One of the top Asian restaurants in the Des Moines area. Been here a handful of times and never left disappointed. Tried a new dish each time and always excellent.
The crab-fried rice dish is by far one of my favorites.

Had the Birthday sushi roll! Simply delicious. Fresh and quality ingredients. The server was extremely sweet and attentive. Boba was a bit hard (might’ve been a little uncooked) not as chewy as I like it but still good. Fortune cookie was so cute way better taste than the original Chinese cookie.

The door is not locked, I'm just weak! Worth the door struggle.

Those of you who follow my reviews here know, but I'm obsessed with the perfect green curry. This place has it! I did add eggplant. It was so good, I even was eager to eat the green beans 🤣.

Their Thai tea was also perfect for me, which means it's probably really sweet 🤣❤️

Seriously top 5, maybe top 3.

The food is really good. We especially like being able to customize spice level. Service is great. Attentive without being on you all the time.
Place could use a good scrub. There is splatter on the walls and menus. Booths are worn out. The booth we were in had the pendant light right over one of the seats, making whoever sat there have to lean over or sit at the edge. And they could use a full bar, or at least some things on tap.

Delicious!!! I had the yellow curry stir fry and the altoona roll. Both soooooo good. Enough for 2 or 3 big meals, too.

Friendly prompt service. Clean space.

Cost was $30 with tip. For the quality and amount, that seemed right on.

Their menu has so many things I wanted to try. I can see this becoming a regular go to.

I asked for medium spice level and also feel like they delivered.

Thanks Cool Basil!

Everything was amazing and the food was great! Wait staff was perfect on checking in to see if we needed anything. Atmosphere really the inside just looked like it could use updating but was still nice inside.

I went in for the first time tonight. I had the Tom Yum soup. It is hands down the best I've had! The broth was so flavorful and the chicken was seasoned and tender. I can't wait to try other menu items.

Great Thai food! My husband and I dined in for lunch. He had the special yellow curry (aka Khao soi) and I had Pad Thai (spice level 2) We also shared an app of fried pork pot stickers. All of the food was delicious and just the right amount of spicy! Portions were generous. We left with enough food to have dinner later that day. Worth mentioning, we ordered orange chicken for pickup previously and it was decent but the Thai food is the real star of the show here. The new owners are doing a great job!

Best. Crab. Rangoon. Filling. Ever. Green curry on point. Serving sizes a little smaller than I’d like, but SO DELISH.

Everything was amazing and the food was great! Wait staff was perfect on checking in to see if we needed anything. Atmosphere really the inside just looked like it could use updating but was still nice inside.

I went in for the first time tonight. I had the Tom Yum soup. It is hands down the best I've had! The broth was so flavorful and the chicken was seasoned and tender. I can't wait to try other menu items.

One of the top Asian restaurants in the Des Moines area. Been here a handful of times and never left disappointed. Tried a new dish each time and always excellent.
The crab-fried rice dish is by far one of my favorites.

The food is really good. We especially like being able to customize spice level. Service is great. Attentive without being on you all the time.
Place could use a good scrub. There is splatter on the walls and menus. Booths are worn out. The booth we were in had the pendant light right over one of the seats, making whoever sat there have to lean over or sit at the edge. And they could use a full bar, or at least some things on tap.

Kind. Of hit and miss, there are times it is a solid 5 but times things are overcooked and underwhelming. Still come back regardless as the hits are way more plentiful than the Misses

I really want to give this place a bad review but i have loved their food for forever. it just used to be way better. they still are honestly the best chinese ur going to find in the des moines metro. It just breaks my heart they dont cook the food the same way.

Great Sushi! Affordable prices

Had the Birthday sushi roll! Simply delicious. Fresh and quality ingredients. The server was extremely sweet and attentive. Boba was a bit hard (might’ve been a little uncooked) not as chewy as I like it but still good. Fortune cookie was so cute way better taste than the original Chinese cookie.

This is seriously one of the best Thai pkaces that I’ve been to. And I travel all over!

Great service

Fantastic food and service. We came at lunch on a Saturday and had a fabulous experience with little to no wait times.

The door is not locked, I'm just weak! Worth the door struggle.

