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100 W 2nd St
Reno, NV 89501

Phone: (775) 327-4333

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Neighborhood: Reno

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A dual seating restaurant with one side devoted to Thai and the other side sushi.

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  4.1 stars - Based on 17 votes

#130 out of 1276 restaurants in Reno

#6 of 15 Thai in Reno

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05/21/2012 - QueryAll
In short Thai Corner Café is at the top of my short list of Thai restaurants in Reno.

Thai food is my passion. For over a year I have been trying to find an opportunity to sit down and have a meal here. I am now regretting that I did not make Thai Corner Café a higher priority. My only excuse for not eating here sooner is the problem with parking downtown.

I loathe having to pay for parking and walking half a mile between my parking spot and my seat at the table. This last Friday evening, I got off work and headed downtown just after 5pm. Parking was not an issue just steps away from the front door of the restaurant. I walked into a nearly empty space. Just two people were sitting at the sushi bar. Usually not a good sign for a Friday evening. Yes it was earlier than the time that most people begin to think about eating diner, but there should be a few more people in a good restaurant at a little past 5pm.

The hostess quickly greeted me and asked me if I wanted to sit at a booth or table. I normally like booths for their large comfortable seats. As The Thai Corner Café serves sushi bar it is divided into two sides, one for sushi and the other for traditional Thai food. But the booths on the Thai side were small two people affairs, not what I would consider one where you can spread out sideways and be really comfortable. I asked for a larger booth and since the place was empty, I was shown to the sushi side where there were what I would call regular sized booths. In fact there was a huge corner booth large enough to sit 6 people and 8 in a pinch.

Once seated, I realized the my waitress bowed ever so slightly after she took my drink order. I was stunned as this this traditional custom of far east hospitality. I have not once been offered this level of service at a Reno establishment even at some supposed 5 diamond restaurants in town. This was a good sign for the remainder of the meal. Even after serving my drink the waitress again provided respect with an ever so slight bow. After every encounter the waitress honored me with a bow. Now since its easy for a server to give a patron top level service with only one real table to provide for, I will have to go back when they have a packed house. If I receive the same level of service, drinks refilled before they ever got to the bottom of the glass, coming back to the table more than 8 times during the meal, I will be stunned. I have the idea that service may continue to live up to expectations. I promise to update this review after a few more times eating there.

My guest and I ordered two entrees, Massamun Curry with chicken, and Pra Ram Long Srong with pork. Both were excellent. While the Massamun Curry was near perfect, the coconut milk was weaker than absolute perfection. The Pra Ram Long Srong peanut sauce was perfection. It is very difficult to prepare a thick peanut sauce that is not cloyingly thick which makes me think the cook simply added peanut butter. Not so with Thai Corner Café as I suspect they freshly grind/puree dry roasted peanuts for the recipe.

Over the last few years there has been considerable turnover in the Thai restaurants in the Northern Nevada / Reno. Changes in ownership have changed menus and cooking styles. New Thai restaurants have popped up, making Thai food one of the most popular cuisines in Reno. Thai Corner Café is one of the new kids on the block and promises to be around for a long time.