The Thonglor

Thonglor has Thai food that comforts the soul. Every time I have been while on the smaller side the staff is incredibly friendly and attentive and the food has consistently been great. The last time I went we decided to order the eggplant veggie stir-fry. The eggplant veggie stirfry was tasty and packed with notes of basil - yum! Can't wait to go back and highly recommend stopping by if you are around Union square!

I ordered delivery from The Thonglor on a recent trip to San Francisco and it did not disappoint... I had a green curry dish with tofu + veggies and jasmine rice.Delivery was fast and efficient and they met me in the lobby of my hotel.I would have liked a bit more eggplant in the dish, but it was delicious, affordable, and more than enough food for me.I would absolutely order again and also hope to dine in in the future.

Teeny cozy restaurant with 5 or 6 small tables max, The Thonglor is near Union Square. The entree dishes are plentiful for one person and tastes very authentic. Service is friendly and professional. I had the pineapple fried rice, which also had shrimp, cashews and raisins. For dessert, my friends and I shared a mango sticky rice.Since this place is easily filled, be prepared to wait during peak hours.

Delicious Thai food, done plant based because that's how we do. Another one hallway restaurant but with a mesmerizing mirrored wall that project roominess that is otherwise lacking.Great service.

Checked this place out via doordash. I understand that the reviews were somewhat mixed but to me, it is reasonably priced with good portion size Thai food restaurant option to consider when you are nearby. Agree that it's probably not the best out there in terms of tastiness in my honest opinion but I enjoyed it as my late night snack. Consider checking this place out when you are near by:)

I am the thonglord and this place was delicious. Curry was extremely flavorful and sausage rice was sausagey

I ordered dinner from here and got the vegetarian eggplant stir fry with jasmine rice. The order arrived sooner than anticipated, but as I started eating, I noticed the tofu tasted sour and spoiled, and some pieces had specks of blue mold throughout them. I spit out the bite I was chewing and set the rest of the tofu aside and checked if any of the dish were salvageable, but some of the other vegetables, such as the mushrooms and corn, also tasted spoiled, and there were blackish/blue patches of mold on the corn. I spit out a spoiled mushroom, which could be toxic if consumed and didn't eat any of the corn. I honestly don't know how this business is still operating. There is clearly no food quality assurance, so the food is unsafe for consumption, and I am concerned about the risk of food poisoning. I regret ordering from here and advise against anyone else eating food from here.

came here for dinner! a small restaurant with a whole vegan menu (which was nice). the staff were friendly and the food came out fast. the food was SOOO oily (literally dripping), so that was not very fun. also portion sizes were kinda small. came out to around $16/17 per meal!

