Thai Aroma
Thai Aroma
2 chicken thighs in a Northern-style curry soup with blanched egg noodles, red onion, pickled mustard greens, and coconut milk, topped with fried egg noodles. Served with chili oil and lime. No substitution. Spicy.
Crispy Fried Calamari or Crispy Shrimp stir-fried with carrot, bell pepper, onion, scallion, garlic, and Thai chilis along with Thai pepper and salt seasoning. A flavorful dish served with steamed rice. (please indicate if you want it less spicy or less less spicy, it cannot be made with no spice)
White rice stir-fried with jumbo lump crab meat, egg, garlic, onion, butter, scallion, and cilanto. No substitution. Can be made gluten-free if we substitute fish sauce for soy sauce.
4 pieces. Marinated, skewered, and grilled. Served with sweet-and-spicy dipping sauce.
Thin strips of marinated beef, either grilled or sauteed with butter, served with vermicelli, lettuce, carrots, bean sprouts, cucumbers, peanuts, onions and nuoc mam sauce. No substitution.
Our brown sauce classic with garlic, onion, carrot, tomato, bell pepper, mushrooms, and celery. Served with white rice. No substitution.
2 pieces. Deep-fried wheat flour paper rolls with ground chicken, shrimp, onion, and vermicelli noodles. Served with sweet-and-sour sauce.
2 pieces. Rice paper wrapped around shrimp or tofu, rice vermicelli, cilantro, and bean sprouts. Served with house peanut sauce. *For gluten free customer, we will replace peanut sauce with orange spring rolls sauce.
2 pieces. Deep-fried rice paper rolls with carrot, celery, cabbage, and vermicelli noodles. Served with sweet-and-sour sauce.
8 pieces. Deep-fried wontons, stuffed with curried chicken & potato and loads of Thai seasonings. Served with a house sweet-and-sour sauce.
2 pieces. Potato, carrot, and peas in a flaky crust. Served with cucumber relish. Vegan.
4 pieces. Marinated, skewered, and grilled. Served with satay peanut sauce & cucumber relish.
Fried bean curd served with the house sweetand- sour sauce and crushed peanuts. Gluten-free, vegan.
Fresh squid, lightly battered, and fried until golden. Seasoned with salt. Served with sweet-andsour sauce.
4 pieces. Handmade dumplings stuffed with pork, shrimp, and water chestnuts. Topped with carrot and garlic.
Deep fried egg wonton skin with imitation crabmeat cream cheese and carrot.
Deep fried chicken dumpling with scallion peas corn and mushroom fillings.
Choice of chicken, shrimp, or vegetables in a lemongrass-based, hot-and-sour soup with red onion, mushrooms, tomatoes, scallions, and cilantro.
Choice of chicken, shrimp, or vegetables in a thin coconut milk base flavored with galangal. Served with tomato, celery, bell pepper, scallions, and cilantro.
Handmade shrimp wontons in clear broth with cilantro, scallion, garlic, and black pepper.
Mixed vegetables and white mushrooms in clear broth with soy sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, black pepper, and cilantro.
Papaya salad. Julienned green papaya, roasted peanuts, string beans, tomatoes, ground shrimp and mixed with a spicy fish sauce & lime dressing. Vegan, spicy.
Minced chicken, blanched, and mixed with chili, cilantro, scallion, mint, rice powder, red onion, lime, and fish sauce on a bed of lettuce. Spicy.
Fresh greens, carrot, tomato, and cucumbers, drizzled with sweet vinaigrette. Served with satay peanut sauce. Vegan.
Grilled beef with chili, cilantro, scallion, mint, red onion, lime, and fish sauce on top of lettuce. Spicy.
Bean thread, minced chicken and shrimp with red onion, lime, cilantro, scallion, and fish sauce. Spicy.
Just like Thailand this Sticky Rice is a perfect pair to eat with Larb Chicken Somtum Salad or Namtok!
Thin rice noodles stir-fried with egg, bean sprouts, scallion, and peanut in fish sauce. Recommendation: chicken, tofu or shrimp. Gluten-free.
