Thai Mekong - Santa Rosa

52 Mission Plaza, Suite #111, Santa Rosa CA 95409
(707) 538-8382
Parking: in shopping center parking lot
Hours: Mon through Sat 11am to 8:30pm, Closed Sundays

Last Visited: May 26, 2005

Food: 3 stars
Atmosphere: 3 stars
Service: 3 stars
Price: $ to $$

Enter Thai Melong and see the shape of a T. The front area is the top of the T with a lot of tables for two and a few smaller tables that seat four. The entrance directly leads to the hallway, the bottom of the T. The textured creamy colored walls are decorated with large painted fans in this hall on one side, and no decorations on the other wall. The windows are decorated with wood carvings in each corner. In the rear of the restaurant is a wine rack and photos of Thai officials and small altars dedicated to them. The restaurant opened in December 2004.

The dark wood tables are covered with white paper placemats, a napkin, fork, and spoon. They bring glasses of water after seating you. The menus are simple - one side of the paper features Thai cuisine. The other side features teriyaki dishes and other dishes typically seen on Chinese menus.

The items shown on the menu are available with steamed rice. Add $1 to the price shown on the menu for the dinner price.

- Yellow Curry: Choice of meat (chicken, beef, or pork) is cooked in yellow curry and served in a large bowl. Carefully quartered half inch slices of potato and cut carrots accompany the meat. Steamed rice is served on the side. The curry was flavored with creamy coconut milk and with just a touch of heat. I selected chicken. Very good, especially if you like creamy sauce with your rice. $6.75

The first item listed on the menu was green curry. The interesting I found was that our server cautioned us that it wasn’t typical green curry, so we may or may not like it. My fellow tablemates had some spicy sautéed dishes. They weren’t quite as satisfied by theirs explaining that it was too salty for their tastes or not quite what they expected.

I would go back again to try the red curry. I’m a bit cautious about the other dishes though, but there are many on the list and I didn’t even mention that they have Cajun dishes too. I’m a bit curious to find out what those are like.