Thai Express Restaurant Kingston in Kingston

394 Princess St, Kingston, ON K7L 5N3, Canada

★★★★☆
(191 reviews)
Categories: Thai restaurant

About

We are your local Thai Express and pride ourselves on cooking Thai food made with love, fresh ingredients, and authentic flavour fast in our fiery woks. Come enjoy your Thai faves like our Pad Thai, Pad See Ew, Tom Yum Soup, Thai Fried Rice, and our signature General Thai® filled with the savoury, sweet, sour and spicy flavours of Thailand. We also have a tasty variety of curries, stir-fries, appetizers, and desserts filled with our Thai heart. Don’t forget to ask about our Discovery Menu with a different dish each day at a special price! Thai Express is the same but different.

Website
locations.thaiexpress.ca
Address
394 Princess St, Kingston, ON K7L 5N3, Canada
Plus Code
6GM5+33 Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Monday
11 AM–10 PM
Tuesday
11 AM–10 PM
Wednesday
11 AM–10 PM
Thursday
11 AM–2 AM
Friday
11 AM–2 AM
Saturday
11 AM–10 PM
Sunday
11 AM–10 PM

Services

Service options
Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Highlights
Sport
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park Wheelchair-accessible entrance Wheelchair-accessible seating Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Offerings
Healthy options Late-night food Vegan options Vegetarian options
Dining options
Lunch Dinner Catering Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
Atmosphere
Casual
Crowd
Family friendly Groups LGBTQ+ friendly
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids High chairs
Parking
Free parking lot

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Reviews

3.6
★★★★☆
191 reviews

Most Mentioned

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★★★★★
October 12, 2024

Often order Uber eats delivery from this location. The quality is always consistent. Generous portion of protein and really fresh veggies.

September 30, 2024

I’m their customer since 2020 and I always bought chicken pad Thai and recently chicken Thai fried rice! Recently, barely you can find any chicken in your bowl and it’s more rice & vegetables! I don’t wanna pay about $17 for a plate of rice!! We just decided to not going there anymore! Their food qualities have dropped badly which is unfortunate!

September 23, 2024

Barely any sauce, was very bland. I ordered medium spice, but because there was almost no sauce, it had no spice. I ordered veg with extra broccoli. I got little baby pieces of broccoli and almost no veg. I've ordered before and had much better food. I'm so disappointed.

August 18, 2024

Weird employees, I wish I could rate "zero" for sevice and food. I paid $36.48 for JUST the pad thai and it was very small and clearly didn't have the additions I paid for. Please see my photos. Ordered pad thai and Pad see ew through door dash. Both with extra veg and extra protein...Which I paid for. Employee called me and told me "her manager would be FURIOUS if they fulfilled this order because it had 4 times the meat and veg". I told her I could just cancel the order... she said they'd just take them off instead lol.. Very strange that they offer extra ingredients in their food and then call to say they can't fulfill it ? Will not be ordering from here again. The Thai Express at the RioCan center is 100x better!

February 16, 2024

Too inconsistent with their portion size at this location. I've gone to multiple locations that always fill closer to the top of the bowl. This location has been a bit inconsistent lately when I've gone, but this time was particularly disappointing. Would rather drive further for a better location after today

November 22, 2023

The pad Thai was just noodles and chicken. The menu boasts that it should contain: “Experience authentic Thaï flavours with our infamous and fan favourite Pad Thaï! Featuring thin rice noodles stir-fried with our sweet and sour sauce, eggs, bean sprouts, green onion, tofu and salted radish. Squeeze a little lime juice and sprinkle some peanuts for an extra special touch. Choose from the following protein options: A) Shrimp B) Beef C) Chicken D) Vegetable E) Tofu F) Fish G) Battered Chicken H) Battered Beef” However, no lime, no peanuts, no egg or tofu, the sauce was barely there, and there’s no bathroom. Terrible. This dish costed 18$. Will not be risking eating here again for such poor service.

★★★★
October 14, 2023

Tasty food as always. Some dishes on the menu can be made vegan which is awesome, and they have tofu as a protein option. The atmosphere inside is quite nice, a good amount of seating with a nice furniture and great lighting. You can see fire shoot up as they cook which is a great experience as well. The prices are not so great though, they match the price at some proper sit-down restaurants with table service, but lacks the structure or service of such places. The food isn't made super fast either. I would definitely frequent here more often if the prices were lower.

