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| - Came here with 2 friends, my spouse and my son. Was waiting to be "blown away" and "wow-ed" by the food, and I was not.
But then, after 3 or 4 forkfuls (chopsticks not available--Thais don't use them), I realized that it really WAS good. Not "out of this world", but darned good! Fresh, high quality ingredients, DONE WELL. Very nicely done. Very tasty.
Wine and beer menu was awesome. If you stop in the lobby you can see the many "honorable mentions" and articles about them in magazines such as Food and Wine, Gourmet, Los Angeles Food, etc. They have won two James Beard awards.
Trying to find the place-- we are tourists in Vegas-- we drove to the address in our rental car, and it looked like a place that NO ONE would dare enter... vacant, dirty, abandoned and horrible. But alas, that was the back way. The front is not much better, actually. But it is in a strip mall (off the "Strip") with Japanese, Indian, Mexican and Karoake restaurants nearby.
Phad See Ew, Phad Thai, Calamari salad, were fabulous as was Thai shrimp soup, the crispy rice appetizer, and geez-- I forget what else we had-- 9 dishes in all. But it was darned good. A nice place to get away from the glitz and high prices of the Strip. Nice, even service. Atmosphere pleasant.
Photos on the walls of celebrities who have eaten here. I do see why.. it really does do Thai food very very well. Worth going off the Strip for a "real meal".
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