Thai City Restaurant — Restaurant in West Richland

A hidden gem. Some of the best Thai food in the Tri-Cities. The fact that I live up the road from this restaurant might be a bias, but this is seriously some great Thai food. You'd be missing out if you only stuck with the traditional standby of Pad Thai or a Red Curry, because while these are still delicious here, everything else I have had on the menu so far has been even better. Recently, I've been obsessed with the various Swai Fish offerings. It is a deep fried, breaded white fish cooked in different spices or sauces, depending on the dish ordered, with vegetables and rice. It's always perfectly crispy, light, moist, an explosion of flavors, and filling. And of course, vegetarians and vegans will feel at home with the various veg* dishes that even I am happy to consume.

The restaurant is nearly always empty when I dine here, which makes for very fast service, but makes me a little sad that they don't get more business. But I'm sure it gets packed at lunch during the week due to Hanford workers.

So hurry up and give these guys...

I am completely astounded with how terrible this place is. The phó is the most basic chicken noodle soup (with barely any chicken) and they couldn't be bothered to provide the basic add-ons like basil. But by far the worst part was the $10 they charged for the sticky mango rice, that they made us wait an extra 25 minutes for after telling us our meal would be ready by 6:30. It was the most paltry serving I've ever seen and to have the audacity to charge $10 for it is ludicrous. This place has always been a little sketchy with portion size/overall poor quality of the food versus how much they charged and we had avoided it for a few years. Decided to give it a try and NEVER AGAIN. Avoid this place, the food is subpar, and the cost is ridiculous for the portion sizes and food quality (see pictures for what they charged $10 for two spoonfuls of sticky mango rice; and that's a baby fork I'm using). They are ripping this...

We had a double order of veg. Spring rolls, tom kha, phad thai, phad kra poa, and massuman curry. Price was approx $15 per dish and portions size was on the smaller side. Approximately 3 portions.

This restaurant is a little heavy with their spice. I personally love spicy thai food, but my gf prefers mild food. We ordered 1 star, but received 3 stars, at least. The table behind us also had trouble with the spice level. Also the basil in basil chicken isn't just a garnish to be tossed onto the plate. It's the whole dish, man! Holy Basil! Aside from the heavy spice, i would describe the flavors as light or delicate. I consider thai food to be something of a comfort food. It's meant to have bolder flavor imh.

My GF said this is the *best tom kha * she's had. That's including mine! I honestly found the tom kha to be on the bland side, so idk. My GF also recommends the thai coffee! Try it and decide...