Holy mother of god I wish I could give this place negative infinity stars. I honestly do not know how this place is rated THIS high. I seriously created a yelp account just to rate this place. Seriously, this food literally gave me a bad trip.
My experience (as well as my friends) with this food last night was horrific to say the least. You know maybe I'm jaded; I've lived in Monterey Park my whole life and I know what some bomb Thai food should taste like, especially considering the price point here-- but wow. What a major disappointment. $72 dollars for what should literally have cost $20.
Considering we were all pretty hungry that day, Thai food sounded pretty bomb. Then again, in Glendora a.k.a. "White People Extravaganza", I can't expect anything Thai/Chinese/etc to taste nearly as good as anything found in San Gabriel Valley, but I reserved judgement because you never know, right? . We ordered a few dishes. Chicken Noodle pan fried, Yellow Curry with chicken, Spicy Crispy chicken, and shrimp tempura.
30 minutes later the dude rolls up, gives us our food and it smells...good...I think? It's reminiscent of what Thai food should smell like so I'm like, alright let's see how it looks. Open the "Spicy Crispy" chicken. Looks good. Take a piece.....Holy shit. They should have named it "Gummy Breaded Garbage" It was neither spicy nor Crispy and had the consistency of left over orange chicken from PF Chang's that had been repeatedly reheated in a microwave for way too long.
It tricked all of us. It tasted good for the first second, then I had to toss whatever rest of the piece I had away because it was that bad. We all looked at each other like dude, wtf is this? I started to get an anxiety attack and severe depression because this was possibly the most inedible food I've ever eaten.
I personally ordered yellow curry with chicken, because, Curry is bomb. Unfortunately after my devastating experience with probably the worst mistake of my life, I was incredibly hesitant to try this next science experiment. Welp, I spent $10 on this so I might as well. Worst mistake #2. Grabbed a spoonful. Instant regret. Gritty and overly spiced. It was as if they just accidentally spilled the entire box of yellow curry powder in the soup and were like, "it's Glendora, they'll think it's good anyways". At this point I was like I don't care if I blew $100 on this meal, there's no way I'm finishing this. I can't speak for the other dishes because I was too afraid at this point to venture into intentional cruelty to my palate, but according to one friend, it tasted like how barf smells. Mmm. Sounds great.
Thank God I went to the Vons down the street earlier and bought two large bags of Hot Cheetos and Sun Chips, because that became my dinner. After a hazmat team and the CDC had to dispose of the food to and ship it off to feed prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, I was relieved my nightmare was over.
TL;DR If you've never had food ever in your life, you'll probably think this is acceptable. Additionally, If you truly want to experience the "would i rather die than eat this" personal dilemma, then go for it. If you have any sanity, avoid this place and try Thai Paradise in Monterey Park, or literally anywhere. Even a dumpster. read more