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| - Finally visited this new space for Lotus of Siam. Roof collapse ... or not ... it was a smart business move on the owner's part to use it as a vehicle/excuse to port his reputation into better digs.
This location is readily accessible, just east of mid-Strip, to the mass of tourists who are following the leads falling from The Travel Channel, Zagat, et. al. ... and it shows in the wait time. No reservation (7pm on a Monday night) so we ended up being seated at a couch & coffee table in the waiting area. And we were lucky to get that. Within 15 minutes, there was a crowed of over 50 lingering all around and over top of us, praying for a seating sometime soon. And when I left to powder my nose after my meal, they were already seating others in my couch ... even though I hadn't actually quite given up my own seating just yet.
The space has also morphed into entirely upscale and inviting toward the aforementioned tourists. Gorgeous.
U-Hauling its monikers of "Best Thai in Vegas" and "Top Thai in America" to this new location has also unloaded price increases to match. They, also, are a far cry from what I remember of my visits to the original Sahara Commercial Center space ... a sort of seedy location and minimal décor that only added to the mystique & satisfaction of one's "discovery" of the joint. Again, this new location has gone pro, polished up nicely for tourist consumption.
Any kind of soup, salad or appetizer is at least a ten buck set-back. The basic entrees -- pad thai, drunken noodles - are priced moderately, but you'll have to plow through a lengthy menu packed with trendy & pricey cuisine in order to find them. I made out quite well with seafood drunken noodles at $14. The seafood portion was generous, given that price. However, the six teeny-weenie appetite-whetting dumplings at $9, well that's another matter. Point being, your meal here will not be anywhere near as inexpensive as your typical sling-Thai-kitchen-joint, unless you diligently shop the menu.
Quality of product is quite high, no issues there. I mean, how could you James Beard-Zagat-Food Network the place otherwise?
RECOMMENDATION: Without a reservation, you'll likely wait hours, so make one. It's Thai, durn good Thai, but it's gonna set you back. So this venue is best used to impress your lady friend. Otherwise, sadly, better to just punt it to the tourists ... and lament the bygone era of AYCE lunch-buffet back at the Commercial Center.
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