(626) 793-8123

363 S Fair Oaks Ave
Pasadena, CA 91105 34.1395 -118.1506

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Neighborhoods: South Arroyo, East LA

Hours:

Daily 10am-945pm

Price:

$

Last updated 6.15.11

Category:

Restaurants

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Restaurant Special Features:

Local Favorite, Family-Friendly Dining, Outdoor Dining, Lunch Spot, Group Dining

Cuisine:

Thai

What People Are Saying About Saladang

Featured Review

Martha Burr

Contributor

The Scene – Postmodern, techno concrete, exposed pipes and enigmatic art set the stage at this always-crowded eatery. Bustling groups of locals have made this place a hot Thai spot for years now, so if you want a table, prepare to wait in line. – – The Food – Restaurateur Dang Vattanatham has her finger on the pulse of Pasadena with dishes as refined and beautifully presented as any Norton Simon member could want. There are lapses--like greasy Saladang spicy noodles or catfish drowning in gloppy sauce--but soups are delicate and subtle, and the skewered deep-fried…

ambiance
88.6400032043457% positive
  1. The food is mediocre at best, the dishes often served cold, the ambience is just one big room with a zillion tables, and the service unknowledgeable.
  2. the ambiance makes a relaxing evening to enjoy good food & good company.
  3. But the atmosphere of the place is great.
  4. The ambience is good enough for a first date.
  5. Great place, nice ambiance, and of course one of the best pad thai I have ever had!
  6. Great ambiance, staff is always friendly and helpful, prompt and courteous service, and the food is just great.
  7. Great atmosphere bland food!
  8. Romantic atmosphere - great place to take a date.
  9. Don't be fooled by the toothpick-thin waitresses and industrial warehouse decor; this place has very good Thai food.
  10. great food, great atmosphere but plan on making reservations and plan on arriving early for your reservations to find parking.
  11. If you want something fun, order the sizzling beef.
  12. Inside the decorations were great.
  13. Excellent Thai/American food, good service, decor, and atmosphere.
  14. Spacious, clean atmosphere they've created - SMART because it draws many patrons, obviously.
  15. The second, Saladang Song is a beautiful, modern style building, ideal for romantic night time dining.
  16. Awesome Thai food, cool decor.
  17. will never go back again even though i loved the atmosphere.
  18. Here's the scoop: beautiful ambience, great food, plentiful servings, easy parking,decent service.
  19. So, all the boys out there, wanna dine thai food while enjoying a pretty view?
  20. liked the mats on the table and the decorations.
  21. This is one of the most beautiful Thai restaurants I've ever been to in LA...the indoor decor is very contemporary and inviting, while the outdoor patio took my breath away.
  22. It has a much better ambiance, but the food is just not as great!
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. Stay away from any of the sweet drinks but always enjoy a Singha (or Thai Beer as they insist on calling it) with your dinner.
food quality
84.70000267028809% positive
  1. The food was good, but I was surprised when our waitress convinced me to order the seafood Pad Thai (when I wanted the original one) for a price she didn't tell me.
  2. It's still the only place that's extremely prompt and professional, and food is beyond delicious!
  3. Although Song seems to be a bit more authentic, I simply like the food in Saladang more.
  4. Awesome Thai food, cool decor.
  5. The food here is great.
  6. Saladang offers yummy fusion T.
  7. Excellent, excellent food!
  8. Don't be fooled by the toothpick-thin waitresses and industrial warehouse decor; this place has very good Thai food.
  9. yummy thai food that doesn't have the horrible aftermath the next morning.
  10. There is SO Much great Thai food in the San Gabriel Valley that this place deserves to close up shop.
  11. It has a much better ambiance, but the food is just not as great!
  12. The food was delicious, the service impeccable, and the cost was very affordable.
  13. live in los feliz and drive to saladang all the time for my favorite dishes.
  14. And if you woudl like to cleanse your palate after having a tasty Saladang meal, I definitely suggest you try the sweet rice and mango, The best in town!
  15. liked their pad thai and sizzling beef platter (w/ yummy peanut sauce) the best.
  16. My experience was terrible food, even worse service, and absolutely the worst attitude I've seen from servers in ages
  17. ordered the yellow curry, and usually when I order curry at a restaurant it's usually risky, but this curry was pretty delicious!
  18. They have an excellent variety of items to choose from including vegeterian treats, tasty authentic dishes, great Thai Ic.
  19. love Thai food and this definitely was not Thai!
  20. The restaurant makes you feel like you are eating in a warehouse - but, if you don't mind that, you'll get great food and good service.
