Mthai

I would give mThai 4 stars if they would be open during their stated business hours. Food is good but their hours are sporadic. Just wasted a drive up the hill to find them closed at 7:30 on a Saturday and this isn’t the first time. So I’m writing this review while waiting on takeout from Taste of Thai.

Went with friends that wanted to try the restaurant. I ordered thai ice tea which was way too sweet. For appetizer we ordered chicken Lab and it was so salty we couldn’t eat it. The masaman curry and Rad Na were good not excellent. Would I go back. Maybe not.

Love this place since the location was taken over by new owners recently! They are the real deal! The service and food are amazing and if you like spicy and authentic. .. this is the place to come. Great service and atmoshphere. My choice out of all the Thai restaurants in Reno.

I won’t be back. Inconsistent food + inconsistent staff = no business
My girlfriend liked the place, so we went there for dinner a week ago. I ordered the MThai Basil with chicken and got a wonderfully spicy dish with lots of flavor. It was so good that I thought I’d make it a regular for lunch. I have a couple of chilihead friends and, given that they acutually made it spicy, it seemed like a great place for us to do lunch.
I went there today and was disappointed. I had the MThai Cashew chicken. Again, I asked for level 10 (normally they do levels 1 – 5), but it turns out that the waitress didn’t even bother to specify a heat level to the cook. The chicken looked like it was just boiled chicken breast sliced up and tossed in a clear sauce.
I didn’t see the waitress for about five minutes, so even though my Cashew with boilded chicken didn’t seem to have even a flake of chili in it, I ate it after spicying it up with chili from the spice rack — a poor substitute for a well prepared dish.
She finally came back around when the table next to me asked her for the check (surprise, they had to ask for the check despite being the only other table and having finished before I walked in). As the waitress walked past me on her way back to her hiding hole, I lifted my plate for her to take it. «How was it?» she asked. «I don’t understand why you gave me a mild cashew chicken when I asked for it level 10» I replied.
Her side: After I said I shouldn’t have to agrue with her to get my food the way I ask for it, she switched from, «I’m sorry» to «I didn’t hear you ask for it level ten.» This, even though she repeated the number back to me when I ordered AND never asked me how spicy I wanted it (I asked for level 10 when I placed the order). It just doesn’t add up.
Well, MThai didn’t just lose one customer today; they lost four. Me, my chilihead friends, and my girlfiend. My girlfriend may go back on her own, but she won’t be going when I’m with her.
I’m not surprised that some of the reviews say the service is bad. Maybe it’s a lunch thing? I don’t care to find out.

I had a great experience today at mthai. I came in around 3 (during a normal lull) and was alone. The server turned out to be the chef/​owner and I loved her. She was sweet and charming and an excellent cook.
I was even a bit annoying because I came in with a groupon and wanted to try to get some type of deal worked out for maybe a combo-​ish type plate. I didn’t succeed, and I don’t really blame them lol but I had to try. Thai doesn’t heat up that well so i wanted to be unrealistic and try to create a sort of tasting menu lol. Luckily the chef owner answered my questions and didn’t look stunned when I ordered so much food. I also ordered Tom yum soup along with the house soup that comes with the meal lol. I wanted to try it!
This is when I realized the server was also the chef, saw her working away behind the counter and I liked that when I stood I could see the big wok and all the dirty work being done ;)
The house soup, simple as could be but pretty damn tasty. Almost clear, but flavorful broth, couple cubed carrots, couple sprigs cilantro and fried wonton wrapper with some seasoning. I wasn’t prepared for something so plain looking to have a flavor punch. I liked the cup size, perfect amount and the wonton was still crunchy on the inside. How does that happen? I just wrote a big paragraph on the cup of soup LOL.
Next came my big pot of Tom yum. I told her not too spicy as I like the sour taste a lot. It was up there, but not my favorite style of tom yum. I’m not sure if the way I like it is more Americanized and possible a tamarind paste is used vs. real stock. I like the sour more prominent but this soup still makes my tummy smile. I also noticed fresh mushrooms here like at fresh creations, I think that’s also more authentic than canned straw (but I do prefer the straw mushrooms still).
The drunken noodle came out next, DELICIOUS, contrary to other reviewers, my noodles were perfect, the sweet heat was just right and the chicken was not dry. I crave that smell and sweet burn of the drunken noodles.
It was a little awhile but I got the pad Thai and bean thread noodles together. By this time a helper started helping. Who was friendly enough. The pad Thai was different in that it had round noodles instead of flat ones like you typically see. Also a lemon vs. a lime was served with it. The shrimps were huge and cleaned well, and not overdone. I liked the small fried tofu pieces too, similar to Bangkok. I enjoyed the different noodle style too. I don’t think it detracted from the overall dish.
By this time I only had one bite of bean thread noodle. It was good but I was stuffed and couldn’t appreciate the flavors anymore haha.
This was when I asked if the lady cooking was the owner and I got to chat a bit with her. She was born in Thailand and has lived in Reno for 12 years. We shared some fun stories and we discussed the pros and cons of groupon. So we have another, what seems like, it could be authentic Thai cook and restaurant in Reno. I also asked her how to reheat leftovers and so she gave me some tips I haven’t tried so I’m hoping that they turn out alright.
Unfortunately, this is a little more out of my way so I would have to really make and effort to come here, but after my experience today, my favorite spot (sawseedee) has some competition. I think people should give it a try. I didn’t get any appetizers or larb or curry though so I can’t comment on those main dishes of Thai cuisine. Also the portions could probably be considered a little small, but the plates are pretty big too. The prices seemed on point, $ 9 for chicken, $ 11 for shrimp, seafood combo was up there at $ 17 though, but I imagine its good quality judging from the shrimp I had.
Also, each plate had a slice of orange which I always like after for palate and mouth refreshing after heavy carbs haha
TL;DR My point is, I say try it. I enjoyed the talk with the chef/​owner (important that she didn’t seem… desperate, I guess) and my food very much.
I’ll probably be bringing my dad to try it out next time he’s in town.

