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University Avenue · Saint Paul

Thai, Lao, and twenty-six numbered bowls.

Curries and stir-fries fired to order, larb and som tam pounded fresh, whole red snapper off the specialties list, and a pho board you order by number. Wide rice noodles are made in house.

Most entrées
$14.95
with shrimp
$16.95
combination
$18.95

If it is your first time

Four dishes that show what the kitchen does across all of it — the Lao end, the northern curry, the pho pot, and the wok line.

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  • LarbMade hotOrder this

    Northeastern Thai-style, with cilantro, sweet onion, lime, scallions, fresh Thai basil leaves, roasted sweet rice powder and Thai Garden sauce.

    $14.95

  • Kao SoiMade hotOrder this

    Thai northern curry with fresh egg noodle — Thai Garden's kao soi curry with coconut cream, chicken, potato, egg noodles, boiled egg, topped with lettuce and crispy noodle.

    $14.95

  • Kuay Tiew Nuer Nam TokOrder this

    Boat noodles, with fresh beef blood, rare steak, beef meatballs, pork belly, tripe, and liver.

    $14.95

  • Pad Kra PowMade hotOrder this

    Holy basil leaves with sunnyside-up fried egg — stir-fried fresh holy basil leaves, fresh garlic, fresh red chili pepper, bell pepper, green onion, sweet onion and Thai Garden brown sauce.

    $14.95

The board

Twenty-six bowls, ordered by number.

The pho runs on a numbered board: pick the cuts you want and say the number. P7 is brisket. P16 is meatball. P24 is the vegetable bowl. Medium $11.95, large $13.95, and a handful of bowls priced on their own tile.

See all twenty-six
  • P1rare steak
  • P2rare steak, beef flank
  • P3rare steak, fatty brisket
  • P4rare steak, beef meatball
  • P5rare steak, tendon
  • P6rare steak, tripe

About

One kitchen, three menus.

Most Thai restaurants pick a lane. This one runs three at once: the Thai menu of curries and stir-fries, the Lao dishes that come out of the same kitchen — larb, som tam, boat noodles — and a pho board deep enough to need numbers.

The wide rice noodles are made here rather than bought, which is the reason to order the lard na or the pad see-iew. The whole fish come out of the fryer at a size meant for a table, not a plate. And the spice level is a question the kitchen actually asks, on every dish marked hot.

Thai Garden is on University Avenue in Saint Paul, open for dine-in and takeout six days a week.

Come by

432 University Ave W
Saint Paul, MN 55103

On University Avenue west of the Capitol. Green Line riders: Western Avenue station is a short walk.

Hours

Sunday
11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Wednesday
11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Thursday
11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Friday
11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Saturday
11:00 AM – 9:00 PM

Dine in, or call (651) 368-9431 to order takeout. Lunch specials run Tuesday to Thursday, 11:00am to 2:30pm.