I finally decided to stop buying food from this place. The food has much less chemicals compared with other places, however the quality of the ingredients are less than a good deal, and the price is high for take out. Plus I was deceived on a Groupon. I bought a Groupon the other day, and when I arrived to order, the owner said they stopped their contract with Groupon in January. Wait a minute, you mean they did nothing about it for 5 months? Other than say, they didn't know why Groupon keeps listing their restaurant??? Sounds like a ploy to get extra people in. Basically Bait and Switch, which is illegal advertising.
What you pay for in a restaurant is the real estate, is it close by, does it have a view, a nice interior, quiet and cosy, clean, bathrooms, etc. In Covy times, this all goes out the window because at RPT, you can't take advantage of the environment or service. Therefore, prices ought to reflect this lack of service, because it is now a take out business. RPT's website does not list prices, which automatically show they lack transparency, plus they don't affiliate with online ordering from their website so you can't look up pricing easily, and Yelp has old menu prices. I did find them on DoorDash however the in restaurant prices were significantly higher than on DoorDash. On DoorDash the Pa-nang salmon was $10.95 and we were charged $12.95 each. Chicken satay was $7.95 and we were charged $10.95. Pineapple rice was listed at $9.95 and we were charged $14.95. A total of $12 extra, excluding tax. Plus zero compensation over not getting a discount from Groupon. If I had known there were two sets of pricing, I would have just ordered on DoorDash, or better yet, walked out.
The lunch special #5, Panang Salmon was a good buy at $10.95 at DoorDash, however they charged $12.95 at the door. The salmon was larger than most places, almost 1" thick, which was nice, a bit too dry which means either old, or overcooked. Zero red curry sauce on it, which seems like a great way to save costs on ingredients that cost practically nothing in the first place: chilies, coconut milk, sugar, water and fish sauce. Spinach was nice, however the dressing was so watery it got over the salmon and rice, and lost its mouth appeal from being too watered down. They provided cooked carrots and broccoli which was abundant in comparison to other places. The jasmine rice had zero aroma, which would have been nicer if it did smell like jasmine rice, instead of long grain rice. I didn't see basil or any lime leaves, cut no matter how small. This dish is supposed to have a fresh kafir lime leaf, rolled fresh and sliced thinly over the top. I know Cash & Carry has this in stock as we speak, and so do many stores.
Pad Thai with Prawns at $13.95, was marginal, there are thin noodles that are very broken into 3" lengths, overcooked bean sprouts, and really no veggies in it. Very little flavor. Looks like mush. When my wife and I make this dish it tastes 100 times better. So sad. Why are you charging so much for this???
Vegetable rolls, 3, at $6.95, open them up and you find 2 carrot slivers the size of pencil leads about 1" long and some cabbage. A real dud. Sauce was very good. Included 1 peanut, cut up, generous.
Pineapple fried rice with prawns at $9.95 on DoorDash, $14.95 at the door, was pretty good, however it would be nice to have finely cut carrot cubes, some peas and delicately cut veggies. Egg pieces are micro sized. Again really no flavor. Onion, carrots, 7 raisins, several recognizable micro pieces of pineapple. There was probably 1/6 of an onion, 1/2 of a carrot, a tablespoon of pineapple, 1 egg max.
Chicken Satay at $7.95 on DoorDash, however at the door they cost $10.95, 5 pieces, chicken breasts are very dry.
They claim to source the freshest ingredients, not the best ingredients, and it shows, they have cheap ingredients and as little as possible, like 7 raisins. You can tell when people don't post pictures of their food on Yelp, they are not proud of this place, most of the photos are from the business owner, and certainly not representative of what is actually delivered.
What this restaurant is really delivering is profit. The ingredients seem sourced at Cash&Carry, all low quality, flavorless, bland. Zero artistic touches, like receiving a present without a bow or wrapping paper. read more