We weren't expecting such amazing food but boy were we happy!! We had Tom Kha Gai, Pad Thai, Cashew Chicken and Curry. Nothing disappointed. Fresh, full of flavor and we had a lot of food left over. Comfortable atmosphere and fast friendly service - I highly recommend this Thai restaurant.

Delicious! Went here for dinner last night and it was so great! I had the veggie Pad Thai without egg or fish sauce (vegan) and it was so good! Amazing flavor! I wish there had been a few more veggies but the tofu and bean sprouts and onions were superb. Super friendly staff and lovely atmosphere, I highly recommend!

Amazing Thai food where the Fried Rice was one of the best. I loved their Pad thai and the coconut soup with chicken.

Amazing food, great service!! I have been to Thailand and know what authentic Thai food is supposed to be like- and this place has got that touch! The waitress had me at "homemade sauce" when ordering the traditional Pad Thai.

The shrimp here are fresh and tasty. But generally speaking the food there is a little bit salty. Hope next time they improved!

Best Thai food in Victoria. It's more like fusion. The pad Thai, fried rice and fish snapper is awesome. We come here all the time and loved it always. The host and the cook is fabulous and great service too.

It was my biggest regret to pick this restaurant over Baan Thai for dinner. The service was excellent. The girls are super friendly. However, the Thai food here were huge disappointment. We ordered a skewer chicken, pad Thai chicken, stir-fried chicken cashew with veg, and the durian lover dessert. The food arrived in a reasonable time. The food overall were too salty. I didn't expect my pad... more

first we had the veg spring rolls, greasy and no flavor...
2nd dish...a curry chicken that tasted like no curry i've ever tasted...no flavor of coconut milk and few vegetables...large chunks of chicken that should have been cut up...thumbs down.
3rd dish...a ginger chicken with vegetables. pretty good but overall i would NOT go back. other better places around... more

Food was spectacular and so was the service. We walked by having no knowledge of this restaurant and were so happy we went. Their #1 starter was so tasty.

The food was great! I had a party of 6, so we shared lots of different dishes, from curry to noodles to coconut rice, etc. I would have to say that mild-medium spiciness level is not at all spicy except for with the pad Thai. So if you really want a kick, try the spicy.

The place itself is quite nice and clean. It has a good atmosphere. I'd definitely recommend it for a night out.

As for... more

I went here yesterday as I wanted to try something new and I'm visiting from Vancouver. The food was really good but my only comments are the setting was a bit too dim ( not enough natural lighting) and when I asked for chilli sauce, I had to wait 5-10 mins until I asked another waitress for it again. Nevertheless, if you're looking for delicious Thai food, I recommend this place and their pad... more

Great Pad Thai - which is hard to get. Great service too! Best Thai I have had in a long time.

I ordered the number 15 soup for lunch yesterday, for takeout. While the soup was decent, it was LUDICROUSLY overpriced for the amount - $12 for a tiny plastic container. How disappointing and painful for the pocketbook.

Let me start off by saying service was amazing! Very attentive waitresses who are friendly and ensure you are treated excellently during your dining experience. Waters always topped up with frequent but not intrusive check-ins. Great atmosphere and seating.

Food, for the most part, was adequate. We ordered about 7 dishes and about 3 of them we couldn't really tell the difference between each... more

Had a great supper. Very quite with the rain storm so service was personal. Had two great dishes including a seafood coconut dish and a great chicken curry all on the same day the King of Thailand had died after being the longest serving monarch
The background music was a concert contadino which was weird but the food was JUST great

Amazing family run restaurant. Wonderful service, always reliable. Please try the banana spring rolls.

I came here for lunch and was very pleased. Decent prices. The server adapted the lunch menu so I could have a lunch sized portion of green curry (lunch menu is red). Service was excellent. Zero complaints. My favourite Thai in the city so far! Worth a visit!

The pad thai gai and nua phad bai graprow were delicious. We finished with coconut ice cream drizzled with honey, and then after being an avid Yelp user but not reviewer, I was inspired to write this review. The server was lovely and personable during a busy Friday night. Highly recommend!

Single handedly the best Thai place in Victoria. Always delicious. The peanut sauce is to die for.