Those of you who follow my reviews here know, but I'm obsessed with the perfect green curry. This place has it! I did add eggplant. It was so good, I even was eager to eat the green beans 🤣.

Their Thai tea was also perfect for me, which means it's probably really sweet 🤣❤️

Seriously top 5, maybe top 3.

Every time we eat here the sushi lover in my family is super happy about the food and prices, and there is such a wide variety on the menu that sometimes I feel guilty that I keep ordering my favorite dish. Everything I have had here is great, very fresh, and love that they ask what level of spice we want.

Fabulous restaurant! We always order a sushi roll and a side of fried rice, and it's a perfect meal. I love the artistry in the rolls! Service is always outstanding! Definately recommend!

I stopped here with a friend for dinner and was not disappointed with our decision to stop here.

The food was good and our server took good care of us, making sure that we had what we needed and that everything was ok.

Overall, highly recommended!

Consistent food, flavorful, great service! These used to be the things in before tonight.

We went there tonight and ordered about 3-4 dishes. Not a single dish came out well. Pineapple Fried Rice had to be sent back thrice because we had asked for vegetarian (with fried tofu) and every time it had chicken/shrimp. Last time they got it, it was burnt and of course without the fried tofu and cashews.

The server said the some kitchen staff is new and tried their best to ensure the order was served correctly. I might just go to their Clive location which is WAY better.

They did take off the fried rice off the bill and gave a $5 discount.

Large party with allergies, they were wonderful

I ordered Miso soup. It had an odd sweet flavor. I won't order it again. Very disappointing.

Its good

Still good 6/5/24

Always a wonderful dining experience! The food is expertly prepared using fresh ingredients, and the service is always friendly and accommodating.

We had dinner there last night. It was a surprisingly good choice. Even the miso soup was far above average.

Lunch friend rice is the best

Great food! Have only done takeout from two of their locations so can't say anything about the atmosphere, but I have been greeted in a friendly fashion each time I have done business with them.

Very good red beef curry, rich and flavorful, fragrant too, the rice was well cooked and the service was great 5/5

Tables & booth seats were all sticky & gross. Fried rice was a tasteless mushy mess. Calamari was undercooked. It’s obvious they don’t make their own sauces.
Maybe this is as good as Iowa Asian food gets, but the whole deal was disgusting.
I couldn’t eat it. Paid my $25 tab & left.

Have excellent food. The portions are generous. Flavor is spot on.

This place for sure in a gem. Server was very nice. Food was super fresh and AMAZING!

The food was delicious, service was 10/10 🥰

Seated right away. Servers very friendly and helpful with menu questions. Expansive menu with many choices. I would almost say you can't go wrong. But then I only had 1 dish and it was delicious. I'll definitely return.

Good food plenty of options. If you like spiced food then you will enjoy this restaurant. Sauces are Coconut milk based. If you are not familiar I'd call it a mix between Chinese/Indian food. Delish.

So good, always fresh everything has it's own flavor, a lot of options in the menu.

Delicious!!! I had the yellow curry stir fry and the altoona roll. Both soooooo good. Enough for 2 or 3 big meals, too.

Friendly prompt service. Clean space.

Cost was $30 with tip. For the quality and amount, that seemed right on.

Their menu has so many things I wanted to try. I can see this becoming a regular go to.

I asked for medium spice level and also feel like they delivered.

Thanks Cool Basil!

My sister meets me here from time to time and we like to have sushi or some sort of roll. The food is quality, usually, with the occasional problem. I think, like most eateries, they do pretty well over all, but I question the condition of the kitchen. Sure, we can see the sushi being made and there is care given, but occasionally I'll get the hint that the kitchen is a jungle, based on what ends up on the edge of a plate, or the a bug here and there.

I grasp that getting a bug is nearly impossible to omit, but it shouldn't happen twice as infrequently as I dine there. That's statistically too high for my liking. I can get past that, but care needs to be given to clean up the food prep area I'm wondering.

Again, good flavors and I'm not stopping dining, but focus on cleanliness would elevate the restaurant.

Service was poor and the food was average.

I really like having lunch at Cool Basil..food..service..prices are all spot on.
The diversity of their menu items alone is sure to please any Asian cuisine lover's needs.
Today I had Angry Pork with Spicy Chicken Wings as an appetizer. Nice place 😋

Great food and service

I had Pad Thai and shrimp dumplings. The servings are small and expensive. There was no egg in the Pad Thai and the peanuts in the little side cup were ground to a dust. The dumplings were mediocre. They need to improve food quality and pricing.

