Ban Thai Restaurant
2186 3rd Street
Suite 111
White Bear Lake, Minnesota 55110
651-407-8424
vegan-friendly
$$ - average
Thai
$$ - average
Thai
Thai Food
Locally owned Thai restaurant with numerous vegan options, Ban Thai offers appetizers like veggie spring rolls, fried tofu with dipping sauce, and Chiang Rai Tofu Soup. Dinner selections include curries, rice dishes, and noodle dishes which all come with either tofu, mock duck, or mock chicken.
- Kid-Friendly
Added by Amy on Jul 17 06 (updated Jul 17 06)
Reviews
Amy -
Jul 17 06
I spoke with the owner and he said that the mock chicken is all soy, and therefore vegan. I ordered the Gang Khiao Wan(Green Curry) with mock chicken and it was really good. The sauce was a bit spicy, but I think that's common for Thai food. You may want to order it mild if you don't like things very spicy.
Ban Thai has some of the best Thai food I've had in the Twin Cities area. The dishes here have the taste and look of home-cooked Thai food with fresh, colorful ingredients and simple preparation. Prices are reasonable and portion sizes are good. I appreciate that they have mock duck and mock chicken as options, which is rare outside of Vietnamese or Chinese restaurants. Be careful of the spice level---anything more than "2 peppers" on their scale will scald your mouth. The service is super-friendly and attentive; the cook even went out of her way to make a new, vegan batch of green curry paste especially for my dish, because the existing batch had fish sauce already mixed into it. NOTE: you have to request for them to leave out the fish/oyster/shrimp sauce, but they're very accommodating about this. All in all, it's a great restaurant, but I wish they were in Minneapolis or St. Paul, rather than remote White Bear Lake.