Mood lighting, fresh Thai dishes and a popular weekend buffet are the benchmarks of this Lakeview favorite.
Carry out, Delivery, Dine in
Best Thai Buffet in Chicago
Cozy dinning room
Welcome to Thai Classic Restaurant, home of classic Thai cuisine. We have provided full restaurant service since 1989: Dine-in, carry out, delivery and catering. Being one of the premier Thai restaurants in Chicago, we promise handling of the best food, service, atmosphere and pleasure to every customer.
At Thai Classic, the preparation of your food begins when you order, as we only use fresh ingredients. Come and enjoy our cozy dinning room with traditional Thai settings.
The menu at this neighborhood mainstay highlights classic Thai specialties like spring rolls, satay, curries, fried rice and noodle dishes, as well as a few showier chef's specialties, like red curry salmon and "Orchid" chicken, served in a halved pineapple. House-made coconut ice cream is the dessert favorite. A small dining area in front has a few sunken tables surrounded by colorful pillows, plus a handful of regular tables; a narrow hallway gives way to a second, larger dining room in back. Soft lighting sets a romantic tone, but this spot is also popular with groups.
This is another one of the many small thai joints in the area. I think this is an okay choice for thai food. They have all you typical thai dishes on their menu, but I found the few that I tried to be a bit on the bland side. They could defintely use a couple of kicks of spices. The service I thought could be better too because our waitress was kind of slow and was nowhere to be found at times. One thing that I did like one time when I was there was their floor seating -- it gave the whole place a really authentic feel.
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Thai Classic Restaurant on Clark St. in Wrigleyville4
This is a great little Thai place in Wrigleyville. The dining room is very nice. Their soups are very tasty, in fact it's the kind of place where you want to try every item on the menu at least once because it's all good. Get something spicy and order a soothing Thai iced tea to wash it down, delish!
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Great Place
By iaal
Great place for Thai, dine in, take out, delivery, always delicious. Pleasantly surprised to find they have a brunch on Sundays, great way to try the menu out. Highly recommend anything with their peanut sauce or green curry.
Pros: Peanut Sauce, Green Curry, Brunch
Posted 05/21/09
Best Thai Food in Chicago
By axa34
Thai Classic is by far the best place to go for Thai food in Chicago. I have been to dozens of Thai restaruants throughout the Chicagoland area and beyond and have not tasted a better Pad Thai then here at Thai Classic. The other dishes stack up just as well including the Pad See Ew, drunken nooodles and others. The place is fairly priced and the ambience, though nothing spectacular, is certainly clean, nice and relaxing. The buffet on the weekend is also very good and fairly priced as long as you understand that you are not going into the Old Country Buffet. In other words, the options are adequate but not endless. The people are very nice and the service is attentive. I have been eating here for the past eight years and highly recommend it.
Pros: Food, Service Cons: Very relaxing music but might put you to sleep
Posted 04/19/09
Good food, Good service, BYOB
By David975
We had a big group of people last week. I have never been to this place before. Me and all my friends really enjoyed it . Good food ,good service. All the staffs are so friendly. They got pretty big menu, And you should try "Jungle curry dish" and "Salmon panang curry dish", they are nice spicy and pretty tasty. The food ranges from mild to very hot. Prices are very resonable. I am definitely going back.
Pros: Healthy Food,lots of veggie dishes,BYOB. Cons: Parking
Posted 09/28/08
Offensive
By missmimosa
Ironically, a few hours ago I would have recommended this place. My good friend , my children, and I had been thinking about it all day. We were met at the door with these words from the waitstaff: "Are you going to clean up after your children. Sometimes they make the table messy". This was said as if it were a condition as to whether or not we would be seated. No hello, good evening, how many? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I always thought it was the job of the waitstaff to clean up the table. I have a different profession. We were highly offended. My three children are incredibly intelligent , and accostumed to dining out- they suggested Radhuni a little further up the street. It was awesome. They didn't mind wiping the table behind us. I also like Al Andalous on the same street.
Posted 10/13/07
Very Good Thai Food, served in elegant surroundings, at reasonable prices; and, BYO.
By mrjustice
Despite obvious competition in choice of Thai eateries, this one definately rates a 'cut above' most. Ambience is quiet and elegant, and includes some sit on cushion floor seating. Food was excellent and prices reasonable. Pad Thai with Tofu, chicken pad prik King, and Beef in Red Curry are all recommended. It's also BYO.
Pros: Wide selection of delicious spicy Thai Food at reasonable prices. And, BYO
