Spice Cafe

Reviews

• Ryan D.

  star star star star star 31 May 2026

  May absolute favorite place. Always hot and fresh. The female cook is the best and super nice! Service is great when ryan works. Love the pad Thai and chicken pad ew!

• Jessica L.

  star star star star star 30 May 2026

  Loved it! The food was perfectly seasoned, And was served pretty quickly. Went during lunch time and was in and out with full bellies. Thankful for the great service. We will definitely be back for lunch again! The shrimp was awesome and loved all the veggies(I got extra). My SO loved his fried rice and cleaned his plate.

• John S.

  star star star star_border star_border 27 May 2026

  This is a comprehensive and fair review of Spice Cafe. It's a solid 3 stars for Pinehurst/Southern Pines Thai food. I ordered the chicken Tom Yum and the pork Pad See Ewe. I rate each 3/5 stars. The flavor of the Tom Yum was overall good. The balance was a little bit off, with the sweet component being a little too dominant, but that's common in Americanized Asian food. They left out a few key ingredients that are traditionally used in Tom Yum soup: Kaffir lime leaves and galangal. It's possible they used these during cooking and removed them before serving so as not to confuse people who think they are edible.
  
  The pad sew ewe was just OK. From what I can tell, they use the same dried rice noodles that you can buy at any grocery store. You can usually tell a difference when they use fresh noodles, like they do at Thai fusion in Pinehurst. The flavor was overall good, but again the noodles had a disappointing texture and there was way too much oil used in preparation of the dish.
  
  Another red flag is that no Thai chilis are actually used in the restaurant. They use red pepper flakes... if you're looking for a Thai restaurant to try in the area, I would recommend Thai fusion over this place simply due to better quality of ingredients.

• Tim H.

  star star star star_border star_border 17 May 2026

  I had great customer service, the waitress was very nice. The food came out in a reasonable time. My food was very bland and I would give it a 2/5 but the service was good.

• C. E.

  star star star star star 13 May 2026

  Place an order over the phone for Chicken Pad Se Ew. Friendly, fast and efficient service. Picked up my order twenty minutes later. The woman was very friendly and accommodating.  
  The food was delicious. The noodles were different from what I usually see with this dish, but variety is good. Great mixture of veggies n chicken.