  21. Hands down, this is the best Thai food around Los Angeles.
  22. This is some of the best Thai food around.
  23. =p i can always enjoy getting my fill with delicious food without breaking my wallet at this restaurant.
  24. the dude & i are big thai food junkies.
  25. When we first came to LA we really likes this restaurant but unfortunatly success has gone to their heads and now its an assembly line of rude service and bad food that is coasting on its reputation and attractive architecture.
  26. It was thick on with delicious sauce!
  27. No where else can you get so much good food for such a great price.
  28. the ambiance makes a relaxing evening to enjoy good food & good company.
  29. Lousy service & mediocre food.
  30. It was a girls' night out and we were all excited to have some good Thai food.
  31. It's a birthday party for my friend, we hope to get the best Thai food in town.
  32. normally don't enjoy overly-trendy Asian restaurants, but I surprisingly liked their thai cuisine a lot.
  33. Not to mention, their food is downright fantastic starting with the shrimp toast and fried calamari.
  34. And the food was always good.
  35. the food here is the best thai in the entire l.a. area--and i've tried lots.
  36. Fried rice is tasty and the black pepper, garlic beef is delicious!
  37. Horrible service for just OK food.
  38. Great ambiance, staff is always friendly and helpful, prompt and courteous service, and the food is just great.
  39. So, all the boys out there, wanna dine thai food while enjoying a pretty view?
  40. Here's the scoop: beautiful ambience, great food, plentiful servings, easy parking,decent service.
  41. keep going back to this place because the food is delicious, the prices are low and the service is great.
  42. Saladang offers up some of the best Thai food in the southland.
  43. The menu is a bit hard to read, but the food is delicious.
  44. Thai food in Pasadena is just plain bad, I can see why Saladang does so well.
  45. consistently delicious Thai
  46. Try their dry chilli cashew nut chicken with steamed rice or pad thai!
  47. The food is decent, nothing to die for.
  48. As a Thai, I frequently recommend Saladang to anybody who asks me where to get a good Thai food in Pasadena.
  49. The stuffed chicken wings were not bad, but when I asked for a bit of cucumber to go with it I was told it was $2.00.
  50. Their food was awful.
  51. They chose to not ask if there was a problem with the dish, and once we finally mentioned something (don't like to make too big a deal, but after second attempt at trying to enjoy the dish, we had to say something), they still did not offer to do anything
  52. If you want authentic thai food, this is not a place for you.
  53. If you want something fun, order the sizzling beef.
  54. Excellent Thai/American food, good service, decor, and atmosphere.
  55. The sauce is really flavorful.
  56. Great atmosphere bland food!
  57. Also,the citysearch gave the award of best Thai food 2004 to Saladang I wonder that it really mean Saladang or Saladang Song?
  58. The noodles dishes are so good esp the Pad Thai!
  59. The Pad Thai, Pad See Ew and the Dry Chili Cashew Chicken are fabulous, each dish costs less than $8.00 and you get a generous portion.
  60. The food is mediocre at best, the dishes often served cold, the ambience is just one big room with a zillion tables, and the service unknowledgeable.
  61. Great thai food!
  62. feel confident highly recommending this restaurant and look forward to our next visit so we can try even more wonderful dishes.
  63. Our waitress was very nice; she warned us about the dishes we ordered and now I wish we had listened to her.
  64. But what it may lack in fancy ornamentation, it makes up in fresh and authentic Thai flavors.
  65. It's the best Bistro Thai food I've ever had.
  66. great food, great atmosphere but plan on making reservations and plan on arriving early for your reservations to find parking.
  67. The menu includes the standard Thai fare such as pad thai and tom yum, but also has a quite a few other unique dishes.
  68. The service is absolutely wonderful and the food is just exquisite!
  69. Awsome, unique Thai food
  70. They also have many creative and delicious specials.
  71. One of the dishes was a curry that was nothing but fat and gristle, the kitchen was clearly mad at us for arriving so close to closing time and thought they would show us how they felt with their disgusting cast offs.
  72. Overall, a great thai food place!
  73. Their success is simple and basic fact is: good food and professional service!
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. The menu is a bit hard to read, but the food is delicious.
  2. The menu includes the standard Thai fare such as pad thai and tom yum, but also has a quite a few other unique dishes.
  3. They have an excellent variety of items to choose from including vegeterian treats, tasty authentic dishes, great Thai Ic.
overall
87.5% positive
