ZERO STAR REVIEW- I've included pictures as evidence to support my case.
Let me start by saying I love Thai food and am actually a fan of the other Thai BBQ location on 3rd Street. I usually frequent Komol or Lotus 3 times a week, but I was feeling adventurous this day and gave my boss the choice.
Thai Original BBQ
2680 S. Maryland Pkwy.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
(Insert Law and Order music here)
We walk in and the restaurant is empty minus one patron in the corner. We smile at each other. I scope out her plate and to not seem like an obvious food whore my eyes slowly move up the wall above her head to the vent. All I could think of was The Ring when the black stuff starts growing on the wall and than it's a girl's hair and it's really scary.... Judge for yourself.
We will call this Exhibit A or Black Wall Fuzz
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/QjfCmeznfZC9BPowyO4Npw?select=WsYkefA8OJ9QMtn5lFvlUA
This vent was right above the lady eating...Ewww. The picture doesn't begin to describe the amount of blackness there was. It was on a third of the wall Then the drinks came. I have water and my boss goes with Diet Coke....or so we thought.
Exhibit B- Hell No It's Not Diet
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/QjfCmeznfZC9BPowyO4Npw?select=H09ukpD5Su2eo-XxaPZWiQ
What is that white residue? Did I mention my boss almost spit this Not Diet Coke in my face? She was scared to try another beverage after that first sip. Smart girl.
On to the food. My boss ordered a beautiful Teriyaki Chicken plate complete with broccoli and a giant's fist of white rice. Delicious. I ordered the Panang Beef no giant's fist of anything. What I received was questionable to say the least. It was Panang FAT and resembled anything, but beef. Seriously.
Exhibit C- WTF?
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/QjfCmeznfZC9BPowyO4Npw?select=z3-nTlE-I55-UnS6pbjInw
That's the good picture! At this point I'm thinking it might be edible. NOT. Look closer now.
Exhibits D and E- More WTF!
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/QjfCmeznfZC9BPowyO4Npw?select=1M1JtbrYEKQEUtV8k1Cx_w
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/QjfCmeznfZC9BPowyO4Npw?select=QtPrV6P7cA8Kk0S3SNVAhw
Where's the beef????? Panang Fat and a fecking giant's fist of rice!!!! Not once did our server not come back to check on us when he dropped off the check and noticed my dissected meal laid out on my place mat he didn't even say a word. Figures.
Here's the best part. It was a Wednesday and all I kept thinking was the Health Department should shut this place down. As we are leaving I start looking for the Rating that by law is suppose to be posted in an obvious spot. WRONG. It was conspicuously hidden behind the tinted glass at the very bottom left of the door!
FML!
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/QjfCmeznfZC9BPowyO4Npw?select=-A32_f6Jgpw4jdLpp0c4hw
40 mutha effin demerits.
I rest my case.