Thai Cafe & Noodle Treats — Restaurant in Santa Fe

Green chile kao pad is very good. The chiles tasted as if fresh out of the roaster. We also had the arroy dee and yakisoba, both very delicious good noodle. I had a good cry - for she is right, "hot" is quite hot. It is nice to be able to get good noodly doods so close to home and to be able to chat with someone who is so nice and personable.

EDIT: I'm not gonna change my rating because the green chile kao pad is stupidly good, but I am going to share an experience.

Madame Noodle seems to be the only front-of-house, and possibly the only one fluent in English. Last time we went to Noodle Treats, we were a group of 4 and there were no menus present, but there was a couple seated at a table reading one. She walked over and requested the menu back from them for us, and they ended up silently walking out without purchasing. That hurt to watch. We placed our order and sat down. Shortly after, someone came in, and waited about thirty minutes for Madame Noodle's presence. She was busy with something in back-of-house. Our whole party felt bad because here was this incredibly patient guy, waiting for noodle - sitting in various seats, taking in atmosphere, not even embroiled in cell phone. Madame Noodle finally showed up, informing him his take-out order will be ready in 15 minutes - after 30 minutes of him waiting with no front-of-house.

Please Mrs. Noodle I like your food but I can understand why your reviews are so controversial.

If you make hungry people feel unwelcome because you are the only front-of-house but have to do other things, they are going to nitpick the heck out your noods.

It is hard to teach employees, especially when there's a language barrier, but your business absolutely needs someone to front customers that isn't just you.

Unsolicited business advice is a certain hell, yeah, but mate I just really like the green chile kao pad...

The absolute worst dining experience I've had in Santa Fe, and the second worst of any place I've ever been. Not worth the one star I'm required to put there. I've never contemplated walking out without paying, but I nearly did after a meal here. Witnessed a guy do just that. Service was as slow as it was abysmal. And it was extraordinarily so. We ordered two appetizers, the fried spring rolls. they came out about 60 seconds before our entrees. We noticed when trying to pay for our food that they came out of a store bought package. Sad to say, that was the best part of the meal. I got the Pad Mee. Overcooked rice noodles in a thin, overly sweet sauce with onions and beef. It was served with "vegetables", aka spring mix from a bag with nothing done to it at all. I ate it all because I was hungry, I enjoyed none of it, and left, still hungry. The others I was with got curries, they were none too impressed. Rice served with them was described to me as "crunchy". One person ordered a Coke, he never received it. We got our waters when we got there, they were only refilled at the end of the meal, and only after we asked. Keep in mind, there were about three other tables to serve. A monkey could keep up with the traffic. When we went to pay, we stood there for a few minutes for her to get around to taking care of our bill. Keep in mind the maybe ten total people in this place. More than 60 seconds in that traffic is ridiculous, we were there standing ready for about three minutes. Not long in the grand scheme, but still, totally unacceptable for such a tiny restaurant. They also had ingredients sitting on one of the dining tables instead of the kitchen where it belongs. Just unprofessional. This place has not earned the right to be called a restaurant, and it does not deserve...

My first time, the lady at the register – who I believe is the owner – was quite friendly and pleasant. While the wait was long, we had a nice conversation. She mentioned covid was hurting her business and that she’d like more customers. Consequently, I made a point to return a few days later. My second experience was shockingly different. The same person attended me, but this time she was curt and distant. When I asked a question, she snapped an unfriendly response. It was so off-putting I only ordered a fraction of what I had intended. The food both times was tasty, if a little too sweet. The rice, however, was globby and dry - in the mango sticky rice dessert it was a hardened gelatinous ball that proved hard to eat. The chicken was fresh in both dishes (tum yum soup and red curry), but there was very, very little of it. I counted about seven slivers in a large bowl of soup with little to no vegetables – so it was basically like consuming a large bowl of broth. The flavor was good nevertheless. The red curry was surprisingly not red, creamy nor curry flavored – instead it was a brown gravy - maybe I was given the wrong order? Curiously, the restaurant requires guests wait outside for their order, but themselves don’t wear masks when cooking the food. On a final note, they don’t have a bell or system to alert when customers enter which means a long, at times exasperating, wait. It’s an inconvenience, which, when added to the unfriendliness and food issues weighs strongly against this establishment. I’m sorry to say I can’t recommend Thai Café and Noodle Treats and won’t be...