★★★★
December 6, 2021

Visited the place today for quick lunch with friends. We were in the hurry so wanted to get something quick. This is first time I visited Thai Express. I order fried rice with vegetables. The food was okay and the quantity is quite good. I asked chef if I can get soup without fish or meat. But there is no soup option for vegetarians. I felt the price is on little higher side. Although you can try out if you want to try Thai food quickly.

October 22, 2024

Portions are absolutely miniscule. Not worth the money.

★★★★★
August 22, 2024

Very nice people. Me and my dad had an argument and the lady gave me a drink on the house

★★★★★
July 22, 2024

First time trying. Spicy general thai chicken was delicious. Better than I expected from a big chain

★★★★★
June 22, 2024

The staff were really nice to us and gave us some extra snacks for our walk! Food was great

★★
May 22, 2024

Incredibly high levels of salt in the fried rice made the food inedible.

April 22, 2024

We ordered food it came cold and the chicken dumpling had raw chicken in them. Absolutely disgusting hope I don t get salmonella. If I can figure out how to upload the photos of it I will.

Local Guide
March 22, 2024

Noodles with a tonne of sweet soy sauce is not pad thai. I wasn t expecting Markham grade Asian food in Kingston, but even a Manchu Wok would have been better. Save your $. Eat Mc Ds instead.

★★★★★
March 22, 2024

It is so good like it s 10 out of 10 I love it, the girl with the mask is a fantastic cook and very hospitable! Aeron and Rasheed are amazing!! Love it, highly recommend

★★★★★
March 22, 2024

My experience at this location was 10/10. Extremely friendly, polite and positive service. Food was fantastic and cooked to perfection. The lady who works there knows her stuff and made sure my dish was made with love. Highly recommend!!

★★★★★
March 22, 2024

Ordered pad Thai, It was made exactly to my liking. From time of order, to receiving it was 5-7 min. Thanks for the great service. Food : 5/5 |

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

Just had a very fresh delicious curry dish with general Thai chicken that was amazing, I was so greeted by the girl working there (Bre), her cooking skills are the best , :)

★★★★★
March 22, 2024

The Yellow curry is incredible, recommend with Battered Chicken The girl working downtown cooks it the best every time. Ten out of ten !

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

The lady at this location cooks the best fried rice, highly recommend. 10/10. Plus best customer service from Breanna herself, very much understanding and helpful

Local Guide
February 22, 2024

The pad thai is not good here. In addition to bland noodles, i asked for peanuts and lime and they didnt give me any. Ive had thai express at other locations which are good but this one is the worst one ive encountered. I will avoid this one from now on.

Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Ordered 2 general Thai pineapple dishes. Very small portion sizes for the price. $40 for 2 meals and the bowls were barely half full. Have ordered in the past and this usually isnt a problem. Food was also quite bland this time. This will probably be the last time Ill order here

★★
January 22, 2024

Food was not great. I ordered through Doordash and there was very little sauce and the chicken wasnt cooked well.

★★★★★
Local Guide
January 22, 2024

Very good food always fresh and hot! My favorite it is the Thai Siracha!

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Terrible parking. No no-contact payment methods. Service was rude.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

The service has really declined. I always get General Thai Pineapple with extra shrimp and I used to get a bigger bowl for those extra 6 dollars Im paying. Now I get the same tiny box even with the extra charge? Not worth it. The total comes to 24 dls and I can get far better options elsewhere for that price.

★★
December 22, 2023

Thai soup was not tasty. Noodles and dumplings were not good cooked. They used plastic wares that are not my favourite.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Ordered two Thai soups through Uber eats. Received Luke warm water with a few slice of beef and a lump sum of rice noodles. Call back to explain my dissatisfaction to the restaurant. I was told that I had to select every single item I wanted to be in the soup through the Uber eats app. Turns out it is not true, you are only require to choose a protein. Every other choice is if you want an extra or a substitution. I am so disapponted that I will never ordered from this location again.

