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Chef's Secret

Restaurant Vegetarian restaurant Japanese restaurant Sushi restaurant Thai restaurant Vietnamese restaurant

Basic option for curries, noodles & other familiar Thai bites plus Vietnamese & Japanese dishes. People often mention chicken, Thai,


Address

137 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017

Contact

(212) 867-8222

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

2.70 (29 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 11 AM to 11 PM
  • Wednesday: 11 AM to 11 PM
  • Thursday: 11 AM to 11 PM
  • Friday: 11 AM to 11 PM
  • Saturday: 11 AM to 11 PM
  • Sunday: 11 AM to 11 PM
  • Monday: 11 AM to 11 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: chicken (6) Thai (6)
Reviews are sorted by relevance, prioritizing the most helpful and insightful feedback at the top for easier reference.
  • 1/5 Joy Y. 5 years ago on Google • 5 reviews
    Writing this review on google since it’s already a 1.5 on yelp. We got takeout - all the food was relatively cold, the chicken satay was 4 sticks for $10 and very dry, the fried dumplings were moist, the chicken string bean entree came with 10% chicken 90% string bean and the soup was bland. My gf is sick and she just wanted soup to feel better and this was just so disappointing and expensive for what it was. I never write reviews that’s how bad this place was, I don’t know how it stays in business. Avoid like the damn plague.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 K. S. 1 year ago on Google • 147 reviews
    DO NOT COME HERE. First of all, they are no longer in this location. Found them on Uber Eats and ordered before checking google maps. Eventually got my food from a different address and pad Thai and Thai iced tea tasted so bad! Nothing can be worse. Ingredients were not fresh, tasted sour, etc. Please don’t.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Cabrini S. 2 years ago on Google • 104 reviews
    My order wasn't right. They did not add chicken as I requested. However, what I got was really delicious.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Don't A. 6 years ago on Google • 248 reviews
    Enjoyed the food here. Had a huge menu and the waitress was good. We asked for our Thai food to be hot and it was only mildly warm. Still tasted great.

  • 2/5 Adam R. 12 years ago on Google • 218 reviews
    The short version: You can't shine a turd. The longer version: For some reason Thai-Nam restaurant decided to open a sub-restaurant inside of itself that features Japanese food. I'm not exactly sure why, but there's a bright yellow awning outside that says "Chef's Secret" and menus and everything. However, their food is pretty typical of the food that Thai-Nam has, in that it's fairly awful. I had the chicken teriyaki lunch special. It came with three shumei dumplings, three pieces of a California roll, salad and rice. None of it was good. The chicken had been frozen, and the texture was awful. The shumei were greasy, the sushi was also pre-made. The standard Japanese salad dressing was similarly bad. The only thing that made this even vaguely worthwhile was that you do get a lot of food for ten bucks. But it's really bad food. You can do better.

  • 4/5 Robert T. 5 years ago on Google • 108 reviews
    Ordered the Tom Yum Goong ( Thai Hot & Sour soup with shrimp) it was delicious with just the right amount of hot chili sauce. I've had it there before where they put enough chili sauce or oil to make my nose run. But it was very tasty. Today's soup was much more sour than I usually had but still good. I would recommend this place to those who wanted to try Thai food and they also serve sushi and some Chinese dishes.

  • 1/5 Christopher C. 5 years ago on Google • 37 reviews
    Sent the wrong food. Ordered though seamless, they said what I ordered wasn’t available. Sent something different and wouldn’t refund my order. What they sent tasted awful. Plenty of good Thai restaurants on east side, this isn’t one of them.

  • 1/5 Susannah S. 4 years ago on Google • 27 reviews
    Ordered Summer Roll. $10 for 6 tiny pieces of rice paper around rice noodles, one scallion, and one shrimp. Horrible. And, ordered a vegetarian version of that, which they literally made by removing the shrimp from it- I could taste the shrimp and see the "space" where they had removed the shrimp.

  • 2/5 Russ R. 4 years ago on Google • 9 reviews
    Pho was thin and watery without much flavor....wouldnt go back for that. not sure about other food.

  • 5/5 Francis M. 4 years ago on Google
    I visit this lovely place a lot! This is the best place to dine. I go to this spot many times. The meals are excellent, the workers are welcoming and the rates are fair. I like going in this spot to have a nice lunch.

  • 5/5 Theresa D. 8 months ago on Google • 2 reviews
    Great location and experience. Friendly staff and it’s very clean. Definitely will be back.


Call (212) 867-8222 Open on Google Maps

Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegan options
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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