Bay View Thai Kitchen — Restaurant in Depoe Bay

TL;DR: homey atmosphere and meals. Food not overly flavored. The water tasted off to me — bring your own if you’re sensitive.

Parking: small shared one lane lot next to the street.

Atmosphere: the exterior is rather outdated and worn but the interior is nicer. Only a few tables inside have a window seat for you to view the marina — no windows actually face the ocean.

Service: wait to be seated, you will be watered, order at the table, check brought to you (no tax in case you forgot you’re in Oregon).

Menu: short and simple with no images but the descriptions are sufficient. I like how non-spicy is an option. There’s a shorter menu during lunch hour with slightly lower prices. Lunch items come with 2 pieces of gyoza.

Kid Friendliness: high chairs, booster seats, children’s utensils and plates.

The water tasted a bit strange to me. It almost had a salty ocean aroma and aftertaste to it. I wasn’t a fan and pulled out my own water bottle.

Pad Kee Mao: though the noodles were pretty flavorful, I found that the veggies were rather bland and the pork was a bit on the dry side. The dish was very heavy on the noodles, onions, and bamboo slices. I barely had any protein — the pork was gone before I even reached the halfway...

This is at a nondescript place by Depoe bay and I wasn’t sure what to expect there. However nothing to worry. First off, it does face the bay opposite to the beach. The owner clearly loves plants and succulents - there are house plants all over the restaurant, including the bathroom. They had only a few tables filled in at the late hour that we arrived but they got busier even at 3 pm in the afternoon. We placed an order of basil shrimp rolls for our appetizer. While my husband had a beer, we had Thai ice tea and young coconut water to share. The coconut water was fresh and refreshing!! Perfect. The shrimp rolls were quite good due to the element of the fried Thai basil . My son had pad kee Mao with chicken and it was as good as we all expected. My husband had the green curry and thought it was excellent. My curry powder fried rice was so good - full of veggies, spice and finger licking good. Because we were in there past lunch hour, unfortunately we had to order the dinner portions which were quite huge. Lot of leftovers! The owner walked around seated tables occasionally checking on everyone. Later our server took the young coconut to split it and give us the coconut meat. Appreciated it and...

Just had the most unpleasant experience at this place. Walked in and wasn't greeted, standing at the door for 10 minutes, not even being acknowledged. Some locals came in and just walked past me. I said I was there first, and the lady working said she knew. Then I proceeded to hear her say to the locals that she guessed the people who made reservations weren't coming and said for them to have a seat. I then asked how long the wait would be. She dismissively shrugged and said, "Well, they are full, and she had no idea how long it would be, but I could sit at the bar", which had stuff all over it and wasn't set up for dinning, I said but the people she just sat, were here after me, and she lied straight to my face, saying they had reservations. I then just left feeling very disrespected. The kicker is, I'm a food critic writing for a gluten-free magazine about places on the Oregon coast to safely eat. I was going to review this place, but now all I'm going to say is to avoid this place. Because if the wait staff can't even seat folks in order or keep a respectful and courteous disposition, they most certainly can't be trusted to prepare food safely for those with allergies or food...