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| - I am a huge fan of Thai food, and was eager to try Latitude Eight. Unfortunately it was not the experience I was hoping for.
Let's start with the entrance. Walked in (party of 2) and there was two women, one holding a boy, waiting. A gentleman walked up and asked us how many, and I pointed to the two women and said they were in front of us. The woman holding the boy then said "We're family, so you go first." Nice. Seat me and let me watch the woman stand and hold a baby. Sorry, but chivalry is not dead, and that made me feel like an ass. The two women (and baby) ended up sitting near us. More on that later...
So the guy that seated us must be the owner (the woman with the baby appears to be his wife and kid). After he sat us, nobody stopped by for quite a while. Finally one woman asked us for our drink order. When she brought our water we ordered lettuce wraps. Another long period of nobody stopping by (and if you haven't been there, it's kind of hard for any staff to not see you). Finally yet another lady stopped by to take our dinner order.
Here is where it all went downhill, as I realized where we were. Just another small family Thai restaurant all Ikea'd out to try and be modern and uptown. Here's the problem: If you want to be a small family restaurant, you have to be it. And I'm sure the food would rock. But if you want to be upscale, then you and your staff have to be upscale. That means organization. Who's section were we seated in? I'm guessing no-one's as they probably don't have sections.
Back to momma and baby. Mom was sick. Coughing her ass off, yet she came into that restaurant. Seriously? Thanks a lot. If you're sick, stay home. ESPECIALLY if you own the place. Then she's carrying the boy around the place so he can see dad. Now, in my humble opinion, and I'm no pediatrician, kids are walking petri dish. Especially their hands. So what do I see? Mom lets boy grab one of the water jugs and she just takes his hands off it and goes on here way. So that was the end of water for me that night.
OK, back to the food. Bad? No. Good? No. It was OK. It was fair, but small portions and way overpriced. Can't really say much more because nothing else really stuck out. Couldn't give them one star, as much as I wanted to, because the food was edible, but it's as close as it gets.
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