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| - It was with great anticipation that we watched and waited for this place to open. We attended on opening night and noticed food critic, John Curtas, in the house. We were simultaneously intrigued by the tapas style concept yet apprehensive as well. In our experience, "tapas" often translates to expensive small portions. Unfortunately, the reality left much to be desired. Long story short, Chada Thai = overpriced small portions of mediocre food combined with subpar service. For our party of 3, we ordered about 10 dishes plus two $1 bowls of rice which cost us $80+ before tax/tip and we still left hungry. At most other Thai places, you could pay half that amount, leave stuffed silly, and it would taste better too. The "highlight" of the evening was how they handled the raw potato in the Massaman curry. When we brought it to the attention of the manager/owner(?), he asked if the chicken was cooked enough. When we replied yes, he just walked away and ignored the issue. There was no offer of redoing the dish, taking it off the bill, or offering any sort of discount. At the very LEAST, they should've offered to give us a properly cooked potato! Especially during these economic times, you need to offer customers value for their dollar: good food and decent portions at a reasonable price. This place offers neither and combines it with crappy service to boot. I don't see Chada Thai lasting very long unless it makes some dramatic changes to address its deficiencies.
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