Thai Express Restaurant Kitchener in Kitchener

Fairview Park, 2960 Kingsway Dr, Kitchener, ON N2C 1X1, Canada

★★★☆☆
(108 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
Fairview Park, 2960 Kingsway Dr, Kitchener, ON N2C 1X1, Canada
Plus Code
CHG6+3H Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Monday
11 AM–7 PM
Tuesday
11 AM–7 PM
Wednesday
11 AM–7 PM
Thursday
11 AM–7 PM
Friday
11 AM–7 PM
Saturday
10 AM–6 PM
Sunday
11 AM–5 PM

Services

Service options
Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park Wheelchair-accessible entrance Wheelchair-accessible seating
Offerings
Healthy options Vegan options Vegetarian options
Dining options
Lunch Dinner Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual
Crowd
Family friendly LGBTQ+ friendly
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids
Parking
Free of charge street parking

Photos

Reviews

3.0
★★★☆☆
108 reviews

Most Mentioned

pad thai (17) fried rice (11) price (9) basil (7) to go (7) box (6) spicy (6) vegan (5) money (5) gasoline (2)
5 stars
35
4 stars
22
3 stars
3
2 stars
9
1 stars
39
December 16, 2024

Food was awful , freshly cooked but horrid taste. Not recommended at all. On telling staff they just dismissed the complaint. Avoid

August 6, 2024

Ordered 2 vegan fried rice and they accidentally put egg in it. I told them nicely and he grabbed the food from my hand and threw it on the counter. He insisted loudly with an attitude that I didn’t say vegan but I said it 3 times. I asked for a refund but they said no and when they re made it they made it in 30 seconds. The food tasted bad like gasoline, the customer service was horrible! Never buying from there again.

August 4, 2024

I asked for Basil fried rice with eggs only.. they put so many big pieces of veggies and its not even cooked properly.. ive been coming here from last 5-6 years but im done now... never coming back....

May 24, 2024

I visited with my family and i oredered chicken fried rice takeout, that fried rice tastes funny, the two ladies in the cooking area, dont speak english at all and i asked her for a hot sause and she didn't give it and i asked for soysauce and she gave one. Then i asked her again, and she threw the soysauce on the counter top and i asked for 2 plates to share with my kids and she completely ignored first then she gave me 2. So i am a thai express regular customer and i had a bad experience with this location. These staffs definitely need to speak English or bring somebody that speaks English

January 18, 2024

The worst food I ever tried. They don’t maintain any kind of health safety. There was a small hair in their food but when I talked to them they behave very rudely and did not accept their mistake. Never ever visit again there

★★★★
August 15, 2023

Most predictable fast food at a mall and our perennial preference. The service was good and the mall sitting are ma was clean. The quantity is a hit or miss and this place the quantity of rice and stir fry was a miss. Vegan Pad Thai with Tofu - very predictable taste at every location and this was just a we expected. Vegan Basil Tofu Stir Fry - the quantity of rice and veggies was a miss and very basil leaves for flavour. Vegan Ginger Tofu Stir Fry - the quantity of rice and veggies was a miss here as well and very few ginger thins in the stir fry.

★★★★★
June 20, 2023

Extremely delicious padseeew here with refreshing cold drinks such as lychee juice. Very friendly service. I've been coming here for many years However, I do not recommend ordering your food extra spicy because the chef will add too much Sriracha which will overpower the flavor and taste of the food. Medium spicy, a little spicy or even mild is better I also do not recommend ordering the Thai iced tea because it does not taste good whatsoever and you're gonna throw away like 6 or 7 dollars for nothing However this is still a great place to eat nonetheless!!

★★
September 14, 2021

These are pics of my green curry order. It was basically onions and white rice with a few pieces of chicken on top. :/ and couple of mushroom pieces and green pepper.

Local Guide
December 15, 2024

Disappointed with the Pad thai. Bland af.

