Chon Siam Thai Restaurant — Restaurant in Sydney

I had visited this place before Covid and had tea loved the quantity and price they provided so decided to go back here again. This was a grave mistake as not only have their quality gone down tremendously, their quantity has also decreased a lot. Obviously prices have gone higher too. While ordering I gave a dish that had pork and asked them if they could prepare it in chicken instead. They simply agreed to do it and I got happy. They also asked if I would be okay to have egg and I said yes. Seeing the portion size and after tasting the food I thought to myself it’s not as good as before anymore. I asked for the sauce tray, they gave it to me only two mins and moved it to another table. I soon found out they were circulating only one sauce tray among all the 8-10 tables. How are you supposed to season your food all at once ? This is height of cost cutting and they just take it away even without asking. Now the time came to pay the bill and I paid it in cash as they are cash only. After paying I realised they had charged me more and went back to them. They said what I had ordered was a completely separate dish as I asked for chicken instead of pork and they charged me for the egg separately. My concern is she she saw where I was ordering from the menu and she didn’t bother to tell me beforehand that they are actually not swapping the meat, they are simply using it as an excuse to make it feel like a “custom made” for me and charge me extra for it. Even for the egg they were cheeky enough not to say it was an extra. This looked like being a dishonest as they are just being transparent with the customer and pretending to be accommodating. I don’t mind paying for extra if required but I should have been informed about the cost before. Also the quantity and quality has gone down tremendously so wouldn’t be ever going back...

No where else will you be able to find a bowl of noodles for $4 but here. Not to mention, incredibly authentic and delicious. This place is filled with thai expats which is always a good sign of the authenticity of the restaurant. My favourite dishes include the boat noodles for $4 (or $6 if you are feeling hungry), the pork tribe [tripe] soup ($6) with rice if you are into offal is so warming and tastes like something your mum would prepare at home.

According to my thai friend, this place also does one of the best som tums (papaya salad) in sydney. If you are feeling adventurous, ask for the fermeneted crab som tum. Personally, i don't really find it adds much more to the usual som tum thai. This place does its food the thai way so if you are not good with your spice, remember to ask them to turn the dial down on the spice.

I would also recommend the khana moo krob or crispy pork with chinese brocolli stir fry and rice. Thai people eat every mouth of crispy pork with a slice of their uber hot chillis (prid ki nu) that comes in a lemon and fish sauce condiment.

A lot of the food looks off menu but if you look around the right hand entrance of the restaurant, you will find the "off menu" items on a laminated sheet. Otherwise, I would recommend just observing what other patrons are having and ask the wait staff...

Used to love the boat noodles from this place but the quality has really declined. Unfortunately, the staff were petty, sassy and immature, providing abysmal service. They especially chose to behave that way because we'd only ordered 3 dishes for 5 adults.

After we ordered, they asked to take one of our two small, square tables because of our order size. We had an infant in a pram with us too.

When we later asked for one more pair of chopsticks, they gave us a wooden, takeaway pair (the food came with metal chopsticks) as an extremely petty and passive aggressive action. I highly doubt they'd run out of their normal chopsticks.

Finally, when one of us went to pay, they had scarcely gotten up before a waitress swooped in to take their chair for another table (without asking). The rest of us were still sitting at the table when she did this.

We were quick to eat and patient with Chonsiam but they chose to act in an infantile manner. They were extremely rude and no one should support a business that chooses to act in this way to any of its customers. It was the most awful service I've...