Great place. Amazing Asian cuisine very well. Kept the servers of very polite. They really have great customer service and the food was excellent

We were seated quickly. Menus are very clear. Food was delivered hot as it should be. Follow up to be sure we were taken care of.

We picked this place on a whim. So glad we did. I had the prawn cakes, a small Tom yum soup, and the garlic pepper beef. Prawn cakes, share them. If you don't, you won't have room for anything else. They are about 3 inches in diameter and almost 1/2 inch thick. And you get 4. They are very dense and the sauce adds a little sweetness. The Tom Yum soup is the best I have ever had. Perfectly spicy/sour. I had pork in it for the protein and it was almost like pork belly but less fatty. The garlic pepper with beef. I ordered it a level 4 out of 6 for spice but, to me it was about a 2 for spice. Not sure if that was normal but it was on point for flavor. Nice tender slices of beef and perfect sized pieces of garlic in a smooth sauce worked nicely with rice.

Overall this place was a pleasant surprise to find in a strip mall. One other thing was when we pulled up there was a police cruiser parked in front of the restaurant. We walked in and it looked like he had a big order. I urge everyone to go where the police eat. They don't have time for bad food.

Google really needs to reset the ratings on this place because it changed owners about a year ago and it’s completely different. Most of the bad reviews come from when the previous owner ran it. Good Thai place and fills a hole left after Nomi’s closed down. Don’t let the 3.9 rating scare you. This is a solid spot.

Reasonably priced lunch deals. Fried tofu is delicious!

This blew anything you could get from a Kum & Go out of the water. Imaginative dishes, and the fountain drinks were on point.

So delicious, nice service

I love this place. Huge menu selection of Asian foods, pho, sushi etc. Quality is great considering the breadth of their menu. Nice quiet atmosphere.

Great place

The sushi was good and very fresh. Our waiter was very attentive and we enjoyed our meal.

The food was great. Lots of menu items to choose from and very diverse. Service was excellent. The Thai iced tea was very good and the honeydew boba tea was very good. Will visit again when in the area.

We had absolutely delicious food and the best service from Willem. The atmosphere was perfect for a nice catch-up with an old friend. We lingered for hours, and they were extremely gracious about it.

We were traveling unexpectedly, and needed to catch a meal while on the road. This place hit the spot. We both got different versions of fried rice which were very good, and also light. Our only real complaints were that the tables were a little on the sticky side. Otherwise a nice place for a strip mall restaurant!

Smith was incredibly helpful and lovely. Great guy

Great place, great food, and best server ever And so nice too

We walked in 30 minutes before closing. They had already put the chairs on the tables. But they got us a nice spot and our waiter was excellent. He was friendly and very attentive. Love all our food. The Miso was one of the best flavors I have had. Git the level on heat on the edamame and I loved, but about burned my wife's mouth. My daughter got the level 3 on her Yellow Curry and my other daughter got level 1 on her Yellow Curry. Loved both of them the heat just added a smoking flavor not much heat. My wife got the beef fried rice and thought it was perfect one the the best. I got a spider roll and a California roll, both were good, but average. Their Thai is outstanding well worth the visit.

My favorite Thai restaurant in Altoona.

Love, love, love the food here especially their Pad Thai! We eat here often! The service is Awesome! They do get busy and the wait staff does work their butts off especially a girl named Cielo!! She’s Awesome! They deserve huge credit for all their hard work!! I highly recommend!!

I went for dinner last night and they were PACKEDDD!. We were still tended to in a timely fashion and the server although very young was great with prioritizing her time between the huge party they had and the few other customers. The Pad See Eww was so delicious and the crab ragoon was scrumptious. Big shout out to the new owners and the sweet server. Your doing great and the menu has improved so much from the previous owners. Keep It up

First of all the food was so bland and dry like Sahara desert and my friend order her food first and got her food last and my friend and everyone on our table waited for 2 hours and forgot some of our orders. Bad day

My family and I ate here for lunch yesterday and it was SO GOOD! I got the Drunken Noodles (level 4 spice) and it was delicious! My husband had the Pad thai and he loved it too! I could eat this every week! Definitely coming back!

