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Address: 1818 NW 23rd Pl, Portland, OR 97210
Phone: (503) 781-2997
Website: https://www.phuketcafepdx.com/
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Phuket Cafe | Portland
JOIN US 1818 NW 23rd Place Portland, OR 97210 ; DINNER Wednesday • Thursday • Sunday 5pm-9pm. Friday • Saturday 5pm-10pm ; LUNCH 7 Days a Week 11am-2:30pm.
menus — Phuket Cafe | Portland
glad you’re here · Thai-style dining experience inspired by century-old traditions.
Reservations — Phuket Cafe | Portland
Lunch is available everyday from 11am- 2:30pm. We accept walk-ins only and tables operate on a first come first serve basis. *Seating is limited for parties …
Reviews
Kartiki Bhatnagar
Typical Portland “cool” place reinventing and adding their own flair to traditional dishes. Tables were close together with stunning warm visual indoor setting. The appetisers were impressive (the Mon Tod and Gai Tod dishes) but the plates were small for the price. The mains were nothing too out of the ordinary and lacked the feel good factor but still GOOD ENOUGH.
What probably really soured our experience were the servers. They were unfriendly, rude and towards the end of our meal did not offer us any dessert menu. When we asked for one, they didn’t even wait for us to place the order and got our check BEFORE. She was in such a hurry to get out of there and kept giving us looks and asking us about take out plates twice. It was 12 pm on a Sunday, and there was no wait lol. Needless to say, won’t be back.
… moreWhat probably really soured our experience were the servers. They were unfriendly, rude and towards the end of our meal did not offer us any dessert menu. When we asked for one, they didn’t even wait for us to place the order and got our check BEFORE. She was in such a hurry to get out of there and kept giving us looks and asking us about take out plates twice. It was 12 pm on a Sunday, and there was no wait lol. Needless to say, won’t be back.
Merry “Merrycyclist”
Beautiful lunch starting with shared Tao Huu Tod (fried tofu with mushroom powder). The Yum Pak kale salad with shrimp is a delicious combination of sweet, savory, crunchy, chewy. Attentive professional service. The music is moderately loud in this snug space making conversation a little challenging when the restaurant is full.
… moreelaine
We sat and the caboose and it was so freakin cute in there and such a vibe. The tom yum was so lovely on a rainy night and the massaman curry flavor was so good I poured the rest of the rice into the sauce after all the chicken was gone! Def make a reservation for the caboose. For starters the pickled plate was pretty good, the cauliflower was the best part.
… moreNidhi Talwar
There was some nice outdoor seating, but it was way too hot, so we opted for indoors. The fried potatoes were amazing — perfectly crispy with a really tasty sauce. The chilled tofu was fine — super soft, almost melt-in-your-mouth, with a nice spicy kick. The curry noodles were delicious too. The Parasol cocktail, though… probably the highest ice-to-drink ratio I’ve seen in a while.
… moreKristi Griffith
Adorable cafe with touches of Thailand and a cute outdoor eating patio. Amazing dishes…highly recommend the Tao Huu Tod, fried tofu appetizer, not pictured.
… moreSam Li
The problem with seasonal menus is that if a dish is really awesome, you come for it and get disappointed when the new menu isn’t as good. Came for the whole fish that my friend exclaimed blew her mind which made it unfair expectation. Unfortunately was disappointed. The fried tofu appetizer is interesting but not memorable, it was too dry, and the soft tofu inside only alleviated the dry rub texture but offerred no flavor to compensate. It’s absolutely missing a sauce and I can’t be the only one who thinks so. Thank goodness for the amazing lime Thai ice tea to wash down the sandpaper bites or else I would have left them on the table. The problem with the Tom yum noodles is that it’s too fancy, it doesn’t actually taste like Tom yum soup, which I would argue defeats the point. You could of called it some unique name and I would have enjoyed it more. First time I’ve ever left an Asian place without clearing my small bowl of soup noodles. However the service, and ambiance was wonderful but I can imagine a seasonal menu will leave for up and down reviews. Skip my dishes, or maybe skip this season. It was not worth it. I would suggest making whatever was the absolute best selling dish of each season a menu staple?
… moreRachelle
Visiting from out of town and so glad we stopped here! Sat outside with our pups and enjoyed the 55555 drink, Thai iced tea, Thai fried chicken, crispy potatoes & pad see ew. Delicious food, great service — we’ll definitely be back!
… moreKelly Gajer
Just around the way, stones throw to the 405 on-ramp sits the quaintest Thai joint named Phuket Cafe. The staff tude is a mildy spicy dry rub a la Vanderpump-ish but definitely the Portland edition. A simmering brew of young talent.
A tasty feast accompanies the “show” – plump, fresh, a mad flavor palette. The drinks are off the chain. We sat at the semi-bar window rack, and I watched the mixologist single-handedly sling and swing and stir massively delicious cocktails. First sip, all the ingredients listed on the menu pass across the tongue (10). Fried chicken bites – the name of the dish escapes me, but the memory of the dipping sauce is forever.
Pad Thai. Here’s the thing. It’s the gold standard – the one that erases other versions I’ve tried at comparably-priced Thai restaurants. At Phuket Cafe, you mix the ingredients together, contolling the spice count. Get it with fried egg. Palatable brilliance.
Phuket’s is a pick-your-own-adventure Pad Thai. Worth ordering for the table so everyone can try a curry or eat their way through all the small plates.
We’ll be back!
