Salween Thai — Restaurant in Omaha

I have noticed that the ingredients are down to a minimum amount compared to 4 years ago. The $12 pad thai had one 2 inch green onion and a 4mm slice. No burnt peanuts or any nuts at all. One wedge of lime(thank you for that). The dish was made as cheap as possible. This is sad because they had the best in Omaha 5 years ago. I did not have a single rice noodle that was longer than 4 inches. I lived in Thailand and the $00.37 pad thai was magnitudes better. I had zero burnt peanuts. I had only food coloring with noodles so mushy they were more like a casserole than a noodle dish. There was no tiny shrimp, nor krill, no peanuts, no onions, no shallots, no chili peppers, no pork, no veggies, there was a small amount of fried tofu and there was a small amount of quality bean sprouts and no herbs of any type! Zero Ginger! The spring rolls had only one shrimp rather than the 3 slices that is standard. The sauce was not peanut but watery trash. There was not a single herb nor any sprouts. It was made as cheap as possible. The green lettuce was fresh and very nice. It was crisp and fresh. I added some peanut butter to the "sauce" and fish sauce with some 🌶 and it helped cover up the fishy-ness. This is still one of the best thai eateries but not all locations are the same and if you order just before closing you might get trash. Sadly, it seems like they are cutting their cost! This is a bad idea. I only order from them to eat the veggies from East Asia. If I buy the veggies from the Asian Market next to Crossroad's Mall I can never finish them before they go bad. This is why I love to order from restaurants that serve Asian veggies. I can easily boil noodles and rice paper to wrap cheap shrimp with green lettuce... I want the bright flavors of thai basi or sawtooth coriander. This chain has cut too many corners, they have cut corner after corner to save money. That might be ok IF they STILL had the option to pay more for traditional flavors. I know prices are expensive, but it is not cool to charge the same price for what I got, it was just noodles, sugar, salt, food dye, and a slice of lime. No chopsticks nor anything. A burnt styrofoam container with a leaking bottom. My carpet cleaner thanks you for the business. I have noticed huge variations in the amounts of food from location, one give double the amount of peanut curry while the one next to my home on 80th gives half. You have made great food in the past. Please please please, if an owner is listening... Order pad thai and a peanut curry just before closing and use Door Dash. You will see and taste the difference. I want the food you...

Was treated very bad by a rude young lady tonight. When we walked in she did not greet us. She looked irritated and like we were an inconvenience. Me and my husband sit down and she tells us we need to hurry up and order because they stop taking orders at 8:30. My husband ordered Tom yum soup with shrimp. I ordered rat tan noodles which are specifically under the noodles portion on the menu. The girl comes back with Tom yum soup but no shrimp. She totally doesn’t ever come back and check on us. I ask her if she’s going to bring the shrimp for the soup and she ignores me. We are starving so my husband started to eat the soup. Then she brings the bill. I told her that i need to speak to a manager. She says there is no manager and what’s wrong. I told her why did she not bring the shrimp for his soup and she begins to argue with me that we never ordered shrimp with our soup. Then i asked her why were my noodles full of soup. I didn’t order that. She said that’s the way the dish is. She noticed that i wasn’t eating it and didn’t like it but kept ignoring me. She kept arguing with me so i told her that it wasn’t working talking to her can she give me someone else. She goes to the kitchen and i hear some girls laughing and talking about me. Then another waitress comes out and i ask her if she is a manager and she said no just another employee. I told her my concerns and she said we will take off the charge for my husbands soup but not the soupy noodles they gave me that i didn’t eat. At this point i was wanting to leave and get out of there so i just said fine. I am usually a great tipper and usually we get great service but not sure where or why this young lady was so rude and the food was so bad. Gave her a big 0 for a tip. Please teach this young lady some customer service skills because we were faithful customers who will...

Salween Thai is an understatement to Thai restaurants in most of the United States. From appetizers to the desserts, the menu offers items that sound very basic, but pack an amazing secret. Hint: It's actually authentic AND amazing!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Chicken Satay - Bite-sized and savory starters with a lingering kick of spice. Great accompaniment to a conversation 🌶️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Chicken Pad Thai - You will find very few places in the US with such an authentic, straight-out-of-mom's-kitchen deliciousness! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pineapple Fried Rice - Comes with your choice of meat, tastes like home cooked biriyani (see photo) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Falooda/Faluda - A milky dessert beverage your should experience at least once! This is straight from childhood!

RECOMMENDED - Go 4 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ or less on the spicy scale or you may not be able to taste the food. Save the challenge for the second or third visit, and be aware that this is on a scale of 10!🌶️

The Bad

It isn't all a five-star experience. The waiting staff cycled the hip-hop, rap and down to Christmas tracks in a span of 20 minutes. It wasn't even Thanksgiving (this review is a bit late). While that ruined the mood, it didn't stop the enjoyment of our meal. It might grate on more impatient ears.

⭐ Crab Rangoon - Next, every pan-Asian restaurant seem to carry a Crab Rangoon. It's a hit or miss and the recommendation here is to run away. Salween offers a sweety filling in wonton wrapping that isn't pinched in properly, and resulted in what felt like a ladle of kitchen grease with every bite. The sweetness was mimicking a dessert but those calories are better saved for the...