Thai Red Chili's — Restaurant in McAllen

One thing to make clear...I am no Thai food expert, so it's hard for me to critique the food on quality however, this is still my experience.

I took my wife here...they seem to close really early, like mid-afternoon early. We got there right at closing time however they still took our orders, so kudos to them. My wife and I really weren't too sure on the food so we asked the waitress and we ordered based off her recommendations.

We both ordered noodle based dishes...did they taste how they're supposed to? Honestly not sure... however the cook on the pasta was perfect. The noodles didn't taste bland and they had good consistency. The beef that accompanied the noodles was nicely seasoned.

The shining star on the menu which deserves 5 stars on its own was the fried banana. My wife had an urge for a dessert...and we decided to try out the fried banana...DYNAMITE. It was paired with ice cream...it was a perfect combination of sweet with some tartness, not to mention the contrast between the hot and cold of the ice cream with the banana. I told my wife I would come back just to have dessert any day of the week...

If you haven't eaten Thai before but want to try it...this place is a definite must...right along with their fried banana...

The Good - the fried rice was the best I’ve had in a really long time. The chicken satay was yummy, and the Thai iced tea was 🤤

The Bad - the pad Thai tasted really… unique. Not like any pad Thai I’ve ever had. Didn’t really like it. Our server was obviously having a bad day, and took it out on our table. Also he brought our appetizer to someone else, and brought us theirs. When he realized they already ate ours, they gave theirs to them too, for free. Didn’t even offer it to us. We sat there hungry and shocked. He didn’t apologize or comp anything for us to make it up to us….felt it was really bad customer service.

The Ugly - The Thai wrap (pictured) was pretty yummy, but I had to post a pic of the very questionable lettuce in case I get some weird disease from it. It was also super wet and made the sauce all watery. The pictures don’t do this place justice, the interior decorating is giving 80’s ops massage parlor front with sketchy spy...

I've been coming here for some years now and I always order the same meal for my spouse and I. Even though we order the same appetizers and entrées the food always comes out different (in a good way, like sometimes it will come with cucumber slices or lettuce leaves). Food came out hot and tasted very good, I was a bit skeptical coming to eat here because we arrived at around an hour before closing and thought the food was probably going to be reheated or cold but I was wrong it was fresh and fulfilling.

I highly suggest the Pad Rad Na with shrimp or chicken with potstickers and dumplings for the appetizers.

Service was very attentive and friendly.

Will definitely continue frequenting this establishment.

The photo I uploaded was the Pad Rad Na with shrimp and the other is with chicken with some of the food already eaten.

Returned to eat here again...see newer photos with...