Las Vegas Mixtape v33: Man Machines, Bi-Ethnic Cuisine, and Blissful Oblivion

Track #4: Weera Thai @S Rainbow Blvd

The colorful ambience here sets the stage for one outstanding dish after another. (Image: Vegas 411)

On a recent evening, when an early taste of summer was in the air, my guests and I bookended our dinner at the southwest location of Weera Thai with a shredded papaya salad and juicy mango dessert. Both selections were light, refreshing, and flavorful. Everything else we had in between was also home-run-level, not to mention invitingly plated, including the Pad Thai, the silky eggplant, and Thai shumai.

Here’s one way to get to heaven—order the juicy mango dessert (Image: Vegas 411)

Having not been to this “Northeastern Thai food” restaurant in a couple of years, we were elated to see how it has been expanded. There are many sexy, colorful, and gorgeous design touches—both traditional and modern—under its soaring ceiling with an array of visually commanding lighting fixtures. It sets the tone for first-class dining that competes with the elegant Thai eatery Lemongrass at the Aria.

Weera is located on S Rainbow Blvd where many Asian businesses continue to flourish, earning the area the unofficial name of “the other Chinatown.” There are three other Weera branches in town, with a fifth one, Weera Thai Street Food, on track to soon open on West Sahara Ave in the same plaza where the Golden Steer Steakhouse packs them in.