I thought Chada was outstanding! Â There's a lot to like about the menu and I dug the modern atmosphere. Â I could've been somewhere on Smith Street in Brooklyn stepping in here. Â
Our server had some recommendations (maybe since we were taking too long making a decision) and the one we went with was freakin awesome. Â The Sen Mee Kang Pou which was a homemade crab curry with thin rice noodle was a slam dunk for both my wife and I. Â She said it was one of the best Thai dishes she's ever had and I have to agree. Â If everything the waiter recommended was this good then I would have had him pick everything. Â
We also tried the Miang Pou. Â That was a lettuce wrap with crab meat, ginger, roasted coconut, peanut, chili, lime and onion. Â Nice starter and I liked how the filling was arranged in the lettuce to where you get the crab and spice at the end of it. Â It was kind of like an appetizer money shot if you will. Â
The final dish was the green curry which I wasn't too into getting. Â My wife always wants it but I was sure glad we ended up having it because it was terrific. The curry had grilled pork, bamboo shoots and eggplant. Â The sauce was really good but the pork was cooked perfectly. Â It was so tender and tasty that it made the whole dish for me. Â That's a protein I never consider for Thai curry but I definitely would now.
Sure they have all the usual items any Thai restaurant does but I don't think that's what you should come here for. Â Pad Thai schmad Thai yaaawwwwwn. Â Quail eggs, Chilean sea bass, lobster and some of the more creative dishes is what I look forward to trying on future visits.
I truly wanted to love this place but unfortunately, we weren't too impressed with the food. However, the server was constantly checking up on us and they do have a great wine selection to choose from. The ambience is perfect for a first date... or any date for that matter.... dim lighting, lovely interior, and an impressive display of their wine collection.
Now if only the food could match up to the service and pleasant decor of the place.
Fresh Oysters: Â average, but still the best thing we ordered.
Pork Belly: Â unimpressive sauce and overcooked.
Sea bass: Â usually our favorite fish but here it was definitely overcooked, and there is nothing worse than overcooked fish :(
Drunken noodles with ribeye: Â this dish was requested to be level 12 out of 10 spicy and it came out at just about 5 or 6. I can tell they don't use cheap ribeye, but once again, this was also overcooked. The quality of the ribeye must be decent though because it was still semi-tender when cooked well done.
Needless to say, we usually pack any leftovers but we left ours on the table. I still have high hopes that the cooking may improve and match the restaurant's elegant ambience.
I was taken to Chada by a friend while visiting Vegas. I'd lived in Vegas for a couple of years and was well acquainted with the Thai offerings: Lotus of Siam, Archies, and Krung among them. The meal I had at Chada surpassed them all.
I won't go into extensive detail. Suffice to say that the fresh oysters, crab curry, and ribeye with mint sauce. All were exceptional. I was hoping to get back again before my trip ended. I can't recommend this highly enough.
This place was bombalicious.
Came here with a party of 5 close to 10 p.m. on a Saturday night. We practically had the restaurant to ourselves.
Ordered a bunch of appetizers, entrees, and desserts. All delicious, but the item that I thought stood out the most was the PANANG CURRY. For 9 bucks, dam that is some good stuff. Great selection of wines... the som their recommended a great Italian wine that was delicious. Found out that it was only $35 when the bill came.
Great food at very reasonable prices... just can't beat it. Place is open till 3 a.m. but a little bit far off the strip.
Chada Thai & WINE. Â Oh you fancy huh? Â No this review was not written in 2010 as much as that opening would have you believe. Â I decided to try take out from Chada for lunch yesterday as I was in the area and to be honest I rarely make it out to Chinatown for dinner, and combined with the the whole wine and fine dining-ish premise that I usually avoid, I figured it might be my only chance to indulge in the John Curtas heavily praised restaurant. Â I went with my standard order of Basil and Chili Chicken lunch special (non-wine version), and entered 10 minutes later to a nearly empty dining room.
The food was ready very quickly afterwards and the guy handling the payment and handing over the food was very friendly and accommodating. Â When I got back to my office and opened it, I was literally taken aback by the site. Â No hyperbole, this was the best looking Thai take out meal I've ever had. Â I uploaded a pic which probably doesn't do it justice, but for being in a standard white Styrofoam container, it looked about as good as it can get for me. Â Plus I love that they actually give the soup to go! Â That's one of my Thai food pet peeves, that so many places advertise the lunch specials coming with soup, but more often than not they don't provide for to-go as I assume they don't want to deal with the extra to-go containers or just some minor cost cutting.
