Palm Thai used to be located in a very popular mini mall with several popular Thai restaurants. Since they have relocated several blocks west, the restaurant charges for parking the last time I checked. Considering it is located in the “Thai Town” section of Hollywood where Thai restaurants are plentiful, this is unfortunate.

Even though their most popular spokesperson is “Thai Elvis” that appears during the evening hours. I’ve never seen him. Elvis has left the building, or at least I’m not willing to wait around to see him.

How can you not love a thai restaurant that serves beer, stays open till the wee hours of the night, has a chainmail elvis statue, and last but definitely not least, serves reeeeeally good food?

I’ve only been here a handful of times, most of those times after a long night of drinking, so while I always thought the food was great, I was never sure if it was truly delicious or just the alcohol talking.

But the last time I went sober and ready to eat. We ordered 5 dishes between 2 people, and every dish was absolutely delicious. This place has hands down the best pad thai I’ve ever had. Pad Thai can taste overly sweet or peanutty or a slew of other overpowering flavors, but Palms does it right, and puts just the right combination. Their duck curry is very good, slightly sweet because of the pineapple they add. But like I said, everything I ever ordered was good. Which is definitely a first for me – usually there are certain dishes you can order and certain ones you should stay away from.

Just one warning though – if you’re not a hard-core spice fanatic, order things “mild”. We got the pad kee mao “medium” and it was too spicy for all of us. I love spice but can’t handle too much of it, so “mild” was perfect for me.

Anyway, don’t worry and try something new here. You’ll probably like it. And if you want to have a laugh and some ambience with your meal, come here in the evening for the Thai Elvis performance. You won’t regret it.

First, they have an Elvis impersonator. Also, great food, especially when you get tofu. The pad thai is awesome, so is the pineapple fried rice. Great atmosphere.