Jeera Thai

I was very happy to see that they offer vegan and gluten-free options, and when I asked what exactly those were, the lady taking my order said most of the dishes can be modified to be vegan and/or gluten-free! So I got the Pad See Ew, which is a dish I usually can't order because it is traditionally neither vegan nor gluten-free. It was perhaps a tad bit on the bland side (I assume as a result of omitting ingredients like fish sauce that can't be substituted) - mainly just the tofu that was bland, because the noodles and vegetables tasted pretty good. Very enjoyable. And a good sized portion for the price, which made me especially happy because I was so hungry. I would have to try some of their other dishes to get a better idea of their food since it's hard to judge a place off of just one thing. The dining area inside is small and nothing terribly fancy, but it was comfortable enough. I came for lunch shortly after they'd opened so it wasn't that busy (a couple of people were finishing up their meal, and a couple people came in to order take-out).

I went in very excited about this place since I love Thai food and has had good versions of these dishes at other places, but it didn’t live up to these other restaurants. Red curry was too watery, basically water with hints of chicken in it, which had no flavor at all and random vegetables. The soup was as salty as the ocean, absolutely rancid. Shrimp felt frozen and fishy. Very low quality. Wish I could rate this any lower than 1 star.

So I think this is a generous rating based on the weird experience. Honestly, the food here is awesome, but we had a strange experience. I’ve never been somewhere in America where you ask for water and they bring you Fiji Water and say that’s all they have and we ask for tap, they say have no tap. So I grab my water bottle and then they water shame me saying they don’t allow outside drinks and are trying to make money but I honestly don’t want a tiny $4 Fiji Water. Literally never be up sold or bait and switched on water, ever. And the best was, later in the meal, we were offered tap water. And I sat there starting at the wall with all the glasses on it wondering what those were for. Like literally made us feel bad for not wanting $4 water that we didn’t order which is both absurd and hilarious. If it were just that, as weird as that was, whatever. I literally had to yell into the kitchen to have someone wait on us each time and were never asked how things were. Then I get the bill and it’s 30% more than the menu they handed me, literally 30%. Asked about it and was told that’s our lunch menu. Well why didn’t you give me your dinner menu? Well we don’t have any. Well, that sounds to me like that’s your menu then, unless you disclose otherwise. I’ve never felt scammed at a restaurant and it wasn’t even a lot of money but it was the principle of it all was so absurd. I get rising costs and all that but don’t tell me after the meal oh those prices aren’t right. That’s like a very American principle. I really hope you all do better for others. If you can upsell water and update your website clearly you can print updated menus. Perhaps you just use a QR code. Just really weird experience all around. PS - We were the only ones in the entire restaurant. It literally seems made for takeout only. The kitchen may not have a fan or is vented into the dining room, so if you’re into that sort of thing. But again, food was awesome.

I really wanted this to be a good restaurant, but starting with awful tasting mango salad set us on the wrong foot for the evening. The veggie dumplings were good as were tehetwo noodle dishes: pad Thai and drunken noodles. White (undercooked) shrimp were not very good. The curry was not very good and the garlic chicken was nauseating. The staff is very friendly and provide good service, but overall the food is not that good. Where are the flavors of basil and cilantro typical of Thai dishes? And finally after reading that they have failed board of health inspections on multiple occasions.....

Ohh my goodness this was very disappointing. I ordered through Uber Eats and the box was open to start off with. And the food was just some of the worst I’ve eat (or tried to). It not only tasted bad, the presentation was poor and the quality looked like it was thrown together. Will not be ordering again and would really like a refund.