Muse Thai Bistro

An awesome place for lunch! Quick service and absolutely delicious. The lunch portions are perfect size. I’ve been twice now but today I had the Mango Curry with Pork. Really yummy with big chunks of ripe mango. And was only about 11 bucks including tax.

Muse Thai will blow your head off your shoulders or leave you feeling like it’s just an average place. It all depends on what you order.
The problem here is not the food itself, it’s the menu. This is one of those places where the menu is a 6 page book the size of poster board. You will know doubt be overwhelmed by the amount of options on this menu. Like most places with huge menus, I feel they would benefit from cutting it in half (or more) and specializing in some really superb go-​to dishes.
Anyway, I’d recommend getting some dumplings, sushi and maybe trying some crispy fried meat options of your choice with select sauces. if you order carefully, ask questions and think outside of your normal «food box», this little place will surprise you. If not, you’ll leave feeling like your not in a rush to come back.

I started with the chicken coconut soup and it was wonderful! Very light and flavorful. I then ordered cashew chicken with white rice. The vegetables were so fresh and crisp. The chicken was sliced thinly and really moist. The presentation of the dish was very appealing. The service was fast which was perfect because it was my lunch break. The cost of my lunch was just under $ 16. I will be back and I highly recommend coming here.

My delivery took an hour. I called about it and they were rude and unapologetic. When it finally came it was cold. I was in a hotel and they didn’t bring any utensils. They also didn’t have much change. The food would have been decent if it was still hot.

Amazing food and service! Never had a bad dish. I frequent this place often and would recommend it to anyone! I hope to get takeout soon and see if it is just as good when delivered!

Its nice yo have a break from the ordinary greasy chinese place you can find anywhere. The food here is great. The PadTai is amazing, along with their version of house fried rice, the best I’ve ever had. The veggies in the rice were fresh and flavourful.
We always order out from this place, if we are going to order out at all. The place is on the small side, I would never want to eat there if it was busy, I don’t like being shoulder to shoulder in a restaurant that’s just me though.

Food used to be excellent, then got blandish. Probably fabulous if you don’t eat a lot of thai, or just eat pad thai. If you really love authentic thai though, I’d probably go somewhere else.

The food is good but overpriced and small portions. There are places with equal or better food quality and better prices to go to in manchester. Service is just ok and sometimes you wait a long time for a meal when there aren’t even many people there.

I have only ever gotten take out. And I always just get the chicks pad Thai. And it’s always so amazing. Best pad Thai around in my opinion.

We went here for an early dinner a few weeks ago. It was busy inside, but we sat right away and service was good. A lot of takeout orders were being filled, that’s a good sign usually. I had the Thai noodle soup that was on special with beef, and it was very good. Since the Golden Bowl Vietnamese place closed up the street, it was a pretty close 2^nd to their phở.

There was one table of 2 people and 1 person at the bar. Ordered a scorpion bowl and Siam rolls right away. The rolls came out quick and were delicious but the scorpion bowl wasn’t brought over until at least 10 minutes after we finished them and it was a sad portion.
I had ordered noodle soup with spicy kimchi broth. My boyfriend ordered spicy red curry and we shared a spicy maki set. I cannot say that my tolerance for heat is very high, but when I order spicy everything, I expect to produce maybe one beac of sweat or have the urge to sip my water. Nothing. Nothing was even the slightest bit spicy.
Overall, server was nice but not attentive and very slow. Food was ok but disappointing. I personally liked the music playing because I like hip hop but I was not expecting to hear uncensored songs like ‘or nah’ which has repetitive lyrics about taking dick and dripping cum, while I have my meal. Maybe at home, but not in a professional public restaurant. I likely will not return.

Wow, I just had a well cooked meal at the Muse Thai Bistro. The food is fresh and the portions are enough that an average eater will have leftovers. The service is fast and friendly and the dining area is clean. Our waitress was attentive to our needs, making sure we were satisfied with our meals and had everything we needed. I had the mango curry with shrimp. The spicy/​sweet combination played well off each other with just enough heat to make the top of my head tingle.

The food was pretty good BUT the restaurant is obviously very poorly managed. After living in Hawaii for a year and a half, I could eat Thai/​Japanese food every single day, but I’m not sure I’ll ever order from here again.
I ordered delivery and it took at least 45 minutes, which is okay, I’m willing to wait if it means I don’t have to go pick it up myself. Delivery kid calls me upon arrival and I try to pay for my $ 40 order with a $ 100 bill. He says he can’t break a $ 100. I said, okay well what do you have for change — thinking I was going to give him a decent tip anyways and would be willing to give him a couple extra bucks if necessary.
He says «I don’t have any change» … But you’re delivering food, and I was paying cash, so I don’t know what the thought process was there. So I scrounge up enough small bills to cover all but one dollar of the order and then about $ 5 in quarters to even give him a few bucks for a tip. He says «don’t worry about the quarters, I’ll just throw in a dollar of my own to cover the cost of the order. I insisted, he insisted, then apologized profusely and said he was also sorry for taking a while to get there. He said «I’m only 16, I don’t even have a car so I had to have my dad drive me here.» Confused, I said okay and wished him a good night.
A little after 10pm, I get a phone call from the delivery kid saying that he wasn’t allowed to chip in his own one dollar on the order, so he needed my credit card information to pay $ 1.02. I told him that I was more than willing to pay the difference, but didn’t feel comfortable giving my credit card information over the phone right now. He said he would talk to his manager and call me back. I told him to have his manager call me. The delivery kid called me back and said to just forget about everything, and he apologized again and wished me a good night.
My issue is not with this poor kid who obviously was sent out to do a job that he was neither trained to do nor given the necessary tools (car, change, knowledge of restaurant policy) to successfully accomplish. My issue is with whatever awful manager sends someone out to deliver food when they are clearly not a delivery person, and when they find out there had been an issue with an order, wouldn’t even call me to settle the issue?

