Reviews for Hanuman Thai Eatery in Costa Mesa, CA
I was I Hanuman eatery for about 5 times now. From day one I always order Massaman curry and that Dish honestly deserve 10/10... just the roti is lately very oily ???? they ceviche is also bomb! But last time I?ve decided that I?ll try that famous friedchicken and it was disappointment. No flavor and the sauce was just little upgraded sweet and sour sauce, I was expecting maybesome mango or any other fruit sauce mixed in at least. Words Famous and sweet and sour just don?t go together. Rice was good,Pad Thai is not bad, green curry was good and drunken noodles-we asked for not spicy and it was missing even salt or any flavorbasically and it just tasted like eating nothing honestly. I am still giving 4 stars because that Massam curry is one of thebest dishes I?ve ate in my life, ceviche also awesome, staff is friendly, they have a good wine and I?ll be definitely stillgoing there I?ll just stick with what I know it?s tasty ???? Read more
Excellent Thai cuisine as well as service. Price range somewhere between $$ and $$$. Ice tea is very refreshing, but charged at... $6 per glass. Cozy ambience. Read more
10/10. Food is amazing. Truly elevated. Ceviche and fried chicken on point. Drunken noodles always a classic. Boat noodle was... delicious, reminded me a bit of beef noodle soup. Service great and friendly. Cozy atmosphere. Always packed so be there earlyor be square. Read more
First impression, the aesthetic inside looked great. Plaza has plenty of parking. Staff were friendly and helpful. It?s first... come first serve so no reservations which is a bummer. They also have outdoor seating. Be warned it?s noisy outside due to theplanes flying by. For a Friday, there was an hour at 6:30 for a party of 4. Having lived in Thailand for four years, myexpectations were high after reading all the great reviews. We ordered ceviche, crying tiger (filet), papaya salad 2/5 in spicelevel, pad kee mao (flat rice noodles w onions , basil w/ pork) medium spicy, khao soi (curry noodles w/ chicken), fried chickenhat yai style, boat noodles and roti. The ceviche was refreshing and tasty. Crying tiger was cooked perfectly at medium rare,the sauces surrounding the steak was good. The papaya salad was not spicy at all. The scale was 1-5 so we said 2/5. But itpretty much tasted like no spicy. I usually have 2 chilis in my papaya salad. It was weird to see lettuce instead of cabbagewith the papaya salad. Pad kee mao had the spicy kick that we liked but still underwhelming. The khao soi, was the best dishhere but I miss the pickled side dishes that usually goes with it. Chiang Mai is known for khao soi. Some acidity would?vebalanced it out better. Fried chicken was standard, the sticky rice in the straw cup was very little. For $18 I expected more,maybe fill the sticky rice to the top. The boat noodles were a little flat on flavor, a tad on the sweet side. I think thepresentation for most of the dishes were beautiful. I wish there were more flavors. Thai food is known for sweet, sour, salty,bitter and hot. Most of the dishes felt like one note. It?s good but I was not wowed. My friend also cooks Thai food and was notsuper impressed and also felt like something was lacking. We finished our meal with sweet roti, it did remind me of the streetfood in Thailand. Four people including beer and Thai tea the average cost was $50 per person. Not sure if it was w Read more
This restaurant has its good and bad dishes. While the fried chicken and sticky rice and tom yum are stunning, their satay... chicken tastes like gym food that wasted their great sauce. Thai tea is decent. I think som tum was served in a good portion andtasted great. Pad see ew was not bad but not special. However, the decoration was nice and the staff were helpful. Read more
Delicious! One of the best curry flavors I have had. The "Karee" dish with fried chicken was perfect. That was a new twist for... me. Great staff, fast service, and cute atmosphere. Will definitely comeback. Read more
5/5 from the delicious cuisine to the customer service. This was our first time and it did not disappoint. We walked up and... we?re seated right away. Loved that the servers were all wearing Christmas themed sweaters & attire. I ordered the Panang Curryand my wife ordered the Drunken Noodle. We added a side of Thai Fried Rice and per usual our eyes are bigger than our stomachshaha. Took a lot of food home to enjoy the following day. Highly recommend. Read more
Food was extremely tasty, very friendly staff and fast service. They had a long wait but it was worth it. I will definitely go... back to try different food items. Read more