Great authentic Thai food. I love Thai fried rice. It has a unique flavor so much different than Chinese, Korean or Japanese fried rice. It’s hard to find that authentic flavor but I’m so happy I found it here. All of the appetizers are amazing as well. Very comfortable setting too. Jazz music does throw me off and makes me feel like I should be at an Italian restaurant. Parking lot sucks too. All that aside, I think it’s it’s worth it coming to Tara Thai.

This place is very authentic Thai Food! I have had Thai food in many of the big cities and this little spot in El Paso is right up there with the best of the best! I had the Thai Street Chicken with Medium Spice and it was INCREDIBLE. It had me sweating, but I like spicy food. The price was a bit high for dinner plates, but definitely worth it. The restaurant was clean and service was great. Overall, I would definitely recommend if you are in the mood for good Thai food!

The food was good but the portions where a little small. Especially the seafood ones. We waited an hour for our food but with such limited staff I understand waitress handled her job by herself but you could tell they need another person at least for diners. Flavor where great. But again a little expensive for the portion sizes and the price being asked. But hey that's inflation for you.

Highly recommend! Everything we ordered was delicious. The cook serves love in it 'nuff said The food cook time ⏲️ is slow but my guess is because they take time to make it right ✅ (with pride) Listen if you're impatient then this is not a fit for you.

Oh my goodness, the food is delicious! I went to Thailand in April and was craving great Thai food again, and Tara's did not disappoint!!!

Bad experience. Lunch took about 25mins to be served after we ordered. Small portion. Had the Cashew Nut Chicken. Food was tasty but not much of it. Asked for some more rice since only came with about a tablespoon full. Gave up after 10 more minutes of waiting. Asked to pay wanted to charge me for the extra rice that had never come. Removed that from receipt. I got bill and then when paid they added a credit card fee. No where was that mentioned beforehand. Would never go back. I love Thai food and have been to many all across the country. This one sucks!

From the outside of the building, not going to lie looks scary, but my wife really wanted something different and I wanted to go next door to rib hut but once I tried the food my mind was immediately changed food was amazing we had the fried tufu, and steamed dumplings for starters and for for the main dish got the coconut curry fried rice with pork and wife had Pad Thai and dessert we had fried banana everything was amazing only service was excellent definitely will be back

I iwent to Tara last night for the first time. I will never go again. This whole in the wall restaurant is very expensive for the low quality of food that I was served. I odered wings as an appatizer to start. The waitress said that even though the menu said ranch is included with the wings. I would not get ranch and I did not need ranch. This was a bad sign of things to come. The apperance of the place is dirty and worn down and has only 5 parking slots. An Asian family that showed up 30 minutes after we did got their meals before we did. The main curry coconut chicken sauce plate was very hot as in spicy. The taste did not merrit the price at all. Just lame cooking. The waitress asked me the level of hot and I said light. The plate was missing ingridients from the menu like the bamboo and small corn vergetables. When I complained at how hot the food was to the waitress, she said, didnt you said it was good. Bottom line, this place is over priced, gheto looking restaurant with lame tasting looking dishes that are not worth $15.00 plus for any of them. I will never go again and Thai food lovers beware of this place.

I like the food from this place, the fact that it’s so distinct from any Asian flavors in El Paso encouraged me to continue visiting. My daughter and I ordered the cashew nut entree. It was aromatic and flavorful. The cashews were a bit scarce, but the few I got were crunchy and complimented the dish very well. On another note, the veggies were perfectly cooked and so was the tofu. However, the reason I am giving a three star review is because, I was charged to do some substitutes on my meal, for example the dish is originally served with chicken but I ordered tofu instead, my daughter requested noodles instead of rice and I was charged about $2 to pay with a card plus tip. I don’t mind paying for what I order, the issue is that it took me by surprise when I got the bill. The waitress didn’t even tell me that I’d be charged to substitute ingredients. In summary, with 15% tip and all the other charges I ended paying $57 for a lunch for two. The ambience is okay but the place is not that clean. I feel that for what I paid I could have gone to a higher end restaurant instead and have a better experience.

