Ubon Thai Kitchen

Great tasting Thai food. They provide great base dishes and use the Thai side seasonings to adjust to your personal flavor palette. That's how traditional Thai food is served and eaten. Had the Tom Yum Noodle soup. Zesty and hit the spot, especially during these winter months. Their rice dishes, such as basil chicken, are authentic in flavor and delicious. A good place to fulfill your Thai food cravings. Parking can be a little challenging during peak lunch hours but if you're patient and/or open to parking a handful of steps farther, you'll be fine. There's also a lot of dessert and shopping places within the same plaza. Make a whole event of it.

This is a decent Thai place and one of the better options for Thai food in Torrance. We order takeout from here and via Doordash often. They have tables inside as well but it's not too big of a place. I've tried their pad see ew, pad thai, and chicken yellow curry. Sometimes the pad thai is way too saucy for my liking and the pad see ew noodles are sometimes kinda stuck together, but the flavor is pretty good. All three dishes are enjoyable and tasty but don't hold up too well after a day if you want to save your leftovers. Overall, I like this place but I don't love it. I've had better Thai food elsewhere (and my favorite is still Bowl Thai in Gardena) but this is a solid spot in a pinch. Parking: free in Crossroads plaza lot

Authentic Thai cuisine!Food is served fresh and sizzling hot. The employees are quick and attentive. The restaurant is clean and they have great lunch specials too. Favorites:Pad see ew tofuTom yum soup chicken

Haven't been here in a while, but the food is still really good. The yum woon sen glass noodle salad came out a little bit too salty this time. I noticed that they added more glass noodles, but they cut back on the lettuce portion. The pad thai with chicken was cooked perfect perfectly this time we really liked the balance of flavor. Pad thai and pad see ew are always a classic favorite with us. The yellow curry chicken has improved a lot. I like that they cut the potatoes into smaller cubes and added more chicken into the curry. The servers are friendly and very quick. The restaurant is still the same casual and a relaxing atmosphere good for individuals and groups. I would recommend coming here if you're craving Thai food. They're one of the few places that's really good in the Torrance area.

Food is always good. A surprise hole in the wall Thai place. I love their Yellow Chicken Curry.

The food tasted good but the portions are terrible. For 35 dollars this could barely feed one person.

My family has been ordering take out from this place for years! It's a small quaint thai restaurant with friendly staff. Our usuals consist of: beef pad see ew, chicken Tom kha, panang curry, and pad thai. You can never go wrong with either of those. Their thai tea is delicious as well. Their pad see ew and Tom kha are top favorites; they're cooked well with great flavor. If you're ordering takeout, make sure to ask for utensils and hot sauce if you want them!Seating: indoor seating Parking: there's a big lot, but during busy hours it can be tough navigating through the lot because the in-n-out line can get pretty long.

Ubon Thai Kitchen is at Torrance Crossroads near Home Goods; it is tucked in between IHOP International House of Pancakes and Ko Ryu Ramen which is next to Jersey Mike's. It does not have public restrooms and a lot of people seem to love ordering Take Out to go, for pick up. The ambiance? Well, the colors are really warm. Their online info says reservations are required but I called a day ahead after seeing their hours and requirements and they said it was fine to just drop in with my party of four. My mom insisted she wanted basil for her crab fried rice which they didn't have when it came but I was strangely fine with this as it really wasn't part of their family recipe and it still tasted great. My uncle ordered a larger portion entree instead of a smaller portion with rice but they gave him a smaller portion with rice. We were mostly or actually the only ones dining in, but there were as I said people coming in to order To Go and Take Out orders on a shelf waiting for pick up. I had a non-alcoholic Thai Sunset with soda and lime and I really liked it. I really loved my boat noodles! They were soo spicy!! But perfectly proportioned: a lot of rice noodles, which was my choice because I asked our server what Thai boat noodles I should pick, and it had big beef balls, the tenderest beef, the spicy braised broth was so warming and fulfilling, the sprouts green onions cilantro were crisp and fresh, there is a Thai vegetable that is leafy that had a unique taste. I don't know what it's called but it's the first time I have tried that leafy vegetable and it tastes really good! I couldn't finish my broth or my noodles! And it also came with pork cracklings! Comparable to Filipino chicharon, I dunked those in the soup and had a good time. We each had a good choice and shared pork jerky as an appetizer, and it's basically like Thai tocino, to compare it to Filipino food: sweet, succulent, a little charred from caramelization. I tried some of the pork jerky with a tiniest spoonful of the Thai fish sauce although I left those chilis alone- it tasted great! Thai fish sauce seems a bit more refined than Filipino fish sauce. Filipino fish sauce is a bit more rough and tumble, wild. I would never put Filipino fish sauce with Filipino tocino but Thai pork jerky and Thai fish sauce blends really well! Eating the rice noodles with the pork jerky, where all the herbs and spices just soaked through and knitted together a dripping way instead of a dried rice kernels fried way made the experience so thoroughly opulent to my senses including my mouth and tongue with the fragrance. Though it wasn't the smoothest time, I could tell the staff does their best and the food did stand out as authentic and very delicious. My Thai boat noodles removed the pre-flu tickle in my throat (which could have been caused by my recent COVID vax and this season's flu shot) and thoroughly cleared my sinuses. I'm glad I can handle Thai medium spicy! Also the food was ready to eat, to me, almost as soon as we ordered it. Like, in the blink of an eye, as though it was magically appearing from a genie. Ubon is a region of Thailand, so I figure the family of the restaurant hails from there. Another good early dinner for this year's round of birthday celebrations. I would wholeheartedly recommend you try Ubon Thai Kitchen for their delicious food. Food so good they get a five!

We have been coming here for years . In recent times I gotta say I am disappointed by some of their dishes . The crying tiger used to be delicious , grilled and smothered with fish vinegar sauce . Now ? It was a bunch of boiled tasteless beef with a container of fish sauce. I get the Ubon noodle soup whenever I get our takeout. The taste of the broth has been inconsistent . I am happy with the amount of rice noodle they give you but they offer so little soup it is pretty much pointless . Honestly I would be fine if they charge me extra for the broth so I can cover the noodle! This isn't the first time we have had subpar food from Ubon . I just keep hoping it will return to its original way of cooking!

My favorite Thai spot in Torrance. Service is always friendly and fast. I've ordered almost everything off their menu and it's always been outstanding. My favorite is the duck curry. Lots of tender juicy duck pieces and curry always hit. Located in the Torrance Crossroads center next to some other great eateries. Definitely give Ubon a try if you're in the mood for some bomb ass Thai food.