Kanok Thai Bistro
Kanok Thai Bistro
Rice noodles stir-fried with bean sprouts, green onion, and egg.
Flat rice noodle stir-fried with broccoli, carrot, and egg
Flat rice noodle stir-fried with bell peppers, onions, and basil.
Stir fried broccoli, carrot in oyster sauce.
Sauted meat with onions, bell peppers, green onion, and cashew nut
Stir fried meat with green chili, mushrooms, bell peppers, and onions.
Stir fried meat, garlic and black pepper, carrot, and broccoli on bed of lettuce.
Choice of meat you like, stir fried with fresh ginger, onions, carrot, bell peppers, and mushrooms
Cabbages, carrots, napa, bean sprouts, baby corn, broccoli, and onions stir-fried in light sauce.
Sauted meat with basil, bell peppers, onions, and carrot in spicy sauce
Sauted meat with sliced eggplant, basil, onions, and bell peppers in Thai spicy sauce.
Yellow curry paste in coconut milk with potatoes and onions
Panang curry paste in coconut milk with bell peppers and basil
Red curry paste in coconut milk with bamboo shoots, bell peppers and basil leaves
Green curry paste in coconut milk with slice of eggplants, bell peppers, and basil leaves
The combination of Garden roll (3), Blanketed Shrimp (2), Golden Pouch (2), Crab Rangoon (2), served with sweet and sour sauce.
Deep fried spring rolls stuffed with mixed vegetable served with sweet sour sauce.
Deep fried spring rolls stuffed with marinated shrimp served with sweet and sour sauce.
Deep fried bag dumpling stuffed with chicken, carrot, and glass noodle served with sweet sauce.
Marinated sliced chicken served with homemade peanut sauce and cucumber salad.
Deep-fried wonton with marinated ground chicken, served with sweet chili dipping sauce.
Deep-fried tofu served with crush peanut in sweet and sour sauce.
Deep-fried wonton stuffed with cream cheese and imitation crab, served with sweet chili dipping sauce.
Deep-fried battered calamari ring served with sweet and sour.
Dumpling stuffed with ground chicken and mixed vegetable,
Shrimp dumpling bedded with lettuce, served with house spicy black sauce.
Choice of Green or Yellow curry topped on shrimp dumpling.
Chicken, shrimp, onions, bell peppers, and crispy noodle sauted with ruby plum sauce.
Ground chicken, mushrooms, glass noodle, and onions, served with fresh lettuce on side.
Steamed organic edamame topped with lightly salt.
Fresh rice paper wrapped in vegetable, green leaf, shredded carrots, cucumber, basil,
Lettuce, onions, tomatoes, carrots, and cucumbers come with house dressing on the side.
Sliced grilled chicken breast, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, and cucumber served with house dressing on the side.
Shredded green papaya, tomatoes, carrot, peanuts, green beans, and shrimp in spicy lime juice
Fresh sliced mangoes, onions, cashew nuts, and cilantro seasoned with spicy lime dressing.
Sliced grilled beef, lettuce, onions, cucumber, cilantro, and chili in spicy lime juice sauce.
Minced chicken seasoned with lime juice, chili, onions, roasted rice, and mint.
Minced chicken mixed with crispy rice, cilantro, gingers, fresh chili, garlic, red and green onions, Roasted peanuts, and house special spicy lime juice in Thai style.
Grilled shrimp, lemongrass cucumber, tomatoes, and onions seasoned with spicy lime juice.
Squid, onions, chili, celery, tomatoes, and carrots mixed in spicy lime juice.
Mixed seafood, squids, shrimps, white fish, mussels, mints, onions, cilantro, tomatoes, seasoned with spicy Thai lime juice.
Glass noodle, minced chicken, shrimp, onions, celery, peanut, and tomatoes, mixed in lime juice, chili.
Grilled salmon seasoned with spicy lime juice, onions, mixed salad, tomatoes, and cucumber.
Chicken, mushrooms, tomatoes, and lemon grass in hot and sour soup.
Shrimp, tomatoes, lemon grass and mushrooms in a hot and sour soup.
Hot and sour coconut soup with chicken, mushrooms, tomatoes, and lemon grass.
Hot and sour coconut soup with shrimp, mushrooms, tomatoes, and lemon grass.
Shrimp, squid, mussels, fish, ginger, mushrooms and basil in Thai spicy and sour soup.
Thai spicy hot and sour coconut soup with shrimp, squid, mussels, fish,
Onions, carrot, cabbage, mushrooms, and baby corns in a light broth.
