A reader sends along this photo of the very brightly painted new structure now up at the corner of Montrose and W. Clay, where the much-tamer red-and-yellow Golden Room Thai restaurant used to be.
According to the Golden Room website, when the restaurant reopens it will have the same ownership and food but a new name: Khun Kay Thai-American Café.
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I’m sorry, that’s just hideous. Sure you want to be noticed, but let the food speak for your restaurant, not the color of the paint.
What? A building got painted, so what? Is this place really good or well known or something?
I ate there once or twice when I first moved to Houston ten years ago. The food was awful, not to mention bland, especially for Thai food. I’d be willing to try it again, though; maybe a new kitchen will help.
Golden Room is extremely well-known in the neighborhood. It’s been there 20 years or more, I think. It isn’t the best Thai food in Houston, but some of the dishes there are really good.
The problem with the Golden Room (other than the fact that some dishes were good and some totally bland) was the fact that it never drew sufficient traffic to overcome the fact that the interior of the old building was dreary and depressing. In other words, it was fine for quick take out but eating there was a downer. Hopefully, the new building (and maybe improved food) will bring it up a little.