Thai10 (also written Thaiten on the menu, though I've never figured out which is the official spelling and don't think the kitchen has either) is the authentic-Thai pick on North Minnesota. 1229 North Minnesota, just north of the river, in a stretch of strip-mall storefronts where the rent is right and the dining is honest. 4.7 stars across 369 reviews, which puts it ahead of every other Thai room in the city by rating, and the review volume — while smaller than the bigger downtown spots — is the volume of a kitchen that's been quietly serving regulars for years.
The orders. Pad kee mao. Pork jerky ribs. Tom yum. Gra prow. If you're writing down one dish, write down the pork jerky ribs — the kitchen is doing something specific with the texture that I haven't found anywhere else in the city, and there are people who drive across town for them. The pad kee mao is the broader-appeal order, the drunken-noodle dish in its more authentic form than what you'll get at Pho Thai Downtown. The gra prow is the test order — Thai basil chicken, simple, hard to mess up, and easy to mess up at the same time. Order it, see how it lands. If it's right, you'll know it's right.
The boba menu is the surprise. Most Thai rooms in the city have an obligatory bubble-tea section that reads like a footnote. Thai10's boba menu reads like the kitchen actually cares about it. There's a mango variant, a brown-sugar variant, a rose milk tea, and a lavender option that's better than it has any right to be. If you're going at lunch, get a boba on the way out. It's the right closer.
This is a counter-order room. You walk in, you stand in line, you order at the counter, you sit down, and they bring the food to your table when it's ready. That's still slightly unusual in Sioux Falls outside of fast-casual, and it works in Thai10's favor — the model keeps the prices honest, the kitchen focused, and the labor budget on the people cooking instead of the people serving. The trade-off is that the dining room doesn't have the sit-down ambiance of, say, Pho Thai Downtown. You're here for the food, the price, and the speed.
The hand-made noodles are the other detail worth flagging. Most of the Thai rooms in the city are running through standard wholesale noodles. Thai10 makes them in-house. You can taste it in the pad kee mao especially — the noodle has bite, has chew, has the actual texture that makes drunken noodles work as a dish. That's a kitchen-effort signal that the rest of the city's Thai scene mostly doesn't bother with.
Hours. Closed Mondays. 11 AM to 9 PM Tuesday through Sunday. The midday lull around 3 PM is the under-utilized window — the kitchen is in between rushes, the room is half empty, the food comes out fast. If your schedule allows a 2:30 lunch, this is the time to go. The Friday and Saturday dinner rushes are real but manageable.
Spring rolls — generous. The order comes with three pieces and they're sized correctly. Most of the city's spring rolls are undersized for the price; Thai10's are appropriately sized.
Parking is the strip-mall lot. Easy. Always available.
For takeout: Thai10's to-go is reliable. The boba travels fine, the rice dishes hold up, the curries hold up, the noodle dishes lose maybe ten percent of their crispness on the road but still arrive in good shape. Call ahead by twenty minutes and the order is ready when you walk in. The packaging is sensible — separate containers for sauces, hot food in proper insulating boxes.
Card and cash both work. Tip in cash if possible. The phone is (605) 271-4281. There is no standalone website — the operating presence is on Facebook, which in this category is normal but worth noting if you're trying to find current hours.
Compared to the other Thai-leaning rooms in the city: Thai10 is the most authentic, the most kitchen-driven, and the most worth a specific drive. Pho Thai Downtown is the broader, sushi-and-everything room. Pho Thai West and East are the same family in different neighborhoods. Phnom Penh is the singular Cambodian-Thai-Vietnamese hybrid further north on Minnesota. Of those four, Thai10 is the one to choose if your priority is the Thai itself, executed with care, at a counter-order price.
Compared to Ramen Fuji and the rest of the Japanese-Korean side of the scene: different cuisine, different format. The cross-reference is that both Thai10 and Ramen Fuji are kitchens where the food is the headline and the ambience is incidental. That's the kind of room I trust most.
If you're Thai-curious and have never tried the cuisine in Sioux Falls — start at Pho Thai Downtown to get oriented, then come to Thai10 for the deeper version. The progression matters. Walking into Thai10 cold without a Pho Thai baseline can be slightly overwhelming because the menu is unapologetically Thai and the spice levels run hot if you let them.
If you're Thai-experienced — go directly to Thai10. The pork jerky ribs are the welcome.
If you have twenty extra dollars and an extra ten minutes — order the pad kee mao, the gra prow, the spring rolls, a tom yum to share, and one boba to go. That's the platonic ideal of a Thai10 visit. About $35 a head. Worth every dollar.
The bottom line. Thai10 is the kitchen-driven authentic Thai pick in Sioux Falls, and the people who eat here regularly know it. The 369 reviews at 4.7 stars are the receipts. If a friend asks where to go for "real Thai food in Sioux Falls" — Thai10 is the answer, and the second answer is "go on a Tuesday at 2:30 if you want the kitchen at its best."