Must be Thai

Decided to try this Thai restaurant for date night and luckily we added ourselves to the waiting list and did not have to wait very long to be seated.Tom Kha (5/5): I found this dish very comforting and greats value. It was only about $7 for a cup. Tom Yum fried rice (5/5): This dish was banger. It was a bit spicy, but I loved the Tom yum flavors with rice. In addition, the squid as the protein made my night.Mu Daeng (3/5): Definitely not my favorite, but great if you want something homemade tasting. I thought the flavor was pretty bland despite the roasted port and egg. Overall great place to eat at.

Came here on a Thursday at lunchtime with a friend. There was a line for tables, but we only ended up waiting for 5ish minutes before getting seated. The restaurant is quite small, so they were seating groups of 2 when availability opened up over a bigger group. There are a few tables that can accommodate bigger groups of 4 to 6. The menu is very extensive and is organized by regions. While they do have the typical pad thai and pad see ew dishes, it appears that most dishes are meant to be eaten family style. I got the hang leh curry and a bowl of rice. You could also have the option of getting blue rice (dyed with butterfly pea tea) or sticky rice. My friend got pad thai and I was surprised they didn't mix the peanuts and beansprouts into the noodles, but kept them separated. All the food was very tasty, although the curry was a bit too sweet for my own preference (it does say that it includes sugar on the menu!). They were very generous with the meat pieces. Would come back here again, and I'd be interested in trying their other dishes. The restaurant is located in a plaza so there's plenty of parking. It's also only a 10 min walk from Santana Row and the mall.

The menu here has a variety , some dishes never heard before. Tried their tom yum shrimp rice- loved it . Tangy yet spicy. Also tried their green curry. Lots of veggies. Can add more curry to it i felt. Service is quick. Small restaurant so might get busy . Outside the mall so no hassle of mall parking.

My fiance and I have been here a handful of times and we always have an amazing experience. We came around 4:40 on a Saturday because this place gets busy fast. The restaurant was at about half capacity when we arrived. By the time we finished dinner at 5:20, the restaurant was full!! This place is on the smaller side, and there are only 10 tables in the restaurant. This place is perfect for a date night, dinner with friends, or just a casual dinner. Today, we ordered the Khao Mu Daeng (my personal favorite), Panaeng Curry with Chicken, and the Pad See You with prawns. We also ordered two hot jasmine teas. The Khao Mu Daeng comes with a sweet roasted pork, crispy pork belly, rice, a perfectly cooked hard boiled egg, green onion and a sweet, slightly spicy sauce. This dish never disappoints!!The panaeng curry was delicious, as always, but a tad bit spicier than usual. It tastes like a classic panaeng curry. The pad see you is a must have. The Chinese broccoli added a nice crunch to the dish and the prawns were cooked perfectly! The service is always quick and friendly. I would definitely recommend coming here because they have a variety of dishes that I don't usually see at other Thai places.

This place is not like your traditional Thai restaurant. I really liked the menu options. There is a yelp waitlist that you can join virtually ahead of time. Coming to the ambience, the restaurant itself is small but cozy. We had the Tom yum soup, hot mama and a pork starter. All were really good. The dessert was really good too. Overall a nice dining experience!

Lots of parking right outside and they do have a yelp "join a waitlist" for parties of 6 that u can avail if u are in the area. I did call the restaurant ahead of time to request for a table for 10 but they dont accept reservations so getting there at 11am (opening time) was our best shot.Its a fairly small restaurant so now i understand why they wouldnt want to take up reservations for more than 6 at a time. The line gets long after 11.45 so plan your visit accordingly.The menu is not very big and food is on the spicier side so if you are someone who likes medium spicy or not good then do call it out upfront with your server and mention "mild/ no chilli".In $300 (group of 10), we got:- papaya salad - 3/5 fishy smell and even mild was really spicy with green thai chillies in it. It has tiny shrimp in it and sadly they didnt have a "vegeterian papaya salad" which is not fair. I wish they introduce that to their menu too.- thai iced tea - 5/5 looked really orange but it wasnt overly sweet. It paired perfectly with the drunken noodles and curry/rice- penang curry 5/5 - we ordered "mild" and it was medium and i loved it. Im indian asian so i can go up higher on spicy and will try medium next time. We tried both tofu/veg and chicken and both were good. You have to order rice separately. Must try!!- drunken noodles 5/5 - we ordered both tofu/veg and chicken and both were really good. Perfect texture and bite. Good quality ingredients indeed. Veg Recommended!!- pork dish - 0/5 - soggy and not too flavorful. Also had big spicy green peppercorn strands. Wouldnt recommend.- beef pad thai noodles 5/5 - people loved it as it wasnt spicy (infact it was slightly sweet) and it was not dry. Slurpy noodles are the best :)- tom yum rice with seafood 5/5 - comes with prawn and calamari and really flavorful. Definitely order it!!- chicken larb - 4/5 flavorful and lightRegular portion sizes. Not too big just fyi.Definitely coming back for penang, tom yum rice and veggie drunken noodles :)

(3.5 out of 5)Ill start with the positives. The Tom yum rice, and the Panang curry were both so good! Really expensive. But still. The Tom yum rice is really worth the price. We also had Tom kha. Just didn't take a picture. Very good as well. Not the best but it was good 4/5. Now the southern pad Thai. The most dry food I've ever had. After a minute already was tuff to chew. It was terrible. I sent it back. I'll never be eating noodle dishes from this place again, then after that. The waiter had the audacity to disrespect me. Now we are on to service. Terrible! She was rude and insult me. I don't want to get into this anymore on the review, if the buisness would like to message me I'll share more info. Also another waiter tried taking food as if we were done without asking when we weren't finished yet. Ambiance was good. Come and try the Tom yum rice, and Panang curry. And when you do tell them Rothyy sent you!

Must be Thai is a pretty solid Thai Restaurant in the South Bay. Depending on the day and time you go, it may be a bit of a wait. My friends and I came during a weekday, a bit after lunch time so it wasn't really busy. We were seated right away. However, we did feel the pressure and a bit rushed in knowing what to order because our server came up to our table about 2-3 times asking if we were ready to order. It was a couple of my friend's first time, so it would've been nice to not feel so rushed in looking over the menu.Each of us ordered an entree each and ordered a plate of calamari and veggie pastries to share. The food came out pretty quick after we ordered. Everything we ordered was good. I originally wanted to try the Boat Noodles because I don't know of any Thai restaurants in the area that serve it, but when I asked about it, they don't have that item on the menu anymore because not a lot of people ordered it. Definitely recommend Must be Thai!

It's not a solid 4 but it's better than 3...Overall we had a good experience and will be back to try more dishes.Service: this place was packed but service is pretty good and food comes out fast.Ambience: it's a medium size nice place.Food: overall we were happy with dishes! We will be back to try more items. I was a bit disappointed they don't have yellow curry.- Tom YUM w/shrimp: enjoyed this soup a lot. It had good flavor and good portion ingredients.- Summer roll: pretty standard. Good portion, and peanut butter sauce was very rich & nice.- Pad See You w/pork: It was very oily. The noddles on their own didn't have much flavor but the pork was very flavorful & crispy edges while still soft.- Panaeng Curry w/chicken: It's definitely spicy! It has good flavor & decent ingredients.

Cute place. There was about a 15 minute wait for dinner on a Thanksgiving weekend. The place was busy but the service was quick. Soup, Curry with Rice and Veggie pastry was good.