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Thai Hot Box
1598 3rd Avenue · Upper East Side · New York
Thai Hot Box serves 9 lunch sets in Upper East Side, New York, at $15. The menu gives no lunch hours. Each one costs less than the same dish on the regular menu, $1 less on a typical plate.
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- Lunch from
- $15
- Lunch specials
- 9
- vs dinner
- −$2
- biggest saving
- Prices read
- Sep 29
The menu does not state lunch hours. Call ahead before you go.
- Cheaper than 52% of Upper East Side lunch specials
- Set deals
- Prices checked Sep 29, 2026
Lunch menu
Lunch Special 9 lunch specials
Each comes with jasmine rice (or brown rice / sticky rice) and choice of side (spring roll, dumpling or salad). TOFU / MIXED VEGETABLES / PORK / CHICKEN $15 · MOCK DUCK / BEEF $16 · SHRIMP / CRISPY PORK BELLY $17 · QUARTER ROASTED DUCK / MIXED SEAFOOD $18.
- Red Currydinner $16$15
- Green Currydinner $16$15
- Massaman Currydinner $16$15
- Sauteed Basil Saucedinner $17$15
- Sauteed Ginger Saucedinner $16$15
- Sauteed Garlic Saucedinner $16$15
- Sauteed Cashew Nut Saucedinner $16$15
- Sauteed Prig Khing Saucedinner $16$15
- Sauteed Sweet And Sour Saucedinner $16$15
Dinner price: the same dish on the restaurant's regular menu. Source: thaihotbox.com, read Sep 29, 2026. In-restaurant prices, before tax and tip.
Getting there
1598 3rd Avenue, Upper East Side
Price vs Upper East Side
At $15, the cheapest lunch here costs less than 52% of the 176 lunch specials we read in Upper East Side. A typical Upper East Side restaurant charges $17.95 for lunch.
What you actually pay
Red Curry$15
Sales tax 8.875%$1.33
Tip 20%$3
OUT THE DOOR$19.33
An estimate for the cheapest lunch special: local sales tax on a restaurant meal, and a 20% tip on the menu price. Menu prices on this page are before both.
Lunch vs dinner: 9 dishes list both prices. Lunch saves $1 on a typical plate and up to $2 on Sauteed Basil Sauce.
Thai lunch in New York
8 restaurants, lowest starting price first.
- 2THEPfrom $13
- 3Ros Niyom Thaifrom $14.95
- 4Thai Hot Boxfrom $15
- 5Marwin Thaifrom $16.95
- 6Thai Chai Kitchenfrom $16.95
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Questions
How much is the lunch special at Thai Hot Box?
Every lunch special costs $15. The lowest price is for Red Curry. Prices are before tax and tip.
How much cheaper is lunch than dinner at Thai Hot Box?
Sauteed Basil Sauce costs $15 at lunch and $17 on the regular menu, $2 less. Across the 9 dishes with both prices, lunch saves $1 on a typical plate.
What comes with the lunch special at Thai Hot Box?
Red Curry ($15) comes with jasmine rice (or brown rice / sticky rice) and choice of side (spring roll, dumpling or salad).
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