Mekong Thai Restaurant

We were really looking forward to coming home to Honolulu and finding some great Thai food. Unfortunately from the first dish served, we knew the news was bad. Bland, over cooked, flat. Our dishes (highly popular choices according to the menu) lacked all of the distinct characteristics of Thai cuisine; fragrant, spicy, sweet/salty, fresh, etc. Cons: texture, flavors, overall offering and execution. more

Before Keo's was the fancy, multi-location, celebrity-favored Thai dining destination that it is today, there was Mekong. This humble-looking hole-in-the-wall in the middle of busy mid-town Honolulu serves almost the same super-tasty, sometimes firey Thai cuisine that its more upscale cousins do -- but at a very nice price. Friendly service is a given at Mekong, and the dishes are consistently fresh and well-prepared. The Evil Jungle Prince curry is a signature dish that's not to be missed -- spicy, coconut-y and just bursting with fresh flavors, make sure to order the sticky rice with it, so you can enjoy every drop of this yummy dish. Pros: consistently fresh and tasty thai food, from the folks who own Keo's Cons: street parking can be a pain, low-key decor more

mekong thai restaurant serves honolulu's freshest and best thai food. Pros: quality, value, flavor Cons: parking, crowded more