Thai Shack — Restaurant in Teaneck Township

To me, Thai food is like Chinese takeout. There are restaurants everywhere, but it's difficult to find a place that does it exceptionally well. On a night when my husband and I found ourselves craving some Thai food, we took a chance on the Yelp algorithm of suggestions and landed at the Thai Shack's door.

The weekday lunch special is a great deal. A light salad and spring roll are served with some preselected entrees, and it's here I have to give the peanut dressing some hearty props. I don't know what they put in that sauce, but it was all I could do to keep myself from licking that little bowl clean. For our entrees, we both went with noodles. I was initially disappointed that the serving size seemed smaller than expected, but don't let the plate fool you - it's enough. At least, it was for me because I felt full well before I reached the bottom. My beef pad see ew was incredible, with tender pieces of beef and a delectable sauce that made me want to spoon it over rice. My husband also liked his pad thai, with lots of soft chicken pieces. If we had any compunctions with our meal, it was that our noodles were a little heavily sauced and teetering just slightly on the salty side.

Service here is friendly. That, along with the cozily dressed interior, makes dining in a pleasure. I was especially appreciative that water glasses are filled from water bottles instead of tap (say what you want about food in Jersey, but the taste of its unfiltered tap water is absolute trash). The kind woman who took our order was open to small customizations (such as undressed salad and added spice in my pad see ew, which is normally presented as a...

Just lovely! Clean, and VERY SAFE SET UP: you are masked, and at safe distance, and the staff working there are masked and wearing gloves: so you can call in your order, and when you come to pick it up there is a very efficient safe process of your payment, and there is Gel for the pen to sign your charged receipt. But ON TOP OF ALL THAT THE FOOD IS DELICIOUS, and I ordered on the premises, waited for their preperation of a deep fried flounder lunch special, with vegetables and choice of jasmine rice, or for 50cents extra, you can substitute black/ brown rice, with choice of a ginger sauce or Tamarind! and I really enjoyed their appetizer of 6 steamed Thai dumplings. We look forward to trying all their dishes, and found the personnel most gracious, friendly and Very efficient. So delightful to have this cuisine so close and accessible to our residence in Bogota. You can park in the FREE municipal lot, just behind the Cedar Lane stores, if you don't find curbside...

The food was sub-par, luke warm and a bit bland. Their peanut sauce was good. I was unoriginal with my one order - veggie pad thai with a side of tofu and the spring roll appetizer. Pretty much a staple for thai places. The spring rolls were on the colder side and pretty bland. The sauce was ok. The pad thai had two types of noodles in it a thin flat noodle and an angel hair noodle. Their veggies are frozen and then thawed for dishes so you get soggy, overcooked broccoli, carrots and green beans if you chose veggies in lieu of meat. And the tofu was full on cold. The only thing that saved the meal was the delicious peanut sauce which I asked for as a side and poured on the tofu and pad thai. It made...