Hat Yai - Portland

I had the oxtails of chicken spits. Both had an explosion of taste. Chill setting with an excellent staff. This will make a stop when I visit Portland. The turmeric is also very satisfying.

Don?t overthink it ? get the fried chicken. This was the best meal I have ever had in my entire life. The myriad of flavors rocked my socks. I am not from Portland, but I will be making a yearly trip (at the least) to experience Southern Thai cuisine. Cannot recommend this place enough.

Straight fire. The wine bar next door lets you eat with a larger group on the patio if your party gets your drinks there. So nice. Combo plate with extra roti, brisket, and pork belly were our highlights. SO GOOD.

This restaurant has always treated us well, in both places. It?s often the last restaurant opened when we can land on other options quickly enough and the Thai fried chicken is just unmatched in PDX. We have tried the entire menu and can confirm that their specialties are very special. On our last trip the specials consisted of an ice-clad padthai, asparagus and a shell soup. We ordered them all. Then we ordered Roti and Curry and several other soups and sides. Hat Yai sits in my PDX Top Hits list and will stay there.

Points for juicy, flavorful, fried chicken?and friendly staff. Beef cheek was tender, BUT the curry that it comes in, is wayyyyy too salty (catered to the American palate), thai ice tea was wayyyy too sweet despite asking for a lower sugar level, food was slow despite no crowd, roti was wayyy too doughy, AND sticky rice was STALE AND HARD. Came due to ppl?s recommendations, but prob won?t come back again cos plenty of delicious fried chicken in the world WITH other sides and dishes that are great. This isn?t Asian, it?s more Americanized Asian.