Thai Plates Cuisine — Restaurant in Mesa

Last week was the second time I visited Thai Plates. It has been a couple of years. In fact I had forgotten I had history with this place. The food was ordinary. However the service/owner is my challenge. They do not service alcohol. Which is OK. I do prefer having a beer or glass of wine with my dinner. The first time I asked the server/owner why. He reported there was some sort of drug rehab facility in the area and he could not get a license because of that. Upon my visit last week, realizing I had been there before, I asked the server/owner if he ever got a license? He replied he could not for he had underage family members that worked there. Which is it????? I feel he was untruthful at least one of the times. Also, my dining companion was not satisfied with his Won Tons. He mentioned it to the server/owner, His reply was his wife makes them and walked off. There is customer service ;) Next the server/owner was not pleasant at all. I do not recall him ever cracking a smile. Oddly, the place was filled. He even turned down people coming in the door 45 minutes before...

Drove across town to try Thai Plates Cuisine. It is a small place nestled in a strip mall. Dinning area was neat, unassuming, and comfortable. Thursday night and at 90% capacity. Our party ordered crab puffs and Coconut Chicken soup for starters. Presentation of the crab puffs was very nice. The puffs were cooked perfectly and were very tasty. Came with fresh grated carrots and purple cabbage. The highlight was the dipping sauce...obviously made in house and delicious, not generic red sweet and sour garbage. Coconut chicken soup was spot on and had the perfect balance of broth and contents. Delicious flavor. Pad Thai with shrimp and chicken was amazing...shrimp was cooked perfectly and the flavor! Yummy! Panang curry with beef, again was well prepared and delicious. Overall, one of the better Thai establishments I've been to across the country let alone Phoenix metro. Worth the trip. Get everything Thai hot for...

The food is over sugared there and that's certainly not good for anyone who wants to be healthy. Consider also how much sodium is in one TBS of Fish sauce--1770 mg. People with congestive hear failure are allowed only 1500 mg. per day. Almost every food nowadays has sodium. So if you want to have a healthy heart, I don't recommend this restaurant. I asked the waitress to put less sugar in the food and she made a face at me saying it's made like that. The waitresses always have unpleasant faces. Why can't they make the food with less sugar. Do they think that Americans should be give lots of sugar to like your restaurant food? Most elderly in AZ have some kind of disease--diabetes or heart problems. Well that's because of bad restaurant food. So people, don't hesitate to ask your local restaurant to put less salt in your food, less sugar in your food and not to serve GMO food and...