I've come here many times. The food is always done right and they have an excellent Tom Yum Gai soup which is grrreat if you have a cold.

Asking for "hot" instead of "medium" is for the seasoned. Just a heads up, but it can vary.

They usually prepare food very quickly if you live in Yaletown and want to just grab something to pick up.
I totally recommend:
Chicken Pad Thai, beef skewers, red chicken curry (in cocunut), and the lettuce wraps - usually at the top of my list, but then again I haven't tried too many other things on the menu!

This was probably my tenth visit to Urban Thai Bistro and will definitely not be my last. The food is delicious and such a good value - especially if you have an Entertainment book!

My friend and I shared the appetizer thai spring rolls and then a couple of entrées - the House Seafood Combination, which consisted of grilled tiger prawns, clams, mussels, fish filet and squid served with green curry sauce in a foil wrap, as well as Gai Pad Ma - a boneless chicken dish with cashews and roasted chillis. They both had just the right amount of spice for those of us who like spicy food! The biggest 'test' for me is whether or not the squid is cooked properly, as it can get quite rubbery if overcooked. The squid here was perfect and the portions of seafood are very generous.

The coconut rice was cooked nicely and there was plenty of it. Even though we ate quite a lot, there was still enough left over for lunch the next day. I will keep coming back.

Food & service were great. Have been to Urban Thai Bistro several times now for both dine in and take out. The food is fresh and always hot. The Pad Thai is great and Chau Maung dumplings are tasty and original. There is only a handful of authentic Thai places that make this Red Curry served in a coconut is excellent. The staff are very friendly, always smiling and very polite and accomodating. One of the Best Thai in Vancouver!

We went here to celebrate Canada Day, and the place was busy but had enough space to accomodate us.
After repeating to the server for the 5th time who ordered what, and explaining once again who was on which bill, we awaited our food anxiously and irritatedly.
As if ordering wasnt enough of a mix-up, the food came to us mishapped, and at different times of up to 20 minutes.
The food, might I add was flavorful, yet everything on the menu had a similarity of simply a soupy mixture of ingredients.
My food, I found had black peppers, and my awful decision to eat one caused a burning pain in my tongue ruining my appetite for the whole night and causing my pain to not go away after 5 glasses of ice water.
The servers were cold and rude, and didn't seem to be paying a whole lot of attention. Confusion and irritation were the two words I'd use to describe with, and it doesn't help that they couldn't understand a word we said, and vice versa.

I was not impressed and did not enjoy my evening. Don't expect my return :|

Took my wife for her b-day last week. Service was prompt and the waiter was very friendly and made us feel at home. Nice atmosphere overall for a special night out as a couple. Red curry with chicken can't be beat as well as the spicy green beans. We like Thai food so good curries are very important to us, and the curries here were right on. Will be back for sure as everything that night was really impressive.

we are regulars at Urban Thai bistro and always find the staff friendly and welcoming. the food is great, particularly the papaya salad. we go often enough that we don't even use a menu and the staff knows exactly what to order. The only question I have is "what is with those new aprons?" The staff looked so much more professional and approachable just wearing black shirts and pants. We found amusement during the whole meal commenting on the entirely unflattering and unappealing revision in uniform. We couldn't decide whether they would be better described as maternity gowns (the aprons make even the men look pregnant) or x-ray lab technicians lead aprons. Somebody please get rid of these monstrosities. Aside from that, great service, atmosphere, and food.

Not sure how many people know but along with their amazing daily lunch specials for only $8, Urban Thai has other fancier weekend lunch combos for a couple bucks more. Splurged, well, actually, it was only $11.50 and it doesn't break the budget at all... had the most delish platter of noodles and eggs and veggies. It came with the house salad, soup, calamari and coconut rice. My friend had a different platter with their famous green curry. It was a great meal to unwind after the week, and we went away impressed. The service was good even when the place was really busy. Overall, we would recommend anyone to try it, and the location couldn't be beat in Yaletown where everything is cool.

Okay, my bf and I aren't the types to gush about a restaurant and be compelled to write about it but we had to share this place with everyone. as it was really that good. We heard that the Urban Thai had an All-You-Eat weekend lunch special so we went with a couple friends to try it out in Yaletown. The brunch was amazing value as we can all eat, especially if the food is good. The dishes were impressive for an All-You-Can-Eat. Had everything from spring rolls, wings, calamari to start and then had chicken yellow curry with veggies and green curry with eggplant. We couldn't get enough of their spicy beans and special sauce. We like a good balance of veggies to offset the meat, and there were plenty to choose from. The dessert was pretty good and new to us - creamy dark rice pudding with coconut milk. Yum! Could go on and on but can't remember all the dishes we tried but these stood out. We love variety and this place rocked it. Best of all it only cost each of us $12.95 before tax & tips. Good service even when it was busy, great food and a amazing value overall. Cheap eats are plenty around town but the difference is that this was really good food with lots of variety, and you will want to go back again for more, and not just for their specials.

I just came home from dinner at Urban Thai and am still trying to get the taste out of my mouth. While I have yet to find any restaurant in Vancouver that can make a great pad thai noodle, this was without a doubt the worst I have ever had. The "prawns" were small tasteless shrimp, the sauce was mostly ketchup, the crushed peanuts were a small sprinkling of peanut sand, and the entire dish was a tasteless glutinous mass. The very nice and accommodating server offered to bring me something else. She agreed that the pad thai was not like what they ate back home in Thailand. She suggested another noodle dish, although the name now escapes me. It won't matter because after my second mouthful (second only because I had to make sure I had tasted correctly the first time), I bagan to long for the pad thai. This dish was pretty much the most horrible thing I have ever had. It was the same noodles as in the pad thai, but this time saturated in a very salty tamarind type sauce. It contained what I was told was minced chicken, chopped green beans and what appeared to be an entire bunch of fried basil on type. My companion ordered a chicken dish in green curry sauce, which was okay, if you like your food very salty and otherwise unremarkable. Please Vancouver, figure out how to make pad thai!!! And by the way, you can actually put chicken and shrimp in the pad thai at the same time.

This is one of the best deals in Yaletown. $8 lunch including spring roll, salad, and a curry dish with rice of your choice. The portions are generous for the price. The first time I went I ordered the Thai platter and hated it (way too sweet). The second time I ordered the $8 curry lunch and it was decent. The curry was very rich and filling (don't eat there if you're on a diet).
The restaurant is clean enough for my liking, and the service is okay even when they're busy.