Like watching a long awaited band lip sync at a concert... Total letdown.
Yaki soba was made with white starch flour spaghetti, not soba noodles, scant meat had little flavor, couldn't taste a recognizable spice, was light red like chef boyardee, and the zig-zag carrots could have come from a bag, flash frozen.
I have fond memories from Thai Spoon around 2003 when i frequented between classes. Â They must have switched ownership because the love and taste is gone.
Not very impressed- food was alright and service was not very attentive.
1) price- fairly cheap. Got large Thai ice tea, small yellow curry and shumai for $16.
2) quality- a bit confused. I had the shumai and it honestly looked like it was frozen and just reheated; it did not taste homemade. The curry honestly tasted homemade so I give props to that.
3) quantity- not very much but what you would expect for the price.
4) atmosphere- lots of open space and some Thai decor around- nothing very impressive.
5) staff- not attentive. I asked for a spoon and didn't get it til the end of my meal. Also I went during lunch so I had to go. I asked the check but I think my waitress forgot. So I went to the register and proactively paid. She didn't even give me any eye contact- not a fan.
Wouldn't go back- ma and I on Michigan is much better
Every time I order for delivery, they get my order wrong.... and they don't really care much about it either. I ordered their pad thai (very spicy) and it was the furthest thing from it, it was actually sweet? And the noodles were not even all the way cooked. Never going here again, no will I recommend it.
Review Source:This restaurant anchors one of the corners around the Columbia College block between Harrison and Balbo along Michigan Avenue and Wabash. Their address is on the Wabash side, but I'm more used to approaching it through a path from the coffee shop to the east and across the lobby of the Travel Lodge between the two. I suspect the previous two reviews by out-of-towners might have been by visitors staying at that hotel or perhaps others that are dotted around this area.
It was a cold and windy Chicago night when we stepped in, with about 45 minutes before curtain of the music event we were headed to, and 3 hours on the on-street parking that is plentiful around the College. Theirs is a large L-shaped room, cozy feeling on a night like this with low, but not too-dim lighting. No discernible music that I can recall (we were able to converse without fighting any). Everyone was seated in one lobe of the "L" and were seemingly local students or nearby hotel guests.
Obviously this will not be an extensive review of their menu. We wanted to be out in 30 minutes, so we concentrated on choices from their appetizers (which all sounded familiar and good for Asian-Thai cuisine) and noodle dishes (which you can choose small or large servings of). We concluded that we could have either two appetizers or a large noodle dish for about the same total price. So, of course, we chose a small pud see yew that we would share and a hot beverage each. Our time concern was alleviated when the noodles arrived within minutes after we had gotten our decaf and tea (the tea bags in the selection tray seemed to be well-thumbed through).
The pud see yew had the familiar soy sauce taste but was a bit "grainy" on the tongue, due to the egg having been finely scrambled before the broccoli and noodles were added, rather than being the final ingredient. So it was edible, but not as pleasant as it could have been. No hint of anything peanut, which might have added some authenticity (but maybe allergy consciousness was their aim?). Service was friendly, but not perfect. We didn't observe anyone having the sushi here, so can't comment on the presentation. There is a competing sushi restaurant across the street, possibly motivating level of quality. All in all, a reliable place for a quick bite, and a good alternative to the fast food chains that are steps away.
I couldn't decide if I should give this place 1 or 2 stars. I decided to be nice and give it 2 stars. From my experience, this place is the worst Thai restaurant I've tried in Chicago, which is somewhat suprising, given that Chicago is home to so many cute and wonderful Thai restaurants (particularly in the Lincoln Park area). This is not one of them. I ordered the Pad Kee Mao, Vietnamese egg rolls, and shumai dumpling. The pad kee mao I ordered was the worst I've ever had. It was too "saucy" and somewhat oily. The noodles were weird in texture, some of them were stuck together. Eating it was just a mess. The veggies they put in it seems like they could be from a can. Maybe they were too hard and not cooked enough (?). The viet egg rolls and shu mai dumplings were absolutely dull, boring, small in size, and not at all memorable. I was expecting the viet egg rolls to be fried, not cold and soft, but whatever.
The interior of the restaurant is austere and amateurish in design and creativity. It seems like the chairs and tables were just thrown down without much thought. Some of the cloth banners that are hung up on the walls still have wrinkles and fold creases in them. That looks tacky and rushed.
Another complaint, the chopsticks they give you are those cheap, cumbersome disposable wooden chopsticks. I would expect those to be found at some carry out or at some cheap Chinese restaurant. Why can't they give you better, more usable chopsticks? Cheap.
The service I experienced was super slow. After the appetizers were done, I was still waiting another 20 minutes to get the main entree. After requesting the bill, had to wait another 6-7 minutes. Mind you, the place wasn't even that busy. They waitresses did keep the water filled proactively, however.
Big thumbs down.
The green curry with tofu was good. Â The steamed rice was kind of mealy, I didn't see that they offered brown rice until I had ordered. Â Their menu lists daily specials, Monday - Friday @ $6.75, and there was a sign in the window that offered half price eat-in until 7:00 pm (not sure what days of the week and what time it starts).
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