Ton Kao Thai

I love Thai food and have been trying many Thai restaurants and food carts in PDX. Tried this place twice now, months apart, and have found the quality consistently excellent. This most recent try was chicken green curry, medium spice. Food was flavorful, spice level was not overwhelming, and the eggplant was perfectly cooked - not too hard, not too soft this is a challenging feat, as other places have demonstrated to me. What was particularly impressive is that I snuck in right before closing, and despite the interruption to their end-of-day work, the food was this exemplary. Only thing to note per the curry: the rice was in the same container as the curry. I ate right there, but if this dish is travelling, the rice may become soggy. Last go was Pad Ki Mao, which was similarly within excellent tolerances - the noodles were not stuck together or too soft, which other places have disappointed with. Seriously some of the best Thai food Portland has to offer! Vegetarian options: Order entrees without meat, or vegetarian options.

My husband and I always love Thai food, that's why we gave it a try. We ordered spicy chicken pad thai and kind of disappointed with the flavor. Food was oily, bland, and not too spicy.

This slice of heaven never misses with their fresh Thai dishes. My personal favorites: Sexy Crab Rolls the best appetizer of all time, Pad Thai best pad thai I’ve had in PDX, Drunken Noodles, Golden Rice, and any curry on the menu so so so delicious, every time.Outdoor seating: YesTakeout: Yes

Waited 45min and our one small order was still not ready. After 20 and 30 min, I asked about the order and he said he was working on it. Had to leave without eating. Poor service. He could have just communicated how long it would be, which would have given me time to find something else to eat.Dine in: YesOutdoor seating: Yes

This is my second time coming to Ton Kao Thai. First timed I ordered pad Thai, with tofu and the sexy crab rolls. For dessert, I got the mango sticky rice. Best I've ever had Everything was DELICIOUS! It made me want to come back on my day off to try something else off of their menu. Today I got the avocado curry with tofu, and that was not a disappointment at all either. I am determined to come back and try every single thing on their menu. So delicious with huge portions, great prices, and friendly staff.

This is a food cart in the middle of a food cart pod. I was on my way to a Thai restaurant nearby when I decided to try Ton Kao. I found the place to be "just okay". Here's why... I ordered two dishes: Pad Prik Khing, and Pad Khi Mao. My first issue is minor: there's no brown rice. So I had white rice with my pad prik. The pad prik was fairly good. I order it many other places and am picky. I would eat this one again. It was sufficiently spicy which I requested. My biggest issue was with the pad khi mao. First time I have seen that spelling of the dish, btw. Its noodles were way to soft. Frankly, the noodles were over cooked or something. Not good noodles. The taste of the dish was pretty bland as well, and it wasn't nearly as spicy as the pad prik. I ordered both dishes with the same spice level. My third issue is with the packaging... plastic. I hate hot food in plastic. This food was very hot. I don't mind plastic for a cool dish, but for hot food I prefer paper-based packaging or foil between the food and the dish. Overall this isn't a bad place, but I would consider it average. I wouldn't mind having the pad prik again, but it won't be the first place I go when I have a choice.

Love having the cart in the pod. Food is good and fresh. And there are lots of optons.

I choose to eat twice a week or more because food is consistently good. And that's that!

Staff wasn’t friendly and Thai iced tea was disgustingly sweet.

Great food, great crab, v spicy!