Claire T.
Yelp
I really wanted to like this place, but the owner is rude and respectful.
The first time I went with a friend and got slushies and dessert. After 1 hour we told us we had been there too long, even though there were still empty table. I figured maybe he was having a bad day.
I went back a week later by myself, I had biked from Brooklyn and was starving, so ordered a chicken larb. Chicken larb is lightly grilled minced chicken, onion, in a lime juice chili sauce and mint. When it came out it was fried chicken with onion and chili sauce. I mentioned that's not what normally larb looked like, and the waitress just shrugged, said Fried chicken larb (not a thing btw) and walked away.
At that point I was absolutely starving, and anything was better than nothing. I also have a lot of friends who work in kitchens, so I rarely send back food, because I know what happened when...
The waitress came by again 10 mins later to refill my water and I mentioned again that this is not what the larb was like when I went to Laos. She said, we're out of minced chicken.
WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE SAID THAT BEFORE I ORDERED?
They literally waited until I was half way through eating before saying that. I would have just ordered something else.
So at the end of the meal, I paid, and then went to talk to the owner. He wasn't there as far as I could see, so I gave her a tip and said- I know this isn't your fault but it's not cool to try and trick me into thinking fried chicken larb is a thing because you guys ran out of minced chicken.
Then the owner came out, and was upset I was talking to her, so I readdressed him, and told him exactly the same thing, and all he did was YELL at me for talking to her not him. I said didn't see you, and this is still not acceptable- I still paid her AND gave her a tip because it wasn't her fault and he just kept yelling at me until I left.
So unless you want to be treated like an idiot, tricked into some fake Asian dish because they don't think you're smart enough to know the different, yelled at, and harassed out after 1 hour, don't ever go here.
He didn't once apologize for not telling me the minced chicken was out, or say anything to make up for it.
If you would like Fried Chicken Larb, I would recommend KFC, they do a much better job and yell at you less.