We went there on a Wednesday evening, our first time and the food was wonderful! The service was amazing! I will be back and tell my friends about this awesome restaurant! By the way, the surroundings and décor is very cute and trendy. The salt and pepper shakers are hugging (white and light green)! The lamps are beautiful, too! Their TO GO containers are very thick and sturdy– not cheap!
Lastly, it was clean!
You can order your food on a spicy level from 1 – 5, just so you know. :)

Michael H. Looks like you were looking for a free meal bud!!! The service is amazing, the ladies in there are so sweet, i bring all my clients here. I eat at Mthai on a weekly basis. The Thai food is excellent, always served hot and fresh, never a bad meal. I recommend everyone who lives and visits Reno Nevada to stop by and try. Mthai has the best Thai food in Reno by far.

We were the only ones there on a Saturday night, which seemed a bit strange. We ordered fresh rolls, coconut soup, pad thai and their vegetable stir fry. All the dishes were well flavored and tasted good. The waitress kept our beverages full and was friendly. The food did take a while and I don’t know how it would have been with more people, but overall we enjoyed our experience and will be coming back. I had more issues with the service at the Green Papaya and stopped coming. It was nice to come back to a neighborhood thai restaurant. The décor is tasteful and they maximize the small space. One thing I didn’t like was dirty floors. With few customers there, someone should be keeping the floors swept up.

Went here tonight for dinner to see how it was compared to Green Papaya. Things started out okay but took a turn for the worse fast. We ordered herbed wings, crispy duck and the beef salad. Twenty minutes goes by and no wings, at all. The place was nearly empty so we asked if there was a problem with our order. Apparently not the thing to do at all as some sort of fried wings were rushed out to us that did not appear to be «herbed» in any way shape or form. The gracious attitude of our hostess disappeared as well and she was now rather callous and acted as if we were a nuisance suddenly. My beef salad was good as was the duck but neither could save the abysmal service and poor attitude of our waitress. I would only eat here again if I called something in for take-​out, overall a very poor experience. I will also mention that the removal of the partitioning makes the place feel cold and like you are sitting right on top of everyone else, there is no sense of privacy or intimacy at all.

Mthai has replaced Green Papaya, same location but new owners and new name. The spring rolls were very good. Beer and Sake were relatively inexpensive. We got two entrees, «mthai basil» which consisted of green beans, garlic, chili, basil and beef. It was well seasoned and tasty but the entrée was a bit small. The other entrée was «mthai drunken noodle» which was pretty awful, the noodles were literally falling apart, they were just mush. Overall — average, nothing to write home about, there are two or three other Thai places that I prefer over mthai. Note: when we checked in on Unilocal,our only option was to check in to Green Papaya, the new owners would not honor the Unilocal special offered at check-​in.