I've been to every Thai restaurant in Victoria, and this is undoubtedly my favourite. The coconut rice will blow your mind and the Pad Thai is the best in the city. The noodles are always the perfect consistency and the sauce is rich and delicious. The ingredients are extremely high quality in all the dishes, including meat, which is often a lagging point in other Thai spots in town (like Baan... more

I love this place. I've been coming here for the past 6 years mostly for lunches combos. I've tried few Thai restaurants in Victoria and u think this the best

We will not go for THAI food anywhere else. The food is 100% authentic, the service is amazing, the portions are huge & the selection is awesome. We always get the pad thai... can't beat it!

Really good food. My family and I love Thai food and have been to a lot of different restaurants in a lot of different cities and this was memorable. Service was excellent and the food was delicious. The majority of my family ordered mild food and some ordered medium to spicy and we all pleased with the level of spice they received. The leftovers were delicious as well.

Just came back to Sookjai after a long break, unfortunately it has gone downhill since our last visit! The gang gai tasted flavourless, it was missing bamboo shoots, and tasted like it was thickened with flour. Such a disappointment for how good it once was.

Great lunch. Reasonable price

The lunch specials are priced at $9 or $10 which is very reasonable. Quality, freshness and flavour are excellent. Service is quick, attentive and friendly. Worth a return visit.

We decided to give this place a try and went on a Thursday evening. The staff were friendly, helpful and quick. We ordered an appetizer and 2 entrees with some coconut rice.

The appetizer was a bowl of very dry ground chicken with some corn mixed in and some little pastries cups provided for us to spoon in the filling and pour some sweet sauce over. Not recommended.

The Thai spiced BBQ... more

Never disappointed

I have been here quite a few times for lunch on various visits to Victoria and have never been disappointed so decided to try it our for dinner. The menu offers a great selection and you can choose how spicy you want it. There is lots of food so ended up with enough for lunch the next day as well.... more

Excellent Thai

I often go here for lunch to enjoy their excellent lunch combos. I have never been disappointed. It also a great place to have dinner before a show at the Royal Theatre!!

A Nice Place for A Fast and Tasty Lunch

I enjoy eating at Sookjai Thai. They have a pleasant restaurant, close to the city core, with good field, nice lunch specials and efficient service. Do not expect many smiles or much of a welcome -- dour is us -- but the food is delivered promptly, tastes very good and comes in large quantities. It is not the best Thai... more

Under new ownership not very Thai

My Thai visitors were disappointed with the food. It was more like Chinese food than Thai. Disappointing. The restaurant is under new ownership. If you like Chinese food it's probably okay.

Tasty & Generous Helpings... Heavy on Salt

Have visited this restaurant twice in the last couple of months. Both times the service was excellent. Both servers were extremely attentive, polite and friendly. The over-sized portions are well presented and the vegtables fresh. Tasty dishes!!! My one complaint is that I believe they over use salt; as my wife, adult children and myself all felt very thirtsy after... more

Ordered from Sookjai recently and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of every dish. Perhaps my previous lunch visit was an off day or just different preparations than they have now but either way, we ordered 2 appies and 3 mains and the flavour and freshness were solid on all of them. The satay appetizer was really tasty.

Interesting Sauces

This place was recommended by the hotel. Not being that familiar with Thai food, we asked about the "heat" and were assured that the dishes would be cooked with less heat, and sauces provided for those who wanted more spice. The sauces were terrific and we were told they make them in house. The food was good: (Por Pya; Khow... more

It's Official

Ok threre is no decent pad thai in this town. I've tried them all and this was about the last try. I give up.
The pad thai from this place was dry, had no green onions, and just skind of clumped together. No thanks. The spring rolls were pretty good, but they came with a weird sweet sauce like chinese,... more

Ownership changed - food suffers

My husband and I were Sookjai Thai regulars. We hadn't gone for a while for no reason in particular and in that time the restaurant ownership changed hands. We ordered the same dishes we usually did, Gra Tong Taung, Crying Tiger, Guay Teow Phad Ped, and Moo Gratiem - and the only one that was anywhere near as good was... more

Family style entrees

Our hotel concierge recommended this restaurant, and although it is a bit far from the harbor hotels, the food was really, really good.
The entrees are served family style, one big bowl that easily serves two adults. We still got two entrees, the milder Thai fried rice with chicken, and one spicier shrimp dish. The two together actually made both... more

I don't understand why this place has an average of 3 stars. I thought it was great - from the food, to the portions (expect to have leftover unless you share a meal) to the very friendly service. And I, too, have been to Thailand and can tell you that this is the real deal. Will definitely go back on my next visit to Victoria.

