I like the friendly and welcoming service at this restaurant as well as the casual vibe and layout. Over my many visits thus far, I’ve had their shrimp tomyum soup, specialty shrimp pad Thai, crab fried rice and chicken pad prik khing (my personal favorite) all of which are flavorful. Be mindful of the spice level of the soup though. Dinner portions are large enough to get some decent leftovers.

I’m not sure how this place has such great reviews. Ordered shrimp drunken noodles and spring rolls. The container it came in is big but the content does not match. Few noodles and big chunks of tomato, mushroom, red peppers etc. disproportionate. Also came with no utensils. The only thing good was the spring rolls and spice level for medium spice.

I can’t recommend this place enough. I’ve seriously gone here three times in the past two weeks because it’s so good. I’m vegetarian and they’re so accommodating. Most places I’ve been to don’t cook the tofu that well; it seems like they put less effort in. Here though, oh my goodness it’s amazing. I’m the only vegetarian in my family but everyone saw my food and said it looked so good. A few of them tried it and loved it. They have sooooo many options, but I’ve been stuck on the orange tofu.

LOVE this place! Tried other Nara locations but this one has to be my FAVORITE! Great service, the atmosphere is very quiet and peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing! The Tom Kha soup is BOMB! I’m addicted! MUST TRY!

I ordered yellow curry via DoorDash and I am so disappointed. It’s so watery with zero spice. I wanted it to be level 3 spicy. Not only does it lack flavor but the potato’s were rock hard! I had to steam them myself and add so much to the dish to get it to taste right. Also the orange chicken was so mushy as it was swimming in, again, a watery sauce. I hate leavening bad reviews but will never order from this location again. The one I’m cypress is 10x better. Sorry yall :(

Great spot. Good variety of classic Thai foods and everything is fresh. Staff is really nice and helpful. Parking is easy and free if under two hours, took my family there and got egg plant stir fry, curry and cream cheese crispy roll. Also Thai tea is fresh and delicious.’
Cost effective also. Will be back for sure

We've dined at Nara Thai many times. The dishes always come out hot, fresh, and flavorful. Chicken Satay is a must try appetizer, the peanut dipping sauce compliments the chicken so well. Oh, the young papaya salad was so delicious. The sauce they used is very unique, citrusy, sweet, tangy, a little heat (the level we asked for) and not over powered by the fish sauce (which can be very fishy, like some restaurants have it). We've had papaya salad at other Asian restaurants and Nara still has the best papaya salad.. My daughter and I ordered chicken Pad Thai, the seasoning was perfect but the rice noodles were a little over cooked. My husband got the basil fried rice, he loved it!!! We shall return. Love this place!

been coming here for almost a year and loved it since. I get crab angles and pad see eue, bomb each time I have it. Shoutout to Jackie, he deserve a raise fr.

Armando is great. Food is great

A wonderful experience!
We enjoyed a delicious meal and excellent customer service. Although we arrived shortly before closing, the staff welcomed us warmly with a smile. We didn’t get the chance to try many dishes this time, but the positive experience makes us look forward to coming back again. Thank you to the team for the great hospitality!
The famous Tam Yam was absolutely delicious.

I ordered yellow curry via DoorDash and I am so disappointed. It’s so watery with zero spice. I wanted it to be level 3 spicy. Not only does it lack flavor but the potato’s were rock hard! I had to steam them myself and add so much to the dish to get it to taste right. Also the orange chicken was so mushy as it was swimming in, again, a watery sauce. I hate leavening bad reviews but will never order from this location again. The one I’m cypress is 10x better. Sorry yall :(

Jackie is absolutely the best! The food is amazing and on Sundays they have wine bottle specials!!

We had dinner at the Washington location. Food was delicious and came out promptly. Our server, Jacky, deserves a special shout out - courteous and attentive! We will be back!

Excellent service, authentic taste of Thai food. I recommend everyone to visit this place and enjoy Thai cuisine.

Very friendly service and amazing atmosphere!

Fantastic food, we had Pad Thai, Panang curry, red curry and Tom kha! Would highly recommend all four.

Best Thai I have had in awhile Comparable to the old Thai Pepper on west Alabama

I’m not sure how this place has such great reviews. Ordered shrimp drunken noodles and spring rolls. The container it came in is big but the content does not match. Few noodles and big chunks of tomato, mushroom, red peppers etc. disproportionate. Also came with no utensils. The only thing good was the spring rolls and spice level for medium spice.

