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| - I REALLY wanted to love this place. The reviews made it out to be this mythical hidden gem, that only the chosen can find and love, That secret place mad more special because you found this mom n pop hole in the wall...
So ya, it's literally a hole in the wall of Bailey's like everyone says. You walk to the side, and there is a door. No, not the cool speakeasy type with the eyelid, nor is it the magical portal wardrobe door to Narnia levels of otherworldly flavors. It look like door to a utility closet. Walk in, there is an unattended tiny counter with menu and a bell to ring for service. She eventually comes and takes your order. Sit out in the bar area where there are slopped together tables or booths, or sit outside where there are patio tables.
We outside. Another couple chose to sit there as well in order to avoid the terribly loud Friday night Karaoke from Baily's. There is NO separation of dining space from Bailey's. It is essentially they closet that is Basil Thai Fusion, inside of Bailey's with no sectioned of seating dedicated to the restaurant.
Why so much on the ambiance and not the food you say? Well, there isn't much to write about there. We ordered Calamari and the Beef Pad Kee-Mao (Drunken Noodles), along with a Thai Iced Coffee. Everything was good. The Beef was nice and tender. Overall nothing special. I liked that the Fried Calamari breading was thinker, more like the of a mozzarella stick than of traditional Calamari, my roommate did not. Prices were good and cheap.
But don't expect this amazing drool inducing meal from the hole-in-the-wall gods of South Asia. Just expect basic Thai food. Oue to prices, I may go back and try other dishes, but the Pad Kee-Mao (Drunken Noodles) was written up by several other Yelpers as if a food portal had magically opened up from dining heaven whisking us away the strange nonentity of a restaurant that we were in, and feeding mystical Thai wonders into our mouths.
Nah, man, it was OK noodles, standard Thai Iced Coffee, and different calamari. That's it. Oh, on a Friday it's open later. That a positive as not thet many restaurants are open later on the Northside.
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