Thalia Spice

been here a few times as I lived close by. This is a small space but quite nicely laid out and decorated. They serve your standard thai and Asian food and carry some Japanese beers as well. I really liked the food and pricing was rather decent for the area as well.
I did go there once when one of their cooks was out so it took them forever to make our dishes but later refunded us most of the money.
definitively a nice place I would recommend if you live close by.

Thalia Spice has great food. My friend and I sat outside in the summer and ordered two different pad thai dishes. The food has a lot of flavor and the service was good. I would definitely recommend the the pad see ew (might have spelled that wrong) but it was delicious!

A group of eight friends decided to celebrate a birthday here.
As we made reservations earlier in the day, we were quickly seated. We order a variety of appetizers: lobster chip ceviche, crab rangoon, saigon roll, coconut shrimp, and chicken satay. Out of the appetizers I tried, the saigon roll was nothing extraordinary but the crab rangoons were phenomenal. Without a doubt, the best crab rangoons I’ve ever had, and I’ve had a lot in my lifetime.
Unfortunately, a potential bias to my lack of interest in the saigon roll was that it was not made to a restaurant-​quality standard. Despite this mishap, the Thalia Spice team was very receptive and remedied the situation quickly. Not only did they negate the cost of that appetizer, they gave us two extra servings of the crab rangoons.
We, again, ordered a variety of entrees including various sushi dishes, chicken pad thai, and the pad prix king. I primarily had the pad prix king, which is a tilapia dish. I was underwhelmed with this dish. The flavor profile was average.
As a point of improvement, as a group, we mentioned multiple times through the night that we were celebrating a birthday. No acknowledgement of this was made by the team, such as notifying us about dessert specials or providing a surprise.
Overall, our waiter was quick and attentive to the group’s needs. Despite the mishap noted above, I’m more than willing to come back to explore the menu further. It was an enjoyable night out with friends.

Love this place. Great Thai food. Good service good value. I have never had a bad dish at this place.

Gave this place one star because after waiting for an hour to get one of our entrée’s while everyone else got there food who came after house we got nothing but free dessert that we didn’t even want. This place doesn’t know how to take care of customers and how to serve food in a timely matter. We got my sushi dish first then our appetizer and then 45 minutes later my boyfriends green curry came out. You can get this food anywhere else in Chicago nothing special here.

Thalia Spice is a great place to enjoy all you can think of Asian Fusion Dishes. The drunk noodles and dragon roll sushi are the best! As well as the Pink Fire! Amazing!!! Oh, highly recommend the red bean sticky rice dessert! — very refreshing.
All the servers are great and nice to chat with! The décor of the restaurant is romantic and well-​though, great place for a date and simply enjoying Asian Fusion, plus great cocktail!

This is my favorite Thai restaurant in Chicago. The food is excellent. If you like sushi they have a large selection. The Vulcano soup is my favorite and for desert the best will be the mango sticky rice –yummy .Don’t forget to tray some of the Martinis.

I was here for a rather large group dinner. I liked that we were seated at a table in the bar area… almost felt like a private party.
Being that we were with a large group, we ordered a variety of appetizers. Clay pot mussels, lobster chip ceviche, mango seared scallops, chicken satay, and some Laotian beef. Everything was pretty tasty, but none of those items would be the subject of my cravings!
We washed down our appetizers with the sangria… which I really enjoyed! I loved the lychee in it… yum! :)
For my main course, I ordered the Panang Curry. It comes with rice, but I substituted it w/​the naan. The menu calls it naan (Indian paratha), but it was more like Malaysian roti. I think they should clear that up on their menu… naan and paratha are two different types of breads. Sorry for that side note. Anywho, the curry was decent. Good amount of spice. My only gripe is that the «naan» that I ordered (mind you there is an upcharge) was so tiny for the massive amount of curry they served. My «naan» was finished in a few bites and is nowhere the size of a «real» naan bread. So, skip that upcharge and stick to the rice!
We didn’t order dessert.
Service was decent. They forgot a couple of our friends’ meals. That always annoys me and shouldn’t be a mistake that is made in restaurants! And my «naan» came out about 10 minutes after my curry.
Nice place to check out.

Best Thai food in town. We’re regulars, vegetarian. Their stir fries are off the charts good, and consistent. Its also a pretty space, with friendly staff to boot.

Two stars was a generous rating for this spot. Not sure if it was just because it was a Sunday night that I went here but the service at this place left a lot to be desired. It’s a smaller place and there was only one waiter working but there were only 2 other tables. Had to wait 5+minutes to even get a menu at our table.
Now onto the food. I got the YAYA noodles with chicken which were pretty decent however the dish had hot and cold spots. The veggies were cold and the noodles only warm at best. Not sure why that was. The two people I was with both had issues with the temperature of their dishes as well.
Decided to order a sushi roll and got the Thalia roll. The roll was the only reason I didn’t give this place a 1 star rating. The roll was a little too saucy for me but it had good flavor and tasted very fresh. I would consider going back to this spot but only if I was just ordering sushi.
Good luck on trying this spot out.

A regular at this place. Vegetarian specialities.
For drinks don’t miss out Jack Meets Thalia… made with fresh ginger. Really strong taste.
Also try out the Asian beers.
For apps, try the kimchi mondu (steamed veg dumplings)
For Sushis, do check out Sweet Fuji, its veggie and delicious.
For entrees, go for Pad Prix king tofu… best dish I ever had.

I was at Thalia Spice Monday with some friends from a study abroad. They have two of our favorite beers from SE Asia (Chang and Singha). Dwight was very welcoming to our group and we received outstanding service while there! I will definitely be going back again soon.