  1. This was never a great restaurant and now it has become lousy.
  2. Overall, a great thai food place!
  3. Saladang Song is a great restaurant - the difference between Saladang Song (south) vs Saladang (north) is (1) the outdoor dining area at Son.
  4. Consistently great place.
  5. One may not think to find such a great restaurant on this stretch of Fair Oaks lined with antique stores and warehouses.
  6. Drove from The Fairfax area for the best Thai restaurant on the planet.
  7. Romantic atmosphere - great place to take a date.
  8. There is SO Much great Thai food in the San Gabriel Valley that this place deserves to close up shop.
return potential
0.0% positive
  1. Then come back to me & tell me what you think of overrated & mediocre Saladang.
  2. will never go back again even though i loved the atmosphere.
service
72.02000141143799% positive
  1. Don't be fooled by the toothpick-thin waitresses and industrial warehouse decor; this place has very good Thai food.
  2. Our waitress was very nice; she warned us about the dishes we ordered and now I wish we had listened to her.
  3. Lesson is, don't let the pushy waitress tell you what to order!
  4. The service was always awesome.
  5. When we first came to LA we really likes this restaurant but unfortunatly success has gone to their heads and now its an assembly line of rude service and bad food that is coasting on its reputation and attractive architecture.
  6. The staff is helpful, knowledgeable and friendly.
  7. What saladang has that other thai restuarants don't, are the beautiful lady servers.
  8. Service is generally fast and friendly.
  9. The food was delicious, the service impeccable, and the cost was very affordable.
  10. The service isn't the best when it is overly crowded and the wait is typically long.
  11. The food was good, but I was surprised when our waitress convinced me to order the seafood Pad Thai (when I wanted the original one) for a price she didn't tell me.
  12. Lousy service & mediocre food.
  13. The waitresses were rude, looked at me if I was crazy when I asked for chopsticks and more water.
  14. The service is absolutely wonderful and the food is just exquisite!
  15. Horrible service for just OK food.
  16. As a Thai National, it kills me when people say to me - "Saladang is sooooo good!
  17. Great ambiance, staff is always friendly and helpful, prompt and courteous service, and the food is just great.
  18. We finally dined there after always meaning to pop in, and the whole experience left a terrible taste in our mouths: service was disappointing - had potential, but then the waitress forgot to put in our order; which isn't the worst thing-it happens, but i
  19. My experience was terrible food, even worse service, and absolutely the worst attitude I've seen from servers in ages
  20. Here's the scoop: beautiful ambience, great food, plentiful servings, easy parking,decent service.
  21. keep going back to this place because the food is delicious, the prices are low and the service is great.
  22. Their success is simple and basic fact is: good food and professional service!
  23. The restaurant makes you feel like you are eating in a warehouse - but, if you don't mind that, you'll get great food and good service.
  24. Food is absolutely great and service too.
  25. Excellent Thai/American food, good service, decor, and atmosphere.
  26. can not explain the horrible service I received at Saladang.
  27. The food is mediocre at best, the dishes often served cold, the ambience is just one big room with a zillion tables, and the service unknowledgeable.
  28. great Thai, perhaps the best but terrible service staff
value
77.77999877929688% positive
  1. No where else can you get so much good food for such a great price.
  2. The food was delicious, the service impeccable, and the cost was very affordable.
  3. The Pad Thai, Pad See Ew and the Dry Chili Cashew Chicken are fabulous, each dish costs less than $8.00 and you get a generous portion.
  4. price is very reasonable.
  5. keep going back to this place because the food is delicious, the prices are low and the service is great.
  6. And prices are very reasonable.
  7. never again will I go there, but if YOU dear reader decide to give it a go I GUARENTEE you they will try and sell you an overpriced SEAFOOD PLATTER within 10 seconds of your butts hitting the seats.
  8. The food was good, but I was surprised when our waitress convinced me to order the seafood Pad Thai (when I wanted the original one) for a price she didn't tell me.
  9. Worst thai restuarant, waste of my money and evening there
wait time
66.66999816894531% positive
  1. We finally dined there after always meaning to pop in, and the whole experience left a terrible taste in our mouths: service was disappointing - had potential, but then the waitress forgot to put in our order; which isn't the worst thing-it happens, but i
  2. The service isn't the best when it is overly crowded and the wait is typically long.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

