E-SAn Thai Food Cart

Very friendly, very delicious. When I’m downtown and hungry, I start by seeing if these ladies are open for business before I consider anything else. Recently my wife decided to add spicy Thai Red Curry with chicken her repertoire. Since then, when I try a new Thai place I start with that dish to get a baseline reading. This cart had better Thai curry than any place I have ordered it, hands down, and I order it everywhere. If you’re in the area, you need to stop in here and get some food.

Ordered Pad Kee Mao. I don’t like it at all. The noodle was not dry, it was too watery. There was no taste on the noodle. The vegetable were overcooked. Totally unhappy.

This is real good food folks. So plan on a 15 – 25 min wait for your order. Moving to Vancouver from Portland Esan was one place I knew I would miss, but this is just as good.

This place is a joke. We have gone three times, each time trying to order something different and they were out of what we ordered. Unprofessional staff, they’ll pick up the phone and take an order while you’re talking to them. Food we did get was bland beyond belief. Thai Orchid has much better food and is close by.

I love this place, we’ve been here about 5 times now and always get great food. Love the pumpkin curry and pas Thai, very friendly staff too!

Place is awesome, food was amazing and priced fair for the great quality I received. Beats waiting at a traditional place to eat and 5 minutes had a great meal. The workers were very friendly and helpful with the mean selections.

This is an awesome food cart in downtown Vancouver. The food is always hot, fresh and spiced to your desire. Prices are fairly reasonable and the quality is close to a decent sit down restaurant. We love their salad rolls for an appetizer. Been here several times in the past few months and recommend trying it out.

my ultimate pet peeve is when businesses don’t open when they say they do. it says Monday-​Friday 11am-​5pm. I get there at 11:00am on the dot on Friday and no one is there. wait until 11:20am and still no one.
I’ve been to the e-​San food carts downtown and know that it’s pretty good for cart food so I’m pretty disappointed.
UPDATE: just called them to see if them coming late is a one time thing and the lady told me that she can’t make it there by 11. so she comes by 11:30am. I said you should probably change the sign then and she said she would work on it. So don’t plan on getting any service until 11:30am

This is a food cart? How can it possibly be so good? Was it the beer I enjoyed next door as I waited for my order to go? Perhaps. Perhaps not! This little box of heaven was the biggest surprise and I thank my fellow Unilocalers once again for pointing me this way.
The menu is surprisingly broad, with the great selections seen in a traditional American Thai restaurant… minus the furniture. I’m picky. I requested no bell peppers in everything. They got it right and they got it good. Ordering all items with medium spice, the feeling in my lips is just now returning. Bit spicier than anticipated, but totally enjoyable. Perfect comfort food for a rainy night.
The sign says open 11am to 5pm. Unsure what their hours really are, but it’s worth popping by before the dinner hour to bring it home. Hoping they’ll stay open through early evening to allow us Vantucky residents to experience the joys of a Portland style food cart without crossing the bridge.
Hoping that other locals love it like we did so they’ll stay put. Perfect location next to Trap Door brewery… and the brew pub lets you bring in food from local eateries. Just saying… great pairing of businesses.

So this is a Portland style food cart in downtown Vancouver. I couldn’t decide whether to give or take a star for that status.
E-​San has the established food carts downtown beat by the $/​lb measure. The food is good, and unlike other Thai outfits downtown if you ask for spicy you get spicy. Plus they’re right next to the pot store, and a brewery will soon complete the trinity. It’s all very exciting.
E-​San is good, but a little generic. Exactly what you’d expect.

So happy they now have a food cart in uptown village! I love their restaurant in downtown PDX. The cart does not have as an extensive menu, but still great quality and definitely the best Thai food North of the river.

I LOVE their food. Delicious. My favorites are Pad Kee Mao with Tofu, the salad rolls, satay, steak salad, oh there are so many delicious dishes I can’t decide!
Thank you Mao for coming to Vancouver!

Service is nice here and my order was ready quickly, Unfortunately, the food was not to my liking. The chicken satay portion was disappointing and cut very thin resulting in the meat being pretty dry, skip the crab wontons, doughy wonton wrapper and no actual crab flavor. I actually threw this dish away. Pad Thai flavor was good, but had VERY little protein which is really unfortunate as you just end up with a pile of rice noodle after a couple bites. This is my first time here, so I’ll give it another try and update my review.

First time coming here and padthai is really delicious

This was my first time here and I will definitely be coming back! I ordered the Pumpkin curry dish with chicken and rice — it was DE-​LIC-​IOUS! I love curry and this dish hit the spot. The prices are VERY fair. There’s a wide variety of choices. Service is friendly. The place appears clean. Location is convenient.