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| - I consider myself a true novice when it comes to Thai food. Read: NO EXPERT. So please take this review with that caveat in mind.
Looking to eat anywhere without reservations at the Settler's Ridge complex on a Friday night can be very frustrating, from the parking issues to the just plain crazy wait times at certain places.
Thai Foon had a table available, and the 3 of us are all fans of (what we consider!) Thai food.
Notes:
Seated immediately at 7PM.
BYOB; there is a retail shop for an area winery next door, if needed. I noticed that the restaurant had very nice wine glasses for those who brought a bottle.
Why are many Thai restaurant interiors painted in shades of pumpkin?
Menu was not exclusively Thai by any means.
Service was spotty; I noticed that other tables served by a different waitress got lemon wedges on their water glasses--we did not. Waitresses seem to do all of the busing, and our waitress seemed to not know this. Our waitress was very obviously new to the restaurant and new to waitressing, so I'm giving her a break. (But she was pretty bad)
Kitchen was slow for our order, people seated after us were eating long before we did; also it was obvious that my H's curry noodle dish was ready well before my & daughter's pad thai. Both pad thai's were steaming hot, husband's was very much not.
Our order:
daughter loves Bangkok Balcony's Thai Iced Tea. She did not like this version.
~Cold edamame-unscrew-upable
~Summer rolls-very fresh tasty, mint leaves inside were nice. Have to admit to never having had one before, but I thought the texture of the wrapper was gluier that I would have expected. Wanted a spoon for the peanut dipping sauce--super good, peanutty and spicy
~1 shrimp, 1 chicken Pad Thai-very nice. Noodles perfect texture, plenty of fresh cilantro (no stems!). Daughter loved the shrimp, I wish I'd gone meatless. Chicken pieces too large and kinda slimy. High quality take home containers.
~H had curry vermicelli noodle dish with chicken (you can chose protein-chicken, shrimp, beef-for many of their entrees and soups). He enjoyed it all.
I would try the place again, and hope for a more experienced waitress/waiter. The food was plenty fine and very reasonable.
Our bill was in the $30 range!! Can't remember the last time we paid cash at a restaurant :))
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