Crazy Thai — Restaurant in Sherman

We had been told that the Crazy Thai in Sherman, Texas on Texoma Parkway was a great place with great food. Steer clear if you want anything with true flavor. We started with a bowl of Coconut Soup ($6.95) which I was somewhat excited about. My hopes were completely nullified with one sip. If you take plain coconut milk from a drinkable milk, water that down, add 2 leaves of Thai Basil ( which tastes like licorice), add 2 slices of a small raw mushroom, 2 half slivers of a piece of a slice of raw onion, and heat it up, you might get to a level of this soup. Horrid. We ordered crab Rangoon which was the best food of the evening, but not the best I have ever eaten for sure! Then we got 2 entrees that came with a choice of onion soup or house salad. We chose 1 of each. We had a 4 year old with us, who had the chicken nuggets and rice. Mediocre at best! The entrees were Pad Thai noodles ($12.99) and a vegetable stir fry with fried rice ($12.99). Let me start with the soup. Take 2 unsalted bouillon cubes, add 2 slivers of 1 raw mushroom and a teaspoon of French's crispy onions and you have the Crazy Thai Onion Soup! Hospital broth was tastier! The house salad was literally bagged salad with julienned carrots and yum yum sauce thrown on it. The iceberg lettuce released water and it was just gross. Let's move onto the entrees. The Pad Thai noodles were oddly flavored with Thai basil as well, I think. Hot, bitter, slightly pea-nutty sauce with thin over cooked noodles, raw bean sprouts, a slice of lime and a tablespoon of chopped peanuts with what seemed like boiled chicken. The other entrée, Mixed Vegetables, was actually tasty but the veggies were either canned or over cooked. We returned the coconut soup immediately and told him we did not like or want it. We still were charged $6.95. $63.00 later, we are never going back! Let me as kind as I can about the service. While it was fast, as a first time patron of this establishment and of their version of Thai food, his arrogant and lofty approach to my questions was not professional nor deserved a tip at the end of this experience. The soup price came out of the tip I would normally leave at 24%; however, I left $5.00 just because I know he is on a clock and I have waited tables before. Do not waste your time with this food. Go further north to Denison and eat at Dragon Thai & Vegetarian Cuisine. It is worth the extra 10 miles. Spend less, get more...

Decent Quality Food But Not That Authentic

May first main complaint was that there is NO heat to the food. I like it scorching hot. They have a scale of 1-5 of heat level preference. I asked for a 6. They brought me a -1. There was no heat at all.They also have other types of food, not just Thai, which I find odd for a "Thai" restaurant.

I am used to eating a Yum Neau, a delicious Thai beef salad. The closest thing they had to this was the "Crying Tiger", which was grilled flank steak (maybe 5-6oz), a minuscule dab of white rice, and a dipping sauce which again had no spiciness. They did bring a salad, but that was a pre-entree salad, consisting of about 8 tiny pieces of iceberg lettuce and a very odd mayo-something salad dressing (not that good). This dish was very far from being worth $16.95!

They do have some lunch specials that are $7.99 and worth trying. I will try the Pad Thai lunch special and see how that goes.

Service was not that great. The waitress we had didn't seem too happy. She stopped checking on us after we got our food. The wait was longer than expected. My guest got her food about 10 minutes before mine arrived. We had to practically beg for tea refills and she ignored our first request for lemons.

Hopefully they'll adjust and work out the kinks. I am glad we at least have ONE decent Asian style restaurant in Sherman. Compared to the other Asian garbage in Sherman, this place is amazing. Compared to an authentic Thai restaurant closer to DFW, they are...

Will DEFINITELY return! The prices are a bit higher than the standard Sherman fare, but you get what you pay for here. And the place is immaculately clean. The coconut soup (tom kha gai) is outstanding! Quite lime-y. For the main, I had pineapple fried rice at medium spice. Outstanding flavor, but, IMO, the Thai "medium" spice at CT is more of an American "very hot". Nowhere near "ghost pepper hot", but still unquestionably warm. (I rarely get heartburn, but it struck with prejudice shortly after the meal. Still worth it!) Loved that there was more than enough left over for a go box; could justify the bill easier that way too. grins My friend also loved the coconut soup. She ordered a "bento box" (comes plated, not in an actual bento box) and was thrilled by the flavor, quality, and quantity. My only tiny complaint about Crazy Thai is that the booths are rather uncomfortable. Perhaps management would consider investing in a bit of padding? Will still return eagerly, though - even if I have to sit on the floor to eat! Now, if only an Indian eatery and a middle-Eastern joint would open up, Sherman would have a reasonably well-rounded...