Great food! It was so delicious and it's such a nice place to eat very clean and the employees there are very nice, sweet and attentive. I love it. It was my first time there, and now it's become a favorite of mine. The peppers steak was to die for. 😋 😋

Got chicken drunken noodles to go and it was incredibly disappointing. The dish was not flavorful enough and it did not have the right vegetables that would normally go with this Thai dish. I also think $14 for this meal was kinda pricey for a Thai restaurant in that neighborhood.

This establishment is overpriced. They even charge twice the price if you ask for no ice in the Thai Tea. Allyson treated us poorly when we showed up to pick up our order in our military uniforms and gave her our ID for a military discount. She urged that she must see our faces to compare it to the ID even though we were in uniform.

My search for authentic Pad Thai in El Paso has finally come to an end! The peanut sauce for the spring rolls was delicious as well. Highly recommend!

This place rocks! Ally and Chef work together to please the customer. I've been eating out from here for several months and you can not beat the service, friendliness or atmosphere ( I have yet to eat in - but I am looking forward to it). I for this meal, I asked Ally to request from chef to swap the egg noodle for wide noodle on the Pad Bamee and I've been hooked on the dumplings since I tried them the first time - THEY ROCKED IT!!! If you miss Thai food from the motherland, Tara Thai 'IS' like the motherland. Thanks so much Ally and Chef!

Easily one of my favorite restaurants in EP at this point! The food is amazing and the waitresses are incredibly sweet! Ask them what they recommend and you truly can’t go wrong with whatever you end up ordering !

I really liked the curries; I had the chicken & my hubby had the seafood curry. But was not a fan of the chicken satay starter.

It was delicious!

Absolutely the best Thai restaurant with the greatest waitresses in town! Chef prepares everything hot and fresh! We enjoy coming here and eating! Highly recommended. When family and friends come from out of town this is where we take them! They never disappoint

Simply delicious! Super friendly staff... I want to eat there tomorrow again!!!

Food is delicious but manager Jessica was extremly rude horrible service

Beef noodle soup was delicious. The waitress Pam was amazing. Would highly recommend.

Best thai food in town. Get the crying tiger and cheese wontons. Lovely service and great place to eat a really nice meal.

This thai restaurant is a COMPLETE GEM. We were driving around aimlessly for awhile and Tara Thai popped up on google so my ma & I decided to give it a go bc we were ravenous. We the dumplings, cheese wontons, egg rolls, and Tom Khan Gai soup and everything was prepared to order :)) The soup was incredible along with our 3 appetizers and all the sauces. Service was swift and friendly and prices very reasonable. Highly, highly recommend to anyone looking for some killer food in El Paso. A must stop for anyone in the area. Thank you to this restaurant for making my Friday night <3 We will absolutely be returning, thank you.

Great food and nice atmosphere. Will return.

The server was friendly though its obvious she is overworked and doing everything herself. I really wanted to love this place because Thai cuisine is one of my faves, but the food itself is not very authentic, not very flavorful, and takes forever. My pick-up order took about an hour when I was quoted 35-40 minutes. The portions are tiny. Both noodle dishes barely had any sauce, protein, or vegetables. The beef in our panang was gray, as if it had been boiled; the curry itself was very thin, and tasted watered down. Everything was underwhelming, sadly. I understand that restaurants are totally different after the pandemic. But I don't like to be greeted with silly signs telling me to be patient or that they could refuse service. It's tacky. The fact remains that if you don't have staff, restaurants must think outside of the box and make it work when its failing.

Best Thai food!! Me and my wife used to live in Jersey before moving to Texas and we always missed good Thai food. We were so glad we found this place. The food was delicious, service was exemplary and rh ambience was rejuvenating. They catered to our vegetarian preference which was an added bonus

I ordered a dish and stressed not spicy. When picked up the order it was extremely spicy. It was almost closing time when I got home. I called and manager said they'd replace it. When I showed up to tge restaurant and reminded them, they treated me terribly. Made me wait excessively for my order and didn't replace it. Cook/owner was totally unfriendly as if she looks down on her customers. Made me wait almost 1hr for my food and had to pay first as if I was stealing something from her.

Great things take time. Remember: at this restaurant food is made from scratch. It may take longer to get, but it is worth the wait. I had the chicken salad and my wife had the pineapple curry with chicken. We were both happy and we’ll come back!

