Salween Restaurant in Thunder Bay

505 Simpson St, Thunder Bay, ON P7C 3J5, Canada

★★★★★
(107 reviews)
Categories: Thai restaurant
Address
505 Simpson St, Thunder Bay, ON P7C 3J5, Canada
Plus Code
9QR6+5V Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Monday
11:30 AM–8:30 PM
Tuesday
11:30 AM–8:30 PM
Wednesday
11:30 AM–8:30 PM
Thursday
11:30 AM–8:30 PM
Friday
11:30 AM–8:30 PM
Saturday
3–8:30 PM
Sunday
Closed

Services

Service options
Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park
Offerings
Coffee Healthy options Small plates Vegan options Vegetarian options
Dining options
Lunch Dinner Catering Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy
Crowd
Groups
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
High chairs
Parking
Free of charge street parking Free parking lot Parking

Photos

Reviews

4.6
★★★★★
107 reviews

Most Mentioned

pad thai (13) spring rolls (6) takeout (6) delivery (5) portion sizes (3) peanut sauce (2) sausage (2) mango salad (2) asian food (2) dining (2)
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★★★★★
September 5, 2024

One of the few places in town I can get Pad See Ew. The atmosphere and decor is pretty bare, but good food and nice folks.

★★★★★
November 29, 2023

Dining in today—not here for the ambience, but the staff are nice and it’s very clean. The BEST Thai in TBay. My regular takeout order is the red curry. Big portion and tastes awesome!

★★★★★
August 25, 2023

I've been twice now while in the area for my work and it has hit the spot. Wish I had found it sooner! I've dined in both times but they stay super busy answering the phones and handling the steady stream of carryout and delivery orders. Everything I've ordered has been top-notch but especially the salads. The mango salad and the ginger salad both were superbly fresh and satisfying, and brought to the table in less than five minutes of placing the order.

★★★★★
April 21, 2023

I loved it! It was delicious! I ordered the Cashew Stirfry and it was perfect, lots of delicious vegetables and the shrimp was so good! I have zero complaints, I had a great experience, the food is great. Big serving sizes too! Made a great dinner.

★★★★★
February 7, 2023

Located in what appears to be a more outdated part of town but the food is still delicious. A bit on the mild side compared to other Thai restaurants which is fine for those who don't like it spicy. Portion sizes are great with very reasonable prices. I would definitely recommend this to any visitors to Thunder Bay.

★★★★★
November 30, 2022

A gem in thunder bay! Burmese cuisine is difficult to find and this restaurant had such a great selection of dishes. Had the tea leaf salad and tum carrot salad, both were really delicious. Would definitely return if I pass through TB again!

★★★★★
September 6, 2022

I love their food! Service is very good as well. Last time I went they didn't have sausage but I totally recommend then from a previous order. I love their pad Thai

★★★★★
October 3, 2018

Super yummy foods! We were going to Toronto and drove by this place. We ordered all five different items on the menu and they were all so good! I would like to suggest to the white folks, get out of your comfort zone and try different menus other than “Pad Thai”. If you want to try one of these menus, you can just show them the following pictures! I’m definitely returning if I’m ever going to drive by Thunder Bay. Satisfaction level is 100% 👍🏼👍🏼👌🏼👌🏼

★★★★
Local Guide
November 23, 2024

Great food, great service, decent dining room. Soon Simpson St will be repaved and we can dine in again.

★★★★★
September 23, 2024

I like love this restaurant

★★★★★
Local Guide
June 23, 2024

I generally just go for takeout. Food is good quality and very consistent.

★★★★★
February 23, 2024

Best Thai in the city! Since moving back to town, after much searching, this is the only place that serves basil chicken, and its delicious. I regret not being brave enough to get the medium spice option. Otherwise, the food is perfection.

★★★★★
February 23, 2024

Omg the pad see ew is unreal!!! My new fav meal. Also the spring rolls are amazing. Food is always still hot when it gets delivered. Hidden gem for sure!

