Sabaidee Lao and Thai Street Food - Rowlett — Restaurant in Rowlett

My instincts told me we should not eat here because we were trying to celebrate our marriage anniversary. That’s on me. Looking at the place should’ve been clue enough on not trying to have a nice meal there but there were all these fancy 4 plus stars here I figured why not… Ordered the pad Thai with shrimp (3$ extra) # 2 spicy (found out it was not going to be made with fresh Thai chilis… oh well - was still hopeful)…wife order Penang curry (tofu). As far as her curry went / the flavor was good - except she only had one potato in the curry. As far as the Pad Thai went - my three dollars equated to exactly three shrimp that were about the size of a quarter… worse - they tasted as though the Walmart bag I suspect they came from - had a bit too much cold exposure - lending to the freezer burnt taste. Had the dish been spicy - it might have masked the nasty shrimp flavor… But the # 2 spicy I ordered was more like a negative two (and the meal tasted of more like sweet peanut butter noodles)… No silverware for dining in (plastic ware was so flimsy my fork kept bending in half), and no fountain drinks… The kiosk gets flipped around for a tip - yet no service was rendered… (left a tip… surprised to learn later - that the chili sauce I requested at the counter - was going to cost me a dollar extra… that is when I felt kind of stupid for tipping for a server-less dining experience)… oh - if you dine in - your going to eat from to go containers…. (Did I mention the tip hint in the kiosk?? - yup.. but I gave way to the thought again though… you also bus your own table)…. The only good thing - was the cost. It’s priced reasonably well - and probably a better fair than Panda… )

If you like well priced, meagerly served food, with below standard shrimp - then this is your place…

Probably great delivery option as well (I could only imagine - all these plus star ratings must be based on the “to go” experience”.

Definitely will...

Cute little Thai/Lao food at the corner of a shopping center.

Walked in and it’s an order at the counter then find a seat. There was about 4/5 tables. Dine In available. Not many people dinning in but as we were sitting there waiting forever our food, they had lots of call in orders.

As we walked in, the lady was nice and told us what their popular dishes were. I typically always order the Pad See Ew at every Thai restaurant I go to. My husband was disappointed that there wasn’t any sort of noodle soups. He ended up getting the Pad Kee Mow.

The food came out about 5 mins after we seated. It looked very colorful and flavorful. It was steaming hot. So here’s where the three stars came in for me, it was super super sweet. I know Thai food it’s typically sweeter than my liking but this was way to sweet. Other than that it was good. My husband said his was good and he last said mine was to sweet to eat. It was like they pour nothing but sugar in it. I also would have liked for them to use Gai Lan (chinese broccoli) instead of regular broccoli.

Overall all, it was just okay. Friendly service and fair pricing. If I’m back in the area, I may try it again. Maybe they had a bad day and put one to many...

Guy who said his name was Jason, he wears a hat and a black baseball jersey shirt that says sabaidee on it, gave me the wrong food one time and when he realized what he did, he ran outside and snatched it from my hand without saying anything. I confronted him about snatching things out of people's hands and let him know that he should just let me hand it over. I was not interested in anybody else's order except mine. Today Oct 17, I had another order to pick up and when he handed it to me, he made a comment about snatching the order out of his hands, which I didn't and when I confronted him about it, he said I was rude. I asked him to let me speak with a manager, and he said he was about as high up as there was available. That's when I asked how I could contact a manager and said he couldn't give out that information. I asked for his name, and he said his name was Jason. I'm really starting to dislike this restaurant. He's in the...