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2.5/5 for the service
Apparently the restaurant had a sign indicating that they were going to open at 6:30pm; my friend and I got there at 6:00pm, so we just hung out in the Rexall in the neighbouring plaza to kill some time. We got there at around 6:25pm and lined up with some other people until they opened.
This restaurant is small. There is very, very limited seating, so my suggestion is to try to get there a bit before it opens (at least for dinner time, no idea about the lunch rush). My friend and I were seated immediately upon opening and the restaurant was full by the time it was 6:40pm... Everyone who came after had the option to wait it out and come back, or just order take out. It was pretty crazy because once a group of people left, another group came in and were told the same thing... repeated many times throughout our stay...
We got the menus pretty quickly, but cups and water came a bit later. It was apparently the restaurant's very first weekend (I guess they opened the beginning of the week), so it was evident they still didn't have their kitchen operations/logistics worked out... I think a majority of the people who came had stumbled across the blog articles from Toronto Life and BlogTO (this is how my friend and I found out about this place), so there was hype and anticipation that the restaurant failed to meet... Anyway, there was really only one waitress working (the other lady is the manager?) so she literally just took orders in a clockwise fashion across the restaurant. This definitely caused some problems because of the number of takeout orders that the kitchen had to process... it delayed some of the dishes for the dine-in customers.
My friend and I had ordered the Tum Thad, Suki Yaki Glass Noodle (Chicken + Shrimp), and Chicken Toast. It took maybe half an hour for the kitchen to send out the papaya salad, and another fifteen minutes for the suki yaki glass noodle. We never got the order of chicken toast because the waitress had not entered into our order (they use iPads for ordering), but it was fine considering my friend and I were full from eating those two dishes we got.
The Tum Thad is spicy. The spiciness adds up over time because there are pepper seeds... we were a little perplexed by the sticky rice steamer that came with it: the rice was cold. Perhaps it was cold to serve as a palate cleanser? Spiciness aside, the salad and accompanying chicken with pork rinds were very good. Just needed a lot of water and patience with eating it... Also noted: the dish didn't come with shrimp chips or boiled eggs... .... ???
The Suki Yaki Glass Noodle was very good. We were both surprised by how it tasted and it did have a little heat (which also built up over time). There were only two pieces of shrimp and a lot more pieces of chicken, so that was a bit disappointing.
Despite not getting our third dish, the food was great. It is just a bit unfortunate how the kitchen was not prepared to handle the amount of orders. For some people that came in after us, I overheard the manager telling them that they were sold out of the starters and desserts because they did not have enough time to prepare ingredients after the lunch rush. (Apparently there was also a long wait for lunch too.)
My suggestion would be to wait a couple weeks to see if the kitchen sorts things out because they're just being slammed with the hype. (I'm more forgiving about the service mishaps since it's only their first week.) Or, if you're willing to try your luck, get there right before they open.
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