Pineapples Thai Kitchen

About Pineapples Thai Kitchen

Pineapples Thai Kitchen is a Thai restaurant located at 722 Preston Ave #103 in Charlottesville, Virginia. It's part of our guide to 335 restaurants, cafes and bars in Charlottesville. It sits in the affordable price range ($10–20 per person).

Pineapples Thai Kitchen is open daily, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Note that it closes between lunch and dinner service on 7 days of the week.

Pineapples Thai Kitchen's menu features 110 dishes and drinks across 14 sections, including Appetizer, Chef's Special, Soup, Noodles, and Entree. Listed prices range from $1.25 to $29.00, with a typical item around $15.99. Dishes worth a look include Pork Belly Num Tok, Pad Ped Shrimp, and Tom Yum Soup.

Service options include outdoor seating, kerbside pickup, no-contact delivery, delivery, takeaway, and dine-in. Visitors describe the atmosphere as casual and cosy. The place is family friendly, LGBTQ+ friendly, and a transgender safe space. It is especially popular for lunch, dinner, and solo dining. Offerings include alcohol, beer, cocktails, comfort food, and healthy options.

Accessibility features: wheelchair-accessible car park, wheelchair-accessible entrance, wheelchair-accessible seating, and wheelchair-accessible toilet. Payment methods accepted: credit cards, debit cards, and NFC mobile payments. Parking: free of charge street parking, free parking lot, and parking. Reservations are accepted; call (434) 202-1682 to book a table.

Quick facts

Category

Thai Restaurant

Address

722 Preston Ave #103, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Phone

(434) 202-1682

Price range

$10–20 per person

Hours

Open daily, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Menu

110 items · $1.25–$29.00

Listing updated

April 2026 · Suggest an edit

How the hours compare

We compared Pineapples Thai Kitchen’s weekday schedule with 7 other Thai restaurants in Charlottesville. On a typical weekday it opens at 11:00 AM, close to the local norm of 11:00 AM and closes at 9:00 PM, in line with the typical 9:00 PM.

In total it is open about 56 hours a week, about the same as the local median (54 hours). 86% of Thai restaurants in Charlottesville open on Sundays, and Pineapples Thai Kitchen is one of them.

Compared with 7 other Thai restaurants in Charlottesville that list their hours in our guide.

• Pork Belly Num Tok$13.99

  Salad grilled pork belly or flank beef, tossed with red onions, scallions, cilantro and spicy lime dressing.

• Pad Ped Shrimp$19.00

  Red curry stir-fry with kaempferia, young peppercorn, bamboo, bell pepper, basil.

• Tom Yum Soup$7.99

  Spicy lemongrass broth, mushrooms, cilantro, scallions.

• Pad Thai Noodle$16.99

  Thailand’s traditional noodle dish. Thin rice noodles, egg, crushed peanuts, bean sprouts, scallions.

• Ka Pow Kai Dao$17.50

  Choice of meat: string bean, onion, red pepper, serano, basil, in a spicy garlic sauce. Top with fried egg.

• Red Pineapple Curry$16.99

  Traditional style red curry, pineapples with bamboo shoot, basil, green chili, bell peppers.

• Kao Pad Fried Rice$16.99

  Jasmine rice stir-fried, egg, onions, carrots, peas, tomatoes, scallions.

• Spicy Roasted Tofu Basil$19.50

  Crispy seitan, spicy basil sauce, red pepper, onions, green chili, basil, steamed veggies.

• Extra Rice$2.00
• Coco-Pineapple Ice Cream$6.00

Typical prices for Thai restaurants in Virginia

Based on 20 menus with 1,579 priced items from Thai restaurants in Virginia, the median menu item costs $13.00, and half of all items are priced between $7.25 and $16.95.

At Pineapples Thai Kitchen the median listed price is $15.99, higher than the typical $13.00 for Thai restaurants in Virginia.

Calculated from 20 menus in our guide. Prices vary by location and change over time.

Features & amenities

The neighborhood

Within a 10-minute walk (half a mile) of Pineapples Thai Kitchen there are 66 other places to eat and drink in our guide, and 145 within one mile. By type, the places within a mile include Cafes & Coffee (23), American (16), Bakeries & Desserts (12), and Mexican & Tex-Mex (11).

Competition is healthy: 3 other Thai restaurants are within a mile and 8 within three miles. The closest is I Am Thai, 0.2 mi away.

51 places within a mile stay open until 10 PM or later on at least one night a week, so this is a good area for a late meal.

Nearest places of other kinds

• Bars & PubsKardinal Hall< 0.1 mi
• Cafes & CoffeeThe Juice Laundry< 0.1 mi
• Bakeries & DessertsBodo's Bagels0.2 mi
• Mediterranean & Middle EasternSticks Kebob Shop0.2 mi
• Mexican & Tex-MexMaizal0.2 mi

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