Thai food at it"s best

a NEW owner with a passion for fresh quality food. Owners wife make all the desserts with a flair for original asian tastes. We have eaten at this restaurant for several years and have always enjoyed the flavours--new owner has truly exceeded our expectations. Have a great meal at very resonable prices--

Under new ownership

We were in Victoria this month and decided to visit our favorite Thai food place in the city, we were sad to see all new waitresses and when we asked to speak to the owner who we have known for years, we were sad to hear that he moved back home and sold the business. But he was a wonderful... more

Great authentic Thai food, owner works his heart out and adds it to your experience

If this review helps you please click accordingly !Lived in Victoria for over 10 ;years, have tried every Thai food place in town, this has been and remains our favorite ! The dishes are authentic, you can pick your heat factor so custom made to suit your wants ! the owner works the place with his other staff and is... more

Randomly stopped by for some great Thai for fisrt time in Victoria and it turned out to be a thursday nightmare

Price for the food i paid for chould have been a much more wonderful meal at another thai place, looking to the portion i got and it tasted really bad. I used to live in Thailand for years and there was not a second of hesistate that i wanted to change the place. Their Pad Se Ew was... more

Authentic food

With the owner that brings his love and experience for food from across the Pacific, you have the taste of Thailand. Pick your favourite appy or ask the staff for their recommendation. We found them to be knowledge and will adjust to meet your needs. A positive experience with wonderful food.

Very good thai. Larger portions than other local thai spots. Had red curry, medium spice. Made to order. Service a wee bit off, but good enough. Will return.

Nice storefront Thai place

This is a nicely done, quiet Thai place with very good food. We had a cashew chicken dish and nice wine. The server was friendly and helpful.

I walked by this restaurant a million times and always wanted to try because it looks cute and they have some nice Southeast Asian & Thai decor.

After living in Thailand for years the food here was a real disappointment. I wanted to question if the cooks were trained in western style Chinese food and not Thai.

We ordered:
Tom Yum Goong - tasted fresh out of a package. In its defence there... more

Nice lunch, good value

It's likely that you'll choose Asian to eat out in Victoria; seems to be the dominant genre, and it was more or less random to choose Sookjai, although I did-factor in the inverse distance from the tourist district being less likely to be a good choice, and Sookjai is a reassuring hike away from the crowds up along Fort St;... more

To spice or not to spice, that is the question

Great food. Just remember that one restaurants spice meter is different than the next. I ordered my noodle dish mild and was expecting a little bit of heat, and there was none, it still had great flavor but without the heat and on this day I was in the mood for a little spice not a lot, as that is... more

pleasant dinner, but no wow factor

Perhaps I am spoiled by great Thai food from living in the Seattle, USA area, but after reading the reviews for this place, I was expecting a lot more. I want to start by saying that the server was extremely pleasant and the establishment was nice (other than that it is a little of the beaten path for a tourist).... more

excellent Thai food

I have eaten here often and I've never been disappointed. The Pad Thai is excellent, and I especially like their vegetable red curry. I've tried other dishes that I enjoy also, but I always come back for these two.

Authentic Thai food

Great authentic thai food, complete with very attentive service.

Awesome! Gourmet Thia food at its best

We absolutely loved this place. The sauces we as well prepared as anything I've ever had in a Thia restaurant. The service was great and food was top notch. The atmosphere is great because in spite of the fact that it's very busy, it is still quite and enjoyable. The nake grape wine has been recommended by severa lreviewers...we agree.... more

My favourite Thai restaurant in Victoria

Victoria has a number of Thai restaurants. Sookjai Thai is my favourite. The service is very good, the prices fair and the food excellent. A very comfortable atmosphere. The menu has a few items that the other Thai restaurants do not have and they arrive timely and hot! We always end up taking the leftovers home - I think we... more

super little known treasure

wonderful service - excellent value. the food is plentiful and they are not cheap with the meat. Try the crying tiger.

great staff, great food and great prices, our favorite in Victoria for Thai food, oh ya and cheep bottle of naked grape

Great staff, food, prices, selection, cheap naked grape wine, our fave in Vic for Thai food

Couldn't get enough

Hunger struck Friday night, hmm where to go?
How about Thai?
I said I'm in as I didn't know a good Thai Restaurant, well........
Garlic prawns were so sweet and succulent with just a hint of sweet and enough garlic not to over power the prawns, served over broccoli and carrots all pleasantly mingling a top one antother. Then....medium spiced... more

