Me and wife really enjoyed our dinner at Chada Thai.
We ordered Chada Thai rolls and papaya salad to start. Padthai and beef mussaman curry were so delicious.
I have to thank you to my friends who recommend us and totally agree with them that this is one of the best Thai restaurants in lower mainland. The service was so good especially the young nice manager James,he is so nice and very informative.
We are so glad to found this place and definitely go back again soon.

I’ve been eying Chada Thai ever since the chef was featured on Anna & Kristina’s Grocery Bag. My husband and I love Thai food so we were really excited to use a Groupon Deal here. I made a reservation a few days in advance for a Sunday seating at 5:30pm and the restaurant manager, Janewit was very friendly, reminding me to bring the voucher when I arrived. Located in Pinetree Village across from Coquitlam Centre, it’s very easy to get to, has tons of parking, but it’s a very tiny restaurant.

Great decor, cozy, warm and a cute little Thai place. Because of the Groupon (I think) the restaurant was packed (on a Sunday!) when we arrived with 2 or 3 tables empty. Being able to hear and almost touch the surrounding tables at times felt a bit too cozy and cramped, but nothing new to us, having eaten at tighter quarters in restaurants in New York. The place could probably seat around 25 people or so, but anymore than that would feel like a fire hazard. The kitchen is basically in the centre corner of the room (covered by walls,phew!), but it’s lovely to be able to smell all the Thai aromas as soon as you enter the restaurant.

We ordered a few dishes to share: the Pad Thai - Pan-fried rice noodles in tamarind sauce, with chicken and prawns, egg, tofu, green onions, and bean sprouts, topped with ground peanuts, the Beef Mus-sa-Mun Curry - Pan-seared with potatoes, onions, carrots and peanuts, served with sautéed vegetables, and the Pork Garlic Pepper Sauce - sautéed with cauliflower, carrots, onions, and steamed broccoli with black sweet sauce. Everything was brought out quite fast, so that was a bit of a surprise, but thankfully it was “smoking” hot. I think we would be safe to order medium spice next time because the mild was too mild for our tastes and the dishes we tried needed more of a spice kick.

The Pad Thai was really good, very saucy and had large prawns, which I really enjoyed. The Pork Garlic Pepper Sauce was quite yummy and smelled really good. Great flavours. The only downside was the pork was slightly overcooked and dry. The Beef Curry was quite delicious and was an okay sized portion. My hubby also tried their Chada Thai Tea - A special blend of flavourful cinnamon, clove, star anise, fresh lemon, with a touch of honey. It was a tad bit bitter for my tastes, but he enjoyed it.

Overall a yummy Thai place, BUT I think a bit too pricey for Coquitlam. I understand the exotic flavours and quality of really good Thai food, but I can’t really justify $22 for a beef curry entree. And the tables for 2 are pretty small, so the waitress really should have better technique of “plopping” down the plates before walking away. One of our long rectangular dishes barely fit on the table; when she first set it down, it nearly fell off the edge. My husband and I had to rearrange the other dishes on the table so everything would fit. Crazy. But I really liked it that rice wasn’t an extra charge and came standard with their curry dishes.
Service was pretty nonexistent on this particular Sunday night, but Janewit was quick to apologize and was only able to refill our water glasses at the end of the meal. =(

I think we’d come back to try the lunch special, but a regular dinner might be a bit too much for our wallets. =(

