| Thai Peacock | |
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_-_055.jpg) The restaurant's exterior, 2022 | |
 Interactive map of Thai Peacock | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Owner | Chookiat "Ham" Saenguraiporn |
| Food type | Thai |
| Location | 219 Southwest 9th Avenue,Portland,Multnomah,Oregon, 97205, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°31′22″N122°40′49″W / 45.5227°N 122.6802°W /45.5227; -122.6802 |
| Website | thaipeacockpdx |
Thai Peacock is aThai restaurant inPortland, Oregon. Chookiat "Ham" Saenguraiporn is the owner.
TheThai restaurant Thai Peacock operates at the intersection of Southwest 9th Avenue and Oak Street indowntown Portland. According toPortland Monthly, the restaurant's colorful umbrellas "mark a corner of the oddly-shaped block" nearPowell's Books. The menu includes Evil Jungle Noodles, Pra Ram withpeanut sauce, Thai BBQ Chicken,salad rolls, andThai tea.[1]
Thai Peacock is owned by Chookiat "Ham" Saenguraiporn.[2]
The restaurantKhao Moo Dang, which began operating insoutheast Portland in late 2019 and is co-owned by Saenguraiporn, Kanik "Song" Charoendee, and Sitthisak "Nuii" Phoonkwan, is considered a sibling establishment to Thai Peacock.[2][3] The team is also associated withRukdiew Cafe,[4] which opened in 2022.[5]
Little Peacock[6][7] (also known as Little Thai Peacock) operates inPine Street Market, afood hall inOld Town Chinatown'sUnited Carriage and Baggage Transfer Building. For Dumpling Week in 2024, Little Peacock served Yum Giew Thod, or Thai crispy dumplings withcrab stick,ground pork, andpickled garlic fish-lime sauce.[8]
Portland Monthly has said the Evil Jungle Noodles and Thai BBQ Chicken "are creative twists worth trying".[1] InBest Places: Portland (2010), John Gottberg and Elizabeth Lopeman considered Thai Peacock to be among "uniquely Portland" restaurants.[9] In 2022, Thai Peacock was among the highest-ratedAsian restaurants in the city, according toTripadvisor. The website gave ratings of 4.5 for food, 4 for service, 4.5 for value, and 4 for atmosphere, each on a scale of 5.[10] Thai Peacock has ranked in the Best Thai Restaurant category ofWillamette Week's annual Best of Portland readers' pollI multiple times. The business placed second in 2020,[11][12] was a runner-up in 2022,[13] and ranked second again in 2023.[14]