Wide rice noodles stir-fried with egg, garlic, chili, onion, carrot, bok choy, and basil in soy sauce. Recommendation: beef or shrimp. Spicy.
Broad rice noodles stir-fried with egg, garlic, and Chinese broccoli. Recommendation: beef.
Chicken broth with thin rice noodles, bean sprouts, scallion, cilantro, peanut, and garlic. Recommendation: chicken or shrimp. Gluten-free, spicy.
Our Thai noodle soup with a spicy coconut base. Spicy.
Bean thread noodles stir-fried with egg, garlic, onion, mushroom, bok choy, tomato, and celery. Can be made gluten-free if we substitute fish sauce for soy sauce.
White rice stir-fried with egg, garlic, onion, peas, and carrot. Can be made gluten-free if we substitute fish sauce for soy sauce.
White rice stir-fried with egg, chili, garlic, onion, basil, peas, and carrot. Can be made gluten-free if we substitute fish sauce for soy sauce.
White rice stir-fried with egg, garlic, onion, pineapple, cashews, raisins, celery, peas, and carrot. Can be made gluten-free if we substitute fish sauce for soy sauce.
Chicken and shrimp with rice infused with a sweet chili sauce, topped with a Thai-style omelet, scallion and cilantro. No substitution. Gluten-free, spicy.
Choice of protein stir-fried with string beans, carrot, onion, garlic, and basil in brown sauce. Recommendation: crispy eggplant, crispy tilapia, crispy shrimp, or crispy duck. Spicy.
Choice of protein with ginger, onion, garlic, carrot, scallion, and mushroom in brown sauce. Recommendation: pork or duck.
Choice of protein stir-fried with broccoli in brown sauce with garlic and white pepper. Recommendation: chicken or shrimp. Spicy.
Choice of protein with chili, garlic, onion, carrot, bell pepper, and snow peas in brown sauce. Recommendation: chicken or crispy eggplant. Spicy.
Choice of protein with garlic, onion, carrot, and bell pepper in a sauce with soy-chili paste. Recommendation: beef or seafood combo. Can be made gluten-free if we substitute fish sauce for soy sauce. Spicy.
Choice of protein stir-fried with string beans in a thin sauce using a chili-curry paste. Recommendation: tofu or pork. Gluten-free, spicy.
Crispy, battered chicken stir-fried with cashews, onion, scallions, and carrot in a special sauce. Served with white rice. No substitution.
2 chicken thighs in a Northern-style curry soup with blanched egg noodles, red onion, pickled mustard greens, and coconut milk, topped with fried egg noodles. Served with chili oil and lime. No substitution. Spicy.
Choice of protein cooked with panang curry paste, coconut milk, basil, and snow peas. Recommendation: chicken or duck. Gluten-free, spicy.
Choice of protein cooked with green curry paste, coconut milk, Thai basil, and eggplant. Recommendation: shrimp or scallops. Gluten-free, spicy.
Choice of protein with red curry paste, coconut milk, string beans, bamboo, and basil. Recommendation: shrimp, chicken or tofu. Gluten-free, spicy.
Choice of protein cooked in a Malay-style yellow curry with onion, potato, and coconut milk. Recommendation: chicken or tofu. Gluten-free, spicy.
Tender beef chunks stewed in a Southern Thai curry with coconut milk, potatoes, onions, and peanuts. No substitution. Gluten-free.
Spicy Crispy Fried Calamari or Crispy Shrimp stir-fried with carrot, bell pepper, onion, scallion, garlic, and Thai chilis along with Thai pepper and salt seasoning. A flavorful dish served with steamed rice. (please indicate if you want it less spicy or no spicy)
Chunks, battered and deep-fried, then stir-fried with garlic, chili, and bell pepper in a spicy, sweetand- sour sauce blend. Topped with scallion and cilantro. Spicy.
Grilled fillet, topped with a variation of our classic Panang sauce and served with a side of steamed broccoli. Gluten-free, spicy.
