Aroii Thai @ NU Sentral — Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur

Food 0.8/5

1. A1: Chicken Glass Noodle Soup [1.5/5] The soup base is so so, not much strong and significant flavour. Just a below average noodles.

2. A3: Tom Yum Glass Noodle Soup [-0.5/5] The soup base is not bad but there is not much of tom yum fragrance I would say, and the soup is extremely salty for me.

3. A4: Classic Pad Thai [-2/5] Extremely spicy and wet Pad Thai with no fragrance all

4. B4: Thai Green Curry Chicken [1.8/5] The Green Curry was good and fragrant, however, the rice was too wet, and the chicken was dry, tough and does not take in the green curry taste

5. C1: Thai Crispy Fried Anchovies with Peanuts [1/5] Extremely tough anchovies, no peanuts were provided

6. C2: Deep Fried Wonton Skin [1.3/5] Crispy but too greasy at the same time, with a hint of rancid also, suspect poor oil quality used during frying the wonton skin

7. C3: Vegetarian Spicy Spring Roll [1.5/5] Crispy but the vegetables inside taste bad

8. C6: Hat Yai Fried Chicken [1.8/5] This chicken is more tender compared to the performance of other chicken dishes that are served by this same restaurant, nicely battered and deep-fried, however, it was under marinated and extremely greasy

9. C9: Stir-Fried Kangkung [2/5] The kangkung was very tough, old and hard to chew, the dish was badly seasoned

10. C13: Fried Fish with Thai Sauce [-2/5] Very bad batter that makes the whole dish looks bad, with an extreme fishy smell. Picture is really just for illustration purpose only.

11. Deep Fried Quill Eggs [0/5] This dish is too oily, and not much flavour also

12. D2: Coconut Juice [0/5] It tastes exactly just like ice water with coconut syrup, too sweet with no coconut fragrance at all

13. D9: Thai Green Tea [2.5/5] Average Thai Green Tea

14. E2: Mango Sticky Rice [2.5/5] The sticky rice was too tough, overall an average dish.

Service 2.5/5 Ambience 3/5

Value -0.3/5 RM3.19 per tiny dish given the quality was...

4 stars for prices/value & clean space and friendly staff. 3 stars for authentic Thai flavors compared to what you’ll get in Thailand.

Went for lunch twice and tried - basil chicken rice, pad Thai, Tom noodle soup, stir fried morning glory, and papaya salad. My favorite is the basil chicken rice, it’s not greasy or oily, and the flavor is pretty accurate so I had two bowls of that each time. The pad Thai is also not bad, and I would also have two bowls of that. The Tom Yum noodle soup is a little weak in flavors, and the noodle was overcooked, I would not have it again. The stirfried morning glory was a bit overcook, but flavor was OK and I may have it again. The papaya salad was disappointing because it was soft and wilted, meaning it was prepare hours before. In Thailand, you would have it crispy because it is made to order fresh.

Definitely recommend this place if you’re on a budget or want to try different dishes. I would come back and just order the few dishes I like and because it is convenient to go to stop by.

Update - on my third visit, I had my old reliable basil chicken rice, pad thai & stir fry morning glory, and also tried the “lobster ball” - I seriously doubt there’s any lobster in it at this price point, but it still tastes GOOD, probably a mixture of fish and shrimp. Would...

This is the very first time I put my cutlery wrongly as a really bad feedback. I came here for three times and I experienced your bad service every time. The crews are in bad attitude and arrogant, they were playing with their phone and chitchatting to each other all the time even though there were crowded they make me feel that they don’t make eye contact to customers purposely. Firstly, when customers come in they will serve the menu & cutlery first but they’ll just simply put on the table which is 0 hygiene. When the time I decided to order second time, the crew walked by so I just wanted to pass the paper to him but he showed me a “wait” gesture and an impatient face then he went to serve the another until I’ve been waiting for so long time and I think he “forgot” (I thought he meant after he served a table of customer but apparently he went through almost the whole place except from me) until call him again and still the unpleasant face. I already saw the other’s reviews were complaining about the same thing which is staffs’ attitude and service, it shows that this really worst especially the male crew, skinny not tall not wearing glass usually stand...