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Great Thai food in Cedar Park?! I guess anything is possible!
I've been going to Tham nak Thai for the last few years and it's def. in my top Thai places around the Austin area.
Even though it's in an old strip center and the ambience isn't anything memorable, I always feel comfortable going here. The owners are incredibly friendly and inviting. The lady, who is also the waitress will joke around with you and help you with whatever you need. The owner, who's name escapes me, is happy to chat with you about anything Thai.
My father-in-law was enjoying a great meal here, so he asked the owner what kind of herbs he used, and instead of simply explaining, the owner went into the kitchen and came back with a fresh batch of thai basil leaves which he gave to my father-in-law to use in his cooking. They're just so nice! I hear their curry is superb but pretty spicy.
I recommend this place for a quick lunch or dinner if you're in the area (they also have great 2 for 1 coupons in the local paper). Whether its worth the trip up from Austin? That depends on how much you like Thai food!
Yelp led me to Thamnak, and it was good...very good. An unassuming strip mall location belies the super-flavorful food within.
The Pad Thai? It's big and very flavorful. Don't even think about eating the whole thing. It will be your lunch tomorrow.
My favorite is the Mussaman curry. I'm not sure who or what Mussaman is, but it results in a sweet, creamy, and spicy sauce of remarkable depth. It's truly addictive.
Bottom line: flavorful and fresh Thai food in a basic location nestled in Cedar Park. I'm very glad that Thamnhak is part of the up-north scene.
I'm not a qualified Thai foodie, but I can't say anything bad about this place. We really like the food and the service is good. A nice little Cedar Park option for when we don't want to drive down to Austin.
In an unassuming building
in a low-key type strip mall
lies a restaurant worth trying: Thamnak Thai
serving unusual curries
and some sundry noodle dishes
and my favorite, their ginger shrimp stir-fry.
My food's always been served quickly
better yet--it's been delicious
'cept for that strange curry I once tried.
They give you generous portions
plenty rice: white, steamed and sticky
all quite very reasonably priced.
Now, the service is just average
and their hot tea is too feeble
and why can't they give the tables a good wipe?
Tom Kha! Tom Kha! Tom Kha! I just discovered Tom Kha last nite and even tho I may be chastised by Kevin N for too many reviews for this place :), I have to share my experience. I tried it cause soo many people talk about it on their Thai food reviews and felt I was in the dark. Holy spotlight! This stuff is good! There must be a witchdoctor in the kitchen cause he put da lime in da coconut and I drank it ALL down! Who knew lime, coconut, green onion, and cilantro would be a good flavor combination???? This soup was not spicy at all which was great as I ate all the chunky bits before my Pad Kee Maow, and then drank down the broth after. It was the perfect bookend to that spicy dish! Eyum! Ignorance is not always bliss, folks! Get out there and try some!
BTW they have a Yelp loves us sticker in their window too, and you know what? They're right!
Sez my tongue, hoppin around in my mouth: Ow, ow, ow, oooo, sssss, hot hot hot!!!!
Sez my nose: Okay…
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I've had Thai food in many different cities around the US, but not in Thailand. This is in the top three I've ever had. I have patients who are from Thailand and who have lived there who recommended the place. My wife always takes family and other visitors to Thamnak Thai and we order two or three different types of curry. We eat there all the time and have never had a bad experience. The place is kind of a dive, but then some of our favorite restaurants have been dives.
Worth the drive for me from NW Austin, pretty tasty.
I love the wonton soup, the broth is more flavorful than the Chinese version and has a lot of vegetables in there besides cabbage. The wontons in it are thin and light, which I appreciate.
I got the mussaman beef the other night and thought it was great. Very good eggrolls and satay, and my girlfriend loves their chicken in peanut sauce.
But I hear the weirdest conversations when I eat in there! Just the other night, I could hear a gaggle of high school girls from across the restaurant and one of them actually said "I think Asians are so weird!!" I hope you enjoyed whatever they spit in your soup, darlin. You deserved it.
Yum!
