All Thai — Restaurant in Bellevue

This spot is truly a hidden gem tucked among the endless strip malls. Whether you're in the mood for a relaxed meal or something with a touch of elegance for date night, the ambiance hits the mark. The staff were friendly and attentive, and the food was excellent.

I originally discovered this place while hunting for pad woon sen—a dish that was surprisingly hard to find during that stretch when we weren’t coming into the office. After my first visit, I was hooked. Even a coworker commented on how delicious it looked and now swears by it as his go-to order. For me, it’s all about that perfect balance: the glossy noodles infused with soy sauce, egg, and oil, paired with protein and vegetables.

On our most recent visit, we also tried the tom yum and fried tilapia. While I’m no expert on either dish, they definitely met my expectations.

Highly recommend this place for its inviting atmosphere, great service, and consistently tasty food.

Note on my rating scale: Sharing this for transparency, as I recognize that a 3-star review may be misinterpreted as reflecting a mediocre experience.

5 stars – Exceptional: Outstanding food, service, and/or overall experience. Truly worth going out of your way for. (For example, we frequently make the drive from San Antonio to Austin just for Uchi.) 4 stars – Very Good: Exceeds expectations in quality, service, or ambiance. 3 stars – Good: A solid experience that meets expectations. I consider any place with 3 stars or above worthy of a return visit. 2 stars – Disappointing: Falls short in food quality or service. 1 star – Poor: Not...

4 stars is as high as I usually give unless the place has impeccable and exceptional quality and service, which is rare in most cases.

Food wise this restaurant delivers on the mark. It has that "wok hei" 鑊氣 or 鍋氣 , a.k.a. wok fragrance from the high heat cooking, for the fried rice. The overall taste for the Pad Kee Mao and the Basil fried rice is a tad sweeter than what we are normally used to, but still acceptable. The grilled short rib is very nicely done, and well presented. My only complaint is the sticky rice came inside a plastic sandwich bag stuffed inside a bamboo tube. That's a bit tacky, and I'm not a fan of hot food being served inside plastic bags.

This place is severely understaffed, so expect wait time to get seated, and wait time to get your order taken. But once the kitchen has your order, the food comes out quickly. However, don't expect much attention at your table because the wait staff of two is busy running around serving all the tables and ushering new customers. So get everything ordered early, and just sit and enjoy your meal.

I would go back, and definitely would recommend to friends.

A quick note, if you are not a fan of IG/TikTok dining, you may be overwhelmed by the exorbitant amount of decor. But people go there to film for IG and TikTok because of the lavish decor. All I can say is those things will just be collecting dust over time, and that's not good for diners when they fall...

I wanted to like it, the staff were kind of charming, and the decor was kind of impressive in a way, but when it comes down to it, it’s the food.

My phad see ew was cold and the seafood in it was dangerously undercooked. They missed several important aspects to our orders.

My mom did not get her dish until we had all the rest of us finished eating.

I asked for spicy it was nowhere spicy. It was not spicy in the slightest.

They were constantly needing to be reminded of stuff that was missing from our order, and believe me our order came to like $200 for four people.

They meant well and they tried hard, but the kitchen is not in synch.

Any one or two of my problems with this place would be forgivable but when you get all four of them at once, I’m sorry I can’t go for that. Advice: Stick to an earthy, authentic place where the food is piping hot and there’s no attitude and no particular decor —you’ll be happier.

And then there was this very loud and shrill telephone that was ringing off the hook, but no one was answering it and we asked several times to have the telephone unplugged no luck, anyway for the money, I would not eat there again.

In short, the food was incredibly ho-hum for the money.

Ps. As a person has eaten it many restaurants in my life, I have learned one thing: be wary of a place that has dozens of menu items, this is really a bad sign. Prefer places with limited but well done,...