Mint Thai Kitchen — Restaurant in Houston

Location was clean, kept, and had a chill atmosphere. My wife loves thai food and wanted some curry with spice. Our server was the only one as today was the first and it wasn't a mega busy day. He was decently friendly and took our order, brought our drinks out swiftly. The appetizer we got was golden shrimp. I would give that about a 6/10, it wasn't bad but had average flavor. The wrapping was good but the shrimp itself felt a bit lacking texture wise. My wife ordered green curry excited to see how the locations flavors were. I ordered the spicy fried rice with chicken and added beef. We were hungry and ready to eat. After the mid-level appetizer, we hoped the main dishes wold be great as we were literally the only dine in guests as the rest of the food during our time eating was to go orders. My wifes curry had pretty good flavor, tofu was good, however two big issues. The curry wasnt spicy at all, and the curry broth itself was watery. My spicy fried rice came out and turned out to just be fried rice unfortunately. We both weren't about to wait for them to remake the dishes so we ate what we got but wondered what happend. I found out when I got the check that our waiter felt we must have been the wrong kind of clientele to order spicy food. Upon reviewing the receipt, not only did he put no spice under my wifes curry order, but he selected no spice.... for my SPICY FRIED RICE.... make that make sense.

Needless to say there are an absolute TON of other thai options in the area that we'd recommend instead of waisting your time paying for food that you didnt order. We never once asked the guy to not make anything spicy, never told him to make the curry spice free nor the spicy fried rice into regular fried rice. I dont want to think its because I dont fit a specific eithnic appearance outwardly but it just seems odd to remove all spice like that when you've got a hispanic waiter, waiting a table for two hispanic patrons who are...

Before I start, I would like to mention that this is post/current hurricane Harvey aftermath.

We came here with another couple. They mentioned that it was a new restaurant in the area that was popular in another location. There was plenty of parking. There was also one other couple in the restaurant. We came on a Friday night.

The restaurant is clean and is nicely decorated. Dress is casual.

I came with three other guests that are vegetarian. They are very accommodating and will make most dishes vegetarian.

We ordered: Poh Pia Tohd, Vegetarian egg rolls: Tasty and not oily like in other places.

Khao Soi: The waiter stated that the khao soi here comes with ground chicken which is regional/preferred for this dish. I enjoyed this dish. My wife wanted some crispy noodles on top which is common in other restaurants but for me it did not make a difference. One thing that is different is that this is the first time it did not include the mustard greens.

Pad Thai with tofu: I did not order this dish but I tried it. My wife and I agreed that this was a very tasty dish. Better than other Thai restaurants.

Panang Curry: I did not order this dish. This was very tasty. What I liked about this dish is that you can taste the Kaffir lime leaves and peanuts.

Vegetarian Fried Rice: I did not try this dish.

I would like to mention that the proprietor of this establishment was very nice. We spoke on multiple occasions about different topics.

Overall we...

This location is one of my go-to’s for Thai whenever I’m in the area. I’ve come here sooo many times, especially for take out during the #Rona stay at home life.

Food: Again, I come here a LOT, so here are my solids: Pineapple Curry w/ Shrimp (favorite!) spice level = medium/3. Tom Yum Soup (spice level: medium or thai hot, depends on the day), and Xaiolongbao (soup dumplings). The soup dumplings are significantly better when dining in, but they do offer them to-go. In the past I used to love to get the pineapple fried rice w/ shrimp.

Recently, I tried the crab fried rice which was great when eaten fresh. The leftovers the next day tasted pretty salty. I’ve tasted a bite of the Pad Se Ewe Flat Rice Noodle from a friend’s dish and was pretty good. Not as much flat rice noodle, but that might just be the style of the dish.

Drink: Thai Tea. Classic.

Customer Service: Friendly & quick! The service has been consistent every single time.

Atmosphere: Spacious and quiet! Great for a lunch meeting or a chill time with friends.

I recommend Mint Thai Kitchen if you’re craving some...