Manee Thai Restaurant is a Thai restaurant located at 481 Lafayette Center Drive, Ballwin, Missouri. It has been serving the Ballwin community for over twenty years.
Manee Thai Restaurant (MT) has served authentic Thai cuisine to the community for over twenty years. It is conveniently located on Manchester Road in the Dierberg Shopping Center, also known as the Lafayette Center. It is a local, family-owned Thai restaurant. Based on online reviews, its ratings are among the highest in the region.
Dan Rifenberg opened the restaurant in 1999, but after his untimely death in February 2002, the family sold it to Tanee and Neon Meeboon, its current owners, in 2009. This created stable and reliable ownership to serve the community properly, resulting in their twenty-three-year history of award-winning reviews.
After meeting and visiting with Tanee, he is committed to the community due to their overwhelming support to his restaurant and family during the COVID-19 Pandemic. While food costs have increased, he has kept prices low for as long as he can afford to absorb the increase.
While it is among the highest-rated Thai restaurants in the region, they are among the oldest in the community, having opened for business in 1999, providing more than 26 years of service to the community. An accomplishment to be proud of for sure.
According to a travel survey conducted by CNN Travel, Thai cuisine is among the most popular cuisines in the world each year.
Manee Thai is a “Verified Member” of our restaurant directory.
Manee Thai Restaurant’s online reviews as of March 9, 2025, are as follows:
- Google – 4.4 Stars with more than 610 online reviews
- Facebook – 4.3 Stars with 60 votes – 653 likes – 665 followers – 86% recommend (46 Reviews)
- Yelp – 4.1 Stars with more than 268 online reviews
- TripAdvisor – 4.00 Stars with 95 online reviews
- DoorDash – 4.7 Stars with 6K+ votes
- GrubHub – 4.3 Stars with 1081 votes
- STL.Directory – 5 Stars with one online customer rating and review
Average Rating – 4.33 Stars – across six platforms, making it one of the highest-rated Thai restaurants in the region.
Manee Thai Restaurant business hours:
- Sunday – 12:00 – 8:30 pm
- Monday – 11:30 am-2:30 pm, then 5:00-8:30 pm
- Tuesday – 11:30 am-2:30 pm, then 5:00-8:30 pm
- Wednesday – 11:30 am-2:30 pm, then 5:00-8:30 pm
- Thursday – 11:30 am-2:30 pm, then 5:00-8:30 pm
- Friday – 11:30 am-2:30 pm, then 5:00-9:30 pm
- Saturday – 12:00 – 9:30 pm
In The News:
EDITORIAL NOTE: There is not much news about this establishment online. We intend to change that due to their history and online ratings. They deserve more attention.
- MT Restaurants Expands its Online Ordering – July 21, 2024 – USPress.News
- MT Adds eOrderSTL for Online Ordering – July 21, 2024 – STL.News
- MT Restaurant Directory Listing Revised – July 17, 2024 – USPress.News
- MT Restaurant Directory Listing Revised – July 15, 2024 – St. Louis Restaurant Review
- Business Listing – December 5, 2023 – RFT
- Restaurant Review – Manee Thai – April 30, 2023 – STL.Directory
- Manee Thai – Restaurant Review – April 30, 2023 – St. Louis Restaurant Review
- Manee Thai added to Restaurant Directory – April 25, 2023 – St. Louis Restaurant Review
- St. Louis’ best Thai restaurants earn international honors for authenticity, service – April 28, 2021 – KSDK.com
- Tradition, hospitality are specialties of the house at Manee Thai – December 3, 2015 – West News Magazine
- Restaurant Inspections: Manee Thai, Nippon Tei Reviewed – May 7, 2013 – Patch.com
Business Structure:
Legal Business Name: Thai Fusion LLC d.b.a. Manee Thai
Date Formed: August 30, 2016
Charter Number: LC001505162
Status: Active as of July 17, 2024
Source: Missouri Secretary of State
Address, phone, email & other information:
Location: Lafayette Center
481 Lafayette Center Drive
Ballwin, Missouri 63011
Phone: +1 636-256-8898
Email: ManeeThaiSTL@gmail.com
Owners: Tanee and Neon Meeboon
Recent Health Inspection Score: 95%
Date: March 20, 2024
Source: St. Louis County Health Department