This place is my favorite Thai restaurant in the Valley. Let me give you a run down on my visit. As I am walking in I immediately spot the herb garden in the front. We get seated and our waitress takes our drink order. Comes back, drops our drinks off after about 5 minutes. Leaves and comes back a few minutes later to take our appetizer order. We order a Spicy Edamame. Super, super tasty and it is certainly spicy. Thank goodness we were properly taken care of with a glass pitcher of water for us to refill when we needed. After we finished our appetizer our waitress takes our dinner order. I order the spicy noodles, with vegetables instead of chicken (level 3 spicy). Do you see the trend here? Each visit by our waitress was individually catered to a specific need. She didn't take our order while dropping off the appetizer; instead we enjoyed each order. This visit was certainly about the experience--and I loved it because we were celebrating a birthday.
The food was homemade--everything, even the noodles. The spices were grown in her garden and the dessert was absolutely fab; homemade coconut ice cream and friend bananas for the table to share. The guest I was with was celebrating a birthday so the owner brought him a drink which was a combination of a mojito and a margarita (Basil-rita), and yes, it, too, was made with fresh basil from her garden. It was delightful.
So this place gets 5 very bright stars. The owners came up to our table, talked to us and gave us a mini version of the story behind the place and the waitress was full of life and energy.
The place wasn't noisy and it was the atmosphere was not what I expected from the outside. I will return very soon!