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    Chicken pad thai and mango sticky rice
    Jenny P.

    Ordered through door dash food was warm,fresh & delicious. Very happy with the service.

    Rom P.

    So today we were in the mood for some Asian cuisine and what better place to go for lunch... Asian Kitchen yes everything is Asian. It is not Chineese, Vietnamese, Thai, and even Korean it is just Asian. Once can get chicken satay, drunken noodles, beef yum salad, yum woon sen salad, and papaya salad just to name a few of the selections. There is plenty of parking and when allowed there is plenty of indoor seating. It is safe to surmise that they only do take out as I didn't see the place set up for outdoor dinning. during this particular visit my friend and I ordered Hot Basil Stir-Fry and Pad Thai Noodles. They order is made fresh and it tastes so good that I wanted to order more types of food but I just didn't have enough time during my lunch to put in another order. In my opinion you can't go wrong ordering from the menu, we have been trice and every time we were never disappointed. Come on down and support your local restaurant whenever in Santee.

    01. Chicken Satay

    The item I ordered on the menu in the store and even at the counter when asked about vegetables, she says yes vegetables included. From the picture you can see there are no vegetables and when I call back, she argue with me telling me that's old menu new menu no vegetables. Chicken satay ice cold, dry and inedible. Orange chicken nothing but pieces of breading and dry inedible meat. Call back to request a complete refund at 7:35 PM and they told me they are closed. Come back tomorrow.

    Chicken Satay
    Raphael O.

    First is the guy that serve me is very friendly and welcome me in. Awesome delicious Chicken Satay! Yum! Their mango Sticky rice is yummy too!

    Fried Rice
    Jasmine V.

    The food here is so good! It was my first time going, and won't be my last. The food portions are giant but SO worth it. I had already eaten part of my fried rice and all of the Vegetables fried spring rolls before I took the picture haha! The people here are SO friendly. Seems like a family ran restaurant. They were so all sweet and so friendly! It is connected to their donut shop this looks absolutely amazing as well! They had music playing and the restaurant was so clean. It was a great choice. 1,000x recommend.

    Jhea E.

    Pad thai to-go was delicious and very well presented, and crab puffs were delicious as always. Service is great as well.

    Drunken noodles chicken 4.
    Alvaro M.

    It's a pleasure getting served by the owner . Drunken noodles are pretty good. So far I need to go back and try the shrimp noodles extra spicy. Great service great guy. Thanks Kevin

    Julian P.

    Came here once before in the morning before work just to grab a coffee, and the lady of the Bagel/Donut bar was really nice at the time. Came back a second time, total opposite. Kept stressing to me "she has a big order". It was to the point where i ordered a coffee and she was giving me attitude when i asked for half & half. You do realize that no matter how busy, if you have a paying cusotmer who wants to support a local business, at least give us some respect. Oh and the bagel with cream cheese i ordered only had it on one half!!

    Papaya salad with shrimp added.
    Matt L.

    Fantastic. Had some time to kill so I walked here and ordered the papaya salad and added shrimp. I got a spice level of 7 and it was plenty spicy. It was refreshing, spicy, sweet, sour, and delicious. I would get again. Service was friendly and fast.

    03. Egg Rolls
    Ceni L.

    I ordered to go. Great service. Food was delicious and well packed. The egg rolls are tasty and crunchy. The mango garlic stir fried beef is amazing! I highly recommend this place.

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    Crystal K.

    What a surprise! Didn't expect to find such good Cambodian and Thai food away from University Ave, but here they are in Santee! We tried the Phnom Penh noodles, Cambodian beef skewers, and cha katna (Chinese broccoli with chicken), and we were impressed! Great quality and flavors, very authentic and fresh. Those beef skewers are so juicy and flavorful. The noodle soup was packed with fish balls and pork meat (no organ meats which I'm fine with ) and the broth was clear but packed with flavor and condiments on the side to add. The Chinese broccoli was perfectly crispy and the sauce had lots of garlic and a nice kick of chillies. The people are so nice here too! We definitely will go back to try more.

    Menu for Happy Hour: everyday 10:30am-2:00pm
    Paul T.

    My wife enjoys the special soup. So much that she plans detours to Santee since we discovered this restaurant a few months ago. But she is upset that the soup rings up for a $1 more than listed on the menus posted in the window, on the menu board, and on the counter.

    What a rip off this place ordered Thai papaya salad hardly papaya inside only romance leaves first time and the last time here.
    Pam N.

    What a rip-off this place I ordered Thai papaya salad and hardly any papaya inside only romance, first time and last time here.

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    Place is clean and comfortable, food and service were on par. More of an Asian fusion place.

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