Mint Cafe

Mint Café was a wonderful restaurant when it existed. It has now been replaced by a new restaurant called High Thai’d, run by a new owner. Many of the menu items are the same and have simply been renamed (i.e., Mint Café Fried Rice is now High Thai’d fried rice). The dishes are prepared in exactly the same way, and are priced the same. However, disappointingly, some of the best items that used to be on Mint Café’s menu have conspicuously disappeared (e.g. the Golden Bags).
The previous owners of Mint Café have another restaurant in Pepper Pike called Peppermint Thai Cuisine (which is unfortunately half an hour away).
Rating for Mint Café: 5 stars
Rating for High Thai’d: 3 stars

Mint Café is back after being closed for a little while. It think it was a lot better before it closed.
Their beef satay with peanut sauce and sweet chili sauce is pretty good. The beef is soft and tender, nicely grilled with char marks on the edges. The beef almost melts in your mouth. It’s delicious with the peanut sauce; however, the peanut sauce is a little too sweet for me.
I also got their country pad thai. It was full of chicken and tofu, a little light on the shrimp though. The shrimp was soft and slightly mushy when it should be firm. It wasn’t the best pad thai I have ever had, but not the worst. The sauce overly sweet for my taste. The spice level was perfect though.
It was moderately priced for the meal I got– 16.00 for the whole check. I will definitely go back and try it again, but I won’t get the pad thai next time! Everyone seems to love the curry– so I’ll try that next time!

Loved their red curry! Although the duck was more fat than meat.
Heard they went out of business though? (Thats what their voicemail said!)

WOOOO MINT CAFE!
This place is sooo good! Definitely affordable if you’re looking to be satisfied every time you go. The presentation is fantastic and I’ve never had a problem here. The service is great and you’ll never go without water!
I’ll admit, I like trying new things, but I canNOT stop getting the Pineapple Chicken here! It’s just so good! I can’t resist warm pineapple!
Other good stuff: Mango anything, spring rolls, soft shell crab, limeade, and pad thai… pretty much anything I’ve eaten here.

If I was writing this review five years ago it would have been five stars, easy.
However, now that I’m spending time in Cleveland Heights again and have had the opportunity to revisit some of my old haunts, I have to say that Mint Café has been severely disappointing.
I have recently sampled the Basil Fried Rice, Pad Thai and Vegetable Dumpling soup. The Fried Rice and the Pad Thai were both too sweet and kind of underwhelming. The Vegetable Dumpling soup was very bland and I can’t be sure if what was inside the dumpling was actually vegetable-​related at all. Maybe chicken? It was had to tell, because there was really no flavor to speak of.
I am being generous with three stars, due to my past affection for this restaurant. I have high hopes that these dishes were flukes and not indicative of everything on the menu.

Hrm. I’ve been pretty disappointed with Asian cuisine around Cleveland, but Mint Café is pretty good.
Started off the dinner with my thai tea. Man, was I craving a thai tea. It was okay, but did its duty to definitely wake me up after a long day. I chose the Mango Curry, per recommendation of our smiley waiter. Man, he was constantly smiling… maybe he was overly happy to see us? Nonetheless, he sure was friendly.
The mango curry was okay. It had chicken, shrimp, squash, and other veggies. The size of it was not the biggest… and it. wasn’t spicy. :P I kind of wish it had more kick. I did enjoy the mangoes though. My friend liked the pad thai.
Not super authentic dishes, but if you’re having that semi-​thai food crave, definitely stop by mint. I would stop by here again… it’s your a-​ok.

Mint Café is my favorite Thai restaurant in Cleveland, hands down. Their noodle dishes are excellent, all of the ones I’ve tried — especially the country-​style pad thai, crazy noodles and jade noodles. The curries are superb as well, and my mother-​in-​law swears by the Tamarind Duck. Care is taken with presentation as well, and the food always looks beautiful. What’s more, the prices are pretty affordable given how tasty and well-​presented the food is.
We’re pretty addicted to the bubble tea there, too; theirs is the best! Try the Thai iced tea flavored bubble tea.

Our first stop on a weekend trip to Cleveland!
The pad thai is totally rave worthy. The perfect taste of sweet, sour, and spicy. Some of the absolute best I have ever had.
Our basil tofu was just ok while our bowls of tom yum soup were extremely disappointing.
Fantastic service and cute location. The interior needs a little updating, but charming all the same.

