Sabai Thai Cuisine

Visit sabai thai twice and tried a few of their dishes:

1. Tom kha - was really good, flavorful and rich in coconut cream.
2. Tom yum - broth was very runny and lacked the proper taste of tom yum soup. Tasted watery and not the best
3. Pad ki mow - my favorite here and I ordered this on both my visit. You get to chose your spice level and it can be really spicy if you want! Love the quantity and quality of meat and veggies on it.
4. Kaow pad - fried rice with beef was decent but nothing special. Lacked flavor on it.

Honestly, this may be the best thai restaurant in Ottawa I’ve tried. However, service is always scarce as theres only 1-2 servers working even when the restaurant is full. The inside has always been clean but smoky, maybe due to the lack of ventilation. Will return to try some of their other dishes.

We ordered online. Soup was mostly broth. Yellow curry had undercooked potatoes in it and dry chicken chunks. Green curry was watery and quite tasteless. Steamed jasmine rice was sticky and mushy, not sure if it was jasmine at all. Not happy with the experience. Tried phoning to let them know about this, but nobody picks up the phone at all, no voice mail.

I typically order take out here. It is probably the restaurant where my family eats the most. The food and service is consistently good. Some of our favorites are fresh wraps with chicken and green curry.

Have been once so far. Will go back for sure. This is probably the best Thai food that I have had in Ottawa. It is made with fresh high quality ingredients. Dishes are overflowing with great Thai flavour. We had a wide variety of dishes and they were all solidly executed. So if you are craving great Thai go now and get your fix.

Fully halal thai food (waiting to be certified). All pork on the menu has been removed. I've been waiting for halal thai in Ottawa for the longest time. So I was very excited for this restaurant! I would highly recommend all the dishes, especially Pad ki mow, Pad siew and kaow pad (fried rice). The food got devoured before I could take a pic. Very delicious!

Food was great. The service was awful. Our server forgot half our order, brought our appetizers after the mains, never brought the tea we asked for, our the hot sauce and plum sauce at all.
We brought it up after we ate (since we didn’t get checked in on until then by another server) and she just asked if we wanted it then.

Dissatisfied with the the service.
May as well just order takeout.

The menu said the chu chee pla was deep fried, but seemed more like pan fried to me. There wasn't any batter on the fish, and it was kinda tough. The curry was top notch tho. Alas, the search for a good chu chee pla continues.

Mango salad and pad thai both good.

Pineapple fried rice was a bit lacking in flavour. Good portion tho.

Service was very good.

Not sure what happened, this was one of our favorite restaurants but the quality has recently taken a nose dive. The food has been really inconsistent from one visit to the next ranging from overly spicy to bland. The side of rice we got with our order tonight was undercooked... How does an Asian restaurant undercook rice: (this will be our last time eating here.

We’ve been customers for years and have enjoyed their dishes. However, that isn’t the case anymore. While prices keep rising, the quality of dishes have steadily declined. We just spent over $120 this week for the same thing we can get at Thai Express…bland and unseasoned sauces, and dry and overcooked meats. Very disappointing. Won’t be returning.

Service was outstanding, food was excellent as well, I would say one of if not best Thai restaurant in Kanata. Seafood Tom Yum soup was amazing, shrimp tails removed! Awesome

The curry is very rich, however, there is a thick amount of oil on top which ruins it for me. I wish there was a little bit more curry than actual filling. The Pad Thai was also very oily and over saturated with sauce. The mango salad was overly sweet but the fish was nice. The chicken skewer was cooked perfectly and the sauce that came with it was very good, I enjoyed the sauce more than the curry.

Pad Thai, Duck Curry, Panang Red Curry.
Both of the curry sauces were extremely flavourful. They weresweet and savoury with the coconut milk freshness in there and very creamy. The pad thai was okay, a little too sour for my taste. Everyone there is not asian, but that doesn't take away from the dishes whatsoever. The rice was cooked properly and the dishes were absolutely amazing. Also splitting a large rice 3 ways is too much rice. Medium would probably work better.

Food is terrible, it tasted more like chinese food. Mel said it was the best food you could put in your mouth but shes a wrong woman.
I would say it is not authentic thai food and that there are better places like green papaya.

Drove down from Orleans for a mn authentic Thai meal and Sabai Thai did not disappoint. Fresh Wraps with peanut sauce was so flavorful. The Tom Kha with shrimp was simply delicious. You can never go wrong with the Pad Thai, classic noodle dish and finally finished up with the Panang curry on jasmine rice. Was hard to put the fork down once getting started as every dish had its own distinct flavors and were all just awesome.

Staff was super friendly, efficient and pleasant. All around great experience!

Excellent meal.freezing rain and very few diners but host was very accommodating and extremely pleasant had time to chat and help us decide what to order.always with a beautiful smile. Greeted everyone and take out delivery drivers with a special greeting. Food was delicious and plentiful.very enjoyable place to dine out.thank you!

Mel is killing it! The best Thai food we’ve ever had! Love the green curry! The protein was moist and perfectly cooked and the veggies were Al dente. The spice and sweetness level were just right. Extremely well balanced and nothing was short of sensational!
I can talk about it forever… just go and taste for yourself!