Thai House Express
Thai House Express
Toong Gern. Minced chicken, potatoes and carrots wrapped in a crispy pouch and served with cucumber salad.
Fresh spring rolls with shrimp or tofu, vegetables, and rice noodles. Served with our exclusive peanut sauce.
Silver noodles, vegetables and served with sweet and sour sauce. Vegan
Served with sweet and sour sauce, grounded peanuts, and peanut sauce.
Nuer Kem. Served with special spicy sauce and housemade green sauce.
BBQ sliced chicken skewer. Served with homemade peanut sauce and cucumber salad.
Served with cucumbers and ground peanuts
Crispy shrimp egg rolls served with sweet and sour sauce.
Chef's sweet & spicy garlic sauce and crispy basil.
2 pieces. Veggie egg rolls, money bags, crispy tofu and sleepy shrimp.
panko crusted crispy calamari with sweet and sour sauce
coconut milk, lemongrass, straw mushrooms, onions and galangal.
Vegetable soup with coconut milk, lemongrass, mushrooms, onions, tofu and galangal.
lemongrass, tomatoes, chili oil, mushrooms, onions and galangal
Silver noodles with grounded pork, grounded chicken or tofu and assorted vegetables soup.
Gao Lao Ruam Nuer. Traditional style Thai beef soup with special braised beef.
Som Tum Thai. Tomatoes, green beans, ground peanuts, chili, and lemon dressing.
onions, mint, cilantro, red onions, cabbage, and roasted rice powder and lime dressing.
Yum Nuer. onions, chili, cucumber, basil and tomatoes in lime dressing.
Silver noodle salad with minced pork, shrimp, wood ear mushrooms, onions, chili and lime dressing.
onions, chili, ginger, basil and lemongrass in lemon dressing.
Lightly battered salmon filet served with choice of red/green curry, basil and mixed vegetables.
Pla Pao. Grilled marinated salmon wrapped in a banana leaf. Served with cucumber salad and chef's secret sauce.
Pla Sam Rod. Topped with our special spicy, sweet, sour garlic sauce and crispy basil.
Braised pork served with pickled cabbage and a spicy garlic chili sauce.
Rice stick noodles with Dungeness crab meat, eggs and green onions.
Egg noodles topped with yellow curry, choice of protein, pickled mustard greens, red and crispy onions.
Sauteed with choice of green.
pan fried rice stick noodles with egg, tofu, bean sprouts, green onions, and ground peanuts.
Pan-fried wide rice noodles with choice of protein, eggs and Chinese broccoli.
Drunken Noodles. Pan-fried wide rice noodles with choice of protein, basil, chili and Chinese broccoli
Pan-fried silver noodles, onions, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, garlic and eggs.
egg noodles with grilled pork, green onions, and crispy garlic
Pan-fried rice noodled topped with choice of meat with yellow curry powder, carrots, tomatoes, celery, bell pepper and onions.
Traditional style Thai beef noodle soup with special braised beef and Chinese broccoli.
Hot and sour noodle soup with ground pork, sliced pork and peanuts.
Chicken, sprouts, scallions and crispy garlic in a light broth.
Vegetables, tofu, sprouts, scallions and crispy garlic in a light broth.
Egg noodles with grilled pork, green onions and crispy garlic.
Ga-Prow. Choice of meat and tofu with chili, basil leaves, garlic and bell pepper.
Pad Ma-Keur. Choice of meat or tofu, sauteed eggplant, bell pepper and basil topped with rich savory sauce.
Choice of meat or tofu, green beans, chili paste, bell pepper and basil.
Choice of meat and tofu topped with a rich garlic sauce and served with mixed vegetables.
Pad King. Choice of meat or tofu with ginger, onions, bell pepper, carrot and wood ear mushrooms.
Pra-Ram. Choice of meat or tofu in with steamed mixed vegetables and topped with peanut sauce.
Onions, dried chili, carrot and bell pepper.
your choice of sliced beef +1, chicken, pork, of tofu and Chinese broccoli sauted in a rich garlic sauce.
Choice of meat or tofu, garlic and sprouts in a hoisin sauce.
Grilled marinated steak served with housemade spicy green sauce
Sliced beef sauteed with chili oil, onions and carrots.
Egg noodles topped with light yellow curry chicken, pickle green mustard and red onions.
Lightly battered fried chicken served with a side of garlic sweet and sour sauce.
Moo Tod. Lightly battered fried pork served with a side of garlic sweet and sour sauce.
Tender chicken and potatoes in a rich, full-bodied, yellow curry sauce; not spicy. Made with coconut milk.
Choice of meat or tofu with bamboo shoots, carrots, spinach, napa cabbage, green beans, bell pepper and basil in a well-balanced and tangy sauce of red curry paste; mild. Made with coconut milk.
Choice of meat or tofu with bamboo shoots, carrots, spinach, napa cabbage, green beans, bell pepper and basil in a highly flavored sauce of green curry paste, Thai herbs and spices; medium. Made with coconut milk.
