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| - For Valentine's Day, we drove all over Las Vegas trying to eat at two of the highest Yelp rated restaurants in town. Unbelievably, my quest to eat Louisiana food at Lola's and barbeque at Rolling Smoke BBQ was derailed when we pulled into the parking areas for both these locations at around 7:30pm and found these places to be closed. Closed on Valentine's day???!!!!!???? Their loss is another restaurant's gain. Lucky for my family we found Lucki Thai and after eating here, I can unequivocally say that its awesomeness isn't due to luck.
For anyone staying at the Southpoint Casino, you're lucky to have such a gem of a restaurant just approximately 1.5 miles from the casino. My experience with Lucki Thai is something that all of Las Vegas should drive near and far to see if what I will be writing is true. Lucki Thai is worth the drive if you crave quality thai cuisine. Lucki Thai is not a fancy place. Rather, I'd characterize it as a Mom n Pop, hole in the wall type restaurant, which usually means it serves food to write home about. It's not a big restaurant and mainly accommodates customers in booths. There is Asian influenced decor, but it's low key and not too presumptuous. The customer service from our waitress Ling Ling warrants the high 5-star Yelp rating along with the scrumptious thai food. Ling Ling was soooo friendly, attentive, and made right on one of our dishes that was a little too spicy for 2/3s of my family.
Lucki Thai's dishes can compete and defeat other thai food I've experienced in San Diego, which is where we're from. We ordered the Tom Yum soup with chicken, garlic pepper shrimp, and the one dish I judge all thai restaurants, Pad Thai with beef. The Tom Yum soup was a bountiful amount of succulent chicken, tomatoes, mushrooms, and tangy broth. The soup came in a large bowl that had a large flame shooting from its center. Initially, my wife and son took one bite of the garlic pepper shrimp and said they couldn't eat it because it was too spicy. After telling Ling Ling about the shrimp being inedible, she quickly had it replaced with less spice and we devoured the shrimp like there was no tomorrow. The Pad Thai at Lucki's was one of the best I've ever eaten. The noodles had the right texture, the beef was cooked perfectly, and the mixing of the noodles, crushed peanuts, and bean sprouts made for a clean your plate experience. I like spicy thai food, so I asked for medium spice (#5), which wasn't spicy at all. I engulfed the pad thai along with a side of rice and a sprinkling of thai hot chili.
I told Ling Ling that I said compliments to the chef because they threw down the gauntlet when it comes to making yummy thai food. Since Las Vegas will be a volleyball destination for many years, Lucki Thai will be a must visit whenever we're in town. In the famous words of Dirty Harry, "Do you feel lucky?", I would have to say "Yes" especially if he's asking me about thai food at Lucki Thai. As I said, it's not luck. It's just plain, outstanding food.
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