★★
December 22, 2023

Normally this place is great but on August 23 2023 I got my normal beef pad se ew with extra sauce. There was a new guy cooking (I m basically a regular at this point and I didn t recognize him, only the one on cash and the new guy looked to obviously be in the middle of getting trained) and he butchered it. Tried to call twice after I got home to my disappointment of a dinner to let them know this but nobody picked up the phone. Normally there is a lady cooking and she makes this dish perfect every single time. Tonight I was very disappointed and just wanted to let them know to please let the new guy know , extra sauce means EXTRA SAUCE! Not -less sauce- not -no sauce- . EXTRA SAUCE! Especially when you are paying extra for it . So upset rn.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

We have had nothing but wonderful experiences at this Thai express location! The food is great and the service is 10 out of 10. Even though this location is farther from our house then the other locations we don t mind driving a few extra minutes because of how kind the staff members are. Sometimes I am treated poorly because of my gluten allergy. But not at this Thai express! The staff makes me feel welcomed and comfortable!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Absolutely Delicious! A bit pricey but worth it. Food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

1st of All. A BIG SALUT to The fiery wok ~Chef works like he Loves his job and the Food is S0 Deliciously Tasty. Would Highly recommend going there. :) Food

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Best Thai Express I have ever been to. They respect all customers and honestly make the best dishes ever.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

It s always good.

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

No Washroom. What type of restaurant doesnt have even have a washroom to wash your hands before eating. Horribly horribly managed franchise

December 22, 2023

As a Thai food place it was terrible. No sauce and super dry food.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

The most delicious food I ate

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Costumer service was sick, Ahmed was so dope on the stove whipping up flames n fire food. #7 was delicious, All in all great experience, would go back again

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Best food and best customer service

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

I dont know what they gave me.... but its unlike any Tom Yum ive ever had before in my life.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

The most delicious Asian food ever

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

I ordered for delivery where you can clearly select the option NO spicy, I called on the phone and they did not give me an option of anything, they told me that I lost my money and I ran out of dinner.

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

On google it clearly says that this place closes at 11pm. I was at the store before 10:30pm and they were closed. It would be great if you guys could get your timings sorted. I also tried calling the place several times earlier and they never pick the phone. How are we supposed to contact you guys if you dont pick up? Please try and improve the service.

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Bad service, dont have service mind and cook the wrong order. The taste not even close real Thai food.

December 22, 2022

Bland Express, food wasnt that great. Ate at other locations and it was decent but here had no flavor. It was the chicken pad Thai I ordered. I would eat at other noodle places near by, more for the value and authentic.

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Horrible Service, I have frequented this location many times. When taking clients up to Kingston this was ulour uaual lunch spot. As time goes on, service has gotten horrible. Today I ordered a tofu fried rice and confirmed with the employee its vegetarian so they dont put egg. They delivered a vegetarian fried rice without tofu and added egg. When we approached them to fix it the employees tried to charge me extra 3 dollars for tofu and said that vegetarian doesnt include tofu. They also stated the the order i said was to comlicsted. Communication with their current employee base seems to be horrible. Further I went through reviews for this location and it seems its an ongoing issue. Their customer service is rude and getting orders wrong seems to be a norm. How does a franchise allow this locatoon to run without keeping business owners liable for this sort of attitude. If customers wanted to take a risk and try something different , wed go to non franchise locations. The reason behind choosing a franchise food spot is for comfort and consistency. Very disappointed

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Absolutely an amazing find extremely good food fresh, staff is fantastic. I eat there a least once a week,

December 22, 2022

On google it states that they are open until 11pm. It s 9:45pm and they are closed. This seems to be common. Definitely lost my business.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

My wife and I both love this place. Their food is delicious, service is great, and theyre usually very quick. On top of that, you get to watch them make your meal right in front of you. The restaurant is clean and there all tons of menu options so its not hard to find something youll love.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Good for what it is.

December 22, 2022

Ordered through skip the dishes. Asked for no bean sprouts in my food. Got bean sprouts in my food. Called and explained and they told me to just get a refund through skip the dishes. Not even an apology was said about it. Not so sure they care about their customers. Now Im out my dinner because which isnt helpful as I have celiac disease and only have a handful of options to eat for takeout. Will not be ordering from there again. Do not recommend.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Very light curry and doesnt seem to fresh as you would expect from Thai Express

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Amazing food

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Ordered General Thai Chicken, chicken was solid like stones.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Excellent service, professional, quick, food very tasty, well prepared with parking.