They close during the week at 2:30. We got there at 2:15. We were the only ones there. They were very friendly and gracious. I had the Pad Thai and a Thai tea. Husband had the King Pao. My Pad Thai was the second best I've ever had. It was the right amount of saucy and crunch. The only one thar was better was in Las Vegas at i Thai, and that's only because the LV restaurant used bean sprouts and Cool Basil uses cabbage. It's still fantastic and I'll be ordering it again!! 😋 Our waitress was great and very kind.

Under new ownership recently! Good is so much better than it used to be! Our new go to!

Our meal was served in a timely manner and hot. Service was good and our server checked in with us the right amount of times during our meal.

After being seated, was ignored for 19 minutes, no drinks, no interaction period. We left.

4 yrs ago: Delicious curry!

June 2023:
Was just back in to eat in the restaurant since their reopening. New menu. Absolutely amazing! Large delicious entres for absolutely reasonable price especially considering cost of things these days. We tried a new soup, Tom ka Kai, it was delicious! They carry my daughter's favorite chicken satay again now and, to her delight, they also serve boba! Please check them out... They're such a gem in Altoona! (And I want them to stay around for a long time because they're my favorite carryout... Love me some green curry 😉)

The food The watchers everything is good

Loved the new menu! So many amazing options! Staff was great and food great as well! Great atmosphere! Even tho we got there 45mins before closing they never made us feel rushed and food was oh so good! We will be back!!!

I hadn't been here in probably about three or four years due to a previous bad experience. Decided to give it another shot and I was pleasantly surprised! Everything was quite clean, staff was friendly, food came out relatively quick and steaming hot. I love the Thai Iced tea- I did back in the day too, and I think it's still the only place in town I can get it. With the increased quality of just about everything, I can say I'll likely be back! I'm really happy too, it's the only place in town I can get sushi without paying an arm and a leg on Doordash.

This restaurant is under new owners! For years I would get food at Cool Basil Altoona under the previous owners and the food was OK but they never got the spice right. This time we ordered - I got 4⭐️ Papaya Salad, 5 ⭐️ Larb and my goodness, delicious! There were fresh chilies like you would expect for these dishes. The shrimp in a blanket was a pleasant addition!

My husband got the Pad See Ew and normally when we get take out, the noodle dishes are very dry (even from the best places). The noodles were not dry at all, had the perfect amount of heat, and were overall delicious. If you’re in the area I definitely recommend giving Cool Basil another shot if you’ve been disappointed in the past!

We continue to have a great experience here. All dishes had lots of vegetables and heat levels as requested. All the staff have been kind and efficient.

2023 Update Review:
My daughter and I had a solo dinner night and she wanted some fried rice. I gave her two options and this was the plave selected. When we arrived there was a fair amount of tables in use but our wait to be seated was pretty short. Willem came over and was very polite and asked how many in our party then quickly cleared a recently vacated table. Cleaned and dried, then seated us and brought water amd asked if we would like anything more. The water was very clean tasting, which is a big factor for me. Since that is all I drink at restaurants. I noticed the $2 sticker for our previous visit was now gone and prices was as expected. Since I don't recall pre-pandemic/inflation pricing this was within the now normal prices. As we read the menu and figured out our meals I did see Willem and the other guy (I wish I got his name) hussle around and attended each table. The didn’t rush when they were talking to the customers. Which is always impressive. Running around but giving individual attention like each table was the only one. 5 stars 🌟 all the way for service. I also noticed both gentlemen were collaborating on the work load. Now that was amazing. I never see this anywhere. It's usually "this is my work area and that's it" mentality. Here it was a team effort. They even thanked each other for helping where needed. This was another amazing things to see. When Willem came back for our order he was really pleasant and showed no rush. Even though I knew he was very busy. I did have a question about an allergy being in meal and he quickly had an answer and assured me he would double check with the cook.
Our food arrived fairly soon after ordering and I was very good. My daughter decided to go with the Yakisoba with pork instead of rice. A rare change for her. Her first words were "Mmm, no regrets here. This is good" My Japanese BBQ pork was also delicious. Presentation looked good on arrival and the food was nice and hot. The portion size was also plentiful. Overall an excellent experience. The service was exceptional and the food was excellent. So much better than a year ago.

