Mr Thai

We stopped in for a quick lunch, and we weren’t disappointed. Spring rolls are obviously fried from frozen, and could have used a little bit more of a cook. The filling was a bit cold.
The Pad Thai and Mango Chicken were out within minutes of ordering, and both were generous portions. I added extra vegetables to the Pad Thai, and was pleased to see quite a bit of jade green broccoli and baby bokchoy. The taste of the food was about what I’d expect from a fast food Thai place.
What really impressed us was our server. He was polite, funny, and as we were a bit tight on time, he got our food out really fast. To me, good service deserves as much of a review as food.
No it’s not the best Thai food I’ve ever had, but it was fast, hot, generous and tasty. After reading some of the other reviews here, I think people are being a bit too critical, but that’s the beauty of Unilocal

I agree with a 2 star rating for this restaurant. For Thai food, this place delivers below average quality food. This is western customization of Asian food at it’s worst. Mediocre spices and curries with too much rice for lunch specials. It’s straying too far from authentic, and not in a good way. I’ve tried this place a few times now, usually 6 months apart, and keep hoping it will get better. But after ordering I remember why I stopped coming here in the first place. There’s a couple of better Thai options in the neighborhood.

I have been craving Thai lately so had lunch today at Mr. Thai. I’d been there a couple years ago and hadn’t had a good experience but I thought I’d give it another chance.
I ordered one of the specials … Thai Spicy Chicken with Rice with just carrots and corn. I ate it in rather than getting take-​out and it was an extra $ 1. It was really bland … not even close to being spicy. It was just okay and I didn’t feel all that great afterwards.
Ken was the server and he was buzzing around the restaurant.
I won’t be back.

I have no idea why am I even writing a review. I guess may be for those who have not tried food from this place and after reading my review they would not like to go here. So I ordered chicken pad thai and chicken fried rice. Chicken pad thai was okay and it was hard to find chicken pieces in it. And chicken fried rice was just worst. I guess the chef was a health freak and that is why prepared the fried rice dry with no oil in it. But I wonder why to make it super spicy? Fried rice tasted so blunt and bad that I had to throw it in the trash because it was too dry and difficult to swallow.

Food is crap– all rice, no meat or veggies, very bland taste. Brutal. There are much better Thai restaurants in the area with better food and prices. Guy at the front desk was also a nuisance. poor customer service. Don’t bother with this place.

The food at this place is garrrbage. Ordered tom yum noodles and the beef kebob. Overpriced, chewy, and very poor quality. Avoid.
Go to a thai restaurant with real thai/​viet chefs. Avoid this Chinese-​run craphole. What qualifies the owner of this place to even cook thai food? Garbage food.

My boyfriend and I ended up there late one week night (he had a gig in the area). Basically the guy at the counter wasn’t very friendly (maybe because it was late?)… All I wanted was a fresh roll. I LOVE those darn delicious things and I make pretty good ones myself. So my review here is purely based on my short experience and my one fresh roll.
1 MANGO fresh roll was $ 5.00 EACH (veg… shrimp/​chicken was extra!!!)
I was shocked at the price and I mentioned it to my bf, the counter guy interrupted me and said «well we make them fresh». I should hope so as they are FRESH rolls.
It was mostly romaine lettuce and a piece of mango with a few limp rice noodles in rice paper. Horrible and a horrifying price especially when you can get awesome rolls from Ginger (if you are downtown) for $ 2.00 a roll!
I guess because of the area they can get away with being way overpriced but I won’t be going there any time soon.

I ordered the green mango salad with veggie tempura. It was a bit overpriced for the quality of food. The restaurant seemed pretty dead, and the service was ok. You order your food, get a glass of water and that’s pretty much it.

I went here today at about 12:30. I ordered takeout but had 15 minutes to waste before I had to get to work. I decided to sit at a table to eat my meal and was told I had to leave and that was not allowed. The restaurant was empty — all tables available. But I was not allowed to sit and eat for 10 minutes because I had ordered takeout and that’s cheaper than sitting in. The guy at the counter told me someone would have to serve me if I sat down — I don’t see how that would be necessary when I had already received my meal and had paid. I will not be returning. This restaurant fails to see that sometimes we can make exceptions to rules — especially for paying customers.
Besides that — the food was also lackluster.

Given how much awesome thai food there is in the city, there isn’t really a good reason to go here. Unless you are a unique blend of starving to death and also don’t want to get on the train to travel 2 stops to a better place.
Curries and pad thai are mushy and bland, not worth the price (which is moderate, unlike the food).
Their lemongrass soups used to be quite good (and cheap!), but over time they put less meat in them, replaced the nice shitake mushrooms with shitty white button mushrooms, stopped putting in vegetables, etc. So now you’re basically paying for yellow salty broth with a few hard lemongrass stems floating in it. Yeck.