LOVE this place! Tried other Nara locations but this one has to be my FAVORITE! Great service, the atmosphere is very quiet and peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing! The Tom Kha soup is BOMB! I’m addicted! MUST TRY!

Exelente atencion

The Red Curry Chicken is superb! You know that tingling sensation that you get on your lips and tongue after kissing a woman for the first time and she turns out it be a great kisser? Well, I get a similar tingling sensation after eating their Red Curry.

This used to be my favorite restaurant for Thai food , but the quality and taste gone down , we just ate lunch today and I have no words to describe my disappointments, they ran short of basil and was told after the food is on table , their red curry is just red water and no flavor and we ate Thai basil fried rice without basil ... This restaurant needs help I always loved their food may be something to do with chef

I can’t recommend this place enough. I’ve seriously gone here three times in the past two weeks because it’s so good. I’m vegetarian and they’re so accommodating. Most places I’ve been to don’t cook the tofu that well; it seems like they put less effort in. Here though, oh my goodness it’s amazing. I’m the only vegetarian in my family but everyone saw my food and said it looked so good. A few of them tried it and loved it. They have sooooo many options, but I’ve been stuck on the orange tofu.

The Eggplant Basil is fabulous!

I really like Nara Thai. I live in the neighborhood and am glad that there is a good quality, fair price Thai restaurant nearby. I personally like the Panang Curry, and my wife enjoys the Krapow. I’ve never not enjoyed something I got here, and I return frequently.

Ordered from them but EXCELLENT food!
Will order again!

Two years in a row we’ve chosen Nara Thai for our company holiday lunch! Great customer service and attention to detail so that our event would go great. Delivery was on time and very professional. I would highly recommend Nara Thai for your next event!

We come to Nara Thai every Sunday — it’s absolutely delicious, everyone is incredibly kind, and the service is amazing! The Tom Kha, Panang Curry, and chicken pad Thai are the best!

Whether I am taking out or dining in, it is always a delight to visit Nara Thai. Food is always tasty, environment always clean, staff always polite.

This is my go to place for lunch and dinner when friends and family are in town or when I dont feel like cooking. The food is always fresh and tasty. The eggplant basil is a must and the pad thai is delicious. Cant go wrong with their curries either.

I am vegan & they are always so helpful with teaching me what options to get. To all vegans in Htown, looking for Thai, this is the best place in town. It has that authentic mom & pops thai flavor that we all love and look for at other places lol. Their chili oil is so good too. 🔥

Always a great experience, fast and great customer service. Always recommend to my friends. Amazing food.

Nara Thai never disappoints. The authentic food and great service make this my go to Thai spot. Highly recommend

This is one of our favorite spots to eat/order from. Highly recommend the Yellow and Red curries as well as the pad Thai Typically get chicken for the curry and beef for the pad Thai, but have tried other variations as well and they are all good. Thai tea is a nice addition if you typically get spicier meals. We enjoy the fried spring rolls and crab angels as apps. Highly recommend this establishment.

Great vegan options!

Take out was quick and easy. Food tasted great as usual.

Great food. Speedy Service. Very Welcoming and Attentive. I will def come again

I love eating here. The food is amazing, restaurant looks great and the staff is amazing

Muy bueno recomendado

Great food, quick service and attentive staff

Fried Rice is so good

I like the friendly and welcoming service at this restaurant as well as the casual vibe and layout. Over my many visits thus far, I’ve had their shrimp tomyum soup, specialty shrimp pad Thai, crab fried rice and chicken pad prik khing (my personal favorite) all of which are flavorful. Be mindful of the spice level of the soup though. Dinner portions are large enough to get some decent leftovers.

Great Thai with quick service

the service couldve been more personable, but the food was exploding with flavor! i had to finish allll of my food for sure!

ordered the chicken pad thai 4* and it had perfect heat level. would def order from here again....

Had food delivered. Terrible beef and broccoli. Not quality food.

been coming here for almost a year and loved it since. I get crab angles and pad see eue, bomb each time I have it. Shoutout to Jackie, he deserve a raise fr.

Wow, the best Tom Kha Gai soup I've had in Houston! So flavorful, the chicken is not rubbery and it has just the right amount of spice. The Drunken Noodles were also a delight - the perfect blend of veggies, chicken and spice. This will be my new go to Thai restaurant - I highly recommend!

