★★★★★
Easy to make and great
Easy to make and great outcome
Charles B. · May 2020
★★★★★
Awesome
This may be the best Pad Thai I've ever had.
Megan · March 2020
★★★★★
It was okay
I did the monthly subscription and my only options were vegan (with or without tofu), so I didn't get to experience this the right way with fish sauce. The sauce was super sweet. I added in all the spice and it really didn't make it that hot. My boyfriend (who always gets Pad Thai) say this was just okay.
tiggertiffin87 · September 2019
★★★★★
Easy and fun
I gave this to my brother and his girlfriend as a gift, and they really liked it. I don't think they would have sought out the individual ingredients by themselves (and my brother definitely had never used fish sauce before) so it was a fun and novel thing for them - and they got lots of food out of it at the end!
Melissa · May 2019
★★★★★
Tastes Like the Real Deal
We loved this (vegan) kit. Pad Thai is one of our favorites when eating out and now we can stay in and have as delicious a meal as in any Thai restaurant with the bonus of being able to dine in our jammies. It’s easy-peasy to make (I added egg and shredded carrots) and is so good fresh but the kicker is that it reheats well, a necessity since I cook for two and this makes a LOT of food.
MELINDA M. · April 2019
★★★★★
Not a recipe for amateurs
This meal kit is not for amateurs. It's a lot harder than it looks! I have below average cooking skills (having spent probably less 100 total hours in a kitchen). Ordinarily, Takeout Kit recipes are pretty difficult to botch. It was incredibly easy for me to botch this one.
Lesson 1: when the recipe says, "soak for 20 minutes in hot water" it really means "soak for 20 minutes in water that is almost, but not quite, boiling." If your water temperature isn't hot enough, your noodles won't be soft enough. (I had to re-soften with hot water.) If your water temperature is too hot, your noodles will be soggy. (The noodles I had to re-soften.) Oops.
Lesson 2: when the recipe says, "heat Pad thai sauce on medium-low until it reaches a syrup-like consistency" it really means "heat Pad thai sauce on medium heat until thickened, stirring frequently to avoid burning, unless you want to wait a couple of hours on medium-low heat until it's done." I tried medium-low heat for 20 minutes. No syrup-like consistency here. I'm too impatient to wait more than 20 minutes for the sake of consistency. Lesson learned.
Lesson 3: if you botched lesson 1 and 2, you might as well order take-out, because when you combine your soggy noodles with your non-syrup-consistency sauce, and "fry" in your wok, you'll get Pad thai soup.
Lesson 4: when the chili pack says, "spicy! (be careful, you can always add more)" it really means "add the whole bag, unless you're allergic to flavor." If you don't add the whole bag, and you botched lessons 1-3, you'll get Pad thai sugar soup. The meal kit contains an excessive amount of palm sugar, so it either needs a little more salt or more spice.
I hope this review helps the amateur cooks out there.
Leah T. · March 2019
★★★★★
Excellent!
I love pad thai and was very pleasantly surprised by how well this kit turned out! My mom and stepfather joined me in enjoying the meal. We all thought it was wonderful.
Wendy B. · January 2019
★★★★★
Pad Thai
The meal was very authentic and quite good.
Raymond D. · January 2019
★★★★★
Easy Pad Thai
Great recipe. Easy to make. Love making these kits. Excited to order more.
Jenn B. · January 2019
★★★★★
Oh, Boy!
Ok, so let me say that the flavors in this dish are really very good. I've never made Pad Thai before. I suppose I didn't get the fry time or the "splash of water" correct. The noodles didn't come out so great... just so so. I did add eggs and shrimp and those items combined with all of the other ingredients had a terrific flavor. I wound up trashing most of the noodles but, again, this was my fault in cooking with a lack of precision. I love Thai food and can make many home made Thai dishes myself that turn out delicious. Those are all rice dishes, though. Clearly, I'm better with rice than with noodles. Nice flavors... I just had difficulty with execution. :)
Terri · December 2018
★★★★★
YUM!!
This kit makes a delicious meal that smells and tastes like what you’d get from a Thai restaurant. Prep and cooking were easy, but our lack of a wok is why I think a number of the noodles stuck to the pan.
Don’t fear the fish sauce! If you’ve never used this ingredient before, the strong smell will really throw you. And even if you have used it before, the strength of it in the kit might still give you pause, but rest assured everything will balance out in the end (but your kitchen may smell like fish sauce into the next day).
Christine C. · December 2018
★★★★★
Pad Thai
This meal was easy to make, non-perishable, and came with everything I needed. I would never have been able to find these ingredients in the small mountain town where I live. Thanks for bringing me some of my favorite foods to enjoy at home!
Leah B. · November 2018
★★★★★
Pad Thai
We had the Pad Thai last night and I must admit we both went back for seconds, we had a hard time stopping it was so delicious, we are happy to say that we still have some left since the portions are ginormas so we will be having Pad Thai lunches for a few more days... Thank You TakeoutKit...
Steve B. · October 2018
★★★★★
Another Winner!
I was super excited to see this new dish choice. I'm a Thai food fanatic so Pad Thai was right up my alley. I added eggs and shrimp. The flavors were very authentic. I plan to order this one again.
Terri · September 2018
★★★★★
Sweet, tangy, salty, and sour noodle-y goodness!
Made this last week with optional eggs. Was better than any pad thai I've had in the US! The description of "sweet, tangy, salty, and sour" was spot on. Ordering again!
Josh · August 2018