Just finished our meal. Loved the variety of Asian dishes on the menu. We went mostly Thai tonight. Really liked the crab Rangoon and the roti canai bread — awesome. The green curry got even better as I ate it. The Lard Nar was strong as was the Pad Thai.

I ordered from here last night with a friend. It was OK but it gets 2 stars because of a major misstep.
First of all, the Tom Yum soup was pretty good. It was watery but still had nice elements of citrus and spice. My friend enjoyed her green curry dish, too.
I was excited for scallops on top of mango and avocado salad. I love all of those things! The scallops were tough to get down, so I left a lot of them uneaten. They were a bit dry and gummy, and the taste was very fishy. You’d think the salad would be better, perhaps able to disguise the scallops’ taste. But no. The avocado was OK, but the tomatoes used in it (surprise guest… but I like tomatoes so it was OK) were a bit mealy. And the mango chunks themselves were slimy and well past their prime. The mango had acquired a bit of an «off» taste that was bad on its own, and extra bad when combined with the «off”-tasting scallops as well! I think you can do better re: Thai places in the city.

Fusion restaurants typically offer my favorite types of cuisine. However, Thalia Spice is Pan-​asian and was a lot of ok tasting foods.
They have a lot of food on the menu from Thailand, China, Japan, India, Philippines etc but none if it was really impressive. If you’re going with a group of 6+ that have a wide range of tastes on their palate, I’d say its worth it.
Service wasn’t that stellar either. Note to all the service snobs out there — this is not the place for you. It wasn’t busy and food and drinks seemed to take forever.

Went here after purchasing a Groupon. I actually live a few blocks away and have never been here before. I went in on a Sunday and it was pleasant, not to packed but just a hand full of people. The service was a little spotty but not bad. The food and drinks are good. This place is a little more expensive then a few other Thai places I frequent. The Crab Rangoon was the best part of our meal! Not sure that I will go out of my way to eat here but I will more than likely come back one day.

This is a good spot to order for take-​out for those living in the neighborhood, unless you have the patience for mediocre service. Decided to have dinner here on a Friday night. The restaurant’s ambiance is cozy and intimate and the food is tasty. For an appetizer, I ordered the coconut shrimp which was a delicious way to start the meal! To try something new, I went for the Filipino Chicken Asado that did not disappoint me.
Overall, the food is good but the service needs improvement.

We thoroughly enjoyed every item we got here and for the groupon price, we ordered a lot. The crab rangoon and salad wrap appetizers were tasty, though the salad wraps were challenging to eat and had way more salad than filling. I probably would skip them next time but did not regret having tried them.
We ordered two rolls, the Thalia Roll, which was my favorite, and the Sweet Fuji, which was also delicious, and YaYa noodles, which I wanted to devour and am so thankful that they deliver because I will be ordering these as my go to weekend noodle. My only issue with this restaurant was the background noise, which was either water falling or oil frying, I couldn’t figure out which, but it was loud and continuous and definitely took away from the relaxed ambiance of the place.
The groupon was a groupon booking one and for whatever reason, the reservation and the groupon didn’t go through, but they gave us the deal anyway and would work it out with groupon later. I’d almost steer you away from the groupon booking, because it has given me problems more than once– I much prefer the voucher groupons– but I’d hate to steer you away from trying this place out.

Love the ambiance and has more space than it appears.
Made reservations for 8:15 but didn’t look like we needed them
We started with the crab rangoon (super fresh and recommend) and the coconut shrimp.
Generally I love coconut shrimp. However this looks like a nest of coconut with shrimp somewhere buried inside so not an appetizer I would have again there.
For a drink I had the Thalia-​angria (like sangria). Again I love sangria and was stoked about this but it arrived with a little too much rum in it for me. The sake variety was good and yummy (per friend).
When I saw Rama on the menu I became very very excited! I haven’t had it a long time and was really looking forward to the peanuty goodness! The sauce came out on the side (waitress gave an option).
Upon mixing the sauce with the chicken and veggies it became a lil watery :(
My friend ordered the river boat noodles which was beefy brothy goodness with noodles and such. If you’re into the soup type meal I recommend it! Yummy!
It is rumored that the sushi here is amazing particularly the Kama sutra roll but we’ll have to wait for next time as our bellies were full!

Years ago when I went to Simply Thalia in the pedestrian walkway between the Red Line and Blue Line at Washington Street, I was left a bit nonplussed about the food, as it was painfully apparent that it was for a rather milder palate. I returned and had a flight of appetizers, which I had found to be much better than the watery curry dish I had the first time.
Fast forward to 2013 and I visited Thalia Spice, the parent restaurant. (Pause … still pausing)
The service, much like at Simply Thalia, was inviting. They had lychee juice, so that was a good beverage option. The ginger chicken soup reminded me of tom yum gai (chicken). That was the highlight and a soup option I would gladly indulge during the cold months in Chicago. Where it all fell apart was with the Indian chicken makhani. Indian food is my favourite ethnic cuisine and that means I have a tendency to be more critical of said cuisine because I love it so much. As wonderful as the presentation was, the dish failed in terms of flavour. The average American may find the chicken makhani to be very appetizing. However, having a palate that is accustomed to a bloom of rich flavours, I cannot cosign that the dish would satisfy those who love spices.
Thalia Spice seems to cover the gambit of Asian cuisines. That could be both good and bad. It’s good from the standpoint that a patron can have one-​stop options for their dining experience. It’s bad from the standpoint that something gets compromised and shortcuts get introduced into the cooking at times. Not all Asian cuisines are all similar and those with trained palates like authenticity when it comes to their meals.