Magic Kitchen Thai Restaurant

I just had to share how impressed I was this past weekend. Never been here before and they were so helpful on the phone. I knew exactly what to expect when I picked up my food since covid. They really have a great, efficient process. The best process I've seen anywhere since the pandemic. Keep up the great work!

Also, the food wasn't greasy or oily and made with chicken breast. I easily spent $50 here and would do it again. Maybe even weekly ;)

At a convention in Springfield we had a local Recommend this place. The food was amazing but "mild plus" will set your mouth on fire. Seriously just do mild.
Service was frankly not good. I mean the guy was pleasant but not attentive at all.

Food is yummy. I prefer to carry out though because the restaurant smells bad. I wish they had the option to pay with credit card.

Excellent food, I prefer the one on N Peoria Rd, the taste is cleaner and the atmosphere is quaint.

A few months ago my fiancé and I stopped in for a dinner meal after work. It was her idea to go because multiple friends had told her it's their favorite Thai in Springfield.

To be fair, she loved her Shrimp Pad Thai but my fish and vegetable dish was very average. We had no leftovers and my dish was good just missing that something special.

What was special was the homemade triple berry slice of pie brought in from a Chicago bakery. The dessert menu was my highlight and I would easily return to try all the different pie flavors they are churning out!

The restaurant is smaller and always packed from what we have witnessed plus referral testimony. Our waitress was super pleasant and overall I would gladly return in order to try a different dish or two!

We didn't realize before arriving that they only accept cash **no credit or debit cards**. They have signs all over the place saying so. Luckily we had cash on us so we didn't have to find somewhere else to eat. I would say the food was good. It wasn't mind blowing or anything, but it was average. Our waitress was really nice and patient with us and our baby. The bathrooms don't have a place to change diapers, so that was disappointing when we had to go outside to change a poopy diaper in our car in the freezing cold. Also, another party came in while we were eating and they had coolers of alcohol? So I guess that's a thing here to BYOB??

Best Thai food in town and where else can you bring in your favorite alcoholic beverage to enjoy with your meal. If you have not been there you aren't living your best life.

Fresh made food and the menu contains all the usual Thai dishes. We had fried tofu appetizer which was great.
My wife had ginger pork which was really delicious! I had pork pad Thai and it was marvelous! No complaints whatsoever! Other customers brought in their own adult drinks. This is a local favorite and a best kept secret! You have to try this place. It's small but large on taste! HEADS UP: cash or local checks only.

Stumbled upon this place while searching for asian food in the area.. It reminded me of one of those 'hole in the wall' type places. The ambiance was thin and somewhat tidy. With no music playing, this place got pretty loud after more people sat down. You can also bring your own beer here.(Did not know of this until after I arrived)

If you're like me and you don't like carrying cash around, look elsewhere as this is a cash only establishment. Also, the menu looked like it had a lot of options but it really didn't. Not too sure why it seemed like they only had a few veggies alternating in their menu. (If it wasn't cauliflower, it was mushrooms or broccoli). We tried to stay away from those cauliflower dishes :-)

I ordered just a shrimp fried rice, as spicy as it they can get it. I love the heat but it still didn't seem like it was all that spicy. The rice came out warm and a little mushy, almost as if it was fried earlier and just heated up and a little sweet for my taste. Edible, but not what I prefer. Fried rice portion wasn't too big, but the other two were.

My sisters ordered a 3 flavor fish and shrimp Pad woon sen. The fish dish did not have much fish in it, comprising of mostly veggies(ginger, mushrooms, pineapples..) The pad woon sen was surprisingly quite tasty, with the shrimp having a special taste to it contrary to the shrimp in my fried rice. They did charge us 10.95 for this even though the menu says 9.95, but it's ok no big deal. Everything came out within about 7-8 minutes after ordering, beating some fast food places~

Overall the food was OK, nothing impressive with the few dishes that we ordered. We were not given straws with our drinks. Our waters barely had any ice in it, seems like they are pinching every penny they can get. There was 1 server running the dining area and she was actually pretty good, friendly and prompt with everything we needed. Cash only makes this an inconvenience for anyone who never carries cash around.

Best Thai food in town, but this location is highly inconvenient and has poor customer service. They only take cash, and I'm quite sure this is 2018 where you can run a debit card on an iPad... not to mention on my last attempted visit they closed when I arrived 30 minutes before closing.

Only draw to this location is the delicious food and BYOB policy. Otherwise, if you're on the north end I'd recommend going somewhere else.