3.5
Pros:
Well made dishes
Friendly service
Cons:
Long wait for food
Portions could be better
I had the day off so I went downtown to take my GF for lunch. We were feeling Thai and noticed this place on the way thinking about Salad King. I'm almost certain this place used to be a Chinese restaurant but I'm not absolutely certain. Walking up the steps, there are quite a bit more seats than I thought there would be. There are plenty of seats.
We're greeted by the staff and he's very pleasant and nice throughout our stay there. We're seated immediately and given the menus. There's quite a bit to choose from. There's also a lunch special menu with about 7-8 entrees for $7.95. Everything on the lunch special comes with a soup and spring roll. My GF ordered the green curry from the lunch menu and I got the Pad Kee Mong from the regular menu.
The free soup and spring roll come out pretty quickly. My GF had the soup and we split the spring roll. She says the soup is pretty good. The spring roll was nice and crispy. It takes about 25 minutes for my dish to come out and then another 10 minutes more for my GF's curry to come. If you're here casually, it's no biggie, but when you're on a lunch hour, it's very ideal. By the time my GF got her curry, she had 10 minutes to eat before she had to rush back to work. We were a bit unlucky because we got there just after 3 other tables had sat down. This probably contributed more to the wait time than anything.
The dishes themselves were very good though. Previous reviews all rave about the authenticity. I have no idea what real authentic Thai tastes like, but these dishes were definitely very good and had a unique flavour. I was very impressed. I wished the portions could of been better. My GF is not the biggest eater so when she wanted bigger portions, you know they could of been better.
All in all, a very good Thai place to try. I would definitely recommend this place if you got plenty of time to spare. Going during lunch hour can be risky as if they're busy, you might spend most of your lunch hour just waiting. The service was spectacular as well.