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| - I must say that I find the few reviews for Nicky's new location to be harsh, so I hope others that have had a good experience like me take to Yelp and post about it, although I think Nicky's is doing just fine by word of mouth with its business. I visited as a party of 5 at around 1pm on a Friday, and the dining room was filled with about 10-12 other parties besides us. The location is great, IMO, because the restaurant options in the immediate area are rather slim. My parents live a short drive from here, so we decided to go here for lunch after my parents enjoyed a previous lunch experience here.
The building used to be Recipes Remembered, and then it was a potential Chinese restaurant that was never finished. The building had been vacant for a few years and then, one day, Nicky's opened pretty quickly. This was my first time at any of the (now) three locations in Pittsburgh. The patio is beautifully decorated and would be an ideal dining spot on any non-rainy day. The inside, where we sat, is ornately decorated with lots of gold, glittering tapestries, and colorful paintings. There is a room in the back paneled in wood with a bar and a TV. While there was a hostess, we were seated by a friendly woman who ended up being our server.
A friendly young man brought us waters while we perused the menu. Our server was extremely helpful in assisting my mother with ordering since, due to her shellfish allergy, she cannot have anything with shellfish or products like oyster sauce, which is actually found in more dishes than you would think. She was also helpful when my dad asked for suggestions under the "chef's special" section, pointing out the spicier dishes. Soon after she took our orders, everything started to arrive.
My mom and dad ordered Thai iced teas and really enjoyed them. All of the lunch meals are served with either salad or soup. The soup of the day on this visit was chicken rice. It was flavorful and spicy with plentiful amounts of rice and chicken. It came out hot which was perfect on this cooler day. The salad had a pineapple dressing with crushed peanuts and included tomatoes, cucumbers, mango, pineapple, carrots, and onions. I really enjoyed the sweet dressing and the added crunch/saltiness of the peanuts.
For entrees our table ordered:
1. Wild curry with chicken- this was my meal and I loved it! I ordered a 4 (out of 5) and found it to have a very nice spice to it (cleared my sinuses!) but was not so spicy I ever felt uncomfortable. The dish included a variety of veggies: bamboo shoots, mushrooms, snap peas, red and green peppers, corn, eggplant, green beans, basil leaves, and many herbed spices that provided a delectable flavor profile overall. The chicken was plentiful, and I was more than pleased with the lunch sized portion.
2. Pad thai with chicken- my mom and fiance both ordered this dish, and my mom's was made without oyster sauce and not garnished with the crab rangoon. My mom ordered at a 3 and she found it to be quite flavorful, the chicken was tender, and she still had leftovers to take home with her. My fiance ordered his at a 4, and thought it was perfect with a kick but not overpowering. He felt the dish was a bit heavy on the purple cabbage in the dish.
3. Sriracha spicy noodles with chicken-My brother ordered this at a 4 and thought it was flavorful but really spicy, which is what he wanted. He said if anyone orders this be prepared for heavy spice.
4. Pad phet combo-My dad ordered this and it had chicken, beef, pork, and shrimp with wide noodles and a spicy sauce. He ordered a 3 and said it was flavorful and very tasty.
While the food was excellent, the service added to make this a 5 star dining experience! Our server was attentive, friendly, and efficient throughout our meal. The atmosphere here is really nice and we were never rushed even though we had finished eating but were still conversing. The plate presentations are also beautiful, and I loved the little crab rangoon garnish atop the rice (on my plate) or the carrot garnish (on the other plates). I have no complaints about the noise as there was not much of any during our visit even though the dining room was crowded. I did find the lights that were flickering to be slightly distracting, as another reviewer noted. Also, I found it interesting all of the servers and the hostess were wearing phones, presumably because they are all responsible for answering it. While neither of these two things led to a bad experience, they are just something to note. I'd definitely recommend dining in here for the full experience, and I will definitely return upon my subsequent visits to the Burgh.
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