When I first moved to Cedar Park, I tried this restaurant but I don't remember liking it so much. But almost five years later, I ran into a coupon in "Impact" magazine and decided to give it another shot. I am really glad I did. The food was great, full of flavor, the staff was really nice, and the services was quick. I would have given it five stars if it were not for the spring rolls. They were sloppy and opening up. They kinda reminded me of the ones I make at home. Aside for that everything was great. And best of all we had a buy two entrees get the third free coupon. Keep aneye out for those they are in the back of the "Impact"
Take my review of Thumbtack Thai with a grain of salt as I am a single-dish eater here:
"Green curry with tofu and double rice please". I've never ordered anything else because this is so good. I don't even care to see the menu anymore. (Although after reading some of the reviews here, I may stray from my addiction next time).
The service is always quick and friendly. Plus you get to fish a Jolly Rancher out of the candy dish when you leave!
Thank Goodness Billy Joel is still alive or he would turn over in his grave:
*roll tape*
Pad Thai - slightly Sweet. But your friends would love to eat!
Green Curry - so sublime. Burns so hot it just stopped time!
We didn't start the fire!
It was always burnin and my GERD is churnin'.
We didn't start the fire!
The Tsing Tao won't fight it , but six Singh Ha can try it.
Pad Prik King, eyes'll sting. Tom Kha is da finest thing!
But the story is Tom Yum. Resurrected Mao Tse-Tung!
Larb or Pad Se-Ew is fine. Pad Prik King will luv long time
Just as Billy ran too long - this review has just got gonged
We didn't start the fire!
It was always burnin and my GERD is churnin'.
We didn't start the fire!
The Tsing Tao won't fight it , but six Singh Ha can try it.
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Seriously, this place is one of my favorites. It is inexpensive (dirt cheap for lunch), the menu is varied, and the staff is so nice I would never introduce them to my family.
1 star off for the slightly tacky - no ,I mean non-skid - tables. But the place actually IS clean and the food overrides any reservation that I might have pretended to have.
When you move from a place, it's the food that you miss. Thamnak is one more reason that I ain't leaving.
Check the lunch menu.. MMMMMMMMmmmmmm!
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Keep to the actual Thai Food its delicious - It is the best Thai by a mile in small Austin burb like Cedar park. The Americanized Chinese food they have there is so-so. The Mussaman Curry is awesome! I just wish it came with more rice.
A friend called me up and invited my husband and I out to lunch to "eat Thai". But I don't like Thai food, I said. He asked me if there was anything that I liked that he may know that they have - and that's when I was forced to admit that I, much like my ten year old with broccoli, had never had Thai food and simply assumed I wouldn't like it.
Never let yourself get boxed into corner like that, folks, trust me. Especially not with someone who has known you for almost 10 years and who has no problem laughing at you through their IPhone as they bust you.
That is how I wound up having lunch at Thamnak Thai. I was pleasantly surprised in some ways, and found things I didn't like in others.
The salad was interesting, with a peanut sauce that was slightly spicy, and that was pretty good. The coconut soup had a slightly sour taste to it that I simply couldn't appreciate. The egg roll was an egg roll - decent, but when have you ever felt the need to rave about an egg roll?
I ordered the Pad Thai, primarily because I'm a female systems administrator and all my cool system administrator buddies seem to always twitter that they're going to go get some Pad Thai and since I got a new blackberry I wanted to be able to tweet that I was eating Pad Thai just like them. OK, and it was the only thing that didn't sound dangerous on the menu.
They asked me what meat I wanted in it and my friend jumped in to give me my options before I could say cheeseburger and embarrass all of us.
It was... um... orange. Mound of noodles, and it was orange - but not, like, fun orange. It was, like, pale alien orange. The color of the sky before a tornado hits. Weird, strange color to this apparently rather uncultured city girl, with grated peanuts on top like a foreign noodle sundae.
It was, however, really good - slightly sweet, and so much of it that I couldn't finish it all. I'm not sure if that's what it's supposed to taste like, but that's what it tasted like, there was a lot of it, and I enjoyed it.
The ambiance is very casual, the service very quick, and they didn't even laugh at me... like my friend was.
I messed up and ordered the Pinapple Curry on accident. Thank the Lord for miracles!
Might have been the most pleasant thing I've ever eaten. By pleasant I mean 10 seconds of true heavenly bliss...then 10 seconds of wiping the sweat off my head...repeat.
