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    Mai Thai Restaurant & Bar

    3.7 (595 reviews)
    Closed • 5:00 pm - 9:30 PM

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    Pork over noodles
    Nancy L.

    Very nice decor. We ordered: Short ribs were nice and tender but still firm. Comes with a peanut base sauce. The spinach salad and fries were a delicious side dish. Panang curry -- this is was my finance's dish. Pork dish over flat noodles. The pork was tender and marinated with lemon grass. Overall , beautiful presentation, food was delicious and came in good portions. Service was excellent!

    Shelby S.

    It's a cool vibe and cool restaurant set up. But it's sub par compared to the Thai food I've had. It was good but nothing special. They were slower service and didn't know much about the menu. Also they don't ask how spicy I want my Thai food and I like it pretty spicy so that was a let down.

    Roasted honey duck w/gailan & bok choy, pad Thai via Crave delivery / steamed rice / one carton contains lime, peanuts, sprouts for pad Thai
    Michele R.

    KITCHEN FIRE AND BUILDING CONDEMNATION ON 11/9/23 will have MAI THAI CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. See news article link below. It was a Mai Thai kitchen fire that led to the building inspection by the city and then finding structural issues beyond the fire damage declaring the building unsafe with subsequent closure of all businesses in it. (So if you're headed to Moon's Kitchen you're out of luck too.) I feel sorry for Mai Thai's owner, who is a man originally from Southeast Asia so he knows his stuff for food even if his kitchen staff didn't always line up to create good food and things were always too inconsistent for me to enjoy it, because his heart and soul are in this business. It will be interesting to see what the Mai Thai owner envisions when the building owner makes the structural integrity fixes to allow the city to remove the condemned status. I think the city of Boise has given the building owner 60 days to fix the structural problems. In the meantime, even the sidewalk outside the building is closed. WHY IT DIDN'T WORK FOR ME: I have not posted about this eatery before because the experiences were so inconsistent and averaged out to mediocre. It seems the owner had trouble cementing a chef in the kitchen for a while, at least one who knew Thai cooking, and I counted about five turnovers in about seven years. Also for a few years there was an awkward sushi buffet offered at lunch that was misguided, imho, as it took up kitchen staff time to keep the mediocre sushi restocked at the expense of Thai cooking. And while the inside space was interesting with cool light fixtures it was awkward with a sizeable pond in the middle of the narrow main dining room at the back taking up too much space; this particularly a problem in the sushi buffet lunch times when people squeezed between to get to the sushi set up at the very back. Plus there was a spell in there of a few years when it seemed the owner was so focused on having fancy cocktails pitched by the bar that the food focus fell away. Plus the odd sort of electronic dance club music was often so loud that it overwhelmed all. Finally, sometimes the service was fine and sometimes it was as if customers were an annoyance. So I didn't comment at all. But I should have said the curries could be darned delicious when the kitchen was "on" and when an engaged server was working, it could be a great place for Thai food lunch. But in the end, it was too much effort to brave downtown parking for uncertain, too often mediocre food and service experience. ALTERNATIVES: If you're visiting Boise and looking for Thai fare with Mai Thai closed, you cannot do better than Nahm Thai & Burmese which is outstanding every time. Boise Thai Noodle House is really good as well. And Maggie Thai Kitchen which is newly opened is worth a stop too. All of those kitchens are run by owner / chefs who are originally from Thailand and who are hands on in all the delicious details and keeping the focus on Thai fare. Here's the news story from Boise Dev: https://boisedev.com/news/2023/11/09/union-block-condemned/?utm_source=BoiseDev-IdahoFirst&utm_campaign=1918c3dcc7-%2A%7CRSSITEM%3ATITLE%7C%2A&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a8fdfe4da5-1918c3dcc7-516154385

    Carissa C.

    I cannot tie my tie, or mai thai. Great place! Loved the food and drinks. Staff was great and attentive.

    Signature Bento
    Jane Z.

    Good portion and price for lunch specials Good variety of nutritions, protein, veggies and fruits Would come here more if parking is easier, but that's every restaurant in downtown, so I'm not complaining

    Terry K.

    This was my third time ordering from this establishment and my last. My order was supposed to be not spicy ordered level one as I always have. It arrived with incredible spice and was inedible even by my husband who enjoys spicy food. They also left out another item and when I tried to contact the restaurant which is a hassle as they're under two businesses at the moment (Mai Thai & Uncle Chai bento kitchen) I was put on hold for 12 minutes and then put off until they closed. The owner called me and was completely combative and dismissive arguing with me which I've never dealt from a restaurant before. He refused to refund me and told me to go to my credit card company. I even tipped on take out and learned my lesson as they don't deserve it or any customers for their rude attitude. Support better family businesses that actually have kindness and integrity.

    Inside

    Lovely ambiance! Delicious food! Reasonable prices. The bento boxes offer a great opportunity to try different things. Can't wait to go back.

    Here to try sushi's
    Wendolyn M.

    This place is unique and very relax... the waiter was very kindly and patient with us as we had questions and more questions. The atmosphere is great the the water sound makes it so enjoyable. The food!!! A 10!!! Amazing, delicious and great prices. We enjoyed it all and was enough to share. We decided not to share lol and bring the left over home. I actually ate my left overs and let me tell you, the same as when you are eating in the restaurant so this is fresh! If you are in town, come and give this place a try. We had jasmine tea, boba tea and a alcohol drink.. but he way I do not remember what the alcohol drink was called but yes it in deed had enough alcohol... :) Thank you for the great experience and thank you to Carson!

