We love Thai foods and it is not easy to find a decent home style cooking when you eat out plus for a reasonable price. We actually love the buffet so you can try a little of everything and we love it. One of our favorite is the curry flavor soup with the rice noodle that you can create yourself. Some people who complained probably are used to the Americanized restaurant style of cooking with lots of over seasoned (salty or sugary) for the taste buds. If you are interested in enjoying a "like mom's cooking" this is the place. We had waited years for a place like this since Tips (another Thai buffet) closed down.
We truly believe Pan Ocha has much better foods even though the selections is small yet quality and satisfying than a large buffet with mediocre foods. What make us believe we know good Thai foods? My husband traveled to Thailand many many times because he worked for an airline and Thailand is his favorite getaways. For me my ex-mother-in-law is Thai and a wonderful cook so I'm totally spoiled with her home cooking plus I've also been to Thailand.
Another wonderful thing we love about this place is the services. We feel like we are family members because all employees treat us like family since the fist time (we only been there twice so far). What bothers us when we dine out is when the servers walks away when we barely finish give them our orders. That is totally rude and unacceptable in our opinion. Another reason why we love this place and we feel the chef deserve her recognition. If you don't give this a try you would never know Pan Ocha may be one of your favorite place to eat. Bon Appetite.