Aree Thai Restaurant - Vancouver

We stopped in for a quick meal and were impressed with the prompt and pleasant service, nice family atmosphere, clean premises, and great tasting food. A few other reviewers might take issue with the "authenticity" of the meals when compared to a favored local place of thieir own, an experience dining upscale ... or in Thailand -- which may not be fair comparison. We concur with the majority of reviewers, that the curries here are very tasty and Aree is a great place overall.

I order takeout from here monthly - so close, decent food, no wait, other nearby thai are similarly priced but much busier. Almost no foot traffic; can't see how they survive. Menu sees no changes or creativity, but kind service. Location is killing this place, not the food. Go here for a quiet, no-wait, basic Thai dinner. Not romantic or particularly kid-friendly ambience.

My friend took us here one time and ever since, we kept going back. The food is great! The Thai Iced Tea is to die for! and the desert ice creams is something to look forward to. The location is not the place that you would expect such a great place to eat, but it is where it is. Aree is the name of the owner and that is why it is named so. Definitely a must go !

My wife and I went to Aree last night, and reminisced about out time in Thailand last summer. Aree definitely nailed some of the authentic Thai flavours in most dishes.Som Tam Salad: we had #3 (of 5) spicy and it was the spiciest thing we ordered. Good texture to the green papaya, but this simply didn't compare to the Som Tam we had in Thailand. It was good, but not great.Tom Yum Soup: Fabulous. Lots of good veg, and perfect blend of spices. Get this. You won't be disappointed.Pad Thai: Not a difficult dish to make to a mediocre level, but Aree did far more than mediocre. Their Pad Thai was amazing. Great spicy. Perfect balance of sweet. The texture (noodles, veg and prawns) was perfect. Great earthy and smoky flavours balanced in. Best dish of the night (can't wait to sneak the left-overs before my wife gets to them.)Green Curry (chicken) with Coconut Rice: This is the one I was most looking forward to, but was most disappointed with. Too creamy, too coconutty. I'll leave these left-overs in the fridge for someone else. (Granted, I should have ordered the jasmine rice instead of the coconut rice, but in a place like Aree, whatever the server recommends as default aught to be the best choice.)Good prices, friendly service, little atmosphere. I'd recommend going, but can't give it more than a 3*.

Sorry to disagree with other contributors here, but I found Aree Thai to be poor.We ordered Pad Gra pow, a classic street dish in thailand, and one I have enjoyed there many times. The original version is simple but amazing, with holy basil, minced meat, thai birds eye chilies, lots of garlic and various sauces (oyster/fish etc), oh and a fried egg on top. Simple and amazing.This version did contain (some) holy basil - BUT lots of green beans, hardly any chilli, a few slivers of beef (not minced), onions and no taste. REALLY!?? Can they not get the (virtually) national dish of thailand right.It gets worse! Their chicken and cashew nuts was basically a chinese dish and contained about 1/2 pound of sliced carrots and hardly and chicken or cashews.That and a Pad thai (also pretty poor), came to $40 for a take away. Never again