Chicharrones – find out for yourself
Update! Dinner last week was da
… moreA tasty feast accompanies the “show” – plump, fresh, a mad flavor palette. The drinks are off the chain. We sat at the semi-bar window rack, and I watched the mixologist single-handedly sling and swing and stir massively delicious cocktails. First sip, all the ingredients listed on the menu pass across the tongue (10). Fried chicken bites – the name of the dish escapes me, but the memory of the dipping sauce is forever.
Pad Thai. Here’s the thing. It’s the gold standard – the one that erases other versions I’ve tried at comparably-priced Thai restaurants. At Phuket Cafe, you mix the ingredients together, contolling the spice count. Get it with fried egg. Palatable brilliance.
Phuket’s is a pick-your-own-adventure Pad Thai. Worth ordering for the table so everyone can try a curry or eat their way through all the small plates.
We’ll be back!
Chicharrones – find out for yourself
Update! Dinner last week was da
Aaron Rosenthal
I was super excited to try this place.
Ambiance 5/5
Service 5/5 our server was lovely and helpful
Food 3/5 the fried tofu app was insanely delicious, I might go back just for this. The salad was also quite yummy. The fried potato app was very meh. The massaman, which had 1 chicken thigh and a ton of potatoes was also quite meh. Just a real lack of flavor.
I will go back, but I’ll be a bit more selective on what I order
… moreAmbiance 5/5
Service 5/5 our server was lovely and helpful
Food 3/5 the fried tofu app was insanely delicious, I might go back just for this. The salad was also quite yummy. The fried potato app was very meh. The massaman, which had 1 chicken thigh and a ton of potatoes was also quite meh. Just a real lack of flavor.
I will go back, but I’ll be a bit more selective on what I order
Amanda West
First time actually allowed in. Heard so much about this place. Stopped by 1 time at 4:59 (they open at 5) to be told they are sold out. Okay! Never told, make a reservation or whatever. So tonight, did the same thing 4:59!, and they took our party of 2 to the Covid Shelter they are still using as a restaurant. Curt treatment and like we were getting a favor. Drafty space.
The “today only” shrimp dish was 3 shrimp for $16. We ordered. Yuck. 1 shrimp was so overcooked it basically disintegrated. One was one notch better (like about as much meat as a baby’s pinky finger). The other, what the other’s should have been. The service was pushy about ordering our meal, but we did. We did not get the shrimp main because the other appetizer was SO BAD. We ordered, and at the same time a pricey bottle of wine. Our initial cocktails were gone. It was forever but they finally brought the wine and shortly after the food. It was OK. The beef special was super overcooked and leathery. We made do. The space was loud.
We were offered the dessert menu, but declined to finish our wine and perhaps have another glass. Immediately the bill arrived. We decided to see if we could move into the bar and finish a glass. They said that area was for other guests. Okay. Not gonna do that, but also having another glass of wine in a loud, brightly lit Covid Shelter was not the vibe. We promptly paid the bill ($200, so not anything to sneeze at in this economy) and each had 3/4 glass of wine to finish. The hostess came over and curtly said, “Hurry up, we have a reservation for this table.”
REALLY!?! Would you have hurried us out like this if we had bought dessert? We are pretty fast wine drinkers, so we weren’t exactly lingering. AND it took YOU 25 minutes to bring the wine in the first place so again, REALLY?
Super overrated. And very rude. I guess right now that’s their trick, get you in, pressure you to order food and wine and then present you with a bill that gives you 3 checkboxes – 20%, 25% or 30% tip – and once they have that signed, they hurry you out – LIKE WITHIN 1 MINUTE FOR REAL – and bring in another sucker who has heard of the place.
Maybe they are better if you make a reservation or who knows what else, but count me out forever. Not only am I a detractor but also a vocal one. Anyone who asks me going forward will hear about this.
In this economy, being treated like this for a $200 meal is just unacceptable. I hope they are riding high right now, because we won’t be riding with them again.
… moreThe “today only” shrimp dish was 3 shrimp for $16. We ordered. Yuck. 1 shrimp was so overcooked it basically disintegrated. One was one notch better (like about as much meat as a baby’s pinky finger). The other, what the other’s should have been. The service was pushy about ordering our meal, but we did. We did not get the shrimp main because the other appetizer was SO BAD. We ordered, and at the same time a pricey bottle of wine. Our initial cocktails were gone. It was forever but they finally brought the wine and shortly after the food. It was OK. The beef special was super overcooked and leathery. We made do. The space was loud.
We were offered the dessert menu, but declined to finish our wine and perhaps have another glass. Immediately the bill arrived. We decided to see if we could move into the bar and finish a glass. They said that area was for other guests. Okay. Not gonna do that, but also having another glass of wine in a loud, brightly lit Covid Shelter was not the vibe. We promptly paid the bill ($200, so not anything to sneeze at in this economy) and each had 3/4 glass of wine to finish. The hostess came over and curtly said, “Hurry up, we have a reservation for this table.”
REALLY!?! Would you have hurried us out like this if we had bought dessert? We are pretty fast wine drinkers, so we weren’t exactly lingering. AND it took YOU 25 minutes to bring the wine in the first place so again, REALLY?
Super overrated. And very rude. I guess right now that’s their trick, get you in, pressure you to order food and wine and then present you with a bill that gives you 3 checkboxes – 20%, 25% or 30% tip – and once they have that signed, they hurry you out – LIKE WITHIN 1 MINUTE FOR REAL – and bring in another sucker who has heard of the place.
Maybe they are better if you make a reservation or who knows what else, but count me out forever. Not only am I a detractor but also a vocal one. Anyone who asks me going forward will hear about this.
In this economy, being treated like this for a $200 meal is just unacceptable. I hope they are riding high right now, because we won’t be riding with them again.