Well chada had a small container of Tom Yum (I think?) that I thought was a fairly standard version for the most part. Â The mushrooms seemed to be of slightly higher quality to me than usual, though I'm not a mushroom expert by any means. Â I then moved onto the egg roll which was tasty (and also had mushrooms in it which I'm not used to). Â It had gotten a little soggy from being on top of the other food. Â I find I prefer egg rolls to be separated when provided with a takeout order, but overall a solid fried log of goodness. Â I then bravely tried the salad even though I hate salads generally, and was quite surprised. Â The greens tasted fresh and best of all the dressing had a nice hint of ginger to it which seemed again like a step above what I'd normally expect. Â Â Chada, you made me like a salad. Â Respect.
Lastly I tackled what I expected to be the Pièce de résistance, the basil chicken and rice combo (note: I forgot to ask about brown rice so not sure if they offer it?).  I was so excited from the look of it all mainly due to the chicken looking like nice, freshly sliced chicken without a lot of fat hanging off of it.  Unfortunately this is not the norm for Vegas Thai restaurants that I've been to, so I was happy to see it here.  Sadly I ultimately was disappointed in this aspect of the meal.  When I called I was asked if I wanted it mild, medium, or spicy.  I said somewhere in between medium and spicy.  Well, I'd say it feel somewhere in between mild and medium, and more on the mild side.  Spice notwithstanding, the chicken just tasted bland.  Like 75% of all losing dishes on Top Chef, it could have been helped with a little salt.  I also like having a lot of sauce when I order this dish so I can soak the rice a little bit while eating.  This was almost devoid of sauce which was nice to not have to worry about spillage, but the meal suffered in flavor because of it.  The quality of each individual component was excellent.  This was almost undoubtedly the best chicken I've ever had at a Thai restaurant, but again unfortunately it lacked the flavor and spices to perfectly go with it.
I was really torn between a 3 and a 4 for Chada. Â On the one hand, having a somewhat bland main course is one of the biggest sins a Thai restaurant can commit in my book, but on the other hand almost every other aspect from the rest of the components to the service was impeccable. Â I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt to Chada and award a 4, and I will most certainly be back to judge again.
Their lunch specials are a couple dollars more than you usually find, but I think the addition of the soup and high quality ingredients it could be worth it. Â Then again maybe they're spending more on those and not as much on salt and spices.
Chada Thai & Wine is amazing. I generally encounter Thai food that is heavy, overly saucy, and lacking subtlety. The freshness and delicacy of Chada's food is amazing. Beneath the many layers of ingredients in their curries and sauces, you still taste the very freshest ingredients.
Chada also has an incredible selection of white wines that perfectly complement Thai cuisine. With ample choices of Champagne, German and Austrian Riesling, you can choose the perfect match to almost any dish.
This was the best Thai meal I have ever had, and that includes Lotus of Siam.
Unbelievably delicious meal here. The value this little gem offers is fantastic- Thai cuisine to the delicious wine.We came during the week and had outstanding service and a terrific time. The lettuce wrap with crab meat and ginger kicked it off and we had a great meal all the way through to the rib eye finish! And if the meal itself was not even enough don't leave with out a pot of tea and a Thai sundae! Don't be scared the hot dog bun makes it. Â Give it a shot you are gonna love it!
Review Source:Chada Thai and Wine goes for the upscale fine dining atmosphere and pulls it off well in my opinion. Â The service is very professional, and the wine selection is very extensive. Â I came here for lunch with a couple of friends and ordered the Tom Kha Khi ($8), Pad Kee Mao ($8), Sen Mee Kang Pou ($12), and Moo Hong ($8), all ordered hot.
Overall the food was good. Â I enjoyed the Pad Kee Mao (with pork) the most. Â It had a really dry, herbal flavor to it. Â The pork was moist and well prepared, and the veggies were plentiful and spot on. Â The balance in flavor was well done while staying interesting with intense herbal flavor. Â The Moo Hong (pork belly in a soy sauce) was good too, although it tasted kind of like a Japanese dish. Â The pork was tender, perhaps slightly dry, but fatty and flavorful. Â
I had mixed feelings about the See Mee kang Pou (crab curry on fermented rice noodles), and the Tom Kha Khi. Â Both dishes used a peanut sauce to add sweetness, and I just am not used to that, especially in a Tom Kha. Â Still, the flavors were nice and popping, although perhaps not super well balanced. Â I could have done without the peanut sauce in either dish. Â
This rating was a tough one for me. Â I enjoyed the food well enough, and the wine selection was impressive. Â However, the portions are definitely small. Â The curry was served in a small bowl, the pork belly only had about 8 small bites. Â The Pad Kee Mao didn't have a lot of noodles (a lot more veggies). Â Although the Pad Kee Mao was a really fantastic dish, the others were around a 3-3.5 for me. Â Combined with the low value of the smaller portions, I have to end up at about a 3/5. Â Don't take my word for it though, this is still a good Thai restaurant worth trying!
