Gumrai Thai

Gumrai Thai is one of my favorite Thai restaurants in the area. The food is consistently fresh, flavorful, and the portions are rather generous. The yellow curry is absolutely delicious and I also enjoy the pad kee mow. I recommend the tom yum noodle soup. The veggies are very fresh, plentiful, and there is always a nice variety of them in their dishes. The sweet potato tempura rolls are another tasty item on the menu. I also enjoy their tempura udon soup. Both the Thai and Japanese dishes are equally delicious. The only reason I gave them 4 instead of 5 stars is because there have been two times when I have ordered the yellow curry with tofu «to go», and there were several pieces of chicken mixed into the dish. As a vegetarian, I was very put off by this and had to throw the whole dish away. I guess it speaks highly their food because I keep coming back in spite of these 2 disappointing past occurrences. I should also mention that service is very timely and you never have to wait long for your food to arrive.

Everything here is so damn delicious. Food is always extremely fresh and they’re very generous with portions. Favorite Thai restaurant in all NW suburbs.

Really enjoy this place. Especially for the lunch menu. Comes w soup and appetizer and an entrée. Food is very tasty and fresh.

Yum! This place is fantastic! I ordered the pad thai to go and the container was quite large and I was able to make several meals out it if. They also have good sushi! Deff worth a try.

Food is prepared fresh only during lunch. If you go there during dinner many food are already prepared and just heat up, especially the fried rice. :(

I’ve been here for lunch a handful of times and overall its a decent place for a quick lunch.
Lunch specials options are limited. The food, aside from the tom yum soup, is pretty bland. Parking can be a bit tricky due to the location. But service is relatively fast and the interior is comfortable.

We came here with a party of 4 for lunch on a Saturday and were seated right away. There were a couple other tables with people, but otherwise it was pretty empty. We had two bento boxes (cucumber salad, sushi roll, teriyaki chicken, rice, and miso soup) and two pad thais (comes with soup, egg roll and crab rangoon).
Overall the food is okay. The portions are huge though! We ate a lot at the restaurant and also had leftovers.
Tip: Alt Thai, another thai restaurant in downtown Arlington Heights, is right down the street and much more flavorful and fresh.

I have driven past Gumrai Thai many times over the years. I heard from many friends that it was good, just never stopped to eat. Yesterday I went with my friend Andy, was his idea and I am happy we went there for a late lunch. I ordered chicken panang, as it was still lunch special time my order came with a delicious soup with a slight heat, an egg roll and one crab rangoon. While all the appetizers were very good the crab rangoon was especially good! Will be back and order more. I find chicken panang to be a good test meal to see if I will go back to a Thai restaurant, the sauce was awesome, full of flavor and enough heat to get me sweating. I will be back and highly recommend this place. Ambience was nice and staff friendly. :)

This has to be my favorite thai restaurant. There pad see ew is to die for and is the best. I love there crab ragoon and tom yum soup too. Tip though is to go on lunch time, prices go really cheap.

This cozy little restaurant is tucked away in downtown Arlington Heights, so eat here after doing all your shopping.
I came in for the lunch special, which comes with soup and an appetizer. Boy, they really don’t skimp on their appetizers. It was a couple chicken sauté with peanut sauce, and it tested great!
The rest of the menu is very similar to other thai restaurants, and it is very cozy.
On par with the great food was the excellent staff. They were all very nice.

Best authentic Thai cuisine in the northwest suburbs.
Their food is the standard for Thai cuisine.
We started eating Thai food in 1981. We would drive into Chicago to find good Thai restaurants. No longer! Gumrai Thai is our go to restaurant. The owners are great people and make certain to make your meal how you like it — or they fix it.
Doesn’t disappoint!

This place has the best panang curry in the nw burbs. The rest of the food is good too and I’ve never been disappointed. Service was excellent as well. Way better than the other Thai place down the street.

My wife brought me here for dinner so I could try their Vietnamese Phở Soup. I have to say I was very impressed. Although they only offer two varieties, the Phở Tai soup I had was absolutely delicious. I can’t wait to go back and try their other Phở selection. This place is noted for their Thai food but besides the Phở soup and Thai cuisine, they also serve sushi. I look forward to trying many of their entrees in the future.

