Explore fresh, flavorful Thai dishes made with the finest ingredients at The original Thai Smile of the desert in Palm Springs since 1991. We offer a taste of authentic Thai food with traditional roots in a friendly, modern atmosphere. Winner of Best of the Best for Thai Cuisine from Palm Springs Life and Best of the Valley Award from the local newspaper.
We hope to make your dinning experience a memorable one that you are guarantee to enjoy at Thai Smile Palm Springs.
Popular dishes
Pad Thai
Thai rice noddles with egg chicken, shrimp, bean sprouts, scallions, crushed peanuts & your choice of rice or spring roll
4 reviews
Yellow Curry
Mild yellow curry Thai-style, with coconut milk, potatoes, onions, carrots, bell peppers, baby corn, pineapple, tomatoes and snow peas
2 reviews
Mongolian Beef
Slices of beef with mushrooms, carrots and scallions cooked in a light oyster sauce, served on crispy thin white- noodles
2 reviews
Very clean!! A good deal of distance between diners which is very important. An excellent server and the food and drinks very amazing. I gk there often and recommend it highly!
Thai smile always puts a smile on my face, and a yummy in my tummy.
I always go there when I visit Palm Springs.
Great for vegetarians 😁
We loved the flavors and tastes of our food. We ordered the Massamun Curry with Chicken, Chicken Satay and a Vegetable dish. The curry flavor was unlike any we've had at any other Thai restaurants and that made us instant fans. Chicken Satay was tender and easy to remove from the stick. Hate when you have to fight to remove chicken from the stick. Service was fast and efficient. Staff was very attentive. We will be returning.
Fabulous Food, Fabulous Service, Fabulous Atmosphere!
I always enjoy Thai Smile. The food is fresh and the service is fast and friendly. Their also handling social distancing responsibly. I highly recommend this Thai restaurant.
Go there almost every week.
Good food, excellent service. Social distancing and masks were required.
We have finally found an excellent Thai restaurant!! Great food and great service.
Great to be back for safe dining with good Thai food, service and atmosphere. The central location in downtown PS and parking lot in the back makes getting there easy. They always provide large portions of yummy Thai food to share with others so we can try many of their delicious dishes. The place is large for groups and social distancing but I always make a reservations to avoid waiting because it's popular.
Nice decor Very popular in the tourist area. Reservations recommended. Limited patio seating. The food is tasty and well priced. They appear to want to turn over the tables quickly, so don’t expect to dawdle over your food.
Food was very average at best. Waiter was great, very professional. Martini prices were high ($14) for a casual restaurant.
A very good Thai restaurant! The mi krob was too dry.
Everything else was very good.
Great food and service
Second time within a week. Outstanding again!
The food was delicious and the service was very good! I would definitely recommend and return to the restaurant!
The beef salad had over cooked beef.
After several previous visits we were disappointed. Food lacked rich flavor which one expects in Thai restaurant. Only 3 shrimp with pineapple rice dish in spite of high price. Computer system went down with no backup plan in place to pay for meal with credit card. Service was good.
Amazing flavours, service and value. We will be back!
Great food great service. A little slow with the appetizers but otherwise great
It was quite pleasant.
Server did not bring our drinks. Was reminded once however; were never delivered. Ordered beverages with dinner however, did not show up yet, it was on our bill. Server corrected the bill. Overall service was above average. We'll still patronize due to the excellent quality of the dishes. Need to work on server attentiveness.
The food was amazing! I would definitely recommend it!
Good and delicious
Disappointing experience with service this time. We tried the happy hour, and the wings were pretty dry. Won't do that again. The service was slow.
Delicious as always. Mongolian Beef, Spicy Noodles with beef, the always excellent Thai Sampler, two hot and sour soups and the extraordinary coconut-chicken soup made for a very special lunch!
Excellent food and service!
Excellent food and service
3 People, 3 different entrees, all very good!
The Yellow Curry is Amazing
The food was good this night as it can vary greatly... has been inconsistent in the last year, seems good now. Waiter was good but fell apart when food was delivered, hadn’t picked up previous dishes, no plates, etc confusion! Otherwise pleasant experience.
No complaints about food OR service. What WAS annoying was how the wait staff hovered by our table to get us to pay and leave. It WAS busy that night but it made the 4 of us feel rushed.
Excellent food and service (by the waiter... the food runner pretty much ignored questions or requests). Again, we ordered the extraordinary chicken coconut milk soup - the hot pot which was more than enough for the five of us. The sampler appetizer was exceptional and more than enough to serve as an entree course. Everyone praised their entrees: Mongolian Beef, Yellow Curry, etc. and the premium brand cocktails were surprisingly inexpensive. This was our fifth visit in the last year.
LOVE Thai Smile, its food and its staff! We go often and will certainly return.
Diner like setting, attentive but sloppy wait staff, pedestrian food, served Luke warm. Disappointing all around.
It’s ok, not great and all of our food was bland!
A gentle atmosphere, friendly service and good food at reasonable prices.
Service was great! Food was outstanding!
One of our go to dining spots ! Quality food, great service and always consistent !
Very decent restaurant. We enjoyed our meal
Great food every time.
FAQs
THAI SMILE PALM SPRINGS offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (760) 320-5503.
THAI SMILE PALM SPRINGS is rated 4.5 stars by 388 OpenTable diners.
Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable. Due to local restrictions, this restaurant may not be accepting reservations at the moment.