C. S.
Yelp
So the hubby and I had really high hopes for this place, but we've been pretty disappointed in both the food and the service. We live around the corner and the restaurant that was there before was just ok and the Thai place down the street is not good at all. We also LOVE Kin Dee and go regularly, Thai Tale's sister restaurant. So ya, we were very excited when our Kin Dee waiter told us this spot was opening around the corner from us. We first ordered the chicken satay wrap and the fried rice with shrimp. The wrap was fairly tasteless, which will be a reoccurring theme in my review. The spinach wrap tasted like it was bought from the grocery store, I mostly tasted lettuce and unseasoned chicken, and what little flavors there was didn't feel like they went together. The shrimp fried rice was actually really good. It was fresh and flavorful. Vegans beware though! It's marked as vegan (without added protein), but it definitely contains egg. Next we tried the crispy wonton pad thai and the shrimp sandwich. Both were not good. The crispy wonton pad thai, which was listed as a "fan favorite", had this super thick; overly sugary sweet-and-sour sauce like the massed produced kind you'd get at a cheap Asian mall food court spot. The sauce was so heavy and so sweet, and the crispy part was so gritty and gross we couldn't eat them and had to remove the filling instead. The filling had absolutely no seasoning or flavor outside of the general flavors of shrimp and pork (btws, to my Jewish, Muslim, and pescatarian friends - they have pork in them and that's also not noted). There is absolutely no way on earth the crispy wontons are anyone's favorite. The shrimp sandwich also came on what tasted like a day-old Kroger brand hamburger bun. We removed it and put it on a brioche bun which was significantly better. Again, the actual inside of the shrimp patty had no seasoning, so as your biting down there's no layer of flavors, which you don't even think about the importance of until it's absent and you're palate is confused and disappointed. I'd recommend ordering it with extra pickles for some flavor. Next I took a stab at the drunken noodles with added chicken, as it was also listed as a fan favorite. I asked the guy if it was spicy and he said "Ya, it has a lot of spices" to which I asked for clarification, "Spices or spicy?". He smirked as if I was the dumb one and said "It has a lot of spices like garlic and onion and basil and salt and pepper. You know, spices". I replied, "Great, so it's not spicy? Because I can't eat spicy food" (I have an actual medical condition and random things like spicy food can potentially trigger it). He assured me it wasn't at all spicy. I get my food home, open it up and it's just red chili flakes and seeds staring me in the face. My husband, who loves spicy food, went to town, but again the feed back wasn't good. No flavor outside of the heat and he said it was indeed a very good amount of spicy and joked that it probably would have killed me. So 5 dishes down and we can only recommend the fried rice.
They also don't have many drink options. They only have basic sodas, which we don't drink; thai tea, which I can't drink due to the condensed milk; and coconut water, which neither of us find enjoyable to drink while eating food. Their water jug has been out every time we attempted to dine in and both times we asked for water and the guy just looked at us and said, "Ya, it's out" and went back to folding to-go containers or fiddling with something in the back. Yep, sure is buddy!
If you have any restrictions at all, ask A MILLION AND ONE QUESTIONS because there is either no to limited information provided on the menu or incorrect information provided on the menu. Well, actually, if you have any restrictions I wouldn't come here at all because even when asked repeatedly, they still don't provide correct information. Feels like a lawsuit waiting to happen
They also serve even their dine-in customers in their to-go packaging, which is so incredibly wasteful. It's 2024. Society is too conscious for this kind of wastefulness.
I'd give them only 1 star only for their only 1 good dish, but they get another 1 star for their awesome protein addition prices. It's very affordable to add a protein and that's always appreciated, even when the food you're paying for has no depth of flavor.