Choice of meat or tofu and onions in a rich, creamy sauce of red curry paste and peanuts. Made with coconut milk.
Kabocha squash, bell pepper and basil in a red curry sauce. Made with coconut milk.
Shrimp, pineapples, tomatoes and basil in a red curry sauce. Made with coconut milk.
Tomatoes, eggs and onions with choice of protein.
Eggs, cashew nuts, raisins, onions, carrots and choice of protein.
chinese broccoli, green beans, carrots, napa cabbage, and spinach
Limeade with fresh mint leaves
1/2 iced tea, 1/2 limeade
Fountain drink
Contains less than 0.5% Alcohol. Classic craft Golden Ale Style. Refreshing, clean, balanced, light-bodied. Aromas subtle with floral and earthy notes. Brewed with premium Vienna Malt along with combo of English and traditional American hops. Crafted to remove gluten*.
Red Wine, Lychee, Passion Fruit. Must be 21 to purchase.
Thai tea, lime juice, Jinro Soju 375ml; better shared!
Thai Lager. Must be 21 to purchase.
Belgian Pilsner. Must be 21 to purchase.
San Diego India Pale Ale. Must be 21 to purchase.
Japanese Lager. Must be 21 to purchase.
California
California
Chile
Minced meat or tofu with chili, basil leaves, and bell pepper .
ginger, onions, bell pepper, carrot, and black fungus
mixed vegetables; topped with peanut sauce
garlic & black pepper sauted; served with mixed vegetables
sauted eggplant bell pepper, bean sauce and fresh basil
green beans, chili paste, bell pepper and basil leaves
cabbage, carrots, sprouts, and spinach
sauted with onions, carrots, and bell pepper
lightly battered, sweet and sour sauce
broiled, bed of lettuce, sweet and sour sauce
marinated steak broiled; served with chefs secret sauce
sauted beef with chili sauce, onions, chili paste, and carrots
garlic and hoisin sauce
pickled cabbage and our homemade sauce
succulent chicken and potatoes
mixed vegetables and basil
mixed vegetables and basil
onions and peanuts
pineapple, tomatoes and basil
bell pepper and basil
Fresh Garden Rolls
green papaya salad with shrimp, peanuts, green beans, tomatoes, and cabbage
thom kha chicken or veggie soup, mushrooms, green and red onions, lemongrass, and galangal
Pad Thai Shrimp
Chicken Satay with our house made peanut sauce and cucumber salad
choo chee salmon with your choice of either green or red curry, thai basil, bell pepper, napa cabbage, and carrots
shrimp and pineapple red curry, thai basil
Pork Leg Stew
Kao Soy - northern style yellow curry with egg noodles
Corn Fritters with cucumber salad
Pad Woonsen - stir fried vermicelli noodles with vegetables and your choice of protein!
Pad See Eww with Chinese Broccoli
Grilled Steak Salad (Yum Nuer)
House favorite Dungeness Crab Pad Thai!
Chicken wings
Crispy Pork Belly with Thai basil, bell peppers
food, curry
stir fried garlic with pork and mixed veggiees
barbeque pork with sweet & sour sauce
3 flavored catfish with crispy basil and our housemade sweet and spicy sauce
Beef Jerky
Dining area
Pad thai
Outside
Adam B.
Feb 19, 2025
A nice reliable standard in the Castro. Perfect for a last minute drop in when the other restaurants nearby have a wait. It's not the best Thai or even destination-worthy, but it does the trick.Money Bags: Such a fun appetizers. Looks like those gold bags in 8-bit video games. Tastes great too with crunchy exterior and lots of savory ground meat.Chicken Larb: My kind of salad... since it's mostly meat! Though a nice bit of herbs, onions and spices too.Tom Yum w/ Tofu: Broth was good, but kinda felt like too many veggies. Kinda wish there was more of that slightly sour broth.Pad Thai Shrimp: A classic. Sweet chewy noodles. A decent amount of shrimp. Real comfort food.Red Curry w/ Beef: Really enjoyed how this was such a soupy dish. Like even a higher liquid-to-solids ratio than the tom yum soup. The beef was tender. The curry packed a nice kick, even at mild (ordered by my table mates).Sauteed Eggplant w/ Pork: I'm normally not a big eggplant fan, but these are delish. So tender and soaks up all the nice sauce. The pork was thin sliced and kinda reminded me of the beef.Pineapple Fried Rice w/ Chinese Sausage: Didn't want to order a bunch of white rice sides, so we got this. An interesting mix of flavors. The Chinese sausage rounds really was a dominate flavor.Thai Iced Tea: Creamy with a nice jolt of sugar and caffiene.
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Matt C.
Sep 1, 2024
This is probably the 20th time I've been here over the years. However this was first time to call ahead and pick it up.The lady on phone was friendly and helpful. They got my order done correctly and my group enjoyed our selections. It was a pleasant and efficient way to enjoy this restaurant.Will definitely continue to be a customer here!
