strawberry jam on the side. I like the texture of the cake. Its a little moist & the chocolate has it sweetness & bitterness taste. The green tea ice cream taste perfect with it. The jam taste okay. I didn't really touch it.
Sizzling brownie– whattt?!!! This is my favorite! Brownie is a little hot top with ice cream. You can feel the coldness of the ice cream combine with the hot brownie. It melts in your mouth. Its very delicious!!
Coconut ice cream– actually this one is my least favorite. Its coconut ice cream top with coconut & a little beans. Its good but taste like usual.
Second to all my PH/CH neighbors who have been waiting for better authentically Asian food options in the area. We arrived at 930pm and they said we could still order dinner. I feel like showing up so late affected some of the dishes we ordered. The pick knuckle was a home run: perfect use of the Chinese 5 spice with morning glory and pickled veg on the side, this was my favorite dish. The Khao Soi curry was really good although they had way too many dried noodles and way too little curry (I think we got what was left of the evening). Also had the Yun Pak Boon Grab, a crispy watercress salad with pork; although the lightly battered watercress was not crispy at all and was overly chewy, probably again, because we had showed up so late.
It's more expensive than Sky Ice, which was my go-to BK Thai, but still a bit less than Pok-Pok. Service was great and it's cash only. I will certainly come back earlier and try other stuff at Look, which seems to have a lot of potential.
Had a good time at this restaurant. Came her on Sunday night with my bf. It's a small restaurant and at the time we came in it pretty full. We ended up sitting by the door.
We ordered spring rolls as an appetizer and it was good. That's the first spring that I've had that was spicy. For our entree I got a noodle dish and he got a soup.
We like spicy food so we both asked for our dishes to be spicy. Warning! When they say spicy they mean it. I took one look at my plate and knew right away I probably should not asked for the extra spice. It literally looked spicy, smh. His soup came and it looked good. We both took a sniff and said damn, it even smells spicy. We dug in and started coughing. It was spicy as hell! But it tasted good.
My bf had it the worse. His was so spicy, he was sweating. We had to get more water and ask for more ice. The waitress ended up bringing out a big bowl of ice. The whole thing was hilarious. I was laughing for 30 minutes straight.
After that spice we had to get dessert. We ordered the brownie and it was yummy. It really hit the sweet spot. We'll be back but I think next time we won't ask for it to be spicy.
*cash only
Great addition to the neighborhood! One of the more authentic Asian places to make its way here of late.
Been meaning to try this place for a while now and finally had the chance to come by. Pretty cute spot – bar seating at the front of the restaurant, some small seating in the back, and then an outdoor space when the weather is nice. Had the guay tiao num tok (pork blood noodle soup). Very flavorful noodle soup that was just the perfect amount of spicy and sweet. Pretty authentic (when I compare to other Thai boat noodles I've had in the past). I think it would fill up the average person. Service is friendly, and the place is welcoming – definitely has a nice, homey neighborhood feel.
My only complaint is that it's cash only. Usually don't mind, but for restaurants where you are spending upwards of $20 a person, really do prefer the option of paying on plastic. But that's just a minor gripe.
Can't wait to come back and try out the rest of the menu!
So envious of the people who live in this neighborhood because I can not possibly make the 40 minute travel to eat their food every time I want delicious Thai & super friendly waitresses! Thai cuisine is typically known for very savory and spicy dishes. Because I came here the day after I had an upset stomach, I steered clear of the extremely spicy dishes and ordered more mild ones.
The Chiang Mai Khao Soy noodles that I ordered, although not indicated on the menu, comes mildly spicy and when I asked for less spicy it did not equate to less flavor. It comes with one giant drumstick that is extremely tender and has meat falling off the bone. The curry sauce was creamy, sweet, and def had some coconut cream/sauce infused. The red onion, cilantro, pickled cabbage and lime comes on the side so you can pick and choose which you want to dump in the bowl.
The Num prik phow is something I would get when I'm craving something acidic yet sweet at the same time. It's more acidic than sweet, so if you're a hot and sour or tom yom soup type of person you'll love this. This bowl of noodles reminded me of ramen, but a chili paste soup base substitution instead of a tonkotsu one. Its hard boiled egg was perfectly cooked with its yolk still bright yellow.
