VIBE
I was craving a big meal and I hadn't been here for years, so I thought I'd give their pad thai a try again. It's very minimalistic looking in here. It's light and airy and if you sit near the front, you can people watch through the windows.
Service is okay. It's not bad but it's not exceptional.
I ATE
The lunch special: $.799 for a vegetarian spring roll and chicken pad thai. Not a bad deal! But this is the thing: Khao San Road set the standard for Pad Thai and it has now ruined every other thai resto in the city for me.
The thai spring roll tasted like this: get some cabbage and wrap it up in a fried phyllo. Ugh.
The pad thai was goopy, glunky and egg, chicken, and onions slopped together with some peanuts on a plate. The noodles had some red colouring on them. It just tasted ...ugh. I won't go back for this, that is for sure.
OBLIGATORY CATCHY REMARK
I think I felt green from it all. Again, Khao San Road is downtown and worth the wait. That said, I'll still look for something a bit better in the Thai department in this neighbourhood. I would like to hear your suggestions.