Talay Thai Dartmouth Restaurant — Restaurant in Cole Harbour

After reading all the positive reviews, I had to try this place. We ordered the spring rolls and fish cakes as an appetizer. They were ok, nothing special. I followed up with ordering a pad thai and asked for a bit more heat. My first impression of the dish was like wow they hardly put any veggies. Im like ok whatever, a lot of lower class restaurants load up on noodles or rice, Im used to that. Its not pleasant but not a deal breaker. From the first few bites all I could taste is a mouth full of sugar. I mentioned this to the waitress and she told me thats hows it supposed to taste. Now ive had pad thai from countless restaurants and this was the worst ive ever had. Most restaurants offer to redo your dish, they just kinda looked at me in disgust. The owner (or manager) behind the counter mentioned that she heard i didnt like the dish. I said no sorry it was gross, yet another digusted look and then just rang in the price for our food. The whole experience wasnt terrible, only the pad thai which made me sick to stomache and made me lose...

When I first try a new Thai restaurant I typically order one of their signature dishes, a red/green/yellow or masaman curry. In this case, unlike other places in HRM, it does taste like Thai food and not like thai-ified chinese food, which is good. Not great, but acceptable. As long as you have it vegetarian or with chicken. But the beef, my god, is only slightly above canine quality. Stringy and chewy. Unfortunately, this is not the only Thai place in HRM where this has happened to me, and repeatedly so it wasn't a one-time thing. My impression is they try to get away with the cheapest meat they can find because "it's in a curry sauce and well done so people won't notice". Well, if anybody from the restaurant reads this, a tip: Try to shoot for middle-of-the-road beef, people will notice...

This is our go to restaurant when in Dartmouth. We will drive all the way to this restaurant because the food here is so fantastic. They do a lot of take out business as well, with customers streaming in to pick up their food every minute. The restaurant itself is quiet and lovely. Usually it is only half full of people when we are here but they obviously make up for it in the take out orders. Seems this local neighborhood already knows the secret of this place. I usually order something like the ginger vegetable mix with steamed rice, and coconut soup. Friends and husband frequently order the chicken, several different ways. None of us have ever had anything less than impressive, and we always...