Shrimp wonton, celery, carrot, napa, green onions in light broth.
Stir-fried broccoli and carrot with homemade oyster sauce.
Stir-fried cashew nuts, bell peppers, onions and carrot with Thai chili paste.
Stir-fried meat with garlic and black pepper sauce, broccoli, and carrot on the bed of lettuce.
Meat stir-fried with ginger, onions, carrot, bell peppers and mushroom with house sauce
Stir-fried meat with basil, chili, onions, bell peppers, and carrots with Thai spicy sauce.
Stir-fried meat in sweet and sour homemade sauce with onions, tomatoes, pineapples, carrots, and cucumber
Stir-fried green bean and bell peppers with red chili curry paste.
Stir-fried onions, carrots, bean sprouts, cabbage, napa, and broccoli in light sauce
Meat stir-fried with green chili, onions, mushrooms and bell peppers in light sauce.
Lightly battered and deep-fried chicken with broccoli in tangy orange homemade sauce.
Stir-fried beef with onions, mushrooms, carrots, and bell peppers in homemade sauce
Stir-fried green beans, bell peppers, onions, basil and crispy pork belly with Thai spicy sauce.
Golden fried tofu topped with onions, carrots, baby corn, and mushroom in gravy sauce.
Broccoli, carrot and mushrooms stir-fried with light sauce.
Yellow curry paste in coconut milk with potatoes, onions, and carrot
Thai green curry paste in coconut milk with basil, eggplant, and bell peppers
Red curry paste in coconut milk with bamboo shoots, bell peppers, and basil leaves
Curry paste in coconut milk with basil and bell peppers
Red curry in coconut milk with chunk of pineapple, bell peppers, tomatoes, and basil.
Massamun curry with potatoes, onions, carrots and peanuts.
Red curry paste in coconut milk with pumpkin, bell peppers, and basil leaves.
Our three famous curry come in one dish! : Yellow, Green, and Red curry.
Fried rice with onions, egg, and tomatoes
Spicy fried rice with basil, onions and bell peppers
Our special fried rice stir-fried with green curry paste, bell peppers, eggplant, and basil
Real crab meat cooked with rice, onions, tomatoes and egg.
Fried rice with shrimp, chicken, pineapple, cashew nut, onions, raisin and egg
Tasty fried rice seasoned with curry powder, chicken, onions, carrots, egg
Traditional Thai dish of rice noodles stir-fried with bean sprouts, green onions, and egg
Flat rice noodles pan-fried with broccoli, carrots and egg in light brown sauce.
Egg noodle stir-fried with cabbage, carrot, bean sprout, and broccoli
Flat rice noodles pan-fried with bell peppers, onion, and basil in spicy chili sauce.
Stir-fried glass noodles with egg, onions and tomatoes.
Stir-fried flat rice noodles with egg, bean sprout, onion, and black peppers in light sauce.
Flat rice noodles topped with broccoli, carrot in brown gravy sauce
Our special stir-fried pasta with Thai spices, basil, onions, and bell peppers
Unique pan-fried pasta with basil, eggplant, and bell peppers in green curry paste.
Our clear broth rice noodle soup with bean sprout, onions, with chicken broth soup.
Egg noodles, shrimp wonton, chicken, and shrimp in light broth
Thai style udon noodle with lemon grass, tomatoes, and mushroom in Thai hot and sour soup.
Udon noodle with lemon grass, tomatoes, and mushroom in Thai hot and sour coconut soup.
Spicy noodle soup with grounded pork, fish soup, bean sprout, and green onions.
Thai curry noodle soup with rich coconut broth, egg noodles, and crispy fried noodles on top. Served with lime, pickled greens, and red onions.
Grilled marinated half chicken, egg fried rice, and side salad served with sweet chili sauce.
Homemade special grilled marinated pork spare rib, egg fried rice, and side salad
Deep-fried salmon, jasmine rice, and side salad.
Thai style pan-fried ground chicken with chili, onions, bell peppers, carrot, and basil leaves, thai style pan-fried ground chicken with chili, onions, bell peppers, carrot, and basil leaves
Our signature stir-fried dish crispy pork belly, green beans, bell peppers, onions, and basil leaves
served with white jasmine rice and fried egg.
Grilled marinated half chicken served with sweet chili sauce.
Grilled marinated chicken topped with our homemade teriyaki sauce.
Grilled marinated pork spare rib served with sweet and sour sauce.
Grilled salmon topped with teriyaki sauce, served with vegetable
Grilled salmon topped with Thai spicy basil sauce.
