Vilai Thai Kitchen

Solo craving for Thai food - it was around lunchtime - had a genius idea! Order from the LUNCH SPECIALS MENU - between 11AM - 3PM - and maybe I would have some leftovers for dinner or later.I placed an order for a single dish - Chicken Pad Thai - $12.99! Lunch Specials include a spring roll. It was a 30 minute drive one-way to pick up carryout but given how delish and authentic the food is here from my first visit (and the price point!), I went ahead and ordered.If you check out the Lunch Specials menu, just like I did, you will scratch your head. The only "real" classic Thai dishes included in the lunch specials are Pad Thai and Thai Fried Rice. No Thai curries. And then there are Thai "Bento Boxes," chicken tenders (??) and General Tso's (Chinese). A strange mix of lunch special menu items.The Lunch Special portion size was HUGE. I took a pic and video - have a look.Taste was delicious even though ofc not as piping hot and fresh as if I had eaten in. Carryout will NEVER compare to eat-in.There and back was literally an hour before I was able to dig into the Pad Thai back at the house - but honestly $12.99 (yes 13 bucks!) for what I got which lasted a couple extra snack-sized meals was totally worth taking advantage of the lunch special pricing!Delicious - even though the noodles stuck to each other and clumped together. I wish there had been a bit more chicken and veggies in the dish but otherwise, huge portion size and good value for the (lunch special) price.Vilai Thai continues to be our OBX no-frills-no-fuss-fairly-priced authentic go-to Thai restaurant!

This is going to be a very short review... although we were craving Thai food and this was one of the only places to eat at due to a holiday, this place was unfortunately a major disappointment. The inside is cute and quaint with the staff being friendly. The food in the other hand was a disappointment. The pad see ew was more of an Italian noodle dish and egg noodles were not used, it was flavorless. The yellow curry needed some more distinct flavor to pack a punch. The prices were high though portion size was decent. Unfortunately I don't think I'd be back to this place.

Absolutely love coming here, the food, staff, and overall experience is amazing! If you're in the mood for delicious Thai food, don't hesitate to try!

They did not have the dish I had my heart set on due to a lack of snow peas. The dish I had instead was too salty but I was hungry by that point.

We came here as soon as we arrived in town since it was across the street from the hotel. The prices on the menu were decent and their menu was stuff I eat. It's a really small place inside no more than like 25 people can sit inside. The food was good I'll say that , my problem was the service. Our server was like a 12 old young girl. I honestly never saw any adults so I assume they were the cooks. The other server looked like maybe a high schooler. Can't blame the young girl because she's a kid but I thought child labor laws were a thing. I saw another little girl in the kitchen as well with no hair net on. Aside from the service the food was good.

This is a small little (seemingly) family owned restaurant. Only about 7 or 8 tables in the whole place so not a place I would take a whole family hoping to get seated. My server who was probably about 10 years old was surprisingly knowledgeable but a typical kid who kept getting distracted and I had to ask several times for a water. Food however was a 10 out of 10! I had the Thai style Pho and a Seaweed Salad. The Pho was HUGE and very flavorful. I will back to try some more dishes.

Loved this place. We were waited on by two young girls that gave us the best recommendations. I typically order the same thing when I go to Thai restaurants but let them decide what we were gonna have on a whim. Suggestions started with "money bags". I don't typically like fried food, but went ahead with the suggestion. Very good! Not greasy, but very decadent and filling. Next was pad as wee? Idk, but it was fat noodles, chicken and vegetables with a bit of a sweet flavor. Really good. Place is small and pretty, but enough room for 5 parties. Definitely would suggest for take out

Out of the Thai restaurants down here, this one is the best! My husband and I came here a few minutes before noon on a Sunday. A little old Asian lady came and opened the restaurant, served us, and cooked our food! Her younger family members came in a bit later to work the front. I just love family owned and operated places! We had the fresh shrimp rolls, drunken noodles, and pad Thai. Food tasted amazing and fresh, the service and the people were so nice, and the restaurant was clean and while small, very nice. We will be back the next time we want Thai food!

Pretty place with a convenient location. However, we got there at 12 on Sunday and the place was still closed. I tried calling several times but voicemail box was full until I was able to get a hang of someone an hour later.The food has large portions but extremely greasy and salty..

Food was very good. We had the appetizer sampler, massaman curry. Small quaint restaurant.