Pin Kaow Thai Restaurant Eastern — Restaurant in Henderson

Vegas has AMAZING restaurants-- like seriously, head and shoulders above current-NYC right now (I know, I escaped)...

But I don't "get" the acclaimed Thai restaurants in this town.

I remember everyone went nuts over Lotus of Siam, and I thought it was overpriced and merely "ok". To clarify, I had only tried their new location, and others have told me the original was the best, so there's that.

Pin Kaow has all sorts of awards outside their door, and I was excited to try it...

But... similarly to Lotus of Siam... it was... meh... and overpriced by far.

I ordered the chef special of mango salad with scallops.

I literally will NEVER understand how people can overcook scallops... but... there they were... chewy and textured instead of... buttery soft.

The presentation was lovely, it was served on 3 seashells... but it was a lot of frills and not much... salad. For $20, it was 6 meaty chewy overdone scallops, a mango cut into straws, fish sauce, and 3 leaves of green leaf under the sea shells, some sorta pork crumble or I-honestly-couldn't-tell-what-it-was-but-it-was-ick and a vinegar-y fish sauce dressing that... was heavy on the fish and lacking in tastiness.

Crab rolls were ordered for the table, and they too were overcooked and... honestly gross. How do you mess up on a fried appetizer? Honestly. The best part was the sweet chili sauce, which you can get a bottle of at Sprouts/ Trader Joe's.

Everyone else at my table ordered regular Thai fare... Pad See Ew, chicken satay, fried rices of different types... and they seemed content enough, I suppose.

Our table of 7 was charged an extra service fee (of almost-$5 ea, I think?) because we were larger than a party of 6. This is absolute NONSENSE.

I believe the rest in my party, who were on separate checks thought that that was an already-calculated tip... but I'm not certain it was... so I tipped on TOP of the service fee... bringing my total to $36 for the scant mango salad and an ice tea. Almost $40. FORTY DOLLARS.

Those were probably not even wild caught scallops. This place can't cook them properly.

It is a run of the mill Thai place. I wouldn't give it any awards. And I certainly wouldn't budge from noodles and fried rice if I ever find myself in there again. And I don't...

I do not really see much modern theme thai restaurants but my goodness was it a sight. I want to comment on the waitress appearnce, their uniform attire looked so sharp and smart that I felt I was alittle undress, which did not make me uncomfortable but reassure that I made a good decision in picking this spot for lunch. Let me start off by saying that the food took alittle too long to be served. I completely understand the fact that the best restaurants make their food fresh and source it out of vendors that guarantee high quality ingredients. So I will critique too harshly on the wait, but the matter of the fact is, two gentlemen sat down 10 minutes after me and was able to receive their dishes, have a conversation, and request the bill before I got my appetizer. I believe that's a little bit unreasonable. After that being said, the chicken satay that I order as my appetizer was astonishing. The plating was beautiful to say the least and the flavor is exploding in my mouth, I couldn't actually belive a restaurant can elevate a dish so simple. The chicken was just the right tenpature while the skin was charged and grilled to perfection. Secondly, the combination fried rice was also just an experience that I wish I could of savor, but I was so busy indulging that I forgot to focus in on the pairing of seafood, vegetables and rice. If you are into rice dishes, the combination fried rice at Pin Kaow Thai is a must. Overall my experience at this restaurant was very savory. Only thing I'm complaining is the wait time, i will definitely change my review rating if the waitime is satisfactory my second go, which i will ij the near future, and try to see if it was a bad luck that my food took long. Other than...

I've been here numerous times. But unfortunately today's visit wasn't as great as usual. I ordered silver noodle soup large, shrimp rolls and pad wood sen shrimp and butterfly tea. I had called this in for pick up and it took about 10 mins to get here. Parking is always a pain on the butt due to all the businesses in this shopping center. This restaurant has 2 spot for pick up orders which makes it somewhat better when these spots are not being abused by folks not doing pickup. Anyway I go in and head to the counter, it took almost 5 mins to get someone to assist me. The restaurant wasn't busy in the slightest but they looked under staffed as well. I finally get someone to ring me out and they hand me my food which was sitting on the same counter I had been waiting at. I get home with my food and get some soup. There were barely any noodles compared to past visits. And I counter 5 pieces of chicken. I was extremely disappointed. The shrimp was as expected. And the pad woon Sen was lacking on the shrimp just like the soup. I counted 5 shrimp. Way less than usual. For 53 dollars I was less than impressed and I'm now looking g for a new thai place as for the more the quality here really has gone down. Which is a shame as I use to go at least twice a month. So if your in the area give one of the many other restaurant a try for the money you'll probably be...