Trio

i refuse to support any restaurant that callously slings ethnic slurs about others let alone their patrons. irony in it all is that it is a thai-​asian fusion restaurant, but referred to my sister as a «chinese bitch» when picking up her order, after hearing an onslaught of ethnic slurs towards asians when waiting for her order. racism will only continue if we allow it — do not support this establishment.

Not too impressed with Trio, unfortunately. We have been meaning to try it for weeks and finally had the opportunity tonight and ordered some for delivery.
First, delivery took an hour and a half to arrive. The estimated time was 45 – 60 minutes. I had to call trio to make sure they had received my order. Off to a bad start. Fortunately our food was still warm when it arrived.
Vegetable spring rolls (2) for $ 6. They were good. They were not worth the $ 6 though. I can get similar rolls at other Asian restaurants for half the price that are just as good. Two of us ordered the pad Thai, one medium, one mild. There was no difference between the two in spiciness and there were no markers on the package to tell which was which. One order of drunken noodles with lemongrass meatballs. Best of the entrees. Also ordered this mild and it was spicier than both the pad Thai meals.
Overall, not bad. Maybe it’s different at the restaurant. Might order again if really craving Thai but will most likely try different places first.

Came to pick up my order when they said it would be ready. Had to wait another 10 minutes. Food is more expensive than comparable restaurants. Service is mediocre at best.

If I were just rating their lemongrass meatballs, this would be a 10 out of 5 stars.
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They’re delicioussssssssssss!!!
Sorry to say, but the pad thai and drunken noodles leave MUCH to be desired. Thai food is amazing because it is full of robust and rich flavors. These dishes… did not have that. The lemongrass meatballs, however, are consistently good. The prices are also very high for the quality… :(I’m really sad to say all of this, but this restaurant used to dish out food that was MUCH tastier back in 2010 than now.
The rooftop deck of Trio overlooking the Fairmount area is a beautiful and quaint place to have a romantic dinner… just don’t get the noodle dishes. Stick with the curries, they are much better at that than anything else. And again… LEMONGRASS MEATBALLS!

Ordered the pad Thai and the drunken noodles. The drunken noodles were awesome, the perfect amount of spice. I would definitely order that again. The pad Thai on the other hand was a little disappointing. There just wasn’t enough sauce to go around, I felt like they ran out of sauce or something. That is usually a safe go to when ordering Thai, I won’t order that again from here. Overall I think the quality of their food was great and I would love to go again. Also this place is BYOB ;)

Trio’s a cute BYOB on a quiet corner not far from the Art Museum. They have seating both downstairs and upstairs. The clientele the evening we stopped by included couples out for a romantic dinner and families with young children. The décor is on the upscale side of casual. Or maybe the casual side of upscale.
The service that evening was kinda bumbling, though on the plus side, it provided for much entertainment. Other servers seemed to know a bit more about what they were supposed to do, so maybe you’ll get one of them.
The drunken noodles with chicken dish was pretty tasty. Not worth a trek for, but certainly satisfies a craving for some spicy wide noodles with Asian spices. The tom-​ka-​gai-​like soup one friend got seemed rather thin (or at least thinner than I’ve seen it elsewhere). The others got different versions of the drunken noodles and their enjoyment varied.
The dinner options were somewhat pricier than other Center City Thai restaurants, though not prohibitively so.

Overpriced. Food wasn’t good… It was edible, but by no means «good». They even charged per can of soda… But did not make this clear at the start. Seriously, what restaurant charges for refills of soda? Service was bad… And to top it all off, they have an iPad that they bring you to pay by card. That’s fine… Except the tip starts at 18% and they stand there as you tip. It didn’t stop me from pressing «other» to leave them a lower tip… But it made it very uncomfortable for them to watch me do it. Even if I paid cash… I feel like the tip is not supposed to be counted in front of me (good or bad).
I will not go back.
By the way… The menu wasn’t even authentic Thai for the most part…

We ordered three Drunken Noodles and a soup. The food was was mediocre, lets proceed and focus on everything else for now, okay?!
Our waiter, who I’m reluctance to give out his name, did not comprehend that one of us wanted a soup, and thats all what she wanted for dinner. He kept asking «And for you, just the soup?» like FOUR times. I’m not even kidding you! «Only the soup», «just the soup»,” just to make sure, you only ordered soup.“
It didn’t take long time for us to got our Three Drunken Noodles (With chicken, duck and jumbo shrimps.) She didn’t get her soup yet. At that point I wasn’t sure if he did it in purpose to be funny, or he really forgot.
One of the people in my group has a really low tolerance for spicy foods. He asked the waiter about the heat level in his dish to make sure it was the right for him or to even lower it for him. His Duck Drunken Noodles was so spicy he couldn’t eat it.
Our water glasses were not filled unless we asked for refill, which took forever. We even asked for a water carafe to make our life easier. The waiter didn’t know what a «carafe „was. So we asked for a „pitcher“ which came after we asked him for the second time.
Prior to ordering, we asked the waiter if we can get separate check, since we were carrying only cards. The waiter said of course, it won’t be a problem. Well, it was. The waiter, brought us the bill before even asking if we need anything else, some dessert for example. Anyway the bill was NOT separated!!! He said he will figure it out. 10 minutes later, he came to pickup our payment. Another 10 minutes before he came again, and asked us to go to the cashier and tell him what we got and pay it over there. Convenient?!!
I’m giving Trio two stars because my shrimps drunken noodles dish was okauish. Not delicious, nor horrible, just good. And I LOVE Thai food.
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Two Unilocal

