Spicy Hut

The food here is so tasy. I dont eat out much but when i do. I expect greeat food at a great price. This place never disappoints me when i go. So now me and my family try and go at least once a week. Sometimes we will go twice!

«Yay! I’m a fan.» might be an understatement. I am such a fan of Spicy Hut and their saucerific ways. They’re the legit version of Chinese/​Thai takeaway. Value for the money, and more importantly FLAVOUR for the money. The food is so good, all the way from their Calgary takeaway classics like Ginger Beef, to this insanely tasty Thai peanut Tiger Prawns I had last time around.
For take-​away, Spicy Hut is an easy 5-​Stars with me. Don’t wreck your epic dirty late night take-​away experience for the sake of dining in. I’m glad they allow kids, but being stuck inbetween multiple families with children working on their 80’s hair metal scream singing and drumming making use of their plates as as drum kits and silverware drum sticks kind of killed it a bit. It’s all understandable and out of their control of course. But, with an almost entirely empty restaurant, did they really need to seat us within chair bumping distance of screaming toddlers?
Part way through the evening, one of the ladies working there decided right then would be the perfect time to vaccuum the floor. I’m not sure why it couldn’t have waited until closing, but maybe I should have thought of picking up my feet for the vaccuum as some sort of fun between courses game.
I love the food here. Although next time I’m going to bring it back to my house…

very delicious and authentic. prompt delivery every time and it’s free, and if you order more you get free food!

This place has been a favorite of ours for years! Love the Wor Won Ton, Crispy Chicken, Ginger Beef, and any of the fried rice dishes. Consistent excellent quality and taste. Love it :-)

Don’t overlook this place because it looks like a hole in the wall. Give it a try!
First of all, a nice bonus about Spicy Hut is that they serve both Peking Chinese and Thai food. Starting off with the Chinese food, it is very good. One of my favourites is the salt and pepper squid. It has good crunch and the batter is not too thick and oily. Probably the 2^nd best in the city. The pineapple seafood fried rice is also amazing.
The Thai food is decent here too. The curries are rich and full of flavour. My favourites are the musamun beef curry, swimming Rama (chicken and spinach in a peanut coconut curry), and the panang duck curry. They always pack a punch.
One of my favourite selling features of this place is if you get take out. Depending on how much you spend, you can get free spring rolls, chicken fried rice, sweet and sour chicken balls, or a combination of them.

I really like Unilocal’s translation of 3-​starts «A-​OK» because that sums this place up nicely.
I love takeout, Westernized Chinese food as much as anyone else. Therefore, I’m not judging this place on its authenticity but rather how it stands up to other take-​out places I have been to in the city, and to be honest, it’s just average.
They have your traditional Chinese-​style menu with a few Thai-​inspired dishes (ie pad thai). The restaurant itself is a bit of a hole in the wall (though with tons of space) and fairly unremarkable. There is a parking lot next door and plenty of street parking around the corner.
I actually have delayed my review for a while because I wanted to make sure I have tried this place enough times to give it a fair shake. The number of positive reviews made me think that I was missing something, and I can now safely say that I’m ont. I have tried to ginger chicken & beef, the tofu, the fried rice, the pad thai, and a couple of appetizers. All of them were decent but nothing to write home about. I got pineapple fried rice with shrimp which had more imitation crab meat that pineapple or shrimp. The ginger beef/​chicken was over fried and under sauced. The appetizers were good but oily.
Also, you’re going to walk out of here paying about $ 15-​$ 20 per person for dinner which I think is a little too much considering the quality of the food. There are numerous other take-​out places on 16^th Ave that are much better and not very far away. Therefore, if you live near by and really want some Chinese this is a decent option, but I wouldn’t drive for it.

Deeeeeeeelicious!!! I can’t believe I haven’t reviewed Spicy Hut because it is hands down my favourite Chinese take out restaurant in Calgary.
The ginger beef/​chicken comes with the ginger sauce separate from the meat, so it’s never soggy. Just crispy yummyness, that I can’t get enough of. The cashew chicken with bean sauce is also magical.
Delivery can sometimes take over an hour, but I’m pretty sure I recall them also saying they deliver any where in the city– but I could have made that up. Overall– amazing– consistently. Doooo it.

