Sala Thai Cafe - Pentagon City

This is located in the food court. I got the beef noodle soup. There were small pieces of beef, with rice noodles and bean sprouts. It wasn't a very elaborate noodle soup, but it was actually pretty tasty. They also had several dishes premade dishes, which I was tempted to get. The food was pretty good for a food court.

Sakoontra - Fairfax, VA

We have eaten here before and it was actually pretty good. This time the food was average. We ordered chicken satay. It was dry and seemed old. The papaya salad was pretty good. The drunken noodles and seafood curry was good, but nothing too exciting.

Tarin Thai - Herndon, Va

I think I found the worst Thai restaurant in Herndon. I came in this restaurant because I wanted to order the Thai Beef Salad. Well it wasn't on the menu. So I decided to get the buffet. It was pretty awful. They had a beef salad. The beef was poor quality and tasted like it wasn't fresh. Actually it tasted more like beef jerky. They also had a drunken noodle, which had no flavor at all. Some of the curries were ok. The watermelon was probably the best part of the meal. Overall, the food was not very good and I probably won't be coming back.

1106 Herndon Pkwy
Herndon, VA 20170-5521
(703) 435-7618

Busara - Reston, Va

I had to work yesterday on Memorial Day. I decided to pick up something quick at Busara, since it was close by. I decided to get the drunken noodles. I don't think it was on the menu before and now I know why. It was one of the worst drunken noodles I've ever had. The noodles were undercooked and it was way too watery.

11964 Market St
Reston, VA 20190-5663
(703) 435-4188

Nava Thai - Wheaton, Md

On Saturday, we tried Nava Thai, since we were passing through the neighborhood. I have also read many reviews about the restaurant. The outside of the restaurant looks like a house. But once you step inside, you would never guess how elaborate the inside was. I was nicely decorated with lots of wood built in. We were lucky to get a table immediately without reservations around 6pm. Soon after we sat down, the restaurant was packed.

Today I decided to try their signature dish, the Floating Market Noodle soup. This soup had three chilies beside it. I ordered it with just two chilies and I was barely able to eat it. I ordered beef with meatballs and no bean sprouts. I came with pho like noodles, watercress, and pork pork chitterlings. This soup was great, despite the spiciness.

My husband got whole fried flounder with chili sauce. The fish was pretty pricey, but it was well worth it. The fish was nice and crispy with the chili sauce poured on top. Once again quite spicy but not as spicy as the Floating Market Noodle soup.

Overall, this has been one of the best Thai restaurants I've been to. The service was good and the food was great.


11301 Fern Street
Wheaton, MD 20902
240-430-0495

Three Thai Sushi - Herndon, Va

I think I found my favorite Thai noodle soup. It is the Thai noodle soup with beef and meatballs at Three Thai Sushi. Granted this is only the second Thai noodle soup I have ever had, but it was simply delicious. The soup description is very similiar to Vietnamese pho. But it tastes completely different. The broth was dark brown, very rich and flavorful. The beef and meatballs were good. It also had some chinese broccoli on the bottom and no rotten bean sprouts, even though the description had it listed.. The noodles were very similiar to one used in pho. The soup came with extra condiments of different types of peppers. They added spiciness to the soup, but I think I put in a little too much. Overall, this soup was excellent. I'll add this to my list of favorite Thai restaurants.


Three Thai Sushi Restaurant
410 Elden Street, Herndon, VA 20170
Tel : (703) 471-2000

Busara Thai - Reston, Va

I had to get a quick lunch on Wednesday, so I decided to get take out from Busara. I ordered the seafood fried rice. This dish was pretty good. It had large chunks of squid and shrimp. It was pretty spicy too. The only negative was, I would have like more rice, since rice is pretty cheap. But it was a tasty lunch.

11964 Market St.
Reston, Va 20190

Thai Luang - Herndon, Va

I've been to this restaurant a couple of times. I was not very impressed before. It was merely an average Thai restaurant. I decided to try it again because they have a Crispy Duck Noodle Soup. This is the first time I have ever had this dish or just a Thai noodle soup, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. The restaurant was packed for lunch. The soup came out quickly. The soup had wide rice noodles, bean sprouts, lettuce and was topped with crispy fried duck. The duck very crispy and tasty but quite fatty. There was quite a bit of bean sprouts, which is a major distraction for me. I do not eat bean sprouts. I usually order my food without bean sprouts, but I didn't know it was in the soup. So I tend to eat around the bean sprouts. The wide noodles do not hold enough soup flavor, unless you eat it with a little broth. The broth had a mild flavor to it. I felt it could have been stronger. Overall this dish was better than the others I have had at Thai Luang. It was a pretty good noodle soup, but there are many others I like much better. I still classify this restaurant as average. I might come back to try a couple of other noodle soups since many of the Thai restaurants in the area don't have noodle soup. But for the typical Thai food, there are plenty of other Thai restaurants in Herndon, which I like better.

171 Elden St # 171
Herndon, VA 20170
(703) 478-2233