Thai Aree House

Great longtime favorite of Thai cuisine in Chicago, one of the city's best. It doesn't look like much of a restaurant, but the food makes up for it. Thai Aree is about as authentic for flavor and spice as you can get, and it gets really spicy. Has a pretty well rounded menu of classic items to choose from. Prices are pretty okay for the portions and quality. After hearing such great things about it, we made our way here. It's kind of a small place. This is in a pretty boring area on Milwaukee Avenue with not much around it but garages and that kind of stuff. Also the building looked crappy. Of course we are skeptical. Anyway, we ordered because we were already here. It's about $11 for an entree, and we each got noodles. Also you have a protein choice. We each got these with tofu. As for the spice, we got medium. She had the Pad Thai. It looked pretty good, but the spice was the key. This was medium but still pretty spicy. I got the Pad See Ewe. This was a choice of stir fried thin or wide rice noodles. Got it with the wide ones which were good. This had broccoli, Chinese broccoli, eggs which I left out, and choice of protein, and I got the tofu. Creamy and hot. The very spicy level would have just overwhelmed the flavor it seems. Has to be a consideration if looking for authentic Thai food. It recently had a renovation. The menu has plenty for meat eaters as well as vegans and vegetarians.

Always greeted with a smile. Wonderful people. Great food. Nice selection. Neighborhood staple.

I want to start off with the service of this place. It is honestlyamazing. The man who picked up the phone to take orders is so sweet and welcoming. I have a pretty weak stomach so I don't usually order from random places but this is my go-to Thai place. I never ever get sick from here. He also gave me extra white rice, condiments and some watermelon. Amazing place.

A great family owned business. The food is really great I highly recommend it and recommend squids in your fried rice and noodles

Great spot for Thai food. We got the pad kee mao and chicken larb salad, medium spice. Nice amount of kick and super flavorful, not bland at all. Gave us extra dry spices just in case but we didn't need it. Lots of other options on the menu as well. Just a heads up, it's take-out only from 4-8pm. Owner is a super cute and friendly dude. Be nice to him and he'll be nice to you (we got a complimentary piece of watermelon and extra rice without asking because they had extra at the time; not guaranteed though). Quick service and free street parking in front of restaurant too. Across the street for la michoacana ice cream if you're looking for dessert.

I've been really happy with the food here, way above average in my opinion, and it doesn't hurt that they're super nice. Watch out for the spice! This is Thai level spicy, so if you ask for it, you'll get it!

I'd quite been looking forward to trying this mom-and-pop Thai food option. They offered to make our curries completely vegetarian (with no fish sauce). And the curries still tasted good - depth of flavors and good consistency. The curry fried rice was the real star. The pad thai and spring rolls are a complete miss and better left off the order next time.

Finally, A New Updated Menu January 2021Thai Aree House is one of my Absolute Favorite Thai Restaurants in Old Irving Park Neighborhood. It has been around for about 30+ years & still going strong! Eddie & Ann are an Amazing Team. No matter how busy the restaurant is the food still taste the same! The Quality & Quantity is why i come back. Everything just taste so Delicous! My personal favorites are the Mixed Satay (love there peanut sauce), Fresh Garlic Beef (love the fresh slices of garlic on top), Tom Kha Vegetable Soup (coconut broth is very light but flavorful & love that the vegetables are crunchy. Please be patient with this restaurant. They do get very busy but everything is made to order. HIghly Recommend to try it!!!

So good! Found this when just looking for something new (Thai isn't new, the restaurant was new to us) and the guy at the counter (owner maybe?) was incredible. So patient and nice and had recommendations and advice on things like spice level (medium spicy is plenty spicy for most, too spicy for mild people) The food was really really good. Quality ingredients big ole shrimp and nice portions. We'll be back

I love this restaurant! I don't treat myself often when it comes to take-out orders; but when I do, this restaurant is always my top choice. The owner ALWAYS gives the best customer service, the food is very flavorful and reasonably priced, and there are many options to select from. Hope they stay open for a long time!