I always drive past Spicy Hut but never go in because from the outside it looks kinda rough — tonight we decided to go in.
SO GOOD!
we arrived around 7 and there was lots of room (it filled up as we were sitting there) Service was quick & friendly — food was amazing. we ordered coconut rice, a spicy vegetarian curry, and pad Thai with shrimp. we ate until we were full, and had lots to pack up & take home.
we will definitely be back.
(we ordered Thai steamed dumplings too, but the server forgot and we never got them — which was actually a good thing because we had more than enough food!)

The place is kind of small and dingy. Can be very busy some nights. The food though is very delicious and always served quickly. I recommend the Pad Thai and Ginger Beef and the Chicken swimming with Rama. Don’t judge this book by its cover or you will be missing out.

We did take out, insanely good, but not great! They need to work on their ginger beef. For Calgary they do a great job for greasy Chinese, everything shined. I’ve had better, may or may not go back, depends on how hung over I am.

average ambiance, loved the food.
had the Thai Noodle Soup and Pad Thai Noodles and it was great. would love to visit this place again and highly recommend to friends.

3.5*
Hahah. This place makes me laugh.
To me it’s not Thai… it’s Chinese with Thai dishes … and feels like it belongs in a small town?!! :) so maybe a western flare?! lol. Yea, it’s also a hole-​in-​the-​wall but nothing wrong with that.
Place doesn’t seem the most ‘clean’ and to me feels very Chinese restaurant in the 80s or 90s haha… especially with the glass table tops over the plasticated table clothes ;)
Large portions.
Good flavours
and… you can get it SPICY!!!

I’ll take that to go please. Actually, it’s cold outside, I think I’ll take that as delivery please!
The roomie and I were both feeling the urge to eat out, but we were already comfortably settled in for the evening. Do we cook? Nay. We order in! But from where? Roomie reminded me that there might be a website or app or something that could help us find something good in our neighbourhood, but my phone and computer were in the basement… and as I mentioned, I was comfortably settled in for the evening. Thank goodness she had the motivation to head up the stairs and fetch her computer. Soon after, she was looking up menu options for Spicy Hut.
We don’t often eat the same foods (for the record, she’s pickier than I). Thankfully, Spicy Hut had a combination of Thai and Chinese food to satisfy us both. I was really craving ginger beef. And if there’s coconut rice to be had, I’ll be devouring that over regular any day. Not roomie. She’s a regular rice kinda gal. I figured I should probably throw some veggies in there too, the four treasure vegetable sounded like a decent enough option.
My share came to about $ 25 and I had enough for 3 meals worth of food… that is, I would’ve had enough for 3 meals worth of food had I not been craving ginger beef and eaten the entire container. The ginger beef here isn’t super saucy. It came breaded and fried as any good ginger beef should, but then then ginger sauce was in a separate container. And it wasn’t the sticky thicker sauce you might be used to, it was super liquidy. Made for good dipping of each ginger beef piece into the sauce though.
Four treasure veggies were like a stir fry of just veggies like broccoli, baby corns, etc. and the coconut rice was pretty standard.
Delivery time, I think we waited about 40 minutes for our food.
Would I do delivery again? Yeah I would!

There are times when everyone sometimes craves something less than healthy. Spicy hit certainly isn’t fine dining, but it sure does satisfy when I have that hankering for westernized Chinese delivery. The food always shows up quickly, and if you are in a rush they seem to make an effort to get it to you right away.
Spicy Hut can have a bit more spice and flavor than other Chinese delivery joints (although the spice level varies quite a bit depending on the dish… In general, my feeling is that it’s slightly spicier than your average bland ‘westernized’ Chinese food. However, if you go in thinking Thai, you should probably ask for extra spice or lean toward the dishes that have a higher spice rating).
My two favorite dishes are variations on ginger beef. The first is the ginger fried chicken. Think ginger beef, but made with chicken instead. Yum! For another variation on ginger beef, try the crispy fried beef. It’s made with strips of marinated, spiced flank steak and has a lighter breading than is on ginger beef.
The prices are reasonable, and the portion sizes are large. Plan on having leftovers for several days.
Next time you are thinking delivery, consider trying spicy hut!

