Tamarind Thai Restaurant - Thai restaurant in La Mesa - 7970 University Ave UNIT 310, USA

The lunch special includes a fantastic soup and salad, so keep that in mind when choosing appetizers. The satay, featuring curry, was exceptionally tasty and served piping hot. The warm peanut sauce added a nice touch. While the fresh rolls were decent, they didn't come with the same peanut sauce as the satay, which was a bit disappointing. I ended up using the satay sauce, which was really good. For the main course, I opted for the spicy noodle (drunken noodle) special, and it was quite delightful. I'd rate it a 4.7 (would have liked bell peppers, and the portion was relatively small). I requested a spice level of 8, and they absolutely nailed it. This is impressive because often, when you ask for an 8, it turns out more like a 4. However, this place got the spice level perfect.

Small restaurant with big flavors. Single waiter managed 3 tables with ease. The Salmon seared with crisp on outside of skin. It was hot and tender on inside. The sauce was spicy with chili powder. I kicked up spice level. Definitely worth a visit.

It's been awhile since I ate here, I tried a few different things. Spice Level 3 was good, I had no issues with anything.

We got green papaya salad, mixed vegetables and eggplant with basil to go. All threes dishes were great with flavorful sauces and reasonably priced for the size. We will be ordering from there again without hesitation. We chose number 2 for spice level and I would not go any higher. It had nice heat but not to the point of overpowering me or my kids. Even my kiddo who does not like vegetables noted that after this meal he will eat them more. (He is like Mikey from those old commercials)

Got the Pad Thai, it was average, noodles weren't too firm and broke easily when I picked them up with a fork. The chicken was dry and lacked flavor. It was a pretty big portion of food and I wasn't able to finish it all but it wasn't too bad, inside was nice a cool, it was mostly clean and the place is pretty small but overall it was an alright place,

Delicious! Big portions, friendly service. There lunch special is super cheap and you get a ton of food. You can eat there inside or they also have outside seating as well. I ordered the yellow curry and mixed wild rice along with some soup with a coconut milk base. Then I ordered cream cheese wontons but they accidentally gave me something else. Which is why I gave them 4 instead of 5 stars. Whatever they gave me was delicious though 😋

The lunch special comes with a very good super and salad. Remember that when picking apps. The satay had curry on it and was super delicious and piping hot. The peanut sauce was warm too which was a nice touch. The fresh rolls were decent but didn't come with the same peanut sauce as the satay which was a bummer. I ended up just using the satay sauce which was really good. Entree: got the spicy noodle (drunken noodle) special and it was really good. I'd give it a 4.7 (would have like bell peppers, and the portion was pretty small). I asked for an 8 spicy and they ABSOLUTELY NAILED IT. Very impressive. Usually if you ask for an 8 it's more like a 4 because you didn't ask for a 10. But this place hit an 8 perfect.

Jerky was like the boiled the meat and there was no flavor. The iced coffee was watered down and muted flavor. The pad thai had a fish taste and the red curry at 1 spice was too spicy to eat.