Tasty and Plentiful

We had the Guay Teow and Gaeng Gai. Both were very tasty and were fairly large portions. The waitstaff was helpful, even bagging the leftovers up in a soup container and wrapping them in plastic wrap, as we were heading on a fairly long walk home and wanted to put them in a backpack. The Thai tea was very yummy... more

Authentic and delicious

We went as a family here last night and had four dishes. We had the chicken red curry which was mildly spicy, a pad Thai , garlic pepper pork on bean sprouts, and a peanut chicken with mixed vegetables. All dishes were generous in portion and flavour. The service was excellent and our waitress didn't bug us but was there... more

Bets Thai food in town

Not only is the food excellent, but the kitchen is accommodating and will spice it up (or down) according to your wishes. The service is fine, friendly and takes good care of regular customers. The setting is warm and inviting, with both tables and booths. A full bar is also provided.
Flavors are always fresh and complemented by the spices.... more

Nice place in terms of atmosphere and service, but the food is merely mediocre. A creative chef's attentions are sorely wanting.

Best Thai food in Victoria. Maybe it just took me eating at the other two over-hyped Thai restaurants in downtown Victoria to realize that Sookjai was by far the best in town.

Fun fact: "Sookjai" means "Don't worry, be happy" in Thai, and this is exactly how you'll feel here

FOOD:
+ Chicken satay: actually grilled and fit the bill compared to other dtown Victoria competitors
+ Penang curry: a... more

I've been to Thailand twice and this restaurant is as authentic as it gets

Honestly my party had a pad thai and two types of red curry, which were all excellent! If you want really good authentic Thai food, this is seriously among the best in Victoria! I think the only resason why this place isn't more full is because it's on fort street, away from the busy harbour.

Best Thai in Town

Favourite Thai place in Victoria!!! Beautiful decor. The server was efficient and friendly. My favourite dishes are the chicken cashew, and Crying Tiger (juicy sliced beef with Thai spicy sauce- YUM!). I'd definitely recommend Sookjai to everybody! LOVE IT!

Bad service. Bad server. Pricy with average food

We waited by the banch for about 10 min for the server to even greet us. When the order went wrong, we ask replacement right away without eating it. The only thing the server is concerned about is whether we ate it. Are they going to serve it to the other person? Food is average and pricy. The service was... more

Sookjai's my boyfriend's favourite thai place in Victoria, and I make it a habit every now and then to surprise him at home with some takeout from here. They're always fast with friendly and efficient service-- even at busy times, I can get delicious food from here within 15 minutes to go. The decor is authentically thai and lovely, and the atmosphere's accordingly pleasant.

Here's a caveat... more

I love to come here for lunch. Great combo meals.

This restaurant is small and very clean. We wandered in at 8:45 at night after finding that the restaurant we meant to go to closed at 8:30 on a Friday night! This was a great accidental second choice and they seated and served us despite closing themselves at 9:30.

We ordered a Thai Caesar which was pleasantly spicy but not burning as well as a cold Singha. We started with Chicken Satay which... more

Very flavorful.  Good service.  They willingly customized my order.

Service was quite good, not surprising as we were the only ones there at dinner time. The food was delicious, though

Service was quite good, not surprising as we were the only ones there at dinner time. The food was delicious, though our two spicy dishes weren't.

I gave this place 2 stars cuz some of the dishes were ok and the decor was very nice but we were ignored by the

I gave this place 2 stars cuz some of the dishes were ok and the decor was very nice but we were ignored by the waitress, even to the point where I couldn't order a drink for 40 minutes and she didn't notice me waving. When she did fnally see me I also asked for some of the dishes to... more

Awesome authentic Thai cuisine! Excellent, inviting service and atmosphere with very reasonable prices. Thai beer too

Awesome authentic Thai cuisine! Excellent, inviting service and atmosphere with very reasonable prices. Thai beer too!

Poor service, unappetizing food

Poor service, unappetizing food.

Loveeeeeeeeee itttt!! best thai place in town

Loveeeeeeeeee itttt!! best thai place in town:)

Good place and food for every occation.

Chinese choy soy with Tomyum sauce and coconut milk for $15?! no thank

Best pad thai I've had in Victoria, hands down.

NO five stars due to portion sizes. . .if you saw how much soup you get for eleven bucks you'd want your $ back too.