Sanphan Thai Cuisine 🇹🇭 — Restaurant in Washington

So I rated this place on Doordash and on day 2 attempting to eat the leftovers I needed to add another review becuase the leftovers are inedible and the flavor is zero and the fried rice is so dry and stale and hard heated up it’s gross. The drunken noodles which were decent but already arrived too mushy later became an utter jello puddle, both with undercooked large chunks of bland veggies that tasted frozen then steamed and remained undercooked despite reheating - gross. I swear it feels like the most carelessly prepared fried rice and noodles ever, the chunks of vegetables are essential not cut at all - they literally appear to be large chunks of frozen veggies poured into a wok and unseasoned and added to rice and noodles. Full length green beans (not many, spares) very large carrot chunks (too large) and huge broccoli florets that require cutting which is ridiculous which were supper undercooked given how big they are compared to the other veggies. So hard huge broccoli chunks was the majority of my veggie Thai fried rice which is unusual for Thai food anyhow. The tofu chunks were equally too large and need to be cut in half, not bite sized the way it should be for drunken noodles or rice, very annoying to eat and no flavor to the rice, tofu or veggies, the noodles sauce was decent but not as good as others I’ve had. Worst was none of the veggies or tofu were seasoned and just added on top/way at the end unfortunately, very lazy. It’s almost criminal how much this place charges - especially for takeout!! This place went downhill. Ate here in person one time 2+ years ago, I recall it was good and no major complaints, but depends on what you order, one person wasn’t happy with theirs, and the atmosphere is a bit off. it feels like a restaurant that gets more takeout business than sit down so lots of door dash drivers in and out which is a bit disruptive. And it was super annoying because it was winter so was letting cold air blast in it by the door every other minute. Don’t recommend this place for dine in or takeout whatsoever. There has to be better and more flavorful Thai food around DC…this place is NOT it. Not even edible leftovers for after drinking alcohol, I’m serious. I could prepare something 10x better easily if I just hadn’t come back from a trip to an empty fridge that evening....

EDIT 03/2021 ⭐ My follow-up experience has changed my entire opinion of this establishment. My fiancé ordered food to be delivered and after 90 minutes without updates, we called for more information. We were told the order was cancelled b/c we were outside their delivery zone. We live 1.8 miles (an 8 minute drive) away, in DC proper. We received no notification of this prior to the call, and the woman we spoke to asked if we'd rather pick-up. I voted to take our business elsewhere, but my fiancé agreed to proceed with the order as a carry-out. When he asked if there would be a discount applied in lieu of the egregious lack of communication, the woman on the phone insisted there would not. She offered to compliment us one of two appetizer options, but refused to gratis the appetizer that was already on our order. Had they taken the time to notify us that we were not in their delivery zone, we would have gladly picked up. Sanphan's obvious disregard for basic customer service is unfortunate and severely disappointing. We will be taking our business elsewhere in the future.

06/2020 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ordered on-line through postmates for carry-out. That was seamless and efficient. They were almost empty when I arrived so I was in and out. I loved that. It was evident that they were following social distancing and sanitation guidelines. I ordered the Hoi Jor and Kanom Jeeb appetizers. The Kanom Jeeb was delicious but the Hoi Jor was disappointing. The description sounds delicious, but the dish itself didn't deliver. It was bland, and I couldn't tell that it had any of the listed ingredients. It reminded me of the inside of a McDonald's chicken nugget. The sauce it's served with is delicious, however so I did eat them. I will definitely be back...

NEVER AGAIN! Disappointing experience.

I rarely write reviews but my experience here was so disappointing that I feel compelled to share.

Where do I start? NEVER AGAIN!!! This restaurant was so horrible that I would not recommend it to anyone. Today, my relative and I had lunch at the establishment, I had the beef salad with rice. The beef tasted a bit like fish, which is weird because another reviewer said the same thing and the production of these things comes from different places (fish meat and beef (cows, bulls, and steers)) are not produced in the same food environment, therefore, should not have a similar taste. My beef salad tasted a bit like fish, and at first, I thought it was one of the vegetables in the salad, but after careful analysis with my taste buds, it was not.

My relative had the combo vegetable with chicken, the combo vegetable had half of one mushroom, 4 pieces of long green beans, one slice of carrot, and overcooked bokchoi. The rice was stale and cold, and it was not prepared on the same day. My relative wanted the noodles but that never came; instead, she was given rice.

The sauces for both of our dishes were watery and lacked some flavor.

I decline a free complimentary if offered as this will not satisfy the damage that has been done. On a scale of 1-10, I give this place a -1000. I am so disappointed it...