Classic Thai food located in the heart of San Francisco's tourist neighborhood known as Union Square, The Thonglor is the epitome of, let us call it what it is, a "hole-in-the-wall", but one that serves up authentic and quality Thai cuisine. Located on a bustling section of Geary Street across from two live-performing arts theatres that no doubt help to serve up additional customers, The Curran and The Toni Rembe Theatre, The Thonglor has been around for what feels like generations serving everything from traditional Thai salads to curries to noodle dishes. The key to dining at The Thonglor is to get a table as soon as you are able to and order as quickly as possible as they like to turn tables over quickly. A couple of friends and I came for an impromptu dinner on a weekday evening, as we planned to see a show across the street later that evening, and as we entered, their signature line in their slightly narrow hallway that faces the open kitchen which smoke piping out at a rapid clip already was starting to build, as most of their tables seemed filled. I say it seemed that way because everyone in line seemed to arrive at relatively the same time and we all waited for a server, any server to ask if we would like to be served. There was a table available for the three of us to sit at towards the rear of their small dining room, but not a single person asked how many were in our party and if we were dining in or ordering takeout.When it finally became our turn to sit, we were able to sit at the available table that we could have gotten to sit at about ten or so minutes prior. The menu at The Thonglor is rather extensive as it is held together with a spiral at its center, which is impressive as they are a very tiny restaurant to dine at, with roughly eight total tables to enjoy their wide variety of dishes at. The menu at The Thonglor features sections such as Appetizers, Thai Salads, Soups, Thonglor's Noodle Soups, Entrées, Chef's Specials, Curries, Stir Fried Noodles & Fried Rice, Vegetables Vegetarian Vegan, Desserts, Side Orders , Extra, and Beverages, Beers, Wines and Sake. While my dining mates opted to go with the more traditional Thai dishes, including their Pad See Ew, which were your traditional stir-fried flat rice noodles with egg, carrot, American broccoli and gluten free soy-based stir-fry sauce topped with their option of chicken; and their Green Curry which their version of a spicy curry cooked with coconut milk and served with sweet basil, chili, eggplant, string beans, bell pepper and bamboo shoots and an option of chicken and served with a scoop of steamed rice. I decided to order their Guay Tiew Lord which was sautéed shrimp, ground chicken, calamari, fish balls, imitation crab meat and fried tofu with onion and bean sprouts, which was served over flat rice noodles after our server said it was highly recommended. It wouldn't take too long for our food to be delivered to our table, of which we were thankful for as our show was going to start soon across the street. The two dishes that my dining mates ordered were tried and true and highly enjoyable as we have all enjoyed them at other Thai restaurants in the past. But my dish was a real surprise as it highlighted what unique entrées that The Thonglor can serve up when you truly are not expecting it. It was the combination of fresh seafood, minced chicken and heavy gravy layered over the thick flat white noodles that one would normally find in a soup that made the dish for me. Everyone at my table had a sample of my entrée and were all thoroughly impressed. With three entrées and nothing else, our total bill was a hair over 40 dollars before gratuity, tax and the city health mandate were all added into our bill, which still was rather reasonable. I have since returned to Thonglor's website and although ordering on their online menu their prices are up to date the overall menu posted on their website has considerably lower prices, which goes to show that even they are not impervious to raising their prices and considerably so, in recent years. The food at The Thonglor is the real star as you get what you pay for and no matter what you order, you truly can't go wrong with a menu filled with standard and outside the box Thai dishes, with spicy, sweet, and salty flavors all turned up to the max.

TL;DR: solid 3.5 star spot for good service and decent food but not a stand out Thai restaurant amongst all the other better ones in SFLocated just a couple steps away from Union Square, I assume this place stays in business despite it's hole in the wall exterior because of the good reviews and proximity for tourists. It was quite busy when we went in for Saturday lunch but there was no wait for a table. It's very cozy inside and service was efficient even though there was really only one server for all the tables and takeout.The menu consists of lots of Thai favorites and has the usual mix of noodle, rice, curry, soup, salad, etc dishes. It was kind of cold out the day we went so we went with more soupy items, but I saw most other tables ordering different types of stir fried dishes.Combination beef noodle soup: I got this with flat rice noodles which was delicious and very comforting. The soup was very rich and slightly sweet, pretty heavily spiced, and had a ton of beef toppings. I thought it might be like boat noodles but I liked what I got. It was a decent sized portion, and the amount of meat made it quite filling.Papaya salad: this was alright. Lightly spicy for a medium, not very heavy on the fish sauce. It didn't have the umami kick I was hoping for.Sour beef soup: can't remember the name of this but it is the only beef soup on the menu and has tamarind in it. We ordered it since I haven't seen this on other Thai menus in the city but might just be unfamiliar with Thai cuisine. This also had a lot of meat and was nice with a spicy, sour finish. It was more sour than I expected but that's not a bad thing. Get this if you're looking for something rich but sour, and want to try something different from Tom yum.All in all, I thought the food was decent but since there are so many great Thai spots in SF, this didn't stand out as much. If I'm craving Thai food and am in the area, I might go back. But I could also walk over to the TL/lower nob hill and another spot isn't very far away.