We came in late night about 1030pm because I saw that they were open late. Â The dining area is modern and in red tones throughout. They have framed labels of fine wines on one wall which made it look classy.
I ordered the pad woon seen and it was really sour and way to spicy for a medium. I like to have a balance of the sweet, spicy, sour and salty, but this dish was lacking the sweet and salty.
I was also able to taste the fried pork belly with greens and it was just fried Chinese roast pork. A bit disappointed with this one too as when I think of pork belly, I think of something a little more refined, tender and juicy. The pork was dry from the frying.
I would come back to try other menu items but it's not on the top of my list. One day...
I'm just gonna take care of the controversy first: I like this place better than Lotus of Siam.
The hours are FANTASTIC, the service is friendly, and every single item I've had has been absolutely delicious, high quality, and not greasy at all. My favorites are the raw oysters, Â Salmon Larb, and Tom Yung Goong. I've been on the hunt for the perfect bowl of Tom Yum, and this is the best I've found in Vegas.
This restaurant closes at 3am daily, which for those who work late and appreciate Thai food, is an excellent option. When I dined there, there was only one person serving the front of the house who juggled the job of a server and hostess. He was friendly (always smiling) and very attentive to detail. Service was seamless and very smooth. Food came out fast after placing my order. I liked the ambiance of the restaurant, slightly dim, with its simple, tasteful, modern décor, and their impressive wall of wine. The dining tables, floor, and restroom were noticeably clean. The following are the three dishes I ordered:
- Tom Kah Kai (coconut soup with chicken and mushroom) $8. Enjoyed the acidity and aftertaste, it had an addicting quality to it.
- Nua Nam Tok (charbroiled rib eye steak, rice powder, onion, cilantro, chili powder, fish sauce, lime juice) $12. The rib eye was tender and flavorful. A very spicy hot dish despite only having one chili pepper on the menu. The sliced cabbage and cucumber complimented well by cooling the palette.
- Pad Thai Hor Kai (small rice noodles, egg, onion, bean sprout and peanuts), with chicken $7. The rice noodles were a touch too soft, but the flavor was there, and I liked how thin the rice noodles were.
Good thing I knew the address and was meeting friends for lunch or I would have never seen this place. Â The shopping center is full of little restaurants, but all of which have signage which draws attention...but this one. Â It took me a few minutes to find it once in the parking lot.
The decor is impressive considering how small the restaurant is; nothing fancy, just tasteful and simple which doesn't over power the space. Â The service on the other had needs more work and could definitely improve. I realize it was the lunch rush, but to be seated and not get a drink order or be acknowledged for almost 25 minutes is a bit much I'd say. Â I realize they were busy, but to make eye contact and then avoid the table is poor customer service in my opinion.
Since I was meeting a large group of friends I decided not to take my business elsewhere which would normally be the case given the service to that point. Â The lunch menu was simple but unique. Â In hindsight, the meal descriptions didn't do the food justice. Â
The food was excellent and worth the wait. Â The combination of ingredients in everyone's food was perfect and no one had a single complaint...other than the service. Â I didn't try the oysters myself, but everyone who enjoys oysters raved about them. Â
Maybe it was the large group I was with or just the crazy lunch rush, but overall the experience wasn't what I had hoped for, and if the food wasn't so good I would have given it 2 stars. Â I will give them another try, but if the service isn't any better I won't be back no matter how good the food is.
My good friend has introduced me to a number of Thai places in the city and I've been impressed with a few including Weera and Pinkaow. Â Chada ranks up there with the others. Â
It's locate in a strip mall in an unassuming area. Â However, you'll be surprised upon entering. Â It's modern, trendy, and well decorated on the inside. Â It perhaps has the best atmosphere of any asian restaurant I've been to on Spring Mountain. Â The decor and ambiance are right down my alley.
The food itself was very good. Â Although you may have to order a number of dishes to get full (as the portion sizes are small). Â Overall, the dishes were good. Â Some shined more than the others. Â For example, I loved the ribeye salad and grilled pork dishes. Â Both tasted fresh, light, and were delicious. Â On the other hand, their crab curry was decent, but light in flavor. Â Their drunken noodles was decent as well.
All in all, Chada still deserves recognition from it's service, atmosphere, decor, and most food items.
With all the Thai restaurants in Vegas, it's hard to say which one is my favorite, but Chada is definitely up there with the best for me. Â Hands down it is the best looking Thai restaurant in all of Vegas, they did a fantastic job with the inside. Â It has a dark, wine bar feel to it. Â Red glass chandelier hanging from the top, wine covering the back wall, and another wall filled w/ framed pictures. Â You will be pleasantly surprised when you walk in.