The khao pad nam prik pla too was the most bang for your buck dish out of the three. It covers your protein, carbs, sauce and veggies all in one pleasing plating. For $15, you get a decent sized mackerel, and something that can speak to each taste bud of your palate. Seafood dishes are rarely this cheap!
Lastly, their desserts are priced at $9 a piece except for their toast which is $8 (they warn you that it'll take 10-15 mins to make this beforehand). Love their sizzling platter concept because I love my ice-cream melted and it was great that their fried roti and sizzling brownie was not overly sweet.
I gave this place 5 stars because the city will definitely charge you a dollar or two more, and I really appreciate that their dishes don't overwhelm you like how some Thai restaurants do. Extremely cute restaurant that makes you feel like you're eating in a very welcoming home, which is why I might come back for a date night :).
P.S. Cash only & expect to be spending in your 20s!
Came by for a quick late lunch. Waitress was super attentive and helpful. Got the slow cooked pork noodle soup which was excellent. Pork fell off the bone very easily, noodles were cooked just right, and the soup was savory and salty. Friend got the fried pork skin rice which was also delicious. Ended our meal with the green tea volcano dessert but was slightly too sweet.. Was basically fried dough with ice cream, red bean, and marshmallows sizzled with hot green milk tea. Would def come back for the food menu though!
I've been here twice now and the food is really nice. I loved the shrimp/pork soup that the servers recommend, but I warn that it is very spicy! The homemade dumplings are nice, as are the wings. However, the vermicelli noodles in the green curry were a bit mushy and the curry lacked a depth of flavor that I found in the other dishes.
The crab fried rice, which is advertised as good for kids was tasty as well (and half the price of the even tastier version at Uncle Boons).
KenScale: 8.0/10
I need to get a fix of Thai food every once in a while, with the addictive flavor that I came to love since I first had Thai cuisine in college. Usually my fix consists of a Seamless order but I do occasionally eat out as promising Thai restaurants. Queens is the area known for having a cluster of excellent Thai restaurants, but I haven't had the occasion to make the trip all the way east. One of the restaurants that I really wanted to try was Plant Love House in Elmhurst, which received critical acclaim for authentic Thai cuisine emphasizing the beauty of spice. Later, the team behind this restaurant opened a second location in Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, and closed the original one thereafter. I was meeting a friend for a quick early dinner in Brooklyn, and figured this would be an excellent opportunity to visit. The Sunday dinner turned into a very satisfying affairs.
Look doesn't play safe when it comes to using the spice. In the course of the meal, I was sweating like I had just completed a high interval intensity training. That didn't stop me, however, from enjoying the crispy watercress salad that came with chili lime sauce, shrimps, minced pork and crispy shallot (the fried watercress didn't look too pleasing at first, but it was quite delicious to my surprise), or the sautéed flat noodle with spicy basil sauce, Chinese broccoli, onion, tomato and chicken (the noodle had nice texture and the overall combination of vegetables and chicken was on point too). My favorite dish was the rice noodle in Thai chili paste soup with jumbo shrimp, homemade pork patty, bacon and soft boiled egg inside. The soup was absolutely aromatic (and would be a perfect cure to hangover if you had a wild night before), and the noodle worked quite harmoniously with the other ingredients inside. The portion of each dish was quite generous (we immediately regretted ordering four dishes after they started coming out), and really displayed the spicy kick that makes for a satisfying Thai meal. In that respect, the only downer of the dishes was this shrimp paste rice platter with fried whole mackerel, eggplant, seasonal vegetable and boiled egg. Even though the server highly recommended it, it didn't display enough versatility compared to the other dishes. For dessert, the classic sweet coconut sticky rice and mango was delightful, while coconut ice cream with red bean, sweet plam seeds, corn, jack fruit and peanuts was somewhat forgettable, perhaps because it had too much coconut in it.
The restaurant doesn't take reservations, but we had no problem getting seated for early dinner. There is a concise offering of drinks (a bottle of Thai beer seems to work best with the food, and my friend was raving about the sweet Thai iced tea). I really liked the cozy vibe of the space that makes you feel like you're eating at someone's home in Thailand. The restaurant doesn't accept credit card, so make sure to bring in some cash. For ethnic eateries, the virtue usually lies in simplicity and faithful attention to authenticity in flavor. Look certainly achieves that mission beautifully with soulful Thai dishes.