Let’s Eat Thai Cuisine — Restaurant in Albuquerque

Underwhelmed and Disappointing... and truly worthy an 'Albuquerque Five Star' (A standard rating given to any new restaurant opening in Albuquerque)

After our go to 'Thai Restaurant' closed, the search for a replacement began. After reading views decided to give Lets' Eat Thai Cuisine" a go. In all fairness I refrain from reviewing anyplace after a first visit thus eliminating any preconceived expectations. We ordered a second time, the first time 15 October and again last night 6 Nov. Both times we selected the same items: Pad Kee Mow/Chicken (SP5), Green Curry/Chicken/Hot (C1), 'Homemade' Eggroll (A1).

Here is where the disappointment began... Eggrolls - Appeared to be anything but homemade. Everything was too consistent, uniform and lacked any variation in size, shape, filling to be homemade. In fact, I have purchased the similar, if not the exact eggrolls at Costco.

Portion size... Honestly, they were extremely small for the price paid. The Pad Kee barely filled a standard 8x8 to-go container halfway on 6 Nov, and slightly larger portion the first time. There was a small about of leftovers the first time and no leftovers last night.

The Green Curry, filled a deli size plastic quart container by half at best. Again, no leftovers last night.

Taste... Eggrolls - bland, frozen poor attempt to pass off as "homemade"

Pad Kee Mow/Chicken - the noodles were cooked well. Chick was so finely minced it was difficult to distinguish between it and the egg and bamboo shoots. The spice was perfect and added to the dish

Green Curry/Chicken - The taste of the spicy green curry was flavorful. A perfect blend of coconut milk, green curry, and an expect amount of heat. Unfortunately, that is where it ends. The container primarily consisted of curry broth. The amount of chicken and vegetable was a minimum, at best. The green beans were wilted and slightly passed their prime, while the red bell pepper was crisp, it was also scarce. Bamboo shoots were plentiful, and the sweet basil appeared to be an after thought and just tossed in.

The search for a 'new' Thai restaurant...

I’ve visited and lived in Thailand 5 different times in my life. I know what good Thai food tastes like and I’ve taken Thai cooking classes in Thailand; We ordered 5 dishes. 1 dishes was good, 1 was mediocre and the other 3 were just plain BAD. 1.The teriyaki chicken bowl was drenched with teriyaki sauce. (It’s not Thai food but still) Couldn’t even eat the rice. Only ate half the chicken on top. 2.Papaya salad was good but they didn’t properly grind the ingredients together and some ingredients were missing. 3.The soup was ok, they added way too much onion as a filler and this is not a normal ingredient that is added to this soup, it also had no taste but I was so hungry that I only had 1 small bowl, then brought the leftovers home to fix the taste. 4.Pad Thai was very sticky I couldn’t separate the noodles. Also brought it home to fix the problem. Their pork Larb was the worst I’ve ever had in my life. It literally tasted like it was burnt and was covered with seasoning to override the burnt taste. I do not recommend this dish at all.

I didn’t take pictures because the dish presentation was well put together. I give them that much.

I do appreciate that she took the Pork Larb off my bill. But I do feel that it was way too expensive for the rushed experience and the quality of the food. We won’t be back but do...

A friend had recommended this place to me after I mentioned I'm always on the lookout for good thai food. I pulled into the parking lot and wasn't super excited from the view I got before going inside. As soon as I walked in, I noticed a beautiful arrangement of houseplants, all of which were thriving. We were greeted and seated immediately, and my wife mentions how clean the place is. We tried two appetizers, the fresh rolls and the fried shrimp. Each came with a sauce that complements them perfectly. The server was very knowledgeable about the different menu options and helped us decide on the pad thai with crab meat and a green papaya salad. I asked her to have my salad very spicy, she asked "thai hot?" and I said yes, not fully convinced that they would indeed make it extra spicy. I was pleasantly surprised when the salad came out that it was as spicy as I like it, which is probably much hotter than most folks would enjoy their food. But getting past the heat level, the food was authentic to the traditional style and flavor of quality thai fair. I was in heaven, albeit more than a bit sweaty. All in all I have to say, this may be my new favorite thai place, and can't...