Local Guide
October 22, 2024

Not even one star bad customer service talking not nicely to customer s prices very expensive 22$ for small soup overcharging for food never will buy from this restaurant

Local Guide
October 22, 2024

Ordered pad Thai taste like gasoline and cold and uncooked

★★★
September 22, 2024

I used to frequent this location, but after a bad experience with who I m assuming is the owner I will not be returning. Extremely rude.

★★★★
Local Guide
May 22, 2024

Perfect fried rice. Good food good service.

April 22, 2024

Orderd veg fired Rice with no egg, but still there was egg in my rice..

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Posting this review again as my old review is deleted and not showing. My old review Old guy at cashier behaved very rudely and has no customer service skills

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Old guy on cash register was extremely rude with customer ahead me. He was yelling on the customer when customer told him he wants pineapple and tomatoes fried rice. Cashier told I want to know Thai or basil but he was extremely extremely rude. I would never visit this location again and I would like to call Thai express head office because I ve experienced that before as well. 2 Days before also he did same with me and my spouse, we were happy and shopping but that guys ruined our mood but we didn t say anything that day but we both felt disrespectful.

December 22, 2023

Food quality was really bad. I felt awful after eating there. No gloves and she touched/hold someone else food who brought his half eaten food back to add some more gravy and cut to continued preparation of my food. I actually had to throw my food anyways I ordered Ginger stir fry with chicken, there was hardly any chicken or veggies but mostly sauce and white rice. Very disappointing this location is waste of money. Also Asian older guy was almost yelling on me when I tried to talk to him regarding.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Amazing food..very good taste big portions and clean ... I really enjoyed the food and we will come again..the cook is very friendly too :)

December 22, 2023

Had the ginger stir fry with chicken, the chicken is weird, it doesnt feel like chicken, the texture is too soft to be real chicken. The pad thai chicken is different. Dont get this meal. Feel sick. Dietary restrictions: Gluten free

December 22, 2023

Waste of money, overpriced and not delicious. I suggest everyone do not try this

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Went here and order General Tao chicken and I got Chinese fried rice. CHINESE fried rice. Food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Love love love this place. They are taking my money because I cant stop ordering from them. I always get the fried rice (chicken and shrimp) and Ive also tried their general Thai pineapple. All 3 are excellent. Their portion sizes are WELL beyond generous. Some days my box is so full it cant even close properly. I usually eat twice from one order. Food is always cooked to perfection and Ive never had a bad experience here. Vegetarian options: They have all sorts of food sensitivity options

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Horrible, see the chicken dead parts that no human can consume, they are in your plate. Other Ingridiants are ok. I definitely DO NOT recommend this.

★★★★
December 22, 2023

Surprisingly good

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

I loved their food, everything seemed delicious, but the mushrooms have honestly become my favorite part of the dish. Something that I loved about this establishment is that when closing time approaches, they prepare dishes that are much cheaper so that the least amount of food possible remains, I think it is an excellent measure, it shows that their food is fresh every day and also offers an opportunity to enjoy it at a lower price. Very good for Thai Express! Super recommended! Vegetarian options: Youre going to love their mushrooms.

December 22, 2023

If I had an option for negative rating, I would rate this location as pathetic in service.Ordered a pad thai noodles and it didn t taste like pad thai at all, watery, no sauce at all. Paid extra for the protein but to my surprise there was just 2 piece of tofu. I like pad thai from other thai express location , tried this one for first time and can say never going back to this location.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Uncle makes the freshest and best Pad Thai and Pad See Ew

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Vegetarian options: So nice to see more than one dish with tofu. Food

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Would give zero star, ordered fried rice and paid extra for tofu,,, he hardly added tofu and cook was very rude,,, not even answering to my questions

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

I love their Pad Thai and their other vegetarian options.

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Waste of money, No taste at all. Very bland. Ordered green Thai curry with tofu. They have not even put gravy to suffice till middle. It s just rice after half box.

