Before 03/31/2021, Thaitanium was my family's go-to spot for Thai food in Indianapolis. However, this past Wednesday's service and food quality was subpar.
As our usual practice, we called to place our order with Thaitanium but the phone was disconnected several times at different points in the day. So we finally drove to the location to order our carry-out. Upon arriving I greeted the female hostess and informed her and the male waiter that their phone was disconnected. She picked up a dead landline receiver and offered an "oh, did you know our phone was disconnected?" to the waiter who shrugged his shoulders. I've worked in restaurants before... not charging the phone that connects you to paying customers is always an intentional act.
Nevertheless, she scurried off and the waiter took our order. He was curt but he was also waiting tables and walk-in customers by himself, so I understand. However, the dining room only had four tables that were occupied, so it wasn't that busy. Nevertheless, our food was sitting on the counter for five minutes beside the hostess who came back to serve another walk-in customer. Not being sure if that was our order, we walked up to the counter to inquire. The hostess never acknowledged our existence as we waited for her to hand us our food. Instead, she swiped cards and shuffled through paperwork. She was, however, attentive enough to bid a dine-in couple farewell as they exited the restaurant.
The waiter came up and attempted to confirm our order with her but she blew him off. He handed us our order and we left. The appetizers and one entree of three were cold, my go-to entree had an odd taste and smell, but my mom's entree was fine and up to her standards. Due to this experience, we will not be dining with Thaitanium again. Even though this was only one bad incident out of several good ones, the experience of being blatantly ignored and disregarded as paying customers didn't sit well with us. There are too many restaurants in Indianapolis to settle for that type of service and food quality.
As I call today, 04/01/2021 at 1pm to inform the owner/manager of my experience from yesterday, the phone is STILL...
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