Tham Rab Thai Restaurant — Restaurant in Killeen

Last week I ordered the chicken curry, it tasted great (the best in Killeen). Unfortunately, today I ordered the garlic chicken wings and the chicken was not fresh. The chicken tasted like they had it in the freezer forever and tasted like it was refried chicken and it had a strange smell to it and a very strange taste just to be normal fried chicken, it didn't have any garlic taste to it, I eat one bite of the chicken and spit it out and threw it away. Please sell fresh food, it shouldn't smell strange, taste strange, it shouldn't be tough. I would seriously recommend people to go to well established Asian restaurants and not do business with places that shouldn't be allowed to serve food. The reason being is because you don't know if the food is fresh and how the food is being handled, it's a real common thing to enter these asian restaurants and for the restaurants to smell very badly here in Killeen (not all of them but there are many like the one downtown). This was the straw that broke the Camels back today. Just because you eat something that you think taste good doesn't mean it's fresh, the chicken my second visit showed me that the food...

Cute little restaurant with very kind staff. A true “hole in the wall” hidden gem kind of place.

Thai tea is creamy and delicious, I believe it’s a heavy cream based drink here and not a coconut milk base. Either way it’s some of the best Thai tea I’ve had.

The Crab Rangoon’s are light and crispy on the outside without being dripping in oil. The cheesy insides are rich and creamy. The sauce it’s served with is a sweet and tangy “sweet and sour” like sauce.

I got the pineapple curry with duck and it is amazing! There’s a lot more sauce than I thought there would be so it’s almost like a soup. The curry sauce itself is very complex with its flavors of sweet, spicy, salty, and perfectly savory. Though I am unsure if the curry is a coconut or heavy cream base. It does come with a side of white rice.

The pad Thai with chicken is phenomenal. Rice noodles were perfectly cooked without being too squishy and soggy. The bean sprouts add the perfect crunch. The lime you can squeeze on top adds sour and acidity to the nutty and savory dish. One dish of this could easily feed 2 people or 1 small stomached person...

I really try to go to a place three times before reviewing, but when traveling, what can you do? Based on my one visit, I easily give Tham Rab 5 stars. Their Thai Iced Tea was great, all the more so due to it not being super sweet like some I've had. The summer rolls were huge and delicious. Green Curry is my Thai standard I order the first time I go to any thai place. Tham Rab's green curry is legit and a great portion to boot. I wanted to order the Tom Kha soup, but at almost $10 for a bowl, it was prohibitively expensive (I'm used to $5-7) and out of line with the rest of their very reasonable pricing. There's a lunch buffet, which given my dinner time visit, I cannot comment on with first hand knowledge.

The restaurant was clean with little to no ambience or mood lighting. This is probably not a great choice for a romantic dinner. The bathroom was plain, serviceable, and mostly clean (the door could use a good wash.) The sink has actual hot water.

If you're looking for delicious thai food and don't care if it's in a fancy environment or not, I definitely...