• Exotic Thai

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Serves meat, vegan options available. This newly remodeled restaurant offers tofu and veggie chicken as vegan/vegetarian choices. Open Mon-Fri 11:00am-3:00pm, 5:00pm-10:00pm, Sat 11:30am-10:00pm, Sun 11:30am-9:30pm.


8 Reviews

First Review by lucerne07

hungryguy1

Points +353

Vegan
21 Nov 2025

Update: Great place to eat now

Menu redone and beautiful interior too.

Updated from previous review on 2020-02-17

Pros: Plenty of vegan options , Great staff, Great atmosphere

Natural_State_Vegan

Points +177

Vegan
03 Aug 2025

Delicious food, beautiful presentation

I enjoyed lunch on the patio. My server was knowledgeable and had a good energy. I had the fresh rolls and Thai fried rice with tofu (no egg). I asked about butter and they don’t use it at all. The menu had vegetarian items labeled and they were easy to veganize.

Pros: Food presentation , Atmosphere , Variety of options

Bissonomy

Points +136

Vegan
13 Dec 2023

Try it again

Recently remodeled and expanded, both seating and menu. Quite a few more options including jackfruit as an option in addition to tofu on some items. The new dishes are also unique to the area rather than just versions of the same dishes at the other area Thai restaurants.

Pros: Beautiful new atmosphere, Lots more vegan options, Excellent flavors

Cons: Few experienced staff

lucerne07

Points +253

Vegan
04 Sep 2021

Best Thai food in Iowa

Exotic Thai has a lovely quiet ambience and serene atmosphere. The menu notates vegan options, and with their online ordering you can easily click which ingredients you'd like omitted. Even though it's a small restaurant, they do a lot with the space to make it appealing. The food is delicious and well spiced. My favorites are Kang Dang and Spicy Basil Noodles with tofu. The noodles usually come with egg, so you have to request that it be omitted. The portions are enormous and easily provide enough for two meals. Don't forget the freshly made pickled jalapenos!

Updated from previous review on 2016-02-08

Pros: Generous portions, Lovely ambience, Mouthwatering food

Cons: None. It's amazing.

ShelbyPerrin

Points +22

Vegan
06 Jul 2019

Great food

Nice restaurant with all vegetarian options listed and will work with you to make it vegan. Also lists GF options. They were helpful when asking about ingredients and very friendly. Overall the food was delicious!

Pros: Vegetarian options all marked

Cons: A bit pricey

hhill09

Points +45

Vegan
16 Dec 2017

staff are not so helpful

There are vegetarian options outlined in the menu and they have "vegetarian chicken" listed as an option but the staff refused to tell me what brand the vegetarian chicken was when I was trying to determine if it was vegan. They were very rude and unwilling to answer, instead they just stared at me.

hollynicole_03

Points +104

Vegan
23 Sep 2017

Cozy and delicious

Always good food, marked vegan options on the menu, and which items can be made vegan. Options for all courses.

Pros: Tons of vegan options, Always good

rebvandev

Points +117

Mostly Veg
16 Apr 2017

Amazing

They must have updated their menu since one of the previous reviewers went - the menu labels vegetarian options and even says at the bottom to tell the server about allergies and ingredient concerns. I love it here! the veggie "chicken" is extremely convincing, too!

Pros: Willing to work with dietary needs, delicious

Cons: None




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