The beef and brocoli was kind of blah, but everything else was great.
This place came highly recommended by someone who had lived in Thailand for 2 years, so I was excited to try it.
The first time my food wasn't very good and they hadn't given us any rice with our take out!
I decided to give them another chance. This time they gave us shrimp even though I specifically told them my husband is allergic. He took a bite of the egg roll and started having an allergic reaction!!
They gave me the wrong thing entirely.
To top it off they also forgot to give me back my credit card and I didn't realize it until the next day when I was freaking out because I couldn't find it.
I had to ask the wait person - once I finally located her and turned cartwheels to get her attention - to remove the Pad Thai from my table. It was the worst Thai dish I've ever tried to consume, and I was sorely disappointed in much of the rest of the meal, too. I should have stopped with the tofu spring rolls with peanut sauce. That was the only really edible portion of my fare last night. I won't be going back to this place.
Good thai food in Cedar Park? Yep.. its true. Plus its pretty cheap.. every entree was $7.50!
For starters we got the Tom Yum Goong.. it had a very strong lemongrass flavor which I dig! It was perfect b/c it was cold outside! Then we got the Massaman Curry, some rice dish, and some stir fried thick noodle dish. The curry was perfect.. I LOVE eating any kind of curry with rice.. especially if the curry is creamy. The massaman curry is made with coconut milk so its good like that. I'm not sure what the rice dish was called but it was good! It had raisins in it which added the right amt of spunk. The flat noodle dish with beef was good as well but I'm a big rice person so I preferred the first two dishes.
All in all a good place to go to feed a decent amt of ppl as each entree can feed at least 2 ppl each.. and they are only $7.50 each! Oh and if you're crazy like my friend he consumed the whole mini jug of thai chili peppers with his food.. i had just 2-3 of the chili peppers and my mouth felt like Hades man. He must have eaten like 30-40 of em.
This place has SPICY food. My husband is into spicy foods and even he thought it was hot. What I could eat was hot and delicious.
I'm going to have to wuss out and get the mild stuff next time.
I wish they had delivery.
The food here is generally very good and the service is friendly. Their red curry (my wife's favorite) is still disappointing to me as it lacks the complexity of the red curry I ate in Thailand - but I pretty much enjoy everything else on the menu. They offer both lunch and dinner services as well as some low priced daily lunch special options.
I have 2 tiffs with the food here. They will rarely make the food as spicy as I'd like. They are capable - but many times the waitress gets scared to order it that spicy and makes it less. You'd think after 2 years of eating it at this exact restaurant and always asking for it hotter they would get the idea - but no. Still - on rare occasions the will make it "Thai spicy" as I've asked and it is awesome. Secondly, the chicken in the Tom Kha is awful, dry, nothingness. It's almost as if it came dehydrated. I don't understand why a restaurant that makes such great food has the worlds worst supplier for chicken bits for Tom Kha.
Their house specials are quite awesome. The Hot Plate and the Duck Curry are two of my faves on that list. Also - my wife and I love to order the pot of Tom Kha - we just get it with tofu or shrimp instead of the dry chicken.
In the service arena they really are quite friendly but are either understaffed or poorly organized (probably a little of both) because the service can be pretty hit or miss as far as promptness, drink refills, etc...
So - I gave this restaurant 3 stars but I really do like to eat here. I just can't give it a 4 while they still have bad chicken and inconsistent service (that won't always let me order my food at the appropriate spice level).
Here is another favorite of mine. The owner is wonderful! Every dish I have tried has been great. All of the soups they serve are amazing. This was the first place where I dared to try the Tom Ka Na soup. Coconut milk in my soup always scared me a bit. Now I know how crazy I was for not trying it years ago.
They close for a few hours between lunch and dinner. You can't beat their lunch specials, 6 bucks and you get soup, egg roll and an entree.
Even though it is in a strip mall you will not be disappointed.
5 stars because I've never had anything I didn't like from here. The curries are top notch so if you're a fan go straight for those. Massaman = heaven.
The food is OK. Nothing spectacular, but at least it tastes like Thai food. They wanted to give us some fortune cookies. I guess since they look like they may be Chinese to those that aren't in the know, they are obliged to keep the stereotype alive. A little sad.
