Lovely restaurant! Family owned, and son/host Alex was very friendly and helpful in our ordering. I got the eggplant and crispy tofu. Eggplant was phenomenal texture, crispy and seared exterior and silky tender on inside. Mild level sauce is so flavorful. Crispy tofu is light and spongy, we're not sure what magic they use but it was perfect. Homemade golden sweet sour sauce pairs wonderfully. Not pictured: green salad and oolong tea. This was a great afternoon meal, thanks for having us.
I used to love the food here.Recently I ordered some of my favorites. Pad tiNoodles and l like the fried rice.. both were tasteless and the fried rice was over cooked. I am experiencing the taste, quality and quality of the food here become very poor. It's a shame.It was a great place to grab traditional thi food in this area.
This was our first time eating here and we will be back! The food was great!
Hostess was ultra sweet. Food was good.
Should be more stars than five, everything was great.
I was craving Thai food and wanted to try a different place---Mekkala did not disappoint!! In fact, probably the best Thai food I've had in Chico in a long while. Ordered red curry, beef salad, and appetizer sampler. Curry and appetizers were still hot when I got home. Thai beef salad was on point, plenty of tender beef slices, red onion, mild chili spice, and herbs with that salty and sour, kinda pungent dressing I'm addicted to, on a bed of lettuce---love it. Egg rolls and chicken satay were bigger than others I've had---chicken was tender, not rubbery or dry as I have had from other places in the past---served with a delicious house made yellow color sweet and sour type of sauce. Red curry was steaming when I got home (yes, literally steaming hot), packed with a heap of fresh vegetables---and it was a good variety of crisp tender vegetables, not soggy or overcooked (and no disappointing loads of canned baby corn and canned bamboo shoots... ) Ordered the Mild+ spice level which was spot on, spicy hot chili oil and chili flakes swirling on top with the coconut milk, but not so much to make it unenjoyable. It was that addictive spice, that makes you sweat a little like a crack addict (spoon after spoon), but it wasn't burn your mouth to the point you couldn't enjoy it. On another note, I find a lot of Thai places make their curries too sweet, red curry generally seems to be the least sweet IMO. Mekkala red curry had a superb balance of spices, heat and sweetness with plenty of that lovely Thai basil herb. They informed me on the phone that curries were a $1.00 extra due to some sort of coconut milk shortage or supply issue---WORTH IT!! IDC! Take my money! P.S. felt bad for the nice young man who dropped the receipt printer/card reader (it totally broke) and they had pretty much just opened for dinner service...he said something like, "oh no...im boned!" Sorry bro, feels bad. However, if I have to pay with cash or gemstones...so be it! IDC! Take my money! Just don't stop making your delicious food. Thank You!
I love this place. The food is awesome and do is the service. Great people.
Great food and fantastic service.
Ok flavor, spiciest level is satisfyingly spicy.
I love this place, the ambiance is great and the food is amazing, huge portion sizes and very tasty. The plum wine is to die for and our server, Jasmine, was great, very friendly, helpful and attentive.The only drawback was one rude as hell customer behind me, but what can you do about other people's bad attitudes?If I could give more stars I would ?