Siam Iyara Thai Restaurant — Restaurant in College Station

We had an interesting experience on our first visit. We arrived about 15 mins after opening, there were only two other tables seated. We ordered and promptly received our lunch special soup and salad. 30 mins later, the waitress brought us the check and we told her that we had not received our food. She left without any reply. Meanwhile the restaurant was almost full and most tables had received their entrees. We were later told the kitchen overlooked our order.

I had ordered yellow curry and a small bowl of Tom Yum. I had to ask for my Tom Yum. My yellow curry was ok, what there was of it. The curry did not even cover the bottom of the bowl. The potatoes were not “yellow” as the menu described or has pictured, but sweet potatoes or yams. It was odd, both in flavor and texture.

The Tom Yum was extremely sour. I understand Tom Yum is a sour soup, but this was so sour it was inedible. I love all things sour, but this was over the top as if some ingredients were left out. It was not the delicious balanced Tom Yum soup that I have had many times at many Thai restaurants. Just a bowl of extremely sour soup.

I mentioned the soup being too sour to eat to the waitress and she picked up the full bowl while clearing the dishes. No offer to compensate or remove the charge was offered. So we paid, tipped as normal and will try again one day. Maybe we were just jinxed on this day. We are moving to the area and I am searching for a new favorite...

First impressions matter. Unfortunately, the owners of Siam Iyara Thai Restaurant skim on customer comfort, with air conditioner temperature settings at what felt like tropical temps. With regard to food, everything was presented well and tasted pretty good. I ordered an appetizer of fried spring rolls with fish sauce, a cup of Tom Yum soup, and Beef Pad Thai. The fried spring rolls were decent and would feed two easily. The amount of lettuce and fish sauce with the spring rolls were insufficient, but I managed. The Tom Yum soup was delicious and had lots of veggies & chicken. And for a "small", the size was generous. The biggest disappointment was the Pad Thai, even though the dish tasted quite good. However, the amount of beef was woefully inadequate. Despite being spiced just right - I chose "spicy", which was perfect for a Cajun like me - the lack of sufficient slices of beef was another indication this restaurant is stingy and doesn't have the customers interests at heart. It may be that the profit margins are too thin, but from a customer's perspective, a good restaurant provides a great atmosphere, great food and great service at a decent price. This restaurant provides decent, authentic Thai dishes, but it doesn't quite measure up. If the restaurant had been cool, I might have had a different experience. I wouldn't write off this place. The food is decent. But they have a lot of work to do to put...

We had been wanting to try this place, but had been struggling with the weird hours. Honestly, the food was terrible. We picked our order up to go. Restaurant and staff seemed nice enough. We LOVE Thai food, and this was just awful. The portions were tiny, and especially with the high price, we expected more. There was very little meat in the dishes and even the sides of rice were small. We got an order of fried spring rolls. It was 2 rolls cut into 6 pieces. Cutting them down made them absorb more grease, so when you bit into them, the only thing you tasted was grease. The food was equally bland. No spice or even pepper would have gone a long way. I had the Pad Pepper Steak, that didn’t have any pepper in it. The meat had been boiled so long it just tasted like salty water. It didn’t even have a meat taste to it anymore. It was bad enough it wasn’t even worth the calories to keep eating it, and we definitely won’t be saving...