Rum Thai Cuisine — Restaurant in Everett

Last Friday it was date night at home with the Mrs and I was in north Everett. So I googled this place and it seemed good. I walked in and it was empty but ok decor and the people were attentive. I perused the menu and decided to go with the usual.

I ordered the following: swimming Rama, phad thai, Larb Gai, and yellow curry. The gentlemen informed me it would be 10-15 minutes. I stepped next door and had a beer.

I returned and my food was ready to go I think the bill with tip was like $70 for 4 entrees not bad. Well I got home and unboxed the food. The first thing I noticed was the swimming Rama was at the bottom in a cardboard container that had collapsed and the phad thai was sitting in the swimming Rama entree/soup. The entire bottom of the had thai was wet as it had collapsed. Then the larb was on top in a plastic container (I’m unsure why they didn’t use that for the other dishes) and the yellow curry in a 16oz plastic container on top of that.

After opening all the dishes I noticed the larb had all black what appeared to be old mint. It didn’t taste like I’m use to and was “off”. The swimming Rama was very soupy almost watery and my wife refused to eat it. We tried the Phad thai and it too was watery or just mushy. I ate a little of the yellow curry and it was ok. Real disappointed as we were all excited to have a date night and eat some take out.

I hope this was a one off whoops but it burnt us so bad that I doubt I will be back. I should have reached out to the owner possibly but chose this avenue instead as it has been a couple 5 days since we got take out here. I wanted to support a local family run business but we won’t be back. We actually door dashed more food from another thai place (our usual place) to replace this food as it all had to...

This place was empty when we tried it one Saturday afternoon, which seems crazy, given how good the food is. But it's right downtown, and evidently weekday lunch is when they get packed. It's easy to see why.

This might seem like a somewhat run-of-the-mill Thai spot, but it's not. "Rum" means "yum!" in the northern usage of the Thai language, and these folks are honoring northern traditions in the way they prepare their food.

We got tons of flavor out of everything we ordered, which, honestly, was too much food. My brother-in-law helped us later to finish it, since we tend to bring him leftovers from time to time (it's tough to actually get him out of the house).

The service was so mild-mannered and pleasant here. No drinks, but insanely...

We tried Rum Thai last night for dinner and were blown away!! We walk by often on the way to other restaurants in DT Everett, and haven't seen it really busy, but man, I'm so glad we tried it! Flavor in every dish was out of this world, so much better than any Thai I've had here. Crab Delight (rangoon) filling was somehow fresh and herb-y with lots of scallion flavor- so good!! Pad See Ew was earthy and smokey, not so soy sauce heavy. I forget the exact name, but the Waterfall Noodle Soup was SO GOOD! Unreal. Incredibly flavorful without being a salt bomb. Lime-y, basil-y, umami-y. Just awesome! Service was also great, he was so kind and friendly, and answered all my questions about the dishes. We will...