Rib eye salad appetizer is money!! Â (For all of you who do not understand the urban slang "money" it means 'of unusually high quality, very good.' Â For example, Kobe Bryant is money). Â The whole menu actually has rib eye options if you don't want their regular beef chicken, pork or shrimp. Â Bless their hearts for not putting fatty rib eye either, I gotta give them that, it's money!!
The server recommended their grilled pork dish. Â Also a money dish, big pieces of sliced grilled pork over a bed of Chinese broccoli. Â Not a saucy dish by any means, very simple, but very satisfying.
Last recommendation was the crab curry. Â It is served with three spirals of rice noodles. Â Also a money dish, the crab is not over powered by the curry. Â You definitely get the essence of the crab if that is your thing. Â It doesn't have that strong flavor that you are used to in other curries like panang for instance. Â It's a light dish, I would share it with friends, I wouldn't make it your main entree.
The least money dish was the drunken noodles. Â Typical, sweet noodley dish you can get anywhere. Â I would instead try the three dishes I mentioned earlier.
Perfect example of a restaurant having a decent rating and not a lot of reviews but still being excellent (or I should say money). Â Yelpers do not be fooled by the reviews, I would make this the next Thai restaurant to go to, it is a hidden gem indeed.
I cannot believe this Chafa Thai has so few reviews, it is a really great restaurant! I had been meaning to come here since it opened and finally came here for dinner with friends.
The restaurant is small, it probably seats only 40 people. Which is nice, it gives it an intimate vibe. Usually when I go to Thai places I choose a curry of some sort but decided to venture out and try something different. We started with the lettuce wraps, which are not the basic lettuce wraps you can get anywhere else. These are so good with a tamarind dipping sauce. For my entree I chose the prawns with spice lemongrass salad. My friends ordered the sea bass and the basil and lemongrass tilapia. The dish is the whole fish, and they de-bone it at the table. I tried it, it was very tasty, it had a strong lemongrass taste. I didn't try the salmon but my friend said it was very good. My prawns were excellent, excellent, excellent. I opted for a glass of Riesling to go with my meal. For dessert I ordered a scoop of coconut ice cream, which I really enjoyed since it was not too sweet and it had shaved coconut on top that gave it a crunchy texture. Everything was super fresh and tasted wonderful. The service is very, very attentive. Two different waiters attended to us and they were both very nice.
I think some people may have disliked the portion sizes. Most casual Thai places in town serve huge portions of food. The portions here are smaller, but it is fine dining after all. I left feeling happy and satisfied, but not over the top full.
All in all, it's a great local restaurant that needs more love from the community. Check it out!
Chada Thai highly impressive! Being a Thai girl myself, I was very pleased with the food and ambiance. The service was stellar as well. the decor in very chic, and not what you would expect door being in a strip mall in Chinatown. It's open until 3am, and since I am in the industry it was nice to have this option of going to a place and not feeling like we needed t rush to get there. My coworkers and I really enjoyed trying all the tapa style Thai dishes. Some were small plates, while others were normal portions and more than enough to share. I was excited trying different items that aren't usually seen on more traditional Thai menus. I would say some of the dishes were Thai Avante-Garde even! A must to try are the quail eggs! Yummy!
The oysters on the half shell( us girls even ordered a second order they were so food!), the soft shell crab with tamarind sauce was refreshing.
Don't forget to try the crispy pork belly and papaya salad with fresh grilled shrimp.
The only dish we didnt like was some pork patty thing.
They also have a very impressive wine selection. There are many more dishes we wanted to try to we will be going back for sure! Service was great as well!!
Fantastic food. Our party of three tried a variety of things, and every... single... thing was delicious. I liked the aesthetic of the place, and the music was of the appropriate volume, and of pretty good selection. Only two things were negatives: Price - a little higher than I would have expected, and deserts - really just odd, but not mind blowing. That said, I'll definitely go back, as I think they might be my new favorite.
Review Source:40 seats in the whole restaurant so it's cozy. Open till 3am which is amazing.
Portions are small, and prices are high... Im a healthy eater and I also like to try lots of things, but I ordered soup, the fried seabass, extra noodles, chu-chee lobster, and another dish and still was not full, despite the check being well over $75. The first time I went, I was not asked how spicy, and boy all the dishes came out blazingly hot. The true Thai experience. The next visit, I asked them to tone it down just a notch and it was perfect for me.
