Thai Udon Cafe

This place is a gem! We’re visiting from Miami and are pleasantly surprised! Service was great! Food is fresh and very delicious! Couldn’t ask for a better eatery!

This used to be our favorite place so I’m upset to be writing this. The last time we went the service was terrible and it took forever. There was a new male waiter there who we hadn’t seen before. I always get the same item and substitute out one vegetable for another — this has never been a problem in the past but this time he told me it would be $ 1 per item. A $ 1 to add 4 slices of carrot??? But the biggest problem I had was I specified no peanut. No only were there peanuts in my dish but they were all mixed inn instead on on the side how it normally is when you get pad Thai. I was alarmed. Huge liability for someone with a nut sensitivity. I brought it to waiters attention and all he said was that he had told the chef no nuts so it must have been his fault. We got takeout yesterday and same issue with tons of peanuts throughout the dish. We won’t be going back.

Unassuming plaza, small intimate setting, OUTSTANDING food. From an absolute food snob, this is the best through and through Thai restaurant in Naples. Everything they produce is drenched in time, effort, and flavor.

Everything is so fresh and delicious! I love Thai food, and this is by far the best Thai restaurant in Naples!!!

This place always has decent food and I have never had any complaints about it. Service is always prompt and attentive. The atmosphere is nice and inviting and is clean and offers several booths and tables. The lunch specials are a great value and even the dinners are priced reasonably. This is my go to place for hot Thai dishes. The only thing missing here is sushi which I’m surprised they don’t offer in some form or fashion. Not a big deal but I would probably frequent more often if they offered some fresh rolls.

Delicious fresh food and friendly service. Will definitely come back again and again!!! We usually like to have vegetarians an choices at our local Thai restaurant back home so we tried similar dishes here and they were at least as good if not better then what we are used to. Vegetables were very fresh and the sauces tasty. Ambiance is fairly basic but the restaurant looks clean and well lit. Give it a try, you won’t be disappointed.

Excellent. Loved the mango curry. Best Thai I’ve had in Southwest Florida

The spring roles where quite good. Overall, not great food. The main dishes where bland and had little flavor. The ambiance of the restaurant was pleasant and the service was great.

Best Thai food in Naples, seafood soup is top notch also had fried gyoza which was excellent.

The lunchtime waiter is so friendly and on top of things. I love the spicy cashew dish lunch special.

Coming from DC I did not have high expectations, and I was just looking for it to be enjoyable.
My first issue was that they have watered down the spice level to the point where I was asking myself if they forgot to make it «hot».
The pad Thai was fine, I just think they should have not used spiny lobster (gross) and also, they should have left both tails on the plate as proof that indeed there were 2 in the dish. Otherwise it seems like there isn’t enough lobster. That dish also was totally not spicy.
I asked them what was THE best dish they had and they recommended the special chicken and shrimp dish on the Chef’s Special list. That dish literally was SO bland that my mom had to take some of my red curry sauce and pour it on her dish.
I ordered the red curry shrimp. This was the best dish but next time I will need them to make it Thai Spicy just to ensure that its a tiny bit spicy.
The green papaya salad was presented beautifully but the salad was warm and the amount of actual green papaya was little compared to all the other filler veggies. The sauce was good.
I did like that brown rice was an option. The kids chicken teriyaki was presented nice.
The entire bill was approx $ 85. I think I would give it one more chance during the first seating.

BEST THAI SECRET
This place is truly a hidden gem. It is not on the beach or near where the tourists hang out. In fact, it is in a strip mall that no longer has its anchor store anymore. There use to be a Sweet Bay Grocery store next door but it is now gone. So I feel sorry for this cute little Thai restaurant which has no foot or car traffic but I don’t feel too sorry because if you are in the know about this place this is your secret spot. I must also warn you that GPS will take you to the wrong location and it doesn’t matter if you’re using Google Maps or a Magellan because both won’t get you there. My only advice is if you see the Starbucks on the corner then you will find this place somewhere behind there.
This place has some great lunch specials but what I want to talk about is the First Seating for dinner. There is a special menu but you must ask for it. It is a dinner for two people and will cost you $ 39.95 and you will be full with everything you get to eat. We had to ask our waitress for it and she seemed to act like she didn’t know about it. The hours on this special first seating is from 3 to 6pm, so don’t be late.
The special menu has a variety of items you can choose and it goes like this: 2 glasses of wine, 2 appetizers, 2 entrees & 1 dessert. So we decided to start out our night with two glasses of Pinot Grigio which were very good. We then moved on to our appetizers. We started with the Goyza pork dumplings which can be ordered steamed or fried. We didn’t know this until after we ordered them and we ended up with fried. I must say that they were really good. The pork on the inside was incredibly tasty. It also came with a soy dipping sauce. Our other appetizer was the vegetable spring rolls. Again these were deep fried with a sweet dipping sauce. They were perfectly cooked with a nice and crispy wrapper. I must admit its great to have homemade food and not some frozen item tossed in a deep fryer. We were so impressed with our starters we could hardly wait for our main courses.
For our main courses we ordered: a spicy basil leaf sauce with pork snow peas, carrots, onion, bell pepper chili sauce and white rice. When the dish hit the table it looked like art. The spicy sauce was amazing and I soaked every ounce of it with the white rice. The pork was great quality and had a very clean and fresh taste to it. I would order this dish again in a heartbeat.
Our second dish was the Chicken Pad Thai flat rice noodles sautéed with eggs, bean sprouts & ground peanuts. Again the plate looked like art. Our waitress giggled as I snapped photos of our food. I explained to her that I had to shoot it now because no one wants to see a dirty empty plate in a photo. I ordered the dish with medium spice and it was a perfect compliment to our spicy entrée. Again the quality of the chicken was really good and the peanut sauce was fantastic. Even our little one tried it and loved it. She thought it was funny making a sauce out of peanuts and putting it on chicken and noodles. We now have a new fan of pad Thai in the family.
Our little one also ordered a bowl of Chicken Soup with vegetables. She loves soup and she was really impressed with it. She really can’t wait until I let her start posting her reviews.
At this point we were really stuffed but we knew we had dessert to order. We decided to get the Fried Ice Cream. Again this was a first for our little one. She is a huge fan of fried ice cream now. The crispy batter was full of flavor and the ice cream was perfectly frozen on the inside. I am not a dessert person but I would definitely order this dish again.
This place is fantastic and I can hardly wait to come back here. The food came out to our table piping hot. We know other people know about this place because the carry out orders did not stop flying out the door. Also by the time we had left most of the tables had filled up. I could only imagine how crowded this place would be if it was on the beach and not in an abandoned shopping mall. So next time your looking for some super Thai food then this is your place. Make sure you have some patience when trying to find it and when in doubt just give them a call. The staff knows GPS doesn’t work and they will give you some directions to find this hidden Thai gem.