Busy restaurant, food is quite good, served very hot. Overpriced from what they offer, food on the menu r all simple thai food, nothing very fancy. Would opt for other thai/viet restaurants in town which offers similar food but a more reasonable price

Food was so yummy! Had never tried curry before and the pineapple curry(I love a lil sweet) was amazing!! Spring roll were good with the peanut sauce! Definitely going back!

Food is excellent! Pad Thai and Curry dishes taste amazing. We went on a Saturday Afternoon and it was busy and there was only 1 waitress for the entire restaurant. Service was slow but couldn't blame the waitress, she did a good job considering. Management needs to do a better job at keeping this restaurant staffed!

The place was cute and the waitress was lovely. I really enjoyed my curry fried rice and would go back again.

Authentic Thai food however the restaurant seemed to be understaffed. Be ready to wait long for the food to arrive. Be sure to park in the designated area, use the meter parking if needed since Papa John is serious about towing.

Sophia our waitress is very welcoming and friendly! Always checked on us even though it was busy! The food is good I love the fried tofu!!!!

Satisfied for all that’s why a give a 5 star, worth driving for 25min, server was amazing surrounds was clean, The Food off course Delicious, No BS. I will recommend it to my Friends and family and will probably go back here to try their different meal 🤤..

First time trying Thai food and it was great! Pad Tai is a great dish to start , amazing.

Spring rolls and peanut sauce were good, steamed dumplings were great too. Pineapple fried rice could’ve used more pineapple, raisin and cashews

Took away one star because there is nowhere to park without being towed!

Here’s the good: Pad Thai is delicious. Beautiful. I come here at least every other week. The portion is very generous as well, I always have left overs. Lunch or Dinner. I get Pad Thai with chicken, medium, extra egg, no peanuts, with a side of pepper flakes. Sometimes sriracha if I’m craving it. ALWAYS use the lime/lemon. Other than that: The ginger salad given during lunch isn’t very good and most of the other menu items are overpriced if you don’t go during lunch time IMO. The egg rolls are also a bit stingy. (Vietnamese egg rolls over at Pho Tre Bien are much better)

I got introduced to this place by a friend and I’m so happy I did. This place is amazing! I went to take out an order one of my visits and the waitress was really sweet. Even offered a drink during my wait. Great place to go to if ever in the area!

This place has great food!! I miss my Thai restaurant back in Alaska and this definitely comes close. The drunken noodles are yummy and so is the Thai tea. My sister loved the mango sticky rice and chicken curry as well.

Excellent

Excellent green thai curry! Their pad thai and thai fried rice are also delicious.

Never disappointed with their food! Absolutely delicious. Love the drunken noodles and of course the Thai Tea! And still wonderful curb side service during COVID. Love supporting local and this Thai food is at the top of the list!

DELICIOUS CURRY!!! So I'm new to area and one thing I'll miss of my former home is thai restaurant. Im so glad to have found this place. Super friendly service. Alli I believe was her name. Can't wait to come back

Amazing food,knowledgeable staff, always great they cater to everyone whether you’re vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, meat eater! Our family is mixed With all and it’s our favorite place to go. Quality and taste and freshness is always there!

Great Pad Thai

Love the Pad Thai from here. Hard to find authentic thai food, glad they cook to order and dont serve soggy noodles. Small parking area but pretty good place.

A shabby kind of back alley look to the outside hides a interesting, if not unwelcome marriage between sparce thai decor and olive garden music. A ceiling tile is sagging to the point of catastrophe in the back and nothing seems to work well together. The waitress was very knowledgeable and attentive. However the appetizer and the main course came at the same time. The egg rolls were edible, but you could tell they came in a box. The main course of curry was unpleasant at best. Sweet instead of savory with undercooked, dare I say, Raw vegetables. The menu was also not up to date with the desserts offered. Unfortunately this place is not as good as advertised.

