From a Thai person's perspective: If your a true Thai foodie, this is not the place to go. It's a great place if you just want the typical phad thai, tom yum and sate.\r
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Sloppy service: waitress didn't take down over so when it came time to pay she had to ask us what we ordered. My friends and I, told her we wanted seperate checks but she insist on doing later. no water refill.\r
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Minimum of $10 on plastic or service fee ( a couple of dollars).\r
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Decor: Nice enough for a dinner date. \r
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Appetizer: Fried tofu,Calamari Rings, not really thai but very yummy, good for two people. (can't really go wrong though)\r
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1. House Speical BBQ chicken(substituted brown rice w/o extra charge): It's more like Ameican bbq (reddish-brown bbq sauce) than thai bbq(dry, thin curry-colored GARLIC marinade, crispy skin.) Good portion for one person.\r
2. Phad Thai shrimp: Good, acutally how I thought it was going to taste (Americanized: sauce of reddish from ketchup. Real phad thai does not contain ketchup, and real phad thai usually has bean sprouts and shredded carrot and a slice of lime on the side). May be a little greasy for some folks, good size and amount of shrimp, fair portion. \r
3. Panang (red curry), panang is usually eatten with beef. If you don't clearly order some other meat, they will give you beef. The beef was extremely tough, cut too thick and too big. Took awhile to cook as well. Good portion for one.\r
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Thai Ice Tea: real brew not instant powder stuff. Taste right but not enough. \r
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PARKING IS A PAIN!!!!! This place is in a plaza with a japanese restaurant, brazilian restaurant, and Flipino restaurant & other small shops. Good luck finding parking around lunch time. Park on Carlington and walk it. Or just go somewhere else, your not missing much at Thai bbq....not Natalie's either.
Pros: Clean, nice furniture and decor,
Cons: Parking, service, not real thai dishes (more Chinese)
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