Thai Thai II — Restaurant in Bethlehem

I’m not one to normally post a negative review but my experience at this establishment left me shocked and not in a good way. Bottom line is I took my Thai wife out to dinner after our day at MusicFest in Bethlehem. The Thai waitress was very friendly and she and my wife shared some pleasantries. We then ordered our apps and entrees. My wife loves mussels so much so we ordered the steamed mussels (I ordered the dumplings). When the waitress bought over the apps a few minutes later I smelled something that had an odor of spoiled food. Wasn’t ever sure it was coming from our table at first and while my wife was chatting with our server I tasted the sauce for the dumplings and the dumplings themselves but they seemed fine. I smelled the mussels and that is what had this horrific smell. I told my wife to not eat the mussels as I was afraid she would get horribly sick. By then the server has walked away so I called her back over. I told her the mussels were spoiled and she asked me if I wanted to return the mussels or eat them. I was shocked. I told her of course we wanted to send back the mussels so she took them away. After a few minutes she returned from the kitchen area and she told us the mussels admittedly were not fresh but still could be consumed if we wanted to eat them. I was stunned. I told her respectfully we would not be interested in eating spoiled seafood. The smell alone made us nauseous. Was absolutely stunned about what she said. I would never go back to this establishment after this awful experience. Like I said she was friendly enough and I realize she is not the owner or the cook but what an awful suggestion to make to a customer. Never going back there again after...

Tried a slew of dishes for carryout, and was fairly pleased.

The chicken lettuce wraps were simple, but definitely delicious with a lot of flavor. The papaya salad had flavor, but no heat — which becomes a theme, so if you want the “Thai spicy” you may have to ask for it; I’ve never tasted so much in the papaya salad, but also never not had that punch of heat, so I had mixed feelings.

The pad thai was again, simple. Left a bit to be desired as it’s kind of the staple dish for ordering Thai (as an American at least). It was nice that it wasn’t a big greasy mess of noodles that some Thai places can have, but again just very simple (and zero heat).

The pineapple fried rice was disappointing. Lackluster flavor with a chunk of pineapple here and there, and the shrimp seemed cheap. Usually one of my favorite dishes but this wasn’t the case here.

Another plus was that the leftovers held up and tasted fine the next day, which I feel is worth noting.

The aesthetic inside felt more Thai, with dated Asian looks and pictures of Thai royalty around — which is usually a good sign that it is Thai run, therefore usually having more true Thai flavors, but the only two people we interacted with were not Thai so I’m not sure if those roots still exist.

Not the worst place by any means, but if I were local I’d probably try another place before settling on this as the Thai spot. I almost want to give a 4-star, but feel it falls short...

I was excited to try this restaurant because of the reviews, but had friends visiting from out of town with serious food allergies (shrimp and peanuts) I was apprehensive to order Thai food, but when asked they said that they they were able to accommodate for food allergies and they did, so that was great. One person ordered drunken noodles and loved it. We order Larb which I love., and it was not bad, but they used roman lettuce instead of mint, so it did not have the right flavor, not bad- but not really what we ordered. Finally I ordered Pad Thai, which maybe because of the aforementioned peanut allergy they just decided to err on the side of caution, but was missing the usual toppings. Basically noodles with a few sprouts on top and a lemon wedge instead of a lime. It was not bad, but I would not go back and order it. Overall it was okay. It you LOVE good Thai food and think that based on other reviews this could be what you have been craving you will be disappointed. However the people in the restaurant and when taking the order by phone were very polite and friendly and they took the food allergy request seriously (sadly a lot of places don't), so that in itself may be worth the visit. If they have a lunch option maybe try a less pricey lunch option before diving into the...