Pros:
Great flavor
Cons:
Small Portions
High Price
Pay extra for rice or noodles
I'm rating this restaurant purely on taste and not price or value.
this new hipster thai place is pretty good. been here twice so far, they got some really good appetizers. my fave is the lettuce cup wraps and the mushroom plate. the lettuce wraps are small and bite size and have great flavor. the mushroom plate has 3-4 different kinds of mushrooms. i love mushrooms (not drugs). other dishes that like are pad see eww, pad thai, and the lobster tail. all good. last time i went my gf ordered me a glass of wine. towards the end she tasted it and i guess it "oxidized" i didnt even know what the hell that tastes like but the server took off our tab. id definitely go back again especially since they are open late.
Review Source:Cool lil' spot and open until 3am, big bonus for industry sloths.
Tucked away in a strip mall, the inside is cute, quiet and not what I expected at all.
Nice wine selection and decent prices, about ten beers or so as well. No hard stuff:( We ordered a GRIP of stuff and lord knows I can't even begin to remember all those names, I speak trailer trash.
What I did have and enjoyed:
Fried cornish hen
Coconut soup with chicken
Papaya salad
Chicken wings
Flat noodles w/chicken and fried eggs
Ribeye salad
Pork Belly with veg
Softshell crab w/apples and cashews
The 'meh' items;
Pig ear and tongue, just needed to be crispier
Seabass, sauce was great but wouldn't order it again
Granted there were a few of us, so don't think that my fat a$$ ordered all this shiznat. Prices are great, def looking forward to going back. Service was attentive and super friendly.
Wondering if you can BYOB here?!?! Bring your own BOURBON that is...
I recently visited this place after reading about it in Eater issue. It is cute and small, good for small groups and a casual bite. The food was decent and service was fine overall. We brought our own bottle of wine, there is no corkage fee, which we liked. The portions are rather small, but the prices are not high either. We had lettuce wraps with crab meat for appetizer, pork belly and yellow curry as a main dish. I did not care for dessert - coconut jelly. I will go back again.
Review Source:It was with great anticipation that we watched and waited for this place to open. We attended on opening night and noticed food critic, John Curtas, in the house. We were simultaneously intrigued by the tapas style concept yet apprehensive as well. In our experience, "tapas" often translates to expensive small portions. Unfortunately, the reality left much to be desired. Long story short, Chada Thai = overpriced small portions of mediocre food combined with subpar service. For our party of 3, we ordered about 10 dishes plus two $1 bowls of rice which cost us $80+ before tax/tip and we still left hungry. At most other Thai places, you could pay half that amount, leave stuffed silly, and it would taste better too. The "highlight" of the evening was how they handled the raw potato in the Massaman curry. When we brought it to the attention of the manager/owner(?), he asked if the chicken was cooked enough. When we replied yes, he just walked away and ignored the issue. There was no offer of redoing the dish, taking it off the bill, or offering any sort of discount. At the very LEAST, they should've offered to give us a properly cooked potato! Especially during these economic times, you need to offer customers value for their dollar: good food and decent portions at a reasonable price. This place offers neither and combines it with crappy service to boot. I don't see Chada Thai lasting very long unless it makes some dramatic changes to address its deficiencies.
Review Source:Looking at pictures of the food and seeing the different presentations for the same dishes and how I experienced my own dishes tells me that Chada lacks consistency, which is something important to people who would want to become regulars. I suppose that shouldn't be a problem for me.
As others have mentioned the sommelier from Lotus of Siam opened this place, so many people expect this place to be similar to LOS. It's not. It also doesn't have to be. But it should be good and reasonable. The flavors were good.
I ordered the
Lettuce Wrap: 5 small pieces of lettuce with crab, crispy garlic, a Thai bird chili slice and some sauce in the middle, delicious yet not filling. Referring back to location, I think it's safe to say that it affected my thinking because anywhere else in Chinatown where I would order lettuce wraps, one lettuce wrap would have been equivalent to the five little ones combined. However, that said, I would say that lettuce wrap was enjoyable.
I also tried the
Pork Belly: 5 slices of almost-tender belly, balanced in fat and lean meat, but lacking in melt-in-your-mouth texture and smoothness. The dish was well-seasoned.
I was surprised (unpleasantly) by the
Massaman Curry: 2 chicken drumsticks, two pieces of onion, and 2 pieces of potato with only enough curry to dress the morsels of food. There was no rice included. I have never had curry served without rice. Curry is meant to be eaten with some carbs. I ordered a side of white rice. I recommend that the staff should put the rice in a small bowl then cup that bowl of rice into the bowl they are serving it in, so the rice looks presentable and appetizing. The way the rice was served shows lack of experience.
Maybe all they need is time and a couple of reviews to help them out. There are many great places for Thai food. I don't know if I will be back considering their price to reason ratio. Their food and ambiance were good - just not good enough with the other places out there.
