Great bubble tea. The spring rolls are great although last time the sauce wasn't the normal peanut sauce and that was a bummer.

We totally stumbled across Mina's based on a nearby recommendation. Absolutely AWESOME!! We had the yellow curry chicken which was fabulous. Being a bit early for lunch we stopped in and after lunch had a chance to visit with the owner. She was very personable and shared her brief experience in the restaurant business. She told us she has been there for three years and yet we have never been able to experience her food until now which was fantastic. She was sharing with us some of her ideas for future menu items which sounded very tasty. This will definitely be a place for we will return too for very tasty Thai food!! read more

Best Pad Thai in town. This is my 4th time here and I just had the BBQ pulled pork and it's really good. French fries are the best. Shrimp salad rolls with peanut sause is excellent. Crispy pork and shrimp egg rolls are delicious. Fried cheesecake with ice cream is also a family favorite. Come check Mina's out!! You won't leave hungry and you won't be disappointed. read more

getting shrimp rolls to go and a coconut bubble tea. cafe is small and cute. decor is very simple and charming. I am assuming Mina? came out and asked if id like peanut sauce with my order. I said yes. she informed me it will be a couple minutes because she cuts everything to order. she also came out and asked if I would like mint and cilantro because not everyone does. very friendly. read more

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The Pad Thai was delicious and very plentiful. The Curry Salmon was very mild and full of flavor.

Food was great, Mina was beyond nice! Careful she may talk you ear off! Being from out of town, she gave us some great trips for the next leg of our journey. She loves what she does, and has some very interesting choices on and off the menu. It's it hard to find, but we'll worth it. Great value! read more

Food was delicious. I had the Yakisoba Noodle Stir Fry and the my friend had the Pad Thai. Portions were big and the price was very reasonable. The place is really clean and the service was very friendly. Glad I found this place on Yelp. read more

Very good food even for a picky eater like me! I had the Salem Steak Sandwich (great price!!) Hold the Salem!! (Just meat cheese an bun!) First time having "Thai Ice Tea" a sweet, reddish orange in color with creamy halfnhalf. read more

Great food and great value. Friendly and clean. Mina is lovely. I like the drunken noodles. Free WiFi also.

Everything we have tried from Mina is excellent! Portions are fair for the price and Mina is very nice and funny as well as an excellent cook. You can ask for items a certain way and Mina will accommodate. I highly recommend the Pad Thai Salad & for dessert a smoothie or cheesecake rolls are a must. read more

Went here for bubble tea, and every dish that went by looked so good I'll definitely be coming back to try it! Great offerings of both Thai and American food, and the bubble tea was excellent! Had several people ask me where I'd gotten it afterwards because it looked so good. read more

The bacon and egg fried rice is delicious. And the coconut bubble tea is incredible. They're still open, even if the web site is down. read more

I love Yelp, for it helps me find little pl aces like this. I loved her take on chicken satay: fresh and moist. Very kid friendly. It can be a little hard to find (it's on the side of the complex), but well worth the search. read more

My favorite place for Pad Thai. I like it extra spicy so they added some Thai Chili peppers. Veggies are very fresh and delicious as well.

So good!! Amazing flavors and such friendly service. My family got the red curry, pho, and larb and it was so good. Can't believe it took us so long to try this place, definitely our favorite new Thai food go-to read more

My favorite Thai restaurant in Salem! I love the friendly staff and the food is amazing. The curry salmon is the best, and Mina's is the only place in Salem to get it. The restaurant is always clean, the service quick and helpful and the food fresh and hot. I don't feel like a customer here, always like family. read more

Awesome place! Bacon and eggs fried rice is heaven! The owner is so nice. The place is clean and you'll be hooked if you try then fried rice. AMAZING! Will definitely be going back! read more

Great food & really nice people. I had the Stir Fried Chicken in Peanut Sauce and my husband had the Crazy Asian Stir Fry and both were delicious. Each dishes was under $10 each, which is a great deal. Highly recommend! read more

There isn't a better Thai restaurant around.First of all Mina, is as sweet as the bubble tea's she serves!! I ordered the Pad-Thai noodles, the stir fried chicken with peanut sauce, and a order of curry! Not only was the food delicious and "authentic" but, Mina brought us out appetizers, two different times, for us to eat before we got our order to go!!! No, I didn't studder, I ordered "to go" and she brought us cooled refreshments and gave us sticky rice with pickled veggies, and bbq sesame pork for us to nibble on while we waited for our to go order!! Some of the best service I've had in a while! Plus, I know my Thai food, and the food at Mina's Cafe is GREAT!!! read more

Fabulous food and service everytime! Mina is such a gem! Coconut bubble tea there is to die for!

