The best Thai food in Charlotte. I have been a customer ever since the owners ran a Thai restaurant on Central Ave. I used to travel to Asia a good deal and one of my Thai customers visited me here in Charlotte. I tried taking him to several different Charlotte restaurants, but he always pulled out a bottle of tabasco sauce that he carried with him. Taking the hint I decided to take him to Thai Orchid and he was extremely impressed. He ordered all the dishes Thai native spicy and we ate outside in the 95 degree heat. (this was back in the day when they had an outdoor patio). I would have rather eaten inside, but he was as happy as a clam eating spicy food outside in the middle of July. He loved their food and said it was the best meal he had eaten since he had been in the US.
Some of my favorites are: mee krob, squid salad, chicken larb, kang dang curry, green curry special, pad thai and the boneless chicken wings.
The service is very friendly as well -- they don't call Thailand the "land of smiles" for nothing, and these folks carry on that tradition.