Hua-Hin Thai Restaurant & Grill

Where did it go? Before it disappeared all of a sudden and left me and my entourage hanging, we would dine at this oshii place often. Price was average and the food was great! My usual was the Mua-​Yang, but I’ve had all the curry and Pad-​tai dishes; all were excellent! Where do I go now for my Mua-​Yang fix?

Nice environment since its an actual restaurant. Prices are a tad high, but the food tasted pretty good. I forgot what I usually get, something shrimp, since its been awhile: P

three stars purely for their hua hin noodles. its the only thing i get and its goooood. the rest of their menu is blah. you can go to any other thai restaurant in berkeley for half the price and same food.

It was a long aduous day of moving my ass outta berkeley and into the city. Well I had this hankerin for some Thai food (moving does that to me), so I head down to the Hua Hin.
Now the waiters there looked awefully nice, wearing their hawaiian shirts, but I could see through their veneer. I ordered some duck thing and the guy goes into the back and starts speaking thai, prolly asking the chef
«hey is the duck rotten yet?»
«prolly»
“ah that SOB won’t know the difference“
And the truth is it tasted pretty OK, nothing special. The waiter comes out an is like «do you like the duck?» I was like «yeah, it’s good». So the guy goes back and talks to another waiter, and they’re yuckin’ up a storm, just like when that scumbag Donald Martin and his buddies were crackin’ up when they gave me that free donut with a booger on it on it back in 4^th grade.
So that’s all speculation, but there were tons of flies in there (regular, and fruit), and it just had a feeling of dirtiness. I wouldn’t go again. Try Thai Basil in the food ghetto on Durant.
UPDATE: This place is now closed. Good.

Personally, I think this place is ok. I dont know about Kristophers expirience but the time we went, the food was delicious. I would go back again. I had the fried calamari, pad thai, thai iced tea, soup and a salad. The Works baby! I cant remember what Kris had but he enjoyed it too. So Im stunned that he would give a bad review after 1 bad expirience with some weak bellied skank. (I know Im mean! lol). Anyway, I would suggest it again. They apparently have gotten better at seasoning food. I should know cause Im a salt feign and I come from a soul food family. Id say to be on the safe side dont go for anything too exotic. But for me that applies to any foreign cuisine.

This place is average-​to-​good. Their barbecued chicken is good. The panang curry is good. I haven’t tried anything else. I’ll make sure to heed some of the previous reviews.

also feels like i’m throwing my money away when i eat here. good for large groups, and the food is medium-​quality. but the «grill» part that they seem to specialize in is disappointing — the meat i got was always dry. phooey.

My co-​reviewers are right — the outside and interior of this restaurant are very attractive. Who can resist rubbing the belly of the plump elephant sitting on its hind legs outside? The open, vaulted glass and steel space lends itself to being cold, so do bring a jacket.
I typically order the coconut juice, that comes in the coconut shell, and the grilled duck. Those I can vouch for, and I have never seen ants or received rude service here.

i nice, perfectly normal thai restaurant with solid decent food (for cheap). frankly, i don’t get the thai basil hype so i always come here – the waitstaff is friendly and efficient, the music is good, and the food is pleasant. don’t forget to rub mr. chiyo (statue of a large friendly elephant outside the door) on the head for good luck!

With the huge number of Thai restaurants in the Berkeley area, I have to give credit to Hua Hin for being able to stand out so visually. With its prime location and distinctive look, the restaurant is easily identified and remembered, making it a good meeting place for groups, but sadly, the food doesn’t make as much of an impression. Tasty enough, I’ve yet to try anything there that makes a solid impact on me, which is rather disappointing given the price. I do, however, remember being very pleasantly surprised and amused by the sound of jazz versions of «Paint It Black» and «Norwegian Wood» being piped in from their sound system.

In terms of Thai restaurants I’ve been to, this one was OK. First thing I did after being seated was leave to go to the restroom. The signs for the restaurant pointed upstairs, so I followed the sign. But there is NO bathroom there! So I asked and was pointed to the bathroom down the hall. I have no idea why they don’t take down an incorrect sign, though. That’s just. well, lazy or stupid. The décor where we were sitting was nice. Lots of light, windows on 3 sides. The ceiling was painted nicely with clouds. Looking at the menu, I saw significantly fewer vegetarian options than I am used to seeing at Thai restaurants. My friends ordered something they regularly get there, however asked for it to be vegetarian for my sake. I never saw this particular dish on the menu, but when we got it, it tasted good, but I wasn’t fully sure it was vegetarian. Tasted like it might have had chicken in it. The food was good, if a little overpriced. The waitstaff was obviously bored, kind of lingering around (we were the only people in the restaurant at this time). They kept checking on us, but never took some of our appetizer dishes until the end of the meal, despite the tight space we had on the table for all the food.