Thai By the Sea

Amazing Thai food! We ordered take out from this Thai restaurant, and it was authentic and delicious. The flavors in the food were amazing and it was cooked fresh, to order. The owner was nice and worked as quickly as she could. On this evening, she was only accepting take out orders (must not have had the staff to open the restaurant). We later learned the woman owner has been through a personal tragedy and is trying to keep the restaurant going with the overwhelming orders (due to how good the food is). So, if you want some great Thai food, either be patient or order early in the evening. We ordered pad thais with chicken, sweet and sour chicken (it's not breaded), and chicken fried rice. We made quick work of the food, it was SO GOOD! Highly recommended and plan to eat there twice this week.

This little gem on Oak Island has some of the best pad Thai we have had in a while. My wife and I got a plate of both chicken pad Thai and shrimp pad Thai. The flavor was great and the service was good also. Both plates had stir fried cabbage in them which was a pleasant surprise and not something you often find in pad Thai but we very much enjoyed.

I have heard the lady runs this place by herself sometimes and as a former restaurant worker, I understand how hard it can be to work alone at times and keep up with everything.

Please don’t be turned off by the bad reviews. Some of the other reviews complained about how they were treated but we had a great experience, my assumption would be she was just busy and being to the point and it caught them the wrong way. I look forward to going back and trying some other dishes here next time we are in the area!

A cute little place with really good service and really good food. The lunch menu is fantastic.

Best Thai food I've ever had. I tried Thai food for the first time here and went back home to Raleigh/Cary and had lots of good Thai food. But this food has been the best I've had yet. I like how the Pad Kee Mao gives you all 3 types of meet (beef pork chicken) and not just one like some restaurants do.