Chinese Combo Thai Cuisine — Restaurant in Four Corners States

Don't let the outside appearance or the name of this restaurant fool you. This restaurant is a gem! I will comment more about the name later.

My sister and I (half Chinese and well traveled,) had the Panang Curry. My mother (full Chinese and well traveled,) had the red curry, and my daughter (quarter Chinese and not so well traveled,) had the string beans. We shared a plate of lo mein.

Everything was excellent, including the spring roll and the soups that came with the lunch special. Although we were served lots of food, there were no leftovers. We ate very well indeed! The sesame balls were so good we had to order a second helping even though we were stuffed. Everyone of us was very happy with our meal.

One measure of excellent Asian Cuisine is how you feel after you've eaten. In spite of eating copiously​, we all felt good afterwards. We didn't experience any of the heaviness, tiredness or headache often associated with a large meal. This is a sure indication of a high quality meal made with quality ingredients, and done right!

Yinan, our Chinese waiter, was friendly, attentive, knowledgeable, and helpful. He also had an excellent command of English, and was able to advise us on our food choices.

I'm not used to spotless hole-in-the-wall restaurants, but this place was amazingly clean and well lit (the lighting wasn't obnoxious or garish though.) You could bring your prim Aunt from Omaha here, and not freak her out. Even the ambiance was passably pleasant.

The vegan options were plentiful, and I expect they will all be delicious. The price was about $1 or $2 higher than bargain lunch combos might be, but the quality of food and the excellent service makes it easily worth it.

The name of this place, "Chinese Combo/Thai Cuisine Restaurant" is highly descriptive, not to mention poetic, lyrical and evocative also. The ingenious name immediately conjures up the image of a lotus garden beside a babbling brook, that is decorated with Chinese lanterns, where you are served delicate foods by petite and gracious Chinese maidens. Seriously, as long as we are going with totally literal restaurant names, they should rename this place to "Totally Delicious Chinese Combo/Thai Cuisine with Excellent Service Restaurant."

My only complaint was the lack of beer choices. They only had three or four excellent Asian beers to choose from. I prefer Dos Equis XX beer regardless of the Cuisine I'm enjoying.

I can't wait to go back.

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Here is an update from a visit 3 weeks later:

This time we had a waiter named Wayne. He also earned a gold star for excellent customer service.

This time we went for dinner and had an excellent experience very similar to the last visit. We all enjoyed ourselves and the food was excellent.

Although I had the dinner version of what I ordered last time, I also ordered the lemongrass hot and sour soup with assorted veggies. (No, it's not vegan because it is made with chicken broth, but it was well worth jumping off the wagon for one meal.) The soup's flavor was eye opening and good. I was glad I added it to my repertoire.

Since we were there for dinner, the portions were larger than last time. This time everyone had enough left over to take home with them for another meal, (which we all happily did.)

I live in Scottsdale, the land of fantastic restaurants. The food served here can compete with any of them. If you live in Tucson and like Chinese or Thai food, you are really missing out if you don't try this place. . Third visit still excellent. Did I mention the sesame balls? Still no Dos Equis XX beer. . 2018.09.23 Still the best lo mein in AZ. We got Yinan as our waiter again today. He's studying to be a mechanical engineer. He's highly personable and a very good waiter.

2019.04.16 We returned for a surprise birthday party with about 20 people. The food and service were still excellent. (Please warn them ahead of time if you're going...

I ordered Tom Kha here as I was craving some authentic Thai food. Now, I had Tom Kha in Thailand and I found the best Tom Kha at 4 seasons but that restaurant was permanently closed. So, I was looking for that flavor again. And this place, OMG their Tom Kha was soooooo BAD and AWFUL! Just AWFUL! It was the worse! How do I describe it to you? There was coconut milk, and everything else. Nothing fit in together. It is like I lay everything on my table, take a bite of this and take a bite of that, then take a sip of coconut milk, if that makes sense. Even worse, can you believe that they put chestnut and canned mini corn in TOM KHA?! It was such a huge INSULT to Thai cuisine! This restaurant is nothing close to authentic. And I will never ever return to this restaurant again. My friend had vegan yellow curry and she said it was not good either. The potato tasted like...

We visited this restaurant on Christmas Eve of 2024. We were glad they were open. The outside facade looks sketchy, but in the inside it looks nice and clean, with some oriental decoration. They must work on the outside facade. Food was delicious and having the option of Chinese/Thai menu was an advantage. We ordered Tom Kah Gai, orange chicken, beef and broccoli, cashew chicken. We ordered several dishes from the Chinese menu. Everything was delicious. Good food size portions. I attached a picture of our meal. Kids menu: Many places now days don’t have a kids meal. They do have kids menu, and is only A or B, which makes it easy 😅. Customer Service was appropriate (friendly and attentive service, welcoming atmosphere, prompt order taking). We were glad they were open. Overall we had a nice experience. Perfect for large groups...