Can everyone in my family order a different dish from Mai Thai's Family Meal Pickup?

Yes. Mai Thai's Family Meal Pickup is a build-your-own model, so each person in your order can choose a different dish from the five rotating options: American Hearty Beef Stew ($21), Lemon Herb Grilled Chicken ($21), Grilled Pesto Salmon ($25), Lemon Herb Grilled Steak ($26), or Tenderloin Roast Beef ($26). The only requirement is a 3-person minimum per pack, and it applies to the pack as a whole, not to any individual dish, so you can mix five different entrees in one order if that is what your household wants.

Is there a minimum order for Mai Thai's mix-and-match family meal?

Yes, the minimum is 3 people per pack, and you can mix and match freely across that minimum. That means three people can each order a different dish, or one person can order all three portions of the same dish - the requirement is about the total headcount in the pack, not about ordering multiples of one entree. Orders are placed online through Toast at least one day ahead of pickup, with no phone call required.

What is included with each family meal dish, and does it change by price?

Every dish includes the same four components regardless of price: an appetizer (falafel or cauliflower falafel), a mixed green salad with ranch or blue cheese sauce, a starch or vegetable side specific to that entree, and a Mixed Fruit Cup for dessert. A $21 Lemon Herb Grilled Chicken order and a $26 Tenderloin Roast Beef order both come with this same complete four-part meal - the price difference reflects the protein itself, not a reduced set of sides or a smaller portion of extras.

How is Mai Thai's family meal pricing different from a flat per-family bundle?

Mai Thai prices each dish per person rather than charging one flat rate for the whole family, which is what allows true mix-and-match ordering. Because the bill adds up to exactly what each person selected - $21 for chicken, $26 for steak, and so on - no one in the household is paying extra to subsidize someone else's more expensive choice. A flat per-family price cannot support that flexibility, which is why most fixed bundles lock everyone into one shared protein instead.

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Build-Your-Own Family Meal: Why Choosing Your Own Protein Matters

Five different family meal entrees including beef stew, grilled chicken, salmon, steak, and roast beef laid out together on a wood table

Family dinner gets complicated fast when everyone at the table wants something different. One person only eats chicken, another wants steak, someone's watching carbs, and whoever is cooking does not have time to make three separate meals on a Tuesday. Most family meal bundles solve this the wrong way - they lock the whole household into one shared entree, so at least one person eats around what they actually wanted. Mai Thai's Family Meal Pickup works differently. You choose the protein and sides for each person individually, and everyone's meal still arrives in the same pickup bag at the same time.

The problem with one fixed entree for the whole family

Build-your-own only works if the options underneath it are real, not just a checkbox exercise. Mai Thai rotates five dishes, and every one of them is priced and built as a full, complete plate on its own: American Hearty Beef Stew with a dinner roll at $21 per person, Lemon Herb Grilled Chicken with brown rice and special sauce at $21, Grilled Pesto Salmon with pasta and brussels sprouts at $25, Lemon Herb Grilled Steak with brown rice and special sauce at $26, and Tenderloin Roast Beef with mashed potatoes and green beans at $26. Order any combination of those five across your household - three beef stews, three different proteins, or five different people ordering five different dishes - as long as the pack totals three people or more.

How Mai Thai's mix-and-match model actually works

That three-person minimum is the only real rule, and it applies to the pack as a whole rather than to any single dish. A family of four could order two Lemon Herb Grilled Chicken plates and two Tenderloin Roast Beef plates in the same pack. A household of three could each pick a completely different entree - stew, salmon, and steak - and still hit the minimum with one order. Compare that to a fixed family bundle from a grocery deli counter or a steakhouse-style chain's to-go program, where the whole tray is one protein and everyone gets an equal scoop of the same thing whether they wanted it or not.

Two hands choosing between a grilled steak meal and a grilled salmon meal on a kitchen counter

Every dish still comes complete, no matter which one you pick

Every one of the five dishes comes with the same supporting cast, so build-your-own does not mean some people get a stripped-down plate while others get the full treatment. Each per-person order includes an appetizer (falafel or cauliflower falafel), a mixed green salad with a choice of ranch or blue cheese sauce, a starch or vegetable side specific to that entree, and a Mixed Fruit Cup for dessert. So the person who picked the $21 chicken and the person who picked the $26 steak both walk away with a complete four-part meal - appetizer, salad, side, dessert - not a bare protein with rice dumped on top.

Why per-person pricing is what makes mix-and-match possible

Per-person pricing is what makes true mix-and-match possible in the first place. If Mai Thai priced a single flat rate "per family," there would be no way to charge fairly for a pack where one person orders $21 chicken and another orders $26 tenderloin - someone would always be subsidizing someone else. Instead, the bill adds up exactly to what each person picked, the same logic we use on the Office Catering side, where headcount and menu choice drive the total rather than a flat per-event fee. You can see how that per-person math plays out across order sizes in our family meal cost per person guide.

A family dinner table set with three different entrees, roast beef, grilled chicken, and beef stew, each with its own salad and fruit cup

When to size up to Office Catering instead

Build-your-own household pickup is the right fit for a family of three to roughly eight or ten people who each want their own plate. Past that range, or for an office lunch, a birthday party, or a client event, Office Catering is the better tool - the Atlanta Fajita Bar starts at $16.99 per person and the Atlanta Brack's grain bowl bar starts at $17.99 per person, both built for a shared buffet setup rather than individually packaged meals, and both quoted directly to your headcount and date through the quote form. If you are weighing which model actually fits your situation, our post on catering versus family meal pickup walks through that decision in more detail.

Ordering your mix-and-match pack

Ordering the mix-and-match pack itself is simple: everything runs through Toast online, so there is no phone call or back-and-forth quote required the way there is for Office Catering. Build your pack by choosing a dish and quantity for each person, place the order at least one day ahead, pick a pickup time window for the next day, and pay securely online when you check out. You can see the full walkthrough of that process in how family meal pickup ordering works, and browse the current five-dish lineup and any other offerings on the menus page before you order.

Build your family's meal today

If your family has been settling for a single fixed entree because that is what a bundle deal assumed everyone wanted, build-your-own solves that without adding cost or complexity. Head to Family Meal Pickup, choose a dish per person from the five rotating options, hit the three-person minimum across any combination, and place the order online for next-day pickup. For groups larger than a household - office lunches, birthday parties, or any event past roughly ten guests - the Office Catering menus are quoted the same way, by headcount and date, through the quote form.