★★★★★
Local Guide
January 23, 2024

The pork belly is amazing and the tom yum soup always

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Unbelievable food. My go-to spot for Thai.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Best Thai place in Thunder Bay imo. Came from Toronto and found it hard not having a decent selection of Asian food, Salween definitely delivers!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Absolutely delicious food and fabulous service. A must try if you re in Thunder Bay. It was a five out of five for my family!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Parking: Lots of parking

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Amazing food! They were really awesome labelling Gluten Free and Not GF which is hard to find in Thunder Bay. Great food and great service! Dietary restrictions: Good on Gluten Free options.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

The food was delicious and there were three dishes and spring rolls ordered! We will be ordering from there again! Absolutely delicious and the portions were great! Food

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Very good

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Ill be getting the tum yum again.

★★★★
December 23, 2023

Have only really ordered takeout specifically their pad thai but I have to say its the best in town and occasionally Ill get a batch that wont taste as good but overall I highly recommend their pad thai! Only downside is its not in the best area or the nicest restaurant but their pad thai is divine lol

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Great food and ambiance. The only thing that prevented the 5 star is the amount of meat in their recipes. The best restaurant in TBay until they prove otherwise.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

The food was awesome, the service was very friendly however the space was a little dated but everything else made up for that. Vegetarian options: Always options

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Have taken take outs from here and the PAD Thai chicken is amazing guys, I m a fan

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

We had a bit of an order mix up which the staff happily and quickly resolved, and also resulted in the chance to taste their Krapow Moo Krob w/ Egg and it was delicious. We also had the green and yellow curries, which were equally as delicious. Great customer service, fresh veggies, vibrant flavours, and a wait time that was 2 & 1/2 hours quicker than Thai Kitchen

December 23, 2022

I ordered Padthai and spring rolls here. Padthai looks like a picture. The noodles were mushy and soggy, I can t eat at all. Very disappointed.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Ok this place is literally a saviour!! Everything they make is amazing, the Pad see ew, the Tom yum soup, fried rice, shrimp tempura, curry noodles. The chef is amazing and alwaysss listens to every special instruction I mention. Thank you team!

★★★
December 23, 2022

Not bad but misses the mark for Thai flavour. Spring roll was an egg roll really. Dish that was supposed to have lemongrass didnt. Tom kha gai was best but it was oddly sweet and thick so maybe used coconut cream?

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Some of the best pad thai Ive ever had! They followed my special instructions perfectly. The spring rolls were also amazing, I highly recommend.

★★★★
December 23, 2022

Great food , fast service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

We ordered a dinner for two on skipthedishes the food arrived pipping hot and was extremely delicious. Would highly recommend

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Best Thai in Thunder Bay!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

The mango salad and yellow/red curry are my go to, ride or die!

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Delicious food, friendly staff and generous portions. I recommend it to anyone who visits Thunder Bay! Favourite dishes include #24 and #41, extra hot of course!

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

The food is always wonderful and the staff is amazing. Q

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Excellent food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Delicious food, big portions. Perfect place to visit if youre hungry.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Looks like a hole in the wall in what feels like a sketchy area of town as you are driving through, but the food was well worth the stop! Fresh, clean, excellent spices! We ate in (quite casual) and there was a lot of take out activity going on.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

As someone who loves asian cuisine, is a chef and have eaten in most major and small cities in Canada, this was a pleasant surprise. Everything had lots of flavour and tasted delicious. As Im only passing through Im saddened I wont get to try more of the menu. Id recommend this place to both locals and not. Id also recommend actually going into the restaurant as the food quality is not the same for delivery especially with fried noodle and vegetable dishes. Portion size was large per dish which is perfect for sharing so you can order more dishes.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

I love this restaurant It s so good I love #20 #33 #6 #35 they are so good! Best Thai food I ve ever had Keep up the good work

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

I asked Salween Restaurant to cater for a work meeting I was chairing at the hospital. They did a fantastic job! Food was well packaged and they delivered complimentarily! It was also reasonably priced unlike other restaurants I had approached for this event. The attendees loved the food. I would definitely recommend them to everyone. Thanks Prezena and your team!

