Noi's Thai kitchen in Asheville

Amazing food, clean and inviting atmosphere, spectacular service. Noi's is a must have when it comes to sushi and thai noodles for anyone visiting or living in Asheville

I would not call myself a connoisseur of Thai food, so I can't speak to the "authenticity" of the menu (although there are Thai cooks and servers), but I have enjoyed all the dozen or so meals I've had there quite a bit. I've tried just about all the curries (medium hot--again, I'm not a Thai connoisseur), and they are delicious. My current favorite is the gang karee (yellow curry), but I recommend the masaman, panang curry and gang ped, too. The vegetables are perfectly done (fresh, crisp). The noodle dishes are quite good, and the few appetizers I've had are good. When they are busy, the...

Not necessarily what you might expect.... This restaurant does not always serve the "typical" version of the dishes I have come to expect in a garden variety Thai restaurant in USA. This is why, I think, so many reviewers are disappointed and therefore, critical. For example, I like Pad Thai, and I make it myself sometimes, and I would never leave out the crushed peanuts or the mung bean sprouts, and I'm going to put in a noticeable amount of egg. However, I order Pad Thai at this restaurant regularly, and it pleases me even though it's not exactly like the typical Thai restaurant in America version or the way I would make it. As a matter of fact, I feel less foundered after eating all the Pad Thai I want in this place, whereas I often have a feeling of being "too full" when I eat it elsewhere. All the dishes are less fatty or oily, the curries somehow lighter. In some cases, I believe the decision has been made to make a lighter dish, or a simpler dish, or to have a recipe more amenable to changing it up for a special needs diner, e.g., vegan, or nut-allergic, or whatever. In general, I don't think a complaint that an ethnic dish by a certain name d...