This was one restaurant I remembered fondly for lunch meals when I was in Manchester for work several years ago. Unfortunately it seems to have gone downhill. I ordered the duck choo chee lunch special. It was OK, not as good as I remember. Then the bill came with an outrageous amount for lunch. It turns out the waiter ordered the crispy duck choo chee from dinner menu for me. When I complained, the waiter talked to his boss and got the price down a couple of dollars, still significantly more expensive than what I ordered; not very classy. I will not be back.

Tofu drunken noodle (2.5 stars heat wise) is usually tasty. It wasn’t as spicy as expected. Today, the tofu and dish didn’t seem the same as usual & serving was smaller also. All I could taste was old, reused grease in the entire dish. My friend liked the shrimp shumai. Thai hot and iced tea are great. Service is excellent here & everyone is polite.
The NH roll was freshly made as far as I could tell and they had low sodium soy sauce that still made my joints swell.

Excellent food very impressed. I got the payyta fried rice little peppery but over good.

So much potential, but ultimately a disappointment.
Hubby and I showed up on a Sunday evening for dinner. One table was seated, no one else was in the restaurant.
First thing I noticed was the baby crib next to the sushi bar. I feel like that’s maybe not the best idea from a health perspective. The hostess (owner?) was also pushing a baby around the dining room on a tricycle. I like the idea of a family-​friendly environment, but it was pretty loud given that the place was almost empty.
Service was slow, but the one waiter seemed to be doing everything. He was very friendly though.
Now, the food.*sigh.* I wanted it to be good, but it just… wasn’t. We ordered Siam rolls and shumai, and both were overcooked. The Siam rolls are also very small, much smaller than the picture in the menu. Also, the filling was overcooked. Major disappointment there. The entrees were better, although not great. The drunken noodles with chicken was pretty tasty; I asked for less spice (1 pepper) and the spice amount was spot on with just a bit of a kick without the sinus draining that can sometimes accompany spicy Thai meals. Downside was the chicken was not in chunks, it was minced. Not my fave from a texture standpoint.
Hubby got the Zesty Crispy Chicken. It was also good, but needed more sauce since it was on the dry side. He also got rice noodles on the side thinking he could mix them with the sauce, but since there was no sauce the noodles were really too dry to eat until he got a side of peanut sauce.
All in all, it wasn’t my worst meal ever, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to go here and there is much better Thai food for more reasonable prices in the area. The apps were definitely not worth the money, and the crib in the dining room was a tad sketchy.

Gave it one LAST try after coming in for lunch a few weeks for some sushi. Last time I was told to come back when promised the «dinner sushi» was bigger. Unfortunately I paid over 10 bucks for the «lunch sushi» that was so small is was almost laughable. Almost. Not funny as I was actually kinda hungry.
So here I am again giving it another go. I’m not going into detail about the staff as they’re all really nice and it’s really not their fault that I sat in an empty restaurant and had to wait way to long for my food. And the music. Oh god the bass was bumpin like some frat guys basement makeout barf fest.
So let’s start with the fresh rolls. Now I’m used to the world class ones over at Golden Bowl that are rolled tight and jammed with big fat shrimp and vermicelli. The Muse version was falling apart and spilling its contents of about 80% lettuce and one single tiny little shrimp cut into 6 pieces. Not worth 7 bucks. Next was the Ramen. I ordered it with seafood. I opted out of the $ 2 upgrade for the spicy broth and just asked for the complimentary chili caddy. I went with the chicken broth which had absolutely no flavor whatsoever. I now realize why they bring you salt in the aforementioned condiment caddy. 14 bucks is insane when I can get a huge bowl of Phở up the street for less that’s the best I’ve ever had (they were closed tonight).
Again, nice people. But c’mon guys. Get it together. 3 stars in generous.

I decided to have dinner with my family at this cozy place because they have heard that they have the best sushi in town. Today was my lucky day because they got fresh uni in their sushi bar. Our sushi boat was so awesome. White tuna sashimi and spider roll are my favorite. My wife likes spicy tuna which is also tasty. We got fried banana for the dessert which is so good. Staffs are friendly especially Eddie. Thanks Muse for making my dinner perfect.

Friday night at 4:15 and no one one here but me to eat. Sushi tried my favorite Magoro and Hamachi (tuna and yellowtail). Both OK at best, wasabi had no bite. Tom yum soup and yum beef salad both hit the spot, 5-​star Thai hot here was not that hot but did «put a glow in my mouth», beef was not tender but tasty and greens fresh and crisp, spices perfect. (I’ll bet other Yum salads as good or better, spices were excellent). Tom Yum soup not spicy and little too sweet for my taste but good little restaurant with attentive friendly service and cold Singha beer. They don’t take American Express.