Tree Top — Restaurant in Waltham

Food: 4 Decor: 3 Service: 3

Came here 3 times for dinner in the past month.

Family Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.95 Chicken Satay (3), Tree Top Rolls (4), Shrimp Sumai (4), and Vegetable Tempura. ~Okay. Chicken satay and tree top rolls were pretty good, but I didn't really care for the shumai or tempura.

Summer Rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.95 Fresh made rice paper, rolled with shrimp, rice vermicelli, Thai basil, bean sprouts, carrot and chop lettuce ice berg served with special sauce and available for vegetarian. ~Pretty good. Fresh and goes well with the peanut sauce.

3.**Basil Basil with duck . . . . . . . 11.95 Sauteed with fresh minced hot peppers, fresh basil leaves, mushroom, green peppers and onions. ~Pretty good. Decent amount of heat.

*Yellow Curry with duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.95 mild yellow curry sauce with pineapple, onion, tomatoe, carrot, baby corn, straw mushroom and summer squash. ~Pretty good.

Pad Thai (Shrimp, Chicken, Tofu or vegetable) . . 8.95 The most famous Thai noodles dish, stir-fried with egg, ground peanuts, bean sprouts and scallions served with fresh bean sprouts and lime. ~Pretty good. Looked quite greasy, but it tasted pretty good.

Tamarind Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.95 Half boneless roasted duck topped with special tamarind sauce, ginger, snow peas, baby corns, scallions and straw mushrooms. ~Pretty good. Duck was nice and crispy. Would have liked a touch of heat.

Mango with Sticky Rice . . . . 5.95 ~Pretty good.

Service was hit-or-miss. Had trouble getting service when the...

I ordered two special noodle dishes that came with shrimp. Since I'm allergic to shrimp I asked to sub for tofu and learned I was charged an additional $3 each. How is tofu ever more expensive than shrimp? This makes me wonder if they precook their dishes and charge me extra if they have to recook. Anyway, I would pay any amount, I just wish they had told me beforehand and not after I paid, it seems kind of scammy. What really influenced me to give them a lower rating was the wait time. I ordered in person to go and had to wait for over 45 minutes. A couple who dined in AFTER I ordered finished their meals and left the restaurant before I got my food. The food is great though, definitely better than most Thai places I've been to. But after this experience I doubt...

Tree top Thai is so good! Everything I've had there is delicious well prepared, perfectly cooked with fresh vegetables and meat!

Another thing I really like about them is they're consistency. The meals have the same great flavors every time and the quality is always very high. The staff is very polite and friendly and will custom make dishes for you if you desire. They also substitute different vegetables in a very flexible and accommodating.

It's not in the greatest location and the dining area is not the best but the food always is! I live about 30 minutes away now but still make it a point to go to treetop Thai whenever I can because it's my favorite Thai place in the...