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| - My review: the restaurant is pleasant, but very Americanized, probably targeted toward the tourist population. No pix of the King and Queen, which normally would have caused me to turn around and leave, but we were starving. My companion merely wanted some Khao Pat Thai (Thai fried rice), but they didn't have it on the menu and couldn't make it. Really, you cannot make a basic staple dish of Thailand? So he ordered Paad Thai, another staple, which should've been simple-but what he got didn't even resemble Paad Thai, it looked like some messy noodle dish doused in BBQ sauce. How can you mess up Paad Thai? Makes me think the cook isn't Thai.
I had duck noodle soup, which actually was quite good, so no complaints there and can recommend it.
For some reason we were served brown rice, not jasmine rice, odd.
Also ordered the summer rolls, which primarily consisted of dry rice noodles, very very bland and I don't recommend.
Overall a negative review...never had to give a Thai place a bad review...but this is not a particularly "Thai" place.
Companion's comments:
Recommended by employees of a local Asian grocery store so thought it should be decent. First indicator of bad was no picture of the Thai king in the restaurant. I have been in Thailand and have expectations when I eat Thai food. The Pad Thai I had had a BBQ flavor and look to it. By far the worst Thai food I have had. I would have done better getting an instant Thai meal at the grocery store. The service was lame, I had to ask for a refill of water to down the BBQ flavored peppers. The waiter never came back except for the check. The bus boy paid more attention to the guests table than the waiter.
If you are looking for the regulars found in a Thai menu, you will see a bastardized version thus westernizing the food and not particularly authentic.
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