Thai Place has a big sign out on the sidewalk noting their "best 10 in the US" Thai restaurant rating. Perhaps that was true in the early 2000's when the reviews were all written - see for yourself if you walk into the front door as they're posted on the wall.
Obviously the original chef left and the place likely changed hands as well since that time period, because this restaurant is a total waste of time and money. I met my wife there for lunch on a recent Wednesday; the fact that we were the only patrons in the establishment should have set off alarm bells but our Thai food low lights were blazing brightly so we decided to give it a try.
The Pad Thai, our baseline dish for evaluating any Thai restaurant, was below average, and lacked any color such as some green onion or carrot to make the dish more presentable. Overall flavor was absolutely boring, but they did get the spice level right; the 1- 10 scale they offered and the 6 they served were right on the money - can't fault them for that.
It's a has-been restaurant trying to get by on a reputation earned over a decade ago, with bored servers and uninspired food. Shadyside has plenty of other places to eat; you can go try I Tea Cafe for similar style food for the same money (my plan for the coming week).
Life is just too short to eat crappy food in a dead restaurant; I might as well have lit a $20 bill on fire for the thrill it provided.