Thai Tamarind Restaurant — Restaurant in Belmont

Update (Jan 2021)

I have no idea what happened to this place. We had a Pad Thai, Tom Kha soup, Masumun curry and fried rice. Pad Thai had flaky and dry eggs, bland and dry noodles with sandy texture, and cardboard chicken that didn't taste of anything. Probably the worst Pad Thai I've had in a while. Fried rice again, completely bland and tasteless. Masumun curry had beef chunks in it, very few and again, tasteless. The only decent saving was the Tom Kha soup which wasn't too sour and was appropriate. But again, the prawns in it, completely tasteless. It is clear that something has happened to this restaurant. They are just dumping stale and not fresh meat (shrimp, beef, chicken) into their regular dishes, rather than crafting the dish around the ingredient. And again, that Pad Thai... completely dusty... Super disappointing.

Your homely Thai restaurant with modern interior and surprisingly authentic Thai food. Chicken satays were surprisingly great. Pad Thai was great. This is one of the rare jewels in San...

I showed up earlier today for take out. After ordering from the blue preprinted takeaway menus present at the door and at the counter, I happened to notice that the billed prices were $1 higher per dish for each of the two dishes ordered. When I asked why, the reply was "Oh, we printed those menus 3 years ago, and we couldn't stand to just throw them out". While I approve of the ecology of such a decision, it represents consumer fraud for each such dish sold to the public -- apparently for years. Note that the response was not "you're right", or "we'll fix that", or even "we'll put up a little sign so people know". So it seemed apparent to me that the proprietor felt entitled to charge the wrong price, and I felt churlish and ungenerous just to pay the correct amount. Under normal circumstances, I would report this to consumer affairs. But I, personally, won't be back -- as a matter of principle, and I will post this on social media sites instead. ...

My partner and I ordered yellow curry w/rice, spring rolls, and Pad Thai. My partner had The Pad Thai and only could get through 2-3 bites before they had to stop, they said it tasted really off and had a strange smell. Once i got closer to the pad thai i was able to smell it and honestly it was one of the worse smelling things i ever encountered when it came to food. It was so bad that we couldn’t even finish the curry or spring rolls as it ruined our appetite. As i was tossing it back in the bag it came i started gagging as i was able smell the noodles more.

Honestly I would’ve made the short drive to restaurant to ask for a refund but the smell was so bad I just needed to get...