Ruby of Siam

As I lived in Southeast Asia for 10+ years, I can assure you this place has quality authentic Thai food. We got Tom Yum soup, white jasmine rice, Pad Thai beef, shrimp fried rice, and Thai iced tea, and it was all so good. Variety of options to choose from the menu, quality food, good service, reasonably priced, located conveniently in downtown Highland Park. As we sat for about an hour, we saw multiple pick up orders non-stop. Loved by locals and we absolutely loved this place! We don’t get why this place only has a 3.9 rating right now.

From the tofu fried rice to the poultry duck, it was surely good stuff we had today. Another good thing to add is that you can also choose the spice levels too so that things don't have to be always so wildly spicy. Our server was nice too. It has been many years since I have had any Thai food, so this was a great experience to have. Looking for high quality authentic Thai food? This is the place that is best for that in Illinois.

It was snowing outside, so we started with some warm Jasmine Tea and a delicious Tom Ka with tofu, its a coconut milk soup with lemongrass and mushrooms, delicately sweet and warm. The crab sticks were their take on crab rangoons, standard flavor but different in texture. Now one of the best items I’ve tried of that evening was the lime chicken. It was juicy, deep fried and flaky toppe with an insanely delicious zesty lime sauce. That chicken is a must order if you’re here, but then we move onto their local favorites like the crispy panang noodles, these are reduced pananang curry stir-fried crispy flat noodles, and were also warm and comforting, the local favorites are actually inspired by the customers, I thought that was unique. Somehting that caught my eye even more was Pad See Iew dish but it has a crying tiger steak in there adding another juicy flavor that paired surprisignly very welll with the flat noodles and sweet soy sauce based dish. Their spring rolls are small and made from scratch, I always appreciate the made from scratch aspect, and the food is good so it shows that hard work does pay off. I ordered their half roasted crispy half duck, and it was honestly the crispiest duck I’ve ever had. Served with a sweet plum sauce that was perfect for dipping the duck in there. The duck was fatty and juicy and paired with veggies and fried rice. Highly recommend ordering that duck, I know there’s too many good items on the menu. For dessert, we had the classic mango sticky rice, and the mango is the buttery manila mango that is in season until December and then they use a different mango until they’re in season again. the sticky rice was sweet, lightly milky and overall this is a great spot

The food was outstanding – fresh, perfectly seasoned, and full of flavor. The spice level was just right, making it easy for the kids to enjoy. The atmosphere is great for families, and the owner is wonderful, especially with kids. Surprisingly, space worked extremely well for our family. Especially the upstairs. Service was excellent. Highly recommended for anyone craving authentic Thai comfort food.

The food here is definitely good, but what they struggle with is service. We came on a Saturday night, and they were severely understaffed. There was a line at the door for pick up orders, and we were told upon sitting down that if we don’t immediately put our orders in we’d have to wait 30 mins to be served. All tables were occupied and there was one server (I think he might be the owner or manager?) trying to take care of everyone. We both had a curry and it was lovely. The crab Rangoon is basically imitation crab rolled in spring roll - it was tasty but definitely not what crab Rangoon is. Prices are reasonable.