I go visit Cleveland about once a month. Every time I visit I must go eat there! Totally love this place. I have visited Thailand before, the curries are very similar to what you can find in Thailand here in Mint Café.
LOVE EVERYTHING in there :) The Thai ice tea is good. The fried rice is pretty awesome. Try the curries too! Green Curry!
The place is small but neat and quiet. And you can choose your own spice level. In my opinion things aren’t all that spicy if you can handle jalapeño. Waiting to go back again!

Having grown up around delicious Thai restaurants, I was very impressed by Mint Café. The wait wasn’t long, service was good, and the prices were fair. The Panang curry had a tasty kick to it. I was told that duck works well with red curries and I’ve definitely been sold. Their Pad Thai noodles had a great consistency and a good amount of peanutty flavor. Their chicken pineapple dish was a perfect blend of sweet and salty. All of these dishes are great for family style eating and take-​out.
Even writing about Mint Café is making me crave Thai food. I’ll definitely be back!

Mint Café is one of my favorite places to eat in Coventry. I’m a fried rice fiend, and they put together some pretty quality dishes.
The restaurant looks small from the outside, but is actually very nice inside. The staff is extremely friendly and courteous. The put up with us even as we brought instrument cases into the small restaurant.
The prices are right at the location is great. Give it a try if you’re walking along Coventry road, and your not in the mood for burgers and wings.

Great for eat in or carry-​out. The Crazy Noodles are the best i have ever had. I cant stop eating here. One of my favorites.

For those who say this is the best thai food in the Greater Cleveland area, you have to try Charm Thai (esp. their country style pad thai) in Broadview Heights.
I expected more from Mint, our group ordeed several noodle dishes (Jade noodles, country style pad thai and vegetarian pad thai). I can only talk about the Jade noodles, however my dish was oily and lacked flavor. It tasted like they just took cooked noodles, stirred in some mild sauce, some cooked shrimp and tofu and plopped it on a plate. The onions didn’t even have any color to them!
The only thing preventing me from giving Mint 1 star was their golden bag appetizer which was an interesting twist on a shrimp purse, however the contents of the purse was spongy and tasted like it was cooked from frozen.
I ordered their thai iced tea, which is usually fail proof. Unfortunately their tea was watered down and did not utilize true half and half or condensed milk– so it got even more watered down.
Would not consider going to Mint again. Ill stick with Charm Thai– its in the burbs’ but it’s the most authentic thai in the area.

I’ve been frequenting the Mint Café on Coventry for something like 5 years, and every visit is impeccable.
The bubble tea is outstanding, as is the tempura and soups. Their entrees never seem to miss the mark. Especially considering the reasonable cost of everything on their menu, you really can’t seem to go amiss here.
Also awesome is their staff — super friendly and pleasant. I have left other restaurants in Coventry for poor service, just to wander down the street and have a perfect evening at Mint Café.

I really liked this place. I was starving so I probably would have given the Jimmy John’s down the street a great review too. But this place was very good.
The service was excellent. Everyone was really nice and kept at it with the water.
We had some Siam rolls (spring rolls) and edamame to start. The spring rolls were tasty and had a good sweet-​and-​sour sauce, but they were a little too small and a bit harder than I would have liked. There were five of them, however, and they came out piping hot. The edamame was perfect, which I guess isn’t hard to do, but when it’s done wrong, it sucks. So I was happy with the fact that they were tender, warm, and lightly salted.
I had the Pad Thai, which was plentiful and came with both shrimp and chicken. It had a nice amount of egg, and a bunch of ground peanuts on top. It was really good, but a tiny bit too sweet. My husband had the Thai-​style basil chicken and went nuts at the fried basil. He loved it. He also appreciated the way that the chicken was minced, which is apparently «the way it’s supposed to be» for this dish (the reality? He has no clue but likes to pretend he does. Ha ha.).
I just liked the overall feel of this restaurant. It wasn’t fancy but that’s how I like it. I’m glad that we decided to walk in here when there were a lot of other options on Coventry that we could have easily tried.