December 23, 2021

Unfortunately our experience wasn t great with this restaurant. We ordered through skip the dishes, and they were great to refund us the portion that was mistaken- our basil beef came as basil chicken, spicy when it was ordered mild and our cashew chicken dish was missing altogether. My fiancé found a bone in his pad Thai... (really glad it was him and not our toddler who was eating some of the noodles) also the flavour just wasn t all that great, watery green curry. The basil chicken that was wrong wasn t what I expected either it didn t have a taste of basil at all. I wish I had better things to say but unfortunately this was a major miss for us for lots of reasons and all I seemed to find was amazing reviews so I was surprised. I d order from Thai kitchen next time.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Amazing delicious food. Staff were awesome too. Best takeout in a long time. Highly recommend.

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

The food is always amazing

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Loved it ! Never tried bamboo until the yellow curry stir fry .. was so good ! Deff a new favorite. Also feel so good and healthy after eating it .

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Yummy!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

i love it. very different taste but very delicious.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Great food, kinda dark... they never have their lights on when you pickup the food

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

I enjoyed their tasty fried rice and samosa. I will definately be ordering again

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

I ordered the pad thai (shrimp&chicken - my fav) and vegetable spring rolls. I was not disappointed. Spring rolls were perfect! Very generous and not over fried. The pad thai looked like it might be bland from the colour, but was pretty flavourful. Almost perfect... I added one teaspoon of kikkoman soy sauce and squeezed one lemon wedge and one lime wedge on and it was absolutely perfect just to my tastes. Two thumbs up

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

The mango salad was amazing the rest was alright. Would definitely eat again

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Never disappointed. Always unreal.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Awesome food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

basil rice sooo yummy and pepper beef ooooou

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Best Pad Thai. Never disappointed. Greatest peanut sauce.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

I called 6 different places for chicken soup, but as Im allergic to egg, I dont get much option. Most of the places were either sold out or hung up saying they couldnt accommodate. So shout out to @Salween Restaurant at Simpson st for accommodating and making the chicken soup without egg. I was feeling under the weather but the soup made me feel better! Thanks to the amazing lady who made efforts to check the ingredients, suggest an alternative and took my order- everything over phonecall!!

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

Really good food, for me the best thai in town

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Mango salad.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Great food. Had the sweet and sour chicken! Yum.

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

Amazing pad thai and peanut sauce, I will definitely order again

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

We had their super tasty sausages this week at the market. Wow... The mix of pork, noodle and sticky rice was delicious. Ill definitely be looking for them again. Thanks for treat!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

The food was great as always. Busy. SKIP must have been in and out three times while I picked up my order.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Delicious Thai food. I wish was more spicy.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Surprisingly good!

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Amazing food, ready very quickly. Good price, friendly service. They cater to vegetarian/vegan/gluten free etc. customers. A hidden gem in Thunder Bay! Cant recommend enough.

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Have been a number of times now and the staff is always very polite and the food very good. Love that they have gluten free items on the menu. Would definitely recommend

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

I am so happy the service and food from The Salween. It s very clean inside. And staff is always friendly and gracious for your business. The portion sizes are very generous and the prices are completely reasonable. I highly recommend!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

One of the best places in town! Pad Tai number 23 and 27 are the best! Soup number 20 is just so gooood, too! Big thumps up!

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

best pad thai in thunder bay

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Really good food but too pricey!

Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Maybe the most bland Pad Thai I have had. Definitely the most disgusting bathroom I have ever seen. Will never try again.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2017

Ordered to go. Had the stir fry. It was tasty - ready to order again on the next trip. Tip for visitors staying at airport hotels: from the bus stops on Arthur street, #4 bus takes you right to Salween ($2.75).