Satay On the Road

I’ve been here twice. Both times I was impressed. The décor is minimalist with a few Buddhist icons and statues. Prices are very reasonable. Last week my wife and I ordered the veggie platter as an appetizer. Bean curd satay toasted to perfection. Mango salad was also nice. I had the curry ayam served in deceptively small bowl. I was stuffed half way through it. The Naan bread that came with the ayam was a warm and welcome reprieve from the cold outside. My wife had the Padnham Man Talay which is squid and other seafood in a mild but savory bean sauce. Nothing was overseasoned. All told I’d come here again. Very satisfying.

This restaurant is below mediocre.
Food
The presentation of the food is very poor.
We got coconut soup which was floating with many uncut mushrooms and few chunks of chicken. It tasted okay but nothing special.
Malaysian Laksa had huge pieces of bell peppers which should have been cut into smaller pieces. They also used cabbage which is not a common ingredient for this dish. The soup itself was okay but I wouldn’t call it authentic.
My bf’s Pad thai was horrible. We have been to many different Thai restaurants, and it was the worst Pad thai. It tasted like they used ketchup, and also had a weird «old noodle“taste to it. Simply disgusting. Even Thai Express does it so much better!
We tried to use their Unilocal discount, which was $ 5 Pad thai when you check in. They made us check in, then told us it had expired. A true ‘WTF’ moment.
It was Friday evening, and we were the only customers there.
All in all, I wont be coming back.

While the food here isn’t anything particularly special, the consistency of the food keeps me coming back for more. The staff is always very friendly– quick to seat me and explains any menu items I ask about. I tend to come in groups of 3 to 4 people so we can share a bunch of dishes. That said, if you come alone, one or two dishes will be more than enough to fill you and you will find yourself bringing home enough leftovers for another small meal.
I typically order: Thai Beef Steak, Pad Thai, Chili Garlic Chicken, and Chinese Broccoli in Oyster sauce for a group of three of us. In all cases the portion sizes are great and everything tastes good. (If you hate spiciness you may want to stay away from the Chicken.)
If I were to rate this restaurant on quality of food alone it would be a ³⁄₅ overall, but the consistency of the food, large portions, big menu, and excellent service keeps me coming back for more and bumps it to a ⁴⁄₅.

Very large portions of decent, if not absolutely authentic, Thai food. Tom Kha Gai was excellent, as was a green curry. Pad woon sen was tasty but a bit salty. They have a few Malaysian style dishes and some Chinese-​Canadian items on a separate menu. We found service to be prompt and very friendly.
A nice alternative to the rather overpriced restaurants on this stretch of Avenue Road. Outdoor sidewalk seating (limited).

A decent place if you work or live in the area and want some affordable Thai food!
I head here once in a while for lunch to take advantage of their lunch specials, which all go for under $ 10. Pad Thai, Green Curry, Yellow Noodles, Cashew Chicken, Crispy Beef… There is something for everyone in your group.
The prices are great, service friendly and quick, and while the food isn’t amazing, it is always consistent.
We have ordered take out to the office a few times and it always comes quickly and the quality of the food is the same when you eat in.
Beats their neighbouring competitor ThaiOneOn (across the street) as Satay on the Road’s food is a lot less oily and salty, and tastes a lot cleaner and healthier.
Would I return? — Yes
Parking? — Street parking (paid parking on Yonge and free on residential streets)
Value for $? — Good
Space? — Mid sized/​decent waiting area
Ventilation? — Good
Service? — Good

We order a lot of food from Satay on the road and I have to say that value for money is great! The reliability of their food is fantastic. Navigating their menu is like walking around the hallways on the first day of high school. After a few classes you’ll start to get the hang of it. Their food always arrives in a timely manner and is always hot. It’s nothing fancy but it will hit the spot.
I would definitely recommend this place if you’re in a fix for a lot of food. Try the Mee Goreng noodles which is actually called «oodles of noodles» and would serve a family of 72 squirrels (or 4 humans, whichever makes more sense in your brain). I don’t recommend bringing a family of squirrels to a restaurant but if you ever find yourself in the need to feed an army of tree rats, take-​out from here works wonders.

The truth is I had some descent meals here. But that was not the case last time I got takeout.
The Tom Yom soup was overly sweet and lacking in any other flavours. The green curry chicken was lacking in meat, and the sauce was watery and had no flavour or heat. The cashew nut chicken was made with a watery brown sweet sauce. The pad Thai was too sweet and overcooked (the noodles were clumped together, and were all broken apart.) The mixed satay platter was completely overcooked. It came with a side of overcooked vegetable swimming in soy sauce.

Not a memorable experience. We ordered soup and mango garden salad as starters. Soup was great, the salad not as the mango was not fresh. Green tea wasn’t the best as it was from a tea bag, not loose leaf as in other Asian eateries. Our waitress topped off the water in our teapot while at the table, using a coffee carafe. Our entrees, pad Thai and beef curry with roti were ok. Not very spicy, adequate at best. I don’t think we’ll be back.

Went here with family for dinner. There is new management in place and They are very friendly and the service is really good.
we got house platter, pad thai, curry chicken, cashew fried rice. Overall the food was great and prices were very reasonable.
would recommend this plce to family and friends.

