Daughter Thai

We stopped here for dinner after spending the day in Lovettsville. The restaurant has a cute, relaxing atmosphere, and our waitress was fantastic—friendly, attentive, and responsive throughout the meal. We started with the Thai dumplings, which were unfortunately very dry and didn’t set the best tone for the rest of the evening. My husband ordered the Drunken Spaghetti with shrimp, which turned out to be the highlight of the night, flavorful and well-executed. My son had the wonton soup with rice. It was just okay. The broth tasted like a simple chicken broth and lacked depth. I ordered the pho, and this was disappointing. The broth had little flavor, and the beef was dry and tasted old. I ended up sending it back. In its place, I got the tofu Pad Thai. It arrived quickly and was pretty good, not the best I’ve had, but definitely better than the pho. For dessert, we ordered the Thai banana roti, which was described on the menu as caramelized bananas on warm, crispy roti. What we received, however, was cold with raw banana, not what we expected at all. I sent it back. Overall, this feels like one of those places where you really need to know what to order. The service and ambiance are great, but the food is hit-or-miss. Some dishes shine (like the Drunken Spaghetti), while others fall flat. With some consistency improvements in the kitchen, this place could be a gem.

The food was absolutely delicious. I highly recommend the crab wonton appetizer, the beef pad see ew, and the crispy duck with panang curry I got was cooked to perfection. I forgot to take photos of the rest of the food it was so good and a the restaurant had a nice atmosphere.

Best Thai food I've had in years! Good prices. Fun dishes and deserts.

$90 meal for 3. ordered jumbo lump fried rice was $24 meal, and it was 98% rice & egg. There were several tiny pieces of crab, and everything other than the spring rolls was rubbery, dry & by far fresh. I had a $75 gift card from a friend & this was our first meal with this restaurant. We will not be eating here again. Very disappointed.

The food is delicious and large portions. The service is great! We were greeted with a huge welcome. We recommend the pineapple fried rice and ginger shrimp over and over again.

I stayed in Lovettsville for a week this past week and was craving some Thai food. After doing a quick Google search, I found this place and decided to give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised. The building is a small, old house that has been converted into a restaurant, giving it a cozy, warm feel. The two people working in the front of the house were young, probably aged 10 and 14. They did a pretty decent job overall, considering their ages; I had no real complaints. I ordered the bacon-wrapped shrimp as an appetizer and the beef pad see ew with extra beef as my entrée. The shrimp were grilled perfectly, and the bacon was flavorful and juicy. The beef pad see ew was delicious and packed with flavor. The only downside was that I requested a hot spice level, but there wasn't much heat to speak of. However, that wasn't a huge deal for me, given how flavorful the dish was on its own. Next time I'm in the area, I'll definitely stop by again!

I get take-out here a couple times a month and it’s always delicious. The serving sizes are generous and everything is very flavorful. The staff are friendly. My favorite is the Basil Fried Rice. Thank you, Daughter Thai!

The food was really good, I could absolutely do a takeout, their service on the other hand, was very bad. They only had one person as a cashier/waiter and a 9yr old who ended up serving our food. I don’t know what the situation was with their staff but it was a terrible service, thus, I decided to tip with cash and I still got charged for the service on my credit card (the little girl was the cashier). Normal stuff that a server does: filling up water, taking appetizer plates away, bringing new silverware if we’re out of it, was never done.

There is a pretty limited selection of places to eat in town, but we are fortunate to have DaughterThai as one of them. Its tucked into a small house right off the main street, but does have a decent size seating area once you get inside. There is plenty of parking in the rear. The staff was very friendly and our order was ready quickly. The basil rice and chicken dish was excellent- just enough spice and flavor without burning your mouth apart. Its a spot that quickly was added to the available rotation for dinners in the area.

When this place first opened as Thaiverse the food was very good. My family and I would do takeout here once a week. After they changed hands though the food got progressively worse so I stopped going. Yesterday was Chinese New Year so I decided to give it another try. As I picked up my order I asked if they had changed chefs since the front of the house folks had changed, I was disappointed when they said no but had an open mind. When I got home and we tried the food it was inedible, I threw my Daughter Thai Special Noodles in the trash, my son's sweet and sour chicken which according to the menu was supposed to have breaded chicken and it was not and the taste was terrible. Every dish was half-assed at best. You NEVER need to eat here, I now understand why they only had one table on Chinese New Year. Very nice people no doubt but that does not offset the lack of ability in the kitchen...ugghhh, I still have a nasty taste in my mouth from that food...