December 22, 2022

Ordered thai and basil and no pineapples and basil in it Not to order again

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Gave it a try on Uber eats for something different and trying to stay away from fast food. Not all that impressed honestly. Very bland and not well mixed together with the rice. Chicken and veg was on top rice was on the bottom. I would rather enjoy my food then trying to mix it together. Didn t even eat half of it. After all the good reviews this place got back in the day just seems like they are just surviving at this point. Won t be returning.

December 22, 2022

Terrible taste. Went here on Sat, Aug 6th, 2022. My plate was swimming in too much Thai sauce. Tried eating it but stopped halfway through and ended up going to the bathroom. Told the older Asian man the food was really bad. He looked at me and ignored me! Then the Asian woman came and I explained too much sauce and food is really bad. Told rhem I am not asking for my money back but just to let them know. The man started almost yelling at me and basically blamed me for not saying to put less sauce. My plate was loaded with sauce! Rude people, bad food. Avoid this place. If you do eat here... have a washroom close by!

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Ordered a chicken pad Thai, came to over $14. And there were literally three pieces of chicken in it. If I wanted $1. Of noodles I would have grabbed a pack of mr noodle from Walmart.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Great food and customer service! My husband and I grab take-out from here every now and then and always enjoy our meal. The owner and staff are always very friendly and work incredibly hard preparing the food.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Excellent food and great staff! We eat there regularly!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Thai special fried rice taste good and fast processed

★★★★
December 22, 2021

Friendly counter staff and good portions

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

This location is fabulous! The owners are friendly and always prompt. I cant wait for them to be open again!! I love the Pad Thai (chicken or beef, extra spicy!)

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Always amazing ! And always the same sweet people !

December 22, 2021

So disappointing ordered spicy general Thai chicken and had no heat to it whatsoever. Didnt help that the rice was super boring! Won t be back to this location. Will be going to the waterloo location where they know what spicy is.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Great place to eat! I m Canadian and they love us lol

Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Don t know the name of the guy but u guys need to provide some training on guest acknowledgment to him

Local Guide
December 22, 2021

First time at Thai Express today. Thought i be serviced by some friendly Thai people. Nope just some unfriendly Chinese dude who seems irritated that i didnt know my protein option for Pas Sa Ew. ( tasted like cheap soy sauce diluted with salted water ) taste and portion not worth the price. Dude need training in customer services

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

After others where served ahead of me, i ordered the Chicken Pad Thai. 4 of us tried to eat it trying to find someone who would eat it. No one liked it. Too much spice and sauce, too little meat for the price. Wont buy from here again. The oriental man behind the the counter needs to develop better people skills.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Pad Thai was too saucy and bland. Big disappointment

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Excellent taste!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

I ordered the vegan Pad Thai from their vegan menu card. They asked no egg? Which I guess was good, since somebody there doesnt quite understand what vegan means. A little wild to me if youre in the business of making people their food. Taste was good, but I thought pad Thai has peanuts in it... None found.. also no tofu, but I guess I didnt ask for tofu. So basically a box of noodles, no protein,a a few veggies for $9.58+tax.

Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Noodles are all stuck together like bad spaghetti. They should call it vegan cause I don t find any chicken, just batter. Threw it away, terrible food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Great experience for Thai food.

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Vegan options, friendly service. Food tastes fantastic and stays warm for a long time in the (compostable?) to go boxes.

Local Guide
December 22, 2020

food is disgusting over 12 bucks for a box of fried rice and some onions. dont go here. plenty of better places to go to around there.

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

I tried other places for Thai foods, but for me this one is the best .

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Loved it ,my favorite.

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

so good i spent all of my money on it

December 22, 2019

Found a hair in my food (Tom Yum Soup)

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

It was pretty good. Seems like a friendly family-run place. Very efficient.

