After seating and being given menus and water, we waited nearly 20 minutes in an unbusy restaurant to have our orders taken. We asked they split the checks into 2 parties right up front. There were three people hanging around behind the bar, so they weren’t short staffed. The food was good and came out in a timely manner. Whoever was in the kitchen, was on the ball. No one came by to check on us. They seemed to be in a hurry to take our dishes away and sweep and mop. When I asked what time do you close? —worried we had stayed past closing time—they said 9 pm. It was 8:15. We waited and waited for our checks. Finally one of the servers came with an hand held device and we had to request the checks be split again, but the amounts seemed off by several dollars on my check. The items seemed correct, so after discussion with the server, I paid and was then given the printed copy of the receipt after I inserted my credit card. I told someone behind the bar before I left that I felt I was overcharged after seeing the print out of the receipt and they said they add a fee for credit cards and apologized. - As an example, peanut sauce was $3 instead of $2.50 and tea $2.59 instead of $2.50. I didn’t see a notice of that credit card fee on the menu. Perhaps it was there, but I missed it. We could have paid cash if we had known. In retrospect, it may have been better to have had delivery done to our hotel. The food was good. The servers didn’t seem to want to be there or maybe they were new and need further training. I usually tip closer to 30%, but only tipped 18%. This was our first trip to Tupelo.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Michael Barndt
Wonderful Thai restaurant worth visiting!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
jerry barnes
Good food reasonable price
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jennifer Warren
The most delicious Thai food, many choices of dishes. Superb service and the quaint atmosphere is relaxing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tupelo Native
A hidden gem for authentic Thai food. Love this place and the atmosphere. Food is delicious.
Marie Schlagel
Amazing! Their regular lunch menu was fantastic, and they had wonderful specials - it was hard to choose what to order.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lynn Boruchowitz
OMG what a great restaurant! All 4 of us couldn’t stop raving about our food! BEST Thai food I’ve EVER had! Gorgeous antique store decor too! I couldn’t recommend it more highly!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anna Mom
Sorely disappointed on green curry. Watered down (not creamy), only two small slices of eggplant, four pieces of green beans, and level three spicy was not hot. I paid extra for brown rice and the container was only half full. Chicken was tough. Meal was not great. The restaurant was full before 6 p.m. and so I opted for takeout. Paying $17.99, plus tip, for meager portions was not good. Will not return. Nice vibe for atmosphere, though, playing Ella Fitzgerald.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
Selena Parrish
We’ve been here so many times and it never disappoints. The atmosphere is like dining with family super cozy like a family friends house! Papaya salad is so so good but spicy Curries are excellent Must try
Jennifer Cain
This place is a gem. The food is fabulous and the staff is attentive and polite. The ground chicken noodle soup is the best, but there are many other great dishes as well.
For three out of six of us, the food was inedible after it took over 45 minutes for all of us to get our orders, which came out sporadically. No attempt was made to ask us why most of our food was left uneaten. After the unsuccessful pleading to get all of our food sooner, I gave up thinking they were interested in making this right. Adding insult to injury is the process of our neglectful server standing in front of me waiting for me to pick a tip on her card reader. This was the worst dining experience I've had for almost $200.
Miranda Georges
I took my kids to dinner at Sao since it had been a while and it just sounded good. My 6 year old had coconut shrimp and pad Thai Shrimp, she loved the pad Thai - it is a little on the sweeter side if any PT I have ever had, but still delicious, the PT Shrimp were delicious, the sauce with the coconut shrimp was also delicious. She said she didn't care for the coconut shrimp, but no worries, they were yummy to everyone else. My eldest had Woonsen Pad Thai and really enjoyed it. This was a new item for her and she said she would definitely order again. My middle child had crab & shrimp fried rice (no pic), he devoured it....woof! Gone. He also loved the calamari, Spring roll and the coconut shrimp. I had a hard time chosing my entree and opted to get the Beef Nam Tok Salad as my appetizer and then just nibble on the Basil Chicken Thai Style and take the rest room for lunch the next day. So I did just that, ooooohhhd and ahhhhhd over the salad - the perfect amount of heat too! Then I ate the egg with a little bit of my rice and sauce, then packed the rest home. So full! So yummy!
Parking: Close parking can be a problem on a busy night and the spots are kinda small. The car next to us was entirely too close that I couldn't get in, thankfully the guy was still in the truck and moved so we could out and out bother her,
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pad Thai
Jess Ni
my favorite place to eat! I have eaten at about every restaurant in tupelo and in my opinion this is the best. Every time I go, the service is amazing and food is always amazing as well. I love everything on their menu especially the thai tea which is super authentic. This is quite literally my second home.
Vegetarian options: most foods you get to pick your own protein and their is a vegetarian option with tofu
Parking: usually always busy, but still a good amount of parking available.
Kid-friendliness: they put ratatouille on which is super cute and gives kids something to watch.
Waitress was rude and unhelpful. I asked her for some recommendations and she looked at me like I was crazy, like that was a strange question. Very weird. Vibe was all off, so we just left and went somewhere else with better service. Good atmosphere and I bet the food would have been good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
Abhijeet Narwal
Very interesting unique ambience. Equally authentic flavorful food. Best place to eat in Tupelo! I go to tupelo twice a year for 6 days. Always have dinner daily here. Never disappointed. Service is also excellent.
