Thai Nivas Cafe - Thai restaurant in St. Louis - 11054 Olive Blvd, USA

I tried spicy fried rice with shrimp and salmon skin hand roll. Both were delicious. Super clean and spotless restaurant. The Chef was so nice and welcomed all the customers. They offer all types of proteins and veggies in their menu for their dishes.

Really good dragon roll. Massaman curry was pretty good as well. Crab Rangoon tasted fresh but had very little filling.

My wife and I love Thai food, (we’ve both been to Thailand), and we wanted to check out this place because it was near home. The green curry was just ok but the phad thai was SUPER salty. I usually eat on the saltier side, so if it was too salty for me, it’s way too much salt. Unfortunately, when we respectfully sent it back literally after trying to take ONE bite each and needing to spit it out, saying that we couldn’t eat it as it was inedible, the server took it back and then the owner came out and literally yelled at us and lectured us on how popular their phad Thai was and how they even cater for big companies and how we were the first to ever complain since they opened in the 90s… she didn’t even offer to remake it for us because she said it would be the same recipe… I kindly let her know that we were enjoying the green curry and suggested maybe the phad Thai was just accidentally made too salty just this one time. She was livid and went back into the kitchen. Let me just say… my wife and I were flabbergasted and horrified. We just wanted to enjoy a date night with good food. We didn’t even finish our food, we lost our appetites, and went to pay and then they tried to charge us for the phad Thai! After what had transpired, I respectfully said that we wouldn’t be paying for that dish and the cashier agreed to take it off. Never again. What a strange and traumatic experience! Every time we pass the restaurant it still makes me shudder. I know that people may have hard/bad days, but this was completely uncalled for.

It was a very busy Monday night that was not planned for, in the dine-in area. There was also an extremely active carry out night. The wait staff was somewhat overwhelmed but handled it with poise. We had three excellent appetizers and two entrees that we shared between 3 people. The appetizers were spot on and the entrees were top notch and seasoned perfectly. The red wine was very good and the jasmine tea was perfect. We will be back soon.

We came here for lunch and won’t be returning. I ordered sushi and hours later I still feel queasy and have a bad taste in our mouth. The tuna roll was way too (fluorescent) pink and the color stained the rice, which means they either dye their tuna or buy it already dyed. It left an odd coating in my mouth. The same happened with the salmon roll - it almost looked like a nectarine instead of salmon. I told the waiter and he just said “uh, I guess I’ll tell the chef” and that was it. I didn’t hear from the chef nor did they remove the item from the final bill. This was the first time I have ever left food without either finishing it/asking for a to-go bag. Not sure about their Thai food but certainly stay away from their sushi.

I came here on a Thursday afternoon and it was very quiet, nice atmosphere. I ordered the basil fried rice to go and waited not too long for it to be ready. They definitely made it fresh, you could taste that for sure!! Also they are accomodating for allergies or dietary restrictions. Service was kind and pleasant, checking in with me while I waited. Portions are generous - it was 2 meals for me. So good. Thank you!

Met a friend here for dinner. There are multiple Thai food restaurants I like, but I've been on the search for a new favorite closer to my home. This restaurant is closer to my home. Parking was easy. I was greeted as soon as I entered and they seated me at a table. There was one other customer in this entire restaurant and they wanted to seat me directly next to them... I asked if I could be seated a few tables over and they did accommodate that. Drink orders were taken quickly. Friend arrived and they received a drink quickly. Before friend had even opened menu they asked for food order. We asked for a few minutes. They literally came back in about 2 minutes. We asked for a few more minutes. They came back in another 2 minutes. You get the point here... It was obvious friend was looking at the menu, why rush? This rushing was felt throughout the experience and we didn't enjoy it. When the check was delivered, they let us know we could pay at the register. We said okay and that we were talking for a few minutes and wrapping up. They came back over multiple times to tell us where to pay. Food - I ordered the Pad See Ew, friend ordered Pad Thai, we also had the crab rangoons. Rangoons were super tasty. Pad see ew was lacking flavor. It had spice, but not flavor. I felt like it was only "okay". Friend liked hers. Overall, there are other options I prefer more. I would not visit again.

I came here on April 13, 2022. This has to be the worst Thai food I've ever had. The mushrooms in the soup were raw, and the rest of the soup tasted average. The service was satisfactory. The food was of poor quality for the price. I would not recommend coming here. Go to Chiang Mai or Fork & Stix.