26 Thai Kitchen (The Battery) — Restaurant in Vinings

26 Thai at The Battery is outstanding in every way! I order from this location at least weekly and have never been disappointed by food quality or service. The manager/cashier (I believe her name is Jeancy) is the sweetest person on the planet and always provides an outstanding experience, whether I'm dining in at Ph'east or just picking some food up to go.

When it comes to starters, the dumplings are to die for and as authentic as they come in Atlanta. They remind me of the ones I had for Dim Sum in Bangkok, but bigger! The crab cheese rolls are also a fun and delicious take on an American take-out staple. I also loved the spring rolls. For mains, my go-tos are the Pad See Ewe, Pad Thai, and Drunken Noodle. My boyfriend loves the pineapple boat and supreme fried rice. & of course, I love the thai tea to drink when I'm in the mood for something sweet. They just rolled out desserts not too long ago but I haven't had a chance to try them yet. Maybe next week ;)

The portions are substantial—I often can't finish my meal if I order a starter, and sometimes even when I don't! And trust me, your girl can eat. The prices are commensurate with the location and especially the quality of food (and inflation and pandemic-related/supply-chain price increases—so please keep this in mind if you want to complain about the price of their food).

Overall: eat here & experience good food &...

We were a family of four out for movie night. We decided on Asain street eats, it's an Asain cuisine, food court. We all decided on 26 Thai Kitchen because they had the fresh pineapple with fried rice. It comes with chicken and shrimp and a side of fried rice. We all ordered with no shrimp, Xtra chicken. When it came out, it looked really good. It was hot and steaming. We started eating the chicken and veggies that were stuffed into the halved pineapple and low and behold, the chicken was so dry and crunchy, it immediately reminded me of my college days in Charleston SC. where there were several Asain restaurants that were shut down because they were found to be serving homeowners pets (cats and dogs) as the protein. Well, this had that same odd texture and one of the reasons I truly stopped eating at Chinese restaurants. You could literally not chew the supposedly chicken that was served in the pineapple. I told the lady at the counter and she asked if I wanted another order... well hell no! I didn't say it, but I definitely thought it. I don't recommend this place.

Update: Seven months later, I received a response...

Not good. I have gotten takeout from this place multiple times because my coworkers like it, but I swear it the most flavorless Thai restaurant I've ever eaten from. Today I had chicken pad Thai and there was no lime, no crushed peanuts, the bean sprouts were all wilted under the noodles, and the noodles tasted sugary and otherwise had no flavor. It's also really expensive compared to other Thai places in the area.

The menu is lacking several classic items - it's odd to me that a Thai place that claims to be the best doesn't offer larb, Thai beef salad, or Tom Yum soup. Although it's probably for the best because I don't imagine they'd be good based on the other food here. I've also had the Pad See Ew and Pad Kee Mao, and those both suffer the same flaws as the Pad Thai: lacking ingredients, lacking texture, lacking flavor. Pad Thai has been one of my favorite meals for nearly 20 years, and this place is the first where I really would rather go hungry than eat this Pad Thai. I would not have ordered from here at all except that my office...