After seating and being given menus and water, we waited nearly 20 minutes in an unbusy restaurant to have our orders taken. We asked they split the checks into 2 parties right up front. There were three people hanging around behind the bar, so they weren’t short staffed. The food was good and came out in a timely manner. Whoever was in the kitchen, was on the ball. No one came by to check on us. They seemed to be in a hurry to take our dishes away and sweep and mop. When I asked what time do you close? —worried we had stayed past closing time—they said 9 pm. It was 8:15. We waited and waited for our checks. Finally one of the servers came with an hand held device and we had to request the checks be split again, but the amounts seemed off by several dollars on my check. The items seemed correct, so after discussion with the server, I paid and was then given the printed copy of the receipt after I inserted my credit card. I told someone behind the bar before I left that I felt I was overcharged after seeing the print out of the receipt and they said they add a fee for credit cards and apologized. - As an example, peanut sauce was $3 instead of $2.50 and tea $2.59 instead of $2.50. I didn’t see a notice of that credit card fee on the menu. Perhaps it was there, but I missed it. We could have paid cash if we had known. In retrospect, it may have been better to have had delivery done to our hotel. The food was good. The servers didn’t seem to want to be there or maybe they were new and need further training. I usually tip closer to 30%, but only tipped 18%. This was our first trip to Tupelo.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Wonderful Thai restaurant worth visiting!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good food reasonable price
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The most delicious Thai food, many choices of dishes. Superb service and the quaint atmosphere is relaxing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A hidden gem for authentic Thai food. Love this place and the atmosphere. Food is delicious.
Amazing! Their regular lunch menu was fantastic, and they had wonderful specials - it was hard to choose what to order.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
OMG what a great restaurant! All 4 of us couldn’t stop raving about our food! BEST Thai food I’ve EVER had! Gorgeous antique store decor too! I couldn’t recommend it more highly!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sorely disappointed on green curry. Watered down (not creamy), only two small slices of eggplant, four pieces of green beans, and level three spicy was not hot. I paid extra for brown rice and the container was only half full. Chicken was tough. Meal was not great. The restaurant was full before 6 p.m. and so I opted for takeout. Paying $17.99, plus tip, for meager portions was not good. Will not return. Nice vibe for atmosphere, though, playing Ella Fitzgerald.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
We’ve been here so many times and it never disappoints. The atmosphere is like dining with family super cozy like a family friends house!
Papaya salad is so so good but spicy
Curries are excellent
Must try
This place is a gem. The food is fabulous and the staff is attentive and polite. The ground chicken noodle soup is the best, but there are many other great dishes as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
For three out of six of us, the food was inedible after it took over 45 minutes for all of us to get our orders, which came out sporadically. No attempt was made to ask us why most of our food was left uneaten. After the unsuccessful pleading to get all of our food sooner, I gave up thinking they were interested in making this right. Adding insult to injury is the process of our neglectful server standing in front of me waiting for me to pick a tip on her card reader. This was the worst dining experience I've had for almost $200.
I took my kids to dinner at Sao since it had been a while and it just sounded good. My 6 year old had coconut shrimp and pad Thai Shrimp, she loved the pad Thai - it is a little on the sweeter side if any PT I have ever had, but still delicious, the PT Shrimp were delicious, the sauce with the coconut shrimp was also delicious. She said she didn't care for the coconut shrimp, but no worries, they were yummy to everyone else. My eldest had Woonsen Pad Thai and really enjoyed it. This was a new item for her and she said she would definitely order again. My middle child had crab & shrimp fried rice (no pic), he devoured it....woof! Gone. He also loved the calamari, Spring roll and the coconut shrimp. I had a hard time chosing my entree and opted to get the Beef Nam Tok Salad as my appetizer and then just nibble on the Basil Chicken Thai Style and take the rest room for lunch the next day. So I did just that, ooooohhhd and ahhhhhd over the salad - the perfect amount of heat too! Then I ate the egg with a little bit of my rice and sauce, then packed the rest home. So full! So yummy!
Parking: Close parking can be a problem on a busy night and the spots are kinda small. The car next to us was entirely too close that I couldn't get in, thankfully the guy was still in the truck and moved so we could out and out bother her,
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pad Thai
my favorite place to eat! I have eaten at about every restaurant in tupelo and in my opinion this is the best. Every time I go, the service is amazing and food is always amazing as well. I love everything on their menu especially the thai tea which is super authentic. This is quite literally my second home.
Vegetarian options: most foods you get to pick your own protein and their is a vegetarian option with tofu
Parking: usually always busy, but still a good amount of parking available.
Kid-friendliness: they put ratatouille on which is super cute and gives kids something to watch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Rangoon, Mango Sticky Rice
Waitress was rude and unhelpful. I asked her for some recommendations and she looked at me like I was crazy, like that was a strange question. Very weird. Vibe was all off, so we just left and went somewhere else with better service. Good atmosphere and I bet the food would have been good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
Very interesting unique ambience. Equally authentic flavorful food. Best place to eat in Tupelo!
I go to tupelo twice a year for 6 days. Always have dinner daily here. Never disappointed.
Service is also excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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