Chada Thai Restaurant

Chada Thai Restaurant sits in Mercede Executive Park on North University Dr, just across the street from the small cluster of independent Asian and Middle Eastern restaurants that has formed along this stretch of Plantation. It bills itself as a Thai and Japanese kitchen, a pairing that is common among small, family-run Asian restaurants in South Florida where a single kitchen serves two cuisines to widen the menu without needing separate specialized staff for each. That means diners can order pad thai, curry, and stir-fried noodles alongside sushi rolls and other Japanese standards from the same table.

The restaurant serves beer and wine, which keeps things low-key rather than turning into a bar-forward concept, and it is open every day of the week from 11am to 10pm, a schedule built for both lunch crowds working nearby and dinner regulars from the surrounding neighborhoods. Complimentary parking is available on site, a small but real convenience along a busy commercial corridor where parking is not always guaranteed. The restaurant is also wheelchair accessible, and it accepts all major credit cards, which are the kinds of practical details that matter more to regular diners than flashy marketing.

Because it sits in an office park rather than a highly visible retail plaza, Chada Thai tends to be the sort of restaurant that people find through a coworker’s recommendation or a quick online search rather than by driving past and noticing the sign. That is common for small, independently owned restaurants tucked into Broward County’s many low-rise executive parks, where rent is more manageable than on the main retail strips but visibility is lower. For diners who already know it is there, it functions as a reliable, no-frills option for Thai and Japanese food without the wait times of larger, more heavily trafficked restaurants nearby.

Chada Thai has not built the same online review volume as some of its University Drive neighbors, but the listing information that is available points to a straightforward, family-run operation offering a broad enough menu to satisfy a table where one person wants pad see ew and another wants a California roll. If you work in or near Mercede Executive Park, or if you are simply exploring the restaurant options tucked just north of Broward Mall, Chada Thai is worth adding to the rotation for an easy, affordable Thai and Japanese meal.