Siam Fine Thai Cuisine — Restaurant in Palo Alto

First and last time we'll ever order from this restaurant. We ordered a delivery because I'm getting over an illness, and our usual Thai place is closed on Sundays.

Starting with the food, we ordered approximately the same thing we do at the other place, a couple of curries, a couple orders of satay, and we ordered the sticky rice since they don't have coconut rice at Siam. When the ordered arrived (more on that later) we looked at it and said "that's it?". The portion sizes on the two currys and the sticky rice were both small. Each curry came in a plastic pint deli container (more on that later) that was more very thin curry than meat and vegetable content. The taste of the curries was nothing memorable, and the two different kinds of curry didn't taste much different from each other. Maybe it was because of how watery they were. The two "servings" (lumps) of sticky rice..was barely a serving size, if that, at least it lived up to its name. The satay that arrived didn't live up to the photo when ordering, the chicken wasn't marinated, and was thin and tasteless. The peanut sauce was unmemorable and the little bit of salad with it was just that, little.

When it was delivered, apparently they had placed the curries on top of the tray container for the satay, and it had tipped over during transport and leaked a little. The curries were sealed it a separate bag, but they were only in typical deli style plastic pint containers. The sticky lum..rice were just rolled up in some tin foil.

Obviously value wise I don't think very highly of a place where the portions, quality, packaging, and taste is less than, while the price is higher than other local Thai restaurants, for the same dishes.

I'm giving Siam two stars only because I'm as skeptical of one star reviews as I am of five star reviews, and the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle, but the word "fine cuisine" isn't in that truth for this...

I have personally been to this place twice.On both occasions the server was very nice. After not having a good experience the first time..My friend wanted to try going back because we couldn't think of anywhere to go to have dinner since we are not from the area...Anyways I will write two different reviews..Just in case I am only able to write one review I will mention the second time that we went as well. plain and simple the people in the back work hard and I respect that But the cooks are very unsanitary, they brought us food that was contaminated both visits.On the second visit.. the server brought out cook over to our table..After we spoke about the trash that was found in my food and the awkward taste.. the cook apologized and stood there and laughed at me ..it wasn't a nervous laugh of embarrassment it was a laugh of disrespect... The server asked if I wanted a discount.. I paid full price and gave a normal tip..And decided to finally write a review...I had dinner there about a month ago..I will write another review..Why did I pay and give regula tip..Because it would have probably meant something to the person I was with If I didnt let things slide...If I had been there by myself I would have had the owner on the phone and would not have paid a dime for the food. I will write another review in full detail if this doesn't post or is taken down..Other than that..I hope this helps someone.Go some place else that has respect for themselves and who has respect for their customers..Awful dining experience.I will wait a few days or maybe a few weeks before I write my next review of this place.. Unspeakable gross and if you have been here and experienced what I have experienced..Please write a review so they can either get it together...

The food is here is thoughtfully made and wonderfully layered in both flavors and textures. We ordered two meals so far during our COVID-19 shelter in place. TOTALLY WORTH IT. We need more restaurants like this to stay in business in our community, so please stop and visit this family-owned small business.

My mom is Thai and this is one of the few Thai restaurants she orders from.

We ordered the Papaya Salad, Pad See Ew / See Ew Noodle (broccoli and flat rice noodles), Pad Thai, Mussaman Curry, Panang Curry. And sticky rice and mangoes for dessert. The papaya salad was tangy, crunchy, and sweet and cold. The Pad Thai was not the usual oily mess we’ve had at other restaurants. Super flavorful and one of the first dishes finished at our house. Mussaman Curry: A bit spicy for me, but the spicy food lovers in our house loved it. Panang Curry: The detail that goes into scalloping each of the edges of the vegetables is indicative of the detail and care put into the cooking. Even in a takeout box it looked beautiful. Loved the coconut flavor and the fact that it was mild but still flavorful. (Side note: it might not look like a lot of curry when you get the container, but that’s because it’s full of flavor. We made a big pot of rice for our meal to go with the two curries at home. The curries lasted us a couple days). Khao Neow Ma Muang (Sticky rice and mango): SO. GOOD. That i bought two and rationed them out over a few days.

As far as shelter in place, I picked this up at the entrance to the store. Everything was super tidy / sanitary / easy for me to pick up. I had driven all the way from San Jose to pick up a meal for my mom's 70th birthday, I appreciated that extra care and...