Bowl Thai — Restaurant in Gardena

Decent thai food in my work hood - get in mah belly.

PARKING: Shared lot. Bonus points for having dedicated clean air vehicle parking - that everyone ignores.

SERVICE: Cafe style - order ahead and tell them your table number. When we were in line, one of the staff members went around and told us our table based on our party count. Great idea with poor execution as the staff member changed our table when someone behind us in line came in with a stroller. Strange as they both ended up to be 4-person tables. Otherwise, service with a smile!

FOOD: -Pad Kee Mao: Super delicious with generous portion size. All ingredients tasted fresh, and I loved the chew of the noodles.

TIP: -Don't ask for extra spicy unless you MEAN IT. They don't mess around with this request! I was having spice sweats during my meal - in the most lady-like...

We originally went to Boiling point, but the wait was too long...saw good reviews of this place on Yelp so we decided to eat here instead. No wait time, there was 3 tables available and the place was about 80% full on a Tuesday night, can't be bad?!

Papaya salad: Dressing didn't have enough citrus, wasn't slightly spicy at all =( lacked the funk of fermented dried shrimp and wished it came with blue crabs.

Tom yum noodle soup: Again wasn't enough citrus in the broth and not enough sweetness in it.

Thai Boat noodle soup: It was good, but I've had better.

Dry egg noodle soup: Very good! The egg noodles had a great texture, the broth that came with it was light and delicious.

Parking here...

Was so excited to try this out after reading reviews but we were so disappointed! We got a take out from here on Saturday evening. We ordered shrimp chow mein & spicy basil shrimp/fish ball. The majority of my plate (basil) plate was boiled rice and it was very very dry with only 3 small shrimps- I've never felt so ripped off. My partner said that his noodles were bland and flavourless. I would have said something but didn't realise till we got home. The portions were very stingy for the cost (26 dollars). We frequently eat Thai probably twice a week, much prefer O Top Thai for value...