I think I’m already being polite by giving this place 2 stars
Yesterday for lunch I stopped in as I didn’t want Pizza and Timmy’s doesn’t really offer a lunch menu despite the commercials and menus that would suggest otherwise
I enter the restaurant the cashier made eye contact and decided to look after the couple wrapping up their meal… ok sure ignore me why not
Then after taking 5 minutes to ensure he got a tip (yes he practically wrote it on the receipt) he asked what I would like to order. I order a what I thought what was a simple order — fried rice with chicken
He says 5 mins– I say ok and proceed to pay. As I’m waiting the cashier seats a young lady and is making small talk while my meal sits on the counter.
After waiting approx 10 minutes to get my food I leave the restaurant, get back to work and find that these fools put spicy flakes all over my order… leaving me quite unimpressed
As far as the food went, it was okay spicy flakes weren’t spicy (so much for making a difference) and other than some undercooked rice that occasionally found it’s way on my pallet I stomached the meal for what it was
Was it worth $ 9.25? No
Was the portion worth the cost? Nope!
Was I reminded why I can’t stand Mr. Thai?
Without a doubt
Don’t even get me started on their coupons…

No good. Very bland thai food, not authentic, no flavour, lots of oil. Skip this place.

It’s just fast food quality. Not really worth the 9 bucks. Mango salad is so horrible tasting. I ended up throwing it away.
I don’t think I will come back again.
Btw since I understand Cantonese, the restaurant has some really rude service — they are talking shit about their customers right in front of everyone.

The one guy working both take out and service was a little stretched but courteous, although he did seem a bit stressed. The food was decent for a fast food type Thai place, came out quick, lots of it for a fair price. I liked that the pad Thai was not too sweet, and since my partner can’t handle too much spice, I asked how hot the general Tao was and the guy promised to dial down the heat. It was delicious (comparable to Markham Chinese take out) and my partner loved it. Great for take out or delivery I guess, don’t know about dining in but it’s not a bad option if you’re strolling by and could go for a quick cheap meal.

Poor service. Hard to have a conversation over the very loud music, a/​c and busser moving dishes. Will not be going back.
Oh, and the ‘Thai’ food was what you’d expect from an office tower food court.

I walked in around 11:15 — 11:20. The door was open but the restaurant was empty. I started looking at the menu as this woman walked in and told me that she won’t open for another 15 – 20 minutes. I said that I don’t mind just waiting until the kitchen opens (the tables were already set, everything was prepped). She bluntly said that she would rather have me come back. She seemed annoyed and made no attempt to apologize, accommodate, or explain.
Wow. I’ve been in the service industry for over 12 years now, and as long as we have everything prepped we always welcome early birds. I don’t know if she was just an employee, a manager, or the owner, but with this attitude this place won’t last long. I’m not surprised other reviewers are not that enthusiastic either.

We had take away and it was ready in about 10 minutes, that was the highlight of the dining experience.
Coconut chicken soup was inedible, it tasted more like watery chicken pot pie than anything else. The pad thai wasn’t terrible, lots of tofu and egg, but it’s rather ketchupy.
I’ll stick with Thai Express around the corner for a quick thai fix.

I live near this place so when I don’t want to trek far, I will stop by.
The food is pretty blah and not even close to being authentic. I refuse to try the Pad Thai because I know already it will be disgusting. The only thing I ever get from there are spring rolls and the chicken fried noodle dish, only because I have an obsession with fried noodles. The sauce is not that flavourful and sometimes I wonder why the hell I keep buying it. My bf actually likes the cashew nut chicken at this place but I think its pretty crap. Its very sweet.
Overall the lunch prices are good, but the food is very very mediocre for Thai food.

No. No. No.
I’m so sorry for cheating on you Thai Express. I hath been punished.
When I walked in, I was in a bit of a rush so I decided to grab the menu on my way to a table. The surly Asian teenager wouldn’t let me. She made it a point that she would bring me the menu.
Fine. I’m miffed. Hopefully the food is decent. I ordered the Papaya salad. It was missing two ingredients that were stated on the menu: PAPAYA and peanuts. When I pointed this out to the snot-​nosed waitress, she decided to bring over the rest of the salad in a small plate.
Even though my salad was missing half of its ingredients, it arrived ten minutes after the noodles and rice of the ladies sitting next to me. Did I mention that those ladies walked into the restaurant ten minutes after me? Well, I guess I just did.
You get the jist. I won’t return. You shouldn’t either.

Not the best, but the food’s pretty decent and for «to-​go» the speed of meals ordered from the lunch menu are made quickly.
I ordered «pick-​up» from the lunch specials and all-​in-​all, the food and price were decent, however the meal size wasn’t as filling as I would’ve liked as it kept me hungry.
Last time I went, I ate there as a sit-​down customer and the service was really bad, where I had to wait quite the extended periods of time just for a water, let alone having my order taken.
While waiting for my meal this time, I noticed that the chair I was sitting on was rather unstable, so be careful where you sit at this venue.