Ricepot Thai Cookhouse

Monday to Friday, there's a lunch menu - very affordable for students going home and workers on their lunch break. $12 for an entrée(rice/noodles) and side, add $3 for an iced thai tea/coffee. Be warned that there are limited seats - it's a small place.

Some excellent Thai dishes in a tiny spot I visited Ricepot Thai Cookhouse a few times in 2025 to enjoy one of my favorite cuisines and write a review. This place excels at delivering Thai cuisine essentials with complex, perfectly balanced flavors. All the mains and soups I tried tasted fantastic and fresh. Great job! The appetizers were fine but unremarkable. Beef preparation definitely needs improvement as it was so tough and chewy that even the waitress acknowledged it. The restaurant has strong potential, but it should master its beef, offer more protein options, and expand its very limited menu. I certainly recommend this restaurant for delicious Thai cuisine. Food tried Appetizers and soups Tom Kha with Chicken - absolutely excellent! The flavors and heat level were perfectly balanced. Though it’s a standard dish at many Thai restaurants, not all do it this well. I’d suggest adding mushrooms, though it was great even without them. Chicken Satay - generous portion; chicken was a bit dry, but the peanut sauce was very good. Chives Cakes - deep-fried, small, and similar to what I’ve had elsewhere. Nothing special. Curries Beef Massaman (no longer on the menu) - the sauce was unbelievable: rich, complex, and deeply flavored. The beef, however, tasted plainly boiled, lacking its own flavor. The baby potatoes were also quite bland. There were some beans that tasted great. The sauce alone was so good that it made the dish worth ordering. Green Curry with Chicken - outstanding. One of the best Thai green curries I’ve had, even without bell pepper. Rich, bold flavor with no sweetness often found in Thai curries, a thicker texture closer to panang, and loaded with bamboo shoots and fresh Thai basil. Salmon Choo Chi - outstanding. The salmon looked dry at first but wasn’t; It wasn’t juiciest but was not dry either and tasted great. The sauce had a unique, incredible flavor. I only wish the portion were larger, especially for the price. Noodles Drunken Noodles - excellent. Flavorful, spicy, with tender chicken and soft, silky noodles. The portion was very generous but I couldn’t stop and finished it all. Khoa Soi with Beef - the curry noodle soup had an amazing, complex taste with a wide flavor palette. It was richer than any red, green, panang, or massaman curry I’ve tried. Noodles were excellent. The beef, unfortunately was not so good, as noted earlier.

This casual Thai eatery offers kind and welcoming service, with portions that are larger than you'd expect. The lunch special is definitely worth it! The Bangkok Fried Rice, Pad Thai, and Drunken Noodles were good, though the Drunken Noodles tasted more like Pad See Ew—sweet and savory rather than spicy. The pork belly basket and chicken satay were just ok. Overall, good value.

Food was pretty decent. Appetizers came out a little at a time. But the fried rice & pad Thai took pretty long and it was just us in the restaurant. Calamari was good and batter wasn't too thick. Pork belly was a little too fatty where the fat part was hard to chew. Chicken satay could've been a little more browned but good flavor. Curry chicken & potato puffs barely had chicken in there so just expect a good curry potato puff. Pad Thai was a little on the sweeter side. Pineapple fried rice was good but all the shrimps were not cleaned properly, poop still inside. Originally, I wanted to give 3 stars because of food and wait time. But staff is really friendly and nice. So changed to 4 stars. Thank you!

I don't usually write reviews, but this was the worst thai food I've ever had. We had the chicken satay, crispy pork belly, ricepot pad thai, and thai iced tea. The chicken satay was okay, nothing special. The crispy pork belly came out really fast. It was dry, barely any flavor and it looks like it was reheated. The ricepot pad thai had more flavor and used the same pork belly. The thai iced tea was sweet and didn't have much flavor. I stopped taking pictures of the dishes as it came out because it wasn't worth it anymore. The waitress and place were nice. I recommend going somewhere else like next door to Osaka Sushi.