Diho Siam — Restaurant in Mission Viejo

I popped in here on impulse for lunch. I grabbed a menu and found a booth. The server brought me ice water right away and greeted me with a friendly smile. The place is clean and has plenty of light from the front windows.

I ordered the 8 piece appetizer and yellow curry with tofu. The server immediately brought me a nice bowl of the Thai interpretation of chicken noodle soup. Chicken broth, chicken, bean sprouts, and wide rice noodles garnished with green onions. I was hungry so I gobbled it up. It's exactly the kind of soup I'd want if I had a cold.

My appetizers came out quickly. The server thoughtfully brought me some hot sauce. The plate included 2 chicken satay skewers, two vegetable egg rolls, two potato dumplings, and two shrimp dumplings. All of the appetizers were good, but I especially liked the potato dumplings dipped in a bit of hot sauce.

The yellow curry with steamed rice was good. Not especially spicy. I enjoy it because it's the Thai version of potatoes and gravy. For me, it's comfort food. It was nothing incredible, but it hit the spot.

I overheard a couple of the other diners chatting. One diner asked the other what he recommended. He said he particularly liked the cashew chicken and was diving into his meal with gusto.

The lunch portion of curry and appetizer plate was about $28 and I had plenty to take home for lunch...

I have ordered from here 4 times. While the massaman is the best in the area, tonight is the last time I will be getting food from here after the service I received. I ordered online because I was in a time crunch and was given a pickup time of 6:25. At 6:25 I walked in, gave them my name, signed for my order and was told they are working on it and that it would be 15 minutes. I sat down, 20 minutes pass, I walk back up to the cashier, give them my name again, I’m told that they are working on it and that it would be 10 minutes. At this point I’m very frustrated and said “I’ve already been waiting 20 minutes when you said it would be 15”. She just responded again that it would be 10 minutes. I sat down again. 10 minutes pass and my name is called. I walked up to get my food and was met with the cashier holding the food behind her and loudly saying to me “I TOLD YOU IT WOULD BE 15 MINUTES? I DID NOT TELL YOU THAT!” At this point I realize she is trying to pull the race card on me because the person who originally working at the cash register no longer was and she was upset that I didn’t realize they were two different people. I apologized for the mix up but I will not be made out to look...

Ordered a variety of dishes here including crying tiger, pineapple curry, and sweet and sour stir fry beef. All items on the Thai side. I can't speak for the Chinese side of their menu but it is awesome they have both. Portions are huge and we took home leftovers. All four of us. For the price it was def worth it. I was happy to have leftovers as I enjoyed the food. The steak in the crying tiger was a little under medium and leaned on rare at the center. Sweet and sour was really good here and I loved the curry as well. Overall it is worth a visit if you like Thai food. Waitress was responsive and attentive despite the place being very busy esp for an off time of the day for a late lunch like 2:30. I'll try the Chinese side next time. Also one strange thing is I didn't notice a bathroom. I didn't ask for one but I looked and didn't see...