Anise Thai Cuisine

The food is delicious. Equal to anything that I have eaten in Thailand.
The woman who is the owner is an excellent cook and the prices are reasonable.
We always have enough for a doggie bag.
Best Thai in the area!

I don't spend a lot of time on Mercer Island, but came here since I was working in the area. The decor was very pleasing with that modern, trendy asian flair, but it was rather empty for it being just after the lunch hour. Maybe they get slammed for lunch and I happened to arrive afterward?  I dunno. It was a weekday afternoon. Anyway, I decided to go ahead since I was hungry for Thai food and with the Starbucks right next door, I figured I could hop on the wifi and work a bit through my lunch. I ordered the lunch special of the red curry with chicken.  I have to agree with some of the other posters that it was rather pricey for what you get. It was a very simple lunch  with the curry bowl and a small bowl of rice. I didn't like was that the curry was watered down and the chicken wasn't tender. It seemed old.  It wasn't at all spicy even though I asked for medium, so if you like it spicy ask for more stars than you usually order. Also, once I got my food, the waiter disappeared and didn't come to refill my water until I asked for the bill.  I did like the candies that came with the bill though.

I thought this Thai restaurant was cute but a bit expensive.  I got the yellow curry and I had to pay an extra $2.00 for a dinky bowl of white rice.  The yellow curry was okay but the potatoes were really dark for some reason (as in black potatoes).  

The total with tax and tip came out to be $16 for one person, one entree.  I thought this was rather expensive because a lot of Thai places I can get two entrees for around $22-$24 or so.

Also this restaurant played French music (?) which I thought seemed odd.