Thai-namite Wauwatosa — Restaurant in Wauwatosa

The restaurant looks clean and modern inside. Parking seems to be primarily on the street. They we not very busy when we went but there small lot was full so I suspect it's employee parking also. Not a terribly bad neighbor hood and there is ample street parking off of north avenue so you won't walk more than a block. They do have an outdoor dinning deck but you are only one sidewalk away from busy North avenue, so unless you like the sound of Harleys roaring by every 5 minutes , I would stick to inside. The menu is divided between a Thai side and a "sushi restaurant" side. Every time I travel I check out the local Thai restaurants and compare curries. usually Red. That was my choice here. They have a spice range between 1 to 3 with three labeled as "native". The most common range I have seen is a 1 to 5 and sometimes you can ask for "native and get a 6+. I found the three here to be equivalent to the 3 on a 1 to 5 scale. To be sure, it was flavorful with a good balance between sweetness, coconut flavor and heat. It just wasn't as I hot as I personally like it, but fine for most people. My wife had the yellow curry which had the same heat level as the red, but also good. My son had the chicken Teriyaki. It includes an assortment of vegetables (broccoli, carrots, cabbage, etc.) and a large scoop of rice. The vegetables were warm but much closer to raw than sautéed. Everything was floating in a plate of thin teriyaki sauce. They either need to cut the sauce or serve the rice in a separate bowl, or serve the excess sauce in a separate bowl so the customer has some control on the amount. My daughter went with a salmon sushi roll. It was very well plated and look quite appealing. We has the crispy squid appetizer. It came out pipping hot and perfectly done. Service at most Thai restaurants is more family style with the a plate for your rice and the curries in separate bowls with separate that can be shared with a serving spoon. Here you got a plate with a mound of rice to the side and a slightly smaller bowl than usual on the plate and a single spoon. Yes you can just move the bowls off the plates to share and ask for additional eating utensils but it seemed different than other restaurants. Also, you are usually offered more rice if you run out, not here. In summary, if you want Thai and you're in the area, this is a good choice, but my go-to Thai restaurant will continue to be about a ten minute farther...

I tried Thai-namite at an off peak time on a week night. I decided to dine in as opposed to carry out for the sake of tasting the food fresh out of the kitchen. I ordered a glass of Sauvignon Blanc but was given a Pinot Grigio, strange but not the end of the world. I am a big fan of Tom Kha soup so I ordered a cup with chicken (also offered with shrimp). The soup was fantastic, I will even go as far as to say "the best I've ever had" it was bright and fresh with just a little heat. One of the things I look for is the use of proper ingredients. For example, Tom Kha should have Straw Mushrooms. I would begrudgingly accept Shitake. Result: Straw Mushrooms! Yay!

For my entree I ordered Volcano Chicken.Thai-namite offers three degrees of heat ranging from one to three (three being hottest). I used to think the hotter the better but, in recent years my tolerance to heat seems to have diminished some. Not all restaurants that offer variable heat use the same scale or interpretation methods. So, to be on the safe side I went with two/medium heat. Heat was not an issue, there was enough but, not too much. The server told me I could get more of the "hot stuff" if necessary. It wasn't. The presentation was nice. I appreciated the placement of the items in the caste iron skillet. Cabbage, carrots and sauce filling the bottom and the crisp sliced breaded chicken on top with a little sauce drizzled on top finished with scallions. It was a nice presentation and it did not disappoint. I am thrilled to have a quality Thai restaurant nearby and I am looking forward to going back soon.

Server was attentive, even though when server wasn't helping me (server's only guest at the time) server stood in the dining room texting or whatever on their phone. A little discretion would be appreciated.

The only detractor I found was that the floor was sticky. I don't mean there was a sticky spot somewhere. I mean the entire floor was sticky. It's a beautiful floor, terrazzo. It takes a certain type of cleaner. It can't be acidic or alkaline or it can be damaged. Amazon sells Bona stone, tile and laminate floor cleaner...

It was my birthday today and my friends and I went to dinner at Thai-namite to celebrate. I have been there once before and had the best waiter and excellent food. So I thought this would be a great place for a special night. The waiter (who I will not name) was so totally rude and dismissive. I asked if I could have breast meat chicken in my dish and he coldly said they would not do that and that it's all mixed up chicken meat. I joked with him and said "it's my birthday" and told him that the last time I was there they did make my dish with breast meat chicken and I asked if he could ask the kitchen and I would pay an additional fee. He was rude and just said no, they can't do that. I then found an appetizer that was chicken breast strips on sticks and ordered that with my dish. I told him I would put the breast meat in my dish myself. So I had to order 2 dishes. Obviously if they make breast meat chicken strips they could have put that in my dish. He didn't even offer that solution. He was rude the whole time we were there and barely looked at us or checked in on us. My friends agreed with me and thought he was very rude and nasty. I have never had such a rude waiter. I generally leave a 25%-30% tip because I think it must be so hard to be in the the restaurant customer service industry. But, I would not have left this gentleman a cent, but because it was my birthday my friend paid for the meal and did not feel right not leaving a tip. I told the front door staff what a terrible experience we had and they said they were very sorry and they would tell the manager. I don't know if they did or not, but I will never go back to that restaurant again. A special birthday dinner turned out to be a very...