December 22, 2019

Not good service

Local Guide
December 22, 2019

didnt go

★★★
December 22, 2019

I stopped in today for 2 Thai Salads. The price I was charged @ cash was more than the menu board?! Is that even legal? I ordered both salads without vermicelli & was told they would each be .65 cents less. Grand total was $23.91. Flavour was there but prices did not reflect the amount of food I received.

★★
December 22, 2019

I ve been going to this place for years to the point where they no my order without me saying it. It s usually a hit or a miss, but when it s good it s amazing so I keep going back hoping to strike lightning. Today I ordered BASIL fried rice withe EXTRA BASIL. I was on my phone when they started making it so when I looked up everything was in the bowl ready to go. I didn t see any basil on top as usually, but I shrugged it off an thought may be it was on the bottom. I couldn t see when he was putting in the take out box, but I asked him if this was the BASIL fried rice and he smiled in my face and said Yes, extra spicy . I got home and I m not exaggerating when I tell you there is LITERALLY zero basil in my BASIL fried rice. I m so flabbergasted right now. If you don t have basil just so and I would have ordered something else, but to deliberately deceive a LONG time customer like that is so appalling. I m never going back to this place again.

★★★★
December 22, 2019

Good option for non greasy food on a mall. This location is good but service could be better.

Local Guide
December 22, 2019

I couldnt even eat my food. It was really water and mushy for some reason. I ordered the curry with chicken but didnt even smell like curry.

Local Guide
December 22, 2019

I have had many Thai Express in a number of different cities across Canada and the simple chicken Pad Thai I received to go today was the worst. It was barely cooked and swimming in excess sauce and liquid. Barely edible.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

This Pad Thai is one of the best recipes to try.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

I ordered a tofu thai rice and It was tasty but guy at cashier was so rude and dont know how to talk with customer.

Local Guide
December 22, 2018

I just went there to buy 3 take out meals. The guy at cash was really rude. He didnt say Hi or ask what i would like to order. He didnt want to serve when i came to the store. When i ordered, i ordered wrong. I didnt know what in the meal, i asked him but he didnt want to answer my question. Then i changed my orders, he was very mad. I paid for 3 orders and he didnt say thanks or anything. I go to the mall in Kitchener because i love Thai Express. But after this time i wont buy from this store agian. Very bad service.

Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Worst pad thai. Very less meat. Not good at all.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Ordered chicken Pad Thai and it was drown is sauce which tasted like ketchup mixed with soy sauce.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Was real delicious

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Good food for those looking for fast food thats not junk.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

The food is good and the staff are nice.

Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Service was good but the food was very bad. Ordered Thai Soup and Pad Thai, Thais Soup had very little meat, and mostly consisted of noodles and fresh shredded carrots - was the worst Thai soup I ever had, and not filling at all. Tofu Pad Thai was way too spicy and not enough protein as well, threw most of it out as I couldnt eat it. Neither of the meals was worth 10 dollars and both were very cheaply made.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Great service, foods ok.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Excellent taste. I ordered stir fry with soya garlic with steam rice, it tasted yummy!!!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Fresh food often... Fairly priced

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

I mean its fast food Thai, high calories...but great tasting for fast Thai. I see some people describing getting sick WHILE eating or right after eating... I dont think they quite understand how food poisoning works ;)

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

The guy at the cash is always so nice to me and the food is good. No complaints from me! Everyone is so sweet

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Come here every so often with a friend. I usually pick up the basil fried rice with chicken, it has not yet disappointed me. Food is quite tasty.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

General Tao chicken really hits the spot. Basil stir-fry is also a great lunch deal and very tasty. Cooked fresh right in front of you.

Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Undigested...

★★★★★
December 22, 2016

Great meal for a decent price.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

I went to lots of thai express on different location, I never get this little content with pad thai anywhere else. There is only one piece of tofu and about 10 tiny pieces beef, even the sprout is less than other places. Its definitely not worth nearly 10 bucks. I always feel there are too many meat in the pad thai with the one I had in guelph location. But this one... the only thing I am sure is I will never go back.