First time visiting. The service is quick and really friendly. The bubble tea is delicious! And the food was extremely fresh and tasty. This place is small but cozy and really clean. I love it here. read more

Everything we tried was really good. A little something for everyone, thai, vietnamese, american...

Had an amazing food experience at Mina's. I ordered the yellow curry salad, which is a thai/Vietnamese fusion of flavor. It was so good. The bold flavor of curry mixed with the crisp cold veggies and greens atop a bed of rice noodle. It is a brag worthy meal. Definitely a new favorite. read more

So today I went there for a quick fix after a doctor's appointment. I was so hungry. I noticed that she has enlarged her menu too more food choices. I ordered the pho like I normally do. I also ordered egg rolls as an appetizer. I got the appetizers after my soup and I also ordered the pork larb to go medium spice. The server told me they were out of pork. Okay so I took the chicken. I ordered egg noodles in My Soup and it was the worst soup I've ever had in that place. The same soup I always order there. I was so hungry I ate the noodles and I had to ask the waitress for more hoisin sauce because the cart she try out to me it was completely empty. When I opened it the lid was disgusting dirty and I got the poison sauce all over my hands. Then I asked her for napkins because she never gave me any of those either. My Trey consisted of empty hoisin sauce, empty sriracha, empty hot oil and some type of weird soy sauce make believe. She never came back to check on my order was and I ran out of water and which she never refilled even after I questioned her about it. The men you stated that the larb quinoa sticky rice but it did not. In fact that came with normal rice. I told her after I took a bite and the rice powder was crunchy. It was not process smooth and The Taste was like fish. It was disgusting. I walk to the kitchen to tell the cook that she did not give me sticky rice and it she gave me normal rice and that the larb tasted really bad. The cook looked at me and her shoulders. She did not care. I have been working Thai food for 15 years and this is my go-to place when all the Thai restaurants that down on their brakes. Never again as of today. The food and the service sucked! Could not even get a refill on my ice water after I asked her for more! read more

How in the world can you screw up bubble tea and salad rolls!? I've eaten here before no problem but today sealed the deal with me. My wife and I ordered bubbles tea and salad rolls simple order to go. I should have known something was off when the waitress ask us again what we ordered. It's not like the restaurant was busy three people max.. So we waited got our order. Got to car took a slip of the tea tasted awful right off the bat. Seriously! OK hmm took a bite of the salad rolls. I ordered them with totu not shrimp I made that extra clear. Wouldn't you know they gave me shrimp. Took the order back I didn't even bother with the tea. They replaced my order ok good enough. Got to the car started eating the rolls instantly my stomach goes crazy. I took the dang rolls apart to see what in world was inside making me feel bad. I looked at the sliced carrots I tell you no lie, they look like they had started to mold! Talk about pissed! News flash Mina! Mold and food doesn't go together. I will be contacting a health official. For gosh sake if anyone eats here do so at your own risk. read more

Perfect place to get some Thai food and not have to worry about getting the short end of the stick when it comes to good. The bubbe tea is amazingly well blended and not have to worry about it being to chunky or water down. Perfect for those who easily get a brain freeze read more

My girls and I ate a delicious lunch here. The cafe is cute , clean and very pleasant. We had the pad Thai and it was delicious! The owner made us feel extremely welcome and was extremely gracious. I highly recommend! read more

I've never been a fan of Thai food until now. My wife and I had a fabulous dinner, and the dessert was beyond explanation. The owner, Mina has a true passion for her food, and it shines through. Highly recommended! read more

Good food. Had the chicken pad Thai. LOVE the bubble tea. Server wasn't super friendly but wasn't necessarily rude. I will definitely go back again sometime to try the curry. read more

This was so delicious!!! Extremely easy to order from on the phone (many restaurants aren't) and make special requests. I ordered with no egg or dairy and it came out perfect. Thanks Mina! read more

At there last night with my family! Loved the atmosphere....neighborhood Thai cafe! My mom & I had salad roles as an appetizer which was not on the menu, I saw a picture of them on the bulletin board as I entered. Those are always our favorites, I was glad they had them. I had the Yellow Curry Chicken, it was delicious. My mom had the Yakisoba, she thought it was tasty. My boys both had chicken tenders & fries, as well as smoothies. Everyone was quite pleased with their meal. Mina is a sweetheart, came out to talk to us. She stated that the food there is cooked from the heart. Her cafe really gives you that feel. This will be a family favorite. read more

