FAMILY THAI KITCHEN — Restaurant in Maplewood

What a pleasant surprise. I was looking for something new, my tummy growling, when I happened upon the grand opening sign.

The resteraunt only opened about two weeks ago. The dining area is clean and comfortable. The staff attentive and pleasant.

I tried the Peanut Curry, Panang Curry, and Orange Chicken. Each dish was well prepared with a lot of flavour and good texture. The sauce on the Orange Chicken was very good. I also tried the Thai Iced Coffee which was about average. I went for some Thai Iced Tea and it was perfect. I got a second one with dessert. It was a Thai resteraunt, that means Sticky Rice with Mango. I felt it needed some sweetened coconut milk, but otherwise it was fresh and tasty. The mango was perfectly ripened.

The bathroom was clean and well stocked.

It was fun practicing my Thai with the lady up front. Even though she was generally alone, she kept up with everyone and had a great attitude. When she took a break, one of the guys came out from the kitchen to cover. He was really good and attentive too.

I really can't find a negative here. They do need more on the dessert menu, and I prefer sticky rice to be on the sweet side, so they narrowly miss a 5 star rating.

UPDATE: I have been here a few times since my initial review. I moved them up to Five Stars. I have since tried several other Thai resteraunts and this is indisputably the best I have been to. When I was in Thailand I took cooking lessons and learned to make Pad Thai, Spring Rolls, and Sticky Rice. I only mention this so you understand I do not give five stars easily to anyone, especially Thai resteraunts.

I have added photos of other dishes I have tried here. So far, nothing has dissapointed me.

Family...

First time eating here and here my opinion on the food.

The pork eggroll was good. It came out hot and crisp with your typical crush peanut on mild sweet and sour sauce. It didn't have enough glass noodle in my opinion, but the pork portion was good along with cabbage and shredded carrots. I would order it again.

The cream cheese wonton was good and I would order it again also. It came out hot crispy sweet and creamy as I expected with the sweet and sour sauce.

The spicy chicken wings were good also and I would order them again. Fresh out of the fryer and top with a decent chilli sauce. The chicken wing were score to the bone make sure it was fully cooked which looks a little unappetizing and cause it to lose some moisture and was slightly dry, but made it extra crispy.

The Steak lettuce wrap aka Laab wasn't what I expected it to be and I wouldn't order this again. It was a sweeter dish with a hint of lime. The garnish was excellent. I thought it was lacking some tripe, fish sauce, and rice powder which would bring out it's full potential.

The PHO was the worst of all the dishes I order and I wouldn't order it again nor would I recommend it to anyone who love eating pho like I do. #2 worst pho of all the pho places I have tried. Kids size portion. They had chunk slice meat while I prefer thinly slice. Little to no cilantro and green onions. Their broth is terrible. If you ever had the wannabe pre package pho from the asian store than this is what they are serving you for real. To make it worse they didn't serve basil, beansprout, jalapeno, or a lime slice that usually comes with it like every pho ever.

Hope this help for anyone wanting to try this place. ...

We just tried this restaurant (pick up) for the first time today. Fortunately, we were not disappointed. We started out with spring rolls. There are 2 rolls per order (I had to guess at this, as it didn't say on the website how many came per order). They were big, fresh and delicious and were accompanied by the best fish sauce I've ever tasted. I had the Panang curry with mock dock and asked for medium spice. To my palate, it was a perfect medium! It was incredibly tasty. The only complaint I have is that there wasn't as much mock duck in the curry as I'd have liked to see - had to hunt around a little to find it. But, this dish was just delicious! Two of my family members had the pad Thai and both were very happy with their choice. The 4th member of my family had pad cashew nut. He just loved it! I didn't get to taste it, but it was full of beautiful colorful vegetables and had plenty of plump shrimp in it (he ordered his with shrimp). We all loved our dinner tonight. I can't recommend this place more, and will...