December 22, 2022

I love Thai express, but this location really dropped the ball. Went to get some dinner here and the noodles were almost completely uncooked. Couldn t even get through the first couple of bites. Incredibly disappointed.

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Great food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

I order chicken fried rice. They gave me a small Thai express box but I wanted it in a container. The server said he would charge me for that. I said okay. But he didn t charge me for it, but he still gave me a look, lol. The chicken fried rice was good though(3/5). Above review is from a year ago. This time I went for a cold winter walk and thought a spicy soup would be perfection. I googled for a tomyum soup and it took me to Thai express. I paid 12 dollars for the huge soup. The soup had a lot of noodles, mushrooms, clean pieces of chicken and the taste was just out of this world. You most certainly get the value for your buck here. I gave a 3/5 star review for Thai express last year and would like to change it to 4 based on the soup. Would love to try more stuff soon.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

A standard Thai Express, everything is timely and just what youd expect :)

December 22, 2021

Got very sick, dont recommand this place at all.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Ordered Yellow Curry but the curry served was almost looks and taste like Chinese curry with thai flavor.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Healthy and filling meals! The box the meal comes in looks small but fills me for hours!

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

I am not impressed. The food was okay, but not great and almost cold, and it was soup that I picked up and took home myself. (5 minutes away). I found the person waiting on me very unfriendly to the point that I almost left. I cant think of a reason to return. We have some very good Thai restaurants in Kingston, and this isnt one of them.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

I decided to get the vegetable salad roll and steamed dumplings. I did not like the vegetable salad roll as it taste weird amd i think it maybe was too much mint or something in it but I did like the steam dumplings but for the price I paid was a little bit too much. I will definitely go back just to try other ones but it was fast to get my order like 10 minutes and they were all pretty nice in there.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Very good food but bad customer experience. Where do I start? SMH. Their website is unnecessarily complicated to order or place orders for take out from. I spent nearly 30 mins trying to figure it out, only to learn that the place is closed or so it said. Google said it wasn t so I called. The employee couldn t care less and was not courteous at all. He literally hung up once I said that s it without a word and without asking my name and number.

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Love the pad thai!

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Pretty nice little spot, the soups there are all fantastic. (Edit) originally 4 stars due to the chicken being shaky once when I got it, but Ive upped it to 5 after the owner responded to my review kindly. I have so much admiration for owners who treat reviews legitimately and that dedication is something I admire.

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Fast and good food.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Best Thai ever. Great portions.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Excellent Pad Thai

December 22, 2021

Gross! I ordered the chicken curry and it was potatoes and carrots mixed in my maybe 3 tiny chewy fat chicken(was it even chicken?) Barely any sauce!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Very rich

December 22, 2021

Absolutely disgusted by the behavior of the salesperson. He took my order with a very patronizing tone and it seemed like he was doing me a favor. They use a faulty POS machine and call almost every customer twice saying your card didnt go through - insinuating that the card was out of limit or declined. It has happened to me quite a number of times now. When I was asked to pay the second time (like the three other gentlemen waiting before me) because apparently my card didnt go through, I politely asked that have they thought of changing the machine. I was met with a very rude attitude like I committed a sin and the reply was no, we wont . Dear thai express, thats not how you behave with customers.

December 22, 2021

Customer service has not been good the past two times Ive ordered from this Thai Express. My order was made incorrectly and I was made to feel as though it was my fault, even though my order has been the same for over 10 years and have never had an issue at other locations. I will not be returning to this location.

★★★
December 22, 2021

Quick

December 22, 2021

Really good, if you enjoy cardboard in your food! Called to let them know about it and I was told it just happens, you know?. I worked in the hospitality industry for 7 years and never experienced cardboard in someones food, plus the person on the phone couldve handled that a little better and at least apologied. Definitely better off going to local thai place in town

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Friendly staff and the food is quality

Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Bad staff. Unprofessional guy with longer hair. Find another place to work brother

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Great location, very convenient for queens student and downtown area, place is always clean..!! Great service..!!

★★★
December 22, 2020

Very ordinary...

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Nice taste and made fresh right in front of you.

