Thai Cottage Westheimer — Restaurant in Houston

In a nutshell… another hidden Gem close to the a beltway 8. The flavor of the food at this place is from another world considering the tier. Nice, but not excessively fancy.

In more than 3 years eating here at least 1 time per week I haven’t found a better Thai Place and I’ve tried a few. There might be one that can match this one up or even surpass it, I just haven’t found it in Houston yet and I repeat… I’ve tried.

There’s apparently a new management in place and they’ve made a few changes so far I’m not too happy with, like eliminating the original Fresh Shrimp Spring Roll they had that was a must for me during lunchtime break, they swapped it for a huge one that’s more expensive and not even a bit better (in my opinion). But this place is SO GOOD in general, that unfortunate Spring Roll change won’t keep me away at all.

I work around the area so, I'm a big time lunch special consumer for this place:

There are 2 Dishes that have a technical tie for me. Which is the Pad Thai that is simply life-changing… that’s it, haven't found match for it, has an addictive-impacting flavor and The Yellow Curry, that has the same appreciation from me. Is creamy, intense, sweet and balanced!

But is barely impossible to go wrong with the rest of the Menu... any of the soups (specially the Tom Yum) and other dishes like Princess of Siam, Garlic and Pepper Lovers, Taste of Ginger, Peanut-Rama, the Roasted Duck in curry or any of the other (Green or Red) curries, have at least a 7 of 10 on my tastiness scale. You name it, you won’t be disappointed, unless you’re a purist, I’m not sure how authentic the place is, since I never been in Thailand…. but what they have is GOOD.

Service is dedicated, organized, professional, very polite and overall very good.

Need to admit that on business days, I might have 40% of my lunches at this place. So my weekly experience with the Place is almost strictly an excellent and very reliable source for quick-tasty

This place was a buzz today! That was my first inkling lunch was going to be good. First the beverages... My sweet tea was AMAZING! It had a underlying taste I couldn't identify, but I loved it! We had the steamed dumplings to start. Very good and fresh; not chewy like some I have had in the past. Our egg drop soup and spring roll arrived next. Wasn't crazy about the egg drop. They put bits of chicken in theirs and it wasn't very hot. I can do without the chicken. I felt it gave a strange texture. I was hoping for more of the typical thick egg texture. The spring roll was a little too well done and they only give a tiny amount of sauce drizzled over it. I had to request more sauce, during a busy lunch rush, which caused me to wait longer than I wanted to eat my roll. For our entrees, we shared the Chili Basil and the Red Curry plates. Very good and filling. Both had a red pepper to indicate spicy, but the Chili Basil wasn't very spicy; the Red Curry was on point. All in all, the lunch was good. It was very busy, so the service was a little slow and could have used a tad more friendliness. My tea was not filled until requested and we had to wait awhile for our check to come after requested. I will go back. They have a full menu of items I'd like to try. The Pad Thai looked good. $35.00 (without tip)...

We arrived at about 11:15 am on a Friday just after they reopened. I will say the first thing I notice is nobody is there to greet you and you're trying to figure out what to do but in the end somebody came up and met us and took us to a seat. We asked for two waters with no lemon and the waters showed up not only with no lemon but with no ice as well :) with a quick remedy of another cup of ice we placed our order which seems simple enough. Space level 2 was actually quite hot so we didn't know what level 4 or 5 would be like. We generally like spicy things but perhaps their spice meter was off for the day. Pictured is the garlic and the pepper lover. For $7.50 plus tax, I received a bowl of some amazing chicken soup, an egg roll, about 2 lb of rice and pork with vegetables mixed with the garlic pepper sauce. It was delicious and I would consider this a bargain. Considering how fast people were showing up and the restaurant was at capacity by the time we left it was amazing how fast they were able to turn around their dishes. We will be back often not only for the quality of the food and attentiveness of the staff, but because...