Thai Lanna — Restaurant in Mount Pleasant

When I very first moved back to Mount Pleasant, I was shocked and surprised when the Pit Grill had been replaced with this place. My best friend talked me into trying it and I was a bit undecided. I continued to accompany him and he would always tell me what to order so I would get good dishes. When he passed away, I no longer had a need to go so I didn’t until I got with my husband. We have gone three times, including tonight, in five years and it has been mediocre at best every time. Tonight was no exception. They were out of Tom Yum soup, a popular Thai spicy soup, so I ordered a Vermicelli Noodle Soup instead. It was ridiculously bland. My husband ordered a Yellow Chicken Curry that looked and smelled like vomit. Although he was hungry, he only ate half and looked ill the rest of the time. My son ordered the Shrimp Lime and, although it looked good, it, too, was bland and my son only ate the shrimp, but hated the vegetables. Our waiter was the only waiter there and seemed to have problems. Refills were slow. There was little to no communication. It seemed like he was more concerned with whatever was playing on his AirPods instead of serving. For the first time since going there, both the appetizer and main entree that I ordered I liked. The Shrimp Fresh Spring Rolls were excellent, albeit a little heavy on the lettuce, as was my Pad Woo Mai (?) - giant flat noodles with sauce, vegetables, and chicken. The jasmine tea that I ordered was delicious. For those dishes alone did I give an additional star.

We just got home and my husband is already sick. My son and I both are in the bathroom. I would definitely NOT recommend this place unless you would like to...

You won't find better food in all of east Texas as far as I'm concerned, and they have service to match. I've gone once a week for nearly a month and every time it's a wonderful experience. They practically know me by name at this point.

A disclaimer though, Thai food is very different from typical american dining. Be prepared for different flavours and textures across the board. Maybe you'll like it, maybe you won't, but it would never hurt to find out. Personally I recommend the pad Woon Sen and Panaang curry. They're both very safe options if you want to try the culture without going overboard.

Give it an honest try and you won't regret it. If you've never had Thai, this is the place to go for good, authentic cuisine.

In the picture I have an thai iced green tea. Very sweet and creamy, it almost tastes like cotton candy. On the top left I have Pad Thai. I do not recommend that if you've never had Thai food before, based on the texture and flavor. It is practically bursting with aromatic seafood flavor, but the subtle Thai influence can turn off those who have never had food like this. On the top right is the Pad Woon Sen. Amazingly savoury, perfectly textured, and more than enough for two meals. The bowl is the Panaang curry, at a spicy level of 5+ as I personally can't get it hot enough. The flavour is not impacted at all by the spice, it is simply that rich and decadent.

All in all, if you want an affordable, Thai experience, go to Thai Lanna. You won't regret it. If you've never had Thai, you're in for a...

This was the 4th visit for me but the first time for my family. We drove an hour from Atlanta just to eat here. Everyone got something different and liked it. First off we got 3 appetizers. The fried wontons are very small with a very different distinctive taste and tasty. The appetizer shrimp was absolutely boring, just plain fried shrimp. The spring rolls were huge and very good except every one of us did not like the mint leaf that was inside... Once we removed any sign of mint leaves it was very good. There is no way I could name the dishes that everyone got, but I do remember my wife got the pineapple fried rice dish with shrimp. It was good but it was not sweet and it had more of a soy sauce flavor than pineapple. I got a spicy dish and chose the seafood but wish I had got beef as I usually do. It was very tasty about three on a 0 to 5 hot scale and more than I could eat. Son-in-law got some kind of huge barbecue bowl soup and it was very funny to watch him almost finish every drop. Youngest daughter got a noodle chicken and broccoli dish she liked it and only ate about a quarter of it and brought the rest home. Eldest daughter also got a chicken dish with some very wide noodles very tasty and she too had to bring a quarter of at home. So we all enjoyed our dish a few little things here and there we would change if we came back again and as for me I will be back here again when I'm coming through...