Not good. Not Thai. This is Vietnamese food. We had eaten here before back on December and it was great. Then changed chefs and now everything has gone to hell on the menu. The sauces were not good and the waiter fought with us over the food and still charged us when my sister sent her order back. Will not be back.

Meh. Food was overpriced for what we received. Service was non existent and poor because of inexperienced waitress’s inability to speak English and suggest/​describe items. No check back after apps or entrée to see how we were. Tempura was mushy. Papaya salad was lacking. Udon soup was well executed but scarce of seafood ($ 15.95).
Too bad. You read Unilocal reviews and get psyched but unfortunately this didn’t go our way. Should have gone with the Green Curry or to another place. But hey, it was slow, so maybe they were just having an off day.

Had been wanting to try out this place based on friends suggestion and Unilocal reviews. I think my expectations may have been a little high. We went for lunch, they do have great lunch specials!
Staff was friendly, but slow. Took a little while to get out order and there weren’t many customers seated, but I will say lots of take out orders coming through. That may have contributed to the slow service. In addition, when we finally got our food, they brought the wrong order. The waitress noticed right away though and was extremely apologetic.
My boyfriend ordered the masamang curry, he loved that they used sweet potato! I ordered a yakisoba dish, also delicious. Super flavorful and loved the large quantity of veggies they used. Good portions for lunch as well, satisfyingly full.
Overall for thai food I prefer Emon Thai, but if your hankering for a Japanese dish, this is a great place to go as they offer both Thai and Japanese food!

Very good soup and noodle. I come here a many time by myself. Today I come with my sister. We really enjoy the soup. Very good!

Sweet… I mean the food tastes sweet. The only reason I’m not giving 5 stars is the sweet taste of the food. My 1^st couple bites I really enjoyed it, but as you keep eating you realize it may have a lot of sugar in it.
This was our 1^st time there so we ordered a bunch of dishes. The green curry chicken as well as the Massaman dish started out great but were too sweet. The Krab Rangoon was like non I had ever eaten before… had more of a curry flavor than cream cheese… but it was really good. Lastly we had the soft shell crab appetizer and it was really good as well.
I would go back, but I would ask them to hold the sugar

I had a hankering for rice, and my husband had a hankering for curry. If we had two more elements, I’d call Thai Udon Café «Captain Planet.» It’s the all-​encompassing, global, take a ride through curry goodness NOW just to save the planet.
This small restaurant is the place to do some serious damage to great Thai curry. We had Panang and Massaman curry, both separately with chicken. Both dishes were generous portions and came with some disproportionate rice. If you dare to eat the bowl of curry, I’d order two bowls of rice. Otherwise, just drown yourself in your big bowl of curry. We both ordered medium heat, but the heat got to me and cleared it all out. I typically have good tolerance to spice, but I was sniffling and it made the heat all the more addicting. If you are not familiar with the different types of curry, the Panang curry (in coconut milk) was served with basil, peppers, broccoli, and the Massaman too was coconut milk-​based and served with potatoes, onion, other good stuff. (I’m still sniffling, by the way.)
Side Note: If you are scared of spicy things, they do a mild version, and have spicy things are not only good for the soul, it’s good for your digestion. :)
This place isn’t a hybrid of sushi and Thai food, but they have an extensive menu of Japanese Yakisoba and beautiful Udon soups. Also, they have all of the essential Thai noodles more than just Pad Thai.
All in all, this place has great Thai food. The bad thing is that it’s in a plaza that is no longer visible with the absence of Sweetbay for regular traffic, particularly at night. They probably do a great job at lunch, but when we went for a late dinner, we were the only ones in the restaurant. I’m hoping that people revisit the reviews and fall in love with this place again for some Thai food. If not, I’m having the restaurant to myself again. You snooze, you lose! LOL
13 – 2015

This Thai food is authentic and tasty. The food was made fresh and didn’t take a long time. The medium spice was just enough to make you feel like you went over the top with heat, bit allowed you to be able to finish your meal. The Pad See Ew was delicious, noodles and eggs were perfect.
Highly recommend checking this place out!

Very good udon
Looking foward to trying more … They have Some
Authentic Thai soups that look really
Good
Pad Thai was decent …