We love coming here! It's surprisingly hard to find a restaurant that does both Thai food and…read moresushi, which works perfectly for us because I love Thai food and my partner doesn't.
For lunch today, I ordered the chicken yellow curry dinner with jasmine rice, and my partner got the Dang Jane and Tiger Roll. We also ordered a Thai iced coffee and Thai iced tea, both with light ice.
Everything was yummy, smelled amazing, and tasted fresh. The staff is always friendly and welcoming, service is quick, and both the dining area and bathrooms were clean.
My only minor "complaints" are that the Thai iced coffee had noticeably more ice than the Thai tea, and I do wish the curry came with a little more chicken. It feels somewhat overpriced, but then again, I understand that the cost of food, labor, rent, and running a small business has gone up considerably. They seem to be pretty slow whenever we come in for lunch, so we're happy to continue supporting a small local business we enjoy, even if it means making the drive from Vacaville.
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I also wanted to comment on some of the reviews mentioning cockroaches. Obviously, nobody wants to see a roach while they're eating, and a restaurant should absolutely take pest control and cleanliness seriously. We've never seen one in all the times we've visited, and the restaurant has always appeared clean during our visits. At the same time, seeing a live roach doesn't automatically mean the entire restaurant or kitchen is filthy. Unfortunately, pests can make their way into restaurants, grocery stores, commercial buildings, and homes, even when pest control measures are in place.
One review in particular seemed a little unfair to me. According to the review, they noticed roaches crawling from the wall toward their table, and one eventually crawled across the table and onto the chicken wing plate, where it hid underneath a carrot. The accompanying photo/video appears to show an essentially empty plate with garnish remaining and the roach among it.
Personally, if I saw a roach crawling toward my table, I wouldn't sit there and watch it make its way across the table and onto my plate. And if seeing multiple roaches made me uncomfortable enough that I no longer felt comfortable eating there, I would stop eating, ask to cancel my order, pay for what we had already consumed, and leave.
The restaurant removed the affected plate, killed the roach, and discounted the wings. That seems like a reasonable response to the specific plate the roach crawled onto. If the expectation was that the entire $95 check should have been discounted, that comes across as a bit entitled to me, particularly if the rest of the food had already been consumed.
And I have to admit, I laughed a little at being upset about the roach and then also mentioning that the waitress squashed it and you "heard it crunch." What exactly was she supposed to do at that point, catch it and release it outside?
I completely understand being grossed out and deciding not to return. Three roaches would absolutely be something worth bringing to the restaurant's attention. What I don't think is fair is suggesting that the restaurant did nothing about the situation. According to the review itself, the employee immediately came over, removed the affected plate, killed the roach, and discounted the wings.
The $95 total also confused me a little. The food mentioned in the review was Drunken Beef, Shrimp Fried Rice, and chicken wings. Based on the prices I saw, that's roughly $60 before tax, tip, drinks, or anything else that may have been ordered. So there were apparently additional items or drinks that weren't mentioned. For comparison, our meal today, yellow curry dinner, jasmine rice, two sushi rolls, and two drinks, was $65 before tip.
Again, nobody has to be okay with seeing a roach in a restaurant, and it's completely reasonable to bring it to the staff's attention or decide you don't want to return. Restaurants absolutely should take sanitation and pest control seriously. I just don't think one or two reported incident should automatically define an entire small business, especially when our own experiences here have consistently been positive.
The food has always been fresh and delicious, the restaurant has been clean during our visits, and the employees have always treated us well.
We'll definitely be back.