Anothai Cuisine — Restaurant in Jersey Village

TLDR: Meh+GO fail.

This is the second time we've been to Anothai on 1960. The first was to try out the closest Thai restaurant to us (there's another one now though). The first experience was fine, but not mind blowing like that Thai place in Spring Branch. THAT is, bar none, the best Thai I have ever had in the city of Houston. The second experience was to redeem a Google Offers coupon for $9 for $20.

We ordered the Fish Cakes to start and our entrees were Pad Thai and the Wild Curry with Mock Duck. I am not a vegetarian by any means, but I like my tofu and like to try different versions of it when possible. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

The fish cakes were just a bit on the fishy side and not in the accustomed good way. Now before you say that's what I ordered, let me say the I am Burmese and I have eaten and continue to eat fish based things that most people would deem "too fishy" or just plain absurd. Nga Pi comes to mind. I nice aged fish paste. Or maybe some Nga ton gha, a dried salted fish pounded into fibers and then fried with garlic and onions. Yum.

Pad Thai, no brainer. It's hard to mess it up, except when you slice the chicken super thin, causing it to become tough and dry by the time the rest of the dish is cooked. We were not the only ones within earshot that got dry chicken.

Wild Curry with mock duck. The mock duck was fine and a little bit fun with mock skin to go along with it. The wild curry seemed no different than green curry with no coconut milk. It was also a bit soupy for my liking and the serving of rice that came with it was picayune. I had to order another miniature bowl of rice and I was the only one eating it.

Not horrible food, but not great. We prefer the other Thai place close to us, but hey, we had a coupon and now was the time to redeem that coupon. I pulled it up on my phone and they tried to scan the bar code (that never works). When he tried to enter it in manually, it failed. He asked if it was Groupon and I said no. He tried again and it failed. Then he pointed out that this was a coupon for lunch only. The terms of the coupon are:

" Limit 1 Offer per person; may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per table per visit. Not valid for takeout. Lunch only at Nara Thai location. Valid at both Anothai Cuisine locations (Houston and Spring, TX) and Nara Thai Dining (Humble, TX). Not valid for alcohol."

I was at their Houston (1960) location. He refused to honor the coupon and I had to pay full price. I'm sorry to say that I will not be returning to this restaurant. I have an email in to Google Offers so we'll see how that is handled.

Oh and a word about the service since others have commented. I find them to be slightly understaffed in the front of house. They are curt and in a hurry and might even step away from your table in mid sentence. The exception is extremely nice, slightly apologetic and annoyingly patronizing. It seems like her very existence hinges on whether or not you will come back. It makes me feel like they are just about...

I give 2 stars for the decent food. However, the service in this place is horrible to me. After the 3rd time to visit, I told myself I wont come back again. I generally love Thai food a lot. I come to this restaurant because its right by my house. I even can just walk to pick up the food. The 1st visit, I went there with my dear. Food was okay, a little pricy but the service was not impressive at all. The restaurant was empty. There was only two of us.

Last week, it was the 2nd time I ordered food to take out. I wanted to drink Thai coffee. I ordered it but seemed like the waitress ( also casher ) didn't understand or something. I showed her the online menu exactly what I want. Because I dont want regular iced coffee. Even though she had her mask on, I feel like she was mad at me. She walked away to get the drink also crankily told me that they only have Thai coffee over here.

This week, I come back to order food take out again. When I walked in, she was talking to another customer. She even didnt say hi to me. She continued talking to the lady in few more mins. Then, she walked inside the kitchen to bring her food. Then she asked me what is my name. After giving me food, she even not say thank you or have a good one. I just picked up my food and say bye to her.

Well, I wonder if she is owner there because I only see her there all the time. However, I dont think she is based on her attitude toward the customers. The restaurant is always empty. I dont see dine-in customers. If food and service is good, I definitely want to support the business.

I will go back my regular Thai restaurant also close to my house. I don't recommend...

I don’t usually leave bad reviews, but this experience was so disappointing that I feel I have to. From the moment we sat down, the service at Ano Thai was filled with unnecessary attitude. We were polite and very clear about our dietary needs — we specifically asked for no fish sauce or seafood in any of our dishes. The server even confirmed it at the time.

When the food arrived, we started eating it and immediately noticed it tasted and smelled strongly of fish sauce. Only after we asked again were we told that all the food has fish sauce. This was shocking, especially since we had already eaten some of it. We cannot eat fish for religious reasons, and because of his lack of care, knowledge, and respect, we were put in a very uncomfortable and unacceptable position.

Instead of apologizing or taking responsibility, the server made excuses, tried to blame us, and continued giving us attitude. Mistakes can happen in restaurants, but the dishonesty and disrespect here made the entire experience miserable.

We will not be returning, and I would not recommend this place to anyone who values good service, honesty, or respect for dietary and...