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| - There are two Thai places in this plaza. The 5RCha, which is basically all self-serve and fast food, and Thai Elephant, which is sit down with waiter service. As I was getting food with the family, we opted for the sit down place instead.
Despite the two restaurants supposedly not being connected (according to the lady in 5RCha), I thought the menus were pretty similar. Thai Elephant definitely has a bigger one, and their entire restaurant is quite big with very nice decor.
Service was very good when we went, as the restaurant was less than half full. That being said, there was still one mishap with our order as my mom ordered the glass noodle soup and it came out sans glass noodles. It had to be brought back into the kitchen and replaced, but the replacement occurred pretty quickly.
Food was good. I got the Pad Z U (beef), my dad got the yellow curry (chicken), and my mom got the glass noodle soup (shrimp, cup). My mom's order was by far the smallest, but my dad and I got very generous portions and I had leftovers to take home. The only area where they weren't so generous was the tiny bowl of rice my dad got, which may be a dealbreaker for rice lovers out there.
For dessert, we tried their Thairamasu. Warning: It's not really tiramisu. It's a thin layer of cake on top of chocolate-y, coffee-ish ice cream. It was also TINY, but maybe we shouldn't have expected much from a $4-5 dessert? Still, it was a bit disappointing to see.
The price was pretty typical of a Thai restaurant, with all entrees falling between the $10 - $20 range
So why the loss of two stars? In general, while I did enjoy my meal, it wasn't the best Thai food I had ever tasted and even worse, it wasn't even the best in the same area of Tempe. I don't think I'd make the short trek out to Thai Elephant or even recommend it to my friends--not over the 5 R Cha or Thai Rama near ASU at least.
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