Nuk's Thai Cuisine — Restaurant in De Pere

Ordered takeout on a chilly January day. We were really craving Thai and this was one of the few places open on a Sunday.

For appetizers we got the egg rolls, spring rolls, and Tom kha gai soup. Egg rolls were good and fried well, still crisp when we got them home. Spring rolls were the weirdest thing, served sliced into 3 pieces and drowned in peanut sauce and crushed peanuts. I LOVE these kind of fresh rolls but all I could taste was lettuce and peanut. I deconstructed one to find a tiny scrap of chicken in the greens and some thin as a whisker sprouts. Not bad per se but definitely a letdown when I'm used to whole rolls that you can control the sauce and get a good balance of crisp veggies and tender meats in each bite.

The Tom kha...uhhhh. The only word is SWEET. SO SWEET. Like they used sweetened coconut milk from the coffee shop and coconut cream and some palm sugar. Had it not had veggies in it I would've thought it was a watery coconut pudding. There was no lime, no galangal, no heat, no fish sauce. That's my favorite soup and I was thoroughly disappointed.

My cousin got the shrimp pad Thai which had perfectly cooked shrimp but it was very dry. Tasty but everything congealed together since there wasn't enough sauce to keep it separate. Also no fresh bean sprouts or anything green (scallion, cilantro) so it was a tan, peanut encrusted lump of noodle and egg with some perfect shrimp.

Her boyfriend wanted the curry sampler but we were told they don't do that for takeout anymore due to packaging issues. Fair. So he got the red veggie curry and the spicy basil fried rice without meat. Curry was fine. The rice however is the one thing I would go back for. It had a nice kick to it and lots of veggies so it wasn't just rice with bits of egg. It was the perfect level of moisture too.

My red chicken curry was fine. Had a nice bit of heat. But nothing to write home about.

The location is odd, down near the water and absolutely an old supper club. You walk in to a big empty room with a few lounge-style chairs, there's a big, dark wood bar. There's a brighter seating area toward the water and a nice looking deck and another room off to the side that might be for larger parties? Though honestly the only thing that distinguishes it from a supper club in looks were the Buddha statues here and there.

All in all, probably not a repeat visit since I'm not in the...

Worst customer service I have ever experienced! Walked in with my husband, 3.5 year old, and 10 month old and was seated in the outdoor patio right away. Good atmosphere and food if you are willing to wait 1 hour 40 minutes to eat. Our waitress took our order pretty quick after sitting. We received our appetizer 20 minutes later then waited another hour and 20 minutes for our main course(2 dishes). The waitress checked on our drinks during the appetizer and then she never came back to our table. After flagging over a waitress I checked on our order. She told me our order was 2 from the front. After waiting another 30 minutes I talked to the manager who was bartending. He wasn't very apologetic or personable but he said he would take care of it. When the waitress finally delivered our food she apologized and asked if we wanted it boxed up to go cuz of our kids. She also quietly mentioned our food would be covered. The food was pretty good but not worth an hour and 40 min wait even without kids. Finally got the bill and they did not cover anything as mentioned. Went to the manager again with my bill and said how dissappiointed I was with the wait and service and he said "what to you expect on a Friday night". He kept reaching for my card and the bill. I told him what the waitress said when delivering our food and he was not willing to adjust anything. Finally he said he would take care of it and he grabbed my card and bill. He took $4 off. Even that was an insult. He didn't even apologize. I have never been treated so poorly from a restaurant. I have been a server for 15 years and would bend over backwards for a table if I had them waiting this long by at least offering desert. If there had been a wait to sit at a table I would have more understanding but they were not that busy. I find this unacceptable with or without kids even if it was a Friday night. They should staff better for a Friday night if that was the case. I will not...

So, I came here twice in a week. First time, with my family and the next, with my in laws. Our experience the first time was similar to the second. We were seated away from people (my assumption is from me having children with that are behaved) which was fine but just felt like children really aren’t welcome like adults. Then not having a kids menu options on the menu asserted my assumptions about this establishment really being for adults. Anyways, the service was good both times however, we noticed right away, the music being played, kept skipping like an old, scratched cd in a cd player (I’m a 90s baby and remember what those are) because the music kept cutting in and out. We mentioned it to the waitress and she said she’d talk to the manager, it never got fixed. Fast forward to the week later we came in and the problem wasn’t resolved. Not sure if it was like that because the connection was bad from where they play is, assuming they’re using Bluetooth, but for as loud as the music is, it was entirely annoying to listen to while we ate our meals or waited for our food over small talk. The food, was delicious. I wasn’t fan of the super spicy curry my son ordered (we sampled each others dishes) as I felt that it tasted citrusy and left a weird after taste. The creamy garlic shrimp was what we ordered my daughter. We absolutely loved her dish so much that when we returned the that second time in a week, we all ordered the same thing. The calamari was phenomenal both times! They were huge pieces of squid instead of most places, frying up dinky pieces or small rings. The egg rolls, don’t get me started! Those were soooo good!! I could have made a meal out of the egg rolls alone they’re simply that good! All around, both times, our...