I have been very happy with the quality of the food and the service of this small Thai restaurant. It is family owned and operated. The restaurant is small and cozy but quite nicely decorated and feels fancy for a small space. Of course, the food is delicious. I am a particular fan of dunken noodles which are firm, not mushy like some other places, the flavor is perfect for my palate. You can ask them for Thai spicy or American spicy or mildish to suit your heat tolerances. My friend loves their Thai curries. The prices are fair and in line with the other restaurant options in Lovettsville. It actually is a wonderful small town with many very good food options, so if a day drive into the country is something you want to do, this restaurant is one of several very good options to satisfy your cravings of the moment. Do check them out.

A GEM of a culinary delight! Everything was amazing! My daughter and i stopped in here on a whim, after a day of shopping, and were not disappointed. Very friendly service and fresh made dishes, served hot. Presentation was beautiful The restaurant is small and run out of a converted home, very quaint but clean. Definitely worth the drive!

I was very excited to try this well-rated Thai restaurant during our stay in Lovettesville, and I really enjoyed the food! The food was very fresh, piping hot, and flavorful. My favorite was the Tom Kha soup. Of the food we ordered, the Tom Kha stood out as especially delicious. The rest of the dishes were solid but not stand-out amazing. I enjoyed the red curry with tofu. My partner loved the shrimp taco appetizer. He thought the crispy shrimp pad Thai was just okay. The prices were high for the dishes. One weird thing on the menu is that the basic Red Curry is marked as $15, but if you want veggies or tofu it's $2 extra?? Normally veggies or tofu are included in the base price and then maybe shrimp would be extra. Why not just put the base price at $17? Either way, $17 dollars is expensive for curry with tofu. However, the portions were very big. We couldn't finish our meals. Overall, a good restaurant, a solid 4/5.

We were looking for a place to eat near the wineries and everything was becoming absolutely packed. Luckily this restaurant popped up and it was DELICIOUS. They have really great selections for wine and a bunch of apps that are great to pass around and share.

Tiny place, wasn't sure what to expect and I was thrilled with everything! Simple online ordering with good descriptions. Very fast service, sweet staff at the front of house. Pricing was comparable, but then I got it home and I feel like I should have paid more! Super tasty, excellent amount of spice, portion size was amazing! Nice job you guys, I'll be back!

After our favorite Thai spot (Aiyara) closed and our second favorite (Patama) closed for a month, we figured we'd try this spot to see how it compares. The online ordering system is nice and easy to use and the prices are reasonable. We got our order to go. We'll start with the good: the crab wontons are the best we've ever had! We devoured them as we unpacked the rest of the meal. Packed with cream cheese and crab and still hot and crunchy after bringing it home to Hillsboro! The rest of the order, however, was a bit lacking in seasoning. My husband got the crispy duck and it was nice and crispy, but the batter was unseasoned. He said the chili garlic sauce saved it. I had pork and chicken pad see ew. The dish was cooked to perfection but so bland. I ended up adding some dark soy to jazz it up. The papaya salad was more salad than papaya. It needed some lime juice or some kind of dressing as it was really dry. Overall, I'm willing to give them another try and get other dishes on the menu to see how they are. I just wish they could steal Aiyara's BBQ pork recipe so I can feed this empty hole in my stomach since they closed.

I ordered food from here at 5:45 in the evening and it took them 4 hours for them to deliver, and they even got my order wrong. Tried calling the restaurant after 90 minutes... "your order will be there in 30 minutes", after an hour "wait another 30 minutes", after another hour they had turned off their phone and the restaurant closed. They took care of every other customer for 4 hours while neglecting my order, and they gave me the wrong thing. Looks like other customers have had similar experiences. I won't order from here again.

I absolutely loved this place, the food was divine! I wish this place was closer to me I would definitely become a regular. Great food great service, highly recommend!

Doesn't look like much when you walk past, but I was practically dying of hunger so I popped in. The definition of a hole-in-the-wall. I got the regular Green curry with chicken and wow... there are no words. A classic Curry dish done right. There's about a million options available between the menu so it can get a little overwhelming, but you really can't go wrong. Not much else to say besides go see for yourself! You won't be disappointed.

We used to love this place, but we ordered food on a Friday night and the delivery has still not arrived 2.5 hours later. They either need to hire more staff on peak nights or remove online ordering/delivery as an option. This is unacceptable.

Checked in to this thai restaurant. Very authentic thai food. The Thai tea is the best here. I have not like Thai tea in most of the places but this one you will have to try it. The drunken noodles is good as well. The broccoli soup is great.

