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The restaurant was recommended by several friends who gave it great reviews. We went for lunch. First off, the service is absolutely terrible. The older gentleman who took our orders has to be, without doubt, the grumpiest person who has ever served food, truly miserable. However, once the order was placed, the food came very quickly. The spring roll appetizers were terrible. They were both greasy and soggy at the same time. The Pad Thai was bland and dull, and the pork/noodle dish was horrible. The pork was all gristle and fat and very stringy. All the while we were eating, one of the restaurant workers was drying chopsticks and cutlery at the table beside us, making an huge racket. We left this place confused, disgusted, and feeling a bit ill. For anyone who thinks this is great Vietnamese food, please try some where else, anywhere!
Okay its crowded. The service is impersonal, and you may have to share a table-for-eight with people you don't know and who likely don't speak English. It is, however, the best deal in town. I have regularly eaten here with a friend for less than $20 for us both - and that isn't skimping either. I'm sure there is stuff on this menu that doesn't fit what the average Western European has come to expect. I found their pad thai unexciting, for example. Their curried beef with basil sends me into gastronimic ecstacy, however, and their General Huo's soup makes me sad that my culture hasn't trained me to work with these flavours, so I can recreate it. Not fine dining, but a great place to have food with an old friend you don't need to impress.
I would actually give the food a 7.5 if possible as you have to be careful with what you order and Vietnamese food definatley adheres to very specific taste-buds. Generally the spring rolls and green curry shrimp are excellent, while noodles are often hit and miss. Service here is usally brutal. Mr. High-pants is just a grumpy guy and the first time I came here the waitress actually said "youve been too long, you have to order now" (Ill admit I spent about 10 min. w/ my menu - considering this was my first time and I was trying to help a friend pick something as well). Decor is nice and the enviorment is always upbeat (dispite bad service) lots of University students go here. I like the asian market next store as well. Viatnamese Iced Cap is the best thing EVER. I will probably go here again, but probably by myself.
Don't pay too much attention to what Threeflavours wrote. I'm sorry they didn't enjoy their meal, but they are the only person I've ever heard of who hasn't enjoyed this place. You can tell a good place when the ethnics eat there, and it is usually packed. Also, it isn't just Thai food. It is a fusion of Thai and Vietnamese. The value is pretty reasonable; the surroundings casual. I often recommend this place and those people that I've recommended it to have gone back again and again.
Absolutely terrible food, tasteless to the point that my dog wouldn't even eat it.. The Pad Thai tasted like it came out of a chef boyardee can, if chef boyardee made Pad Thai.. The other 2 dishes were boring, bland, and tasteless.. Boiled chicken was the lowlight of the dishes, and the Chicken Satays were the exact same chicken that was in the Cashew chicken.. This is a sorry excuse for Thai Food, and I would HATE to bring someone here to try Thai for the first time, they would be repulsed.. I would NEVER recommend this place, not even if I was starving in a gutter would I go back there.
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