Apsara Thai and Cambodian — Restaurant in Grand Prairie

I didn’t want to leave a bad review because it had good and bad things, and I’ll give it another shot so I think the 3 star is fair. It’s a cute new little business that deserves a second chance. We ordered the Lort Cha (pin noodles with meat and egg) as well as the Bai Mon (poached chicken with papaya salad and chili sauce) and various Thai noodles

The Lort Cha was nice. It was sweet, spicy, nutty and had Glutinous pin noodles which is unique. The sour sauce it came with was good. It was similar to Pad Thai but had a heavier taste.

The Bai Mon is SE Asia’s answer to Cantonese white cut chicken. It’s poached chicken on a bed of fried rice with papaya salad and fried garlic. The Papaya salad was good and refreshing, not too sour or too sweet. The chicken was perfectly tender and tasted fresh, and the fried garlic was nice and the rice was good. The problem was the chili sauce. It is so sweet and syrupy it ruined the meal. I know SE Asian food tends to be sweet, but this was like duck sauce for your egg roll sweet. Like pure corn syrup. It honestly ruined the meal. No spice or sourness, Just pure sugar. Next time I’ll get it on the side because I want to enjoy the taste of chicken skin fat and garlic.

The Thai dishes were a bit generic and again kind of one note sweetness.

One thing they have great is their beverages. Their Thai tea was some of the best I had, and their peach lychee…aid was super refreshing. Like I said they did an ok job, I’ll go back to try their curry rice and grilled beef sticks. They should add some weekly specials too of other Cambodian dishes like Fish Amok or Samlar Machu since Cambodian cuisine deserves...

My family and I loved this place when it first opened. The quality has gone down significantly. The last few times we went, everything was super dry. Today was the final straw for us. I was sitting in a spot that allowed me to see directly into the kitchen. One of the employees was attempting to defrost beef sticks and she dropped one on the floor where she stood. Instead of doing the sensible thing and throwing the beef stick away, she picked it up and put it with the other beef sticks we ordered and stuck it into the microwave and then proceeded to cook it. She knew I saw her cause she kept looking at me. When I went to talk to them, she denied it and said she threw it away. I wouldn't have walked up there to complain for some 6 dollar beef sticks if I didn't see it myself, and I had ordered these for my small kids.

They made us new two extra ones to compensate for this, but you know what? THEY GAVE US THE SAME 6 PIECES THAT WERE ON THAT PLATE with the ones that were dropped. How do we know which one she dropped?

On top of that she constantly wrung her hands over the fried rice that I ordered, after touching the ground.

At this point we were so turned off we ended up throwing everything we ordered into the trash and left. This place is not the same as it was when it first opened. Hopefully the girl realized her mistake and doesn't attempt to do it to...

Pad Thai is GREAT but don’t bother paying extra for the so called ‘Ghost Pepper 9000’ it just seems like an extra charge to fleece you out of a few extra dollars. Every time we try it - it gets less spicy! The first time we got it - it was SUPER spicy and the 3-4 times after we’ve paid and gotten no spiciness!?

Why add different heat levels if you are just going to ignore what the customer pays for and chooses?

Also sometimes the tubs aren’t full and other tubs are. If you could improve the consistency with the heat and portions that would be very much appreciated!

Despite what I mentioned Food tastes great though, will probably keep ordering - if things improve with the portion sizes and you actually make the extra ghost level 9000 super spicy I will happily adjust my review and rating. You can definitely...