Chanida Thai Cuisine — Restaurant in Yucaipa

Had a weirdly bad experience. To be fair, our family went on a Sunday late afternoon. Perhaps they were short-handed. When we entered the restaurant, there were a few families and about 8 empty, uncleared tables... dirty. Clearly the tables had been left unattended for a while. And the carpet was dirty. The bathrooms were dirty (like stuff dripping from the walls). The food was not good. We were surprised because my wife had been there years before and had a really good experience. I ordered Po Thak soup. The broth was like chicken broth. Good flavor of garlic, but was very mild and no lemon grass flavor. With the broth, the seafood had a mild tasteless flavor. My daughter had orange chicken... the best dish at our table but was very average. We had chicken chow mein.... the chicken was tasteless (boiled) and the noodles were unlike any asian noodle I had ever had. Seemed like they had been prepared long before and was almost just reheated. It was mushy. The Thai Iced tea and Coke was great. The service was friendly but was surreal that we were surrounded by such a mess. Perhaps this was an out of the ordinary experience here, but we would not go back...

Checking in to spread some love for our local restaurants, by returning to one my old pots that I haven’t been to in years - Chenayda. A very cozy and quiet establishment right here in Calimesa not far off the 10-freeway, soft lighting and actual quality Thai decor, you’d be missing out glossing over this place. Tonight’s order was chicken fried rice, extra chicken, and their maximum level of heat.

Very pleasantly surprised by the very nice sized portion I was served, and that the heat was different from most places. I You see, usually high heat = drowned in spicy sauce, like sriracha. Here, the spicy seasoning did exactly what I wanted: complimented the flavors of the dish.

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve enjoyed spicy fried rice of quality like this. After a crazy day (and a hectic meeting earlier), the soft water falls and relaxing nature was the perfect setting to enjoy. Staff were extremely friendly and kept checking in on me as well. Give yourself a break...

Sadly disappointed last night. Takeout orders are served to the TOTAL EXCLUSION of table service. We waited over an hour for our food and finally left with no food served. Our family has celebrated birthdays and anniversaries and graduations and just happy rimes here for many years. We went last night to celebrate my daughters engagement. Imagine our surprise and embarrassment when it was clear all 5 of the booths had dirty dishes and in the hour and 15 min we spent inside not a single dish was picked up. Three couple left the dining area after waiting over 30 min to order or get water. We finally followed. We had placed an order but the only food being prepared was the take out orders. Since their new business model is takeout first and table service absolutely last, they should close out the table service out of kindness. Sadly we found another place to eat but we were very sad to say goodbye to our former favorite place to celebrate. We will Not...