Sawasdee By The Sea - Santa Cruz

The food was delicious, but even more with the beautiful view of the shore. It could sometimes get a little loud on the first floor outside seats. The Thai milk tea was too sweet for my personal taste. We have the pad Thai, spring rolls and green curry and we are very happy!

Delicious place for Thai desire! Love the location (it is above the stairs when you make the beach side). Pros: - All dishes we got were great: clay pot tofu/moushroom soup, catfish, seafood delight. I still think about the fried fish with vegetables that had the right amount of spices and taste. -Indoor dining room with view -Friendly staff -A toilet

I cannot BELIEVE this place has gotten anything above one star! We went for dinner around 8, four people. We were sat after a short wait and ordered beers and our food. The appetizers, shrimp rolls crab rolls came after about 15 minutes. The shrimp was RAW, literally raw and chewy...barely warm inside. We couldn't eat them. The crab rolls were crab, cream cheese glass noodles. The cream cheese was ice cold and the noodles gave it a strange texture. Also couldn't finish those. I ordered pineapple fried rice and it was bland and completely imbalanced there were more onions, pineapples, and raisins than rice and it tasted oily sweet no other flavor. Just when I thought the hits couldn't keep coming, my partner let me try his yellow curry also bland. This place clearly capitalizes on location and should consider replacing the cook. The only positive was that the staff was friendly.

This is the most overpriced restaurant. Each of these dollar tree meals were around $16 each. Portions less than frozen dinners. Highly do not recommend.

Decided to eat here as this came up often as a vegan friendly restaurant. They definitely keep their word, as they give the option to make a good portion of the menu vegan if asked. We came to eat around 6pm on a Saturday night and was able to score great seating by the window. Staff members were very kind and personable. However aside from the convenience of being literally across the street from the beach and walking distance from the boardwalk, the food was alright. We ordered the yellow curry (veganized) and the salmon chu chee. Both entrees did not include rice and needed to be added on as a side. Our bill was $70 for two entrees, two side orders of rice, and three rounds of coconut juice. Price seemed extremely steep for the portion size and overall taste of both meals.