Tasty Thai Restaurant and Bar — Restaurant in Modesto

We enjoyed our dining experience here! An out-of-towner, I’ve been trying to eat here (located almost a stone’s throw from a relative’s house) since MARCH 2015! But the stars never aligned until this trip. Ironically, over a week in Modesto and this was the only restaurant we ate at. We started with the Calamari. My daughter doesn’t like spicy so I thought we ordered the Spicy Garlic, sans spicy so just garlic, however I do not recall a garlic taste. The calamari are very large rings, not lots of little pieces. We each had about 3 pieces, so there are 9-10 pieces to a serving. My daughter had the Fried Rice. She ordered chicken but received beef, but stated the beef tasted good so we didn’t mention it to anyone. It’s QUITE a large portion. We also ordered the Pad Thai to share. Wherever we go, my husband and I almost always order a Pad Thai to share on top of our entrees. This item was not a highlight for me. It was a deep red color and was missing all the flavors of Pad Thai I expected. I’ll go on to say I’ve noticed differences in food items between the West and East Coasts. Example: Our local Asian take out by my house, a Sushi Pan Asian place near the beach, a Dim Sum Asian Place in Riverside, Morimoto in Orlando, and even an actual Thai restaurant in Downtown Jax have all have similar Pad Thais in appearance and flavor. But in talking with my sister, all the Pad Thai she’s ever had in Modesto is what we experienced at Tasty Thai. My husband ordered the Orange Chicken and it was great. Not too heavily battered, with a light orange flavor. I ordered the Mongolian Beef and I loved it! This too differed from what I’m used to on the East Coast. Here, it’s beef with sliced onions in a sauce. That’s about the extent. At Tasty Thai, there was a generous amount of veggies (mushrooms, white & green onions, and carrots). It was spicy but delicious! The kind of spicy where you can’t stop eating, but your mouth is burning so you just keep shoveling your food in because....you can’t stop! It was a bit oily; it reminded me of the red pepper infused olive oil I had in France. There were red pepper flakes present to warn you of its spice. ALL the employees were very friendly and accommodating! We thoroughly enjoyed our experience. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get any pictures because I was holding my 5 month old the entire time....and she wasn’t sleeping but actively reaching for anything on the...

I have been coming on and off for years, but after today I had to replace my 5 star review.

8/21/22@1300. I showed up with a party of 4 and asked for a corner table, there was one available. The bald/shaven man without a name-tag at the front immediately started, "No, our customers do not get to choose where to sit. You will sit where we show you to. That spot is for a party of 6 only."

I was taken aback by such a rude response; it was like he was mad I had the audacity to request a specific spot. There is a proper and more polite way to say "no" and redirect a customer.

I said "I would like to sit there anyway".

"No, it is our policy that customers will sit where they are told". (These were his actual words, verbatim). "If a party of 6 shows up, where will I sit them?"

I stared at him like maybe he was joking. Only 5 tables were occupied, more than 2/3 tables were empty including 2 tables with seating for 8 and 1 table for 6. I pointed and said, "Over there?"

He rolled his eyes at me, in front of my face and repeated, "Our customers will sit where we seat them. It's our policy. We have to follow it as employees."

Another party of 3 walked in and he said, "Think about if you want to be seated or not while I help them". And left without a glance back or waiting for me to respond.

When he returned I told him that the way he spoke to me was rude and that we were leaving. "Ok, bye", he said.

There is a nicer way to redirect customer. I probably wouldn't even have noticed if he just said sorry we can't, but you can choose from any of the tables for 4 people...

No way he hasn't been rude to other customers before. That employee needs to be dealt with. I was here last Sunday 8/14/22 with a group of 19 people to which I recommended this place. That day everything was fine. This is why so shocked by this treatment.

I deleted/replaced my original 5 star review over this....

Edit: After reading some reviews I quickly found a bunch of 1 star reviews that referenced a bald manager named Jay. That rude employee was definitely him, matched every...

NO STARfor the way I was treated. On 5/14/18 I returned my Mother's Day dinner that (I picked up after 7pm 5/13/18) didn't taste good. I wasn't greeted by anyone, I walked over to the bar(where I've picked up orders before)..this guy behind the bar asked me if I wanted to place a order? I said no I called earlier, I'm returning food .. he asked me what was wrong with it I said it doesn't taste like it normally taste do you have a new cook?..he said no.. I said I wanted my order remade with no spices and no mushrooms( I show my receipt and the card that I use)he had the order remade and said he would credit my card back...what I now know was the manager name Jay... who over talk me cut me off and was very rude before he even identified himself... he returned with the new order I opened the box and said look at this and look at what I return do you see the difference he said no, but I called the owner of the restaurant you return food here before! I said no I return food at the old location that's closed on Coffee Road.. he said " I called the owner does the owner does not want you back in this restaurant!" I asked why? He said because you return food.. I said I return food today makes twice in over 2 years???? Tried to get him an example as a customer with a business he cut me off...I said to him.. do you know how many people that I have referred to this restaurant including business??? I did let Jay know that I would be writing a review and reporting this restaurant. Jay yelled at me in front of customers and staff and told me I needed to leave now!!! A customer has every right to return food I am very dissatisfied and beyond words . I couldn't eat the food on Sunday tried to enjoy my mother's day with my son went to bed with no food. Unfortunately I was programming my new phone while waiting that FedEx just dropped off so I was not able to record this live on Facebook. Jay followed me outside, thew the order that I brought in the trash and wait for me to get in...