03/04/09

The best Thai I have ever eaten!

by VinceW1975 at Citysearch

I lived in Pasadena for 10 years before I moved and I have yet to find better food than Saladang. Saladang is the most consistent restaurant I have ever eaten at. The service was always awesome. And the food was always good. When I come back it will be on my things to do in LA list. I miss you Saladang!!!!

  • Pros: Too many to list.
  • Cons: Parking only issue.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

02/19/09

this place rocks!!!!!!!!

Contributor at Citysearch

Saladang song is,i would have to say,the best resturant I have ever been to. The service is absolutely wonderful and the food is just exquisite! I would definitly recommend this resturant!

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

01/01/09

Saladang...great Thai, perhaps the best but terrible service staff

by Falfals at Citysearch

Hands down, this is the best Thai food around Los Angeles. The appetizer of calamari is out of this world! Just ask for extra sauce. Do not expect wait staff to be warm and fuzzy, they are as cold as the cement floor of this place! Do not go to Song...sister restaurant next door. It has a much better ambiance, but the food is just not as great!

Happy Eating...I tell no lies.

  • Pros: the best Thai food in Los Angeles
  • Cons: cold, robotic wait staff and owner
4 Star Rating: Recommended

11/19/08

Pad Thai that is saucy and delicious!

by jimmypeace at Citysearch

Great place, nice ambiance, and of course one of the best pad thai I have ever had! It was thick on with delicious sauce!

  • Pros: Pad Thai that is saucy and delicious!
2 Star Rating: Below Average

09/03/08

My experience was terrible food, even worse service, and absolutely the worst attitude I've seen from servers in ages

by j49jimbo at Citysearch

My co-workers and I go to lunch once each month and this month it Saladang. We had been anxiously waiting for a few weeks since Thai hadn't been our choice for a long time. I was assured it was "the best" around. I guess "delicious is on the palate of the beholder". My Tom Yung Goon (sp) was absolutely the worst I have ever tasted. There was no zip to it, no spice and no flavor. The stuffed chicken wings were not bad, but when I asked for a bit of cucumber to go with it I was told it was $2.00. My companion asked for more peanut sauce for the satay - $2.00, a bit more dressing for the salad - $2.00. One of my co-workers waited for 10 minutes before being served his lunch - 10 of us were eating and he had nothing. No explanation, no apology and lots of attitude. When the check was delivered I asked for a menu to take along so I could have each of us chip in for their meal, I was practically brow beaten by the management - and the final answer was NO. Ambiance: so loud it was like being in an airplane and we were packed into a table with no clearance for wait staff and were constantlly being banged into the entire meal. The good points: A nice lazy susan for sharing, but who would want to!! A few of my friends have "Thai Tuesday" every week and we try different places - SALADANG will never be on the list. Suffice it to say, I'll never return, but others rave. Must be "taste" challenged.

  • Pros: Lazy Susan for sharing but who would want to.
  • Cons: Everything but parking

The Details on Saladang

Place Categories:

  • good service
  • best seafood pad thai
  • great place
  • mediocre thai food
  • great restaurant
  • great atmosphere
  • favorite noodles dishes
  • authentic thai flavors
  • rude worse service
  • rude waitress
  • not terrible dining experience
  • helpful staff
  • favorite thai restaurants
  • very reasonable price
  • beautiful ambience
  • creative specials
  • usually risky curry
  • sexy young ladies
  • terrible restuarant
  • delicious sauce
  • worst sp
  • highly recommend pad thair
  • best bistro thai food
  • mediocre saladang
  • bad nothing
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