Serves meat, vegan options available. Charles & Lek is a popular restaurant that makes central Thai-style food with lots of veggies and light flavors. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-2:00pm, 6:00pm-9:00pm.
Categories: Thai, Non-veg
Serves meat, vegan options available. Charles & Lek is a popular restaurant that makes central Thai-style food with lots of veggies and light flavors. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-2:00pm, 6:00pm-9:00pm.
Categories: Thai, Non-veg
9 Reviews
First Review by DinaLun
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try the Khao Soi - Edit
We ordered Khao Soi, a kind of curry noodle soup from the north of Thailand with crispy noodles and were impressed, something completely different and very tasty! We also ate the green curry, which was also very delicious. In addition a mint lime smoothie which was very refreshing, everything absolutely recommendable. And very cheap too.
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last minute decision - Edit
In Pai for the weekend and walked the walking street that’s full of delicious vegan choices. Skipped all this and went to Charlie & Lek’s. They were very busy and we got the last table of the night. We ordered the khao Soi with tofu, tempura vegetables and garden salad rice rolls. The ingredients were very fresh, tempura nice, light and crunchy and the khao Soi satisfyingly filling. Delicious meal and definitely worth a visit.
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Salad bar is an incredible deal - Edit
I have never ordered off the menu because the salad bar always calls my name. At 70b you can fill up a huge plate to the brim with fresh raw veggies and steamed root vegetables and beans. They have vegan sauces. It’s hard for me to justify going elsewhere because I get a huge nutritious meal here for so cheap.
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Good food but would rather go somewhere else - Edit
If you're in a pinch this place is great. Atmosphere is okay, and the service isn't great because the kitchen seems so far in the back - away from the entrance - so they don't come to check on you. Grab a menu and seat yourself!
Food was nothing special and would have rather drove 5 more minutes to somewhere better.
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red curry was surprisingly good - Edit
When I walked into the restaraunt, it didn't feel like it was going to be great. But hey, it was 3:30 and everywhere else was closed. Beggars can't be choosers.
Ordered the red curry with red rice, and hot dam it was delish. I could have ordered another, especially at 50ish baht! (I forgot the price, probably because of good flavour overload)
My lovely girlfriend ordered a pad Thai, and it was good but nothing special. No peanuts or lime supplied, so the flavour was at 50%... Flavour didn't even break a sweat. Lazy flavour. Get a job.
Anyway, curry was surprisingly good. Get it (if you come here).
Pros: Red curry is yum-buns., Price is pretty dam good.
Cons: Atmosphere is average (at 3.30pm), Pad Thai was average.
Contributions +32
Not Amazing - Edit
Any place can call themselves a "health" restaurant if they serve a little tofu. I ate here tonight and the menu is pretty uninspiring. I had the spring rolls and the green curry. The spring rolls were really bad. The green curry was so-so. I also had a papaya and banana juice and I'm pretty sure it was made with milk even though the menu didn't say this. It wasn't great. The service was typical Thai - meaning not very good.
Pros: Nice tables, Good lighting
Cons: Not tasty, Lame service
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Great food - Edit
Best red curry I've had in Thailand. The tofu was cooked perfectly, there was a good assortment of veggies, and the meal was filling. They even swapped out some veg for others. They speak pretty good English and we ended up eating here everyday. The clear soup was refreshing and their homemade salad dressing was great. Definitely recommend anyone staying in Pai to come here.
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Food is good - Edit
Exceptional menu, the food is a little tiny bit on oily side, but... the choice make for it. Tasty. Not salty, more like home food. Really nice instructions about thai food on the wall.
Pros: Variety of food, Products for sale, Good taste
Cons: Need to go into the depth to sit nicely
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Healthy phad thai - Edit
Only one place in Pai where you can taste healthy variant of famous Phad Thai from green papaya. They also have some veg options such as salads, juices and amazing solar bananas as sweets.
1 Response
Agenda 30 May 2013 - I find this pad thai a bit oily, and love those dried bananas))
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