Went there for the widely-advertised Fri - Mon lunch "buffet".

Well, the food is great, (like all Thai cooking - I mean, how can you not like Thai, right?), however, it is only "somewhat" of a buffet.

They have 2 choices of rice, and 4-5 choices of chicken. No beef, no pork, no salad(s) of any kind, nothing else.

All that is strictly "metered" in small tubs, (or, whatever you call those things), and put out in very limited, tiny, quantities.

For just 5 bucks more, you will get the same amount of food you will eat there, if you order a take out from them.

...

What I absolutely disliked was that they, actually, ASKED me for a tip! For a self-serve meal, self-pick up utensils, basically, "everything self", they ASKED me for a tip!

First and foremost, a tip is a purely voluntary thing, and of course I could throw in 2-3 bucks, (which would make it a 20% tip, for a lunch "buffet" - my friggin' morning coffee costs almost $5 these days).

It's the fact that they ASKED for it, having put in the minimum amount of effort, (read, NO effort, for all practical purposes, and with the "neediness" in their voice, too), was what turned me away.

I, myself, am needy like that when I AM LOOKING FOR A JOB, and not begging for a 2-3 dollar tip.

And the most degrading thing was that the guy who asked for a tip was the actual owner of the restaurant! - There were NO servers, of any kind, there - Period.

I know that place. He works there by himself, (all the time), with an occasional family member for help, and a cook, (and, the latter might just be a family member, too).

I highly doubt his business is doing that bad that he needs to ask for a 2-3 dollar tip, 'cause, his delivery side of the business is BOOMING!

And, all he has to do is to just cook the meal, and put it into a plastic bag! - THAT'S ALL!

...

Anyway, I feel like I just had to express my opinion, in this case...

...

I'm sure there will be some of you who feel otherwise, and you are perfectly well entitled to have an opinion.