So far I’ve been to Mint Café 2 times and both times I have really enjoyed my food. Now granted, I’ve ordered the same thing both times, but that’s because the 2^nd time I went there it was specifically to eat that very dish!
You might be wondering of what dish does she speak? Well, I’ll tell you… the Under the Sea with noodles and yellow curry instead of the red that they have listed on the menu. It is delicious. Their portions are big and they are very generous with the ingredients. So often Thai places will list a shrimp dish w/​noodles or rice and then give you copious amounts of noodles or rice and maybe 3 or 4 shrimp… not Mint Café. The Under the Sea dish comes with shrimp (at least 4), salmon, calamari, and scallops (I counted 5 last time — I’m a total scallop whore) I know this may sound a bit picky but if I’m going to pay $ 13 for a seafood dish, I want there to be seafood in my dish — Don’t scrimp on the shrimp I like to say! (That’s not true, I’ve never said that in my life, but it fits)
Moving past the visions of seafood dancing in my head, I have not eaten at Mint alone and would like to mention the other dishes enjoyed by my friends. A friend ordered the pad thai and gave it thumbs up (hard to screw up pad thai, but it has been done) another friend ordered the duck and gave it rave review and my boyfriend ordered some Fairy Tale Dream or something that consisted of chicken, cashews, pineapple and various other yummy bits. No one had any complaints and almost every plate was appropriately licked clean (figuratively not literally)
The décor is cute, not posh or chic by any means but that doesn’t detract from the experience. They have a full bar and a decent wine list. There are other ‘charming’ characteristics such as blatant misspellings on the menu.
Does anyone want Desert? (Dessert) …Or a glass of orange jice? (juice)
I will be back to Mint Café.

A wonderful little treasure tucked in a corner of the Coventry Road area, The Mint Café is a Thai restaurant that offers a fragrant variety of curries, rices and other wonderful fare for both the carnivore or the ardent vegetarian.
Their meals are wonderful from appetizers through the main dishes right down their tasty and exotic desserts (the banana spring rolls are a personal favorite of my wife and I:) The service is great and the atmosphere is nice and intimate.
They also have a nice selection of drinks from Lassi’s (the drink, not the pooch:) to tasty bubble teas and other fine fare.
Parking is available down the street, and then you have access to all of Coventry’s wonderful stores. Truly, a great way to spend an evening with friends or a way to treat your significant other to a special evening out.
NOTE: TODAY, JAN 4, 2011, SADLY, WE FOUND OUT THAT MINT CAFE IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED FOR SOME STRANGE, UNKNOWN REASON. THEY RECOMMENDED GOING TO ONE OF THEIR SISTER RESTAURANTS LIKE PEPPERMINT CAFE. IF ANYONE FINDS OUT WHY THIS WONDERFUL PLACE CLOSED, PLEASE, LET ME KNOW.

Mint Café is the best Thai food in Cleveland — sorry Asian Grille in Lakewood! I recommend the Mint Garden Chicken (nice steamed vegetables and chicken with an amazing peanut sauce on the side), the Crazy Noodle (Bangkok-​style flat rice noodles with a spicy peanutty sauce), the Pumpkin Curry (a seasonal special), or the Yellow Curry. Always very friendly service, family-​friendly and reasonably group-​friendly.
They also have great appetizers, like the edamame, tofu triangles and the crispy spring rolls. They have some more expensive dishes, but many of the dinner entrees are less than $ 10.
Great food, reasonable prices, nice atmosphere, and friendly service. For the guy who said there was no parking, there is a huge parking garage just one block down the street behind Marc’s.

So, we decided to finally check out this place after the Honda dealership person told us this is ‘home of the best Taiwanese food. ‘LOL! Yes, and I speak Asian.
We ordered a noodle dish, a rice dish and the golden bags Unilocalers raved about. All ranged from ok to good. Nothing we had substantially stood out, and the taste easily dismissible.

Definitely not bad.
The price point is fair and the décor is classic 1990’s Thai restaurant feel — with earth-​tone of a lighter heft. The flavours are mild for thai — I’d prefer a little more punch. We asked for authentic hot, and got non-​existent spicyness.
I’m going to have to do a little more exploring to determine my favourite Thai venue, but this place isn’t too bad.
Service was brisk and almost brusque — but that’s okay, right?