Thai Smile Cuisine — Restaurant in Hilton Head Island

Very chill spot for a date night. The lighting is nice, it’s well decorated, and the music was at a perfect low volume.

Thai Tea is a sweet drink, but the Thai Tea here was overly sweet, even for my boyfriend who had a big sweet tooth. The flavors were there and it was an authentic drink, smooth and creamy, as it should, but the sugar was overpowering. It was better as the ice melted and it watered down :).

The calamari was really really flavorful and had the perfect amount of chewiness, coated in a really unique sauce. My only complaint is that it was advertised as crispy calamari, but for what I’m assuming was plating purposes, it was covered in the sauce as opposed to having it on a ramekin on the side which took away the crispness of the dish and also caused the breading to slide off.

I ordered the drunken noodle as my entree and was planning on ordering it on their spiciest level, but my waitress asked if I was sure so I second guessed myself. I asked her if it was american spicy or thai spicy, to which she responded thai. Unfortunately, it was not. I don’t blame her at all, everyone has different spice levels. However the dish didn’t seem to have a hint of spice until I added their chili garlic oil (which was good!). The dish lacked the sweet umami flavor usually in a drunken noodle but the noodles themselves were perfectly cooked and chewy. I got mine with tofu, which I don’t have much to say about.

My boyfriend got the cashew chicken, which was really well done. It was nutty and umami, the chicken was not over cooked and the vegetables it came with went really well with the dish. The rice was a little bit dry, but that’s kind of inevitable when you make big batches of rice in restaurants.

Overall a very good...

Our family’s dishes varied greatly in quality and portion. Pricing is high, check the menu before leaving.

Please be very careful when you order your food, the kitchen made several mistakes with our order for eleven people. A few minor flavor errors, and two impactful food sensitivities. We caught the mistakes and so did our server, but, the food was already on the table.

The chicken satay appetizer was very good, but the portion is smaller for the price. Both dipping sauces on the dish were excellent.

Som Tum was a large portion, but the flavor was off and there was too much fish sauce that overpowered the papaya.

Our beef panang curry was ok, nothing outstanding, simply good as a gluten-free meal option. Our meat was a bit fatty, but soft.

Ba Mii Hang was a unique dish, similar to Pad Thai, but a different flavor and we never received the broth on the side. Please be VERY careful and specify GF for this meal, there are two different noodles used to make this dish, one is GF and the second is not. If you have two fried fish patties and one large wonton on your dish you received the WRONG noodle.

Be mindful of a large group setting, service will be slower if there are only two staff working the floor.

Kids do not complain about their meals, but everything was “good” for them, Thai tea is...

Last night my wife and I experienced the best Thai food we have eaten in a very very VERY long time. And no I am not exaggerating! Yes you can find Thai food on the island and in the surrounding areas, but we feel nothing compares to Thai Smile. We started with the chicken satay. The chicken was perfectly prepared. The peanut sauce was to die for.(I mean authentic and incredibly delicious!). The Tom Kha Gai soup was rich beyond belief! Not some thin version that tastes like it was just thrown together two minutes before you ordered. We finished with the pineapple curry. Spicy goodness! Not sure how they did it, but every course felt like it tasted fresh even better than the last. And not to sound like a broken record, BUT If you want incredibly great tasting and AUTHENTIC Thai food in Beaufort county or dare we say the Low Country and Savannah areas, we feel there is no Thai restaurant that compares to Thai Smile. Find this place... you will not regret it. I know we have a new regular place to dine. Oh and did I mention it was inexpensive and the staff was incredibly friendly? It was and they were. Thanks Thai Smile!! We will...