Thai Bayside, 1850 Eldron Blvd. SE Ste. 8, Palm Bay, FL 32909
1.5 Stars
"Oh, yeah!" Said no one ever when going to yet another Thai food/Sushi restaurant combo. Few and far between is excellent fare found at one of these places that seem to be on every corner these days. Not to get ahead of myself, but after this experience, I assure you, the venery continues.
"A" is our service non-professional today. I am a far cry from being a xenophobe, but if you are going to open a service industry place of business in any foreign country, doesn't it behoove your business interests to have at least one employee fluent in the native tongue? This is yet another Thai entry in an ever-increasing category of a place where no one speaks English and then appears to become agitated with you when you can't understand them.
Taking a seat and perusing the menu, I thought this place was pathetic! Virtually every single roll had krab, and not that it matters, but the prices are outrageous for crab-flavored fish. Not that it contributed to the abysmal rating (that's all on the food), but the kid making take-out bags and sucking on his empty drink while snapping the 200 or so bags open is almost as annoying as someone mopping under your table while trying to dine; it just adds a more significant negative to the foul-tempered service and fish not suitable for an alley cat.
I was informed that they were out of most items, and as it's only Saturday, my guess is the under-order is due to a lack of customers. At least they had enough Tuna for a Tuna Hand Roll and Chicken for an order of Thai Green Curry Chicken. The place is clean, albeit a ghost town, but sparkling.
As we were the only customers present, our order was up in a flash. While the Tuna Hand Roll was certainly pleasant to the eye, it was not as such to the palate. The Tuna was on the wrong side of fresh. It wasn't fishy enough to spit out, but it was close.
Could you look at the picture of what was billed as Thai Green Curry and answer one question for me? What is that? I was expecting Green curry, and I don't know what that was, but it certainly wasn't the Thai Green Curry to which I have grown accustomed. The Chicken was OK, actually cooked to perfection, and the curry was flavorful, but the rice? The rice was hard and crusty like it came from the nether regions of the steamer.
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