Newly remodeled, the Pink Pepper in Mesa has long been one of our favorite lunch time destinations. Serving both menu items and a diverse if somewhat "Americanized" Thai buffuet. However the quality of the food has suffered at The Pink Pepper over the previous year, with more gristle on the chicken and less pork and beef present in those dishes on the buffet line.
The food recently was disappointing, not having the usual "kick" one expects Thai food to have. When we asked the owner if there had perhaps been a chef change his replay was "No, no changes, all the same". But it wasn't the same and that is a shame.
We will try Pink Pepper again of course, after all we have been going for years and a few off days should not deter us. But I must say that we were a bit dissappointed.