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| - I've been here a few times because their food is usually pretty good. They tend to cram the tables in, so you really have to squeeze (even as a normal size person) to get to the bench seat. And then you're practically on top of the person next to you. You'll also notice the bizarre door that they have at the entrance: it's a sliding door that must be operated manually.
I got the panang curry chicken ($10). They charge extra for rice ($1.50). Presentation and temperature were good, and the portion was adequate. Flavours were good as well, although I will note that the pieces of chicken still had bits of cartilage attached.
I think that the curries are typically rather good here. I'm no fan of their pad thai, as I find it much too saucy and wet. Don't bother ordering their mixed drinks, as they water them down so much that they taste like nothing.
The biggest thing against this place is the service. The waitress this time was quite rude. My friend wanted to get the lunch special. Okay, it was 6:30, but he offered to pay a higher price, but she said "no exceptions"--not sure what logic that makes. Anyway, fine, so we ordered our food. And then she brings it and, I guess there's a plate in the way of the dish she wants to put down, and she says "can you move?" Apparently, she didn't have much training in waiting tables. At one point there was some eye-rolling coming from her. Her bad attitude continued when neither of us could understand what she was saying--turned out to be "anything el or that be all?" (she couldn't be bothered to finish saying the word "else," and so turned it into "el." I believe she was rolling her eyes again when my friend asked to take the rest of his food home.
So I wasn't too pleased with her service, and I made that clear by giving her a far less than average tip ($0.12 to be exact.) Of course, so readers will find this mean of me, but I'll argue that the whole idea of a tip is to reward good service. In this case, her service sucked, along with her attitude. I'm certainly not going to reinforce her behaviour with money. And it's not my fault that waitstaff get paid pennies, and so I refuse to tip simply to supplement their wages.
The problem with these chip and pin card readers is that there's the social pressure of the waitress knowing right away how much tip (if any) you left. Her reaction was priceless. First she thought it was a mistake, but I said, "no, that's correct." She was really fuming now, and said, "you should at least give 10%." Clearly, she's completely unprofessional, and her reaction just confirmed that I had given her the right amount. Waitstaff who think they are entitled to tips shouldn't be given any at all.
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