Tuk Tuk Thai — Restaurant in Overland Park

I don't review things much or really at all, but when I visit a restaurant that the food speaks to the level of effort and quality that I try to achieve cooking at home, I have to leave review. I moved from Chicago 10 years and have hit most all Thai restaurants in the KC area with mixed results, some OK & some not good, but nothing that I would designate the "top" Thai restaurant. A couple nights ago my wife and I were in the area and decided to give Tuk Tuk a try. To my delight I saw Thai spicy sausage on the menu, which is one of my favorites which is rare to find. I ordered it and from the first bite I knew we hit the jackpot. All the favorite Thai flavors seem to be packed into the sausage - excellent! Please try if you go there, you will not regret it. We had the Tom Kha soup, green chicken curry and the duck & shitake mushroom dish, I wont go into each but all were very, very good. Just looking at the food you can tell it is going to be wonderful by the fresh ingredients and the lack of the all too common oil slick on top of the food. I am very critical of eating out, if i can make it better, why am I wasting my $$ eat out? Tuk Tuk is THE go-to Thai Restaurant in the KC area. Oh - after our food was delivered, I was asking my wife which water glass was mine (not that it matters!) and I must have had a puzzled look on my face while asking, the owner must have seen my look and came right over to make user every thing was fine, so an interactive owner who cares as well. My only regret is not finding Tuk Tuk sooner - but will be back - possibly today as we have a softball game at BV rec fields and look forward to working my way...

We just traveled to Vegas and had some great Thai food there (see my review of Thai Street restaurant in Vegas), so coming back home we wanted some more.. so we came here per the good reviews.. but we are disappointed.

The problem is the food. It's just not up to par. We ordered Pad Thai, my wife had the Pad See Ew, which came out super salty, so she had to send it back. New replacement came out, and the noodles are way overcooked. The only thing that everyone loved was the fried chicken appetizer out of all things. Fried Chicken at a Thai place, go figure!

On top of the mediocre food, the price was super high. 16 dollars for the Pad Thai, versus most other places that charge 12-13. Even in Vegas, our excellent Pad Thai there was only 12. Our fam of 4's bill was 92 dollars, granted we did order friend chicken appetizer and crab Rangoon. Still 92 is a lot for noodles, and that's before tips.

Redeeming factors at this place are that the food portions are huge and service was excellent. But they really need to improve the food quality for the price being charged.

Bottom line, I am not coming back here. Too many good choices at 16 dollar price level...

This place has potential, but missed the mark. I ordered "mild" seafood green curry lo mein, and chicken spring rolls.

The lo mein was extra extra hot. I order spicy food all the time, and know the difference in spice levels. It was barely tolerable since it was so spicy. I even had someone else try it, and they also couldn't take how hot it was. That isn't mild by any restaurant standard.

I also wish they'd list what's actually in the seafood combination, as everything couldn't be identified.

The spring rolls, contrary to the lo mein, was more like a vegetable roll. There was no noticable flavor of meat, and it tasted more like a lettuce spring roll with mint. A magnifying glass would be needed to see any trace of chicken.

I'm giving it three stars because they could have been having an off day, and the food would have been good if it weren't for these errors. There were also healthy amounts of seafood, which was worth the value.

Update: I ended up getting sick from the excessive spice afterwards, so that brought down the rating. The chef needs to pay more attention to customer requested...