Thai Esane — Restaurant in Concord

In 40 years of enjoying Thai food at restaurants, I have never wanted to write a review.

Unfortunately, I made the mistake of getting dinner at Thai Esane, in Concord NC tonight. I foolishly based my decision to go there exclusively on their website photos, ignoring the underwhelming 3.6/5 reviews here on Google and 3.8/5 on Yelp.

The food was just flat out bad, no flavor covered in hot spices. Chicken is typically sliced, in virtually all Thai restaurants. The low grade chicken in my Pad Thai was cut in chucks with plenty of gristle and cartilage attached.

The person I went with had the Panang Curry - disastrous! Curry is usually served in an aromatic coconut milk broth, this was served with something with the consistency of Thousand Island dressing (HORRIBLE).

Add insult to injury, they don't offer or serve tap water to drink with your meal, you have to buy a beverage. Worse, were asked for napkins. The guy behind the counter, who could barely speak a word of English, pointed to me to go ask for napkins from another restaurant located in the same food courts; instead of getting his lazy legs up from behind the counter and go get napkins for his customers.

This was such a terrible dining experience, I am hoping to save you from wasting your hard earned income.

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