This is based on a my first and only delivery service from here.
First off the delivery took 30 minutes more than the anticipated estimate. Placed order at 5:15pm, confirmation stated around 6:15pm, it was delivered at 6:30pm without a call to notify us.
Second off, the noodles are just OK — and priced at $ 13 (with delivery comes to $ 17) it’s not something I’d get again. It’s not terribly authentic — they use American broccoli and eggplant in the dish. and as some of you may know it’s traditionally made with Chinese broccoli but of course, never with eggplant that is kind of an odd addition. It’s also listed as «crispy tofu» and let me tell you that was not crispy tofu. it was soggy.
The food was pretty okay, but nothing that blew my socks off to make the money worth it. I hate to say it, but it tastes like your average corner store $ 5 – 6 Americanized stir fry which I’m not a fan of.
Was looking forward to this place, but unfortunately will not be a repeat customer.

I would have given 5 stars if only the service was good.
I visited with my family on Friday, August 14 and while it was not so crowded the service wasn’t great at all. We kept waiting for the server and finally lost the patience and had to go walk towards server and ask him to take our order. Even after taking the order, it took forever for him to just come and say that they were out of ice tea. Food again took forever to come. Food came then plates dint, plates came then fork dint. So ya was very disappointed with service.
However Thai veg basil fried rice and drunken noodles were very delicious. Food was awesome no doubt but again Thai tea was awful. And the server also told not sure why the chef made it the way it was.
I would debate if I should go or not again.

A nice, neighborhood place. The food was pretty good but the service was incredibly slow. To be fair, we had a party of 8. But, to be whiny, it took over 2 hrs for us to get out of there (ordering and eating at a normal pace).

My boyfriend and I went here on a whim on Sunday night. We live in the area, and thought we would give it a whirl!
Boy were we glad we went! First of all, they have a lovely deck that sits along an ivy-​covered brick wall. It’s so pretty out there!
Second, our server was just wonderful. So helpful with the menu, very honest. He really took care of us.
Lastly, the food was impeccable. My boyfriend spent 3 months living in Thailand, and said this was the most authentic this food he had since his trip. It was that good!
It’s Byob, which rocks. They will mix you up a pitcher of sangria if you bring the wine. What more do you need?
Needless to say, we will definitely be going back. Just lovely!

It’s probably been years since our last visit to Trio. After a long bike ride and storms in the future, delivery only made sense for last Saturday night.
We ordered the Drunken Noodles with beef, fresh pineapple fried rice with duck and the vegetable samosas to start.
Their website prompts you to order through Grubhub so the ordering process was easy and pretty prompt. Everything came to us warm and neat.
The vegetable samosas were probably our favorite part of the meal. They consisted of potato, edamame, veggies, spices and came with a Thai peanut sauce. There were two large samosas which were really easy to split between two people.
I wasn’t overly impressed with the rest of the meal. I thought the portions of the fried rice and Drunken Noodle to be fairly small. The rice was a little dry and we had to add our own hot sauce to help the consistency. The duck was sparse and a little fatty. The Drunken noodle was standard but nothing special.
We’ve always been happy with our in-​restaurant dining experiences, so I’d certainly be willing to give that another try, however we probably won’t be ordering takeout from Trio again.

Love loved this place. very cute, clean BYO with some of the best thai I’ve had in Philly. Their green curry and lemongrass meatballs were absurdly good. Never thought I’d have meatballs at a thai place but put lemongrass in some meaty balls and you got yourself a good evening ;-)
The drunken noodles were prettier than most thai dishes with massive noodles on them and had such great flavor. We also tried the beggars pouches and the seafood hot pot with glass noodles which were both good too.
Our server was nice and didn’t judge us 3 small ladies throwing down every kind of bottle alcohol comes in, so that was cool. Prices are fair for the quality of the food and being in a cute transformed rowhome that was well decorated felt right for a fairmount byo.
Will be back time and time again! Esepcially in the summer since it looks like they had a patio you can eat out on too!