★★★
December 22, 2020

Extremely small portions

December 22, 2020

Several times I have asked for my food extra spicy, only to get it and they added zero spiciness to it whatsoever. Wont be ordering here again. Mall location is much better.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Tried the shrimp Tom yum at this location and it was really good! Only issue was the neighbourhood wasn t great, what has happened to downtown Kingston? Homeless ppl sleeping on the benches, garbage floating around, I got harassed by a crackhead for money and didn t feel safe. Would never go here when it s dark.

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Fast, hot and so much goodness. Great quality and quantity. Will definitely be back.

Local Guide
December 22, 2019

The worst thai restaurant ever, they dont even know how tom yum soup taste, just stay away

December 22, 2019

Apparently theres no guarantee the chicken dumplings wont be burnt. Crazy, right? Why serve an item that you cant guarantee wont be burnt

★★★
December 22, 2019

Clean, fast service, three stars because I find the quality inconsistent.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Been there twice and the service and quality of food was outstanding. Nice, fresh, big portions. I always end up with a second meal.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Very nice chicken pad Thai

Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Ordered a general thai chicken and yet I couldnt taste anything not even the pineapples that it came with.

★★★
December 22, 2019

Clean environment, good taste, but portion of meat and veggies was poor.

December 22, 2019

The worst resteraunt ever. I ordered for Uber eats and wait for 40 mints then they cancel my order. I have to call back to ask why and they told me they can t make it because no more ingredient left. You could denfinetly tell me at The beginning , idiot.

Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Alert. This place is no longer kosher or Halal. So all those previously thought that it was please beware that its not as of August 2019.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

The food wasnt disgusting, but you eat off cardboard plates with plastic forks, so as long as you realize that, it should give you a sense of what its like overall.

December 22, 2019

I wish I could give 0 stars.

December 22, 2019

Atrocious customer service. Phoned in to inquire on delivery options and the staff immediately shut the phone in my face.

★★★★★
December 22, 2019

So many choices for vegetarian and gluten free!

★★★★★
December 22, 2019

I ve never not had 10/10 service here. Everything tastes fresh, and they have a Pepsi freestyle machine which is tight

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Fast.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Delicious!

December 22, 2019

Food was cold, wet, and made me very sick. Shrimp was undercooked and food was overexpensive. Purchase this food at your own risk folks.

December 22, 2018

Terrible service. They have like 2 people running the show with like 7 people in line.

★★★★★
December 22, 2018

this place is crazy, one dude makes the spiciest off menu items and names them after how badly that respective person would kick your ass. honestly the food isnt anything to write home about but the sheer spice level makes it so i cant taste the food anyways, only pain and mild euphoria.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

My favourite location ...usually end up here after class or cant decided were to eat.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

The level of spice I ask for and the level of spice I receive is pretty inconsistent. Nice staff though. Would give higher review if it wasnt such a pain to park there. If I can, I prefer the mall just so I can park

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

My favourite restaurant

★★★★★
December 22, 2018

Had vegetable Pad Thai and General Thai battered beef abd both were great.

★★★★★
December 22, 2018

We went to this location for the first time and were very impressed! The inside was so clean and modern, I really enjoyed the decor! While we were waiting for our meals we chatted with the manager who was also making our meals and he was super friendly, which made the wait seem to take no time at all. Everything was delicious and well made, 10/10 for service and for flavour! :)

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Lovely stuff and amazing food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

I loved the food but service could be a bit quicker...they were very nice though

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

First time trying this chain. Pricey for what you get. This location is big but there is hardly any parking.

★★★★★
December 22, 2017

Fast & really good with very generous portions!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Same as the other Thai express places. Pretty good food/service.

★★★★★
December 22, 2017

Clean, fresh and friendly! Love my shrimp pad Thai

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Love the Thai soup

★★★★★
December 22, 2017

Good food, fast, friendly service! Cant ask for more! Will be back again and again :)

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Great Food and Price

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

My pad Thai didnt taste like those from the same Montreal chain and was dry; lack of sauce and seasonings.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Food is really good, prepared fresh right in front of you. Also, they have a fancy drink machine.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Quick and friendly staff

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Good and affordable

★★
December 22, 2017

Garbage.

December 22, 2017

The pad thai was extremely dry, had little sauce and did not taste good at all. Definitely not up to par with other locations. Even the Thai Express at the mall is better than this. Will definitely not be going back to this location.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Mmmm, fresh and tasty!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Good portions, delicious food. Ridiculously convenient location. Now I dont have to take a half hour bus.