Siam Country — Restaurant in Lake View Township

Unfortunately, this was a very bad experience. Very friendly service with a smile serving up some of the saddest food posing as thai food that I have ever eaten and or been charged for. It’s my fault for not walking out of the restaurant after my first bite of vomitous measly portioned strangely overly sour massuman curry and my wife’s lemon grassless and unusually clear brothed sorry excuse for tom yum soup( really some bland hot water with some lemon, flavorless mushrooms and old carrot bits.) In Chicago we are so used to delicious food that these horrible instances leave us looking for but lacking the experience to illicit the correct reaction which would be just to get up and leave. I called the restaurant on the way home to share my impression of the experience with whoever answered the phone (the owner? probably the same man who served us this awful stuff) who didnt seem to care much and only said “sorry” and “yes the food is always like that.” When I looked at the reviews on Google maps it seemed like Siam restaurant was pretty highly rated. I guess you have to be very careful about trusting these reviews on here. Don’t make the same mistake that we did. As a fairly experienced Thai food patron I would highly advise to AVOID this “restaurant.” I even hate to write...

If you're searching for authentic Thai food then this is the place. The owner who took my order was so cute. He kept making jokes and he was really nice. I can't wait to come back.

We've been to Thailand and we are always searching for great Thai food. My wife said the red curry was one of the best she had. She asked for extra spicy and the owner kept peeking at her while she ate her dish. I think he was worried she couldn't handle it. I ordered my chicken pad Thai just spicy and it was hot. I loved it. I wouldn't order it any other way. Some places just throw in red pepper flake but this place threw in real dried Thai chilies. So the spice was nice. The pad Thai was one of my favorites I've ever had.

We ordered the lunch special which was $8.95 and it came with a choice of appetizer. I got the egg roll and my wife the spring roll. Honestly this wasn't the highlight of our lunch. Next time we'll just order the large dishes and skip the lunch special.

If you're looking for some authentic Thai food at a family run restaurant then this is your place. The EL train also stops right outside. Parking can be challenging because everything around here is zoned. You'll have to find a LAZ spot but...

If you like bland, overpriced food and the TINIEST portions you've ever seen, this is your place. A $16 entree of cashew beef had three teeny tiny pieces of beef and maybe four burned cashews. Same for one of the chicken dishes, which had a few miniscule pieces of chicken and the rest was veggies (but only a small amount). The small entree containers were one third full, and the rice containers were half full. The three to four noodles of Lad Nar was goop. When I immediately called to complain that the $83 worth of food plus tip that I just picked up in the middle of a thunderstorm is barely enough to feed two people (while I need to feed four), all he could say was, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Not, "how we can do better?" or "how can we make it up to you?" Sadly, all of the Thai restaurants in the area are doing the same thing: Way overpriced food for embarrassingly small portions. But this place was by far the most...