Charm Thai — Restaurant in Sacramento

Dingy place that can really use an upgrade to the decor. A little bit would go along way as far as that. Honestly though, interior design is something I could care less about. The server was slow and oblivious despite that I was 1 of 2 customers, the meal took about 40% longer than it should have as I was waiting for her attention while they ate, chit-chatted and played on their phone. They forgot the Hot Tea I ordered, gave it to me after serving me everything else and still charged for it, not a big deal, just annoying as Hot Tea always takes a while to cool and I was practically done with my meal at that point. I ordered the Fried Tofu and the Egg Rolls for apps. The Egg Rolls were disappointingly awful, again good potential, they looked great, perfect size, I love the ingredients they used I think they just weren't fresh as they were mushy in the middle with a poor texture but the worst was the bitter greasy taste of the wrap probably from a combination of really old fryer grease being absorbed by the old spongy wrap. The fried tofu was not much better, again I think it just wasn't fresh. It was likely fried at a different time and then reheated as it was very dry, and flavorless (yes even for fried tofu I eat it a lot) and the biggest tell: still cold in the middle. The only saving grace was the entree I ordered; Veggie Delight with Fried tofu; despite being a little too much on the salty side (I like salt, it was just a tad bit overdone) the dish had an excellent garlicky flavor and the veggies were fresh, crisp with a wonderful variety and cut appropriately (not giant pieces), it was a very tasty! However again the fried tofu I don't think was fresh and again poor grease taste. After writing all this out honestly I think they're only problem is that they are being cheap and not changing out the grease in the fryer, that probably created the poorly cooked tofu (old grease doesn't get as hot) as well as produce a rancid taste on everything that is cooked in it. So please Charm Thai; GET NEW GREASE...

Great Thai place to try out! Food: Fried wing, roti with curry, Thai style papaya salad, pad Thai, & steak salad. Portions! Great portions for a Thai place!

Ambience: Small but welcoming. Loved all the natural light that came in through the window. Parking: Small. Would be hard if it was busy cause there are other shops & restaurants around.

Service: Quick & friendly.

Overall I really enjoyed it here. The food was good. I Don't really care for sweet pad Thai but I've had sweeter at other places...maybe Pad Thai is just not my thing. Liked the look & feel of the place & food was good but the best thing is their portions! Usually Thai restaurants give you so little for your buck that unless it's just you or you & a date, it's not worth going to when feeding a family. Usually a dish is like 2 small handful but here, it fills the whole serving plate!I would definitely come back here again.

Recommendation: Go! Definitely go check...

Wonderful food! We ordered a la carte: pad thai noodles with chicken, Thai fried rice with chicken, yellow curry with chicken, and the stir fried vegetables (no chicken😂). For appetizers, we shared egg rolls and spring rolls.

Everything was on point! Nothing negative. The fried rice was one of my favorites. Very tasty. Loved it with the yellow curry over it. The yellow curry was coconut milky goodness. No spice, which we looked for the kids. I'm sure you can order to the spice you like. The stir fried veggies came in a delicious sauce that went incredibly well over white rice. The pad thai noodles was okay. Not negative, but okay. The peanut sauce did the spring rolls was delicious.

Overall, wonderful place to get your Thai food fix. Definitely would come back...