Sumrub Thai cookery — Restaurant in Richmond

I’m always sad to find thai food that isn’t good. This was my first time here. Every dish we got was barely mediocre. There was a strange powdery residue in my mouth after eating the pad thai.. not sure if it was cornstarch, but definitely shouldn’t have that experience. The fried rice had to of been the cheapest “instant” rice on the market.. no flavor, no rice texture, just mush. Awful. The 3rd dish was also not impressive, nor were the spring roll’s. Sadly, I’ll not choose this place again. Hostess lady very nice… but food not worth the money. Even the better thai places in the area have all gone down hill since Covid.. all seem to be getting lackadaisical with their quality and freshness....

A small ten table restaurant doesn’t play like a small restaurant, the take out traffic was small but constant.The pad Thai, choochee duck and Thai egg rolls were all excellent. Vegetables were crisp and very fresh, the duck was crisp outside and tender inside with a wonderful sauce. The only exception to our lovely lunch was the woman serving us, she was very quiet (I didn’t hear her say more than, was everything alright?) and almost sad. I hope her life gets better. The restaurant plays very relaxing music and the jasmine...

I’m not one to complain normally, but we ordered crispy spicy chili chicken for the third time in hopes that it would be as good as the first time we ordered it. But alas the second time the chicken was nearly not existent with the tiniest pieces of chicken, disappointing. Well one more time we tried and the third time the chicken was as if it had been reheated numerous times not just once. It might as well of been chicken jerky. Needless to say it did not get eaten it was totally gross. We will not be...