For a local option, Thai Thai isn't the worst you could do. I recently ventured in, having spent the entire day jonesing for something hot and spicy.
The atmosphere is a bit weird - tables crammed in to a carpeted area, as if someone has created a restaurant in their front lounge room. There's a huge TV on the wall with a seemingly continuous stream of Thai holiday 'happy snaps'. It's odd, and maybe it's an indication of my attention span, but I find it distracts me from the conversation I was having with my dining companion.
The service was friendly and efficient - pretty impressive given that on the night I visited one girl was handling about 10 tables on her own as well as phone and walk in take-away orders.
But what about the food?
The Tom Yum was excellent - sour and zingy as it ought to be. The "chive cake" entree was gluey and oily - out of a plate of about 12 cut up bits, we ate just 1. The chicken larb was...well... had the toasted rice been crunchier, and the lemon juice more abundant, I think it may have been on to a winner. However my dining companion and I weren't rolling our eyes in ecstasy when we were sampling it and I won't be ordering it again. The chicken Pad Kaprow was pretty good - an abundance of fresh veggies and decent quality chicken with a not-too-sweet sauce (my thai pet-peeve) got the thumbs up.
For a local option, Thai Thai certainly has something to offer though I think the "classic" dishes are where the good times are at. read more