I bought the Groupon a little while ago, so we finally decided to go and try this place. The decor was quite unique, with golden statues and all. It was a tiny little place with lots of tables, especially the area just across the kitchen, you could barely squeeze yourself in between the tables to get to the seat if you're sitting against the wall.
There were only two servers there. One was very attentive and would come by and check once in a while, to see if the food was ok, or if our water needed to be refilled. The other one, on the other hand, was standing around most of the night, and we had to prompt her a few times to refill out water.
We ordered the chicken satay appy, pad thai and the seafood plate. The satay came almost right away. The chicken was deepfried, which was a first for us for satays. It was alright, a little bit dry though, but the peanut sauce was good.
The we ordered medium spiciness for both the pad thai and the seafood plate.The pad thai was alright, nothing to boast about. I've definitely had better pad thai's elsewhere. The seafood plate was not spicy at all, more on the sweet side. Most of the seafood was overcooked, especially the squid pieces, they were all quite tough and chewy. The jumbo prawns were good though. Would like it more if there was more sauce on the plate.
The prices were reasonable even without the coupon, but the food really wasn't all that. I might come back to try their curries and their desserts, we were just too full this time.

I went to Thailand a few years ago, and missed the amazing food there. In Vancouver, we get decent thai food for sure, we are fortunate that way. Someone told me that they went here with a Groupon, and said how wonderful the food was. I have driven by that location over and over without realizing this place existed. I went, and although the place is very small, and cramped, the food is the best in Vancouver. If you like spice even the medium is very spicy. If you don't like spice, ask for mild for sure. The food is sooo tasty. The prices are a little high but the quality makes up for it. They have received a number of great reviews from newspapers every year. The dishes are average for size but trust me, you can't get a better curry in the City than here.

Boyfriend and I came here with a couple of friends for dinner on New Years Eve. We had no problems getting seats and the service was fine even though the restaurant was busy. Noticed a LOT of people came in to get take out though.

We were given menus and water was refilled without asking. From what I recall others ordered, their curries are okay. The skewers were good. The salad was bad. My boyfriend ordered the yellow curry with rice. I thought it was decent with a good portion size. I ordered a pad thai with a tofu substitute instead of the meat. It was pretty good, not super saucy and presented nicely. What made me only give the food three stars was that they put a cole slaw mix on the side of my dish. Who puts coleslaw on a pad thai dish? I would rather they take out that part and put more noodles in, yeesh. It looked like they took it out of the prepackaged salads. My dish was a good portion size, not to the point where I have to take some of it home. None of us bothered with appies or desserts.

Nice touches: the water had cucumber slices in it. Gave it a more refreshing taste I found.. but some people didn't like it. They should have asked and warned before doing that. The ambiance of the restaurant is nice. Dimly litted, nicely painted, great Thai decorations hanging around and statues too.

Warning: their washrooms apparently are really hot. I quote one of my friends coming back and saying, "Oh my god, it feels like a 100 degrees in there." I have no idea why.

Ventured into Chada Thai all the way from Vancouver with best friend in November. Loved it. Pad Thai with tamarind sauce was authentic. Albeit the portion was small and price a tad higher than most, this restaurant is not your mom and pops Thai place. It's Thai food served with style and the quality more than makes up for it. The red curry with chicken was good but not spectacular in my opinion. It came with bamboo shoots and it was spicy and did contain too few pieces of chicken. Slithers of chicken breast don't come expensive so I was surprised more wasn't included. The stuffed chicken wings, OH MY GOD, they were something to write home about. It's hard to describe but it was the best fried chicken one can ever have. My best friend inhaled hers and we wanted more. As there was only 2 of us and a huge menu, we wanted to try everything but alas our stomachs were too tiny. Damn. Their friend banana and 3 types of ice cream dessert was unique and an amazing end to a satisfying dinner. I cannot wait to return. If you've been on the hunt for good authentic pad thai, look no further and no longer do I have to drive to US just to enjoy authnetic Thai cuisine anymore.

I have been to Chada Thai a couple times and both times it was very good. I consider myself a bit of Thai food snob having visited the country twice and generally don't eat at western Thai restaurants because I am generally disappointed. I am not sure if its simply the fact that the ingredients are so fresh and tasty in Thailand or why it never seems to reproduce well here, but in my experience it simply doesn't.

