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Yelp Review
Smile Lao Thai
2107 S Rural Rd Tempe, AZ 85282 (480) 894-5495
On the first school day of this semester, I was informed by a friend that there has been a newly-introduced Thai restaurant opened near Arizona State University area. Since I am a huge enthusiast for traditional Thai food, where the taste of Thai food somehow matches with Chinese cuisine, I decided to give this restaurant a try. This brand new restaurant is called Smile Lao Thai. which is located on south end of rural rd, approximately 8 minutes drive from ASU Campus or 12 minutes from my apartment. Based on the name of the restaurant, I think this restaurant combine the cuisines from both Lao and Thailand. I thought it might be a little "novel" to try. Anyway, the overall impression to this Thai restaurant is fairly well based on attentive staff, reasonable pricing and delicate foods. I highly recommend this Thai restaurant to ones near the ASU/Tempe area.
I was here during the dinner time after school. The first impression of this restaurant is just so-so because it situated on a normal neighborhood without too much traffic. Also, the outside decor for this dining venues was sort of missing as there were no obvious signage or billboard. However, once I entered this place, I found the interior design very comforting and assuring with plenty of natural lights and wood furnitures. The menu of this restaurant was made of very thin paper, which is sort of vulnerable I think. But I guess some name of the dishes on the menu were not translated in an efficient way, making me confused a little and spending a little bit extra time looking at the menu. Generally, the price here is very reasonable and lunch time offered a lunch special package that contains a soup and a main course. Anyone who wants to save some budget could come at lunch time!
The service at this place is not top notch but definitely worth of the price you paid. The staff here were also very sincere and attentive and smiled just like the restaurant name. Based on their look and accent, the waitress might be from Thai or Lao I guess, but they are also pretty fluent in English. So you do not really have to worry about lost in the translation. Also, they quite understand client's need for getting what they ordered in a timely manner. Thus, all of our dishes ordered were delivered in a very urgent pace. We truly appreciate that since another Thai food venue here was really slow at delivering their dishes.
As usual, I ordered my favorite Thai dish tom yum gum soup, a soup made of spicy pepper and seafood. The taste was not bad, though definitely not as spicy and distinctive as what I normally eat. And for the main food, I ordered a seafood fried rice and a spicy pumpkin basil dish. I found the size of the food here were really courteous and sort-of beyond my expectation except the soup. Generally, the food quality was quite edible and tasty by "American Standard, though not as spicy as "Asian Standard". Finally, the waiter came over asked if I need any desert, and I ordered the mango sticky rice. Actually, this became my favorite dish as the mango was very sweet and juicy while the sticky rice were really soft and tasty.I finished the whole plate, and I would definitely come back here for this dish again!
I would definitely return to sample more food options whenever I was around that block.
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