Thai Time Cafe

Absolutely the best Thai food in Joplin, quality ingredients, and quality service! I have been going for at least 6 years now back when they were done in to now being express drive thru. They have really kept the same quality. Great portions and flavors. Friendly staff. I have had almost every meal and never dissatisfied. I will say the Green curry is my go to.💕

This is literally the best place I've eaten since moving to Missouri. The vegetables were like farmers market fresh. food was excellent. David was absolutely amazing. Was super knowledgeable about the different dishes and gave extra attention to make sure my daughter's food allergy was taken care of all while running drive thur..phones.. and other tables. I highly recommend this place!! 👌

Nope. I had much higher expectations, based on the ratings. Bottom on the list of pad thai I've tried. It wasn't awful, but not good. Portions were so small, especially for the price. Spring rolls were underwhelming as well, dry and very little meat. Pad Thai was dry with very little flavor. Staff is great, but it's a pass for me.

Not sure how this place garnered such a high rating but our experience was far from. The food proportion to cost was way off. Too little food for cost. The taste was very bland and tasteless. When asked for fish sauce nobody knew what we were speaking of and instead of finding out, just told us no, even though they had a shelf full of it. If not for the friendly staff, would have been a 1 star. Overall, will not be returning, if am ever in the area again.

This used to be one of the best restaurants in the area, but sadly it has gone downhill since the new ownership. It seems like they are making a lot of cheap substitutions, while keeping the menu the same which is very deceiving. Their khao soi gai was one of the best dishes anywhere, but when I’ve ordered it recently they have started subbing out the traditional thick egg noodles for cheap, packaged ramen. It was not an ok substitute. The curry was also extremely thin and watery, it tasted more like plain chicken broth. It seemed like they were trying to stretch a smaller amount. They started using the packaged crispy chow mein as garnish instead of fried wonton strips, which doesn’t even make sense. It’s really sad that the best dish, which they tout on the menu as a “must try” and is hard to find in the Midwest, is no longer even worth ordering. I’ve ordered a few other things since the new ownership, some have been ok, most have been disappointing. Pad Thai was dry and seemed somehow overcooked and undercooked at the same time. The noodles were hard, like they hadn’t soaked long enough. Flavor was just not there. The curry dishes have varied, but when I have ordered the lunch size there was literally no sauce. It’s also pretty annoying to have the person at the counter/window ask “do you want to leave a tip?” Instead of just letting you sign the receipt. I always tip well, but I’m not a fan of having to yell out the amount to them. It’s tacky and awkward, and I’m not sure why they started doing this. All in all, I would unfortunately no longer recommend Thai time, and I am very sad to say this about what was once my favorite restaurant. It’s really not fair that they are able to piggy back on the years of good reviews and ratings received by the original Thai time, but I’m sure they will catch up eventually.