Thai Passion
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 472-1244
Fax: (512) 472-1876
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- E Sixth Street
- Best of Citysearch:
- Thai Food 2004
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm, Fri 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10:30pm, Sat 5pm-10:30pm, Sun 5pm-10pm
Message from Thai Passion
Best Thai Food - Best of Citysearch Editorial and Audience Winner 2003
- Best of Citysearch 2003 winner
- Located in DT Austin
- Special events
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Editorial Review for Thai Passion – by James Scott Bankston
In Short
This sunny eatery occupies part of the 1859 Sampson-Henricks building, which is furnished with Thai sculptures. The crowd consists mostly of people who work downtown. The shrimp stir-fry has ginger root, onion, mushrooms, celery and bell peppers served over jasmine rice. There's also yellow curry with chicken or tofu, potato, carrot, bell pepper and onion. A quick lunch can be made from their spring rolls and fried rice with chicken, tomatoes, eggs, green peas and carrots.
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Insider Tips
What to DrinkThai iced tea and Thai iced coffee are served with condensed milk, which makes for an unfamiliar--but delicious--taste experience.
Know Before You GoThis is a popular restaurant, so you may have to wait a while to be served or get your check.
Where to SitThe best seat is on the glassed-in patio, between the limestone-walled restaurant and the One American Center office building, where you can enjoy the sunlight and plants in air-conditioned comfort.
User Reviews for Thai Passion
03/09/2008 Posted by nickkk
This place wasn't nearly as good as the other reviews said. We had the curry and chicken satay. It looked and tasted like something you would buy frozen at costco and heat up in a microwave. And it was around $12 for each plate.
Cons: bad food!
11/17/2007 Posted by longhorn123
I went to this restaurant once before and I liked it, so I thought, why not try it again? The second time I went I found what can only be described as pubic or armpit hair in my pad thai. Now, I know that this kind of stuff happens sometimes, so I politely told the waitress and she told me they would bring me out a new dish. However, when the dish came back 2 minutes later, my friend and I were pretty sure that they just reheated my original meal. It seemed unlikely that they could cook a brand new meal in that little time. Nevertheless, I was pretty disgusted, but since there was nothing I could do to prove it, I had to pay full price for my meal. NOT a great experience! Also, I know Madam Mam's is probably more westernized than this place, but I also love their pad Thai much more than the pad thai at Thai Passion! Parking is difficult here, it's hard to find places on the street so your forced to pay $6 to park. Also, the waitress only came by once to hand over the food and once more after that, but we never saw her again. We had to use multiple other waitresses to get our waitress' attention. The only pro I can think of is that we got seated quickly each time. Also, the shrimp fried eggrolls are good. The atmosphere isn't bad either. Honestly, I would not recommend this place. For the price, I feel like you could go to a better place where you would get more for your money.
Pros: atmosphere, seated quickly
Cons: bad service, not worth it for the money
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