Thai Essence - Nutley

3/14/22 The first time here. It was nice, clean and quiet. Service was friendly and fast. We had Pad se ew and drunken noodles, both were good. Papaya salad to begin and that was nice. I love they removed the tails from the shrimps. Signs of a good, nurturing cook. Thai ice cream coffee was also really good!

Crushed noodles, herbal spring roll and chicken dump were all well and quickly prepared. Quiet place on a Sunday evening, but clean, and the fish tank is fun playing with music in the background of piano instrumental covers of popular songs. Anyway, Drunken Noodle had good but not amazing taste, everything could use a bit more of a kick. Also I wished a bit more amount for the $15 it costs.

After reading all the reviews. Many saying the portions are small for the price. Come on now, your not ordering Chinese take out. All Thai restaurants give smaller portions and are . Rating it on what I have tried here so far. It is a 4.5 5 Star rating. The SAMPLER TRIO is a must have. The DRUNKEN NOODLES extra spicy with Chicken is so good ! Nice portion too ! Finally the shrimp and scallop spicy LAD NA is amazing ! The scallops were cooked and cleaned perfectly. Friends of mine have had their PAD THAI and say it is really good. I am not a cooked peanut person. So I passed on that.

Great cozy ambience. Delicious food. Great service. We ordered Thai ice tea, dumplings, spring rolls, Thai pad, fried rice. Everything was great. Definitely recommend this to all.

We order from here often and the food is always consistently hot and tasty. Prices have risen since the pandemic, but lunch specialties give you a break. Our favorites are the Duck Honey (my toddler asks this now and the crab fried rice. I had better Thai iced tea other places. But the staff is very nice, so it is regular to order.