Last year's review:
The food tasted pretty good and was on par with other restaurants of the same variety. The service was a little lacking since there was only one other table with people and drinks were not replenished for awhile. We did notice through the added pricing stickers on the menu that everything is $2 higher than before. Again, this could be a supply chain increase due to the economy. Unfortunately it felt like we received a lunch sized portion for a dinner sized price. Perhaps things will be better in a few months. Perhaps it's because of the current economic situation or maybe it is the new normal here.

First time there, asked for a plain Sushi roll for my kids, they made one and they LOVED IT!! Great way to start ‘em out, thank you! Best Crab Ragoon too!

Great Thai food! My husband and I dined in for lunch. He had the special yellow curry (aka Khao soi) and I had Pad Thai (spice level 2) We also shared an app of fried pork pot stickers. All of the food was delicious and just the right amount of spicy! Portions were generous. We left with enough food to have dinner later that day. Worth mentioning, we ordered orange chicken for pickup previously and it was decent but the Thai food is the real star of the show here. The new owners are doing a great job!

I had the fried rice with chicken it was very good. Waitress was very nice and checked on us often. Little slow on giving us the check.

Always good

Under new ownership! Much better place to eat now.

Stopped by this little place today. Wasn't real impressed at first. They have quite the menu but then when you get to the sushi menu. They r charging 15-19 for their speciality rolls. Which is normal except all the crab meat is imitation. They at least print that right on the menu n dnt try to serve it as real. Anyways after that the experience ended up being quite tasty. Grabbed the chicken satay n some fried catfish dish (cnt remember the exact name). It had this amazing broth n veggies. Kinda like fried fish soup. N the wife grabbed some drunken noodles with pork. All the food was delicious. One odd part was the drunken noodles. First few seconds the flavor hit ur palette it had an off taste but then it faded away n it was amazing... So not sure what was up with that but hey whatever. Overall would def go back just not for sushi...

Went there today and the food was amazing! I was there a couple of years ago before covid and food was great. They are under new ownership but the food was excellent. This is a must try. Prices were excellent only 13 for an entree. I will be back time and time Again!update.....went again this week and got the pad Thai again. Some places have 5 stars to rate spice and never get the balance right. I ordered a 2 star today and it was perfect just a little spice. Customer service was excellent!

Went to lunch here today. The service was the worst I had experienced ever here. We had to ask to order, the food took over 40 minutes to arrive. We had to ask for UTENSILS to eat the food with. We had to ask for the check and we had to ask to pay the check. This meal took 1 hour and 40 minutes because of the lone server. He was not attentive. I realize they seemed short staffed. I realize they were busy. My food was cold and way too sweet for Thai food. I have been a patron of this restaurant in the past, but this was unacceptable for the service. Others in my group enjoyed their food and the flavors.

New ownership! Loved the experience! We ordered a few appetizers and huge bowl of soup! Love! Love! Love! Glad we gave Cool Basil- Altoona a try!

Made our first visit to Cool Basil Altoona under new management of Smith Lwyn and we’re blown away by the incredible upgrades! Flavorful, comforting, miso soup with a touch of spice, was phenomenal on a cold winter night! My mixed sashimi plate tasted fresh as off the boat! My husband ordered General Tso’s chicken, and it was one of the best I’ve ever tasted! Smith is high vibe, very accommodating, and seems to be the perfect fit for a restaurant in need of a young and creative soul! Five star service, and five star food across-the-board! ♥️⭐️🍣

Hands down my favorite place for sushi, Crab Rangoon and chicken fried rice! The portions are nice and big, the rice for the sushi is the perfect chewy (not mushy) texture AND the size of the sushi roll for the Des Moines Roll is HUGE!

The crab ragoons are the perfect balance of savory, sweet with a slight spicy kick and on top of that it is fried to perfection where its not too hard but has the perfect semi soft center with a nice crunch around the edge.

The chicken fried rice is cooked to perfection as well with the texture of the rice and seasoning of the chicken.

Absolutely love this place and totally recommend it!

