I Am Thai Restaurant
“I Am Thai is my go to delivery place when I am too tired to cook and don't want cereal for dinner (again).”
“I ordered the Spicy Noodle with fried tofu and my boyfriend ordered the Massaman Curry with friend tofu.”
“Favorite dishes so far: Curry puffs, spicy larb, sam yan noodles, and anything with pumpkin and basil.”
I Am Thai Restaurant
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Accepts Apple Pay: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Caters: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Though it could be easily mistaken as a Chinese takeout spot from a distance, I Am Thai might just be the most surprising and underrated Thai establishments in the neighborhood. A family run joint, IAT thrives on home cooked style dishes with authentic flair. With no shortage of nearby competition, they certainly deserve some recognition for being a quality option.
The food is simple, but fantastic. No one loses when ordering their pad see yu or pad thai, both of which are full of flavor. Curries are intoxicatingly spicy when requested and if the green curry doesn't satisfy, the massman in its potato, nutty, creamy glory most certainly will hit the spot. Though a laughable offense in the motherland, even the Thai iced tea deserves some mention.
What had me really sold on IAT is their street food style dishes, which within its new menu is known as the "over rice" combinations. Grilled pork chop and eggs over rice ($10) is one tasty example, but the best of the bunch is the ground basil chicken with egg over rice ($10). This last dish alone was so popular that a few years ago they listed it at $4.95 and the sheer demand (along with food costs) had them re-enlisting it in the close to $10 range. There is something just wonderful of bits of juicy chicken, running egg yolk over the morsels of rice grains. Strange but true, inflation is indeed the enemy here.
As their light interior and few tables would suggest, delivery is something IAT does well. They've managed to do this without the need of online delivery services. I have to deduct a star for the fact they have had the wrong prices on the website for close to a year and as a result, I've been paying more than what I expect whether its for take out or delivery. I do love the food, but some stability on the pricing would be appreciated.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE THAI RESTAURANT IN THE CITY. This place kicks the butt of every fancy, modern or hole-in-the-wall place I've been to in Manhattan and Brooklyn. They have really great, unique "street food" offerings and homestyle cooking as well. My fave is Sam Yan noodle (not available at many Thai restaurants), fried taro cake and the duck roll (great quality duck!). We order from there at least twice a month – this is our go-to place for Thai and take out in general. Always fast delivery, a great price, and amazing food. The soups are also great – I'm getting hungry just thinking about this place! 🙂
There's a lot of Thai places in the area and I'm glad I finally tried this one. I got take out but it was still great – first I love how they offered flat noodle pad Thai, that was interesting and a first. It was delish. I also got the fried tofu for appetizer and it was about 10 large pieces / I definitely had leftover. They were perfectly crispy and came with a nice sweet chili dipping sauce. Oh also, the noodles have a choice of meat and I got crispy pork belly. I've never seen that either but it was GREAT! The place itself looks like a takeout place with photos along the wall but seems more authentic than the others around here. They do get backed up on peak times so I'd watch for that
A friend and I came to I Am Thai early this afternoon for "brunch," and I am a fan!
We each ordered a Thai iced coffee, which hit the spot! I then ordered the Pad Thai with tofu skin as a meal. Ample and simple, it was just what I wanted.
More of a take-out joint, I Am Thai resembles a Chinese take-out express, but appears to be cleaner. Also, the service was friendly. It was really the perfect place to go for a casual Sunday meal!
Ive been here two times now. Each time ordering very simple thai dishes.. pad thai, pad see ew, jungle curry or other curries. Its pretty good and it has the look of a take out chinese restaurants but with waiter service AND counter service!
With such an unassuming storefront on a near desolate block on the border of Sunnyside and Woodside, you wouldn't expect I Am Thai to bring much by the way of exciting Thai fare to the table. You would be dead wrong. I know I was.
I Am Thai is humble yet well-presented, refreshing yet hearty, delicious yet affordable.
Curry Puffs – Puffy flaky bites of melty curry goodness.
Chicken Basil Dumplings – steamed juicy flavorful morsels of chicken and basil in al dente wrapper
Roti Massaman – delicious flaky roti served with creamy sweet and spicy massaman curry
Rad-Nar – a very pan-asian comfort dish consisting of al dente flat noodles and Chinese brocolli in a thick gravy
Seafood Pong-Karee – a generous heaping portion of seafood served in a sweet curry sauce.
LOVE the garlic rice. Get that too.
I've ordered food from here twice. The first time, I ordered some chicken noodle dish and most recently I ordered Chicken masamam curry. The chicken and noodle dish was dry. I prefer my chicken moist and my noodles more wet with more seasoning. The curry was good and I actually split the dish into three small meals (perhaps since it is made with coconut milk, which is heavy). I prefer the food at Thai Malay over here, even though the menu is limited.
Ordered delivery for lunch again and was sorely disappointed. Yet again, they claimed that they would not give green tea ice cream for take-out. Despite them calling again to check our order, they got the side items wrong and did not include any utensils. I like the items I order from here, I'm just not sure how much I'm willing to forgo the poor service.