Michael X.
Yelp
Was in the mood for some delicious Thai food and this restaurant was suggested by a friend - so decided to swing by and check this location out! We arrived on a Wednesday at 12:30pm and had no wait time to get seated - we picked outdoor seats since the weather was nice that day.
The restaurant had a pretty nice ambience both inside and out - it is located in a shopping/restaurant plaza with various other restaurants in nearby vicinity, and there are like 4 outside tables that seat 2 that could be pushed together to seat 4. Definitely gives a cozy feeling no matter the option you pick!
I got the lunch special, which included the a small appetizer (in my case I got a soup) + the entree, which I'll review down below:
Chicken and Rice Soup: For the lunch special you get a choice between: 2 Crab Rangoons, 1 Egg Roll, a Salad, or the soup of the day - with the soup of the day when I went being Chicken and Rice. This soup was delicious! The chicken was really tender and made for good texture difference between the rice and the soup, the rice was soft and had a good chew (not too chewy or hard, which is great!). The soup had a good clean flavor, seasoned well with subtle chicken flavor - I enjoyed it!
Pad Thai: I got the large size pad thai for an extra $2 and my friend got the regular pad thai - personally I couldn't really tell a big difference between the sizes other than a bit more noodles I think - but that's just my perspective. There is a spice ranking from 1-35 (35 being extra Thai Spicy!), I picked 15, which was slightly above Thai mild because I don't have a personal reference for Thai level spice, I also got beef as my protein. The flavors definitely itch that craving for Pad thai really well - the flavors are sweet, spicy, and sour after the addition of the lime. The noodles were chewy and the beansprouts give a great refreshing taste to the overall dish, and the beef was tender and really soaked up the sauce well! The textures in the dish had all the elements I personally look for in a pad thai, and this was definitely a delicious plate that I would order again!
Overall, I spent about $15 for the lunch special, which I thought was a pretty good price! The flavors were definitely delicious and the value was good relative to the food you get, and I would like to revisit to try the other options in the menu! I would totally recommend you come and give Thai Pot Cafe a try! (4.5 stars!)