@ Thai Recipe — Restaurant in Santa Cruz

The reason I keep coming here is because I love their wide noodle vegan pad see ew. I have tried other dishes but for some reason I just don't like them as much as the pad see ew here. The rad na is good as well, but since I order pick up, the noodles are always crushed up the way they serve it for the rad na, and that makes the experience not as great. It's been solid for 6 years now. Tonight I ordered gluten-free, veggies & tofu option, no egg, no meat, like usual, for both my orders. Unfortunately, both of them were permeated by the taste of moldy vegetables for some reason. It's never happened before, and I hope it's a one-off event. They seemed super busy tonight; maybe it was that. But I don't need to increase my health issues by taking in mold, so I might wait awhile or order at a less busy time. :/

YAY! my cupboards were empty and my Thai local @thai was open. I tried the vegan yellow curry and the vegan pad see ew again. The protein I chose for both were was tofu/veggies. The curry is hot, warming, and filled with sweet, white potatoes, veggies, and carrots and broccoli. It also came with a lovely pint of rice. All of this is excellent for when I have a cold or stomach issues. The pad see ew was AMAZING. And both were very generous, very fresh. It was near closing, so less busy, and they gave me sriracha, and chili flakes. They are always so on point when I come back from the airport and am exhausted or etc. I am SO grateful. Thank you for proving me very...

For New Year Day, we decided to try a new restaurant and we came across this place from Yelp. We, six of us, sat down and soon after I noticed a couple of tables sat down after us have their food ordered and appetizers delivered and we still haven't been offered a chance to order. We have to request in order to order. After ordering the food, we noticed people who came in 20 minutes after us were getting their food already and we still haven't. Finally, the lady in charge came over and apologized that something happened and the order didn't get into the kitchen and they would be working on them soon. It was another 10 minutes before we got any food.

The food was okay. The Garlic dish didn't have a lot of garlic and tofu was not the freshest; the Basil dish didn't have a lot of basil and the beef wasn't the freshest either. The Pad See Ew was good. After the dinner, we got the bill with 20% tips already included. I didn't think they deserved that amount of tips so I told them so. They weren't happy about it without any more apology but they were okay that we only left a few...

Technicals first. For one I havnt tried too much of the menu but everything I have tried so far has been delicious and it's come out of the kitchen quick. The prices aren't too high relative to anything else in the area either which is impressive specifically. Maybe a boring review but when I don't have all to much to critique I guess that's what happens!

Now on to other details. There are a few logistics issues about this place than can be a headache. Issues worth overcoming for the food but issues nonetheless. One of the problems is the physical location being difficult to get to especially if you drive a larger car. I suggest parking nearby and walking to the restaurant if you aren't confident in your close quarter navigational skills. The second issue is just that the internal dining is very small. If you want to take a big group (6+) consider taking out rather than dining in as things at that scale will get cramped in there.

Like I said, 2 non food related and well solvable issues that you just have to be aware of in order to enjoy some...