Thaicoon Amsterdam — Restaurant in Amsterdam

We went with a group of friends and the service was friendly but odd. Firstly they refused to serve tap water. And if you want water you have to order a bottle. All of my friends were ordering beer so it wasnt like we were trying to skate by on free drinks but refusing to serve tap water out of a perfectly safe tap is ridiculous. They also dont have a single veggie only dish, so when I asked for a side of steamed or stir-fried veggies the waiter looked at me like I had ten heads and said, "yeah, that's not possible." Even when I begged for just the veggies that go in the other dishes just on the side he said no. I can't eat rice so I was left with just the curry. In attempt to add something green I asked for the spicy prawn salad which the waiter assured me "has some sort of green vegetable but I dont know which one and some onions."

The food came out fairly quickly and it was large portions however EVERYTHING had sugar in the sauce. I had a green chicken curry which was tasty but you could tell the curry had been sweetened. Same with my boyfriends beef and mushroom dish. Same with the "spicy" shrimp salad which appeared to be vinegar, sugar/ fish sauce, and prawns.

I give it a three for the portions and quickness of the food. My other friends enjoyed their meal just "ok" but nothing special. We wont be going back as there are much better places...

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This used to be my favorite neighborhood Thai restaurant! 5+ plus! I don’t know what happened though (covid times?) but the last couple of times I ordered here things did not work out and the service wasn’t great: misunderstanding or not listening on the phone, getting the wrong order, literally scooping out chicken when I clearly ordered vegetarian (that’s a big no no! The chefs did get reprimanded for this but then they lied about getting my order wrong), getting shrimp instead of chicken etc. What a shame! It’s still ‘so so’ but mostly because of the strong sauce flavor (sugar?).. but last night I ordered red veg curry and asked for extra vegetables (because I feel like they used to be so generous with this, one of the reasons I loved it here, and now they’re skimping fr…). I basically got red curry oil soup with tofu (which was nice and soft) and some bamboo and pepper …but not even one Thai eggplant in there as stated on the menu! No extra vegetables let alone regular vegetables. I was so sad :( I go there all the time but I’m going to look for another Thai place now. Too bad. You lost a loyal...

Celebrated my uncle's birthday there with 10 people. Food took way too long. Even had is waiting a long time on drinks. Waiter kept telling us it was busy and so on. Food we get wasn't good. In the chicken dishes the chicken was way overcooked and though. The duck dishes weren't tasty at all rubbery and fatty. Taste of spices were good..but all things in the dishes were overcooked and not that tasty. After all we ate, I was still hungry, so I ordered a couple of portions of Chicken Satay..he told me it will take 15mins. I agreed, but 20min later still no good. So after 25mins I canceled the order upon the waiter said..I told you. But this took longer than he said. Also there were a lot of orders they had to attend too..outside terras was full. It seems their priorities are with Thuisbezorgd and UberEATS. Fine in guests are last place. The waiter even suggested us to come on a different day when it is more quite. Will not go...