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| - My family and I received coupons in the mail to come here, and being avid fans of thai food, we were elated to have a thai place open up so close to us. Upon first entering, the place smells aggressively of fish sauce-- while obviously a good sign for seasoning, it's not the most pleasant aroma to be standing in for 45 minutes. We all ordered, and they were gracious enough to let us make several purchases in order to fully use the coupons. The food itself was mediocre at best. I ordered fried dumplings, which they serve in a plastic container with a closed lid; I'd assume most people know this would create steam and immediately make the dumplings soggy. Their spring roll was not only 99% lettuce, but it sits in a display for so long that by the time you try to eat it, the plastic has molded to the rice paper and it all falls apart. Additionally, despite being the only customers in the restaurant, they forgot to make 2/5 of our orders. The manager had even come to check on us several times and told us "it's weird that your food isn't ready yet," even while the cooks were literally sitting at a table on their phones. It took both my dad and myself going over to ask about the food for them to figure out that it hadn't been prepared yet. The manager herself was charming, the only reason I give this review two stars is mostly for her service, although I would have appreciated some sort of compensation for waiting 25 minutes for my food other than "oh man I'm so sorry. That sucks." The owner was literally sitting 2 tables away from us and seemed unconcerned and unbothered. Lastly-- there's no soy sauce available, or even salt for that matter, which would have made the world of difference between the bland pad thai that was not worth the wait vs a potential 3 star review.
In short: while this place has plenty of potential, they have a long ways to go before they'll be a top contender for decent and professional Asian food in the Green Valley area-- both in terms of flavor and service. One star goes to the charismatic manager, the other goes to their HD television playing Planet Earth.
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