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| - Awesome service, mediocre food. That about sums up my visit to Golden Thai on a Saturday night.
The service here is exceptional. Starting from the beginning with the hostess to the waiter to the food runner. Everybody working there is so nice and down to earth. It was busy, but our waiter still checked up on us often, refilled our water, and wanted to make sure we were enjoying our meal. My cousin wanted extra ice in her water, and the server quickly ran to the sink to dump out some of the water and add more ice, just so that he wouldn't keep us waiting. Would come again to try other dishes because the service was that good!
Unfortunately, the food was a little disappointing. The portions were fine, but the taste was a little off for me. Everything was too salty or too sweet. We started off with the meat appetizer platter which was very good. Loved the fresh rolls as well as the calamari. It came piping hot and fresh from the kitchen. However, the portion for the appetizer was a little small compared to what I was expecting for the price. Next, we ordered the pad thai, but found that it was a little too salty and sour, followed by the crispy chicken thighs with thai sauce. It was OK. Not what I was expecting. Usually chicken thighs are juicy, but these were a bit dry and not as crispy as I would have liked. I also ordered plain egg noodles on the side that were tossed with oyster sauce, but I feel like they would have tasted better if they used less sauce. It was drowning in sauce and was too sweet.
The interior is lovely though. They have real candles at every table and the decor looks very authentic. It's a very ambient space, and would be considered very romantic if not for the noise level. For a place with decently priced dishes, it's actually very fancy!
Perhaps next time, I'll ask the waiter to recommend one of their more popular dishes that have a little more flavour to them rather than just salt or sugar!
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