Royal Orchid — Restaurant in Montpelier

After a day of skiing in snowy weather, we were craving for Thai food. We searched in google map around Montpelier area, found Royal Orchid, which already received good reviews. We are Oriental, who eat Thai food frequently all over the places. This one is certainly among the best, both the service and the food. We had stir fried pork, two different curry dishes, and a stir fried wide rice noodle. They were all very good, including the very authentic Thai soup. What really impressed us was the Mango sticky rice dessert they served in a short time. I don’t remember how many times we had had this special dessert before (so far I only found in Thai restaurants; if someone found it in other types of restaurants, let me know as this is my favorite treat), the one they made was the best. The sticky rice was made perfect, which we know should take a long time. But it can be pre-made. What was surprising was the Mango – as ripen (but fresh) and sweet as the ones I handpicked from market in summer time! It was a weekday and snowy, we saw only three tables of guests other than us. Yet, they had such good quality mango ready to serve! Two thumbs up! This will be my must-go place whenever I pass...

The food is delicious. I had the seaweed soup which was pretty good, although I personally like the tom yum better. As for my entrèe, that was absolutely amazing. Perfect level of spice, fresh and crisp veggies, the egg noodles had a perfect texture, and the chicken was of better than average quality.

The service was where this place lacks a bit. It was slow and there appeared to only be one waitress and one bartender, but several tables full of customers (so we figured the food must be good). I personally work in the service industry and it seemed that this place may be a little understaffed, but the food was worth the wait and they definitely make sure it's done right before it gets sent out.

I know how it gets in the industry, so I gave them the benefit of the doubt and still left a decent tip. I will be back and I will be recommending this place...

I've been coming here for years. Some of the best pad thai ever. But they are going downhill. I ordered my usual, Pad Thai and Chicken Satae (chicken skewers). The chicken on the skewers was about half the usual amount, some of them only 2 inches long when they should be 4 to 5 inches. And there were only a few pieces of meat in my Pad Thai. I'm horribly disappointed at the blatant lack of protein in my meal that I had paid for. When I called and asked what was up with the lack of protein, I got an excuse saying "sometimes it comes out differently." This is unacceptable for a business that has been the only good Thai food in Montpelier for so long. It's my hope that the business owners take this review seriously and talk to the cooks and make sure they stop skimping on the protein, or they will be...