Ottawa | Overhyped New Thai Restaurant Khao 🥱

📍 Khao (Street Food Thailand and Bar) 205 Richmond Rd, Ottawa, ON K1Z 6W4 (In Westboro) 🥩 Beef Dish: "Tastes Like... Something Inedible" The signature beef dish was tough and rubbery, with a weird aftertaste. One diner grimaced: "This texture... reminds me of chewing [REDACTED]." (Use your imagination 🤢) 🥭 Mango Salad & Sticky Rice: The Only Redeeming Dishes The mango salad was refreshingly tangy with generous fresh mango portions, while the sticky rice featured perfectly ripe, juicy mangoes. (But let's be real—these are basic Thai staples any decent restaurant should nail.) 🥥 Coconut Soup: Sourness Overload Expecting creamy coconut broth? Think again. The jarring acidity made our whole table recoil after one sip. (Only for extreme sour enthusiasts!) 🍛 Pad Thai & Curry: Forgettable at Best The Pad Thai tasted indistinguishable from Thai Express. The curry came in a cute coconut shell bowl—annoying to hold while eating—with mediocre flavor that vanished from memory instantly. 💐 Vibes: Instagrammable but... Rattan lamps and tropical plants make great photo ops, but $40+ per person for this quality? Typical Westboro "old money" tax? (RIP value-seeking diners.) Verdict: Good for aesthetics-obsessed foodies, terrible for actual Thai food lovers. Taste: ⭐️⭐ (2/5) Ambiance: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐ (4/5) Value: ⭐ (1/5) #OttawaEats #CanadianLife #ThaiFoodFail #FoodieReview #OttawaFoodScene #DontWasteYourMoney