Great place

Very good food and great service. I had the drunken noodles with tofu and no egg along with fried veggie pot stickers that were both delicious. They don't have a vegan menu, but you can modify lots of dishes by removing egg, fish sauce, and choosing tofu as the protein. Also look for rice noodles instead of egg noodles. It's a nice sit down restaurant and I'll definitely go back.

Cool Basil is a cool place 😎

Relax enjoy a delicious meal!

Really nice place! Our server was very attentive and they were super quick. The crab rangoon was delicious and my wife enjoyed her Pad Kee Mao. My Pad Thai was good but lacking the flavors that I've gotten from other places. Overall, we would definitely visit again when we're in town!

Family of 5 here.
Everyone enjoyed their meal. Friendly courteous staff.

Great place. Friendly and quick service. Everything I've tried has been outstanding. You can't go wrong here.

The basil is cool to the touch. At Cool Basil, they brew their own curry and raise the roof on flavor not prices!!! The soundscape of the restaurant freatures birds performing mating calls to each other with the sound of a soft stream in the backgroind. I think I heard the Taco Bell gong but I could be mostakened. The wammo slammo curry blammo was very spicy. I asked the waitress why they make the food so hot when their name is Coool Basil and she promptly brought me my check with a gentle smile on her face. I tipped her $1,000.00 USD and started to put the leftover curry in my pockets. The waitress offered me a takeout box, but I had no time. I ran for the door as the curry began to spill into my shoes. My experience at Cool Basil was truly unique and I will be be be going again. Don't believe me? Subscribe to my Twitter.... Fern the Germ .... Signing out!!!!!!!!

If you're in Altoona and in the mood for Asian cuisine, I highly recommend Cool Basil. The food is excellent and the staff is super nice.

This is now my go to place. I LOVE it. It was fresh and cooled perfectly.

Good lunch

Went twice and found small strands of hair in my food and the appetizer plate

Drunken Noodles were excellent.

This place is amazing me and my mom go here every Saturday it a beautiful place and they keep it vary clean. The sushi is to die for same for their fried rice and many other dishes you half to check this place out

Just terrible. Ordered delivery and the food was awful. 2 little pieces of flattened dried chicken with dry overcooked noodles. No flavor, no spice. The worst!

The food was great, and the service was great. They got us our food pretty fast.

Food was very good. We just happened to be driving thru and discovered this gem. We all left very full abs delighted with the tasted. The Thai fortune cookie was a nice touch. Definitely recommend.

Food is fantastic, and service is always great!!! Captain Crunch sushi roll is amazing!

Not anywhere near the experience at their Clive location. Limited menus and wines to choose from. Waitress sat at the bar and filed her nails for fifteen minutes before coming back to get our check. We were a party of two and our meals came out about 10min apart. I would recommend going to the Clive location.

Four of us stopped in tonight, we had the worst Asian food ever. The portions were so small they did not even fill a plate. The vegetables were completely raw, the meat was dry and tough to chew like it sat under a heat lamp. OVER PRICED.

Portions are small, prices are high, service is minimal. Definitely the lowest quality in the area of Thai food.

We have eaten at this restaurant over a dozen times in the past few years. We have never been wowed with the food or the service but Asian restaurants are scarce on this side of town so we kept going back. Tonight was the last time. Our call in order was supposed to be ready in 20 minutes. I was at the restaurant in about 25 minutes and the food was already luke warm so it had been sitting for a while or was never thoroughly heated. I paid for a large hot and sour soup, mongolian beef and garlic pepper chicken. The bill came to $37 and change. I handed the cashier two $20s and she asked if I wanted change back. I had no idea tipping for carry-out is a thing now. I'm blaming Starbucks. If I had said that I wanted my change I would have seemed like a cheapskate so I let her keep it. Our home is about five minutes from the restaurant. By the time I got home the food was room temp and had to be microwaved to heat it up. The plastic containers were less than half full of the entrees. The food did not even cover the bottom of either container. The soup container was 3/4 full and also semi-cold. My food was very good after I heated it but it was unlike any Mongolian beef I have ever had, with lots of peppers and carrots and almost no onion, so I am not sure I got what I ordered. Also, there were only 10 pieces of beef about an inch square. Yes, I was so frustrated that I counted! Also, when my husband called in the order he asked to substitute brown rice for white rice. He was told that they do not have brown rice even though their menu has brown rice dishes. We try to support local businesses and know that the restaurant industry has been struggling for a while but really, there is no reason to pay $40 for very small portions of room temperature food that has to be picked up and still requires a tip. This restaurant could do much better and needs to try a little harder.

