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  • The Skinny: bland pad thai but overall okay cuisine (2.5) service: poor - complained about an under cooked item and the restaurant staff ignored the issue altogether (1) value: although the food is okay, the lilliputian sized dishes and exorbitant prices make this place a no-go for me ... oh yeah , they also charge $1 for rice(2). My hubby was scouring online for all the new restaurants that were going to hit Las Vegas and hit on Chada Thai - a tapas style Thai food joint. Opened by a former employee of Lotus of Siam, this place was on his immediate "need to go" list. So we went on opening day and I believe we were one of their first customers in the restaurant. (FYI - John Curtas just edged in before us.). Now let me get this straight - I'm a little leery when someone tells me it's a "tapas" place. Because my brain translates this to - "we're going to give you 50% less food but only reduce the price by 20% so you can 'share' and try more things." It's a FOS total cash grab marketing scheme of which Chada Thai is no exception. We ordered approximately 10 items for 3 people (including two $1 bowls of rice which they charged extra for) which ended up being about $82.16 pre-tip and left the restaurant hungry. Yeah - we left f&(king hungry and s&*ting gold f&*king bricks afterwards. We ordered two vegetable dishes - a grilled eggplant dish and a stir-fried mushroom dish. The grilled eggplant ($8) consisted on half of an eggplant marinated in kind of a green papaya salad type dressing. The flavor combination was nice however the grilled eggplant was a little bit tough texturally. The stir-fried mushrooms ($8) consistent of 2-3 different mushrooms with a sliver of lotus root and 1 brussel sprout mixed in. You heard me -1 brussel sprout. There was too little wok hai to the dish and hence the dish was swimming in too much liquid. The flavor was alright but nothing special. The braised pork belly ($8) had a nice melt in your mouth texture and good flavor. However there were only 5 small slices of meat to go around. The kai tod (garlic fried chicken) was good ($10) and one of the surprisingly more reasonably priced items on the menu. They actually gave you a large portion of the cornish game hen. The meat itself was tender while the outside was crispy and well seasoned. Pad see ew ($6) was one of their better dishes of the night - good flavor with some good crisping of the rice noodles. Their pad thai ($7) though was one of the worst dishes. It was a little unusual for the rice noodle dish to be completely encased in a omelet but we went with it. The omelet was a little bit tough from the overcooked egg while the noodles were completely bland. Not recommended. We also ordered the steamed sea bass with the plum sauce ($18) which I found to be a little too sweet for my tastes. I would not order this again. Massaman curry ($9) had a nice flavor however was devoid of any real amount of vegetables or meat in the stew. Literally 2 chicken drumsticks, half of a raw small potato and perhaps half an onion. Oh and about that raw potato -- so we informed the manager/owner? that the potato in the dish was raw. His response - "but the chicken is cooked, right?". "Yes." And that was it. He did not offer to correct the problem or even acknowledged that it was an issue at all as long as the chicken was cooked. He didn't even offer an apology for incorrectly cooked food. That is poor customer service and speaks to the inexperience of the staff that work there. Although I appreciate that we went on opening night, I have to say for really hit or miss quality Thai food (I would perhaps get maybe 3 out of the 8 items we ordered again) at over the top pricing for the small portions I would probably not return. However with the added poor service response, I would recommend avoiding this place like the f&*king bubonic plague. 2 starred review. At the time we went, they didn't have a liquor license but they allowed BYOB without charging corkage fees. Woop de doo.
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