Cannot wait to live closer to this place! A couple of friends and I went for a lady date and were ready to eat a tonnnn of Thai food. There was an adorable outside patio that I’m really looking forward to sitting at during the summer too!
We started off with the Beggar’s pouches, which were kind of like crab rangoons, but no cream cheese filling. The sweet chili dipping sauce was absolutely amazing, and the pouches served perfectly to get us hungry for our meals.
We all split the Green Curry, Seafood Hot Pot, and the Drunken Noodles.
The green curry was absolutely my favorite. Perfectly spicy and came ladden with veggies, chicken and rice. So refreshing and such a delicious sauce. I ended up putting the sauce on every dish cause it was so perfectly coconuty and spicy.
The seafood hot pot was really great! Tons of shrimp, scallops, and calamari. Veggies on the side with rice were carrots, zucchini and squash. I wish there was a sauce involved but the lightness of the noodles with the seafood was really delicious, plus, the green curry was seeping into everything :)
The drunken noodles were also delicious! Very gingery and lemon-​grassy. Perfect compliment to our carbo loaded meal.
Definitely coming here again as it was moderately priced and a BYOB!
One and only one downside: no chopsticks :(

In the mood for Thai takeout, the GF and I decided to check out Trio. Located in the Fairmount area, the praise-​worthy reviews appear to be on point.
Beggar’s Pouches [$ 9]
Crisp dumplings filled with minced crab, shrimp, sweet chili sauce
We decided to try the beggar’s pouches, which were beautifully hand-​wrapped. Despite this being takeout, the pouches retained their texture. Crunchy on the outside and filled with well-​seasoned minced crab and shrimp, these were a great starter. Take it all in one bite though or you might have pieces all of your plate — or your shirt.
Drunken Noodles [$ 13]
Crispy tofu, vegetables, wok-​seared wide-​cut rice noodles, broccoli, egg, onions, bell peppers, Thai basil
The drunken noodles had good chew and the bits of tofu, broccoli, carrots, peapods, peppers, onions, and egg helped to create a nice bite that wasn’t too spicy. Salty, sweet, savory, and slightly sour — the Thai flavors were all there.
Pineapple Fried Rice [$ 12] with Chicken [+ $ 1]
Jasmine rice, cashews, pineapple chunks, Madras curry powder
The GF was itching to try the pineapple fried rice, which had a nice creamy, gluttonous texture to each bite, which was studded with bits of fresh veggies, cashes, and tomatoes. Despite the creamy texture of each bite, you could still make out the bite of each grain and the bits of chicken were plentiful and juicy.
Trio may be our new go-​to Thai place and I’m looking forward to trying some of their more authentic dishes — as well as some pad thai, natch. Trio is also BYO — so head on over with a bottle of vino and you won’t be disappointed!

Had my birthday dinner here back in November and was extremely happy with how it turned out! We were seated at a long table on the first floor. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen anyone dining downstairs, but worked out perfectly for our party of 13.
I had called ahead of time and arranged to do the family style dinner package. For $ 25 per person, you get an assortment of appetizers, 4 different entrees, and dessert for everyone to share. They did a great job attending to our group and everything was delicious, as usual.
I definitely recommend Trio for group dinners!

I’ve gotten take-​out/​delivery a few times from Trio and I’m just not that big of a fan. Unfortunately there aren’t many Thai places in Philly, and Trio is the only one near me that also delivers.
I’ve gotten the seafood hotpot a few times which isn’t bad — plenty of seafood (along with veggies and glass noodles) which I guess justifies the $ 19 price. But it’s not very ‘hotpot’ like to me… it has no broth, just a container with meat, veg and noodles like Chinese takeout. It’s tasty, but also slightly greasy and some of the seafood is little overcooked and chewy. Maybe it’s better when ordered at the table?
Finally, if you’re looking for quick delivery, this isn’t the place. It always takes a full hour (takeout is quicker). And the Grubhub delivery minimum is $ 20 so you can’t order just for yourself (unless of course you get the hotpot). Sorry Trio, I’m just not overwhelmed. More just whelmed.

Great restaurant just 2 blocks away from my apartment. Ordered vegetable spring rolls, drunken noodles, vegetable fried rice, and red curry chicken. Everything was spicy and had so much flavor… we loved it!
The only negative things I have to say about Trio would be that our server was a little too slow and the food took longer than expected to come out. Besides that, my family really enjoyed everything.

I have to say– Trio is literally a completely different restaurant when dining in as opposed to getting delivery. My party of 4 walked over last night and picked up beer on our way (yay for BYO!). There was a man standing outside the «to-​go entrance» and we all thought he was just some guy waiting for his food… until he turned out to be the host and led us to our table. Maybe he was just standing outside because it was a nice night? We were seated upstairs at a private little table, which was really great. Our server was Victoria and she was extremely warm and very helpful– I would give the service 5 stars.
After reading reviews, we got the beggars pouches appetizer. The main flaw with this meal was that it took over 30 minutes for these to come out. Our server apologized and said there had been a large party downstairs that had their order in right before us. We weren’t too upset because there were a couple drunk girls in the restaurant that were hilarious. It was seriously like dinner and a show listening to their commentary, and they ended up giving us their half-​full bottle of wine when they left. Score! I just hope they didn’t drive home…
After the appetizer, it took still a little longer for the entrees to come out. My boyfriend and I split the pad woonsen glass noodles with tofu and the fried rice with lemongrass meatballs. I was too worried to try the pad thai again after how lackluster it was the last time. The glass noodles had tons more fresh veggies than before and the flavors were really good in both dishes. It is a tad pricy still, and I will probably never order delivery from here again. But, for a dine-​in neighborhood BYOB, I give it my seal of approval!