De Thai Cuisine — Restaurant in Calgary

Not great. I was trying to find something quick and stopped in. I was not greeted very nicely, more like I was a nuissance and there was nobody else in the restaurant. When I asked about the soup the server was very short with her answers. I asked if it was a regular soup and she said yes so I didn't know it'd be so spicy. It came and though it was much smaller than expected I started to eat it but to their credit they'd made it piping hot not only, great for burning the taste buds off so you don't taste how sour it is. But it was also spicy as all hell so I couldn't eat it. When the server came back to check on me I commented that it was EXTREMELY hot and she just agreed it was and walked away like she didn't care. I went up to her then and said it was not something I could eat. She started to tell me that it is my fault for not telling her I don't want spicy food (the attempt was there with the questions about the soup, she was just brisk to reply with an incorrect answer) she was annoyed I became annoyed end of story, not a great experience. Maybe it was just an off...

Quaint, authentic and tasty! We were out for a "date escape" and in the mood for something interesting, someplace our lovely but picky children would not let us go. This really fit the bill!

The menu is set up interestingly between rice dishes, Pad Thais, soups and specials. The rice dishes have numerous curry options, like the traditional red, yellow and green, but also others like brown, ginger and cashews.

Between us, we had a brown curry lunch special (just to be different) with coconut rice and the coconut soup with shrimp and the coconut ice cream (I sense a theme!)

It was all fantastic! The brown curry was almost gravy like with peanuts, onions and potatoes. The coconut rice was really nice: a little more complex than the varieties that either just cook it in coconut milk or add shredded. The coconut soup had a surprising zip to it with some strong notes of lemongrass and the coconut ice cream was a perfect finisher.

There's a lot more to try there. We'll...

The food was delicious but I had an issue with how the server communicated with me. I am already usually conscious about coming across as high maintenance because of my allergies and food intolerance. After having served an incorrect dish I told the man who gave it to us that I’m allergic to shrimp and ordered a different meat. So he told me I couldn’t eat the second item I ordered because it has shrimp paste. He took it back and got me one without shrimp paste. All was good after that until the server asked “Why didn’t you tell me you are allergic to shrimp?”. I was tired and didn’t think much of it but she kept going about how they had to waste the food. My friends took note and I was taken aback by how rude the choice of words were and how she was slightly disrespectful. It felt like I was being nagged. She also kept saying “it’s okay” as if I severely wronged the establishment. It was a very...