"Service was good with drinks arriving quickly and food arriving nice and hot. But then the restaurant was just about empty at 6:00 on a Wednesday evening (our table to four and just two other tables). A couple of things struck me as odd at the restaurant. One was that the “placemat” was nothing more than a thin black unfolded napkin that when you sat a cold drink glass on it soon dissolved to nothing and with the slightest breeze (walking by) fluttered up. Second was that in the actual napkin napkin the only silverware anyone had was a fork. That just seemed odd leaving no way to cut anything served and no way to get up any of the sauces with noodles, other than to use the serving spoon which we did not want to do because we were sharing four dishes between us. In fact we had to ask for individual plates, which I have never had to do in any Thai or Chinese or other Asian restaurant. Those three things just felt like really cheap moves to us. On to the food. We all got small dinner salads which were complimentary and a nice touch with a nice dressing. Crab Rangoon was good, but not as filled as other places. Shrimp Dumplings were not what was expected, but were actually excellent. Larb Chicken was a good portion but lacked any kick at all even though we asked for it medium hot. In fact, that lack of spice was a theme across all of the rest of the dishes. We asked for everything medium because at other Thai restaurants we have been to an order of medium means a good kick and sometimes even too hot for some. Here “medium” seems to mean no heat at all, which leads to bland and in a couple cases flavorless. Ginger Delight – excellent flavor of ginger. Basil Fried Rice – pretty average flavor. Drunken Noodle – totally flavorless. Pad Ka Po – it tried to have flavor but just never got past bland. Thai Tea was well done. Overall, just lacked the punch we were looking for. The lesson for next time and for others is to ask for more spice than what they consider medium and absolutely do not ask for low heat because we can’t imagine how bland that would be."
