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I've come to this restaurant more than a handful of times over the last 2 years, mostly due to my SO's love affair with the green curry here which convinces him that this place is the best Thai restaurant in Toronto. Don't get me wrong, it is good food but its definitely not the best. IMHO, Nuit Regular's food is more flavorful than Sasi's. the following review is based on my group dinner date on a Saturday night:
Restaurant: good ambiance, appropriate for groups, dinner dates (casual and romantic), meeting the in-laws. The restaurant was packed on a saturday night, no line up but every table was full. It wasnt loud, the music blaring like some restaurants, but Was softly playing in the background. It's a modern decor that's industrial with Thai statues around the perimeter. Half the restaurant is on a lowered floor with exposed brick and high ceilings, the bench alongside the wall has pillows and cushions in cotton with a Thai-inspired pattern. This section of the restaurant much have insulation problems (no insulation?) as there was a heating lamp on the floor at the bottom of the staircase making some of our guests very warm.
Service: mostly ok. the servers were polite and frequently refilled our waters. Our food all came out at the same time, but no one came to check on us to see how the food was. However a few mishaps that are worth mentioning. One group required another two person table but the table they brought was extremely unstable. In order to stabilize it the waitstaff tried to wedge a baby seat under the table, and then added a pillow onto the baby seat to provide the added height to the seat. Not surprisingly this did not work. Although amusing to watch, it certainly wasn't professional and i was sort of dismayed because you would expect a restaurant like this to have an extra table or a table that isn't wobbling like jello. The other thing worth mentioning is that they had a table cloth and another table very very close to the space heater, so close that we felt it was necessary to move it away a few inches. This was also sloppy on the part of the staff. Of course these may have been one offs, so take it for what it's worth.
Food: i can safely say that we've tried half the menu here. the food isn't revolutionary, but it's presented beautifully and tastes pretty good. some of the dishes remind me of bastardized chinese food actually - where it's a stirfry with a thick overly salty or sweet sauce. the pineapple fried rice comes in a pineapple which is a nice for presentation; very fragrant dish. the pad thai here is good but for me, nothing to write home about. same comment to the various spring rolls and appetizers. i will comment that they do a beautiful job in their frried food - not greasy at all. i've certainly had better. the curries here are excellent and what i usually recommend to our guests and they always enjoy it. the thai iced tea is too sweet for me dispite being a fave drink of mine.
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