Service was completely friendly and welcoming. I loved the Drunken Noodles with vegetables. Really yummy! Only thing I would leave off the plate are the grape tomatoes.

On a recent drive in Virginia, we stopped at this restaurant on a whim. The place is small but worth a stop. The food is fantastic. The service is attentive and friendly. I highly recommend it.

My review is for takeout only. I would call it good Thai food, not outstanding but good. Prices are a bit high and/or portions a bit small, including rice, compared to my other favorite ethnic restaurants. The thing that I don't like about takeout is if you order more than $35 of food, they MAKE you take a can of soda that they keep in a little cooler by the front desk, claiming it's a $2 value. Thing is I hate soda and you can't even get bottled water. Frankly I think that's kinda tacky for a restaurant charging so much for the food. Just ditch the soda and lower prices by $2.

Good food! I have only ordered for delivery in Brunswick. Is reliable and nice to have options :) Specially the red curry and the Thai tea!

the staff was so sweet and the food was so good :) definitely rec the crab wontons. good price for a full, satisfied stomach

I checked out this place on my way to visit some wineries. The Tom yum soup was hands down the best Tom yum I've ever had. I ordered it with medium spiciness and that was perfect. Any spicier and I probably would've had a hard time eating it. I also ordered the friend shrimp tempura wrapped in wonton. It was okay but not the best. They gave you 5 shrimps and at $9, I think it was a bit pricey. Finally I had the pad see eaw noodle with pork as my entree. It was pretty tasty and the noodles were perfectly cooked. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone heading over to Loudon County wine country.

I was so pleasantly surprised by how delicious the food was - fresh and flavorful. I definitely recommend trying.

This is a charming little Thai diner in downtown Lovettsville. There's not much in the way of frills here, but the prices are a good bit higher than I expected for a casual Thai restaurant. I went in twice for during lunch and was surprised the lunch specials were all $10 for the entree only and $5 more for soups. That may sound like a reasonable value, but that's about $2-3 more than most Thai lunch specials. The food here, however did not disappoint. The first time I went, I had red curry chicken, which is the best comparative dish between Thai restaurants. It was decidedly one of the best red curries I've ever had. Lots of flavor without skimming on the proteins. The second time, I had pad kee mow, which was also fantastic. Service here was attentive and pleasant. Overall, I highly recommend the food here, but the prices are high for typical Thai cuisine. Value: 3/5 Taste: 4.5/5 Service: 4/5 Atmosphere: 3/5

Went to Daughter Thai today with a friend. I live just 2 miles away and we thought it'd be a great change. Oh my!!! The food was amazing!! It's very sad that at lunchtime we were the only two there. People..you are missing out on some yummy food. I had the shrimp tacos (best I've had!) and my friend had the Tom Yum Noodle Soup and raved. Please give this wonderful little treasure a try. You won't be disappointed.

Three and a half stars. Enough parking around back, and the friendly staff had our table ready for our reservation before our arrival. Thai iced coffee and appetizers were good, but the entrees were just okay. I preferred the pork shumai over the crab and pork alternative. The tom kha had lots of aromatics, but I would probably try shrimp instead of chicken next time. Skip the crispy basil duck; while the tamarind sauce is nice and the fat is fully rendered, only the basil is crispy and the duck is cooked to medium well with its half-bird presentation. Pork drunken noodles were fine but the beef dish was also a little overcooked, so I'd hesitate to venture away from pork here in the future.

Memorable Massaman Curry! My friend and I orders takeout from Thaiverse recently and it was very good! Here are the highlight: COVID-19 procedures in Place? Check.. Staff were wearing masks and offered to bring out food on arrival. Note, the restaurant is a house, it's well marked but you may not be expecting a house so keep that in mind The food: Entree. Massaman curry was outstanding! Very flavorful with the right degree of sweetness from the coconut milk base. The potatoes in the curry were great as were the flavor of the peanuts. My only disappointment was the beef was overcooked. Appetizer: Calamari was cooked just right but it was sans its breading, which had crumbled away from the squid. Still very tasty. Overall very good experience. Just a few things kept this from being a 5-star review. Something tells me that's likely in order after my next visit

We loved it! Curry was great as was the pad Thai. The desert menu is good too, I wanted to try more than 1 thing.

Consistently great food. Love the pad Thai, duck pancake rolls and Thai tacos. It would be five stars if the price was less or the portion size was increased.