It's good to go eat and relax

The food was amazing and the staff was superb. Very nice and chill atmosphere. Mango sticky rice was the perfect ending to a lovely dinner with friends.

Best value in town - love this place.

panang curry was the worst i’ve ever tasted in my life. and i had never tasted a bad panang curry in my life. the tofu was salty? the curry had a vinegary flavor? i love thai food and have experimented with 15+ restaurants, and this has been the absolute low.

I frequent this place because their Tom kha is amazing and they have plenty of vegetarian/vegan options however my last order even after specifying to the waitress that I wanted my Tom kha vegan had a ton of chicken at the bottom. Cross contamination is a huge no no, especially since I meat causes some individuals, me included a ton of digestive issues. I am really upset about this.

Great spot. Good variety of classic Thai foods and everything is fresh. Staff is really nice and helpful. Parking is easy and free if under two hours, took my family there and got egg plant stir fry, curry and cream cheese crispy roll. Also Thai tea is fresh and delicious.’
Cost effective also. Will be back for sure

Casual place for Thai food. I love their orange chicken, specially when it is spicy. We order out from here all the time. The portions in the restaurant are bigger than the portions they give you for pickup/door dash. They have a delicious pad Thai as well.

One of our favorite Thai Places. Very reasonable prices. We have been to the Washington Ave location many times. Our favorites are eggplant tofu, and cashew chicken. Service is good and fast. Parking is free in the garage for 2 hours. There is also some street parking for free.

Nara Thai is our go-to neighborhood takeout Thai restaurant. Food is consistently good and not too expensive.

Green Curry Not as described. There was NO eggplant in my dish. I paid for sliced peppers, some carrot sticks, and some broccoli florets, and a few pieces of cabbage. I ordered it online, so I couldn't check if they intended to include the eggplant, or if they even had the eggplant, before paying for it, and taking it home to discover the disappointment. Yes, the flavor was all there, but I really wanted the eggplant in the dish, as described. Not a good first impression -- leaving out ingredients. Not a generous vegetable medley. Not very filling.

Good tasty food, always enjoy my time there

Ordered the green curry. It was watery. People working in the kitchen must not be thai because they don't know what they are doing.

Hey idiots, you dont dump the entire can of coconut water into the sauce pan. Just the creamy top portion.

Enjoy the Pad Thai here. Even light spice is pretty spicy, so add light if it's your thing or consider no spice. You've been warned.

We came in on a Sunday afternoon and had appetizers. The ambience was very relaxing and the food was all freshly prepared. We will definitely be back sooner rather than later.

Delicious food and great service

I am rating one dish. The tom kha. I don't taste lemongrass or galangal but I do taste a lot of sweetness. Sickly sweet. The chicken is dry and overcooked. I assume it just sat in a big pot and slow cooked for hours. I ordered another dish with meat a couple years ago and I felt ill. I should have remembered that.

Delicious food

Truly our favorite Thai restaurant in all of Houston. The food is amazing and affordable, and the staff is super friendly.

Awful prices and the fried rice is bland and comes with nothing. I asked what the original fried rice came with and the unwelcoming guy at the bar says “nothing, but you can add veggies” for additional fee. Literally $20 for jasmine rice and onions.

This lack luster, wanna be Thai restaurant needs to step up their game.

Come here for disappointment.

Been to two different locations and both have been great. Never really tried Thai food before but I’m definitely hooked on the drunken noodles Thai spicy. They’re spicy and fresh and the veggies add a nice balance. I’ve added it to my weekly meal rotation!

They need a cook who can do justice to Thai food.

The food used to be decent but something was really off tonight, maybe there’s a new cook in the kitchen or something because the flavors were off and the portions were off. Bye!

Excellent food and they ask you what spice level you want so you can have it mild or as hot as you can handle!

Tried for the first time on a Saturday night. Nice atmosphere and menu. The downside is they were out of tofu and the food & service was okay.

Had a veg Pad Thai here. They put a red tangy sauce all over it. I wouldn’t order it again. Lovely place though. Our service was outstanding.

Pad Thai, spring rolls, mango sticky rice, and the sweet and sour were all absolutely DISGUSTING. Acidic, over sweetened, dry, tasteless, gas station-grade food that left me feeling sick. I resent myself for eating the half of my food that I did. Really bad food.

