Thai Noy Restaurant — Restaurant in Falls Church

Drastic change in quality. We used to come here once a month before the pandemic when we lived in Falls Church City. Food was magnificent. We moved to Alexandria and would still make the drive. We came on Father’s Day for the first time in almost 2 1/2 years, post pandemic. They weren’t very busy — 2 servers, patio about 75% full and only one table indoors. Every dish was terrible and I hate to say that because I voted for them for Taste of Arlington. Dramatic change since the pandemic. Coconut soup: far too much lime and the chicken was extremely dry. Satay: Chicken — grill burn marks in a few places, literally burnt chicken. Needless to say it was over cooked and also extremely dry. I brought a friend with me to celebrate a major accomplishment in her life. Thai food is her favorite and I told her we would be well-served to come here. I was so embarrassed. I hoped the entrees would be better. Unfortunately they weren’t. Chicken fried rice had three ingredients: chicken, rice & onions garnished with cilantro. No carrots, no egg, no scallions. Not even the cucumber decoration. I ordered the Crispy Fish with Chili Sauce, a market price dish. It used to be whole flounder and was amazing. Flounder is too expensive right now, they said, so they served with tilapia. I said okay. I was expecting whole tilapia in place of whole flounder. Instead they used fillets and they were so overcooked I couldn’t chew the meat. It looked and tasted like they’d been fried that morning and had been sitting before being reheated prior to pouring bottle chili sauce over them. I usually manage but it was so bad I sent it back. I decided not to order another dish. The mango sticky rice was decent. Mango was perfectly ripe. The rice was undercooked and the sauce was scarce.

They made it through COVID, and I’m so happy for them. I hope they’re able to return to their previous quality. Right now they’re limping along. Bad food for a restaurant not even busy in a major holiday. I drove 35 mins from DC to eat here, picking up my friend in Alexandria who was another 20 mins away. I may give them another shot if I’m in the area. I doubt I’ll make the drive again just to come here. $90 with Thai tea. Of course I still tipped the sever well. Very disappointing...

I literally wish I could give this establishment "no stars". Excused me, but my empty stomach is talking now. My mom and I decided to come here in passing to enjoy a good meal. After we were seated, we weren't giving menus nor were we asked our drinks. We just sat there while watching waiters glide up and down the aisles like we were invisible. Then we were asked what we were here for. We just simply asked for menus and to order our drinks. We were given one menu and my mom's drink took forever to arrive. We were given two cups of water, two napkins, three spoons and one fork. I couldn't believe it. After having to flag down a flying waiter, our satisfaction had worn very thin. My mom requested to order her drink again which was misunderstood the first time, and was given a Coke can and a cup. No waiters weren't checking on us to make sure we were being served properly, just stares and glares from other waiters flying back and forth from the kitchen. I thought that if Gorden Ramsey knew about this, he would've been livid. After my mom had to asked for the status of our order for the third time, we finally received our meal. My meal is getting cold right now from writing this, because I'm so disappointed about the level of service we've just witnessed. Now on to finally feeding my stomach. I will never come here again, nor recommend a dog to come here. I recommend that they perform better as a team when serving a diversity of customers that come to their restaurant....

Friends and I went here after a backpacking trip and we were tired and hungry for some hot food. So Thai Noy was already at an advantage. The food we got however was still bad enough that we didn't eat most of the main entrees. The appetizers should have been a sign -- I ordered the chive dumplings. These had a lot of chives in them, but I couldn't taste anything but oil because it was just soaked in it. Not complaining about just "oily" or greasy food - I could not taste any of the chives in each dumpling. We decided to wait for the entrees and we realized it was the same story. One of our entrees had cold tofu and both entrees were way more spicy than they should be (the owner even acknowledged this). All of us are used to heat in our food but this was just an unreasonable amount - to the point where it's no longer spicy but just burning our mouths. Apart from this, the food itself wasn't good. The Emerald Curry barely had any curry in it (this was the one with the cold tofu). I've had cheapo Thai and expensive Thai, but I've never had Thai this bad. And to top this all off, this place is not a cheap hole in the wall or anything. Entrees were $14-16. We told the manager/owner(?) who said "we'll fix it" - came back with the dishes and quite literally said "the drunken noodles are now edible, trust me, I know what you were talking about". Arlington may have good food. But this place is does not have it. Do...