Amazing Thailand
Restaurant, Bar
Hours
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$$ - average
Thai
Thai food in a trendy setting
This popular Thai restaurant is good for dates or special occasions. The menu features a number of stir-fry dishes which can be made vegan upon request.
Of the curries, only the "Amazing Thai" curry can be made vegan; the rest all contain fish sauce or shrimp paste pre-mixed in the curry base.
- Happy Hour
- Outdoor Seating
- Romantic
Added by Alee on Jun 4 07 (updated Feb 7)
Reviews
All style, no substance. The decor is great, but the food is terrible. I ordered my noodles vegan, they came cooked w/ eggs in a meat sauce. I tried to eat it, but it was so meat-ridden I had to send it back. The service was VERY slow. And its expensive! I'll never go back & don't recommend it. Stick to Evergreen for food, go here for drinks.
Amazing Thailand has great food and almost everything can be made to (vegan) order without any hesitation from the servers. The food is very fresh and authentic. Also be careful of the dipping sauce that comes with the spring rolls since it has fish sause. You are safe with the curry peanut sauce or sweet & sour sauce that can are available upon request.
pretty good food. one dish was really tasty, the other pretty good. most stuff could be made vegan (except curries). staff knew well what could be vegan. pretty decor. fast service. nothing completely exceptional but definitely good and will try it again.
I came here on a Friday night and easily found a spot at the bar, but groups of two or more should make reservations or be prepared to wait for a table. Amazing Thailand seems to be a popular date spot and the crowd consists almost entirely of people aged 22-32.
The decor is nice and the service was prompt and efficient at the bar.
I had a Pahd Ped (chili stir fry) with tofu ($12) which was pretty decent. I wouldn't go out of my way to have it, but it was certainly acceptable and well-presented---it was symmetrical and had a good array of colors and textures. The menu also has a number of other veganizable stir frys with different ingredients. But be warned that only one of the curries is vegetarian/vegan (the "Amazing Thai," which is a thick peanut sauce curry), as the rest all have fish sauce or shrimp paste pre-mixed. Pre-mixed stocks are a classic sign of sinful shortcuts in Thai cooking and something which is looked down upon in Thailand, but is somehow acceptable in the US.
Two major gripes: they don't offer brown rice and they charge $1 for extra white rice. The brown rice issue was expected; but I detest restaurants that charge extra for rice, especially if it's crappy white rice. It's something you won't see in Asia (or even on Nicollet Avenue), but it's common in hip, upper-middle class areas where the customers don't know any better and probably wouldn't complain regardless. But it's a rip-off, as the restaurant's cost for a small cup of white rice is probably 5 cents or less, but they charge you a full dollar, jacking up their margins; and they practically force you to buy more rice as the free amount they provide with the dish is paltry.
Amazing Thailand probably does have the best Thai food in Uptown as it's better than Tum Rup or Chiang Mai, but the quality of the food still pales in comparison to pretty much any restaurant on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis or University Avenue in St. Paul.