Yum Yum Thai Restaurant — Restaurant in Shoreline

I'm not someone who typically writes Google reviews, but my recent experience at this restaurant has prompted me to share my concerns. My boyfriend and I visited this place for takeout. I smiled and said Hi to you, a Thai woman wearing glasses, but you responded with a stern, unresponsive expression. When I mentioned that I wanted to place a to-go order, you still didn't respond but you rather stared at us as if we did something wrong, so my boyfriend had to take the lead in placing our order. Once again, you remained silent.

When our order was ready, you finally spoke, simply stating the price as "$14.20." It was the only word you spoke to us. I received the receipt, and due to your unpleasant demeanor, I decided not to leave a tip. As you took the receipt, your expression seemed to convey your displeasure.

Up until this point, I hadn't considered it as a case of racial discrimination, assuming you might have been in a bad mood for some other reason. However, my perspective shifted when the next customer, a white gentleman, entered the restaurant. You greeted him with 'How are you?' and spoke politely, saying '$XX.XX, please' and 'thank you.' But when my food was ready, you called out 'pad thai' with a harsh expression. Even when I thanked you as I received my food, you still did not respond.

Feeling extremely uncomfortable, I left the restaurant with my boyfriend. If you are not satisfied with your current role, I would earnestly suggest considering a different career path. Your attitude is unprofessional and leaves customers feeling uncomfortable. I paid for my food, but the experience was marred by discomfort. You are asian and also me too, treating people differently based on their race is extremely disrespectful. At the very least, your behavior does not seem suitable for a customer service role. I hope you...

I had a great time coming here. I ordered the Coconut Juice to start, and I've gotta say...it's refreshing. I love the little bits of coconut in it that you can chew on.

We ordered Chicken Satay to start, and then Beef and Broccoli, Garlic Chicken, Green Curry, and Pad Thai.

I only tried the Chicken Satay, Brocoli Beef and Garlic Chicken, since I'm not that big of a Pad Thai person, and wasn't in the mood for curry. I do have to say, the food I had was amazing.

To start, the Chicken Satay was great. I always love the spices. And the size of the skewers you get was a lot more than most places. With the cucumber and peanut sauce, it was perfect.

For the Broccoli Beef, it was very fragrant, and flavorful. The beef was nice and meaty tasting, with a tender texture, and the broccoli was nice and crunchy, and not overcooked.

The Garlic Chicken was nice and garlicky, with some fried garlic on top too, I think. Same deal as the Broccoli Beef though where the broccoli is concerned, nice, hot, and crunchy, but not overcooked, with some soft florets.

My dad had the Curry and the Pad Thai, and tends to get them spicy, and he'd probably recommend both, considering his reactions to them during the meal.

The woman working there was really polite and nice, and overall was a great hostess.

The atmosphere was really cool too, a lot of neat things to look at inside, and a good but of natural sunlight coming from the windows. It wasn't too busy when we went, but that's...

Cute place and an ok price but pretty disappointing.

The food is bland (might be my fault for ordering just a 3 on the spicy scale but you shouldn't rely on spice to make up for flavor). The broccoli in my Pad Se Ew was just steames broccoli, no flavor integration or anything. Panang was pretty bland too.

Most thai places give you generous slices of chicken but here it was more like chicken crumbles which contributed to a weird overall texture.

I have no idea how this place has such a high reviews, especially the the person who says they go out of their way to come here now that they've moved away.

Honestly? If you're willing to go into Seattle proper there are way better thai places just 15min away. Don't settle for this.

EDIT: Very inaccessible. If you are a wheelchair user or require the use of a ramp, be aware. There are 3 or 4 steps up to the front door. A look around the building reveals that there IS a ramp but it leads to the kitchen, meaning that you'll either need to get an ablebodied friend to go and ask if you can be let in through the ramp or you'll have to knock at the kitchen door and hope...