Pongsri Thai Restaurant

Thai classics and lunch specials delivered or served in simple East Village, Theater District or original Chinatown locations.

(914) 401-4473

165 West 23rd St (Between 7th Avenue and 6th Avenue)
New York City, NY 10011 40.7438 -73.9946

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Neighborhoods: Chelsea, Midtown

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Hours:

Daily 11:30am-11pm

Price:

$$

Last updated 11.15.09

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Cash, Visa, Discover, MasterCard, Debit Card

Cuisine:

Thai, Seafood

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Pongsri Thai Restaurant

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Pongsri Thai Restaurant is the oldest family-run and operated Thai restaurant in New York City. Conveniently located in the heart of Chelsea, this restaurant serves traditional Thai dishes including Mee Grob, beef satae, Tom Yum Koong, Tom Kha Gai and more. They offer steak, seafood and chicken dishes along with a variety of Thai salads.Stop on Pongsri Thai Restaurant today and see why you'll want to come back again. We have a two-floor, spacious dining area, full-bar and private rooms available for your special events, celebrations or corporate meetings.

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Thai classics and lunch specials delivered or served in simple East Village, Theater District or original Chinatown locations.

ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. The atmosphere leaves much to be desired, but the staff is attentive and the service is very quick.
food quality
80.0% positive
  1. love thai food, my brother owns a restaurant in Thailand and I am very picky about the taste of the dishes.
  2. In the first bite my mouth was full of fish bones.
  3. Their Pad Thai is tasty, but their curries are their best dishes.
  4. Great value, tasty food
  5. highly recommend the massaman curry, it has the perfect balance of curry to meat/veggies, and you get a huge portion for the price.
overall
50.0% positive
  1. Have had a great experience with their other locations, but a terrible delivery experience with this place.
service
100.0% positive
  1. The staff is nice and very accommodating.
  2. The atmosphere leaves much to be desired, but the staff is attentive and the service is very quick.
value
100.0% positive
  1. Great value, tasty food
  2. highly recommend the massaman curry, it has the perfect balance of curry to meat/veggies, and you get a huge portion for the price.
  3. Thai chains aren't all that popular in the city, but this particular chain tends to crank out decent Thai for little money.
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. The atmosphere leaves much to be desired, but the staff is attentive and the service is very quick.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

08/24/11

Reliably YUMMY Thai Food

by Dax Pagan at Citysearch

My favorite Thai place in NYC. Everything I have had here (and I have had many items from every category) was better than most places, and some truely exceptional. Favorites include Tom Ka Gai and Tom Yum soups (spicy chicken chunk soups with or without coconut milk), the vietnamese style summer rolls, and the Pad Prik King (spicy beef with green beans).

Portions are generous and your food will get to you fresh and without excessive waiting. The only thing I don't like is the tables not having enough legroom, but just work around it!

It's true that they are reluctant to alter the spicyness of their dishes on request, since they have been around a while and "perfected" the dishes.

Be sure to order the "brown rice" (rather than the plainer white stuff). It's is especially good with the spicier dishes.

Very reasonably priced. No experience with delivery - only "dine in".

I can't believe the negative reviews of this place. No idea what happend there....

1 Star Rating: Poor

03/08/09

A FISHY EATING EXPERIENCE

by Mazman at Citysearch

This was my first time in this restaurant. I ordered a salmon dish. In the first bite my mouth was full of fish bones. Each bite had various amounts of fish bones. Sometimes the bones got stuck between my teeth, and I had to pull them out. Each bite of the fish was an adventure in danger. It seems that I spent more time taking the bones out of my mouth than chewing and swallowing the fish. The flesh of the fish was mushy and had an off taste. The sauce was bland and tasteless. Ordered tea. Was given a cup of hot water and a tea bag--for self brewing, I suppose.

This was my first time in this restaurant, also my last.

3 Star Rating: Average

02/27/08

What is the gender of the hostess?

by steve8 at Citysearch

MY coworkers and I recently ate here for lunch and were wondering if the hostess is a guy or a girl.. can anyone help? She has a deep voice, solid jaw line and big hands. But, she has a great butt , soild curves and nice feet.. Ohh the pad thai is ok.

Thanks

  • Pros: Pad thai
  • Cons: Left me confused
3 Star Rating: Average

01/23/08

It was okay

by Melodyia at Citysearch

I ordered the lunch Chicken Noodle Soup, it tasted a bit average, a little bit too much sugar and salt were flavored into the soup and they didn't make it spicy enough when I ask them to.

1 Star Rating: Poor

01/23/08

Lousy Customer Service

by hungryforlunch at Citysearch

Have had a great experience with their other locations, but a terrible delivery experience with this place. They completely mixed up our order and then refused to send the corrected order, instead arguing with us about the original order and saying it might be a problem to deliver the corrected items because they were less than the $10 delivery minimum. Unbelievable.

The Details on Pongsri Thai Restaurant

Place Categories:

  • decent pad thai
  • love thai food
  • nice staff
  • great butt
  • great value
  • big hands
  • huge portion
  • terrible delivery
  • full mouth
  • great soild curves
  • great experience
  • best dishes
  • perfect balance

Message from Pongsri Thai Restaurant

  • Authentic Thai Cuisine
  • Full-bar
  • Great Chelsea Location

Pongsri Thai Restaurant is the oldest family-run and operated Thai restaurant in New York City. Conveniently located in the heart of Chelsea, this restaurant serves traditional Thai dishes including Mee Grob, beef satae, Tom Yum Koong, Tom Kha Gai and more. They offer steak, seafood and chicken dishes along with a variety of Thai salads.

Stop on Pongsri Thai Restaurant today and see why you'll want to come back again. We have a two-floor, spacious dining area, full-bar and private rooms available for your special events, celebrations or corporate meetings.