My husband and I decided to come here last minute and I am glad we did! What a great experience we had for our impromptu day date. The outside isn’t super appealing or welcoming but this restaurant makes up for that with the very friendly and attentive staff, delicious food and affordability. We got 2 appetizers which were both delicious. Try the fried tofu and dumplings. I also got the pad Thai which was pretty yummy. My husband got the curry fried rice. And we finished off with fried bananas which where a perfect finish! Wish I would’ve taken pictures but our plates were empty lol This restaurant has a relaxing atmosphere and we will definitely be coming back.

This place is Aunthentic! A must try for great Thai Food. (Pad Thai)

Great Thai food. I had shrimp Pad Thai and Thai tea both tasted great. Caution their mild spicy is considered hot for some people. If you have low spice tolerance ask for no spicy.

The Drunken Noodles were good. I recommend medium if you like hot, but not stupid hot. Also recommend adding egg to the Drunken Noodles. (Pictures is Drunken Noodle).

Tara Thai is my favorite restaurant. The pork fried rice is amazing and so are the fried spring rolls. I’ve also had their drunken noodles that are just as delicious! I can’t replace this restaurant with any other. Every time I crave something, it’s always Tara Thai. ?

Fantastic food, friendly staff, nice place. Parking in this part of town is a squeeze. This place is worth it.

So good so legit

Amazing flavorful food. A little on the expensive side but definitely a treat!

(Translated by Google) OMG !!! It was a wonderful experience for my taste, delicious food and excellent service, super recommended (Original) OMG!!! Fue una maravillosa experiencia para mi paladar, deliciosa comida y excelente servicio, súper recomendable

I ordered the ribeye steak; came cut up fajita style in smalls strips, and it was refrigerator cold . I just could not eat it. The waitress came back with my plate, but I told her that I did not want it because it was cold to please take it back. This man came back with the plate and argued with me about the steak and said that he would still charge me. He went around the restaurant asking other customers if their steak was cold. The staff (I believe was the manager)was rude , he did not believe me it was cold and basically told me not to come back, so I won’t be back anymore. I own a restaurant myself I understand how It can be rushed in the kitchen during peak hours , but if any of my staff would behave like him and telling customers “this is not the restaurant for you” he would never work for me.

The perfect place in El Paso to get Thai Food. The Drunken Noodles were delicious and very filling. Great Thai Ice Tea too!

Waited 50 min and after asking for status the staff was very rude. Canceled the order.

If you want some really good Pad Thai this place is a must. I absolutely love the chicken Pad Thai with medium spice but you can choose your own protein like tofu or shrimp. Go for there lunch special to save some money. Their thai teas are really good as well and if you love cheese ragoons you must try their cheese wontons that are crispy, pockets of cream cheese with onion deliciousness.

Very good food....excellent service...may not be easy to find parking but definitely worth it!

I only recommend this place if you have money to waste. The food is overpriced and deceiving. It is good but 15 dollars for Pad Thai when you can get pad thai for 10 dollars three or some blocks away just doesn't make sense. I write deceiving because I certainly know the difference between a romaine wrap and a iceberg lettuce wrap. If the menu says romaine lettuce, it really is what i expect. And no, iceberg is not the same thing. If you're going to charge that much, don't skip out on soda that isn't flat and funky. The manager is rude and the dining area is dingy. Singapore cafe is cheaper, friendlier and cleaner.

Best not to go before a UTEP game. Waited 30 minutes for our order and inquired about status but got no response. Inquired again after 45 minutes and server returned to tell us it would be another 10-15 minutes. It was game time, we had to leave without eating. The food is usually good, the service is very slow when UTEP is playing.

A true hidden gem. Great Thai food at affordable prices with pleasant ambiance and vegan/vegetarian options. Much nicer on the inside than it looks from outside!

The food was great but the wait was too long for me to go back soon.

First off, very unassuming. Crowed which meant was really good or very bad with service. Well it was slow but everything is cooked to order and simply delicious. No frills , simple, hot and delish. Good portions too. Will be back!

Tasty Thai food

The food at Tara Thai is always my "go-to" when it comes to food in El Paso! I love the decor, the service, the ambiance. But the food...don't get me started...it's SO GOOD! The Pad Thai is hands down one of the tastiest dishes I've tried, yum! It's not too sweet, but not too spicy, and it gives me the feeling of heaven. Definitely would recommend anyone to go to this place, cause it's my favorite.