Mai Thai Restaurant

Best Tom Kha soup in North + Central Austin. As an Asian, the spices and dishes taste like elevated comfort food. Very delicious. Every dish is flavorful, dependable, clean. They can make it as spicy as needed. The hosts + kitchen are very kind and accommodating. The location has existed for years, parking varies, sometimes I street-park and walk over. I've brought numerous people for work/events through the years and trust the location as my go-to downtown. There is a small up-charge for large groups.

Restaurant is conveniently located within 2 blocks of the downtown hotels by the convention center. Friendly service. Food came out really fast, 3-4 mins after placing the order. The food was good - fresh ingredients and good portion. Pad Thai was good. The papaya salad (somtum) could have been a bit more spicy. This place seemed to Thai owned. Definitely a place to go to if you are craving for Southeast Asian food.

Hubby and I came here for dinner. We ordered a pot of Po Tak which is a seafooTomYum Soup. It had shrimps, mussels, squid, scallops, mushrooms, and all the other goodies all of which I like. This soup though is clear and not reddish in color like the atom Yum Soup we are used to, and the flavor is milder. Nevertheless we enjoyed it. I pot is just a perfect serving of soup for 2 people. I ordered the Pla Lard Prik which is a huge fried tilapia fish in a sweet and sour chili sauce. The fish was crispy fried to perfection, the way I like it, but I didn’t like the sauce. The red chili sauce was too thick for my taste and all I can taste was that sweet thickness and salt. I think the taste of the sauce didn’t have balance and harmony for me. While my husband ordered himself a Pad Ped with pork as his chosen meat. This dish is a stir fried rice dish with red and black peppers, krachai (a Thai aromatic herb), onion and chili in a special red curry sauce. My husband enjoyed his meal. Overall it was a good meal. Also remember they close for a break from 3:30pm-5pm. As for the ambience, I like the place a lot. It gives you a great ambience for a meal, it is clean (including the restroom), and the service is great! I recommend you try it.