Thai Orchid Restaurant

Best Thai food in Salem! Always friendly service and food comes out in a timely manner!

This used to be a fav of mine. Unfortunately they recently increased their prices ($3 more for fried rice) and then decreased the portion size. Additionally, they seemed to have doubled the amount of spices which literally made it inedible for me, even though I asked for 'regular' spice.

I absolutely will not be ordering from them again.

I ordered take out last week and received a very tasty meal at a really good price.
The young lady who checked me out was very helpful and friendly.

When I opened the food in my hotel room, it was still very hot.

Definitely recommend the Pad Tai and Flat Noodles.

Update:

Came in about half an hour before the posted closing time and got told the kitchen was closed. Didn't matter whether it was take-out or eat in. Just "we shut down the kitchen."

Apparently thirty minutes to closing is "close enough."

:/

This place was a great find for last minute late dinner. Parking was busy because your in the middle of town around the night life, but we found some close by. It was not busy and they had space for our large group. The staff were friendly and helpful. The food was really good and everyone enjoyed what they had. My mango sticky rice was great, although the mango was not ripe so it had a great sour note against the sweet rice. The chicken satay was very tasty but I did not like the sauce so much. We will have to come back and try some other items on the menu. The prices were more than other places we tried, but I guess it depends on the location.

Kid friendly and the food was really good. Service was also good!
Lemongrass Chicken
Evil Jungle Prince Curry

More of a 3.5. The location is clean and seems remodeled. The Drunken Noodles with beef were fantastic but the Pad Thai was severely lacking. I also had the Boozy Thai Tea and it was good as well. The Mozzarella Wontons were good as well!

Some of the very best Thai food I've had. It reminds me of home and some of the dishes I had there. Staff are friendly and service is always stellar. I feel like I've found one of the hidden gems of Salem.

We have been a loyal customer for over 15 years. In the last 6 months we have had several issues with orders, like inconsistency in spice levels, undercooked vegetables, watery curry, mistakes with take out orders. Tonight our take order was missing a dinner and one of our dinners was made with eggs after we requested no eggs due to an allergy. We had to wait for our order to be remade. I asked to talk to the owner who interrupted me multiple times while I attempted to share our disappointment in the food over the last six months. When we arrived home I discovered one of our meals had been made without the broccoli (and the writing on the outside of the box specifically listed it was suppose to have broccoli). It's like the owner just doesn't care any longer. Very disappointing. We will be finding a new Thai restaurant.

We were in town for a show at the Elsinore tonight. Our first choice for dinner was closed (Monday). So we began to look around to see what was available. We drove by this friendly, inviting-looking restaurant and thought to try it.

The service was satisfactory. But we were disappointed with the food overall. My companion ordered one of her favorite Thai dishes (Pra Ram), and it was (in her words) "not a good version." The chicken resembled deli-sliced meat in a pale, tasteless sauce. I ordered the Lemongrass Chicken and was served something the server called Spicy Chicken. It was not spicy. The vegetables were bright and colorful but were swimming in a greasy, slightly burnt-tasting sauce.

Was the place having an off night? But in times like these, the restaurant needs to make an effort to WOW on the first visit. Likely, we will not go back again.