Talay Thai Restaurant — Restaurant in Rancho Mirage

I had heard that Talay was a hole in the wall but, the best Thai in the Desert & I would agree the ingredients were superior to others.

The Pad Thai was truly exceptional and took me back 8 years to the quaility of food I used to get from Sunset Thai in Hollywood. My intention was to eat half and save the rest for later, needless to say I ate it all! Delicious!!

I expected the same of the yellow curry but not in the same league as the Pad Thai. The quality of the ingredients were excellent; superior chicken, the two pieces of carrot were weirdly huge, as opposed to the usual slices. Potatoes were the same, both were perfectly cooked however it was a dish of individual ingredients as opposed to a cohesive curry! I would think that this was a new batch of sauce with zero reduction and the liquid was immediately absorbed by the rice, leaving rice and dry chicken, disappointing but taking into account friends recommendations I'm thinking this was an unfortunate off day! End result dry chicken and rice which was not delicious enough to eat and will need a lot of help as left overs!!

As we are still in a pandemic the cuteness of "hole in the wall" is a euphemism for many things. Parking in the rear highlighted a lack of house keeping. Upon entering I was greeted by the server but not offered a table or takeout. It was clear that this would be a togo order. The staff were very sweet but the guy that served me was maskless. This combined with the line of sight and a continued feeling house keeping was lacking was a tad concerning.

For Dine-in the ambience sucked and the new party of 4 seemed to take all the server's attention. There appeared to be only 3 parties the 4 ordering, a party of 3 about to leave and a solo diner. Hole in the walls are great if the server owns the room and interacts otherwise it's awkward - Talay is perfect for TAKE OUT, especially for solo diners!!!

Pad Thai 5 star Yellow curry 1 star Housekeeping 2 star Ambience ...

We came here because of good reviews.We arrived at around 8 , they close at 9. Everyone seemed agitated, they told us last food was at 8:30 which is understandable and we ordered ahead of that time. Food was okay compared to other Thai place at valley. We ordered shrimp appetizer, mango curry, drinks and pad es saw with shrimp and chicken. Portion size were not great for the price but that was not the issue. Horrible customer service . We asked for the drinks, and ordered one for my kid after tasting first one we realized our little one would not like it and if it could be canceled. We wanted to cancel before it was made and we made request within 30 seconds with the server whoever was close by. The guy server was so rude , he basically said figure out with your server . We didn’t argue. By the time our server came in table , drink was prepared . We didnot say anything. Whole time both servers were rolling eyes and were agitated. we were so confused I felt sick to my stomach eating there. Never ever I have not finished my food from my plate. I could not after how we were treated. We wanted the dessert cause it looked good in the menu but we decided it’s gonna make us more sick. When we were leaving they didnot even say goodnight. We tried food all over the valley and go back to our favorite. never again in this place that’s what I told my self. Since its location was in Rancho mirage I was expecting better customer service than this. The employer needs to train these people if he wants to keep running business efficiently, his workers are...

We had gone to Basil Thai in La Quinta the night before we visited Talay Thai. What a difference! While we loved Basil Thai, we were quite disappointed in Talay Thai. My husband and I get Chicken Larb at home on the east coast frequently and love it so we ordered it here. BIG MISTAKE! First, the flavoring in it was not good (meaning that the spices, etc. in it were not very good). More important, it was GRITTY. There were tiny white hard pieces in the ground chicken meat. It seemed they had dropped in uncooked white rice (the larb was cold, not hot). Recipes for larb call for the rice to be toasted first (so it should not be white) and then ground to a coarse powder. These pieces were not powder. They were grit, making it unpleasant even to chew. Further, they seemed to be in such a rush in the kitchen to get dishes to the tables that they didn't take the time to cut the onion to reasonable sizes. The red onion pieces were way too big. Unless you like to eat significantly large (like an inch by two inches) pieces of raw red onion, this was a problem. I use raw red onion often in dishes, but in small diced pieces, not pieces the size of a taco chip. My husband and I both left most of the dish. When I tried to explain to the waiter what was wrong, he had no interest in hearing this, dismissed our comments entirely, shaking his head as if we were "wrong." The customer isn't always right, but in this case, our main course...