Sen Mee Noodle House

Sen Mee Noodle House is the east Charlotte restaurant on Central Avenue. The room is modern and clean instead of a strip mall afterthought, and the cooking is the most authentic Thai on this side of the city. The crowd reflects one of the most diverse corridors in Charlotte. There is plenty of free parking, which is not true of the Thai restaurants closer to Uptown, and reviewers mention the perfect health inspection score often enough that it has become part of the reputation.

What to know

• Chicken wontons and papaya salad are the dishes to start with.
• The kitchen will make pad Thai in a lower sugar version on request.
• The bar turns out an old fashioned good enough to mention in a noodle house review.
• The restaurant is closed on Sunday.