Panang Thai Cuisine

This place is great! Love the flavors and friendliness of the staff. Definitely a top place to eat in Lafayette and my go to Thai place. They really excel at the options, with a ton of authentic dishes and real flavor. I love the Summer Rolls, Pad Thai with tofu, and most of all, the Honeydew Boba tea. You can't go wrong with those! They have a ton of boba flavors, so you can try a bit of everything! The peanut sauce is great too, not spicy and sweet instead. Vegetables are fresh and tasty too.

Like many places in Colorado, this place needs to stick to its guns and tell customers that if they want their Thai food dumbed down they should go somewhere else. They're tailoring their menu to the lowest common denominator of customers instead of making the food the way they know it should be made. The Pad Thai was awful. But apparently they're making what locals want. They stopped putting scallions in the Pad Thai because people kept complaining about the taste of raw scallion. The Pad Thai didn't have tamarind flavor or egg. The Panang Curry was watery and flavorless. They stopped putting shrimp with tails on in their Tom Yum soup because people complained about the tails. I think they could make great Thai food, but they'd need to cut a ton of items from their menu, make it how they want, educate customers, and if customers want their pad thai to taste like sriracha and ketchup they should go to noodle house or something.

Very good food. I like how they give you an option of one through five when it comes to spiciness. Sort of bizarre that they are closed on Wednesdays. Seems like when I crave it. It's on a Wednesday.

We love this place most of the time. Lately, it has not been as good. We hope they improve the quality and get back to what they used to be. Burned anything shouldn't be acceptable.

If you're looking for authentic Thai cuisine in Lafayette, Panang is it!! We got the Bangkok duck and beef with green curry sauce. They were delicious! We will be trying more dishes on their menu. Take out was fast and easy. Our dishes were ready in 20 min. Portion is generous. Price is reasonable. If you get the white rice it comes with the dishes, a little more for the brown rice. Their food is as authentic as some of the Thai restaurants in NYC.

Ordered the Combination Pad Thai for takeout from this place a week ago and I was a quite happy about the price and quality of the food I received. I will plan to dine-in on my next visit as there are a number of items on the menu that appeal to the senses. Although the noodles were a little more sticky than i anticipated, the flavors balanced with the spice and heat more than made up for what I imagine was the direct result of having the dish boxed to-go.

Let's talk about the positives first, this is a very well-run business. The staff is very attentive and friendly, while the interior of the restaurant is clean with a cozy vibe. Unfortunately, the food is just not worth it. I've been twice, now. I really wanted to like it! Both times, my meal has not been that great. Most recently, my chicken came out rubbery and inedible in my to-go order. I'm not sold to go back a third time. :(

Long overdue review - our visit was pre-pandemic, and I'm just now getting around to finishing this. Oops... Nonetheless, this place has been on my list of bookmarked restaurants for friggin' ever. It just so happens that we were feeling hungry right at the time we drove by. How about that.Lafayette is a pretty quaint little place, and has a really cool, historic downtown. Panang Thai is in a small-ish little strip mall near the heart of downtown, and is pretty unassuming at first glance. You may end up driving right by at first if you're not keeping an eye our for it. The parking situation hasn't been an issue for us so far, but it's kind of tight, so be wary of the time you decide to drop in. I can only assume that with all the other businesses around, it may become somewhat tricky to find a spot once things start getting busy.Like many other restaurants of this size, the dining area is pretty open and full of two- to four-top tables. The cashier is smack dab in the middle of the back, and the kitchen is hidden behind a wall. The walls are plastered with blown up images of some of their more popular dishes, and a decent size fish tank adorns the sitting area for patrons' viewing pleasure lol. Each time I've been in, there are typically between one and three other lone diners or couples speckling the restaurant, so we have always been immediately greeted and led to a table and left with waters and menus. It never takes us too long to decide on what to order - and let me just say that I'd like to visit more so that I can try a bunch of different things on the menu - and our food is always brought out quickly. The lunch size portions are a good size, and perfect for those that may be a bit on the hungry side. I don't normally have it in me to finish my entire meal, but it seems to always be the perfect amount for my BF. Service is fast, the price point is absolutely reasonable for what you get, the atmosphere is light and pretty open, and staff have always been friendly. This is a great place to grab a quick bite for lunch, and I can honestly say that I have never had anything less than an awesome experience. Next on the list is to stop by for dinner! From the looks of it, they've got a pretty respectable alcohol selection, which I can't say I'd be opposed to trying lol!

Solid dinner. Stopped in on a Saturday night. Seated right away. Good service, good food, clean and bright. The servers were a little over-attentive, polite and knowledgeable. We got the crab rangoon and it was really good! We got the drunken noodles and massaman curry - both were fine. Not very spicy. The server never asked how spicy we wanted the food so we probably should have been proactive. Biggest challenge was finding parking - the megachurch was just getting out when we arrived. Church attendees are not supposed to park in the retail but clearly they do.

I was looking for a new Thai place as our regular place was closed for the Month for vacation. I order our typical take out order. Our food was correct, hot even w a 15 min drive home, priced reasonable for Thai take out. When I arrived the restaurant at 630 was full, staff seem slightly stressed but still friendly. The restaurant looked clean from walking in and a pick up food at their counter. There was a waiting for pick up but all patrons looking to sit were seated immediately at 730pm on Thursday evening. Our food was a their vegan tofu spring roll w sauce, it was okay I felt the tofu could have been smaller pieces in roll and they were soft not to firm I wasn't a fan of basil in roll it was over powering. The crab wontons were delicious and a lot of pieces w yummy dipping sauce. The chicken pad Thai I absolutely loved bc we could pick our spice level here our original place you are not able too. There is big chunks of chicken and lots of peanuts, dressing bamboo shoots and shredded carrots n green onion. It was so so good. I can't wait to order again. I would just try a different appetizer their spring roll is their style and not for me doesn't mean it not for someone else. The delicious food, the friendliness and hot food by the time we brought it home is why we give them 5 stars