bai tong thai restaurant

ambience is good. went for a dinner. spring roll is so so. fried rice and noodles are tasty. cocktails not that great. make the spice level as five

off late we have been eating a lot of thai food .. our friends crave for indian taste and tend to incline towards thai as there are not a lot of indian options in spokane, btw this is also where i live :)

when the idea of having thai food came from one of our friends, while we were on our "indian" trip to seattle (i say indian as the trips are mostly to stack up on indian staples and eat indian street food), me and missus .. we both were a bit repulsive.
but then since our friends literally live in seattle, indian food is a bit too often for them .. so we went along.

as soon as we reached .. the first thing i did (obviously after the check in :p) was to search the meaning of bai tong .. and just for us all .. it means banana leaf in thai. b-)
the place is huge .. ample of seating and a bar as well. given the place, the prices are great. i couldn't have guessed without seeing the menu .. never could have.
service is professional and prompt.

the dishes we ordered were

chicken panang curry - it was a bit too sweet for me .. i don't know .. it should have been spicy sweet .. but was like sweet with some spice .. but friends liked it .. and it was their order .. so well .. it was good. :)

mixed veggies with chicken - the chicken was a bit dry, a few pieces .. but overall this dish was good. a simple dish but worth it.

the star, however, was yellow curry fried rice (no meat) .. the amalgamation of the indian yellow curry and the rice with pineapple, cashews and onions was somehow indian and thai mixed .. the great part was that it was not sweet .. just spicy ..
i highly recommend this dish .. highly.

all in all, not bad for our first time experience here .. no wonder the ms employees are stuffing it up for lunch, everyday.

bai tong is a thai restaurant which serves delicious food. ambiance is sleek and contemporary. large parking space is available and shouldn't be an issue to get parking

it is advisable to do a prior reservation for dinner especially during weekends. ordered jasmine rice with vegetarian gravy along with chicken. that probably sounds weird. true, they use the word vegetarian gravy even though chicken is included. if you don't prefer to have any meat please state no meat at the time of order

gravy had chicken, mushroom, celery, baby corn, carrots, onions in a medium spicy sauce. it was a delicious dish which had flavors, spice etc

service was extra ordinary

excellent experience at bai tong: we went in for dinner and we liked it. we tried chicken wrapped in banana leaves, kao soil and the yellow curry with chicken. all 3 dishes were tasty and flavorful. we have chosen 3 stars for spicyness and it was spicy enough ( bumping it up to 4 would be too much). the black rice pudding was also delicious . great for place to enjoy dinner!

oh, a great place if you want to thai food.
the fresh rolls were awesome, specially the sauce.
the white fried fish was good as well.
sri lankan mango tea was unique and i loved it a lot.

my first tryst with thai food and i must admit i'm a fan.. loved the red thai curry and the fried chicken... definitely a great place to go with family or friends.. double thumbs up to the staff as well 👍👍

we had a bit of a wait on a weekday evening, but it turns out it was well worth it.  our server helped us through the menu, but with a picture menu to help you along, you won't go too far wrong.  we had some spring rolls and some sort of leaf-wrapped chicken for an appetizer.  nothing wrong with either, but i wouldn't likely order the chicken again.  our entrees were all wonderful.  we were seated in a sultan's tent-like booth, which was nice enough, but the restaurant decor and layout itself was average overall.  i found the food to be fresh and well above average in taste and quality of ingredients.  portion size was generous but not over-sized.  no complaints.  great food.  great service.  reasonable prices.

the settings in the restaurant is great and the service is excellent. we ordered the wrapped chicken for appetizer, and we both liked it very much. for the main dish, we ordered the trout curry, and also the woon sen pad thai. everything came out very promptly, and the trout was excellent. the pad thai was just normal, though a little sticky as it cooled down. next time we'll try something else.

delicious food, amazing peanut sauce, beautiful establishment, and high quality service. i would eat here all the time if i lived near here.

trout salad. it is literally half of trout that's deep fried. yes, bones are intact.

mixed results for the new issaquah location. have eaten inside bai tong in issaquah twice, and ordered takeout from there once, here is my advice: although the atmosphere is nice and the food tasted good, they bungled my order both times we ate in. even though i had ordered 1 star they made it 3-4 star and i couldn't eat it, and had to send it back. we eat a lot of thai food and have been to many places and i would say their food is not really "authentic" but rather your typical american thai place. i would not recommend anyone ordering takeout from them as the one time we did this, it was horrible. the pad thai was dry and sticky with very little sauce, and was the worst i've ever had anywhere. so, even though i gave them a thumbs down, i believe it could be turned into a thumbs up if they just give a little more training to their employees (especially the cooks)! also, the service was slower than it should have been, given that the place was not full.

two long-standing thai restaurants on the eastside: chantanee and bai tong  with similar offering, here is the low-down. i still remembered i had to travel to bai tong in sea-tac in the early 90s for some decent thai food; and now there are 3 bai tongs! chantanee moved from its old location to the current key bank one many years back as well due to the on-going bellevue downtown development. one of my favorite thai dishes is the thai fish cake (hence my excitement to try fish cake factory ). i believe chantanee won the fish cake battle. chantanee’s fish cakes were bouncy, fluffy and full of curry flavor; chopped green beans were still crunchy inside — excellent; versus bai tong’s were harder and more dense. dh’s favorite was pad thai...

lovely food, service could use work. we had a late lunch on a saturday. we were told a 10 minute wait for a table although it was more like 15-20. we waited a long time to be asked for our order - and no "be right with you" or "sorry about the delay" while we were waiting.

we both ordered tea, one appetizer to share and two entrees plus pad thai. after another 10-15 minutes without even the tea, my husband went to ask at the hostess desk. not long after the food appeared (he hadn't asked about that) - no appetizer and no tea.

about 5 minutes later the waitress reappeared to ask if everything was ok and my husband said it wasn't - no tea and no appetizer. at that point we no longer needed the appetizer as we were well into our entrees, and to be fair she said she wouldn't charge us for the tea as it was her mistake. it appeared to me that other tables with other wait staff were not getting food any faster - but even if it was the kitchen's fault, someone could have said something and brought us our tea!

the food was delicious. the kana moo krob had great flavor and the vegetables were crispy tender. the spicy eggplants were cut in rather larger pieces than i'd have preferred, but again had great flavors. i loved the pad thai - great tamarind flavor and enough sauce to be moist without being soggy. my husband liked it but wasn't as big a fan as i was.

a little more attention to detail, especially on the service, and this could be an outstanding restaurant. we'll probably give it another try to see if this was an aberration

wow i just ate at bai tong in bellevue. i have spent the last 20 years working in asia. a lot of my business has been in thailand. bai tong use to be one of the most authentic thai restaurants in the seattle area. after a very long wait to get our drink order and an eternity for the food, the real disappointment began when my dish arrived. what i ordered was not even close to the quality i have gotten in the past!! it tasted like cheap takeout food.

never disappointing! the food is great and the service is amazing! favorite thai place in the northwest!