Thai Kitchen — Restaurant in Bethlehem

The boys and I decided to check this place out after a long, rainy afternoon. Upon entering I was nervous my friends were going to be late, and the eyeballs on my back weren't helping one bit. The waiter, a dashing young lad with a curious mustache, sat me at my table at once. As my compatriots arrive (after the predictably long wait) he approached our table with a smirk, filling our cups generously. I blushed unwittingly. He scurried back to the kitchen with his tail between his legs, ashamed of our impropriety! The menu was a clumsy collection of your standard Thai fares. My mates and I made our selections with the upmost certainty. Me? I went with the whole fish, a dish that peeked my interest, demanded my attentions, and most importantly reminds me of my summers in the outskirts lagoons that pepper the northern coast of the great Yukon Basin. Oh how I reminisce (forgive me of my presumptuous allusion) of those faithful summers. As a child, my late father and I often found ourselves in quarrels: "you shall receive HALF the fish, for, unlike your brother, you lack gumption!" And yet the cold gaze of a platted fish will send my heart sinking and remind me of my fatal mistake. As I recall the loose knot that abruptly sentenced my father to the depths of the Tatlmain, silly enough, I'm reminded of my own finitude. He was found in the belly of a whale, still clutching to his lapel, spangled by ribbons of valor from the Battle of Gallipoli. The waiter wakes me from my maritime reverie, "What will it be young lad?" I respond "the 43rd, please. Mild." Without hesitation he shoots back "Say it! No numbers."

With my Yankee accent I retort:...

We had a really disappointing experience here. Our group of 8 made a reservation a few days in advance for 6:30. On the day of, we called ahead to push it to 6:45 since we were running late. One of us arrived at 6:30 and offered to place everyone’s orders to help the kitchen get started, but the server declined. When the rest of us arrived (all by 7:10), the server made it clear he was frustrated — which we understand. As someone in the service industry, I know it is demanding and stressful, especially near closing. That said, the way he spoke to us felt overly hostile and unnecessarily rude. He repeatedly checked his watch in front of us and told us, “Your food will come in boxes because I’m packing up and leaving at 8.” The tone was very curt and unwelcoming, and it honestly felt like we were being pushed out. It was also one of our friend’s birthdays, and when we asked for a knife to cut a cake, we were told there wasn’t one available, which really added onto this feeling because.. no knife at a restaurant? We ended up leaving because we didn’t feel comfortable staying. Another group of diners even came up to us afterward and said, “Never let anyone talk to you like that,” which just confirmed how inappropriate the interaction was. For added context, we’re a group of college students (mostly women), and while we can’t say for certain, we did leave wondering if it influenced how we were treated — especially given how different the tone was from past visits. We’ve had positive experiences here before, which makes this one all the more...

I'm leaving 2 stars because my girl liked the food, but 3 are gone because the guy that could have served us was very off putting and unprofessional. We came in dine around 1:05pm, and when we sat down after grabbing two menus, the man said he doesn't serve people after two. He just had a nasty attitude about it, like how dare we sit down for lunch before 2. I understand you close for your own lunch or to prepare for dinner service, but my girlfriend and I came in with enough time to spare for you to make us some food. Yes, she came in yesterday, and it was take out like you said, but you were nice yesterday, and today you had a stick propping you up if you know what I mean...so it makes no sense why you would embarrass us when not only did she bring you additional business but we were going to leave a fantastic review and tell our friends that live locally to come and try your food. You don't need our business, you had a full house. Instead of having a nicer delivery and telling us we can only do take out, you embarrassed us...when people were already seated. I wouldn't have normally spent the time on this but it was very unexpected to receive that treatment. We ended up going to Wendy's where we received much better service! I've been to probably 50 Thai restaurants in the last 3 or 4 years and I've always been treated with the utmost respect and never made to feel like I shouldn't be there. Maybe you should work on that or at least post a sign so people know what's up! "Only take out...