Purple Chopstix — Restaurant in Athens

Where do I start? Lived down here for years and never went to the place because the best Chinese in town was right down the street. Turns out this is exactly what I expected a trendy pretentious little joint with the weirdest decorations you can imagine. Walked in late on a Friday and the place is practically empty. Only one couple in front of me and they've been waiting like 20 minutes. The woman in charge was running around like a chicken with her head cut off fussing and sweating like a Karen. 10 more minutes later and she finally seats the other people and leave me standing there for yet another 10 minutes! 3 or 4 empty tables where I could have sat down and waited but no. Finally she approaches me and says do I have a reservation? Excuse me? No She walks away! Finally the one only other waitress walk me to a table that was right in front of me. Another very long wait while the one or two other tables get served and leave. She finally gives me two menus and there's only like two Asian dishes on it. Mostly pseudo Italian pasta. So I settle for the one Asian stir fry thing and it comes with a cup of soup so I ordered the tom yum thai soup. Another long wait and finally some green tea comes out. Meanwhile another couple came in after me and already had their dishes on the table. Soup was kind of strange and overly spicy. It seems like I was there for hours when the original fussy Karen brings my dish. I try a piece and the rice and of course it's cold. She comes back and I tell her this and she lies and tells me she watched the chef plate it just then. Very nasty so I said no it's been sitting back there for a while. Almost immediately the other waitress comes right back out with the same plate and I asked did they microwave that? She says no I just brought it out and I tell her the other woman had just put it on the counter and left it after I sent it back cold. She was actually very nice but the other one, no reason for it. She said the chef would be glad to do it again I said no forget it I'll just pay for the soup. I told her the other Karen was unnecessarily nasty, I left a nice tip and said do not give that to the other woman. Don't live down in Athens anymore so I won't be returning to this particular spot. Amazing how people who work in restaurants obviously hate their job or despise the people. A perfect restaurant for chef Gordon Ramsay. The one star for services for the Karen not the young lady who seemed a bit trapped in...

Very slow service. It took 15 minutes of sitting at a seat before my server came to talk with me. I had the green curry, and it was very underwhelming. Compared to a traditional green curry there was very little gravy and quite a lot of vegetables. With most of the vegetables I was confused as to what it was trying to add to the dish. Also because they decided to put everything on one plate and they poured the gravy over the rice, the rice was soggy. The gravy itself was too sweet, and the chicken was poorly cleaned. I had to spit out a few hard lumps from the chicken.

That being said, the soup of the day that I had was delicious. I wish I had just ordered a bowl of that. The atmosphere was nice with some quirky decorations, but you need to watch your step as there are many level changes. There is a nice outdoor area, but is right next to some woods so you may have some bug issues.

Overall it was very disappointing, and an expensive mistake. For a dish costing $17 I was hoping for it to be an amazing curry, but it only ended up disappointing. Perhaps their other dishes are much better, but for the prices they are asking and the quality I ended up getting, I would highly suggest...

Purple Chopstix is one of the reasons I object to the 5 start rating system.

I love it. I love it. I love it.

I've heard it described as hippie Thai food, and that makes sense to me, but you could also call it spicy comfort food or local exotic.

I believe it's thirty mile meal, and I think they're associated with (hashtag) Passion Works, and I guarantee you've never eaten anywhere like it. (If you can prove to me that you have, I'll buy your next Tom Yum.)

Meanwhile, if you have a bad thing to say about anybody who works there, you have my deepest sympathy, because you must be a sad, hateful person, and your life will be endlessly difficult. I wish you well.

Pro Tips: grab a bottle of wine at the drive through next door, part at the bank accross the street, and, if one of the tables on the bridge over the creek out back is available, for the gods' sake, sit at it.

5 stars, 10/10, 100%, pi out of pi, The Golden Ratio, pick your rating system. I've eaten there 100+times and always leave a better person than...