I had to head to Champaign for a couple of days while hubby did a presentation at the University. I was craving some Thai food and looked around to see if there were any good places. Finding a bunch of positive reviews for Thara Thai I lugged my 5-year-old into the snow and drove over to get some Thai yumminess.
I have to say I was extremely disappointed. My son fell asleep in the car so I had to do take-out. I can't comment completely on the service but she was nice in that she came to the window near where my car was parked and let me know the order was ready. That's pretty much what the two stars is for.
I was not at all impressed with the food. We ordered chicken satay, pad thai, vegetarian egg rolls and the vegetarian potstickers. The eggrolls and potstickers were so incredibly bland. The potstickers seemed to be deep fried instead of them being mostly soft with the outer crust on them. The pad thai was horrible. It was incredibly greasy and didn't have the classic sweetness to it. I ordered it mild but there was a pocket of some kind of chili peppers in the dish. I took one bite and almost passed out from the heat of it. The chicken satay... well, my son wouldn't even look at it and he loves satay. The meat looked almost grey and not at all appetizing. I took a taste of it and it was chewy and the flavor wasn't at all what I expected.
I really wanted to like this place and am not at all a Thai food snob but this was just beyond bad in my opinion. The people were VERY nice though and I'm sure the service would be great.