Thai Hotspot wants to indulge your palette with the world's most exotic and delicious cuisine. You will find all popular Thai cuisine and our very own signature creation dishes with our unique blend of intriguing tastes: spicy, sour, sweet, and a hint of citrus. You will be blown away by a dining experience with exquisitely delicious flavors, an exceptional and courteous staff, as well as a cozy contemporary atmosphere.more...See more text
The friendly inviting staff serve amazing Thai food that entices your palate and draws you back again & again. I’ve been a regular since they first opened the doors to serve our community. You really will enjoy all the flavours that are uniquely presented.
Nothing hot about this spot!
Service was poor and could be easily considered inadequate.
We had to tell the owner who was serving us those are dirty this we want new ones. He also had taken our previous plates away and expected is us to eat from the platter plates even through it was clear we were sharing. I didnt wait to call him over agian, to ask for serving spoons for each dish.
Our meals were lack luster. The owner behaved as if having guest dine in his restaurant was a nuisance.
Amazing food! Every single dishes on the menu is absolutely delicious. Their lunch special comes with main dish, salad, soup etc only for $9.staff members are friendly and check how the food is, I work in the same plaza and have been introducing to my colleagues everyone enjoys the food there definitely give 5 stars :)
I am amazed at some of the bad reviews for this restaurant that I decided to write one..
I came with my family recently for a Christmas dinner and we sat at the big table near the bar counter.
All of my family members really enjoyed the food. The restaurant was really busy as it was a Friday night, but the service was prompt and we did not have to wait very long for our food.
We really liked the ambiance of the place - there were crystal snowflakes dangling from the ceiling, and warm blue lights on the walls. There was even a glass jar with Christmas ornaments in the washroom that my grandmother really liked. I guess their theme was blue.. because every table had a blue orchid on it which was really pretty!
We ordered appetizers to share - spring rolls, chicken skewers, baked scallops and the pandan fragrant chicken. The spring rolls were awesome and the avocado butter sauce on the baked scallops was so yummy! My aunt had the Seafood platter all to herself and she really enjoyed the coconut shrimp.
We also ordered mains to share - Red seafood curry, thai royal fried rice, Beef pad thai, Spicy chicken in satay sauce, beef short ribs, pan fried veggies. We like spicy stuff so the server recommended the Lion city seafood cuisine and the Sambal noodles. We also ordered the lettuce wraps... I know it is called chicken san choy bau, but we usually just call them lettuce wraps and the server seems to understand!
The beef short ribs, lettuce wraps and pad thai were a big hit and the lion city cuisine was very tasty. Not all of us could take the spicy Sambal noodles though... but my mum and stepdad looove spicy food, so the sambal noodles worked for them.
We decided to try some of their desserts and had the deep fried cheesecake, creme brulee, bread pudding and mango sticky rice. the cheesecake and creme brulee came with a carved strawberry in the shape of a rose, which was so pretty. the desserts were awesome. if you have room after you are done eating, i would really recommend trying some of their desserts.
The only complain i would have for that day would be that it was too noisy, because the restaurant was so busy. and we had to raise our voices a little to be heard over the table. Also, as we were near the counter, there was also a line up for takeout or pickup.. and the phones kept ringing.
All in all, it was an enjoyable experience for all of us. Many of the customers that left came up to greet the owners/manager to wish them a Merry Christmas and to let them know that the food was good. I would definitely bring my boyfriend and come back here again.
I don't have good things to say about this restaurant, but would have at one time...
I had been going to this restaurant for maybe 3 or 4 years. I have ordered a few dishes, but mostly the veg. pad thai.
This restaurant used to have the most amazing flavour, and I would come from accross town to order one when I wanted a take-away! My boyfriend and I would have a lot of our date nights here. So, needless to say, this review isn't based off of one visit.
A few months ago, maybe in the summer (it's Dec. now) I had ordered a veg pad thai to go. I drove 15 mins out to pick it up, and 15 minutes home. Sat down to eat it, and found that it had no flavour, though it was spicy as usual. The noodles were more pale than normal. I assumed they must have forgot something in the recipe. So I actually drove all the way back out, and they fixed it. I heard someone snipe at someone else in the back in a different language. I assume they told off the chef. It tasted better, but not exactly the same. I considered maybe it was a fluke.
A couple of months later I ordered the pad thai again. The same thing. This time I was too embarassed to complain again, and quite hungry after work. My boyfriend took them back while I cooked an alternate dinner at home. We got a refund.
I figured they might have changed their receipe, maybe a new cook? I decided to give them one more try. After all, I had been coming for years, even after they raised their prices.
My boyfriend and I had moved into our first place, and I wanted to treat our friends who had helped us move. I bought a few veg pad thai's. I was not the only one who noticed it was bland. This is where it went from just bad food, to terrible service!!
I told the woman there that it was not the same, and that this wasn't my first time experiencing the food like this. They knew it wasn't the first time I had complained, even before complaining they recognized my boyfriend and I as regulars and always greeted us knowing our order. But being regulars didn't matter to them. They told me they never changed their recipe, and that I must have been ordering it mild lately, because in mild they just use sweet and sour sauce (I'm not even joking, chinese take out style sauce, YUK!). Well I have NEVER ordered mild in my life, we love spicy! They continued to argue that it was all in my head.
