Mana Thai Kitchen has built a following in University Place on fresh ingredients and balanced flavor and spice levels rather than flash. Regulars describe the cooking as authentic and the execution as consistent, with service that's frequently called attentive.
It reads as the kind of place that keeps a neighborhood coming back — a local gem more concerned with getting the plate right night after night than chasing outside attention.
It reads as the kind of place that keeps a neighborhood coming back — a local gem more concerned with getting the plate right night after night than chasing outside attention.