Put my fried rice where it belonged!! Ordered a pickup order for the first time ever.. asked for fried rice with shrimp and chicken.. with EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA (X4 more Extras) EGG and an Omelette on top.. I got the omelette but no extra egg. Chicken was trash. I hate shrimp with the tail on (not necessarily their fault) but the shrimp also sucked. Worst fried rice I ever had. I ate the 3 shrimp it came with and threw the rest in the trash where it belonged.. also when I picked up the food. I asked for EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA soy sauce. Asked for 20 packets.. paid a quarter each (extra $5… greedy/stingy with it) just to throw the fried rice away. Waste of money. Highly considered going back and asking for a refund but wasn’t worth my gas or time

Food here hit the spot! It is flavorful and delicious. The service is prompt and friendly, I recommend this place if you’re looking for good Thai food.

Enjoyed our dinner here, especially that they provided crayons for doodling on the table paper. For food we ordered crab Rangoon, not as good as we have had at other places. The curry chicken puffs are pretty good. We both had curry for entree. I had yellow curry which was okay, given that there was a bone in the chicken. Conveniently they do validate parking. But will not return.

Very good Thai curry. That’s all I get from here.

Good food but more importantly, bangin playlist of music!

Hidden Gem! Love this place and the friendly staff. The drinks are so good and the food is heaven! I usually get a Teriyaki Protein (soooo good) but i try other things off my friend’s plates lol everything ive ever tasted from here was superb! Definitely recommend!

We've dined at Nara Thai many times. The dishes always come out hot, fresh, and flavorful. Chicken Satay is a must try appetizer, the peanut dipping sauce compliments the chicken so well. Oh, the young papaya salad was so delicious. The sauce they used is very unique, citrusy, sweet, tangy, a little heat (the level we asked for) and not over powered by the fish sauce (which can be very fishy, like some restaurants have it). We've had papaya salad at other Asian restaurants and Nara still has the best papaya salad.. My daughter and I ordered chicken Pad Thai, the seasoning was perfect but the rice noodles were a little over cooked. My husband got the basil fried rice, he loved it!!! We shall return. Love this place!

Good food but we just got turned away because we had a group of 10 people even though the restaurant had only 3 people in it. Their excuse was there is only one waitress. Still not sure how that’s an excuse but don’t bother coming here if you have a large group.

Food taste great a little spicy for being medium spiced

Food was amazing and the staff was super friendly! Perfect place for a date night and chill 😎

10/10 all around. Great food, perfect vegan options. Good prices. I got the pad Thai but vegan and it was great. I also got the veggie fried spring rolls and the vegan chocolate ice cream. $25 for two people. Only thing I didn’t like was the sauce that the vegan egg rolls came with, it was sugary, artificial, and bright red.

Good food! Staff/service was great :) I'm super impressed !!!

I had the Pad Kra Pow with Roasted Duck and thoroughly enjoyed it. Spice level was perfect. Also tried the mango with sticky rice dessert and it was wonderful. Service was warm and friendly. Would definitely visit again to try some other items on the menu.

I’ve ordered here several times. It’s always great. My favorite is the red curry.

Food was ok but there wasn’t a burst of flavors that you would expect from thai food. Service was efficient.

Food was disgusting, the wait was way too long. Chicken was burned, over cooked and dry. Sweet and sour was 3x the rice and had a horrible taste. The Pad Thai was some of the worst I have had in houston. Do not eat here ever.

Brought my kids and they said “the service was too good!” Shout out to Monse. Fantastic, friendly, genuine service. 5 star service. Reasonably priced kid’s menu, free garage parking.

Don’t go! The worst customer service.

Great customer service given by Crystal and her colleagues. Everyone was super friendly and attentive. The food was delicious and the portions were generous, so all around an awesome experience. I'm new to the area and I think I've found my new Thai spot.

What a truly enjoyable experience . I think that the photos I am sharing will help you get an idea of how good everything was. Highly recommended.

Really yummy Thai food!

I dine in and order take out with my family and children all the time and we all love the atmosphere so much. They are kid and animal friendly as well. Their entire menu can also be made vegan or gluten free which is great for when i have my family come into town.

Very delicious food and very good costumer service!

Decided to give this place a try since we love Thai and we were not disappointed. The place is beautiful and has plenty of seating inside and outside. Our server was very nice and attentive to us. The food came out at a good time and everything tasted delicious with fresh taste. Definitely coming back to try other dishes.

