Thai Arroy — Restaurant in Virginia Beach

Thai Arroy is located on N. Birdneck Rd. It is just south of the intersection with Virginia Beach Blvd. (Route 58). There is a Liberty Tax Service and a laundry place in that same strip, so hopefully this helps you find it easier. If heading north on N Birdneck Rd., it will be located on the right side of the road. My visit here was on January 21, 2023.

I've heard of Thai Arroy and have passed the place several times over the years, but never made it into this place until now. What brought me in to try them? 2023 Virginia Beach Restaurant Week. I always try to visit places during this event that I haven't visited before or don't visit too often.

You can see the green signage for this place, so that was a help in ultimately finding the right spot to turn into the place. There was ample parking in the front when I was there, but in busier times, they do have additional parking in the back of the place. When you first come in, it definitely looks to have a Thai theme to it. There is also a bar area to the left when entering as well. We did wait a few moments for someone to come up to be seated, but I do think it's due to low staffing that many of these types of places are having at this time. With the decorations and such inside, it definitely Thai's this place together well.

After getting seated, a few moments later a server came to the table to ask what we wanted to drink. Both my mom and I did ginger ale. After bringing the drinks, she asked if we were ready, but we weren't quite ready yet since the Restaurant Week Menu did have a good amount of options. When she came back, she told us a different server would be taking care of us as her work day was done. The new server came over quickly and asked us if we had any questions, which we did not and we were ready to order at that point too. With the restaurant week menu, it is a fixed cost menu including an appetizer, entrée, and dessert. For the appetizer, I originally said I was going to do the Crispy Rolls. I have a mushroom allergy, and she said that mushrooms are in that, so I did the Crab Rangoon instead as the appetizer. For the entrée, I went with the Sautee Basil with Shrimp and for dessert I went with the Coconut Ice Cream. For the three course dinner, my mom went with the Vegetable Rolls for the appetizer, Pad Thai with Shrimp for the entrée, and a Fried Banana for dessert.

A few minutes after ordering, our appetizers came to the table. They were both hot, so we did wait a few moments to try them out. The Crab Rangoon were really good. I liked that they weren't hard either when eating them and the sauce that came with them complemented the appetizer well. They had good flavor too. My mom enjoyed the vegetable rolls that she got for her appetizer. Shortly after we finished the appetizers, our entrées came to the table. Just like the appetizers, the food looked really good, but it was definitely hot, so we had to wait a few moments to dig in. Once we did, it was really good. The Sautee Basil with shrimp was really good. I loved the flavors in it and the kick that it gave too. The kick wasn't spicy hot, but was just right for me. The portion size is bigger than what the photos show. My mom liked the Pad Thai with Shrimp too. The Pad Thai is with noodles. Both entrées were really good. The final course of the meal was dessert. Shortly after finishing our entrées, our server came over with the desserts that we ordered in the beginning. The Coconut Ice Cream looked really good. It didn't take long for me to start on it. It was delicious. You could definitely taste the coconut in there. My mom liked the fried bananas too, but it was a little hard for her.

Overall, this was a very good visit. I haven't had any Thai food in several years. The food and service were good. They were able to Thai everything together nicely when it comes to the décor and food. If you are in the area and looking for some food to Thai out your meal, this place is worth...

Have to leave one star because my experience tonight was just too bad to let go. Went in about 6:45 for food. Its New Year's Day so I expected it to be a little slow but it was actually quite busy. Only two servers were working so I didn't expect the service to be as fast as normal.

One of the servers came over to take our drink order and came back around after making the rounds in the restaurant to bring the drinks. I must say he was quite busy trying to get everything done but he seemed to be handling it. (Although he tried giving us 2 separate orders that wasn't ours)

After a few minutes he came back around to take the appetizer order and at that time we placed our main order as well (Which he didn't write down). It was around 7 at that time. The app and drink was brought out about 10 minutes later.

About three more tables were sat and about five or six takeout orders were picked up. It's around 7:40 now and I started to notice that it's taking a long time for the food to come out. The server came back to the table and said he just wanted to double-check the order that we had and he called out one dish but couldn't remember the second dish, I had to refresh his memory. It was 7:45 at this time.

At 7:55 I said I will give him 5 more minutes to bring the food or I was going to leave. At this time I felt I was being more than patient because it should never take an hour to bring food out.

It is now 8 so I got up and found the server and told him that I'm leaving and to cash out the appetizer and the drink that I had. He began to say that the food was coming, I told him I didn't want it and to just cash me out. The manager came over and this is where things went south in my opinion.

The manager proceeded to ring up my order and handed me the receipt with all the items up there, I told him I didn't have all the items and that I just want to pay for the appetizer and the drink and that the food never came out so I'm not paying for it. He proceeded to ring up the app and drink then handed me the receipt.( I looked at the receipt and asked him where the time was when it was entered in and he showed me the time, the time on the receipt when the order was put in was 7:47) and also the receipt showed full price for the two items which was $21.19 I said to him, you should be offering me some type of discount for me having to sit here all this time and not have my food, not to mention the server most definitely forgot to put the order in and he said yes he will give me a discount.

He proceeded to print out another receipt and this receipt had $20.19 on it as the total. I looked at him and said are you serious? is this the discount you giving me and his response was yes 10%. LOL. I didn't even want to argue with him that it wasn't 10% I was just ready to get up out of there. Honestly they don't have to worry about me as a customer anymore.

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Thai Arroy is a cozy restaurant nestled in Virginia Beach. This simple eatery offers some of the most tastiest Thai dishes I’ve ever had. And to top it off, the service was genuinely wonderful. The owner was very warm and welcoming.

My family and I came to Thai Arroy for dinner and we ordered several dishes to share family-style. Here are the dishes we ordered:

Papaya Salad - Crisp, sour, sweet, salty, crunchy and fresh. This was a perfect appetizer and side to pair with our dishes.

Crab Fried Rice - This was a crowd favorite with generous lumps of real crab meat. Squeeze some lime juice for a brighter flavor!

Chicken Tom Yum (Hot Pot Lemongrass Soup) - Probably one of the best Tom Yum I’ve had and much better than the ones I’ve had in California. This flavorful soup had a generous helping of chicken and veggies and came out piping hot!

Pad Woon Sen (Baked bean Thread Noodle) - This was a smaller portion. There is a strong ginger flavor, which I haven’t tasted at other Thai places. It’s not bad, it was just unexpected. I prefer the Pad Woon Sen from President Thai in SoCal.

Chicken Wings - Flavorful and garlicky.

Thai E Sarn Sausage - Wow! I loved the bold flavor of this sausage. This was a hit with our table.

Thai Pork Belly - Really good pork belly. It had a good balance of crunchy skin and tender meat, with just enough fat to give great flavor. It came with sauce and a cup of rice.

Roasted Garlic Whole Fish - The best dish of the night! We ordered the XL size and it was so worth every penny. First off, the presentation was unlike anything I’ve seen. They used the skeletal bones (the vertebrae) along with the head to be used as a platter to hold up the tender and crispy pieces of fish. It was garnished with fragrant cilantro and crunchy cucumber. The lime sauce over the fried fish was delicious! Loved how light the batter was because you can still taste fish. I would order this again!

Mango and Sticky Rice - A perfect way to end our dinner. We ordered a couple of these to share between our table. So so good!

Our family enjoyed one of our last nights in VA at Thai Arroy, which translates to “Delicious Thai [Food]” and, indeed, it was arroy mak mak (very, very delicious). I will be back the next time I’m in...