Thai Bamboo Bistro — Restaurant in Irvine

We have had good meals in the past, but this time the chicken was tough and the Tum Yum Soup was bland. The most disturbing thing was the downright rude service, not from the server, but the Manager.

Granted, we came in to the Restaurant 15 minutes prior to closing, but they were fine about seating us. After about being there about 20 minutes and halfway through the meal the Manager or Owner came to the table, reached in front of us over the soup pot and checked to see if we were finished. He did this about 3 times, trying to rush us along, so we hurried trying to finish our meal.

Finally he came with the bill and did not say a word and did not ask if everything was o.k. We'll we got the hint, we asked him if we could take the meal home and he brought us to go cartons.

Like I said the place has been good in the past and maybe the guy wanted to go home or needed to be there later at night, but that's not the point. I have been in the hospitality business myself and I know if you don't take care of your customers, somebody else will. Maybe the Manager or Owner needs to find a new line of work. Obviously we will never eat there again because of the...

I ordered take away of 4 dishes : Tomyam shrimp, Penang Curry, Pad Sew euw, and Spicy Tamarind fish.

The only one that eatable was only Pad Sew euw, although not perfect and tasteless, but it was okay.

Tom Yam Soup was disgusting!! 😭😭 The bamboo shoot smell was very strong. It seemed that they didn't wash it properly. Or didn't even wash it !! The whole soup tastes like a dish washer water mixed with bamboo shoot water.

Penang curry also the same. Although the taste was better than Tom Yam Soup, but the bamboo shoot smell ruined everything ! It was very stinky !

Spicy Tamarind fish was so so, but again the bamboo shoot that they put ruined everything !

I grow up with chinese food, Indonesian Food, Thai food, Malaysian food. We also have dishes with bamboo shoot.

But this one is the worse Thai food in my whole life.

Wasted $88 dinner. 😭😭

I have to threw everything except the Pad...

Last night of 2017. December 31. My wife and I were trying to figure out whether to stay home, go to her brother’s place, or just go out for dinner. We ended up going out! I had previously gone to Thai Bamboo Bistro for lunch with a friend. And I had enjoyed my Vegetarian Pad Thai. This time was no different. I ordered the Veggie Pad Thai again; my wife went for the Veggie Tofu with Cashew Curry. Before the main entrees, we relished the Veggie Spring Rolls. They were delightful! Not only did we enjoy the aromatic and spicy flavors of both dishes, but we also were surprised by party of four that sat next to us. They were our good friends who we hadn’t met in some time. It was great to converse with them and reminisce about the times when our sons (who happened to be close friends) were growing up. We simply enjoyed the outing and look forward to frequenting the...