I'm going to be all over the place with this review. I also got carry out, so can't vouch for service. Our food was good. I ordered it mild and it came spicy, but whatever--I'm used to that. Our food was delicious, no problem there either. Here are my downsides-- My food was a small portion, and looked a lot like Chinese rather than Thai. Lots of large chunked vegetables (in a dish that doesn't usually have vegetables )so they seemed like filler, but still tasty. Biggest complaint? Dear lord in heaven, their prices are ASTRONOMICAL!! RIDICULOUS!! $12 for an appetizer? 8 bucks for a cup of soup? I can only guess that they get away with it out here because there's only one other Thai place and I was told it wasn't good. But holy cow, lower the price or enlarge the portions! Paying $22 for an entree at lunchtime is a bit excessive.

The place is seriously understaffed. On the day we went, there was one person to handle takeout and wait tables, and so we were sitting at the table waiting while the gentleman handled the numerous takeout orders. It was also annoying that these people waiting on takeout are standing around talking in loud voices (it's a small restaurant) while we are sitting at our table. It kind of ruined the atmosphere. The food was tasty but definitely overpriced; they charge extra for all proteins which I find annoying. Consequently, every order had an upcharge. The portions were on the smaller side when compared to the price. While I enjoyed my food and the staff was very nice, I just can't justify the prices when I can go elsewhere for equally good Thai food.

Delicious! Quick friendly service! We had the summer rolls, samosas and drunken noodles

Interesting place. It's a little trailer that serves Thai food. Looks like there's probably a lot more carry out than dine in. Anyway, it wasn't bad but fairly overpriced. Service was decent. I think it's worth a trip if you're in the area, but wouldn't say it's must visit. Unfortunately I was too hungry and forgot to take pictures. We ordered the Som Tumm (papaya salad), duck, and green curry with beef. The salad was fresh and had heat, but not to the point of being painful, which is often the case for this dish. The duck was pretty tender and flavorful, but there were a couple tough pieces. The curry was good as well - your regular green curry with coconut, veggies, and meat. All the dishes were big enough for sharing but you'd need to share multiple dishes to be full.

OMG-Level of DELICIOUSNESS!!! Will be coming back frequently. Fast service, they are practicing social distancing. Our waitress was amazing. The food is #SLAMMIN

Everything you want in a good Thai restaurant. Good food, good service, and located in lovely Lovettsville, which means no big city headaches like lines, no tables, or attitude. Only reason not five stars is prices are a little on the high side. But not so much you DC types slumming in VA wine country will ever notice

This container of rice (notice fork for scale) was allegedly 3 servings. Why be cheap and skimp on rice? Probably the cheapest item to make. Only 3 shrimp included in the curry pictured. For $14-$18 per entree this place was ridiculously overpriced for mediocre food.

Great great food!! This place is a little gem. We head over from Maryland just to get their pad tai.......so so good!!!

Thaiverse is a charming, delicious find. Small place with lots of charm!! The whole crusted fish was prepared perfectly. Best Pad Thai around. Mindy was exactly the kind of host who makes you feel special!!Will definitely be back!!

Have ordered take-our a couple times during COVID-19. Ordering is easy online as well as by phone and is ready fairly quickly and is delicious. Staff has always been very friendly while picking up the food. I highly recommend it.

Would have given zero stars but didn't get that option. All I have to say is RAW CHICKEN. Just look at the pics. Terrible. What is especially terrible is there wasn't one person in the restaurant. Owner was right there and didn't even check my food to see the chef served the most raw chicken I've ever had from a restaurant. I'm concerned at the fact I could have cut this up unknowingly and sevto my 2 year old or other children. Very disappointed and will NOT EVER Update: got a reply from the owner. I did not get a double refund. They couldn't credit back to my card and gave me cash instead.

Maybe the best Thai food we've had. Certainly the best we've had in this area. The decor is also quite nice and the service is very good. But, two negatives. First, the prices are very high for Thai cuisine. Entrees run about $16.00. And the serving sizes are just a tad small. We each had a main course and two non-alcoholic drinks and split the appetizer and dessert. It was by far the most we've ever paid for Thai and that includes New York and California. So it's probably best to leave this place for a special occasion, knowing that it's going to run some money. We'd return given all that, but not too often.

We had a delicious lunch here. The Tom Kah soup was amazing (be ready for some spice though!). Our family had the green curry, Penang curry, basil fried rice and pad Thai- very generous portions and everything was fantastic. Highly recommend!

