Based on previous reviews of this place, I was expecting to be wowed. Realistically, this is an Asian restaurant in a strip mall.
There are, however, several good things to be said about it:
The service is very friendly and fast, perhaps even too fast, as they removed the dipping sauce before my partner had finished his spring roll.
Yes, this place is definitely nice and clean.
Now to the food.
The crispy beef is crispy, but that actually made it kind of hard to chew. It was almost like jerky, in fact. You can taste the garlic and a hint of spice, but generally it was pretty bland.
Shanghai noodles were bland as well, and almost gluey.
The worst thing by far, though, was the coconut soup, which was watery and except for a hint of coconut, was virtually tasteless.
The spring rolls were fresh, hot and crispy, but suffered from the same tastelessness.
I'd like to give this place the benefit of the doubt and suggest that the regular chef had already gone home for the evening. I have no idea if that's true, but it's the only explanation for why our food experience was so different from previous reviewers.
It's not likely we will head back here.