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| - We had to grab a quick dinner before a Sarah Mclachlan concert at the Comerica theater, and decided to walk into here. We had recently eaten at the Tempe location and thought it had been decent, and so were comfortable eating here.
The place was crazy busy! I don't know if it was because the people loved the restaurant so much, or if it was because Sarah Mclachlan was about to play live, but every table was filled!. However, in spite of a new customer walking in every 3 minutes, there was hardly any wait for a table and no line forming due to the quick turnover. Even though the serving staff looked incredibly stressed out and understaffed, they managed to remain polite, and really tried to get to you in a timely manner. We did witness the table next to us get served the wrong meat (pork instead of beef?) in her dish, and even though it took about 10 seconds for the waitress to understand there had been a mistake, she whisked it away without any argument, and delivered a fresh plate with beef 5 minutes later. I thought that was nice, although the customer still seemed disgruntled.
We ordered the vegetarian spring rolls, which were indeed lightly fried as described in the menu. There were bite sized, light, crunchy, tasty and somehow not greasy. I usually hate fried egg rolls, but I enjoyed these.
Next we had the crazy beef salad. What we got seemed more like a korean dish than a thai dish...but that made me like it even more. The beef almost tasted like a kalbi marinade and was gathered to one side while a bed of fresh red lettuce was roughly chopped on the other side. There was a fish saucy dressing served on the side, which I didn't even really use, because I love eating the marinated beef with fresh lettuce korean style. So even though it didn't seem like authentic thai dish to me at all, it was a winner for me.
Our entree was the elephant garlic style stir fry with chicken. It was a tasty light black bean sauce heavily flavored with garlic, with lots of veggies. Since I'm married, I don't care what my breath smells like anymore, so I thought it was great! But I would think twice about eating that dish around someone you're trying to impress.
For drinks, I had the unsweetened Thai iced tea for the first time, and it was really quite good! Just a hint of sweetness with the Thai tea flavor. Being lactose intolerant, I really didn't want to risk the standard iced tea loaded with condensed milk. This was really a refreshing, healthier alternative. My husband really likes the limeade there...I can't comment on it though because I hate the stuff in general.
All in all, I like it there...both Tempe and Phoenix locations. I do want to comment that I tend to avoid curry and noodle dishes as I'm typically disappointed with them at most Thai restaurants, so I can't comment on those...yet.
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