Buddhist Temple of Chino Hills

Great Thai traditional food, traditional music, food booths are open Friday-​Sunday
Watch making Thai Fried Rice, Pad Thai Click below link

*Cash only* open air Food Court on Sundays from 11:00 to 3:00. There’s a decent variety of Thai food vendors and each vendor is doing their own thing that they specialize in. I saw vendors making soups, skewered meats, various rice dishes, spring rolls, papaya salads, fruits, thai tea, chunky beef jerky, and some fried foods. I’ve tried the curry pies ($ 1) 4 spring rolls ($ 5.), pad thai ($ 5,) and fresh fruit papaya with sweet rice ($ 3.)
Vendors only take tokens. You trade cash for plastic tokens at the entrance before you enter the food court. The lady with the tokens is at the openings of the vendor area. Look for the large tent in back of property. There is a large shaded seating area with picnic tables, and misc. shaded seating. You might want to bring your own water if you’re going to eat in, or drink the delicious Thai Tea ($ 2.) This is modest temple, so there is nothing pretentious here, the vibes here are very chill and low key. Everyone is really friendly and welcoming so don’t feel awkward if you’re not Thai or Buddhist. You’ll mostly see Thai folks and families. This is an eclectic experience in Chino Hills not to be missed.

Bought pad thai, pork larp, thai tea, and 3 desserts for $ 20! INSANELY cheap! Will definately come back. Only open Sundays.

What an awesome place to get some real, authentic Thai food! What’s better, the prices are very reasonable! For about $ 40, you can feed a family of 4 and take some food to go! It’s kept in a little pocket, deep inside Chino Hills. It’s not widely advertise, so I probably wouldn’t have known about this place. I knew of this temple because I saw someone on Unilocal check in! When you drive in, you’ll see some Thai statues which is very cool to see! The entire drive way and parking lot is made of dirt and gravel, so you’re gonna get a little dirty. Once you park, you can make your way over the the main area where they sell food. We went on a weekend and was a bit surprised to see many other people dining. The area wasn’t packed but almost every table was taken. You’ll have to trade in some money for tokens, kind of fun actually! Everything you spend here is donated back to the temple.
Food: Thai Boat — $ 5. My parents love this dish! They think it is pretty authentic. They add different types of vegetables and meat (if you want tripe, pig blood, etc., you will have to ask them to add that). They also make this dish spicy, so tell them what level you can handle.
Chicken/​Beef/​Pork Skewers — 4 for $ 6. Unfortunately, I’ve had better elsewhere. The people running this station is a bit behind. I’ve been there multiple times and I am usually waiting 10 minutes to get 4 skewers. If you’re placing a to go order, I heard it could take longer. Also, by the time you get the skewers, the meat is cold… very sad. If they could speed things up a little and deliver their meat off the grill, I think they would taste much better!
Papaya salad is very delicious. They add a variety of vegetables! They typically add dried shrimp and pickled crab, so if this is not of your liking, make sure you tell them! Also, this can get very spicy, so tell them what you can tolerate. The lady behind the station is limited in English!
Rice Salad — I’m not sure if that’s what it’s called, but you’ll know what I mean when you see it. It’s in a big container with roasted rice that is flavored served over a bed of lettuce. It’s a little bit sour, but that’s how I like it. It’s one of my favorite dishes so check it out!
Other than the food, there’s also a temple where you can sit and meditate. The monks and volunteers working/​living there really friendly. A few of them approached us to see if they can help us with anything and even took some time to explain some history behind their temple.
Overall, I highly recommend this place. If you live east of Los Angeles and you’re use to going to Wat Thai in Panorama City, save yourself the drive and head onto Chino Hills!

The Thai dishes are probably the best I’ve ever had! You just need to be familiar with the cuisine, as there is no menu. There was a super friendly guy at one of the booths today (Saturday) and you just tell him the dish you’d like and he prepares and cooks it on the spot.

I recently visited this place to taste the food on the market. I have to say that I really felt like I was in Thailand, the food is very traditional and the people who work at the market are very nice.

Anyone know when is 2015 Thai new year celebration will be at Chino Hills Thai Temple? I want to go there for the FOOD, but not sure if it is 04-​18-​2015 or 04-​19-​2015.

I really like this hidden gem, it’s where I go for authentic Thai food. The food here is cooked when ordered so it’s amazingly fresh. I always order spring rolls, pad see ew, fried rice, and a couple coconut sodas all for under $ 20. The portions are huge so there’s always leftovers for later. Customer service here is so nice, the man-​in-​charge always has a funny story to share with his Elvis Presley music playing in the background. I adore this place.
*side note: this place is usually only open on the weekends, so you probably should not visit on week days in search of there fantastic Thai food.

Saturdays and Sundays they have Vendors who sell Thai Street Food. Come around noon time for their fare. Costs a flat rate of about $ 5 for a plate of pad thai or pad see ew or pad kee mao. The guy who cooks it right on the spot is a great, funny guy! Also they have $ 5 papaya salad, really fresh and you get to watch it made on the spot and getting smashed into a clay mortar.
It’s like thai street food without traveling to thai land and accidentally meeting a girl who used to be a boy! Or catching food poisoning or STDs.
Just Kidding, but give it a try! Sunday is their busy day and Saturday is pretty mellow, just a few vendors like the noodles, papaya salad and one or two more.

For those of you who do not know, they have a free relaxation program on Fridays!!!

Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa.
Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa.
Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa.
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