Anyways, Chada Thai tries to be a kind of fine dining Thai restaurant and for the most part, it succeeds. The dishes we had were all tasty and a good representation of real Thai including the curries, green payaya salad, tom-yum soup, etc. The service is very good as well, they are on top of everything. Even with the fine dining aspect, I do think the prices are a little steep for what you get but considering the outstanding flavours and lack of good Thai restaurants in Metro Vancouver, overall it is worth the price.

I will return whenever I am craving Thai food and don't mind driving out to Coquitlam.

I am insanely picky about thai food. I've traveled around Thailand and even taken traditional cooking lessons there! That being said, I really love the food at Chada Thai. I used to find any excuse to share the restaurant with friends....until I brought my boyfriend for dinner.

The service was great, and he absolutely loved the food as much as I did. We each wished we could stay there, enjoying the flavors all night although as soon as we got to the car, he started to itch and broke out in hives over the blood vessels on the inside of his wrists. We both know this is how he reacts to exposure to MSG because his parents cook with it sometimes and will admit to it after he has a reaction. :( We were both very disappointed because we want so badly to keep eating there but don't want to have to ask about MSG or wonder if he's going to leave with hives again.

Even writing about it makes me feel sad...I'm so in love with the food!

:(

A little pricey w/ small portions. $14.99 for a Tom Kah Gai served in a medium sized bowl--albeit a very tasty & well-made soup--and $12.99 for a Pad Thai. Stuffed chicken wings: 2 pc on the dry side costing ~ $8.99. Their small lunch menu speaks of lower prices.

The Thai iced tea is served in a narrow glass & w/all that ice, you don't really get much for $3.xx. The "infused" drinks served in martini glasses (no liquor on premises). That's much cheaper @$1.99 or thereabouts, it's slushy ice with some kind of syrup infused/blended w/the flavour (herb/cucumber/ginger) of choice from the listed options.

The F.B.I. @6.99 doesn't get plated the same way every time as the reviewer below got blueberries on his plate while mine came w/syrup only. Nothing special except the coconut ice cream was the least tasty of the three (coconut, vanilla, mango).

The service needs work as they seem to lack the experience or maybe the Asian server just likes suffocating you. She's not nasty, only she hovers a little too much. Since the place is tiny it makes her eavesdropping a whole lot easier & she's not very discreet about it. Say anything to your friend about the food & the restaurant, then she appears right up against your table but of course, she listens long enough b4 she comes just to be sure. This hovering got even more bothersome when it came time for collecting the cheque. A few times, she made the motion of grabbing for the bill fold/wallet only to twirl on the spot as she realised that it was still attached to a hand as he's placing in the tip. B4 that, she also reached for it when he had yet to sign the slip--still pen in hand. I think she's just eager to find something to keep herself busy w/.

Being attached to Save-On, it feels like a fastfood joint rather than a classy Thai restaurant that the prices seem to shout out. That said, the decor is clean, simple & warm.

It may be lacking in an a/c as they have a little table fan blowing on the faux bar.

I completely agree with the last post in that the policies of this restaurant leave something to be desired. The food is good, but nothing that can't be found at other Thai restaurants downtown. I could hardly believe that they actually charge you EXTRA for take-out. In Toronto, it's the normal practice of most restaurants to give you at least a 10% discount for take-out orders as it is a way to increase sales without having to pay for extra staff/space..etc. And the prices are really too high for the area/ambience of the restaurant. I will not return to this restaurant because I we are a family of 5 and we've never been charged a mandatory 10 or 15% gratuity for our family to dine. This seems exceptionally petty and insulting.... especially since we always tip at least 15% anyways.... it's just the matter of not to be given the choice based on service received. And I do believe that people should not support their crazy 10% take-out charge. I could see this if they used eco-friendly take-out packaging or something that would warrant it.... but again, I believe this is a petty move on this restaurant's part.
P.S. There is another CHADA Thai restaurant in Blaine WA I've just discovered that is excellent, with a beautiful view of White Rock.