My wife and I walked to this Thai restaurant from our hotel up the road the first evening we arrived from out of town. We were very happy to find this place along Foxcroft Avenue, which is also home to several other walk-in restaurants.
I had high expectations because of the great photographs in their menus and others shared here in Google Maps. We were both very happy (and relieved) to find the food met our high expectations.
The presentations were superb, the servings were right-sized, and the spices were perfectly suited to each of our two different entrees. The EDAMAME soybeans were served in a tastedful bamboo bowl and were perfectly warmed. My wife enjoyed her very mild STIR-FRIED VEGETABLE and I was very happy with the heat present in the two-red-pepper PAD EGGPLANT that I had. I did not have to add any additional hot spices (pepper or otherwise).
We each ordered a glass of wine. The two different house wines we ordered (one red, one white) were good and they were priced well, such that four glasses of each would have matched up with the reasonable bottle prices listed.
Our server was pleasant and visited back to our table at appropriate times to keep up with any additional needs we had. It was easy to provide a tip to her and to write this well-deserved 5-star...
Read moreMy son and I found this place after going fishing on a wet day. We just wanted hot PHO. This was the first result I saw which surprised me because we were looking for PHO. But we're SO GLAD we found it.
The food is AMAZING!! I usually get pho every time we go to a pho place regardless of if they offer anything else. This was the first time I deviated! The Tom yum soup was really good, they actually used the oyster mushrooms instead of the cheaper white mushrooms. The chef fried rice was so flavorful! And of course the pho was great! We had Thai ice tea for drinks and those were perfect! They didn't cut corners and tried to skip on the cream or flavor. All and all the food is awesome!
We're suddenly definitely coming back with the rest of our family. Yum!!
The service was great. Our waiter was knowledgable of the menu and was intuitive when it came to ordering and helping me find the right spice level. Her name is Amandine! She's awesome!
The only negative is we waited about 3 minutes to be seated. I actually almost walked out but I caught the Amandine's eye and she immediately seated us. What I really liked was her owning up to the mistake instead of blaming it on something else.
I'm leaving a 5 star review! The service was good and the food is...
Read morefirecracker chicken - only just ok. not very saucy so it lacked flavor but the chicken stayed crispy so i guess thats a plus, but the balance between flavor and crispy just wasnt there.
crying tiger - not spicy enough and too much lime juice so its overly fruity. the steak portion was also really small. like seriouisly not spicy at all.
it seems like this place has changed ownership at some point and the prices increased but the quality actually went down.
these two items cost me $35 and honestly wasnt really that great.
the atmosphere has changed and feels off. it wants to be semiformal but is situated between a medical marijuana dispensary and a barbershop in a rundown shopping center so the entire experience felt a bit pretentious with the jazz music playing
the service wasnt terrible but i didnt feel welcome. the server was there to take my order and it was ready in about 15 minutes.
this place wants to be authentic, and it used to be before the ownership changed, but nothing about this place feels authentic anymore and the food has been watered down to appease western palates.
im not sure who this restaurant caters to anymore, but if you want authentic thai food i would go...
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