Zen Yai

"First and foremost price vs taste 5 stars without question. If you need a quick fill up while exploring the city or mid day get me through you can not go wrong. I had the combination #2 individually the flavors and balance of each portion of the meal is great. I've had bad curry before and this one is good not great. Everything on the plate was balanced well. My only complaint is plating. Next time I will ask for the salad to be plated separately. It's a great addition and needed if you want to clean your pallet. The problem I had was the vinegar spread into Pad Thai noodle and cut into the richness off the dish. I enjoyed the proportion of protein vs noodle and curry. This place gets 5 stars based on the amazing value. If the dishes were in the $20 range than I would be disappointed in single plate plating."

"Authentic Thai option frequented by local Thais. Zen Yai Tom Yum noodle encompasses the sweet, sour and fragrant mix quintessential of the Bangkok street food palette. Yen Ta Fo, a playful mix of textures and flavors: seafood cake, shellfish, fungus, and pork blood. Beef noodle soup with beef balls, fragrantly spiced and deeply beefy. Ask for the spice tray for some heat."

"Phenomenal authentic Thai dishes. There are so many Thai dishes I haven't tried before?! We strayed from the usual crab fried rice, curry and pad thai. We started with: bone-in catfish $15, e-saan sausage $9, fried calamari $11 and a spicy papaya salad $12. Each dish was delicious with various level of spiciness, taste and textures. For the e-saan sausage, they provide fresh carrots, ginger and lettuce to make sausage wraps. The sweet Thai sauce for the calamari was wonderful. The highlight of this meal was the combination Thai boat noodles $13. They put in meat balls, sliced meat, pork liver and braised meat with an option for beef or pork and thin rice noodles, flat rice noodle, vermicelli, egg noodle or silver noodle. When the noodles came out, it smelled wonderful. That first taste of the dark broth was enjoyable. Great job chef and waitstaff at Zen Yai. This has to be the best lunch of the year, so far."

"Very authentic Thai spot, helps to come with a native speaker! One of my favorite dishes here is the boat noodle. It's actually very hard to find a place that can do small bowls allowing for multiple options! I love the fact that they leave out all the extra seasoning/condiments to allow you to edit your dish to the flavor you like. I have never had anything bad here and I've tried many of the dishes here. I highly recommend this spot if anything just for it's boat noodle!"