Grilled salmon topped with panang curry sauce
Grilled tender marinated New York Steak served with cucumber, tomatoes and
Sauted mixed seafood of shrimp, squid, mussel, and fish with Thai chili paste, onion, tomatoes
Steamed fish fillets, onion, ginger, mushrooms, and sliced of lemon in Thai spicy lime juice
Deep-fried fish fillets topped with Thai yellow curry sauce.
Shrimp, glass noodles, onions, celery, and ginger seasoned with black pepper sauce
Deep-fried choice fish topped with spicy ginger sauce.
Homemade three flavored sauce on the side with choice of fish.
Deep-fried fish with our homestyle sauce, mango, onions, cashew nuts, and carrots.
Crying tiger.
Mee Krob (appetizer)
Tom Kha soup with shrimps.
Thai basil crispy pork.
Merry Christmas
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Khao Soi with Short Rib.
Mango with sweet sticky rice.
Drunken Noodle. (SUB GROUND CHICKEN INSTEAD)
Drunken pasta with shrimp.
Mongolian Beef.
Fried pompano with mango sauce.
Spicy pork noodle soup.
Special item "Khao Soi Chicken"
BBQ pork ribs.
Salmon Teriyaki.
Seafood Salad.
Golden pouch, very unique appetizer stuffed marinated chicken wrapped in golden wonton skins.
Thai seafood salad, mussels, squids, shrimps and fish fillets, onions, tomatoes, carrots mixed in spicy chili lime juice.
Orange chicken.
Thai green tea.
Thai shrimp salad, grilled shrimp mixed in Thai chili lime juice come with lettuce.
Pumpkin curry, thick Thai curry with pumpkin, bell peppers and Thai basil.
Millena P.
Feb 6, 2025
My bf was craving Thai food. We were Yelping and found this spot had good reviews.Parking: They're located in a busy plaza, so finding a spot can be difficult.Ambiance/Environment: They have a medium sized space with a good amount of indoor seating. No outdoor seating. They still had their Xmas tree up when we visited lol. There's booths and tables with TVs showcasing a game.Service: We didn't catch everyone's names, but everyone was absolutely attentive, courteous, and efficient! There were multiple servers that assisted us. Our main server was Henry. They made sure our waters were filled, empty plates removed, and other requests were met. Safe to say, customer satisfaction is definitely one of their priorities.What we ordered:1) Crab Rangoon - I always order crab rangoon anywhere that offers it. These were crispy and generously filled with cheese! The sweet n sour sauce made it even more flavorful!2) Crispy Salmon served with jasmine rice & salad - The salmon was cooked well. The sauce was sooo delicious! I'm not sure what exactly was in the sauce. There was a generous amount, so I made sure to mix it with the rice. The salad was fresh and tasted as expected.3) Nam Kao - My bf ordered this, and I took a bite. The flavor from all the spices were definitely present. He ordered this spicy, and oof .. it was spicyyy. It sat on a large salad. Usually you'd rip off pieces of salad, place the nam kao on top, fold it and enjoy. My bf just devoured the whole plate as is lol.Pricing: It's what you'd consider average prices nowadays $$. We thought it was worth it, and it satisfied my bf's cravings!
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Cheryl N.
Jan 25, 2025
My husband declared a moratorium, no more going to restaurants I saw on TIKTOK, it is like what my daddy said "fakenews" the glossy, spectacular dishes showing mouth watering soups, specialty desserts, specialty drinks, all have nothing to do w reality. We got scammed going to the banh Khot in Garden Grove, it was so inedible, the Isla Cuba in Buena park was a complete joke, nothing like what Cuban food is supposed to be and I'm going to South Beach in 3 weeks. Quattro was the biggest joke of all, I paid $125 and came home to eat left over from ROUX, come back for ROUX review. I'm almost embarrassed to admit how can a seasoned globetrotter like myself could not discern the Fake videos, I watched 4 videos of KANOS Thai bistro before I decided to go there. Here is the report: 1) Boat noodles, the broth was thick like molasses, the taste was Ok but it was too condensed and too sweet on top of 6 out of 5 on the HEAT METER, I told them only 2 out of 5, what were they thinking, my husband had to drive to Albertson to get me a can of beef broth to dilute, it was still so hot, I felt like my tongue was TORCHED, MY GUM BLED AFTER A FEW HOURS and I only ate 1/3 and trashed the rest. $18 down the drain. Nobody knows how to make boat noodles and it's a popular soup like the VN Pho. So 2 out of 5 stars. Btw the rib eye was nothing like what was the video. The meatballs were tasty but the braised beef was chewy. 2) Khao Soi beef ribs, popular in North Thailand, Chiang Mai etc..the taste was good 4 stars out of 5 if you can handle the sweet taste. 3)$15 for the Apps combo. I last had golden pouch 20 years ago in Bangkok, this was so tasteless, same as the egg roll 2 out of 5 stars.I wished I had ordered drunken noodles, it looked pretty good, my husband didn't want to go back, afraid we'd be disappointed again. Everything was more expensive than at Jumpa Thai. Sorry, only 3 stars, I have no idea why anybody rating this 4 to 5 stars, they probably had never been to Thailand, I have been there at least 10 maybe even 15 times so I know what authentic Thai cuisine should be like, one thing for sure, everything was NOT SWEET AS CANDIES like at Kanok Thai.