We had a party of three arrive at 10:30 PM on a Saturday night. Â We ordered soup and two appetizers and told the waitress we were still looking at entrees and requested the aforementioned order to be placed. Â We decided on three entrees and ordered at the server's next pass. Â The soup arrived first and this version of Tom Kah Kai was overpowering in citrus. Â If the soup had been hot it might have been passable, but the soup was certainly prepared fresh and hot, but then plated in a cold bowl and then portioned in individual cold bowls for our party of three. Â By the time we took the first spoonful, the soup was merely warm. Â As we were eating the soup the two appetizers arrived. Â Shortly after, while still eating the soup and prior to a single bite of appetizers, all three entrees arrived. Â As the three dishes were being placed on the table I asked if they usually serve all the food at the same time. Â The server laughed and smiled and I said it really wasn't funny as I had ordered in courses and now all the food would be cold by the time I was able to eat it. Â He asked what I wanted him to do and I told him to do whatever he wanted. Â He took two of the three entrees away and said he would have them prepared after we finished the soup and appetizers. Â Not sure why only two of three but I told him to do whatever he wanted.
When the entrees arrived for a second time, they were served on stone cold plates along with the rice, which is extra, served in a cold bowl with no covering. Â So despite the efforts to bring the food when we were actually ready to eat it, this restaurant showed how poorly food can be presented and amateur hour at its best.
I will say that two of the items ordered, the oyster appetizer and the curry crab entrée, were exceptional for taste and quality.  The fact that all the hot items were so poorly presented, and initially presented all at once, really shows what little this management knows about proper service.  This was my one and only trip to Chada and I will drive a few extra minutes to eat at Lotus where they know how to run a restaurant.  At Chada prices, it is somewhat offensive to be charged extra for white rice and for hot tea.
Not sure about the other reviews but this place is outstanding. Â Having visited six times since it opened, I have found the food and service to always be great. Â Each item has always been cooked to the perfect temperature and the prices are incredible for the quality. Â The service is excellent, I am unsure why every restaurant does not take the time to train the staff like Chada obviously has. Â Add in riedel stemware, a convenient location, nice buildout and a great playlist.....go.
Review Source:I really like the ambiance. Â Dark little thai spot great for late nights since they are open til 3. Â Initially i thought the prices were a bit high but a few days later i went to Archi's and realized that Archi's prices have gone up significantly so this place gets another star boost!
if you want some SPICAY in yo mouth, get the larb
3.5!
Came here a couple of weeks ago. This place had a trendy atmosphere (gray walls, red chandelier) and the service was quick. Also, I heard that the owner was the prior sommelier for Lotus of Siam and thus promises good wine pairings in the future once he obtains his liquor license. For the time being I appreciate that they allow you to bring your wine with no corkage.
The down side of this place was that the portion size for the price was rather small. I believe another person on Yelp stated japanese tapas size and I tend to agree. Â The food was good, however, we ordered soup, appetizers and entree and they brought it out all at the same time. Â However, that being said when we told the waiter they offered to have the entree dish re-fired. Â
We had the oysters, an appetizer (I can't remember the name) that was similar to chicken lettuce wraps, the braised pork belly and Thom Ka Kai. Â For three of us we spent $60 for dinner, with no drinks. We left full, not stuffed, but okay.
Overall the food and atmosphere were good but for the price and quality I would rather go to Lotus of Siam.
Went to this new spot with a few coworkers after work. We herd this was a great place to try but to bring our own alcohol because of the liquor license not being valid yet. So we brought 3 bottles of nice Reisling and they had no problems popping them for us.
We ordered around 12 items from the menu. One of the unanimous winners was their Pork Belly. It was so delicious, and perfectly prepared. We also enjoyed the Beef Jerky, Wild Mushroom App, and their Lettuce Wraps with Coconut, and Ginger.
The worst of them all, by far, was the Strip steak which was extremely overcooked! So overcooked, we literally couldn't swallow it. Even the accompanied sauce was atrocious. The other dish which none of us cared for was their Wings which were dry and unappetizing. But overall the meal was good.
Our servers did feel a bit hesitant, And shy, but they accommodated all of our needs. and recommended some really delicious dishes. We will definitely be back.
It's in the same plaza as Icy Juicy, right across from the 168 Supermarket. Next to the karaoke place.
It was very quiet and deserted (like 2 other tables) when we came in (around 1030pm). The waiter was very nice and pretty prompt. It's one of those dim-lighting environments.
The menu is just pretty much two pages. I'm not a big fan of the prices. There were 3 of us so we ordered three dishes and split it between us. You'd definitely have to order more than us to be full.
WHAT WE ORDERED:
Miang Pou $9 - Lettuce Wraps
-- There's about 5 small pieces of "lettuce wraps" so it's like tapa size. Not going to be fulfilling for that price. It's a bit spicy and it was okay but nothing special. It had crab meat, ginger, roasted coconut, peanut, chili, lime, & onions.
