Nami Asian Bistro

My co-worker and I were excited to discover a restaurant that would deliver our favorite Thai dishes!  Unfortunately, we were seriously disappointed.

My co-worker ordered the Pad Thai with chicken lunch special, and I ordered the drunken noodle with chicken lunch special.  We split the entrees so we could each try a little.  Both came served with a spring roll and fried rice.  Our meal arrived well over an hour after our order was placed.

The spring rolls were greasy, and filled with nothing but cabbage.  The fried rice was very pale and flavorless-- almost as if it had been pulled straight from the steamer and dumped in a mixing bowl with a bag of frozen peas and carrots.

The Pad Thai was drenched in peanut oil, and lacked in every other regard.  It was completely missing the "umami" taste that comes from the fish sauce, had no bean sprouts, and was very skimpy on the chicken, but heavy on the egg.  My co-worker's request for a lime wedge on the side was completely ignored, but I doubt that little bit of lime could have done much to save the dish.

The Drunken Noodle, advertised as "2 chilis" spicy, was the first drunken noodle I've ever been able to describe as "bland".  I doubt a chili pepper was even waved in the general direction of the pan it was cooked in.  Like the Pad Thai, it was oily and light on the meat.  The noodles were far too overcooked, to the point that they mushed into paste when picked up with a fork.

I wouldn't recommend this restaurant to even my worst enemy.  I was greatly disappointed, and will not be ordering from them again.

I wanted to really like this place.  The menu has a wide range of options and the chef clearly cares about what he's doing.  However, some of the meals are very basic Asian-American dishes you could make for less at home.  Really, only a few of the dishes are somewhat unique.  Their green curry Thai was excellent, for example.  However, this is far from a bistro.  The service was incredibly slow.  We had to ask to get our drinks after we ordered, and it must have taken around 45 minutes for our food to finally arrive.  The waitress did check on us a bit, but not as much as needed.  It seems she's the only one working there!  Needs better atmosphere too, it's rather dark with strange decorations, like a selection of random books on the shelf that don't really jive with the rest of the surroundings.  Needs a lot of work to succeed, you're better off going to Kyoto.

This place took almost 2 hours to get my order to me.