Tara Thai 2go — Restaurant in Mesa

Q: What's a Thai cat's favorite dish? A: Meow-sa man curry!

Thai-m to spice things up. Tara Thai 2go is a true local spot. This is a tiny location with four very small booths and a counter for you to order. I recommend ordering online and swinging by to pick up your food to enjoy in the comfort of your home. On my first visit, I ordered:

Massaman curry with pork, hot, $15.99: You can see how I got to the joke at the top of the review now, right? I love me some massaman curry. While lacking peanuts, it was so aromatic and lovely. You can really taste all the bold flavors and the mouthfeel is truly a marvel.

Pad Thai cheese with chicken, medium, $16.99: I ordered this mainly because cheese was involved. Cheese on Pad Thai!?! Color me intrigued! Now that I've had it, I can tell you that it's all for the youngsters and cheese adds nothing to this great dish. You won't be mad though because the Pad Thai itself is good.

Crab fried rice, medium, $21.00: The amount of crab on top shows that Sebastian from Little Mermaid wasn't used but rather Tamatoa from Moana. Phew! As someone who makes pretty good fried rice, I gotta say, this place makes great fried rice. Two thumbs up!

Their spice level is more on the mild side. I need to order all my items at Thai hot next time. I'm both scared and excited just thinking about...

Appreciate that they are closed to indoor dining and offer takeout only however, they have an obsession with onions and charge a fortune for them even though most won’t want their meal to consist of mostly onions. Vegetable egg rolls were horrible. They seemed as if they weren’t fully cooked so I baked them hoping that would help but it didn’t.

Fried tofu appetizer was okay. Very fried tofu with a strange sauce with a syrupy consistency.

Thai Basil tofu consisted of a plethora of onions, green peppers and tofu. No sauce or flavor other than some red pepper spice. Really wasn’t happy about half the meal being onions.

Drunken noodle was basically the same as Thai basil tofu but with noodles and carrots added. No flavor, no sauce. Disappointing.

Fried rice was good. Best fried rice I’ve had in Arizona.

Tom Yum soup was really good. It had flavor and spice and wasn’t drowning in onions like the other dishes. Would recommend the soup and fries rice but not the...

My boyfriend randomly picked this place last week while we were in Tempe, and it was one of the best places he could have picked. Ever since our first visit, I have been thoroughly impressed with the food. The taste is amazing, with every dish I picked—a different one each time we visited (it's been three times so far)—and not once have I been disappointed. I can't even pick a favorite because they were all good. The spice level is to my liking (I love spicy food). The owner is very friendly and accommodating. I definitely recommend this place and definitely plan on coming back! I can't wait...