Muangthai — Restaurant in Austin

Good, authentic Thai food. I love the blends of spices. Be patient, they are a sit down "linger longer" style restaurant, not "dine-and-dash" (although they do offer take out if you call 45-60 minutes ahead).

Portions are large and you can get two (or more) servings from most entrees, so even though many dishes have a higher price tag, you're getting a good value for the food.

Thai foods have a wide range of flavor, and these foods are authentic. Foods are spiced very well, ranging from strong to weak. Spicy does not always mean hot, and if you're not familiar with Thai food the flavors and blends of some dishes may be stronger than you expect. Some dishes are hot, others are strongly sour, or sweet, or tangy, or salty, and some dishes are mild or bland. Traditionally, flavorful Thai dishes are served "family style" with everyone sharing with a blend of flavors at the table. A few bites of an hot curry, a few bites of a sweet & sour dish, a few bites of white rice, a mix of something tangy, alternate them all.

I particularly enjoy their gaeng pah, an hot soup-like curry, their blend of spices is amazing. Be aware that it is spicy hot and will make your sinuses run for about an hour, it includes is a distinctive blend of flavorful ingredients that I find deeply satisfying. This is not a sharp heat like a chili sauce that hits you behind the eyes, but a blend of veggies, peppers and strong herbs that warms the soul.

If you want something milder, Massaman curry is a meat-and-potatoes curry dish that sticks to your bones. Seafood dishes, noodle dishes, and and rice dishes are all tasty if curry isn't your preference, or if you're looking to round out a group dinner.

They have a singer/guitarist for live music every alternate Friday night. He sings classic rock and country songs, and takes requests. The music is a little odd for the atmosphere, but it is enjoyable.

Be patient and get there early. The food is prepared fresh and cooked to order, and many Thai dishes take time. During dinner rush on a busy Friday night you may wait up to an hour for your food, so have conversation topics ready. If you don't want to wait, go there mid-week. You'll get the longest waits Friday nights and weekends after 6:00.

I notice several poor reviews point out that if you get there late in the evening they denied orders for various reasons. This is true, don't arrive at closing time. The food is prepared fresh, so if you get there late in the evening on a busy Friday night they may be out of some specific veggies or other ingredients. They stop taking orders about 8:45. Again, this is not fast food nor a...

Ordered curry with beef but received chicken instead. No one in our party enjoys chicken in water. Since we were already settled in hotel room after a long drive, I called and told them about discrepancy hoping to get a refund over the phone. I was asked to bring the food back for a refund. I thought it was ridiculous but ok'd it and told them I would bring it the next day. I placed it in the hotel refrigerator overnight, then brought it back the following day. All 3 + of the employees including the cook in the kitchen gathered and inspected my food in the kitchen for a while. It was only missing 1 cc of the soup, the amount needed to get consumed till exposing the wrong type of meat. The employee came out and finally gave me a refund to my credit card. She said she had to ask to bring the food back because in the past someone ate almost half of the food and brought half emptied container. It wasn't worth it if I add up the time I spent on the phone (had to talk to two different girls as the first one claimed she wasn't in charge), the time I had to drive there and finally the time I had to stand there awkwardly while they were inspecting the food. I think it was their attitude that turned me off further. The store was covered with little stickers on how we should 'support small businesses' , I can say their customer service mentality was a size small as well. It was obviously their fault but they weren't that apologetic, doubted me when I called them in the first place, and thought it was ok to make me stand there that long. Mistakes can happen and frankly I had received wrong orders from others more than a couple times in the past in my short life. However, no restaurants ever asked me to bring back the food for refund. I would gladly send pictures/videos over the phone or email if they ask for some kind of 'proof'. I also thought it was inappropriate when she told me a story about a customer who brought half emptied container. It doesn't matter if you ate 1% or 50% of the wrongly made food. I hope they didn't reuse my food for their lunch specials that day.

All the other items we ordered were all mediocre at best. Later, I read several other reviews about getting wrong orders so I guess it happens quite often. It's a shame this place comes up as one of the top thai restaurants in town in doordash or...

UNCOOKED FOOD !! ABUSIVE STAFF !!

1.Firstly, we wait for 5-10 minutes to simply get seated, with nobody ahead of us.

We order food immediately. We are served water and we are waiting. 20 minutes later we see a server heading towards us and she places silver ware. 10 minutes later (its been 30min already!) we were like how much time the food will take? The waitress says "your yellow curry is ready, but we are waiting on the green curry to get ready". I was like could you please get us whatever is ready, and she says "THATS AGAINST OUR POLICY, WE GET ALL THE ORDER OF A TABLE AT THE SAME TIME". That was absolute crap...

Finally after 40 MINUTES we get OUR ORDER and the ALL THE VEGGIES IN THE CURRY ARE UNCOOKED.

When we tell the waitress about this, she was like "GO TALK TO THE CHEF".

I and my husband were completely shocked, by the sort of answer she gave and we were about to pay and leave. When we were about to leave we were approached by another waiter asking if everything was okay, and we narrated the whole incident to him. THE WAITER REPLIED SAYING " BUT YOU ATE SOME CURRY". This was total rudeness..firstly we were served food after 40 minutes of wait and when we raise our concerns and yet pay, we are told that you'll ate the curry. WTH... Even after all of this we simply paid the bill..

Eventually, a couple of other STAFF members came in, and ALL OF THEM WERE RUDE. ONE OF THE WAITER SAID DO NOT COME HERE AGAIN AND 30-40 MINUTES IS OUR STANDARD WAIT TIME.

THE CHEF CAME IN AND SAID, WE HAD LOADS OF ORDERS SO THIS HAPPENS!! My husband said, THATS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND THE CHEF RAISED HIS VOICE AND WAS ABOUT TO GET ABUSIVE. I WAS ON THE VERGE OF CALLING 911 SINCE I FEARED MY AND MY HUSBANDS SAFETY , WITH THE ABUSIVENESS OF THE CHEF and the STAFF.

We are an absolute fan of THAI FOOD and our experiences have been awesome at other Thai places.

BUT GUYS BEWARE OF...