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| - So, this location used to be Thai Elephant, then it was 5R Cha Thai, now it's My Mom's Thai Kitchen. I went there last week during their "soft opening" as they were offering 50% off lunch. It was a good thing there was a discount because had I had to pay full price I would have asked for a refund.
1. the decor was not complete. I know this has nothing to do with how the food tasted (we'll get to that), but it adds to the ambiance. half the walls were only half painted over the last owners color scheme. After the place filled up with people, it became very hot in their and even though they had fans going, it wasn't enough to cool it down.
2. when my party of 3 was seated i noticed the couple next to us was still waiting on one of their lunches. the woman had her food; however, the man had been waiting for his food for about 15 minutes ( i know b/c i asked him). going against my gut, we ordered. My co-workers ordered Pad Thai. One with chicken and one with pork. I ordered chicken fried rice with a heat level of 4.
After a good 12 minutes or so the first order of Pad Thai arrived. then we waited another 5 or so minutes and the other pad thai arrived. i then waited another 15 minutes for my chicken fried rice. During this time, the staff was running around like crazy people delivering dishes to wrong tables. I saw what i assume was my chicken fried rice being delivered to a 4-top of people (who had pretty much just sat down). so, after 15 minutes i asked the server where my food was....another 5 minutes later he finally brought my chicken fried rice. One problem...it was not spicy...at all. I ordered a level 4 (out of 5) because i really like spicy food.
The chicken fried rice was nothing special and neither was the pad thai. I was especially disappointed with the timing of the food. i understand it was their soft opening; however, i cannot excuse waiting over 25 minutes for food that wasn't even prepared how I ordered it. if all the food took as long to get to the table i would be more forgiving; however, the timing of the food was so off i can't look past it. my co-workers were also not impressed with their meals.
there are three other Thai places in downtown Phx that are very good. I won't be back to My Mom's Thai Kitchen.
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