Skewered shrimp and scallops charbroiled and served with onion, garlic, chili, string beans, and carrot in basil sauce on a bed of crispy eggplant. Spicy.
Chunks, deep-fried and stir-fried in red curry paste with coconut milk, string beans, carrots, and rhizome. Topper with crispy basil.
A sizzling platter of shrimp and scallops in brown sauce with garlic, butter, onion, snow pea, tomato, carrot, celery, and cashews on a hot iron skillet.
Lighty battered and deep-fried chunks are tossed in your choice of sauce and their concomitant vegetables.
Crispy, battered shrimp stir-fried with cashews, onion, scallions, and carrot in a special sauce. Served with white rice. No substitution.
A stir-fry of snow pea, bok choy, string bean, broccoli, carrot, mushrooms, onion, and garlic in brown sauce. Served with white rice. Can be made gluten-free if we substitute fish sauce for soy sauce. Vegan.
Broccoli stir-fried with garlic in brown sauce.
Chinese Broccoli Stir-Fried with garlic in brown sauce.
Soft Eggplant stir fried with broccoli , garlic,and white pepper in brown sauce
Soft Eggplant stir fried with string beans, carrot, onion, garlic, chili, and basil in brown sauce. This dish is spicy by default.
Sticky Rice soaked in sweet coconut cream. Served with fresh mango.
Banana slices wrapped in wheat flour paper rolls, fried to perfection, drizzled with honey, and sesame seeds.
3 pieces. A double-layered pudding consisting of a smooth tapioca texture bottom and a creamy sweet coconut top. Gluten-free.
Sweet, soft taro balls in warm coconut cream.
Sticky Rice soaked in sweet coconut cream.
Half Cranberry and Half Pineapple Juice
Garlic Stir-Fry with chicken and extra vegetables
Chawa Fried Rice with string beans......omg!!!
Lychee Martini
Spicy Thai noodle soup with coconut base
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Chicken livers
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Interesting
Lychee martini
Banana crepes
Chicken Money Dumpling Bag (4 pcs).......so freaking good
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Fried Spring Roll
Steamed dumplings
Tom Yum soup
Thai Fried Rice
Pineapple upside down martini
Wonton Soup
Steamed Dumpling
Panang Curry.
Chicken Pad Thai
Thai Basil Krapow with tofu
Mixed vegetables with added chicken.
Thai Basil Krapow with tofu and rice
Tamara M.
Aug 31, 2024
Thai Aroma was full throttle on flavor, quality and quantity. This place may not catch your eye from the outside. There is nothing flashy about it. They are a hidden gem in plain sight. The restaurant was pretty empty but there seemed to be a semi steady flow of foot traffic from carryout. The service was super friendly. I enjoyed our waiter slash bartender beaming with joy as he described how he crafted our cocktails. He knew what he was doing because the drinks were delicious. The menu is pretty lengthy but not too overwhelming. We started off with trying some of their appetizers; fried spring rolls, steamed dumplings and chicken money bags. All of the items were tasty but the chicken money bags were so dang on good. I don't know another spot that has this on the menu. For the main dishes we settled on garlic stir-fry with chicken and extra veggies and Chawa fried rice. Man o man.......delicious!!! Full flavor eruptions. Needless to say we enjoyed everything and rolled out with some leftovers because they give you so much.
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Mimi M.
Dec 27, 2024
Food was ok, but not great. We ordered the ubiquitous Drunken Noodles, Larb Gai, and a catfish dish. The Larb Gai was pretty good, but the other 2 dishes were just so-so, and when we told the host that we didn't think the Drunken Noodles were actually Drunken Noodles because there was no basil in it and had egg in it and a little sweet, so we thought it might've been pad seeiew instead. What got us so irritated is what the guy said to us. "No, this is drunken noodles, maybe you never had it before" so sister said we know what it should taste like and has no basil, and has egg, we lived in Thailand and we've also eaten at plenty of other that restaurants all over the DMV. Then he replied, "we don't use a lot of basil because it's too expensive". Which, besides something you would never tell a customer, it's not true. If you go to a pho place, they give everyone a pile of it with every bowl of pho. Plus, when the catfish dish came, they had a bunch of basil on top. So what a bunch of crap. REALLY didn't appreciate his response. (Fyi, the Thai tea also has a funny taste). Won't be going back.
