07/02/09

The BEST Thai Restaurant I have ever been to

by spacefantasy100

This is my favorite restaurant because the food is AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS. I do not have a very high tolerance for spicey food but I love the flavor of Thai food which usually turns out to be a problem. Every other Thai restaurant I have ever been to cannot seem to control the level of spice in the dishes at all. Thai Cottage knows exactly how to control the level so you can actually enjoy the meal. The lunch special is awesome (around $6-7 for a crispi vegetarian roll, a salad with an amazing peanut sauce, and an entre). The atmosphere is beautiful and the staff is very friendly. Seriously, I think I might have an addiction to this food because I crave it all the time.

• Pros: Red Curry is to die for
• Cons: Not opened on Sundays

02/04/09

Best Thai Lunch in the Houston Area

by dizfactor

I have eaten at several Thai restaurants throughout the country and this is about the best and most affordable I have eaten at. The Red Curry is absolutely delicious and can be spiced to taste. For lunch you get the entree, soup or salad, and a crispy roll for under ten dollars. Its an excellent bargain. If Thai curry is not your thing then any of the other choices are excellent as well, as I have never had anything on the menu that is bad. I would recommend the Chili Mint Chicken if you are looking for something a little on the different side. As for the service, it is excellent, my tea glass is always refilled before I get half way done with it.

• Pros: Great Service, food, and value
• Cons: Not a lot of room, no refills on sodas, very busy at lunch

11/29/08

Yummy!

by jpmiller02

If anyone is looking for some great and inexpensive Thai food, this is the place. The restaurant is clean and comfortable, and the service is very prompt. I would strongly recommend the spring rolls and their peanut sauce is the best! The weekday lunch specials are also great; a full meal for under $10. I try to go here at least once every couple of weeks.

• Pros: Ambience, Food, Service, Food Variety
• Cons: None

06/12/08

I have an addiciton for this place!!!!!

by pooterhead29

i was introduced to Thai Cottage about 6 years ago by my mother. i now since that first day of tasting their wonderful food have an addiciton problem. Enjoying the Princess Chicken number three spicy with extra veggies. i can not get enough. i highly reccommend this food to anyone who wants to either try something new, or for those who want a new hobby of eating out at this place everyday. get an order of the crispy rolls, you will love them. the prices are so reasonable and the environment is great. please try and enjoy!!! don't say i didn't warn you.

• Pros: the prices and the food is wonderful.
• Cons: i don't have a big enough tummy for more food.

05/31/08

Great Food EVERYTIME

by scubaflump

Lunchtime through the week and during weekends is busy for good reason - it's fantastic food at very reasonable price.

Lunch Menu is less extensive than Dinner Menu but still a good variety of choices.

Evenings ( at least from 7:30pm onward ) tend to be a little less busy.

I've been to this restaurant 30+ times in the past 5 years and its certainly a personal favorite - I'll generally not turn down a chance to eat at TC II even though I don't live in the Sugarland area.

I have noticed that when the Manager is on Vacation the Service can be poor ; which is disappointing given the normal high standards.

02/18/08

Avoid the lunch hour

by mariam08

This restaurant was renovated early in the summer of 2007. I longed for the reopening later in the summer months to find that others were as anxious as I was for a larger space with more seating. I have been here during the lunch hour four times and dinner twice since the grand reopening and have found consistency on all visits.

*The food is really good and more authentic than the other surrounding Thai restaurants in the southwest suburban Houston.

*Dishes are not outrageously priced and are consistent in taste and quality especially the curry specialties.

*This restaurant is very crowded during the lunch rush so expect to wait in all aspects. It's a good place to meet friends for a 1-2 hour leisurely weekday lunch.

*Inconsistency in processing/fulfilling food orders.

My lunch companions and I waited 45 minutes for our entrees. We explained to our waitress that patrons at another table that arrived 20 minutes after we did, were served before us and were almost finished with their entrees while we and the guests at the table next to ours were impatiently waiting for our meals. She came back a few minutes later after our food was finally served and said that the kitchen staff "had to make more chicken"??? We weren't really sure what this meant but the customers at the aforementioned table served before us had consumed chicken also.

Needless to say, we all decided that lunch hour is NOT a time to visit Thai Cottage II which consistently operates with an understaffed and overworked wait staff and kitchen. When you have the bus boy seating patrons and the owner serving the wrong dishes (the table next to us got our salads), there is a quality control issue. I experienced similar scenarios at all of my luncheons at this particular restaurant. I have finally decided that if I crave Thai food in the Sugar Land area, my best bet is to come here for dinner when I don't have to worry about going back to work.

• Pros: Good Thai food for southwest suburban Houston
• Cons: Slow/erratic service and seating

04/24/07

I must've eaten something totally different from other reviewers' and critics'

by billygrant

I was not sure why this place garnered awards from the critics and excellent reviews from other people, but I had these observations and reservations. Satays were not grilled! I lived in Thailand for 3 years and southeast asian satays were always grilled. Because it took longer to grill, many Thai restaurants in Houston took shortcuts by pan-frying (greasy meat), boiling (dry meat) or boiling and then put on the grill in order to obtain the grill marks (insulting meat). Its TomYum soup had too much fish sauce and not enough pepper (for kick), lemon (for sour taste) and lemon grass (for fragrant smell). It might be sitting on the stove for too long and water evaporated. It was not bland; it was simply salty! The chickens of the main dish were boiled, not stir-fried. The chef must?ve diced the chickens when they were still frozen because they retained such pretty cubic shapes when served! From start to finish nothing about the meal was satisfactory. I felt totally cheated.

• Pros: None!
• Cons: Pretty much everything.

10/27/06

Best Thai Food

by ilenek

Love the food! Everything I have tried has been exceptional! The only problem is that the restaurant is very small and crowded. You almost feel like you are dining with everyone in the restaurant!

• Pros: Great Food
• Cons: Busy/Noisy

08/07/06

Relieved to Find This Place

by iamscary

Having been rather disappointed with most of Sugar Land's restaurants, I was delighted to find Thai Cottage. The food is fresh and full of flavor and spice! My first visit was with a friend who goes there frequently. I had the Tom Yum soup, which was a zesty balance of sweet, salty, bitter, sour and spicy. I had ordered the Pad Kee Mow with beef, a mixture of wide noodles, grilled lemongrass beef, fresh tomatoes, carrots and mint. I personally love spicy dishes and ordered it spicy #2, which was enough to make my cheeks tingle and nose run, but not drown out the flavor of the food. My friend let me try her Pad Thai, which I enjoyed as well. The interesting flavor of Pad Thai is difficult for me to explain, but tasted fresh and not like it came from a packet. We finished the meal with the fried bananas with coconut ice cream. The slices of banana were wrapped in rice paper and fried to make a delicate, crispy shell that lent a nice texture to the dessert and went well with the creamy ice cream. The staff is very friendly and service is good. I am now a regular customer.

• Pros: Great food, good service
• Cons: Small dining area

A Sugar Land favorite for spicy Thai fare in a contemporary and relaxing setting.

by Contributor

In Short
Casual but wholly comfortable and never junky, this Sugar Land eatery is good for friends or even a date. There's a convenient heat-indexed menu: Pick your spice tolerance from one to five. Thai curry plates include a feisty favorite, red-curry chicken, with supple bites of white chicken and crisp bamboo strips swathed in velvety coconut sauce. Tender, cold spring rolls are fluffy with extra shrimp and fresh, fragrant herbs; smoky charbroiled beef salad is crunchy, cool and piquant.