Total comfort food.
Came in here because it was –543 224 degrees outside and I was starving, and if I didnt feed myself right then I would have probably passed out in the snow.
I initially wanted green curry, and so I ordered the green curry prawn as it was the only green curry on their menu. Yes I am AWARE that its NOT a Thai place, but that was the only thing slightly Thai-​ish on Edmonton Trail at that time, arright??? ANYWAY I also ordered the spicy peanut duck curry because every damn word in the name of that dish just sounded so damn good. Spicy+peanut+duck+curry=awesomeness.
Anyway, the food came pretty much within 10 mins of me ordering and I DUG IN. The green curry was nothing remotely phenomenal. No coconut milk in there. Jeez. I wanted comfort food, did I not mention this to the cook?
The ‘Spicy+peanut+duck+curry=awesomeness’ was DELICIOUS. Their portions were huge, so I took some home and brought it for lunch today. And even after it was reheated in a microwave, it still enveloped my heart with a warm tasty hug.
So kids, dont forget. If you head to Spicy Hut, all you need to say to them are ‘Spicy Peanut Duck Curry’.
Disclaimer: I dont know if there are other equally delicious items on their menu, so do try other items. They may not be as awesome, thats all.
P. S. I give this place a 3.5 star

I eat a lot of Asian cuisine and it’s probably the one food I go out for in abundance.
It’s a bit of a hole in the wall, been around for a long time from what people have told me and is well known. Prices are good, food is rather average.
Some dishes stand out, the green curry prawns is quite exceptional, the inverse of that is the pad thai, a mushy disappointment each time I’ve tried it there.
Service is good and the food comes out fast. Good selection of beers as well. I’d rate Spicy Hut as cheap and cheerful. Go for cheap reasonably good food, don’t expect anything remarkable and you’ll be ok.
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Lots of food, great price and great food. This is NOT fine dining. This will fill your belly and give you a pleasant warm glow for an appropriate amount of time after eating. It’s not overly hot, but if they say it is spicy (indicated clearly on the menu) you’ll definitely taste it.
This is my version of comfort food.

This appears to be a dissenting opinion here, but I was truly unimpressed with this place. I’ll concur with the others that the dishes were plentiful, well priced, and even flavorful, but the problem was the quality of the principal ingredients. The chicken (all leg meat) and beef were very fatty, the seafood was withered and dry, and the vegetables were stale and wilted.
The operational strategy of this restaurant (and of many such establishments) appears to be to buy inexpensive, second-​rate ingredients, and mask their inherent unpalatability with a generous amount of oil and very (almost overly) flavorful sauces. I much prefer quality ingredients, lightly and simply prepared, so Spicy Hut didn’t do it for me.

Dear Spicy Hut,
I owe you a big giant apology. I don’t know why, but I always forget about the existence of Thai food. I think I sometimes confuse it for Vietnamese, but after eating at your restaurant this week, I’ve come to the conclusion that I have been missing out by not having enough Thai food in my life, specifically your thai food.
Your restaurant is the definition of a «hole in the wall» and its quaintness couldn’t be more perfect. Your location is central but just a little bit off the beaten path, that means that the people who have found it, deserve to enjoy your delicious pad thai.
The spiciness of all your entrees is absolutely delightful. Not singe your mouth hot, but it definitely makes your lips tingle long after you’ve downed the last bite of Musamun Beef Curry.
I will definitely be back… probably this week. Top 5 take out meals I’ve ever had in Calgary!
Yum, Yum, Yum.

I’m definitely with Cleatus V. and Katie C. when I say that I LOVE the Spicy Hut.
I for one have a spicy food obsession, so it’s truly no wonder why the Spicy Hut feels like home to my taste buds.
It’s been around FOREVER, and the food has so much flavour you can’t go wrong.
What I especially love is that they have an entire vegetarian section on their menu! I especially love their Masaman Mangsawirat, their Phad Prien Mangsawirat and their Special Singapore style curry rice noodles.
The prices are extremely reasonable, the portions are large, and the flavours are unparalleled. And if you’re a vegetarian, they will custom-​make anything on their menu for you to ensure that it’s veggie-​friendly!
What this restaurant may lack in décor and ambiance, it more than makes up for with its food and flavour.