Social Monk in Thousand Oaks

First of all our table was very sticky. The chair was sticky and the floor was sticky. The restaurant was not busy, so I don’t see why they wouldn’t of wipe down the dining area.Once the food came It looks delicious. I personally got the cashew chicken. And it tasted like tomato paste very acidic. I did not enjoy it one bit. I tried to add sauce to it and it still didn’t change the flavor. I tried to add rice to it, but it just was too tomato tasting.My family got the orange chicken. The padThai and Kungpao chicken.The orange chicken head too much bread and very little chicken.The pad Thai lacked flavor.The bok choy in the green beans tasted very good.The water tasted best

This place is definitely a way better a alternative to panda. It’s actually taste fresh and it comes hot! We got the food with out additional spice and it had a pleasant kick. They had sodas but they also had green tea, black tea, passion fruit and ginger lemonade and classic lemonade. I got passion fruit lemonade. It was sweet but you can water it down to your liking. They are very generous with the ingredients a lot more ingredients and flavor notes then panda for sure!Super chic spot it’s a very elevated Asian food place.

Ive ordered from this place a few times through doordash food always excellent today I decided to actually go to the store itself and dine in.I ordered fried rice orange chicken egg rolls and cucumber salad not shown in picture because when I got it I tasted it - it tasted strange as I was looking through it I saw that the skin on the cucumbers had some black mold looking thing growing on it I told the server he took it back offer me another cucumber salad which at this point I said no because theres no way I was eating it. Did not offer to refund me the cost of the cucumber salad or anything. Other than that the food is great just not so much the attention to details.

Went there first time today and LOVED IT! Want to try other things on the menu. The chicken meatballs were unbelievable. Going to pick up dinner tomorrow after work.

This is a great Asian fusion with dishes from Thailand, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese. We had ordered Dan Dan noodles, Drunken noodles, Pork dish with rice, and Short Ribs with rice. For dessert, we had the Vietnamese coffee soft serve and Corn flakes soft serve. The dishes were delicious although I thought that there was only a few pieces of meat in the short ribs dish. The Dan Dan noodles was tasty but was a bit much on the sweet side.Update: We had the drunken noodles and the chicken super green bowl. Delicious!!

Dog friendly. Awesome food for my daughter and wife and I. Kung Pao and drunken noodles are to die for. So the Asian chicken salad was cold and refreshing and the sugar snap peas as an appetizer for again cold and delicious with a sesame taste and crunch.

Good food, super tasteful. Think something between PF Changs and panda express. The price is a little expensive but not overly so. Got the cashew chicken and drunken noodles. Both tasty but noodles can be spicy so make sure you like that 😋

Well, if I had reviewed this place right after I came here for the 1st time several weeks ago I would have rated it higher. That time everything seemed perfect, the rice was fluffy & perfectly cooked, the chicken sate juicy & tender. It was kind of wow because I had resisted coming here because the menu seem very generic & limited based upon Thai cuisine and there are a lot of good Thai restaurants in the area. Ive eaten here twice since that 1st time and Im sad to discover the inconsistency in service & food prep quality because I thought this might be a place that could become one of my regulars.Today the rice was undercooked to the point of feeling the raw rice kernels crunch in your teeth. And the chicken was rather dried out. The last time I was here several days ago, I got embroiled in a service nightmare. I ordered a salad w/o onions. It came with onions so I sent it back. No problem. Well, the salad never came so I went to the counter and told them, so supposedly they took care of it. Went back to eat my meal. Still the salad never came. Ate my entire meal and waited some more. No salad. So I had to leave. Nabbed a waiter & asked for a refund on my salad. She resisted & informed me that the salad was ready. She went looking, no salad. I said just give me a refund. Well, I have to talk to my manager. She goes away and never comes back. Finally I nab her again & tell her to keep my $7 but Im never eating here again. She goes off again and has a long conversation with another person. Apparently about the salad. But still no one comes back to deal with me. I finally get the 2nd waiter & I get some long unbelievable explanation about the salad. (I mean, cmon, you had 3 chances to get this right & still no salad). To her credit, she did refund my entire meal but even that didnt make up for the hassle.Maybe that whole thing was a one time fluke but probably not. The inconsistency of the food quality, though, I think is a more unforgivable thing. And so disappointing since it was so good the 1st time.

Food is delicious, the service was friendly, and the Vietnamese coffee- frozen custard Amazing! Ive read reviews and complaints about this place that I dont understand. This is not typical Thai food its East Asian influenced food, people are complaining thats its not like mom and pop shop Thai food, but theyre not claiming to be mom and pop Thai food. Theyre great for take out and carryout it gets busy at lunch time for that reason, but other than that Ive always been able to find a seat.

Get the Lunch Specials. Lunch Specials great price cooked when ordered. Rice bowls look good will try next time.