This was probably more like a 2.5. The food looked amazing so I had high hopes, and the girl at the counter was really nice, but unfortunately this was not a satisfying meal:
- Sesame chicken from bento box was dry and salty, rest was ok
- Chicken pad see yu was salty and noodles were clumped together
- Massaman curry wasn't bad - hubby thought it was a bit salty, I thought it was ok, but interesting interpretation (had mushrooms and no nuts)
- Thai iced tea was bland, not sure if it was too diluted or missing something
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Spent 2 hrs hangrily trying to decide what to get for dinner. Went with this place since it was a bit cheaper than other nearby Thai places. Saw online that they previously had Groupon offers, but none was available at that time.. which kind of makes you feel like you're not getting the best deal but still decided to give it a try.
Ordered online through Yelp (via Grubhub) for pickup, was given an estimate of 35-45 mins. Decided to call to see how long it'd really take since those estimates are never accurate, and I think I was told 25 mins.
Definitely has a fast food takeout place vibe. My food was packed and ready to go when I got there, but they waited until I arrived to make my drink, which was nice to keep the drink from getting too diluted. The girl who helped me was nice. Someone who worked at another shop on the little mall strip came in to order food and she recognized him from his shop so she said she'd bring the food over to him, which I thought was great customer service.
First thing we noticed when we pulled all the food out at home was that we weren't given utensils, not sure if this is a Long Island thing. It was the second time that week, but never had this problem before.
Everything looked good, but unfortunately didn't taste great.
There is something soothing with a good cup of Thai iced tea - that depth of flavor with a hint of sweetness. This cup was not good. Not sure if it was too diluted, if the measurements they use were off, but it tasted watered down and was missing depth to it.
Not the biggest deal but most of the noodles for the chicken pad see yu were clumped together. The noodles and chicken were really salty though, so that made it hard to eat. Pad see yu is always my go-to dish for Thai, so I've had it from a lot of places. Was disappointed here.
We also ordered the sesame chicken bento box (granted, not really a Thai dish), which came with rice, shumai, edamame, salad, and choice of chicken coconut soup or spicy shrimp soup. We chose the coconut chicken soup since I figured it'd be the less spicy alternative to the spicy shrimp soup (again, I can't handle spice). Nope, coconut chicken soup was also spicy. It wasn't bad but all I tasted was spice and parsley.
When we opened the bento box, the sesame chicken was sitting in a pool of sauce which also spilled into the rice. Unfortunately this sauce was super salty, so it was hard to eat the chicken and the rice. The thing that's usually delicious about sesame chicken is that light sweetness and fragrant sesame touch (and the chicken is usually at least lightly breaded). This chicken was bare, dry (which was the most disappointing part since bento chicken is always delicious and makes me feel like my chicken cooking skills are inadequate), and seemed like it was just doused with soy sauce and had a bunch of sesame seeds thrown on top. The shu mai and edamame were ok, nothing to write home about.
The chicken massaman curry was ok, but their interpretation was interesting since this dish usually has peanuts (which was missing) and not mushrooms (which it had). Everything was cut into big slices - I thought the onions would have a gross raw onion taste since it didn't seem carmelized, but it was actually pretty sweet. My husband thought this was too salty, but I thought it was the best dish out of the ones we ordered. It was a generous portion but definitely wasn't enough rice for the amount of curry. We added our own brown rice which was good.
I took a takeout menu from the restaurant (they might've given me one too). Was amused that someone has gone through to white out at least one thing on the menu (not even with white out tape which would've been neater, the bumpy white out paint was pretty noticeable. Can definitely understand that it was the more cost effective approach though.
One plus though was at least the prices on their takeout menu in the store and prices on Grubhub were the same. Feels deceptive when restaurants have different sets of pricing. Pricing was decent though, paid a little over $40 for everything.
They have lots of good ratings so perhaps they had an off day? Maybe it was what I ordered? Unfortunately, with all the restaurants out there and my underwhelming experience here, probably will not end up returning. read more