Beau Thai Restaurant
Portland, OR 97209
Phone: (503) 223-2182
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- Northwest Irving Street
- Best of Citysearch:
- Thai Food 2006
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 11am-3pm, 5pm-10pm, Sat 12pm-10pm
Message from Beau Thai Restaurant
Great Thai restaurant in Northwest Portland
- Huge vegetarian menu
- Authentic curry dishes
- Beer and wine selection
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Editorial Review for Beau Thai Restaurant – by Ivan Browning
In Short
The renovated dining room has seating options including dark booths, window seats, communal tables and even a bamboo atrium. Foot traffic in a hot neighborhood and years of business mean it's always busy. The monumental menu has dozens of options, including satay, spring rolls and miang kum. The entrees, which come in considerable sizes, include pad thai, deep-fried whole fish with chili sauce, and mok talay--a steaming mixture of seafood, cabbage and red curry.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoThe menu directs you to indicate spiciness level from one to four with four being the spiciest.
The ExtrasNumerous innovative and flavorful vegetable-based dishes should please even the vegans.
User Reviews for Beau Thai Restaurant
08/30/2008 Posted by aquarius81
As someone who loves Thai food -it is my favorite and I try to eat it as often as I can, I was excited to check out this restaurant, after hearing good reviews from others. My boyfriend and I decided to go to Beau Thai for a nice dinner before our move, and were terribly disappointed with not only the service, but the food as well. I will admit, the salad rolls were good (seems to be the common opinion) but my entree left much to be desired. I ordered the same sweet basil with tofu dish that I typically order at any Thai restaurant, but this time, it tasted very fishy, like there was too much fish or oyster sauce in the dish. Also, the basil in the dish tasted like cleaning product. Not a very good combination. Needless to say, I only ate a tiny bit -enough to figure out that the tastes were very strange and pinpoint what they were. Also, for a medium spicy dish (my usual), the entree left my mouth on fire and my nose running to the point where I had to excuse myself to go to the bathroom and get some tissues. This whole time, no one came by the table to check on our food or offer us refills on our glasses of water, which were long gone after being poured as we sat down to eat (and after the spicy food). My boyfriend ordered the crispy crepe dish and requested tofu for his meal, but when the dish arrived, he had chicken and shrimp in his crepe instead. We waited for ages for anyone to come and clear our table and bring our bill, which was much too pricey for the food and service we received. I would definitely not recommend this restaurant, nor will I ever go back to give it a second chance.
Pros: salad rolls & peanut sauce
Cons: bad service, too much fish sauce, staff doesn't listen and are inattentive,
08/20/2008 Posted by YipKanker
Another reviewer mentioned that they were pushed out the door; the exact same thing happened to me! It must be the same waitress, but since it is a family run business don't count on that person moving on. If you get the right staff the service is great, but if not then look out! On my most recent visit we had a decent meal, but it was long because the waitress brought the wrong food and had to go back to the kitchen and order the right dish. So the person who had the wrong dish had to watch the rest of us eat. When we had finished our meal we were getting ready to leave but were still winding down our conversation. The waitress came over and said "We are trying to close if you don't mind...". We weren't too put off because we were getting ready to go anyway, but it seemed odd since there were a few other tables and they weren't asked to leave. Its not as if we were the last ones there. That was my third visit to the place and I haven't decided if I'll give them another chance yet. I live nearby but there are several other Thai restaurants in NW (Typhoon is one). The food at Beau Thai is good, but if I'm going out to eat, I don't need a side order of attitude with my peanut sauce.
Pros: Good food, decent prices
Cons: Service is either great or awful. Do ya feel lucky?
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