Tom Kah Kai $8
-- coconut soup w/ chicken & mushroom; don't forget to get some rice with this ($1 per bowl). Nothing special to me.
Kai Tod $7
-- This is a fried half Cornish hen w/ garlic and it was the best thing out of the 3. I'd definitely get it again.
Overall, it was decent enough but nothing really stood out to me. Just A-OK. The good thing about this place is the hours so you can come out at 12am and eat here since they don't close till 3am. They don't have their liquor license yet, though.
New place opened in the same plaza as Q Karaoke, Icy Juicy, and HK Star. Apparently it is opened by the Sommelier from Lotus of Siam.
We went kind of late (10:30PM on a Thursday evening). There were two other groups there. The restaurant was designed nicely with a nice atmosphere. Left wall is designed with framed wine labels. Far end of the restaurant (coming into restaurant) is the wine rack.
The restaurant was designed contemporary style with white dinnerware (square plates, "oddly" shaped bowls, etc)
We were seated and served with water. The water was in a container with no ice. Not sure how to describe the container but its something you sometimes see in a korean place for the flavored soju. It has like a plastic "cork" like cap and a metal thing that u pull away and lift up to take off the cap. XD
We had ordered 3 things.
- Miang Pou (Lettuce wrap w/ crab meat, ginger, roasted coconut, peanuts, lime, and onion)
- Tom Kah Kai (Coconut soup with mushroom - chicken)
- Kai Tod (Fried half cornish hen w/ garlic)
with a bowl of rice on the side ($1 extra - not included)
Starting off with the Miang Pou (lettuce wrap). (refer to picture for presentation and reference). The wraps (5) were oriented around the plate like a star with a shot glass in the middle filled with the sauce. Each "portion" had a little of each ingredient on a baby leaf of romaine-like lettuce. A note that was not listed in the ingredient list above, each portion has a small thai chili piece in it (if u cant eat spicy, dont eat it). The sauce that was included was a little too? citrusy/sour, (probably from the lime), and probably contained a sauce made with peanuts, lime, and onions. For some odd reason, there was something bitter in the wrap, but i couldn't pinpoint what it may have been.
Next would the the Tom Kah Kai. It was served in a large bowl. Not like some other thai restaurants, where it is served on a sterno heated pot. This soup, was also a little citrusy/sour. It was flavorful but both me and my friend would prefer it to be more rich (more coconut milk) vs the sourness. Decent amount of ingredients. Still delicious when eating alone or with rice !
Last but not least, the Kai Tod. This was actually the most delicious dish out of the 3. It was nicely fried. The breading was light and crispy. Not thick. The meat of the hen was juicy and flavorful. As i was eating the piece of hen, i noticed how the seasoning was actually inserted in between the meats and around. Maybe a little heavy on the black pepper but it was still good. (i like black pepper anyway) . There was approx 6-7 decent sized pieces. Wish they put more fried garlic (i love garlic !)
Overall it was an ok experience. The lettuce wrap kind of seemed a little expensive for how much you get. Was a little saddened by how the soup was like.
Wished the menu was a little bigger but the food wasn't bad. Service was decent. Price was ok. Little more expensive than the average thai restaurant.
The Skinny: bland pad thai but overall okay cuisine  (2.5) service: poor - complained about an under cooked item and the restaurant staff ignored the issue altogether (1) value: although the food is okay, the lilliputian sized dishes and exorbitant prices make this place a no-go for me ... oh yeah , they also charge $1 for rice(2).
My hubby was scouring online for all the new restaurants that were going to hit Las Vegas and hit on Chada Thai - a tapas style Thai food joint. Opened by a former employee of Lotus of Siam, this place was on his immediate "need to go" list. So we went on opening day and I believe we were one of their first customers in the restaurant. Â (FYI - John Curtas just edged in before us.).
Now let me get this straight - I'm a little leery when someone tells me it's a "tapas" place. Because my brain translates this to - "we're going to give you 50% less food  but only reduce the price by 20% so you can 'share' and try more things." It's a FOS total cash grab marketing scheme of which Chada Thai is no exception. We ordered approximately 10 items for 3 people (including two $1 bowls of  rice which they charged extra for) which ended up being about $82.16 pre-tip and left the restaurant hungry. Yeah - we left f&(king hungry and s&*ting gold f&*king bricks afterwards.
We ordered two vegetable dishes - a grilled eggplant dish and a stir-fried mushroom dish. The grilled eggplant ($8) consisted on half of an eggplant marinated in kind of a green papaya salad type dressing. The flavor combination was nice however the grilled eggplant was a little bit tough texturally. The stir-fried mushrooms ($8) consistent of 2-3 different mushrooms with a sliver of lotus root and 1 brussel sprout mixed in. You heard me -1 brussel sprout. There was too little wok hai to the dish and hence the dish was swimming in too much liquid. The flavor was alright but nothing special.