I went here again just recently and was very disturbed about the cleanliness of the establishment. When the walls and light switches are dirty, you have to question other things as well.
My husband and I tried this place and were super excited that it was close, good, quick and fresh! I had the Pad Thai, he had the Penang Curry. Both were fantastic. The pad thai is pretty thick so next time I'm going to order more bean sprouts to add some crunch, but I loved it. Been craving it ever since. The curry was spicy but super good. Highly recommend it.
Oustanding. I really liked the duck curry dish.. it has grapes, duck, and other goodies in it.. I have been to Thailand and this place seems authentic to me. Service was very good, very friendly. Thai iced tee was tasty. I double dog dare you to try to pronounce the name correctly. My girlfriend and I attempted it 7 times and failed..
havent had thai yet since ive been in austin so i was quite excited when i found this place. i ordered the red curry and pad thai as well as the soft spring rolls. everything was great!!!! i've had my fair share of thai food and had high expectations so i was pleasantly surprised when the meal turned out awesome. we did take out so im not too sure about the customer service but when i got there the food was ready to go. my new favorite thai joint! oh yeah and its WAY cheaper than thai food ive had back on the east coast!
We really enjoy the Pad Kee Mow here. The Pad Thai is pretty good. Throw in a 3 entrees for the price of 2 coupon from the local Cedar Park advertising paper and it's a downright bargain.
Excellent food (but not too spicy, at least for me), excellent service, and reasonable prices. The Thai Iced Tea is very worth it and delicious. I plan to visit this place as often as I can.
Delicious Thai food served in a very comfortable setting. I know what you're thinking. You've never tried Thai food, it's all spicy, it's all eggrolls and grease. NOT SO. Thai cooking is very distinct from Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese cuisine.
Thamnak Thai is your golden opportunity to experience the wonderful variety of dishes that Thai cuisine offers. There are plenty of nice but average Thai places out there, but THAMNAK ROCKS.
My personal favorites include Tom Kha soup with shrimp, Pad Kra Prao, Green Curry Rice, Laab Gai, and if you like to feel your scalp sweat, try the Somtum. But don't get the idea that Thai food is all hot. Try the Pad Thai, cashew chicken or pineapple curry for some delicious mild dishes that you just aren't going to see at your local Chinese buffet or at the latest hipster "Asian fusion" joint. The owner Ott and his staff are extremely friendly and helpful in making your selections.
And be sure to save room for sticky rice and mangoes at the end of your meal! You'll be back!
Loved it! I've recently started a quest to find good Thai food in the Austin area, and this is my third Thai restaurant to try. I LOVED it...my favorite so far! I got the seafood special, and it was delicious (I used the spoon to get every drop of the juice out of the bowl). The spring rolls are delicious also. My husband says he had the best fried rice he'd ever tasted.
Good portions, friendly service, clean restaurant, and tasty food!
We brought a friend from the San Franscico Bay area to Thamnak Thai tonight . You know there is a lot of wonderful Thai in San Fransisco, so I ws a bit nervous. We had the salmon, I think it was called che chi salmon. It was covered in a lightly sweet peanut red pepper sauce that was suprisingly melt in your mouth delicious. This we paired with the chicken panang curry which we all agreed was the best panang any of us had ever eated. The basil fried rice was yummy, not greasy or salty with just the right amount of flavor to balance the meal. The server was very friendly and attentive. Do wish she had wrned us that white rice comes automatically with entrees. Oh, I didn't eat the soft spring rolls but both my companions liked them OK, and loved the accompaning peanut sauce. We will definately go back again soon. They do lost of to go orders as well. So take a to go menu on your way out. You'll get hooked.
I am a 1/4 thai and i love thai food. My mom lives too far from here so if I want homecooking I go there. It is truely authentic. The service is okay but it is own by a family owned restaurant so they have family that only work. They have an awesome lunch menu. I go here at least twice a week.
Cedar Park, TX
Category: Chinese
Lakeway, TX
Category: Thai
Cedar Park, TX
Category: Vietnamese
Cedar Park, TX
Category: Japanese
Neighborhood: 78704 (South Austin)
Category: Coffee & Tea
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