Sugar & Spice Restaurant

(617) 868-4200

1933 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140 42.3897 -71.12

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Neighborhood: North Cambridge

Price:

$

Last updated 8.15.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Cash, Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Family-Friendly Dining, Late Night Dining, Family Style Dining, Food Delivery, Cheap Eats

Cuisine:

Thai, Asian

Smoking Permitted:

No

Editor's Tips

What People Are Saying About Sugar & Spice Restaurant

Featured Review

Eric Grossman

Contributor

The Scene – Exceptionally stylish for a Thai restaurant, Sugar & Spice caters to the bookish couples and graduate students who call Porter Square home. With curved, multi-colored walls, eye-catching lighting fixtures and an eclectic, international soundtrack, the dining area offers a modernist setting in which to enjoy a sprawling menu of Thai treats. Quiet, black-clad servers keep busy delivering extra dishes of tangy sweet-and-sour sauce or refilling water glasses. – – The Food – The laminated, double-sided menu provides lovers of Thai cuisine with several tough…

Editor's Tips

Save Money:
Stop in for one of the bargain lunch specials (large plates of chicken curry cost under $6), served daily from 11am to 3pm.
Parking:
Unless there's a spot right out front on Massachusetts Avenue, park in the neighboring strip mall's lot.
ambiance
75.0% positive
  1. “Same owner as the recently renovated Spice & Rice (formerly Sweet Chili) in Inman Square (Cambridge), but I would say the food at this Porter Sq location is inferior and staff a bit amateur (although friendly).”
  2. “It has contemporary atmosphere, tasty food, and good service at a reasonable price.”
  3. “Everything I've tried has been amazing and the atmosphere is absolutely adorable.”
  4. “They go out of their way to make you feel right at home in this cozy, funky space.”
food quality
91.18000030517578% positive
  1. “Best Thai food in”
  2. “Same owner as the recently renovated Spice & Rice (formerly Sweet Chili) in Inman Square (Cambridge), but I would say the food at this Porter Sq location is inferior and staff a bit amateur (although friendly).”
  3. “went to this reataurant on Friday, eventhough the restaurant is quite busy but the food is very delicious.”
  4. “the food is out of this world, and its great to have thai food that taste just right!”
  5. “Prices are good for Thai food.”
  6. “heard all customers who went in that day said that the food was great.”
  7. “The food fresh and delicious.”
  8. “Curry dishes were also flavorful.”
  9. “tried the Summer Roll and its sauce which is very good.”
  10. “The sticky rice was unacceptable - dry and fell apart when picked up, but the bbq beef was acceptable.”
  11. “The drunken noodles are really good and you def can't leave without trying the Avocado Shake.”
  12. “Very good thai food.”
  13. “moved from the west coast a year ago and had trouble finding a good Thai food restaurant.”
  14. “think all food they make are good and its taste is much better that the other restaurant.”
  15. “They have great spices, sauces, and dishes.”
  16. “It has contemporary atmosphere, tasty food, and good service at a reasonable price.”
  17. “Had the Eggplant and Chicken: fresh vegetables an decent portion size.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “This is my favorite restaurant.”
  2. “the best thai restaurant”
service
66.66999816894531% positive
  1. “It has contemporary atmosphere, tasty food, and good service at a reasonable price.”
  2. “The staff are friendly and attentive.”
  3. “and had awesome service.”
  4. “Waiters refill water glasses immediately and waitress was attentive both times.”
  5. “Same owner as the recently renovated Spice & Rice (formerly Sweet Chili) in Inman Square (Cambridge), but I would say the food at this Porter Sq location is inferior and staff a bit amateur (although friendly).”
  6. “Awful service - Don't wait for it!”
value
100.0% positive
  1. “It has contemporary atmosphere, tasty food, and good service at a reasonable price.”
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

04/05/11

Yummy Thai!

by BunBunGoldfish at Citysearch

Great place! We just happen to stop in while visiting another store and what a great surprise! The food was great, we got a curry and drunken noodles and both were excellent. The service was fast and friendly and the prices were amazing. Truly a gem!

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

11/28/10

Great food

by meedee at Citysearch

I love coming to this place with friends. Good food and great price. I do online for the delivery some times.The raining day may take longer than regular day, but that is quite understandable. I love this place.

1 Star Rating: Poor

01/18/09

Rude Reception

by Foodie7376 at Citysearch

My wife and I decided today (01/18/2009) to eat Thai food and unfortunately picked this place based on the reviews on this website. The young woman at the reception neither made eye contact nor welcomed us. She picked up a pair of menus and randomly picked a table for us (without even asking for our preference in a restaurant that was half empty). Much to my surprise she then literally threw the menus on the table and without saying a word walked away. We have eaten at multiple restaurants in Cambridge and have never been treated so badly. I have no explanation for this young woman's rudeness. But suffice it to say we opted not to eat there and walked out of the restaurant immediately. Others beware........ prepare to be insulted if you want to eat here !!

1 Star Rating: Poor

09/07/08

Worst Meal I've EVER Had from Sugar and Spice

by orlnjim63 at Citysearch

Let me be completely honest; I usually love Sugar and Spice, but today's experience was so bad I just have to write about it to get it out of my system. Vegetarian Pad Thai...sounds simple, huh? Well, what a plateful of tasteless greasy glop! I couldn not eat it and am now at home making lunch. I'm not going to go on and on about it, just let me make one thing clear; if this is the level to which Sugar and Spice has sunk during my time away, it will be coming off of my list of favorite/regularly frequented restaurants. MAJOR disappointment today!

  • Pros: Usually excellent food
  • Cons: Today absoultely inedible
3 Star Rating: Average

12/01/06

Average at best

by thaiboo at Citysearch

Same owner as the recently renovated Spice & Rice (formerly Sweet Chili) in Inman Square (Cambridge), but I would say the food at this Porter Sq location is inferior and staff a bit amateur (although friendly). The sticky rice was unacceptable - dry and fell apart when picked up, but the bbq beef was acceptable. What was actually very good was the dessert - fried ice cream (green tea flavor). This is a staple dessert with Japanese restaurants (and increasingly, Thai, it seems), so it's good to ask if it's homemade. An ok place if you're not too critical (or don't know Thai food too well). Casual atmosphere, seemed family friendly.

  • Pros: Casual, fairly priced
  • Cons: Food

The Details on Sugar & Spice Restaurant

Place Categories:

  • good thai food
  • great service
  • good price
  • awful delivery service
  • very good sauce
  • attentive staff
  • great spice
  • flavorful curry dishes
  • favorite thai restaurant
  • usually love sugar
  • tasteless greasy
  • unacceptable sticky rice
  • very good country pad thai
  • really good delivery places
  • fresh vegetables
  • very good summer roll
  • good thai food restaurant
  • really good drunken noodles
  • cozy funky space
  • great right
  • amazing place
  • bad experience
  • attentive waitress
  • inferior porter sq location
  • decent portion size

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