Penn's Thai Kitchen

A new - to me - Thai restaurant. It's almost noon, let's go.
The building is unusual, multiple businesses with a central hall accessible from the east or west end. A small version of a mall.
Six booths and two tables welcome you.
Menus are under the glass top of the tables, I like that, efficient & hygienic.
Decided on Massaman shrimp curry. Comes with a cup of hot and sour soup. Great starter for a February lunch.
I tried joking with the person who brought my food (as I usually do) but she was not a receptive audience.
The food was delicious, and a good quantity, as well. Lunch portions are between $10 & $11.00, dinners run $13 - 14.00.
The vibe was a little more sterile than I prefer but it wouldn't slow me down in return thoughts at all.

Worked here for years back in the day with Penn. Came back recently after being out of state for many years.

New ownership as Penn retired, and I left around the same time.

Anyway, the food is pretty damn close to the same. It's great. And they still have her cheerful photos across the tables - many of which I took. The menu is the same, thankfully.

The new owner is doing a good job.

Under new ownership since last fall, Penn’s Thai Kitchen continues to satisfy the craving for fresh Thai dishes. Tonight I had the Pad Ped Chicken, medium-spice with Thai curry, bamboo shoots, bell peppers and eggplant and rice. Enough for two meals, but I couldn’t help myself. At the NW corner of Crooks and 14 Mile Road.

I had the chicken Pad Thai; it is very delicious. I have been coming to this place for a while now. I live up the street from it. the place is kind of small on the inside. buy cozy. I have never had a bad experience here at Penn's.

Absolutely outstanding food! Nice place to dine in real quick or take out. Quality ingredients and perfectly cooked. The menu overall is excellent and average price for this type of restaurant.

Definitely one of my favorite restaurants in the area! The food is always delicious, and service is friendly and prompt.

The food was very good! The people were very nice also.

Very polite and Awesome food, would recommend crab Rangoon.

This is a great place to eat! Had a wonderful time here! The food is awesome!

The food was fantastic and very reasonably priced, the staff were friendly and extremely hard working and attentive (I swear my water was never empty for more than a second. I'd blink and it was full again). As a white man asking for spicy food from a Thai place I often get comments when I order spicy food about whether I can handle it, but not from Penn's Thai Kitchen! They brought just enough heat to enhance the flavors but not too much—just the right amount. My dish's presentation was beautiful (although quickly ruined by my use of the rice to sop up the sauce), and they only gave as much silverware as I asked for which is a blessing in disguise given that I'm very conscious about saving dishes, energy, dish-soap, etc.

The atmosphere was cozy and welcoming, but not very relaxing. The large TV overhead is a little distracting and playing blatant advertisement TV shows like QVC. I'm sure they would have turned it down for me had I asked but I didn't bother today.

The best parts about this place are their special diet accommodations. Most dishes can be made vegan and there are plenty of vegan and vegetarian options. Better yet, the tofu is cheaper than the meat so that vegetarians aren't subsidizing the meat eaters like every other restaurant does!

There was no WiFi that I could find. Not saying there isn't any, but it wasn't anything obvious like "Penn's WiFi"

10/10, would highly recommend.

My go-to Thai place. Their pad Thai is fantastic and they cook tofu perfectly

I picked up my order around 3:45 today and it was absolutely delicious! I asked for it spicy "hot" and they did not disappoint. I will definitely be back! I ordered the Cashew Stir Fry lunch and the portion was a good size. I will eat the rest for dinner ❤

Not a fan of anything Asian. My husband loves this kind of food. It was a night he got to choose. Our first time here. Husband ordered chicken fried rice. I ordered Pad Thi. We shared crab wontons. It is all very good. Brought to our car nice and hot. It will be our “go to” place.

Some of the best ethnic Thai food I've had. They don't sweeten some of their meals like other Thai restaurants I've visited. Of the several different dishes I've ordered I have never had a bad one. There was one visit where the portion was a little smaller than I would have preferred so I ordered a second one and the owner noticed, came out to talk with me and compensated me for the second order. I do miss the original owner for which the restaurant is named, but those that have taken over are doing her recipes right.

Could not complain. Ordered the chicken pad Thai with medium spice. Came out in 5 minutes. It was delicious, hot, and very spicy. Staff was friendly and the prices are fair. Environment seemed clean and well kept.

Just got back from our first time there (celebrated girlfriend's birthday on 12-1-15) and we have nothing but good things to say! The food was phenomenal; she order Pad Thai and it was great, and I ordered the Pepper Steak and it too was awesome! Great service and it their customer service really shines through!

Really fantastic food!!! We moved here recently from NYC and we’ve been missing authentic delicious Thai food!!!

This is our favorite Thai place. We placed an order Friday night, and we received the best customer service. They were short handed and called to let me know us know the order would be delayed. And then discovered one of the items we requested was not available. They called again and even suggested an alternate choice. We received everything and it was amazing!

My very favorite Thai restaurant. The food is consistently fresh, hot, and full of flavor. I also appreciate all of the great vegetarian options. I compare all other Thai restaurants to Penn’s and their food is always the best!

I need to know what they put in their fried rice! The flavor is better than anywhere I’ve ever been before. I used to get them because I worked 30 seconds away, now I’m tempted to drive 30 mins just to get rice.