Rosded Restaurant

Delicious every time. The kee mao is my favorite in the city.

Good Thai food in Lincoln Square at reasonable prices. Menu has all the Thai greatest hits. Dining room is nothing to write home about, but service is friendly and fast. Great place to grab a quick bite to eat.

I have been eating at this place for years and finally wanted to right a review. I love the food, Thai food at its best. They listen to me if I request, «easy on the sauce», «extra on a particular vegetable». I feel it’s home cooking in a comfortable little place that feels like a great escape from other local places. Mixed vegetable dish with tofu or chicken is my staple dish. Thank you Rosded for all the great years of great food and service!

Every time I come here, it’s wonderful every time. I get a good portion for what I pay. I will always be a customer here!

After many visits to nearby Opart Thai and often driving past Rosded, I’m glad we dined here instead. Very quaint, clean, at-​home atmosphere without all the fancy décor. There were at most 10 small tables which allowed us to have a decent dinner conversation without shouting over nearby diners or loud music.
We ordered the cucumber salad to start, which was a very generous portion and tasted just like Mom’s :) For dinner we had the Pad See Ew and Traditional Fried Rice. Both were delicious! Pad See Ew was authentic and not overly sweet as most Americanized versions sadly are. The Fried Rice was tasty! We will be back to try other dishes, which I hear can be customized to your level of spiciness. I overheard one patron asking for «Thai Spicy!» While I am far from challenging my taste buds to that extreme, I’m glad the owners/​chef is accommodating. Food was so good, it slipped my mind to take pics of our dishes before eating everything off the plate!
Space is tight and there is only one chef and waitstaff I believe, so don’t expect to be in and out in a hurry. But the food is definitely worth the wait! For a delicious home cooked meal without all the unnecessary frills, don’t pass this place up!

Totally authentic Thai food. This place has been around since 1976 — well before Opart, Spoon, Sticky Rice or any of the other Thai restaurants near Lincoln Square. Must try that you may not get elsewhere — Rich Green beef (named after a loyal customer), Rosded noodles and basil duck. And the prices are very reasonable. Also BYOB. It’s not a huge place but great food and a cozy environment. Definitely not the place if you want fancy but can you taste fancy? Come for the authentic Thai food!

Was hoping this would be my new Thai place since I just moved in down the street but it wasn’t anything great. The place is kind of a dump and the same food is definitely better elsewhere in the neighborhood.

Rosded is a fantastic little spot directly across from the Western brown line stop. It’s a convenient place to grab take out after work, or to bring a few friends and a bottle of wine.
If you dare the waiter to make the spiciest curry possible, or a 10 out of 10 on the «thai spicy scale», beware. He will take you up on the challenge, and will enjoy watching your face turn bright red as he returns to fill up your water glass.
The Som Tum is delicious. It has just the right amount of tang and spice. The pad thai is consistently good. And the red curry can be made as spicy as you want it, which is awesome.

The food is well-​portioned and of good quality, and inexpensive. The small dining room is a little bit chilly, but once you have a nice pot of Jasmine tea in front of you, you’ll forget about that. The spring roll appetizers are fresh, crunchy, and come with a delicious sauce. If you’re a meat eater, don’t miss the Combo Fried Rice, because it’s delicious, and the meat is good quality and plentiful.
Waitstaff is very nice. Don’t pass this little place by, try it.

I had a really good time with the green Thai curry rice. It was very spicy. If you don’t like spicy you shouldn’t order it.

No frills, just lots of flavor. And they know how to really spice their dishes up. Tom yam goong spiced just enough to make you sweat. Salmon green curry that goes beyond the usual curry heat with what I can best describe as floral — from the fragrant Thai basil. And the price can’t be beat– dinner always costs about $ 10 including tip. Love Rosded!

This review is geared towards the food only, as I’ve only ordered takeout. I’ve tried the red and panang curries, both with tofu.
The Good:
The red curry was just average. Very mild with your standard red curry flavor. There was a smattering of red and green bell peppers and a surfeit of bamboo pieces (straws? strips? they were thin like linguine and short – kind of annoying). The tofu was cut into thick blocks, which were way too ungainly to eat whole, or even halved. I’m not too particular about the shape/​size of the tofu, but it is an important component to consider when it makes up 50−70% of your curry contents.
The Bad:
As for the panang curry, I’m sad to report that it was completely inedible. The flavor was absolutely repulsive. I tried to keep an open mind and give it a few tries – maybe this is what panang should taste like? maybe I’ve been deceived by ALL the other panang curries I’ve tried over the years at VARIOUS establishments – but no, it was just as foul-​tasting the second, third, and fourth tastes. Too bad, Rosded, this is a dealbreaker. To top it off, I was unimpressed with the ratio of tofu to vegetable (which was all tofu and no vegetable, practically). It looked like an entire block of tofu was swimming in curry.
The Ugly:
My ultimate beef is with the rice portions. They give you one small scoop of rice. Small as in «we’re rationing rice because it is wartime and the government asked its citizens to make drastic cuts”-small. It was nowhere near enough to accompany an entire bowl of curry. Pretty stingy, Rosded. I used two of your «portions» for one dish.
Conclusion:
I will not be patronizing this restaurant in the future. It boils down to the curry being such a let-​down, the rice portions abysmally small, and the fact that they aren’t on the Seamless app and don’t seem to have an updated menu online anywhere. Time to step up your game, Rosded.

