My Thai Restaurant — Restaurant in San Rafael

I've got a buddy who recently opened up a nail salon out here in the city. Twin sisters spa, next to the 7-Eleven and the barbershop. Check it out when you get a chance. I was helping him renovate the space in preparation for their grand opening and the night ran late. I'm leaving the city. I decided I needed some food before I hit the road and being a fan of Thai food, I decided to try this. For those of you who have read my other tie reviews, you will know that I chase this basil chicken dish that all Thai restaurants make, but there's a particular Thai restaurant that makes it the best for my palette that no longer is in business. The basil chicken at this Thai restaurant is almost identical to that experience so you can imagine that I was on cloud 9 with this dish. It was so good, that I came back to San Rafael and took my buddy here for dinner and all their other dishes were also fantastic. They were flavored just right with that classic Thai flavor where the concern at Thai restaurants typically is whether or not the dish is under flavored. He loved it, and have taken others here since. And I have also returned to take my family here as well and they enjoyed the experience also. I can say without a doubt that this is a great Thai food experience and the decor in their small restaurant seems very authentic Thailand as well. The restaurant is located in the downtown so I had a nice walk to and from the Spa. Every time I come into San Ramon or visit my friend at the nail salon, this is a must stop by for me. I also try and get him to bring me an order of basil chicken if he's coming back from there and passing by my home. I'm so happy that I can get my fix even if it is not as accessible as it used to be. Knowing I now have the option again is...

First of all, we ordered the Chicken Satay as an appetizer and when we cut into it, we realized that the chicken was not fully cooked (pink in the middle). They did take the cost off but there should have been some other discount or show off apology for the ill-prepared meal, as uncooked chicken could render a customer quite sick.

Although the rest of the meal was quite good and continued well prepared, the chef seems to have an obsession with bell peppers. Maybe some people enjoy them, but there was a plethora of bell peppers, dominating the entire dish (prawns and basil).

The restaurant is fairly clean and orderly, the waitress was kind. The restaurant is quite pricy but the meals are sizeable enough (6-8 prawns to the dish, nice portions of duck, an unmeasurable amount of bell peppers).

Despite the rest of the meal being somewhat decent, I do not trust returning. If anything, do not order anything with chicken and definitely do not come here if you are...

Sadly this place used to be decent for lunch but its just not at all any more. I ordered take out and was astounded at how overpriced everything was and how terrible the food was. The PadThai was orange and reeked of dried shrimp. There was no sprinkle of peanuts, or flavor balance. No cilantro in it and the noodles stuck together. There were three oversized shrimp out of balance with the other ingredients. Simply the food does not maintain the Thai standard of sweet, savory, spice, tangy flavors. The drunken noodle was skimpy with very few noodles and the meat out of balance with the noodles and few vegetables. Not cut to size balance. The green curry was bland and fishy ... The sticky rice was a hard wad of rice ... simply not good. I am so sorry but for how expensive it was and the low quality I will never go there again. My favorite is usually pumpkin curry but at $18-21 a serving its...