Thai Cottage II

i was introduced to Thai Cottage about 6 years ago by my mother. i now since that first day of tasting their wonderful food have an addiciton problem. Enjoying the Princess Chicken number three spicy with extra veggies. i can not get enough. i highly reccommend this food to anyone who wants to either try something new, or for those who want a new hobby of eating out at this place everyday. get an order of the crispy rolls, you will love them. the prices are so reasonable and the environment is great. please try and enjoy!!! don't say i didn't warn you.

Lunchtime through the week and during weekends is busy for good reason - it's fantastic food at very reasonable price.
Lunch Menu is less extensive than Dinner Menu but still a good variety of choices.
Evenings ( at least from 7:30pm onward ) tend to be a little less busy.
I've been to this restaurant 30+ times in the past 5 years and its certainly a personal favorite - I'll generally not turn down a chance to eat at TC II even though I don't live in the Sugarland area.
I have noticed that when the Manager is on Vacation the Service can be poor ; which is disappointing given the normal high standards.

This restaurant was renovated early in the summer of 2007. I longed for the reopening later in the summer months to find that others were as anxious as I was for a larger space with more seating. I have been here during the lunch hour four times and dinner twice since the grand reopening and have found consistency on all visits.

*The food is really good and more authentic than the other surrounding Thai restaurants in the southwest suburban Houston.
*Dishes are not outrageously priced and are consistent in taste and quality especially the curry specialties.
*This restaurant is very crowded during the lunch rush so expect to wait in all aspects. It's a good place to meet friends for a 1-2 hour leisurely weekday lunch.
*Inconsistency in processing/fulfilling food orders.

My lunch companions and I waited 45 minutes for our entrees. We explained to our waitress that patrons at another table that arrived 20 minutes after we did, were served before us and were almost finished with their entrees while we and the guests at the table next to ours were impatiently waiting for our meals. She came back a few minutes later after our food was finally served and said that the kitchen staff "had to make more chicken"??? We weren't really sure what this meant but the customers at the aforementioned table served before us had consumed chicken also.

Needless to say, we all decided that lunch hour is NOT a time to visit Thai Cottage II which consistently operates with an understaffed and overworked wait staff and kitchen. When you have the bus boy seating patrons and the owner serving the wrong dishes (the table next to us got our salads), there is a quality control issue. I experienced similar scenarios at all of my luncheons at this particular restaurant. I have finally decided that if I crave Thai food in the Sugar Land area, my best bet is to come here for dinner when I don't have to worry about going back to work.

I was not sure why this place garnered awards from the critics and excellent reviews from other people, but I had these observations and reservations. Satays were not grilled! I lived in Thailand for 3 years and southeast asian satays were always grilled. Because it took longer to grill, many Thai restaurants in Houston took shortcuts by pan-frying (greasy meat), boiling (dry meat) or boiling and then put on the grill in order to obtain the grill marks (insulting meat). Its TomYum soup had too much fish sauce and not enough pepper (for kick), lemon (for sour taste) and lemon grass (for fragrant smell). It might be sitting on the stove for too long and water evaporated. It was not bland; it was simply salty! The chickens of the main dish were boiled, not stir-fried. The chef mustve diced the chickens when they were still frozen because they retained such pretty cubic shapes when served! From start to finish nothing about the meal was satisfactory. I felt totally cheated.

Love the food! Everything I have tried has been exceptional! The only problem is that the restaurant is very small and crowded. You almost feel like you are dining with everyone in the restaurant!