Rich & Richer Authentic Thai Cuisine — Restaurant in Simi Valley

Well I'm gonna be real strait on this review . Place is not very welcoming , the owner seams rude at first . We went in tonight and almost left before placing order. The owner was busy and didn't seam to care if we were there or not . BUT ONCE HE DID GET TO US WHICH WASNT VERY LONG AT ALL HE TURNED ON HIS PERSONALITY ! Man what a carector , had us laughing , very friendly joking with us and now let's get to the food . Place smelt great, was simple and clean when we came in and why we waited, I said well maybe the food will be better than the initial service. BOY am I glad we stayed the food was fresh and delicious ! The service was great. Just got to let him do what he does . Try it you'll be surprised as I was! This may be our new favorite Thai food place! And I look foward to going their again real soon. We had pad Thai, spicy fried rice with beef, and the Kung poa chicken . All was fantastic! After talking with the owner found out that it is literally him and his wife running the place no other help. And why he is preoccupied . But like I said wait it out they run a great restaurant for a two person show! I can't wait until the next time I can go there and watch his carector erupt! Lol. My bigest regret is not trying the place sooner . Never knew it was there. He has been there since 2002 he told us . Drove by it 1000s of times thought it was a nail salon or something but trust me give it a shot....

Prefacing this review with [1] Thai options in Simi are decidedly limited and [2] I'm picky about my Thai food. That said, and I feel bad because I wanted to love them, it's a "no" for me, folks. I ordered a few baseline items to pick up and try them out (Panag curry w/ beef, pad Thai, crab fried rice, and chicken satay). Service was excellent and the order was accurate. The food was not good. The panag curry was only chewy beef and sauce over rice. The crab fries rice tasted too fishy...maybe not very fresh. The pad Thai, which looked anemic and like they forgot the tamarind, also tasted too fishy. The chicken satay was pretty good...but peanut sauce can absolve a multitude of sins, even if it wasn't. I was disappointed with the food and thought prices seemed high but prices everywhere are...

The service was very nice, so I feel really bad having to write this review. That’s how important I feel it is to tell you. I have no idea how this place could have possibly gotten that many review stars from other people, but I think they all must be very misguided for some reason. This is hands-down the worst Thai food I’ve ever eaten, and I’ve eaten at a lot of Thai food restaurants in my life. This is not an exaggeration. It’s very greasy and not very fresh, and made my body feel pretty nasty. I would almost say it’s like food poisoning, but on a regular basis, I’m assuming. Sorry for...