The braised pork belly ($8) had a nice melt in your mouth texture and good flavor. However there were only 5 small slices of meat to go around.
The kai tod (garlic fried chicken) was good ($10) and one of the surprisingly more reasonably priced items on the menu. They actually gave you a large portion of the cornish game hen. The meat itself was tender while the outside was crispy and well seasoned.
Pad see ew ($6) was one of their better dishes of the night - good flavor with some good crisping of the rice noodles. Their pad thai ($7) though was one of the worst dishes. It was a little unusual for the rice noodle dish to be completely encased in a omelet but we went with it. The omelet was a little bit tough from the overcooked egg while the noodles were completely bland. Not recommended.
We also ordered the steamed sea bass with the plum sauce ($18) which I found to be a little too sweet for my tastes. I would not order this again.
Massaman curry ($9) had a nice flavor however was devoid of any real amount of vegetables or meat in the stew. Literally 2 chicken drumsticks, half of a raw small potato and perhaps half an onion.
Oh and about that raw potato -- so we informed the manager/owner? that the potato in the dish was raw. His response - "but the chicken is cooked, right?". "Yes." And that was it. He did not offer to correct the problem or even acknowledged that it was an issue at all as long as the chicken was cooked. Â He didn't even offer an apology for incorrectly cooked food. That is poor customer service and speaks to the inexperience of the staff that work there.
Although I appreciate that we went on opening night, I have to say for really hit or miss quality Thai food (I would perhaps get maybe 3 out of the 8 items we ordered again) at over the top pricing for the small portions I would probably not return. However with the added poor service response, I would recommend avoiding this place like the f&*king bubonic plague. 2 starred review.
At the time we went, they didn't have a liquor license but they allowed BYOB without charging corkage fees. Woop de doo.
OMG! Â I am so glad Chada is here on the West Side of LV. Â I am a huge Lotus fan, but Lotus is far and recently been variable. Â While brings the same memory as the first time at Lotus, the food and vibe is completely different. Â Casual, but demurely hip, if you KWIM.
With its clean lines and simple color palate of grey and red, Chada reminds me of simple modern start up restaurants in NYC...that is a nice look. Â While not very big, the place seat about 40 people comfortably.
As of this point, Chada does not have a liquor license so no alcohol served. Â We did take advantage of their courtesy BYOB with no corkage fee! Â However, I look forward to their wine selection in the future, though.
The menu style is all small plates, but the portions are equivalent of atleast 1.5 main dish servings. I hope that doesn't change, Â because the dish prices range are extremely affordable ranging from $6-18; most dishes averaging in $8-12. Â Some of the fish and beef dishes are in the higher price ranges, but well worth it.
My husband got the spring rolls, which was $6 for 4 rolls...pretty reasonable. Â We got 4 oysters in chili sauce and mint for $8, the crispy pork belly with sauteed greens (choy something) for $10?, Â Seabass Tod Krueng was phenomenal...extremely tasty, unique generous portion even at $18, and sauteed ribeye in fish sauce. Â While execution was still a bit "slow" it made for a nice relaxing meal while we sipped on our favorite wines. Â Every dish was prepared beautifully. Â I can't wait to come back and try all the other dishes too.
A few things. Â You can tell the establishment is new, servers are still learning the menu, but they were polite. The menu lack organization, but that can be a good thing, because it makes you look through the entire menu. Once ordered, dishes came out one by one with a bit of lag time in between, but again, it really gave each dish time to be enjoyed. Â I can't wait to go back; it better be soon, because I know Chada's popularity is going to skyrocket to the height it deserves. Â Congrats to Chada and to us, Westsiders, who have something just as special as, if not better than, Lotus, closer to home.
I've been reading and anticipating the opening of Chada for a few weeks.  From reading some online news I knew it was one the restaurants I must try.  So I was pleasantly surprised to see it open last Friday while driving past the area.  The owner I read is the sommelier of Lotus of Siam.  When we walked in, we could definitely see that was the case.  Wine bottle labels adorned the wall.  And a full wall of wine racks that still sit empty.  The restaurant feels new but they seem to be off to a good start.  Our waitress was very courteous and attentive throughout our meal, but you could tell she was new to her job.  The food arrived slowly.  We only were able to finish our chicken satay due to a flight to catch.  The satay was descent.  I thought the chicken looked more baked than grilled.  Pad mee prik kang we took to go.  It was a little more on the oily side but it was very tasty.  Although we were not impressed with our first visit we definitely would  return to try other dishes.
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