Vegan-friendly
Thai
Asian
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Restaurant just off the night market. All dishes are made fresh in an open kitchen. Offers a variety of curries, curried fried rice, salads and noodles. Added meat to the menu July 2024. Open Mon-Sun 2:00pm-10:00pm.


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18 Reviews

First Review by אחינעם

Michellepaire

Points +711

Vegan
03 Dec 2023

Delicious!

Great food, we loved the stir fried rice with tofu but also the burmese salad! Also really cheap to eat here.

Cha-Em

Points +3318

Vegan
18 Sep 2023

Cheap, simple, central

Located just around the corner from the central street where most minibuses stop, this little outdoor restaurant is ideal for refuelling after the long, winding drive to Pai. All dishes are pretty cheap and, of the four we tried, all pretty tasty too!

We did, however, wait quite a long time for our food, all the while being attacked by enormous mosquitoes (which is somewhat unavoidable with outdoor seating like this, but still). My only other complaint is that whilst eating the tea leaf salad, I bit down on something solid that really hurt my tooth. It may have been a piece of ceramic that chipped off the mortar during preparation, but I can’t be sure. Note that opening times are a bit hit and miss and sometimes the place closes for a couple of weeks at a time without notice.

TL;DR The location is great and the food is tasty and cheap… BUT avoid if you’re in a rush, wear mozzie spray, and if you order the salad, chew carefully!

Pros: Fully vegan 🌱 , Central location 📍, Cheap 💸

Cons: Long waiting time ⏳, Gigantic mosquitoes 🦟, Ceramic(?) in salad 🦷

Huraiquire

Points +9811

Vegan
03 Jun 2023

Opening hours vary

The first 2 times we came, they were closed and the chef wasn’t in. Finally we managed to catch them and I would agree with other reviews that the pumpkin soup is amazing.

I also liked the mushroom dish and the tofu pumpkin stir fry, though there was a little too much soy sauce in it, rendering it salty. Luckily, I like salty.

They did forget one of our dishes as well, so make sure they read the order back to you and check in if something hasn’t yet arrived to the table.

adam080

Points +1183

Vegan
26 Apr 2023

Great food, maybe I’ll try again

Great! I took lad naa to try something new

Pros: Something different to try and still Thai food, Tasty, Simple

Roger12

Points +149

Vegetarian
16 Mar 2023

Takeway foodstand

Good friendly service a little bit more english would be nice

Updated from previous review on 2023-03-14

Pros: Friendly staff, Nicely wrapped takeaway

LilacHippy

Points +12888

Vegan
22 Jan 2023

Great Buffet!

Happy to find this place as it was not here last time and in the past it has been hard to find an all vegan place open in the evening to sit down at.
It is a very basic and rustic place but the quality for the price makes it pretty unbeatable. I got the buffet on both of my visits which is 150 baht for as much as you want. Find things like curries, pad Thai, spring rolls, steamed veggies, brown rice and fresh fruit. Everything was delicious.
They also have an a la carte menu but we just went for the buffet.
They even let my two year old daughter eat for free and tried to refuse the extra I wanted to give them for it. So sweet.
A gem of a place. #Veganuary

Pros: All vegan!, Great value, Tasty

Cons: Quite basic set up

TOVegan420

Points +83

Vegan
22 Jan 2023

Flavourful

Kwan’s table located next to the temple on walking street was my go-to. Large menu, reasonably priced, and super tasty. They offer lunch and dinner all-you-can-eat buffet for 149 TBH *drinks not included. Buffet options were rice and 3 sides for the mains, a fruit and veggie platter, with spring rolls. Would recommend visiting #Veganuary

Pros: Buffet option, Large menu, Great value for quality

Here.To.Travel_Jade

Points +10075

Vegan
19 Jan 2023

Excellent food

We went here twice. One time we had a pad Thai and tea leaf salad and the next night we had a buffet (all you can eat but we just got the one plate) and another dish not in the buffet. Food was excellent. Only problem was that my salad had a big chunk of ceramic in it that I tried to chew on. They were very apologetic/embarrassed by it. #Veganuary

ClaireStephens

Points +153

Vegan
28 Nov 2022

Excellent vegan food!

Casual restaurant with great food!
The burmese tea leaf salad is delicious and good size portion too! Massaman curry and stir fries were good but my fave was the salad!

Pros: All vegan :), Good value and good size portions, Relaxed atmosphere

philwky

Points +3199

Vegan
28 Nov 2022

Great Food, Nice Atmosphere

Went here just a few hours after arriving in Pai.

The owner was lovely, and the food was served very quickly. I’ve seen previous reviews say the portions are small, however mine was a good size and I’m a decent eater.

Worth mentioning they don’t offer any drinks, but you can get your own drinks from a shop just 2 doors down

Selina_nsw

Points +3669

Vegan
16 Nov 2022

Really enjoyed this restaurant

We ordered Pad Thai and rice with stir fried tofu, mushrooms and basil. Everything tasted so fresh and flavorful. Can really recommend the Pad Thai. The portions are really small unfortunately.

mariekehoog

Points +13

Vegetarian
11 Nov 2022

Very cute little restaurant. A must visit when you are in Pai. Massaman curry 😋

Try the massaman curry, we keep on raving about the taste still days later

Pros: Reasonably prices, Sweet owner, Quiet cute place, locally owned

Cons: None

PatrikBird

Points +1559

Vegan
03 Nov 2022

very good!

we had green curry and padseew. both very yummy.

Pros: high quality food , rich tastes

Cons: rather small portions

shaline

Points +1031

Vegan
14 Oct 2022

Unglaublich leckeres Curry!

Ganz liebe Besitzerin und das Curry (Massaman) mit dem Reis war super lecker! Kleine Karte aber dafür super lecker und günstig! Die Portionen sind auch sehr gut und die Atmosphäre neben dem Nachtmarkt einfach nur schön!

gili

Points +80

Vegan
29 Sep 2022

Highly recommend.

Pure vegan.
Party of four, so we covered most of the menu.
Salad supreme was great
Of the curry's we had massaman, red green and one more that was not in the menu.

Seating in the street

Updated from previous review on 2022-09-29

Pros: Pure vegan, Great salad, Great curry

NeriaTaub

Points +137

Mostly Veg
02 Sep 2022

Best cury in pai

Sooooo good!! Highly recommended

Updated from previous review on 2022-09-02

Pros: קארי מדהיםם, שירות טוב, מחיר סבבה

Cons: פתוח החל מאחרה"צ

RunEatWorld

Points +3732

Vegan
10 Jul 2022

Freshly made Thai classics

Only one person working there to take orders and cook food, so it can take some time to get your meal. Everything is made fresh. Limited seating available. Tried the "super pad see ew", which came with dried shiitake mushrooms, giving it a meaty texture. Not the best pad see ew I've eaten but it wasn't bad either. Great that all dishes are vegan.

אחינעם

Points +26

Vegan
10 Jul 2022

The best curry in pai

The best curry in pai. Soo tasty




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