Marigold Thai — Restaurant in Mechanicsville

EDIT: Knocking it from a 3 star to a 1 star.

The pad see ew we got to-go came within a cardboard container and you could tell they had hardly used any brown sauce to cook with, and then drained all the brown sauce out before they put it in the container to avoid leaking. It was a flavorless dish that I paid $16 for and threw in the trash after two bites , unfortunately, dried out noodles with no sauce Can't really be salvaged , if it was something like not spicy or spicy enough, I could tweak that. But noodles that have already been cooked/hydrated and then dried out and drained of any moisture were absolute trash and a waste of money, combine that with a 30 minute round trip. I don't think I'll be going back here if this is how they're going to treat some orders, my wife meal showed up in a plastic container with plenty of juice and sauce and flavor, mine however was heavily neglected, But you should not deal with the fact of a headache and or losing money in time when it comes to paying someone else for the service of making a meal, it should not even be in the card, if that's something that's likely to happen, the place should not even be an option when getting food.

(Original review) I'm knocking it to a 3 from an old 5 star review..

Warm friendly environment.

I'm not sure what happened in the past year or so but their recipes have become more plain, smaller, and more expensive. Every dish my Wife and I ordered today was missing core ingredients or had changed slightly from when we first started eating their originally.

The rice used to be fresh with lot's of moisture, egg, and garnished nicely, lately it's been subpar close to that of instant rice, dry to the point it wouldn't stick to the chicken like it used to.

The Marigold Fried rice is now noticeably less chicken yet costs more. Also seems to be a lower quality chicken then it used to be, also not as crunchy as it used to be. That had been my favorite but no longer is.

Pad Prik Poa was good but no longer had the mushrooms like it used to, which was my wife's favorite.

I'll try again sometime far in the future but it's hard to want to spend more money when you know it's on lesser quality. I would rather pay a premium for the original Marigold Thai quality, I truly miss it

It's still good food, with a kind staff and worth...

I came here on a Tuesday night, this restaurant is quite small but the lighting makes it comfortable and spacious.

For my appetizer, I got the garden rolls. They were tightly compacted which makes it easier for the individual pieces to not fall off, unlike certain restaurants in Richmond. The sauce paired nicely, not too salty, similar to hoisin sauce but a bit more umami. The added crunch of the peanut bits faired quite well, it was a nice texture component. The earthy flavor paired well, bringing together the whole appetizer.

For my main, I gotten the pad see ew. Rich umami, extremely savory dish. The flat rice noodles were fun to eat, a very bouncy texture. For my protein I gotten the tofu, it absorbed the sauce nicely. The outside bit crunchy and chewy, with some charred marks (charred favor added more flavor making it taste better), all in all, a very savory dish to end the night.

Lastly for my dessert, the fired ice cream was delicious, but my only complaint is how thick the breading was. It was a bit hard to break the shell. It tasted fine, I guess, nothing to be expected. But once I break through the shell, I notice how rich and cream yellowish color the ice cream looked. It was like custard when I bit into it. Smooth and delicate.

Anyways that’s...

Just moved to Virginia from NYC, and excited to get on my Google Maps Reviews grind 😎 first up is Marigold Thai! I don’t have my furniture or silverware delivered yet, so I decided to order some takeout. I called about 45 minutes before closing and he told me it would be around a 45 minute wait because they just got busy. No problem.

As I’m getting into the car about 20 minutes later he calls just to inform me it was ready earlier than expected. Very nice of them to do!

Got there and the greeter was very friendly and helpful, and gave me my pad Vegetable dish, pictured below. I shot right home, and the smells alone were intoxicating 🤤

Food was really good! Great value, great location, place was clean and cozy, and I ate the whole thing in probably about 1.5 minutes. Fair portions and great flavor, really checked all the boxes. Can’t wait to come here again

1 downside: I usually try to leave one thing I didn’t like as a show of being unbiased: the styrofoam and the plastic container are not the most eco-friendly materials, I would’ve loved the paper cartons. I only ordered one item and got two pieces of Unrecycle-able (is that a word?) material. Paper bag instead of plastic was...