Reviews for Shana Thai in Mountain View, CA

Food is very good. Recommend the Pad Thai and the Okra dish.

Quality of food is decent. Service is super quick although for the price set you would expect better service and customization... of food such as spice level etc. Pineapple fried rice is a must try here. Read more

Given the reviews, we had high hopes for a good Thai meal. Unfortunately we did not find the satisfaction we were looking for.... If you are looking for something simple, bland and zero spices, then this one is a good restaurant. Perhaps our choice of foodwas wrong, but we found only sweet taste from everything. Read more

Always consistent, quick, and great portion size. Order: Favorites- Curries are all delicious with lots of flavor. Soups are as... well. Not so favorites - (based on quality and taste) Fried rice is fairly salty, would recommend a noodle dish instead. Papayasalad is underwhelming and overly spicy. Read more

Our friend who works in the area took us to this restaurant for lunch. It is a quaint restaurant with nice ambiance inside. ... The server was nice. The menu has several options and the dishes are pricey. They do not have lunch specials. The food wasdelicious. Read more

Update: recommend beef pad Kee mow over chicken or tofu pad Thai every time here. more like 3.5, only bc it's the only half... decent Thai food in the area. green papaya salad has reduced in quantity, and seems like leftovers with a translucent wiltedquality and inedible mushy tomatoes. have realized consistency is lacking so we reserve visits for high turnovers days likeThursdays. Chicken can have warmed over flavor, tofu an old reheated texture, food is overall too sweet, peanut sauce is blandand yellow some days, spicy and red other days. Crazy bags are well made some days and burnt and crumpled over othertimes. Previous: This is a solid eat-in place for us with a convenient parking lot (shares with a Michoacán market, and someother establishments). The couple who introduced us say it's their regular to-go place. We do always see a lot of to-go ordersneatly packaged. They do fried food well here, no grease puddles or rancid oil odors. Everyone loves the crazy bags, you canactually see the meat, and taste the herbs and spices. Between the deep fried spring rolls (a popular choice) and crazy bags,we would choose the crazy bags for the aromatic herb packed flavor. The green papaya salad here is excellent, no rock hard dryshrimp here, but tiny soft dry shrimp. Also, some places drown it with a bowlful of peanuts, which despite loving peanuts, Iam not a fan of. They really let the fresh green papaya shine, and it's fresh, not wilted or drowned in too much liquid. Ifyou want crispy fried with a sweet glaze, the garlic basa (caramelized sticky sweet garlic topping is a bit too much like candyfor us) is a crowd pleaser. The crying tiger beef was tender with only a couple pieces with untrimmed sinew, and beef pad Keemow were okay, but we felt the beef could be of better quality. A popular go-to dish here is fried rice, with many tablesenjoying it served in a pineapple shell (we don't order rice because we like to fill up on protein). An order of fr Read more

Reasonably good food but not great. Good ambiance. Less attentive service - short handed? A bit pricey for the portion (or... taste). Perhaps, the chef is having an off day... Read more

Crab roll is good. Crying tiger beef is okay. Pineapple fried rice is not recommended, shrimp isn't fresh, too much curry powder... and msg. Read more