When I finally relented to just settle with adding some sweet and sour sauce (the best they would offer to fix the food), and we were about to go, the woman actually had the gall to say to me "Okay now, you no complain no more!"
I swear it's the rudest thing I've ever heard a restaurant manager say. They would not offer any reason for the change in food, or offer to fix it. That cemented my conviction to never return for more food. But what she said to me as we were leaving, that had me soooo put off I knew I had to actually let people know how bad this place has gotten.
After coming to this page I know I'm not the only one who feels the same. I would reccomend it to no one, and beyond that I'd tell anyone and everyone to stay away from it. Such a shame.
Do not eat here, seriously. Have been there three times and each one has been worse than the time before.
To start, their vegetarian dishes (pad thai, coconut veg rice) are cheap in the ingredients (two pieces of tofu in the pad thai) and incorrect (coconut rice had no coconut flavour and had string tiny pieces of chicken). The pad thai was also incredibly dry and one note--hot.
The vegetarian spring rolls ordered were with meat.
On a previous visit, a dish --cashew veg stir fry were simply bland noodles with cucumber (were they out of ingredients) and a side of gross sauce.
This place is gross. Save your money. This food tastes more like chinese food masquerading as thai. The only good thing about this place is that it provides plenty of conversation about its awfulness.
At first, I was reluctant to go to the restaurant since my mom mentioned to me that she heard of there being a write up about the restaurant, and it wasn't a good one either. So my mom advised me from going to the place, however I took my chances and went anyways after I finished volunteering at Big Brothers & Sisters of Clarington coming back from Mother Teresa Catholic School. I was a Thai food virgin, so I decided to try the Coco Peanut Chicken, and it was DELICIOUS. Best chicken and combination I had ever had in my life, for dessert I heard that the deep fried banana was to die for. Let's just say that the person who told me this was RIGHT!! I LOVE deep fried banana now for dessert, I will go back for sure and tell my friends about this place. Overall, I'm glad I took my chances and went to this place :).
What AN AWESOME restaurant serving amazing food...
What AN AWESOME restaurant serving amazing food. Very well decorated with chic décor and nice ambience paired with friendly and excellent service. We had just moved to Courtice the last six months and were introduced to this little “gem” Thai Hotspot in Courtice through our friends who had ordered take-out from them. Since then we probably had 3-4 take-outs ourselves before deciding to dine there. What a great experience we had and we were glad we had the opportunity to have dinner there. We had a fantastic dinning experience.
We arrived there on Friday and it was packed but they managed to find seats for us. Despite the overwhelming busyness, the server and manager on the floor still take time to check on our table. The staff is very professional because when we placed our orders, we informed our server that my spouse has an allergy to peanuts and we noticed right away that the manager on the floor was informed about my wife’s special needs. My spouse is very hard to please and is very critical when it comes to food and cleanliness but she has nothing but praise for the friendly service and the special attention to her meals and has been raving to her friends about the hottest restaurant in town.
Everything we had was delicious and very well presented. We were blown away with the creative presentation of foods. They have a wide selection of foods from non-spicy to very spicy foods and also a small selection for vegetarians. We especially like their signature Pad Thai. It is spicy and it has lots of flavor too. We have tried other Thai restaurants’ Pad Thai which is clumpy and sweet and nothing else even come close to what they offer. The price is reasonably and the portion is just perfect.
We are very happy to have this restaurant in our neighborhood and we will certainly spread the word around to help them be successful. But I think even without our help they are already doing very well and this is evident in their service, freshness of food, amazing flavors and pleasant ambience.
If you are planning to dine in, I think it’s best to make reservation as they are getting very popular.
My husband and myself were very impressed and have been back several times for both take out and sit down meals. My husband is a chef and is extremly critical and hard to please. We rarely eat in the Durham Region due to a lack of decent restaurants. Here however, there were no complaints. The food was hot, fresh produce, tasty ..if not delicious and the best thing was it was authentic. The mango salad with a roti is just incredible and main course's, well I have tried many and so far absolutely NO complaints. Kudos to the Chef and to the very friendly and caring owners who go out of their way to make you comfortable.
Food was hot, fast and delicious. Came in a bento box - style presentation with soup, appetizer, salad,main course, and a piece of watermelon for dessert for $8.95!!
We were on a lunchbreak from a local business and were in and out in an hour. There are not many healty and tasty alternatives for lunch in Courtice, so this place is fast becoming one of our faves. Would highly recommend it.
The food was so tasty. Not too spicy but not bland. Everything was so tasty. Absolutely the best spring rolls Ive ever had. The portion sizes are large in quantity, but definately no comprimise in taste. The dinning room is lovely, not over done, very cozy and quaint. The staff is friendly and helpful. I would highly reccomend this restaurant to anyone and will be a regular patron for sure.
This Thai food place is sooo good and amazing. I have been there 4 times in the last week.
after I finished my meal I didnt feel fat and gross like usuall. I felt great and comfortably full. deffinatly will go back. good service, very fast, and accurate.
great atmosphere. loved the tables, I love the presentation on the food. its like nothing I have ever seen before. :D
Excellent thai food, very flavorful, great staff...
Excellent thai food, very flavorful, great staff and service. Restaurant is decorated and deisgned beautifully, great place to go with friends and family or for take out. I will definately go back.