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Noelle N.
Jan 22, 2025
I was just looking for some good Thai restaurants since I wanted Pad Thai so bad and this place is incredible! The Pad Thai, Pad See Ew, and Thai Fried Rice are all very good!P.S. bad quality image but high quality food!
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Maritza S.
Nov 24, 2024
The service is amazing. Everyone we interacted with was super friendly. The food was absolutely delicious. We tried a noodle, a rice, a soup and a salad and ate every single bite. Nothing was left on the plates.I only wish I lived closer so I could go back more often. FYI. Check in on Yelp and get a free Thai iced tea or a soda.
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Estefania C.
Jan 5, 2025
Delicious good food. They have lots of different options. Watch out for the spice level tho. We got one at a level 3 and didn't realize they do it mild, medium and spicy. We thought it was out of ten oops. Was good but it was way too spicy for us for the pad see eww. We got the curry which had three different ones and it was nice to have a variety. I also have trouble making decisions on which one I want usually so that was nice. Great amazing service. Food came out fast and was delicious. The place is nice and clean. Definitely order the coconut juice it is an actual coconut. So delicious and you can eat the meat inside as well.
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Adriane T.
Feb 25, 2025
Always delicious! My favorite is their Pumpkin Curry with Brown Rice. This is my go-to Thai spot in Costa Mesa.
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Tyler T.
Feb 1, 2025
Super good. Love that all the curry has a coconut base and I can tell that everything uses clean ingredients. I do only wish that the price was a little less.
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Dante M.
Feb 8, 2025
Went here on a Saturday around noon with my wife after shopping at target in the same plaza. This place was empty but the menu had a lot of great options. We had pad see ew with fried tofu, Tom Yum soup with shrimp, chicken satay with peanut sauce, and a fried banana dessert with ice cream. Everything we ate was delicious, fresh, and bursting with flavors. Best Thai food we have tried so far in Costa Mesa. We had plenty of leftovers which we had packed up for home. They're on DoorDash too so we will be ordering plenty more. So happy to have found this place.
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Tu-Uyen N.
Jan 19, 2025
Came here last Sunday about 50 minutes before they closed for the night. Took us a bit of time to find the place from the parking lot because there's no "big sign" on the building that you can easily see. Walking in, it gave immediate "home-y" vibes and they were very welcoming. I love small family owned businesses because you know you get to eat mom and pop recipes that are past down through generations. We ordered three items, 1 app, 2 entrees and they were all really good. - Chicken Satay Skewers (8/10) : served with 6 skewers, peanut sauce and a vinegretre cucumber small dish to balance everything out. Skewers were juicy, perfectly slides off the stick, and loved it with the sauce. - Thai boat noodles (9/10): my godddd, this was one of the better boat noodles I've had. Generous about of meat, which I appreciate because there are places that tend to be skimpy. Also, the brisket in the bowl was so tender, you can split the meat with your chopstick, amazing. The depth of flavor it had was perfect. The owners mentioned they're trying to re-add this into the menu since they were trying to perfect the dish, I would be so happy if they did. Only thing I recommend is to offer some additional bean sprouts and maybe some basil on the side. Everything else should remain the same. Tom yum soup (7/10): the soup was just like any other, however this place does have one leg up compared to others because the depth of flavor they have in their food. For the cost and the portion, I would recommend offering plain rice or noodles at no additional cost. The soup was good, but not enough as an "entree." Overall, I would return to try out the boat noodle soup again to check the consistency and try out a few other dishes on the menu.
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Vincent V.
Nov 9, 2024
We have been coming here for years now and the food is consistently good every time. We love to order the pad Thai and the curry trio which is not available at any other Thai place. The spice level is perfect and actually spicy. The service is always very friendly and welcoming.
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