Chang Thai Cville — Restaurant in Charlottesville

We were visiting family in Baltimore MD, coming from N.C & passing thru Charlottesville VA, got off the exit & stopped at a gas station but their Bathroom was out of order so we proceeded down the street and came upon this restaurant Chang Thai that looked inviting & they were open. So my brother went inside first & asked a lady if we could use the restroom & that we were passing thru & she said it was ok. It was my brother, myself & my 2 daughters we were trying to hurry it up & leave. Then out of nowhere this guy who is the manager asked us what the problem was while we were waiting for my daughter to finish so the rest of us could use the restroom and when my brother explained we were just using the bathroom he said " you should of asked me first" referring to using the restroom. We didn't see anyone else but the 2 ladies that were standing in front by the kitchen. There was no sign on the window/door of the restaurant saying "No public restroom". If that would have been the case we would of never stopped, but for him to say "you should of asked me first" was rude to say the least. Also he said something about people are scared or something along those lines (basically implying that possibly we were up to no good or something because we are African American). You did let us use the restroom but I think it could of been handled more customer friendly on your...

This place was on point! I just happened to be driving through town heading south for a work trip and found this restaurant purely by luck. All of the seasonings and food are handmade inside of the store. The waitress told me that all of the spices that they use are hand toasted on their own oven and combined by the chef on a daily basis. This was incredible! I would definitely recommend this location to anybody. I ordered the beef pho the tiger roll and the spring rolls. The total for all of this was only $34. I thought it was a great value for the money. The only complaint that I would have, is it is very limited seating as they only had about seven tables that could see the total of four people per table.

My rating system consists of a 3-star being exactly what I expected and neither good nor bad. A 4 means something was extra special whether it was service, food, staff, etc., and a 5 means I was blown away. A 2 star rating was disappointing with no offer to correct the experience and a 1-star rating...

I’ve had so many disappointing Thai meals in C’ville that I didn’t expect much here—but to my surprise, it wasn’t bad at all! The portions were generous, and the Pad Thai, red curry, and fried rice were all pretty decent. I’d definitely come back to try other dishes. Service and pricing were both reasonable.

My only complaint is that the portion of rice served with the red curry was a bit too small to soak up all the sauce. It would be much better if they served it in a bowl rather than on a plate—scraping up every last bite of sauce and rice wasn’t the easiest. Oh well.

I gave only 2 stars for the atmosphere because they use plastic cups and styrofoam containers for hot food, which isn’t ideal. Also, the noise level made conversation difficult—not because people were being loud, but just due to the way the space is set up.

Overall, a decent spot that exceeded my expectations, but with a few areas that could...