14 Best Thai Restaurants near Des Moines

“The food here is great and the atmosphere is so fun. Currently, the seasonal menu (winter 2025) has Yo's Wontons which are in an excellent sauce. I also enjoy the bing bing wraps and drunken noodles.“

“Review: Food and service was amazing! The food was tasty and the owner was super nice. I have a 4 star review because of how difficult it was to find and not having a changing table. If you have young children with diapers they didn’t have a changing table heads up!

We had two Panang curry (coconut chicken with red curry), a taro bubble tea, and mango bubble tea.

Directions: Go to walnut street and enter the public entrance of HotelKirkwood and up the stairs. Once you’re up the stairs, make a left and it’s right there! If you need handicap or stroller accessibility, enter capitol building across the street, take the elevators, and then the skywalk across to get to JJs.“

“the food here is always so good, and the staff best in the city.“

“Thank you so much for the great dinner tonight!!! Food is always amazing!!!“

“Best place we’ve eaten in Des Moines. Great serving staff. They had a sense of humor and their advice on spices and entrees was spot on. Massive portion sizes of everything. The chicken and beef dishes were super generous with the meats and the meats were fantastically tender. We had one diner who doesn’t normally go for Thai but he devoured it all. Even after stuffing ourselves we all had enough to take home for a whole second meal.“

“So freaking good!!! You should go.“

“Great service and food. Sitting in the bar is our go to when it is the two of us.“

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“5 out 5⭐️ We had the calamari, and two noodle bowls. I got the spicy siracha & my husband had a garlic pesto. It was AMAZING. Will definitely go back. We went on a Monday around 12pm and they were pretty empty (as to be expected for a Monday afternoon) but still had good, timely service. We had our baby with us and unfortunately they don’t have a changing station in the women’s restroom. But otherwise- it was great! ❤️“

“Cool Basil has been a long time favorite of my wife and I. We hadn’t been there in a while when we stopped in for lunch today. The atmosphere was noticeably different. They were playing a funky smooth jazz music where every song sounded the same. I liked the previous light/classic rock mix much better. The staff seems to have completely changed since we were last in. We didn’t recognize anyone, whereas we were on a first name basis with much of the previous staff. The service was noticeably slower and less friendly. The food was still very good. I ordered my usual spice level 2 and it was very, very hot. Much hotter than it used to be. I’m just wondering if they are under new ownership or management because it is a very different experience from a year ago. I still recommend Cool Basil, it’s just not the familiar place that we loved anymore.“

“The food was fantastic. My server Yotaga was very kind and attentive.“

“This was a great experience all the way around! Our waitress was very good and the food was great! I had Kung poa chicken. We went at lunchtime and our food arrived in a reasonable amount of time and has just the right amount of spice. I would recommend this place!“