Thai Essence

Drunken noodles, vegetable spring roll, and chicken dumpling were all good and prepared quick. Quiet place on a Sunday night but clean, and the fish tank is fun to look at with music playing in the background of piano instrumental covers of popular songs. Anyways, Drunken Noodle had good but not amazing flavor, everything could use a bit more of a kick. Also wish I received a bit more quantity for the $15 it cost.

If I can give a zero star I would. I usually ordered from here at least 3 to 4 times a week. Today I ordered a whole fried fish and paid $29 for it. I kid you not, it is so small that it is ridiculous. It small as a bottle of water. I called after my order arrived and asked them the size of the fish. The lady on the phone swore to me that the fish that they sell can feed two people. Unless the two people are little babies, if not that fish can't feed even one adult. They will not do anything to fix the problem. I will never order them them again. Do not order the whole fish from them.!!!!!!

We order from here often and the food is always consistently hot and delicious. Prices have gone up since the pandemic but the lunch specials give you a break. Our favorites are the Duck Honey (my toddler now requests this 😂) and the crab fried rice. I’ve had better Thai iced tea other places. But the staff are very nice so it’s worth ordering regularly.

Stay AWAY!! Will NEVER patron this business again. DISGUSTING CUSTOMER SERVICE. My family and I live in the area, it’s been a long day of hospital visits caring for a loved one and exhausted/ not having even thought about food, I’d remembered how close we now live to this establishment. The hours state they close at 9:30 - I’d called at 9 to simply ASK if they were accepting orders for anything. The owner answered and it was the RUDEST interaction I’ve ever had at a place in this area. I was hung up on, without even allowing me to ask when/for updated hours. Twice. I called back and tried to calmly explain how rude she was in an effort to reconcile the issue. She got nastier. Never. Ever. Again. You’d think people/BUSINESSES especially would be kinder during these times. I will be sure to inform my Neighbours, and friends who I KNOW have been previous patrons of this business to stay far away. I’d drive a half hour for better Thai than go here for the overpriced yet “convenient” options.

After reading all the reviews. Many saying the portions are small for the price. Come on now, your not ordering Chinese take out. All Thai restaurants give smaller portions and are $$$. Rating it on what I have tried here so far. It is a 4.5 - 5 Star rating. The SAMPLER TRIO is a must have. The DRUNKEN NOODLES extra spicy with Chicken is so good ! Nice portion too ! Finally the shrimp and scallop spicy LAD NA is amazing ! The scallops were cooked and cleaned perfectly. Friends of mine have had their PAD THAI and say it is really good. I am not a cooked peanut person. So I passed on that.