So I accidentally placed an order online for the Clive location instead of this one. I felt really dumb and went inside and explained what I’d done after calling and cancelling my initial order with the other location. The manager got my order in right away and was SO nice and reassured me it wasn’t a big deal and happens all the time and made me feel better. Everything I got was SO good, I’m literally still eating it but I couldn’t wait to give this place a great review. He asked how much spice I wanted on the garlic noodles and I said “like some spice but not too spicy? Like medium?” super vague but he got it PERFECT. Also he said it would take 10 minutes but he was handing me my food maybe 5 minutes after I placed the order. I will be coming here every single time I’m in town from now on. Amazing.

My wife and 16 year old visited and really enjoyed our dining experience. We are novice asian cuisine consumers. We had sesame chicken that showed me something different than the sugary, hardened syrup at other places. It was a tangy and delicate covering that my wife really enjoyed. I had Thai curry noodles with fresh peppers, celery, and green onions. My son was skeptical but found the Asian street noodles his favorite meal ever. We got the medium level of hotness. It was very satisfying at that level and it added a nice element of choice for our meal. Staff was quick to serve and refilled drinks promptly. I plan to come back again and find it the best Asian food in the Altoona area.

Just like another customer, I had to call a few times to get through. However, the restaurant is taking precautions with Covid only allowing take out or delivery. I was impressed by the safety measures they had in place. Likely, only a couple employees were working, so understandable that the phone would be busy. Chicken Pad Thai was amazing and I’ll definitely be back!

I attempted to order food from here, called literally 10 times and no one answered. Door dash will not deliver to my address. I am very disappointed as I was looking forward to trying this place and am not even able to order food.

The food is horrible and the service is terrible I don’t recommend it

The Roaches are real yall!!

Excellent sushi and a good variety of Asian dishes. Service slow at times, but very nice people.

Yall they got one heck of a roach issue here and I'm amazed yall don't know about it yet.

I ate there today got chicken fried rice and pork egg rolls, within a few hours I was sweating, vomiting, and had a massive headache. Im nearly positive their egg rolls made me sick. They usually aren’t very mushy, but today they seemed undercooked but I tried to eat one anyway (my mistake). So be cautious eating at this location.

Best Drunken Noodles around and Iowa Hot spice (level 6) is a nice addition. Best quality Thai we've found around and have never been disappointed. Like the previous review wife always gets Pad See Ew and enjoys it immensely.

The food is good but they NEVER answer their phone and it drives me crazy.

Drunken noodles were great. Wife had pad see ew, and said it was very good, also.

One of the best Thai joints in Des Moines! Their carry out has never failed us. The food is consistently good and the service is excellent.

Horse manure taste better. Figured I would try local and it was a mistake.

They are closed and they are advertised to be open

Such friendly staff and delicious food! Standard Thai menu in the suburbs, prepared fresh and delicious!

Once again we are disappointed. We have wanted to love this place like we did our first few trips but just another disappointment today. Ordered sesame chicken get home no sauce so a pile of fried chicken so I made quesadillas which is why it wasn’t a one star review. They also didn’t have crab Rangoon or soy paper for sushi AGAIN.

Food is fresh and delicious. Staff is excellent. Love this restaurant.

Food is disgusting and old.

Best Pad Thai I have had anywhere in Iowa. I have only lived here two years, this is the closest thing to authentic as can be for this area. Fresh vegetables, plenty of chili, and very great service every time.

Has the best ever Almond Chicken!

I loved it. They were really nice, they refilled your water without you even asking, and the food was also great to enjoy.

It's pretty good. I ordered pad thai. Not the best but not bad. I usually get the green curry. Which is good.

Taste bad. Charge $3 dollar extra for combo 🥩meat. Woo

Pineapple chicken stir fry and crab rangoon was delicious!!

one of my favorite restaurants

My favorite Asian restaurant!!! I don’t eat Asian anywhere else! Also has a nice lunch special as well! I love this place!