I’ve liked every single thing I’ve ever eaten here. The prices are good, the food is made quickly, and the restaurant is a nice quiet little place which is perfect for a more laid back night. My favorite thing to get is the green curry, but I also love the peanut sauce delight and the sweet and sour (which isn’t breaded, which makes it even better). The wait staff is really friendly and the place is never overcrowded.

Very happy the couple times we’ve stopped by. Almost hidden spot off Arlington Heights road. Cute quiet restaurant, would be a nice place for a laid back date night.
Only tried the sushi once but will definitely be getting again (I ordered White Dragon rolls I think) I couldn’t believe how fresh it is!

Quaint little Thai place tucked away in this corner plaza. Friendly and attentive staff, extensive menu without being overwhelmingly so, good dishes, fairly roomy, easy parking.
I had the Pad Thai and it was actually very good, coming in only second after my first favorite (which has held this place for years and hasn’t had any contenders come even close). It was made properly with fresh tasting ingredients, was a large portion, and a great price. I will definitely continue coming here.

I’ve been here a couple times when out in the burbs visiting my fam — the portions are generous and everything seems really fresh. Although flavor-​wise I haven’t had anything that is like ‘MUST COME BACK AND EAT AGAIN AND AGAIN!!’, there are pretty good Asian staples (pad thai, stir frys, etc). The service is quick and very friendly. They also have really good lunch specials (even on the weekends! or at least even on Saturdays, I’ve not been on a Sunday) — entrees between 7 – 12 bucks that comes with an appetizer and a little bowl of soup. The noodle dishes seem especially generous in portion.

Long time customer (since 2006)
+ $ 8 to $ 10 lunch specials can’t be beat. Lunch special comes with crab Rangoon, egg roll, and tom yum soup. Dinner prices are affordable as well.
+ Service ranges from friendly to appropriate (not friendly, not rude either) depending on the waitress you get
+ Quiet place to have your meals
+ Good for groups
+ Free private lot parking or street parking
+ Clean establishment
— Food quality has deteriorated over the years. VERY GREASY! I used to go here a lot but have only gone 2x to 3x per year for the past 4 years and indeed, food has become super greasy (see photos).
— They offer sushi but quality is not so good. Tried it 3x before but stopped. Also, another Unilocaler is correct. I often see their sushi chef smoking outside. Not too appetizing to know your chef is smoking and then handling your food after. Not a big fan.
If you have a special craving for their food, fine. Otherwise, there are other 2 other Thai restaurants close by and other Thai restaurants in the Arlington Heights area.

AMAZING FOOD! my fiancé and I went there a couple weeks ago and I am officially hooked! Great crab Rangoon, amazing sushi, light but filling chicken teriyaki could not be more satisfied!
Can’t wait until we come back!

Woohoo! I found a Thai place here in Chicagoland that has decent Tom Yum soup! I actually wish it could be a little more lemongrass-​y and spicy… but all the other Tom Yum soups I’ve had here are either too much on the sweet side, coconut side, or just plain bland. I heard that if you come for lunch, it’s included in your lunch special. Score! Too bad I don’t live close enough to take advantage of the lunch specials during the week, so ordering a bowl of it for dinner will more than suffice.
Our table also ordered the nabiyaki udon (my fav out of all the dishes we ordered), pad see yew plus bean sprouts (love the crunch), and red curry.
The nabiyaki udon comes with a delicious thick broth with two pieces of tempura shrimp (never disappointed with a freshly fried tempura shrimp) and eggs. This hot dish is perfect for a chilly day. Try to finish it in one sitting though — soggy udon noodles at home are definitely not as good as fresh, chewy ones at the restaurant.
The pad see yew was pretty standard… it wasn’t completely out of this world, but it was good and definitely hit the spot for my Thai noodle cravings. And then finally, the red curry had lots of veggies like eggplant, peas, string beans, and bamboo shoots (one of my favs). Pour over rice, mix and enjoy! Overall such a great meal with lots of variety for a delicious taste of Thailand (and a little bit of Japan with the udon).