bai tong thai restaurant

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-)
theplaceis 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.

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 forplaceto enjoy dinner!

oh, a greatplaceif 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 greatplaceto go with family or friends.. double thumbs up to the staff as well 👍👍

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 theplacewas not full.

never disappointing! the food is great and the service is amazing! favorite thaiplacein the northwest!

finally....aplaceon bellred border. great food, nice interior. service a bit slow but it was a busy saturday night.