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Ziyan C.
Aug 17, 2024
We ordered last minute delivery from DoorDash and it cost $180 total for 4 entrees (below), two chicken satays, and two servings of rice. Plenty to feed 4 adults and 4 toddlers.* Pad Thai - 4 stars, good, thinner noodles, chicken fairly moist.* Pad See Ew - 4 stars, good.* Pork Belly - 3.5 stars (pork got soggy in the broth).* Green Curry - 4 stars, legit spicy!* Chicken Satay - I didn't have any but the kids were practically fighting over these!
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Judy M.
Nov 17, 2024
I've only been to the restaurant that was my Annie's burgers. There hours were hit & miss. The food is excellent. I have yet to try the one in town.
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Patrick R.
Jul 6, 2024
Saw the sign that they have been open for 36 years so I had to give it a try. Boy am I happy I trusted my instinct. This place is so homey, employees so kind, environment is picturesque and overall an amazing place. Spring rolls phenomenal, packed with ingridents, incredibly fresh and generous potion! The peanut sauce was also homemade and amazing.I got their egg noodle with yellow curry, this was the best curry I've ever had in my life. The balance between sweetness and heat was perfect. It was thick and combined amazing with the fried crackly noodles and the soft egg noddles. Highly recommend this place.
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Joseph D.
Jan 3, 2025
Some of the best Panang ever. Weirdly does not come with rice. Slightly pricey but this dish was worth it.
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John S.
Jul 5, 2024
It took me twenty years to review Thai House Express. I'm not exaggerating. I couldn't review it because I hadn't ever eaten here before, but this place had long occupied an important place in my imagination of my then still newish home of San Francisco.I'll start in spring 2023, because why not? I had finally found a new place to live after my flat burned down, and when I would go to my brother's house in the Inner Sunset, my GPS would either route me around Twin Peaks or through the Castro more directly. When I drove by Thai House Express that first time, I saw the "THANK YOU CASTRO" sign on its exterior, and I worried that it was closing. It isn't, but it was late at night, and I didn't understand why a restaurant would put up a thank-you sign unless it were closing.In short, I needed to get on my giddyap and eat here and review it before it closed!Now, let's go back in time to 2004. I had been living in San Francisco for a little over a year. I was still getting to know my adopted city, but I had a good general geographical sense of the city and its neighborhoods and how they connected, although I would get much better. My parents were in town because my dad had a business meeting. They were being put up in a hotel in Emeryville, and I was driving my dad to City College of San Francisco. The plan was to drop him off; he had three or four hours of meetings to attend, and my mom and I would explore the city or just drive around.On the way to City College, my mom needed to use the restroom. We were already running behind schedule, and it wouldn't be a quick stop, so I was trying to think of safe places to drop her off. I headed for the Castro, and I argued with my dad, who can be extremely protective of my mom, that it was totally safe to leave her here. Over his very strong protestations, I dropped her off at Thai House Express, and my dad and I continued on to City College. The entire drive, I had to ensure him that she was totally safe in the Castro. He obviously knew that it was a predominantly gay neighborhood, but he didn't understand that is was also completely safe and that she would have a swell time.When I returned to pick her up, my mom was excited to tell her story. Thai House Express had let her use the bathroom, and she got something to drink at the bar as she waited for me to return. The employees were kind and chatty with her. She also walked around the neighborhood a little and liked all the cute shops. She had no idea she was in a gay neighborhood until I pointed it out to her, and then she said she had found it unusual that she saw so many good-looking men walking around and almost no women.In 2024 I finally tried Thai House Express with my niece and--who else?--my parents. They both really enjoyed the food, and my dad liked the interior. My mom said it was very different inside now, but it brought back great memories of the time she was "abandoned" by her husband and son in the Castro twenty years ago. After dinner, we perused the expensive offerings at Buffalo Whole Food Market, and I took possibly the greatest photograph of San Francisco I've ever taken ( https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=CQinR3Y2AU-OocvULWLiLw&userid=Zl1fJNTzNULZiqBRShxUYA ).Thanks, Thai House Express, for "protecting" my mom all those years ago, and thanks for remaining a Castro fixture for all these years. I should have come sooner.
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Cameron K.
Jul 14, 2024
Quaint little Thai restaurant. Servers were friendly and noodles were good. It's a good place to grab a bite if you are alone. I had pad kee mao and it was the perfect level of spice
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Angel P.
Jun 21, 2023
I ordered the pad thai from Uber Eats and it was good pad thai. When they list "Thai spicy", it actually is Thai spicy and not mild downed. I usually have the issue that it's not spicy enough but this was a little too spicy for me! It was a good portion too.
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Edward A.
Nov 29, 2024
This restaurant is an institution and has been around for 3 decades! It's a testament to their wonderful hospitality and authentic Thai food. It's flavorful, but not too spicy (unless requested). The variety of options make it my go to Thai spot.
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