Tuptim Thai Ponte Vedra — Restaurant in Florida

Mom brought us here after she tried it last month, said she wanted me to try this new place (new to us).

We're Thai (born in Thailand) and have a long history with restaurants including working several Thai places and patronizing many more all over the world. In our family eating Thai food is well beyond an Olympic sport. So when she says good things about a Thai restaurant, I pay attention.

We started with Green Tea. Mom had Thai tea which I normally don't like but this was very good. She agreed it's one of her favorite renditions. Not too sweet.

Dragon lemon garnish. As little as this seems it's important to me. Thai garnishes are known for adding colorful creative detail. It means their food presentation is important and as mom said a few times, they must have an experienced Thai cook.

The Spring Roll - tight roll finely chopped. Another good sign of an experienced hand in the kitchen.

They seemed to be caught off guard with today's lunch rush so I won't hold service being stretched a little thin against them. It happens. Service was fine, polite, personable. The waiter took the time to have a full conversation in Thai about dishes he wanted. But it was still not exceptional on this visit.

Everyone's food was pretty good. The calamari/seafood salad was exceptionally good.

I didn't like the green curry at all. It was way too sweet and thin for me and doesn't taste like the green curry I crave to try at every Thai place I go to. It's like the burger test or fry test for American restaurants. Someone that's never had green curry anywhere else might enjoy it. But I wouldn't.

Drunken noodles had a great flavor and nice heat (I asked for Thai hot) but I think the sauce fell victim to the lunch pop. It was slightly on the dried, clumpy side, maybe a little too long on the heat.

Thai restaurants aren't known for their consistency so it'll be interesting to go back. Def getting the calomari/seafood salad and something...

Really great Thai food! The Tom Kha soup was the best we've had just the right amount of sweet and sour. We got the curry delight with the tofu. All 3 curries, massaman, green, and panang. The flavor profiles were fantastic! The veggies were very fresh and not overcooked! I wish the tofu had been fried more. They had a free appetizer of this light chicken broth soup and a spring roll. Soup was fine and the spring roll was perfectly fried. The dipping sauce was on point. We also had the fried tofu for appetizer which left a lot to be desired. I love tofu, but this tofu was lightly breaded and fried with no crispness on the outside and the tofu itself had minimal flavor. The dipping sauce with it was delicious. I was disappointed with the mango sticky rice. The mango itself was fresh and ripe enough, however, the sticky rice with it was just hohum which was a sad way to end an overall delicious meal. I would definitely go back and just get the...

I did take out at lunch. I called ahead and was told 20 min. It ended up being 30+min. I stood at counter in the middle of the room for 10 min. even though it was not crowded. How awkward. And I think they waited to prepare the food until I paid, because the man who took the order then barked something in his language to the kitchen. I didn't like the atmosphere, (dark, tables close together )and I didn't think they were very welcoming. Lacked customer service skills. However the food was good. I ordered Chicken Pad Thai , Chicken curry and vegetable fried rice. Pricing was interesting. I was charged $37 (dinner rates) because I wanted the larger size portions of rice and Pad Thai. So while I would never dine in, I did enjoy the food. So while the food was 4 star they get a 2 star for...