Food was great. I tried the Pad Thai, my friends tried other dishes and they all liked it. The waitresses were pretty attentive, too. I would recommend this place for either a date, or a group of friends.

Terrible food dirty place

I hate leaving bad reviews but my experience was terrible. The beef massaman curry was almost inedible. The beef (which tasted like pot roast) was so dry and hard it was harder to eat than beef jerky. You had to take a sip of water after swallowing it just to not choke. The potatos and carrots were undercooked and crunchy and the spice level was wrong (ordered a 1 but had none at all). The panang curry had great flavor but was so spicy I could hardly eat it (ordered a 1 and got at least a 3-4). On top of that the rice was so undercooked it was like eating raw rice. If I had been dining it the whole meal would have been returned. Very disappointing especially for the high price. I won’t be back.

Shame on Nara Thai restaurant, their employee had come to review how good their food and the service were. Let the real customers write the review the truth. Don't lie.

New staff seems great. My food came out fast. They really have stepped up.

Not very good Thai food. Curry was watery. Pad Thai flavorless and dry. They do have $9 bottle of wine which is a good deal

Not impressed, ordered spicy poor man noodles with extra shrimp, 6 shrimp total for a 16 dollar plate. Wasnt even hot like 0 spice maybe they forgot the chili sauce? Dumplings were not to my liking and just seemed like a ball of mush. Sauce for dumplings tasted like sugar soy sauce. Def wont be heading back here and suprised this place has 4.1 stars.

Awesome!!

Excelente lugar

The Duck Curry is delectable definitely a must try

Terrible...

Delivery order was supposed to be ready at 5:55 pm , girl behind the bar stated they have a lot of DOORDASH ORDERS and orders will take 15 -20 mins. Really? Why would I need to wait an additional 20 mins. Slow service rude customer service bad experience..speed it up!!!!

Man this is bad Thai food.

Very good place. I really enjoyed the dish. It was a bit too watery, but the flavor was nice. Could have used a little more veggie and protein though. I think for those couple points it’s not the best. I would go again, but it’s not my must have place.

Great selection of different Thai dishes and appetizers. The food was OK. Great atmosphere.

THE WORST pho I have ever had in my entire life.

Shady business practices. They constantly send out offers and rewards via email and your online account, but when you are ready to redeem the earnings, no one ever knows how to do it. They also have horrible customer service and a high turnover with staff. Every time an employee is rude to customers or confused about how to put your order in correctly, the excuse is “he’s/she’s new.” This food is mediocre and not worth the stress you go through to understand their lies about your coupons to get a decent meal. Think twice before ordering here if you are hungry or a loyal customer. The mango sticky rice is also a joke right now. They are using small amounts of canned mango on the sticky rice but lying and saying that it is fresh mango. This is poor management and poor business practices. Nua Thai downtown is a high quality and CONSISTENT alternative.

Place was clean. Parking was easy with a garage nearby. Tried the Pad Thai, curry puffs, pad see yew, and aubergine with beef but forgot to take pictures. Food was ok.

This place is very mediocre. The vibrations are good though, but this isn’t good thai food. I honestly would rather go to Thai Cottage. I ordered the beef curry and the beef was not the best. It chewy, hard, and stiff. Did not finish my plate.

I ordered the yellow curry. Flavor was good but the potato was 1) under cook (very hard) 2) size was awfully big. I think they took the potato and just cut it in half. I also ordered Togo, and had no utensils to eat with.

The pad Thai and tum yum were good.

Good place

The good things first: Nara Thai offers lots of vegan options and their menu states that they can make most dishes vegan and gluten-free. They use different sauces without fish sauce to make it vegan. Their Pad Thai and curry are very good, servings are pretty big, and the restaurant has a dog-friendly patio.

Now the things that need improvement: When I come to Nara Thai or order out, I always specify to please make my dish vegan (e.g. Pad Thai with no egg), but 80% of the time, they bring it out with egg. When I ask if they could kindly remake it, they often react in an annoyed way as if it’s my fault. This has happened to me both while dining in as well as when ordering takeout. This also makes me wonder if they are actually using the vegan sauces when you request your food to be made vegan.

I liked my spicy catfish dish. The other 3 people I came with were not satisfied.