How.the.hell.did this place get more then at most three stars? I'll break this down a little bit, it's in Salem Oregon, which in itself is a little off the path so maybe good customer service, or more importantly, good food is less of a priority. You are probably passing through the area to simply eat. Do not waste your time. I had Pad Thai, upon requesting shrimp as my meat in this dish it seemed like a foreign concept to her, "Mina" who, by the way, is the only one working at noon, lunchtime.. The dining area is cold, small, with horrible lighting, as well as, no music making it incredible awkward and uncomfortable. My boss and I came to this cafe for two reasons, we were hungry, they claim to have bubble tea. When we ordered bubble tea she said they were out of that drink which is weird for a resturant that has been open one hour. We got smoothies instead, after waiting 15 minutes for our pad Thai, which turned out too salty and nothing like any decent pad thai I've ever had, she then decided to start making our smoothies.. Also if you think I'm just some dramatic person, I'll have you know I've NEVER wrote a review before and this place sucked so bad I had to let people know...I'm still here, and a women who just ordered pad Thai to go, and is allergic to peanuts just received the pad Thai with peanuts. Mina did not offer a refund for her mistake. Do not go here. read more

Was looking forward to trying this place with my mom, I love Thai food. We arrived, at lunch time, seated ourselves and started looking over the menu. When the server came to our table my mom asked if she needed to present her Groupon now so that they'd know we were using it. The very unfriendly woman informed us that it was only for dinner, no big deal, my mom said she'd come back another time to use it. We ordered the egg rolls to try them out and were disappointed by the lack of overall flavor and the fishy taste they had. I ordered the chicken Pad Thai and my mom got the stir fried chicken with peanut sauce. My noodles were so dry and rubbery I only got a few bites in before I decided I'd rather stay a little hungry than finish it, and again there was just no flavor. My mom also didn't finish hers due to lack of flavor and overall blandness. I am definitely not any type of food expert, but I can tell when something's not good and that Pad Thai was cruddy. Needless to say, my mom decided to forget about the Groupon and we won't be coming back. read more

My husband and I happily entered Mina's for lunch with our Groupon in hand. Our server advised the Groupon could only be used for dinner. We accepted this as our error, assuming the Groupon actually contained that restriction. We had our lunch. The food was pretty good but the server was quite surly and totally unresponsive, i.e. no fork or napkin for my husband, never checked back after food served by the cook (not server). I'm sure she has been dealing with a lot of cranky Groupon owners, but that doesn't change the fact that it was an overall very negative experience. At home I double checked the Groupon and there were no restrictions regarding when the Groupon could be used. I might have gotten over the Groupon snafu, but not the poor service and that alone makes it impossible to recommend this place. We won't return and I wasted $ on a Groupon. read more

Salad rolls were large and yummy! Generous portion of pork yakisoba. Stir fry veges with peanut sauce had a little too much sauce but the flavor was tasty. Service was great. Restaurant was cute and clean. We'll be going back. read more

AMAZING AMAZING! Perfectly seasoned, not overly salty or greasy, and Mina is so pleasant to talk to. We have tried a lot of thai food and this place definitely is a secret gem in Salem. Hardly a crowd on a Saturday night. Thank you Mina! read more

Great food and service! Very accommodating with dietary restrictions, like removing the meat from a dish. I had a great Thai Salad minus meat with Thai tea & would definitely recommend. Mina is obviously very passionate about her wonderful business. The space is very intimate without being too crowded at full house. We will definitely be back! read more

Gross! Spent over $60 on dinner for the family and everyone was disappointed. Half the food was so cold it seemed like it had been refrigerated. The Pad Thai was just a big mass of gelatinous mush noodles. Tastes too much like onions. I was really looking forward to checking out a new place and now I just feel ripped off. If you like food that tastes better than McDonald's, don't even bother wasting your time or money here. read more

Love it, 7 of us went there tonight, it is small, but we found room. The food was excellent and we enjoyed talking to the owner, Mina. The stir-fried veggies were perfect and her chicken is award winning. This was the 1st time there, but there will be many more times to come. read more

This place was amazing. I went with my parents and had the crazy Asian stir fry with tofu, drunken noodles and green curry chicken and we were impressed! It's a casual little place but food taste homemade and fresh. read more