Chim! Thai Street Food

The place was pretty busy on a Monday afternoon.
Huge portions we couldn't even finish.
They were very generous with protein.
Server was super sweet
Great little place

Update:

You can see the character of these people when their response to my review is literally an essay implying all homeless people are just lazy. I'm a social worker that have worked in homeless services many years. Nobody chooses to be homeless. We will never understand what someone if going through unless we are in their exact shoes. It shouldn't matter weather other people don't like being around homeless people. That's called prejudice and discrimination. Homelessness can happen to anyone at any time. And they have completely missed the plot of this situation because this person was not homeless and could have easily eaten her food at home. And how is their response relevant to this situation when the lady was clearly trying to pay and was not asking for any favors despite obviously not being in any shape to work. She just wanted to be treated like any other customer. It is clear now that this establishment has a policy of discriminating against homeless individual as well as elderly disabled individuals that they perceive look too homeless.

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The minor irritation is the fact that they advertise vegan options when almost nothing on the menu can be made vegan. Something we have never experienced at any Thai place. The ordered curry (the only vegan item) and it wasn't very good. I was was very watery as opposed to creamy and not particularly flavorful.

However, the real reason for the one star is their lack of kindness and empathy. This elderly lady came in that looked like she may be unhoused. She had to ask them for like 10 minutes to give her a menu. They finally gave her one to get rid of her. She went to sit quietly outside (where there were zero customers) to look at the menu. Then they called the playhouse district employees to come get her. She tried to order soup and rice and had money ready to pay. They refused to take her order. We spoke to her outside and she told us she had a place to live but is disabled. She asked us to help her order.

We went inside to try and order her some plain soup and rice to go. The manager (I think) comes and explains that they won't serve her anymore even though she's not one of the "crazy" homeless people because the previous day she had gotten sick (obviously not her fault) after eating there. She acknowledged that she knew she had money to pay. They literally refused to allow us to buy her soup to go to eat elsewhere even after we expressed our discontent on how they were treating the lady. A lady that was kind and sweet and assured us she no longer has an upset stomach. If the only reason you won't serve her is you don't want her getting sick on site then why can't she order take out?

The entire scene was sad and horrible to watch. What has the world come to when a hungry little old lady with a disability can't get a restaurant to take her perfectly good money for simple soup and rice.

We will never go here again and will advise our friends and all of our social media followers do do the same.

See my previous review.

10/10. Best Thai place in Pasadena hands down.

Can't go wrong with the curries, crispy chicken, and pad see ew.

Lax vibes with super friendly service from the servers.

Love the feel of the restaurant. Seems like it's family owned and just feels very welcoming. Chim and Dash next door have the same owner so we first grabbed a coffee and then went next door to have lunch.
I've gotten food from here before but never noticed that they had any kind of limited time dishes. We decided to order the khao soi noodle soup, as I've seen it all over social media lately, and it did not disappoint. It has a good yellow curry flavor with a nice kick and topped with an interesting addition of sliced red onion and crispy noodles.
We also ordered the gyoza, soy garlic chicken wings and the crab and shrimp fried rice. I would recommend anything from our meal but especially the chicken wings.

Great Thai food in Pasadena - all the good stuff here and a lot of chef specials. Great noodle soups and all your traditional menu items plus beer and desserts. Great coffee shop next door too. Indoor and outdoor small patio to dine.

They weren't nice to a woman that wanted to eat like everyone else. I was eating inside and a woman entered and asked for a menu. She was ignored by the staff, while she asked (kindly) for a menu multiple times. After 10-15 minutes, a worker then walked her outside to get her out of the store and, I assume, gave her a menu. The business called a Playhouse District person to get the woman away from the property. She was trying to order a meal, offered to sit and eat outside where there weren't any customers, and had money to pay ahead of time for her order (which the staff knew/saw).

I commend the woman for being kind the entire time and not becoming impatient or angry at how she was treated differently from how other customers would be treated. Other customers wouldn't be ignored, shooed away, and be denied service and food that they would pay for ahead of time (this restaurant is typical in that you order, eat, then pay for your meal at the end). The woman didn't become unruly, raise their voice, or anything else that was disruptive to the business and customers. Just wanted a meal like everyone else. I went back inside to order (to-go) the meal the woman was trying to order and was told that I wasn't allowed to purchase it.

Very disappointing and I hope the business and all of us can learn from this and we treat each other much better than how the nice woman was treated.

2 years later and this place is still one of my favorites. My partner and I love coming here, it's never super crowded. It's quiet enough to talk and the food is always exactly what you want. Like I stated in my original review, they make it SPICY when you ask for it. All the staff is always nice, this is just a very delicious, cozy place. The lovely lady that was behind the counter came to our table tonight, on valentines and offered us a complimentary dessert. She said it was something from her childhood, Pandan pudding. It was warm, sweet, bready. Absolutely gorgeous. Best time and comfortable food. The Pad Kee Mao is a personal favorite, extra spicy.

:: Food ::
I've tried their Pad Thai and Pad See Ew before, both are pretty standard. I recently ordered their Duck Noodle Soup and it was pretty good, the broth was a tad bit on the sweeter side. I would've liked if they gave more of the duck breast, but I guess it did help that the duck comes deboned.

:: Service ::
Customer service is good and the food comes out pretty quick.

:: Parking ::
Their parking lot is super small; they share the parking lot with Dash Coffee Bar. I had to park on the side street across from the restaurant.

We stopped in for lunch while in the area. We were greeted by a very friendly and attentive employee. Everything we ordered was incredible in addition to large portions. We took most of the fried rice home because it was too good to throw out.

Hands down, my favorite Thai food spot in Pasadena. The restaurant is located on a one way street with limited parking in the lot, but there's usually enough between the lot and the street. Pork Pad See Ew is a go to item in addition to an order of the wings (zapp spicy). Give this place a try, you won't be disappointed.