We drove all day & spent the night in Childress. Based on the reviews here,, we decided to give the place a shot. We went in pretty near closing time & placed a to-go order. We were hoping to get at least 1 salad, because every Thai/Lao restaurant I've ever been to offers a variety of salads. Strike one: no salad onn the menu.
We ordered hot & sour soup, but they were sold out...strike two.
Our order was pretty simple:
1) shrimp rolls, which were actuallly not bad.
2) wonton soup. The wontons were passable, but the broth was simply salty water with lots of white pepper. No hint of chicken & nary a vegetable to be found. Ate the wontons & dumped the soup.
3) cashew chicken: soggy cashews, dried-out chicken, a few pieces of green onion, & no flavor other than salty brownish sauce.
4) steamed rice. How can they mess this up, you might ask? Well, they cooked the rice in soy sauce & it was inedible, If I wanted to eat something that tasted like I was drinking soy sauce from a bottle, I woiuld have done it.
5) When we asked for plastic utensils & plates,, they gave us the utensils, but grudgingly searched tto find plates. We werre staying in a motel & didn't travel with our own plates.
Glad we opted for take-out, because the place could definitely used a face lift.
So....ate the shrimp rolls & the wontons, & a few bites of the chicken. The rest went into the trash. I know we were in a small town in Texas, not San Francisco or NY, & didn't have high expectations, but didn't think it would be quite THIS bad.
I'm a trucker and have been going to this restaurant for years. I am hooked on the tom-ka-guy which is a form of chicken soup that was  first made by the grand mother of the owner who lived to be 100 years old. Its made with coconut milk, fish sauce and fresh cilantro. You can get it in mild, medium, or hot, but buyer beware, if you order it hot, you really don't know what you're in for until you try it! The shrimp fried rice is very good. The food is excellent value. The restaurant is clean and very basic. If you are going through Childress Texas any time soon and want a good meal from some hard working people that care what they serve you, this is the place to stop. Try it out you will like it.
Review Source:I had the Pad Kee Mao and wish I had gone to McDonald's instead. Â Considering I haven't eaten at McDonald's in about 15 years, that's saying a lot. Â Sure, it was cheap, but I'm not looking just for something to put in my stomach to fill it up. Â My husbands Pad Thai was slightly better, but it might have been because he had to douse it with chili sauce to give it some more flavor. Â I think a cardboard box would have been more flavorful. Â Yes, this place is in Childress, but I would hope that as the owner of said place, they would take more pride in their offerings.
Review Source:Passing thru here, and stopped by for a quick meal. Considering its location, can't really hold them to a same standard as in CA or NY. Shrimp Pad Thai was ok, Beef Pad See Yew was not ("it's bad" according to my 4 yr old). The place looks like a dump from outside, and inside is as bad (all the booths had ripped seats). Price was about what it should be (around $7 for noodle dishes), however, credit card machine was not working.
Review Source:I had the chicken pad thai and my girlfriend had pad kee mao. Overall the food was descent although not spectacular but probably as good as you'll get in rural Texas. The ambiance left much to be desired, as well. They do now take credit cards though not AMEX but I deducted half a point for not offering thai iced tea.
Review Source:We spent a week in Childress. Â Of the many restaurants in town, this one turned out to be the most similar (in quality) to Orange County. Â I ate with family and we did it "family style" so I was able to sample a few plates. It was very tasty.
I would definitely eat here again. Â I did subtract one star because they take only cash - I do not carry very much cash so credit card would be helpful.
Thai Kitchen is a nice place for a quick and inexpensive meal. It is refreshing to eat something other than a steak and potatoes. I love their spicy beef which is actually not so mild. I ask them to make it spicier. My husband is addicted to their cashew chicken. He eats it at least once a week! We recently ordered a variety of dishes there for a family meal. Everything was delicious. Â They don't have my favorite garlic chicken (that belongs to Thai Sky in Long Beach, Ca) but they are still worthy of 4 stars.
For the many restaurant-goers in the raging metropolis of Childress, TX, this is a place you have to try out!
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