Siam Square Thai-Cuisine

It has always been a step above other Thai restaurants, even in Manhattan. Inventive, beautifully balanced flavors and great presentation.

Good food!

Over priced! Food is really good and service is excellent. Way too expensive though....

I live down the street and eat here all the time. I'd pickup takeout more if it wasn't so overpriced. Pad Thai in the Bronx shouldn't cost $14. But the specials, which can be pricy, tend to be very good and very creative. The service is always good and they're even nice on "Free Wine Wednesdays," when they give you all the boxed wine you can drink with the purchase of an entree. They also get points from me for being nice to my 2-year-old. They also were open on Christmas Day, which saved me from having to cook or order horrible Chinese takeout.

Despite its drawbacks, this is the better of the two Thai joints in the neighborhood by far. Behind the old-looking facade is a nicely decorated restaurant that is usually completely empty.

The Penang and Massamum curry dishes are fantastic, as is their signature duck dish, albeit a bit dry. All of the other random sauteed dishes that I have tried have been delicious. Their Thai street food menu, dine-in only, is good for a few nibbles.

I find two negatives with Siam Square. First, delivery could be very, very slow, sometimes over an hour. Second, they have raised prices significantly over the years while at the same time reducing the size of their take-out containers. This alone is the reason why we rarely order out from here anymore... but we still don't order from that "other" Thai place in the neighborhood (read my review there.)