Good food good ambiance. Simple and always delivers the taste my craving needs

The food was ok, nothing spectacular, right above what you'd get at the mall. The 20 minute wait for spring rolls was awesome. 10/10 would go back again to watch the servers pass back and forth from our table without acknowledgement.

I’m sorry, but this is by far the worst Thai food I’ve eaten. I ordered the yellow curry with seafood and it’s flavorless. You don’t even taste the coconut, carrots, potatoes, etc. for the price the portion is very small!

The only thing I’d recommend would be the crab puffs. They were filled with crab and cream cheese and were a nice big size.

Overall very dissatisfied and would never eat here again!

Best crab dumplings in town! I Love the poor man noodles, eggplant dishes, and curry puffs as well. My boyfriend absolutely loves every single curry they offer! Highly recommend this place to anyone in the rice military or heights area.

Very good place. Excellent curry. Great atención. 100 recommended

Today I’ve ordered dinner using Uber Eats and the food was very disappointing.
The Thai Dumpling were dry inside and served without any sauce. The Tom Kha soup was lacking flavor, no lemon grass, no lime, just not good. We asked for mild Peanut Sauce chicken, it was made really hot. I didn’t even want to try after all the Roasted Duck Red Curry.
Uber Eats of course doesn’t see a problem, if I would be served this food at the restaurant, for sure I would return it.

Loveee the curries. So nice that they will make it vegetarian/vegan if you ask. No oyster sauce or fish sauce. We always get takeout from here. Quiet place for a chill weekday meal as well, clean and modern ambiance.

The chicken curry puff appetizer was delicious, but the rest of our meal was dry, overcooked, flavorless and the mock duck inedible. But the restaurant was pleasant, clean and the server was very nice!

Best pad Thai in town!

Ordered a couple items for togo 2 times from this place. I ordered tom-yum soup at lv 2 because I can’t handle the heat but still want some kick to it. the first time was so spicy I couldn’t eat it. The 2nd time i gave them another chance but it was so much spicier than the drunken noodles we ordered at lv3. Both time they ruined the tom-yum soup.

Food was decent ….. waiting time is about 30 mins when the restaurant is not busy ….

The restaurant was very clean and comfortable . Our waiter was kind and wore a mask 😷 to wait on us at our request. The food was fresh, but the spice was too hot for us to enjoy or taste the subtle flavors and textures, although we asked for level two, but got five. We will try again when our taste buds return. We eat Thai at least once a week.

The mango sticky rice is delicious and the mangoes are always so sweet! They always have it available when I call anytime of the year, which is not the case at other Thai restaurants around the city. I have received great customer service when I have a to-go order, but not when dining in. Multiple staff members also seem to have issues with locating your points earned and letting you use your loyalty rewards, so be sure to ask for the status of your account every time you make a purchase.

There was nothing special about this place. We ordered the Pad See Ew, but was given the Pad Thai. The Pad Thai tasted like Mcdonlad's Sweet and Sour sauce mixed with vermicelli noodles. The dish was underwhelming and too wet. The seafood (squid) was not fresh and tasted fishy.

The specialty fried rice (Nara Thai fried rice) was average. The chicken was slightly overcooked.

Ordered take out back to the office, there is no fork ,spoon or napkin to eat with; I called the restaurant, a girl with perfect English told me, next time ask for it we will give it out....sorry, won't be a next time!

Had Crab fried rice and it was delicious!
Would recommend to all seafood lovers out there

Great place

Tasty Thai food at great prices. Portion sizes are excellent, and we ate 2 entrees, a starter and a dessert for under $50. Excellent service as well!!

I found a bug in my Pad Thai literally disgusting

My go to Thai spot in the heights. This is a great reasonably priced place for dine in or take out. Happy hour is great as well, $3 for beer and $4 for sake. My faves are the pad Thai & eggplant basil 😋

Flavor is decent portion size is not worth it.

I've eaten at the other locations and this one is by far the most skimpy of them all.

I would not pay this price again for what I received not recommend this location.

Edited*

We have come here a few times now so it's time to share my experience.

(Initial Review)
The food is some of the best Thai in town which says a lot because we have some great Thai here! They are 100% amazing for taking seriously whether or not you want food spicy or not. I ask for zero spice (my tongue literally burns if too spicy) and that is exactly what they give me! My boyfriend wants his incredibly spicy, so they give him spicy. We really appreciate that they take the time to give us the spices we ask for because it makes the experience better. Service is top notch, they really do a wonderful job. It is byob so we bring a bottle of wine to enjoy. They're wonderful and so convenient to get to. We are already regulars here.

