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As a former chef I look for very specific things in a restaurant. I want the flavors to be clean, not overpowering, the food to be properly cooked, & the service to be helpful & polite.\r
This lovely little restaurant is an absolute must for Thai food lovers, or really anyone. It is spotless, intimate, & very beautiful inside.\r
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Siam has a lovely ""energy"" to it, an intangible I always look for. Our waitress was completely charming & attentive. I always ask the wait-staff for suggestions the first time at a restaurant. ""What do YOU like? What's REALLY good here?"". Usually the wait-staff is the best authority on what?s really good, I?ve found. You just gotta ask. \r
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The Thai beer was great. My vegetarian wife loves Thai food; it gives her plenty of options. Appetizers we shared were spring rolls (excellent & NOT a bit greasy), vegetable soup, full of perfectly cooked veggies & superb flavors, as well as a salad appetizer with Siam?s rendition of the traditional peanut sauce on the side. Absolutely perfect. It was so good we saved some to use on the rest of our meal.\r
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My wife had Pad Si-Eow (a Thai stirfry), which our waitress was happy to add tofu to. My wife wasn?t bowled over, but I thought it was quite good. My waitress recommended a spicy Thai Chicken (can?t remember the name), which I asked to be made not so spicy. Absolutely fabulous... the chicken melted in my mouth & the flavors were clean & excellent. I ate every bite. I rarely do.\r
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The menu has tons of choices, good prices, PLUS a $5.99 lunch w/choice of almost everything on the dinner menu! My wife hates blowing $10 on a bad sandwich & soda, which is all she can get near her old office. She just opened in West Hartford, & she's excited about coming to Siam for lunch.\r
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My chef-sense tells me whatever you order, you'll be pleased. But you HAVE to try something with peanut sauce, they make one of the best I've ever had.
Pros: Just about everything: ambience, food, service, value
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