My partner and I were wandering the area looking for a new restaurant to eat at. We always love Thai cuisine and the reviews for this place seemed alright. Well we were sadly mistaken.
As we walked in we were crammed between a two door entrance which was quite unnecessary. No one said hello or greeted us so we sat ourselves down and the waitress came to us and gave us menus. My partner ordered the green curry with chicken and I ordered the chicken fried rice. For one I’m pretty sure that green curry is not suppose to have an oily film, nor be filled with a ton of spices to make it inedible with an overbearing taste of jelapenos. And my chicken fried rice was in fact not fried rice. It was white rice that they threw some stuff on, and barely any veggies.
As we continued to eat I examined the restaurant as a whole. The walls were dirty, the windows were uncleaned, and the tables had all mismatching chairs. When it came time to pay, we looked over to find her eating her food (which wasn’t even the restaurant food. Food from home) and talking with her friend while texting. We had to call her over to get our check. When sh came by, she asked if we needed a box which we kindly replied no thank you and smiled but she walked away with a rude attitude and brought the check.
Needless to say, I have no understanding as to how any of these good reviews came about, but this place was down right awful. I wouldn’t not recommend this place to anyone who doesn’t want an upset stomach and a bad taste left in there mouth.

As we had mostly completed our Western Ave thai crawl, it was time to branch out to non-​Western Ave places. This particular place is just off Western. VERY TRICKY.
This place was average but could maybe be better if we ordered other things. I got my usual crazy spicy noodles and also sampled the pad thai. The menu is kinda funny because it just says «vegetables» instead of actually telling you what’s in each dish, so every noodle dish just reads «noodles, vegetables, egg». My particular iteration of spicy noodles had cabbage in it, which was a surprise.
Anyway taste was good but slightly less flavorful than the other thai places in town (literally just down the street), and definitely less spicy. They have some sauces on the table, maybe I should have played with those. Also the food came out nice and hot. I guess it was more homestyle delicious, as opposed to restaurant delicious, if that makes sense.
In the sea of Thai restaurants, they did not stand out but I would not be opposed to coming here again. I’m just not sure why I would choose it vs the 3 – 4 other places that are super close by.
Also note, the Unilocal menu for this place as of 5÷7÷14 is outdated. average noodle entrée price was $ 8 or so. Also BYOB.

It’s like eating in your asian friends’ parents’ kitchen. Authentic and home-​cooked.
Peanut spring rolls — was fine. The sauce wasn’t as creamy as I wished.
Crispy spring rolls — smaller size and tasty.
Tom Yum Soup — one of the best I had. Hot and not too spicy.
BBQ Fried Rice — true true Thai Fried Rice. The only dish we really finished.
Chicken Larb — pretty good. Ordered sticky rice and it never came with the dish.
Supreme — Do Not Order — we called it their hodge podge. Tasteless.
I do really like it here. It only seats 27 people and it closes at 9 pm. BYOB — liquor store across the street.
Great place to try a lot of everything.

2 legit 2 quit…
…going here. It’s just so authentic. Fresh, spicy, and the real deal, y’all!
Tasty Pad Thai with a great texture and plenty of veggies and egg. Spicy Basil Catfish flaky and fresh with some zingy sauce. The Chicken satay’s peanut sauce is just the right consistency. Rad chicken noodle soup that is literally nature’s elixir given the freezing weather and strong wind of Chicago. I love slurping it up to warm my bones.
The atmosphere is pretty wack but who cares right when it’s so inexpensive, yummy, and LEGIT!?!
«Hey hey!»

Never a bad call. For nearly 20 years this place has been rocking Thai Food in the Square and doing it well. Great place for a low key date.
When I lived in Lincoln Square, it was the 1990s, the Asian beetles had not killed all the trees yet, and houses were $ 175K and you heard German and Greek on the sidewalks, and Rosded was here — churning out solid Thai food for the neighborhood. On a recent visit the place was the same. Solid curries, amazing Pad Thai, and good Thai iced coffee. They have been here through the rise and fall of the German deli’s and the rise of chains and investor driven bars and cafes, and seem to be here to stay.

People seem to love this place, but are they coasting on regulars and reputation? They have no website, no independent or corporate online ordering, and they don’t deliver. The space is pretty small, but comfortable enough when they’re not busy. So the food must be really, really great, right?
No. My experiences have been up and down like all of the other numerous area Thai spots. On the one hand, you have crispy shrimp rolls, plain but delicious. On the other hand, you have really bland pad thai with lots of tofu but barely any peanuts. Where are the peanuts, yo? They must be saving them all for the rama noodles, which come doused in a peanut-​coconut sauce which is actually pretty good but very heavy-​handed. Tom yam soup is enjoyable but unexceptional. Plain old stir-​fried mixed vegetables might actually be the best thing that I have found.
So after two visits, I am crossing this one off the list and pushing forward in my increasingly futile quest to find a go-​to Thai restaurant in Lincoln Square/​Ravenswood.

I’ve been going here for almost 15 years, so since I was 4 years old. Food has always been delicious, homemade, and fresh.
My favorites: Chicken noodle soup, Chicken sweet and sour, chicken fried rice, pot stickers, and chicken satay. You can’t go wrong with any of these!

Oh my. Taste buds. Exploding. Memories in Thailand. Coming back. Memories. Oh my GOD!
Rosded was actually pretty hard to find. Where the GPS told me it was didn’t seem like there was anything there. So after parking and walking around for about 10 minutes we finally managed to find the place. And yay! It was pretty empty so we were able to get our food pretty quick.
Hint for Thai readers is to ask for the Thai menu. I didn’t actually compare it to the regular menu but sometimes I find it difficult to understand what the same word is in English but reading it in Thai made all the difference. I had dishes that I haven’t had since I left Thailand and boy. Oh my. Taste buds. Exploding. Memories in Thailand. Coming back. Memories. Oh. My. GOD!!!
Seriously people, do yourselves a favor and go here. With that said, if you are going to compare it to your neighborhood thai restaurant with what you think is GREAT pad thai but is actually short of mediocre… I have nothing to say.