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| - I hate to give any place one star, and perhaps I should try The Friendly Thai again before coming down on the restaurant so hard, but I don't think I will go back.
The first thing that hit us when walking in was not the hideous decor (hideous in a non-campy way), it was the smell. The restaurant smelled a bit like a bathroom. I don't know why, but it was almost bad enough that we considered walking out before we ordered.
Speaking of which, despite being one of two tables of diners, it took ten minutes to get water and for the server to take our orders, then at least twenty minutes for the meal to come. The food was, well, it was not good. It was shiny and greasy and nothing tasted fresh. After lunch my stomach felt a little off, and it felt that way for quite a while. Lunch was about $12 each including tip and water.
Back to the decor--oil paintings of I don't know what on the walls, interspersed with strings of Christmas lights. The problem with oil paint is that it shimmers and clumps on the walls and makes the place look dirty even if it isn't. The restaurant was so dark I could barely see my fellow diner, which perhaps wasn't such a bad thing, as it meant I couldn't see the walls that well either.
I'd rather go to Na Siam up the street. It's not sit-down food, but it's consistent and the restaurant doesn't have that same smell or decor.
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