• The Thai Bistro

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Thai restaurant with a separate vegan menu including curries, noodle and rice dishes, soups and more. NOTE: Maybe closed January 2023 - please send updates to HappyCow. Open Mon-Tue 12:00pm-9:00pm, Thu-Fri 12:00pm-9:00pm, Sat-Sun 1:00pm-9:00pm.


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9 Reviews

First Review by Bekindbekind

Vast

Points +422

Vegan
14 Feb 2024

Very Veggie Friendly

I went there for lunch today and it was awesome - had the green curry which the server offered to make vegan, ie no fish sauce if I wished. Huge bowl of coconut curry with green beans bamboo shoots, tofu, rice and extra hot sauces. Not a lot of veggies but very satisfying none the less with all the coconut and made my head and belly feel great. And the waitress is really cute!

Edit: I stopped back for vegan pad Thai and it was great! Lots of veggies, etc.!

Updated from previous review on 2024-02-10

Pros: Vegan Options standard on the menu, Satisfying and delicious, Friendly service

tofucat9

Points +92

Vegan
08 Dec 2023

Not worth the high rate of order mess-ups

I get it. There’s extremely limited vegan options in Imperial, but unless you are dining in and prepare yourself for issues, I’d avoid this place. I have ordered to-go and through delivery apps so many times and 9/10 times something is wrong with the order: they forget rice, they forget the side of veggies, or most recently and my final straw - they gave me chicken when I specifically selected “prepare vegan”. On top of that, orders take an extremely long time. I can order by phone, be told it’ll take 30 minutes, get there an hour later and they have yet to prepare the order and tell me it’ll “be a few more minutes” - and it can be totally empty inside so it’s not a busy-ness issue. They just don’t seem to care and I don’t trust that thought is put into whether they’re actually making food for people who are vegan. Sucks because their vegan food options are plentiful and delicious when made right, but their rate of error is just too high for me to go back.

Updated from previous review on 2023-12-08

Pros: Variety of vegan options , Ability to make almost any dish vegan, The only place in the area with a vegan menu

Cons: Consistent wrong orders or forgetting items, Really long time to prep orders, Will serve you meat

Forakora

Points +507

Vegan
21 Nov 2023

Now Called Thai Bistro

Hello all! This place changed names and moved locations and couple minutes down the road. But, it's still delicious and menu appears to be the same!

Pros: Several vegan proteins, Many different dishes can be vegan , Friendly staff, delicious food

HistoricalMarkers

Points +230

Vegetarian
11 Dec 2022

So many options!

There are so many veggie and vegan options. I had one of the curries with tofu, and it may have been the best Thai curry I’ve ever had!

GabriellaVargas

Points +42

Vegan
05 Dec 2022

Happy Cow didn’t let me give them the five stars. Mr.Tam never fails. Five stars

Everything is delicious and vegan friendly please come eat here you will not be disappointed.

Pros: Vegan friendly

Cons: There are no cons

MargaritaQuintero

Points +18

Vegan
12 Jan 2022

Best Vegan Thai food

I loved the vegan options are across the whole menu! Very tasty!!! Portions also great! Must visit this place 😍

chilly.william

Points +22

Vegan
28 Dec 2021

Best vegan options in El Centro

All the vegan options I’ve had are delicious. I recommend the Pad Kee Mao! You can’t really go wrong

Pros: Lots of Vegan options, Good Service, Delicious Food

Chase&Jen

Points +40

Vegan
08 May 2019

Has Dedicated Vegan Menu, Good Food

I've been to this place quite a few times and they've always been great with making specialty vegan dishes (no fish sauce) but I was glad to see they added a dedicated vegan menu and had a #vegan banner hung up on the counter. Definitely recommend this place

Pros: New vegan menu

Cons: No real down sides that I can think of

Bekindbekind

Points +553

Vegan
06 May 2019

Always fresh and tasty. Oasis.

Curry is yummy. Crispy tofu hits the spot. Variety of offerings. Cool, tranquil ambiance. Very fresh. Close to freeway with ample easy parking.

Pros: Separate vegan menu , Good food. Beer + wine. , Friendly staff




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