Mai Thai Restaurant

Good ordering experience, food was hot and ready on time for pickup. Drunken noodle (chicken) was a good flavor, but sweeter than I'm used to (more onions and peppers, perhaps?). Not as spicy either; their 5 on a scale of 5 corresponds to about a 6/10 at my favorite place. Don't bother with the spring rolls; they're just mostly shredded iceberg lettuce and a sprinkle of grated carrots in wrappers. Aside from that disappointment, everything else was good, and the servers were very polite and cheerful.

Great food with large portions however the atmosphere and service at the 144th location were a bit lackluster. My utensils were dirty, as well as the appetizer plates. This location doesn't have its liquor license so couldn't try the delicious sounding cocktails. Honestly, I will eat their food again, but as take-out.

My first visit here, and perhaps Covid times is not the best experience. I love Thai food and have eaten it in restaurants all over the world and over a three months stay in Bangkok over a three year period. So I know what the real Thai food is like. Mai Thai was deserted even on a Sunday at 2 PM, and I saw only one other couple there and a takeaway pickup. The service was OK - perhaps the waitress was bored by the lack of customers and so was whiling away the time on her Phone. The table I was seated at hadn’t been cleaned well and a couple grains of cooked rice remained. It happens. I ordered the whole Pompano fish, and specified that I wanted it really hot (5 on a scale of 1-5). It was barely a 3, too sweet sauce and while the presentation was impressive, the flavor less so - it’d been cooked so much that everything was burned crisp. When I asked for Chili oil tray, I was told all they had was ground chilis and a hot sauce, which still helped me eat the food. I regretted driving away from the Vietnamese restaurant that was my first choice. I’ll likely give it another try before abandoning it forever. Maybe another more often ordered dish might be better prepared. I’d advice anyone familiar with and liking spicy food to be careful about their expectations.

Food was excellent, service was amazing. The waiter was so nice and thoughtful. They had awesome vegan options like the tofu vegetable red curry and the drunken tofu noodles with lots of veggies. They were very adaptive to my vegan lifestyle. I was thankful for that. They have a vegan dessert too. Mango coconut sticky rice. The mango was PERFECT! I liked that it was pretty quiet