We ordered delivery from here last night, hoping to find a new Thai place we enjoyed.
Our order was extremely uncomplicated: Pad Thai, Veggie Curry, Veg Spring Rolls, Mango Sticky Rice dessert.
The good news:
The veg spring rolls were tasty, and the veggie curry was also good and nicely spiced.
The average news:
The customer service was serviceable — no problems. 1 hour delivery, which is fairly par for the course for Thai food.
The bad news:
1)Mango Sticky Rice dessert was the worst I’ve come across. I’m not sure if they forgot to sweeten it, but it was pretty much just plain sticky rice, with about a dozen ½″ flakes of mango on top, with a sprinkling of coconut shreds, and a maraschino cherry. It was also extremely dense and it was hard to exert a bit of effort to make my fork actually penetrate it to dig out pieces to take a bite. I had three bites hoping that as I got further down, maybe it would get sweeter, or softer, or anything to make it better. It didn’t happen. Really disappointing.
2) The Pad Thai was terrible. My boyfriend took two bites and quit. It was mostly dry noodles, with just a tiny touch of sauce. Because my curry did not come with rice (I realize some places make you order rice seperate, which is annoying, so I only blamed myself for not remembering to ask if I needed to order rice), I tried to use some of his noodles, and I am vegetarian so I went to pick out the bits of meat and seafood. I was SHOCKED — in the whole order there were 2 shrimp, and 2 very small 1″ pieces of chicken. Also about 4 small cubes of tofu. All the rest was just try noodles **barely** tinted pinky-​orange by the ridiculously small amount of sauce.
Needless to say, we’ll never be ordering from Satay on the Road again. I mean, Pad Thai and mango sticky rice is pretty easy. Some places make AMAZING stuff, most places it’s serviceable — rarely is it not worth taking 2 bites as it was here.

There’s a ton of great Thai restaurants out there. This isn’t one of them. Bad food, bad quality, and equally bad service. Avoid.

What can I say. A year ago this review would have been a ⁵⁄₅ but not anymore. Ordered delivery last night. Fried rice was good, curry Iyam was ok, Red curry beef had chewy pieces of beef throughout but the most disappointing and worst tasting dish was the Pad Thai. I’ve had Pad Thai from this place on and off for over ten years but last nights had to be the worst ever. What happened? I hate to say it but their standard of quality has dropped considerably. Why? I only hope someone from the restaurant see’s all the poor reviews they are getting and strives to improve on it. Don’t force me to go further out from my hood to get good Thai food.

Quick lunch? They offer a dozen lunch specials under $ 9. A small bag of crispy shrimp chips is included with every order!
Nasi Goreng for $ 7 is my goto lunch dish, which is Malaysian fried rice, chicken, shrimp, tomatoes, onion and a side of peanut sauce. Yum!
That said its greasy (just about everything on the menu)! It’s not something I would have too often.

Sorely disappointed. The food used to be decent but now has really gone downhill. Service is horrible too! There was virtually no service in fact… might as well be a self-​serve restaurant since we had to go up to the counter for everything (to order, to ask for the bill, to ask for a box). Not to mention, we were the only ones in the dining room but food took more than 30 minutes to come.
Don’t go … unless you’re in the mood for soggy/​blend pad-​thai and awful/​non-​existent service.

We ordered take out last night from Satay on the Road and it was terrible. It took more than an hour to deliver the food and when it arrived it was basically a bunch of tasteless mush. The Pad Thai was an awful soggy mess, the green currie was tasteless and the spicy fish we ordered was downright disgusting. We threw most of the food in the garbage. I would never order or visit this restaurant.

Lunch prices are great. The spicy beef and the green curry are good.
Service is horrible, even for takeout.
Please do not get any of their soups — they are horrible!!!
Received the wrong order multiple times and when I called them about the wrong order, they made me walk back to the restaurant with the wrong food (about a 20 minute walk away)…I think I deserved a free delivery from them but I wouldn’t risk them doing anything to my food.
Reminder to self: their Thai iced tea sucks — do not order!

Great ambience, great service, great food. Floor to ceiling glass windows looking into the place from the street. If you are thinking of coming here, COME! You won’t be disappointed, I never am.

Not the best food or the service tbh. They dont let you get the lunch special if youre even a minute late. Satay and peanut sauce were both a bit flat and lacked flavour. The peanut sauce can be improved a bit by adding some salt but is still disappointing. On the flip side the ambience is good so maybe a friend who doesnt like food will enjoy coming here. Oh and they also have wifi. Password sataywirelesS

I may be picky. So please do’t kill me.
First off, this restaurant was advertised as Malaysian/​Thai… There weren’t that many Malaysian dishes offered, so I was a bit disappointed by that. Not only that — the curry laksa was not the best. Curry and some of the rice dishes were pretty good though. If you want to have good Malaysian food — I would suggest Gourmet Garden or Restoran Malay.
Secondly, service wasn’t the best. We had to flag down our watiress continuously to get her attention.
And note: The Pisang Goreng that says «banana fritters» are not actually fritters. They’re actually pancakes with bananas in them. If you search up «pisang goreng» on
– that is definitely NOT what you get.

This place is my family’s favorite place to eat when were feeling like Thai food. The service is pretty great, and everyone is very friendly. My family and I probably come here close to 3 – 4 times a month. I would suggest to try the Chili Garlic Chicken, Spicy Crispy Beef, Penang Curry, Cashew Nut Chicken (all ordered with a bowl of steamed white rice of course), and for desert, you must try the deep fried banana with ice cream!