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    Johnny K.

    This was my 1st visit here and I am so impressed across the board! I went on a Monday around 12:30 for lunch. I was seated immediately, the restaurant wasn't very busy. The hostess was pleasant and accommodating (I wanted to sit next to the huge Thai Buddha statue and she showed me the way). Jillian was quick to stop by with ice water and menus, also quite pleasant and informative. I was so pleased to see the $15 lunch special with a choice of 3 courses. I chose the miso soup, veggie spring roll, yellow curry with veggies, and chicken pad thai. i added extra peanut sauce for $3.95 because, well... yummy! my soup came out shortly and was exactly what miso soup should be, warm and tasty. about 10 minutes later my meal arrived on the most beautiful plate, it was a superb presentation complete with fresh fruit garnish on a tasty lettuce leaf! the taste of each course was great and i was so impressed by the entire meal. the portion sizes where totally on point. the spiciness was enough to make this american boy sweat a bit from my brow and neck - perfection! the atmosphere cannot be understated either, so pleasant and beautiful. water flowing here and there along various walls, beautiful bead walls separating rooms, massive epoxy flower sculptures in the main dining room and the private dining nook... and the huge "Calling The Earth to Witness" Thai Buddha sitting along a water feature all tinted in shades of so awesome and blue! thank you chef, sous chef, and front/wait staff! I can't wait for my next meal!!

    Soggy, cold Spider Roll
    Kim P.

    **UPDATED** If you order takeout, be sure to go through their website, not third party. What a difference! We love the actual restaurant. Third party takeout, not so much. ************ Mai Thai has always been one of our favorites for delivery, until today. I suspect they started using a third party "ghost" kitchen for delivery which is. Huge disappointment. We ordered our usual chicken pad Thai, green curry, and a spider roll. First- the spider roll was mushy and cold. There was a soggy piece of shrimp sticking out the end which felt and looked like it was fried days ago and put in a fridge. The rest of the ingredients were unidentifiable. Second- the green curry we ordered with no spice and it came as about a 5/10 spice level. I've never seen green curry look so bright green and watery. It was like it was missing the coconut milk. Third- the pad Thai was also luke warm and tasted like campbells tomato soup. The most bizarre tomato flavor. I've never had anything like this before from Mai Thai. I've always appreciated their consistency but after ordering delivery through GrubHub I don't think I'll order takeout again :(

    Reid T.

    This place is GARBAGE! I ordered a 'pot of thai soup' and for $16 (+tax and tip) received a half-full plastic container of tepid broth, 3 pieces of tofu and some greens that looked like they were in there by mistake. While it admittedly tasted like food, my normally cast iron stomach is still in full posterior exfiltration mode. The lady ordered a $12.50 sushi roll that was soggy and in all likelihood made sometime this week. It was like moist undies after a hike and long car ride home. Mai Thai used to be worth going to for their amazing bartender, but he has wisely left. If for some reason you still choose to 'dine in', take a book and expect indifferent service that's as slow as Christmas. If it's busy, be prepared to hunt down your server when you need something and fight tooth and nail for your check. On the positive side, if you have a mortal enemy or nemesis, gift them a "pot" of this place's soup before they get on an airplane or Greyhound bus and the war shall be won! In all other cases, if the Earth mysteriously opened to swallow Mai Thai and downtown Boise was forever left with the scar of a bottomless pit of darkness and death on the 700 block of Idaho St., it would be for the better. Bottom line: Save your money and toilet paper expenditure by going anywhere else.

    Papaya Salad
    StaciLei T.

    This is a great spot for bigger groups! Vegan, vegetarians, and omnivores all have great options here! We had a reservation for 6 and they sat our party in their back room, very private with a cool vibe! I would book again for any other type of big work, family, or friend dinner! While at Mai Thai's, we had to get the Mai Tai! Very delicious and in a really cute tiki cup. Sooo good, I think almost everyone at our table (including me) had two of them. The vegan in our group ordered the Verisoy Thai Basil Pad Kra Pao. Our server noted "I know it looks like chicken but I swear it's not!" when they brought it over. This dish is also Gluten Free! In Boise, a GF Vegan option is hard to come by so if you've got hard dietary restrictions this is your best bet. We also ordered the Drunken Noodles- Phat Khi Mao. This dish is GF and you can add any sort of protein, and we ordered it with chicken. All good stuff! I ordered the papaya salad, which came with a side of their sticky rice! It was fresh and very yummy. My only issue was that there were large chunks of garlic and whole green thai chilies. The thing with the thai chilies is that there were also little green beans in this dish, and I bit into a thai chili thinking it was a green bean. I had to spit it out in front of some work colleagues, I felt very rude doing so but everyone was obviously understanding. I would honestly order the papaya salad again, regardless of this chili and whole garlic incident because other than that it was really good!

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    Really good pad Thai!! Only one I've found since moving out of Alaska that makes it authentic

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    They're closed and didn't take time to update their website. We learned the hard way by driving downtown.

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    Some of the best Thai I've had. The crew is awesome. Always doing their best to accommodate on dietary restrictions.

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    AMAZING Asian food! Got the Pad Thai and some Sushi with a friend and it was an amazing experience!

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