Pantry — Restaurant in Washington

Ordered my food to go and arrived at the location and decided I wanted to dine in and have a few cocktails and the manger then began to say “ I am okay with you dinning in this time but next time let us know because we are busy” this statement is very disturbing because customer service would have just seated us. The manager is so rude!! All we wanted was our food in the to go bag to sit at the bar to eat and enjoy some cocktails. There was no one In the restaurant so I thought we were being racially profiled. The manger then begin to yell in my face that I am not understanding what she is saying and that they get very busy and your suppose to let them know if you want to dine in but I was confused because no one was in the restaurant. What do you do when a customer just walks in to dine? I then began to let it go and stop speaking to her because she was so argumentative. I started to speak privately with the group what had transpired and how shock I was by the managers response and behavior. Highly unprofessional! The manager aggressively walked up at the table where we were having a discussion and continued to yell in my face and roll up her sleeves as if she wanted to fight me. At this point I will be contacting whatever source i need to and I am seeking to contact the Better business bureau and fox news because I felt attacked by this woman as where I decided to not dine at all. I have always ordered from this place and never recieved this type of service due to the fact I work in the apartment community down the street. The service today was disgusting and humiliating, it made me feel wanted and belittled. The manager needs to be fired immediately!! I WILL NOT ORDER FROM HERE EVER AGAIN PLEASE RUN FROM...

It looks cute inside. Should have sat inside. Might have had better service and ambiance. Food was lackluster.

Only thing delicious were the vegan empanadas. Flaky crust and warm scrumptious veggie filling accompanied with an almost too sweet cucumber vinegar dipping sauce made them worth the stop. Creme nigori sake chilled thankfully made the rest forgettable.

The coconut tofu mushroom soup needed to be less weirdly sugary and have more substantial pieces of mushroom and tofu. Bravo for the carrots at least! The huge hard pieces of lemongrass root that were not edible were a turn off. I love soft lemongrass shoots in food... When they are edible, not when I'm picking them out of my mouth to keep from cutting my throat.

The papaya salad tasted like the sauce was made from ketchup rather than fish sauce or even vinegar and umami flavor. Wilted and poor tasting standard lettuce base was a turn off.

Overall lackluster Thai...

First time trying this location per reviews and was overall ok with the experience. Starting with customer service it was ok however note you cannot order lunch specials to go as they are dine in only.

Ordered the spicy wings with the sauce on the side and the smell of the chicken by itself wasn't to pleasing and was completely unseasoned. However, it does pair well with the sauce once accompanied.

Ordered the shrimp and chicken fried rice also which was good. Note it is not Chinese fried rice so you won't get all the components such as mung bean sprouts and the rice is different. However, I was really impressed with the taste and freshness of this dish. I was looking for the best fried rice in DC and some of the reviews stated this was the place. I won't contest it as I don't have another reputable place to refer however it was tasty and I...