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Marie F.
Feb 21, 2025
Solid spot for delicious thai food. Very convenient for takeout since you can order online and food's cooked to order and ready in usually 15-20, so you can be in and out in minutes. The crispy tofu pad thai is a yummy option for vegetarians, and they can make it vegan on request! Nice people.
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Anthony H.
Nov 19, 2023
Went back to Thai Aroma. Still the best Thai restaurant in Ellicott City. Added some pictures this time. Enjoy.
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Adam R.
Jul 7, 2023
This place has been my go to Thai place since I was 12 (so 20 plus years). My father frequents this place weekly, and when I'm in town this is one of the only places I actually like to sit inside and enjoy. Most people here do take out, so it's generally quite minus the takeout desk (I'm sure they do 15-20 orders an hour without getting too loud). The average diner at the restaurant is a family, there for a good time and probably a local to Ellicott City, or surrounding areas.The service is always great, with it being a family owned restaurant (good families own this place too). The people are friendly, and of course with my dad being a frequenter, they know what he'll order before he does (we're people of habit).The food, oh the food! I'm always one to pick the Pad Thai with chicken, and every topping on the Pad Thai is fresh, and well cooked. With the toppings being crispy, and the actual Pad Thai being the perfect softness without being sautéed with too many sauces. The green curry and the white curry are both great, but, I prefer the green curry to anything else, as with the snow peas and the medley of crunch and softness from the chicken and vegetables is one to not pass off, and I would say the coconut in the dish really adds a refreshing after taste (a good one of course). Both my wife and my step mother like to order the drunken noodle (or Pad See-Yu which has (as most Thai places) spices that you can choose, from Thai spice (I can't handle that) to not too spicy (but it has to be spicy as that's part of the dish). The noodles have a great texture that makes me think it's hand made, and that definitely adds quite a bit here. If you don't know about this place, do you even know Howard County (I'm joking) definitely add it as your go to pick up/delivery place. Or, come on by and enjoy.
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Tiara B.
Jun 15, 2023
Looking for some good Thai food in Ellicott City? This is the place to go! My family and I visited here for the first time and all of our meals were absolutely delicious. Pictured are the drunken noodles with beef, drunken noodles with shrimp, and Thai fried rice with shrimp. Good customer service and plenty of parking in this shopping center.
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Ieshia T.
Jul 7, 2022
I like to come here when I'm craving Thai food and I'm at work. I decided to be adventurous this day in order the infamous sweet mango rice. Definitely got the sweet right. I do like the stickiness of the rice and wish there was some mint to cut some of that sweetness.I decided to stick with what I love best and order the chicken drunken noodles. They never disappoint however I would like to see a little more vegetables like maybe tomatoes and broccoli added in.
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Diana K.
Nov 10, 2023
It's 5 years since I left my first review of this wonderful restaurant and the only thing that has changed is how much we enjoy it. The food, people and setting remain the same. Prices have gone up like everything else but reasonable and the quality is still great!I still order the yellow curry with tofu and salad with extra peanut sauce. My husband makes his way around the menu trying something different as often as he can.It's still our first choice of places to go out for a meal.
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Brenna D.
Aug 20, 2023
This place was great! Awesome service with delicious food we started with the chicken money bags which were perfectly crispy on the outside and filled with delicious chicken filling.. and the sauce was so good! I got the pad Thai and my husband got garlic chicken. For dessert we got mango sticky rice which was so so good! The pad Thai was delicious, I wish it came with lime but still good regardless. The space was nice and quiet because we were the only ones there which was nice actually!
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Heidi F.
Feb 16, 2022
I really liked it here! I am gluten free and the menu being labeled is incredible not to mention the massive selection! The Tom Yum was super tasty. The yellow curry was flavorful and my favorite of the night. We asked for it to be less spicy. Service nice and knowledgeable. Truly a gem!
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