Taylor
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We were really excited about this place because we were craving Thai food and a specific type of vibe, and this place seemed to fit our mood perfectly. The atmosphere is very well put together and nostalgic - absolutely immaculate, we would come again to grab some fresh rolls and a drink just for the vibes!
The problem - unfortunately, the food. We were recommended to try the Fried Chicken Skins (Nang Gai Tod) as an appetizer, which sounded amazing. It's a hefty plate and very crispy with a tiny bit of chew, but very bland and basically just a blank canvas for the sauce. My date was super let down because he was expecting it to taste more like the delicious skins you peel off a piece in a bucket of fried chicken. I wasn't as disappointed because I didn't go into it with any expectations, but we both agreed that it really needed salt or something. We didn't ask the waiter for salt because we didn't want to be tacky, but I would recommend that the restaurant serve this with a side of optional seasoning so people can experiment and enhance it to their liking.
As entrees, my date got the Pineapple Fried Rice (Khao Pad Saparhod), which was a huge portion and gorgeous, but tasted very heavily of old oil. He couldn't bring himself to finish it, and I couldn't bring myself to help.
The best meal by far was the Khao Mun Gai Tod. The chicken was PERFECT, moist and beautifully crisp. But at the end of the day, that was a $22 pile of plain white rice with a few slices of (delicious) fried chicken on top (maybe only half a thigh's worth) and a side of what tastes almost exactly like wonton soup broth. All very tasty, but lackluster and not worth paying a restaurant to make for you. I can appreciate if it's just a simple dish, but it really needed less rice, more chicken and something to dress up the presentation a little, because otherwise it really just felt like something I would normally throw together for myself at home. (I didn't think to take a picture of it until I'd already dug in - the picture is more to represent how simple it was)
We truly aren't picky people with refined palates. Even average food with a fun vibe is enough for us to have a great time, but unfortunately the food actually detracted from the atmosphere during our experience here. We hoped to grab a seat upstairs and have a couple more drinks to attempt to salvage the evening, but the limited seating upstairs was all taken and it's really more of a standing / dancing kind of environment that we weren't in the mood for, so I can't really speak to that.
Again, we would come back after 9:30 to enjoy a familiar appetizer and a few drinks for sure!