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Tom Yum Cafe

Tom Yum Cafe

608 W Barry Ave, Chicago I-60657-4505, United States

Thai • Cafe • Soup • Meat


"I had stopped ordering from here about 3 years ago since the food was no longer good...I had been a loyal customer since 2016. I have been ordering from all the recommended other sources and they all seem to have gone down lately. I thought I would give Tum Yum another try since their reviews seem to have gone up and since the others were disappointing lately and WOW! They're back! Food was reasonably priced, portions were generous and the quality was exceptional! I'm back to being a loyal customer again!...so happy!OK...I ordered twice since the 5 star review above. They have no menu to offer and ask you to look online...the prices online are from delivery services and they are elevated prices that the delivery services are charging to cover their expenses...even if you pick up the food...so it is way overpriced! The services add about 20%, or at least 15% to menu prices to cover their expenses...so Tom Yum charges the same for some reason. The quality of the dishes the next two times I ordered was not good. They forgot the sauce for the mediocre pot stickers, the Tom Kha soup was like water with very little flavor, The Lard Nar was inedible...not like anything I have had before and the Shu Mai was full of baby shrimp (not minced) and very fishy tasting...we tossed them. The Pad Thai had no flavor, it was like soggy bean sprouts and bland noodles... So long Tom Yum Cafe. There are better places for less money and higher quality. I get upset when I feel ripped off!"

Aura Thai Kitchen

Aura Thai Kitchen

210 Main St, 07024, Fort Lee, United States

Thai • Salad • Casual • Seafood


"I went here to get in. I will begin to say the obvious when you have ever been in you: it is not a place to immerse. there were 3 tables and the restaurant was ice cold with the air that blows directly to the customers. we have eaten almost anywhere else because this restaurant had lower reviews than others in the opposite. but sure we were in the mood for thai, and the prices were not a break like some of the other restaurants nearby. after we have changed our table to get away from the air vent, my family became one of the best treated Thai food experiences we ever had. sincerely eating was so remarkable that I really felt they were underladen. also the sections were excellent. we had fried chickens, som tum papaya salat (a long time family char), huh fried rice, bark pillow see ew, and shun and garnel dumplings. I have spent a lifetime of eating pad watching ew at different places and I have never eaten better than at this place, and it was a generous part and $13. amazing. the quality of the meat was slim and well seasoned. the somtum was no less impressive. I've never had better, even though I was the same and this part was bigger. a sequence of somtum is enough to feed 2 or 3 as a pre-meal assistant. the chicken fried rice was very good, although easy on the huh, as to expect. the skantons and knödel impressed us. if I checked this place as a restaurant, I would not recommend it because overall that is not what it is. it is a place of delivery and delivery. but if they want some of the best Thai food on this side of atlantic I would say no matter what negative review I saw before I entered and give him a shot. I'm back, unfortunately I don't live in the opposite, so it's an experience for us."