(Review over time)

So in the beginning Nara was amazing but over time it has gone downhill. We really want them to stick around too because they're so close so I hope they take this to heart. Last couple times we went, the food my boyfriend has came out cold and mine came out extremely salty! The wine is also way over priced compared to what you van go buy at the grocery store. We miss the byob days.

I've had their curry, soooo good. You can choose the spicy level as well. Their crab rangoon is worthy. Thai tea was great but I think all Thai tea is great :) . For dessert I've tried the Thai ice cream and the rice cakes. Rice cakes are delish, the Thai tea ice cream, if you like Thai tea you will def like the ice cream. The only thing I've had so far that I didn't like was the fried sampler appetizer. The fried vegetables and calamari were over-battered. The fried egg rolls in the sampler were not so tasty in my opinion. I'd add more veggies and calamari to the appetizer plate and batter 3 times less. But I loved that all the sauces were house made.

I ordered red curry chicken, fried tofu, and some other items from here. The delivery was made through Uber eats. I didn't walk in and interact with anyone.

The food quality is really really bad. Hands down the worst Thai food I've eaten. The red curry was pale and absolutely bland. The chicken was thin and over cooked. The papaya salad wasn't even close to being fresh; the 2 shrimp on there were mushy. Chunks of uncut lettuce. Old tomatoes.

I'm not going back for more. Nor would I recommend this place to anyone.

There was hair in my dessert

It's not a real Thai food at all, very disappointed. I don't recommend this restaurant.

Good service and food yet not as flavorful as most Thai restaurants.

Nara Thai on Washington Ave
This had been one of our go to Thai restaurants but no more. Took forever to wait on me. Forgot to bring drinks. Left menus on table the whole time. Got the order completely wrong. Her only response was that is what you ordered. She came 3 times to verify order and still got it wrong. Spoke with manager and he seemed overwhelmed. Didn't offer anything. They won't be around long! Previously great service before with Thai waitresses. Manager and waitress were not Thai.

Way too much garlic. Wow! I expect garlic in Thai food but I don’t want it to overpower the entire dish. The tofu and the vegetables were crispy which I appreciate and for that reason I gave it three stars.

The staff was great!

However this review is about the food....

They have a great menu that is ideal for the English speaking American customer.

When I ate the food, it was off. It didn't really taste like Thai food which has a certain distinctive taste that is sour like vinegar with a lot of fresh spices that lingers in the palate of the mouth.

The curry was like coconut and just Siracha sauce or just regular red Thai peppers. I couldn't taste the Thai spices in it.

This place is great if you live in the Heights and want something that doesn't break your bank! It is actually reasonably priced for a ritzy, Washington area.

I sort of felt cheated because I was expecting authentic Thai food.

This is one of those restaurants that is a commercial chain restaurant.
None of the staff or the chef is Thai! So don't expect real Thai food here.

Excellent food and outstanding service.

Stellar Thai food with very authentic flavors. The tom kha gai was my favorite dish, though the green curry, homemade basil chicken, and eggplant were all excellent. My family loves spicy food and found a "3" on the spice scale to be perfect for us. The mango sticky rice was also delicious. The happy hour drink specials seemed like a great deal. I would love to return!

Ordered the red curry at a spice level 3. It was the perfect level for me! Spicy enough to make you sweat a bit, but still enjoyable. Will definitely be coming back

Great food! Everything we tried had a lot of flavor. Service is nice too. Definitely coming back. Probably one of my favorite Thai places in Houston now. Happy we went.

Amazing fresh experience we tried the appetizer mix platter with some fried rice and mango chicken with Tom yum soup . Great friendly knowledgeable team Jaafar&Rudi and we highly recommend the place with ample clean patio and indoor options. Reasonable pricing and great selection.

Words cannot describe how authentic each dish is at Nara. Staff is caring and friendly and frankly it's very affordable 👌. BEST THAI FOOD IN HOUSTON

Omg they have happy hour! Best thai place for curry off Washington. Super chill and cool interior. Staff is very friendly!

Got takeout - food was delicious, up there with some of the best Thai curry I've had. The online ordering process was easy too (Toast) with good menu descriptions.

Best Thai in Houston! Very friendly staff too. We will be back.

Had chicken pad thai to go. Really tasty and fresh.