It's rare that I complain about a food order and even more unlikely for me to leave a bad review but that should tell you how bad my experience was. I ordered 3 chicken pad thais & appetizer on Valentine's Day. Got it home and my husband, daughter and I all took a few bites and tried to eat it but it was simply terrible. The noodles were mushy, stuck together and overcooked. The chicken was dry and it had no flavor at all. The worst part of the meal was that it was DRY. No sauce at all. What's even worse is that when I called the next day to give feedback and see if they would give me a credit or something, anything to make up for the feeling of being bamboozled (spent $70 on 3 orders of absolute mush) I was told to bring in the uneated portion (to prove I guess that I wasn't trying to get over on them) so today I returned with 3 almost full containers of the mush. My husband didn't even want to try the pad thai again because he has already had a bad order once before. So he told me to ask if he could get something else instead..The cashier was wonderful, but the owner/cooks in the back were obviously angry when I asked for one of the pad thais to be reached with something else they were yelling and slamming stuff loud enough for me to hear. The cashier came back out and as I suspected, said they were not going to substitute anything. At that point I told her nevermind, keep my $70, keep the evidence of the uneaten, tasteless mush. I gave them a chance to make up for I but apparently customer satisfaction is not their goal and they'd rather lose a customer than admit it wasn't their best work. Again, I very rarely complain because I am easy to please and am ok if things aren't perfect, but this was just plain bad all the way around. They will never get another penny from me. Hopefully one day they will spend all that money they get from their overpriced food on paving their parking lot or upgrading that hole in the wall.

I really don't want to give this place a good review... it's close to my house, it has great food and a wonderful owner, and it's not over crowded... SELFISHLY I'D LIkE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY! Selfishness aside this place is wonderful. Had the Pad Thai and spring rolls today (it's my litmus test for new Thai places) it was delicious. My wife had the steamed dumplings and Pad Thai ... she didn't want to share the dumplings even when I offered a spring roll lol! Great place highly recommend it to anyone who likes Thai food.

This Thai restaurant is a hidden gem in the town of Lovettsville. We had the Pad See ew and the panang Shrimp curry. All the dishes are as if you stepped into an authentic Thai restaurant in Thailand.

The service was great, the food excellent, but I was in love with the infused water. So. Good. The whole dining experience was near perfect and we would definitely go back if we are in the area. Pad See Eaw and the Mango Sticky Rice are the dishes to get!

The food is really good. However, it is not the best place to order takeout. Dine in only if you'd like to get your money's worth. We made the mistake of ordering takeout. When we finally made it home and opened the bag, the containers were half empty. The food portions they give inside was completely different from what they gave us for takeout. I have never been so disappointed in this place. Normally great service and sizable portions. Today, every container was literally half full.

Have heard and read reviews from others who really enjoyed this place. We made a reservation and decided do check it out. The food was great and the staff was wonderful. We got the crab dumplings which consisted of crab, pork and shrimp. I had the Green Vegetable Curry and my partner had the Panang Vegetable Curry. His had a bit of spice to it and mine was more sweet. Overall we had a great meal and will be back.

Good food, nice service, bright and clean.dont let the outside appearance fool you. Their menu is a bit limited, but what they have is really good. This is a small place with bar service. Nice date or late lunch choice. It is a bit pricy but everything was really tasty.

We lunched at Thaiverse on Wednesday and loved the Tom Sum Soup and the Kra Praw. What a lovely little restaurant in Lovettsville. They are doing very well and will be opening their second in a few weeks in Middleburg. We met Chef Rom and he told us how he learned to cook authentic Thai from his grandmother, who started cooking each day at 4 AM, then again at 9AM, and again at 2PM for their dinner. Many Thai dishes and sauces need time to get to perfection.

Absolutely delicious fresh and authentic Thai food! Call back memories of my Thai friends in Germany! Highly recommended if you are fan of exotic meals. Friendly, professional service, clean and cozy ambience. Thank you, will recommend to friends and come again!

I'm responding in defense of Thaiverse, who've only been open officially ONE DAY. I think it's grossly unfair for someone -- a person who admits they don't even reside in the community -- to bash a restaurant who literally just opened their doors. The restaurant has the right intention in mind: to ensure they're taking care of guests *in house* before branching out to take-out and delivery orders. New restaurants need time, especially in the first week, to make sure proper systems and food quality are in place before branching out to other services. This was conveniently left out by the person complaining about lack of take-out on their first day of service. Finally, it's seriously wrong to come into a community and so harshly attack a restaurant because she couldn't get what she wanted when she wanted it. Disgraceful.