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| - I came with high expectations since it was the sister of Khao San Road, and it was hyped up to be one of Toronto Life's top best new restaurants of 2015.
My initial impressions of the street-food-style set-up was that it was kind of cool, even if we were shoved into a tiny table with 2 strangers. But the novelty wore off an hour after we placed our orders and our food still had not arrived. The strangers whom we were sharing our personal bubbles with at the table ordered literally 5 minutes before us and finished their entire meal before we even received our drink orders. When we reminded our waitress that our food had not come yet, she was kind of like 'oh yeah....' (I seriously think she forgot about us, no joke). She was not apologetic, and our food pretty much came 5 minutes after asking. These are not complex dishes that take an hour to make, especially the Thai iced tea, there's absolutely no excuse for that.
In terms of the food, it's nothing spectacular that makes up for the poor service. I'd rather go to Pai or Sukothai (different owners now) that offer the same, if not better, tasting food, more comfortable seating, and quicker & more pleasant service.
The best of it all, just when you think you can leave this place and stretch out your cramped up legs from hovering on cheap plastic stools, you have to fight a crowd to pay your bill with credit card at the front of the restaurant. I could have honestly walked out without paying and they probably wouldn't have noticed. There must be a better solution to this madness. When you have a fairly successful restaurant, how do you mess up your second one so badly?
Here's a good tip: Ask twice for everything, you won't get it the first time (drinks, food, bill, takeout containers, your sanity)........
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