chiang mai thai restaurant

completely satisfying. this restaurant is terribly underrated in our opinion. we had the best thai meal of my life (so far). the crab rangoons were outstanding & left us wanting another order; my panang curry w/ chicken was served in a very large (fish) ceramic bowl, & w/ jasmine rice i ate the whole thing. the chicken particularly was different in that it was sliced to the point of being shaved, extremely tender. my wife had the "amazing" w/ chicken. she's not a big fan of thai cuisine, but she loved her dish & said she would return. both of us got peanut sauce in our dishes. the peanuts were chopped & a delightful departure from the usual half nuts.

one final point: had we not met friends at chiang mai thai & sushi we probably would never have experienced the great food & charm (decor & staff) of this place. you see, the consumer ratings had it scored at 72, and as a rule i don't consider dining anywhere that carries a rating under 80. only the convincing of our friends who have dined there many times allowed me to go. they were right.

the menu on this website needs to be updated though. both of our entrees were priced at $9.99 each, not the $13.00 listed here; an extraorderof jasmine was $2.00, not $1.00. the crab rangoon was $7.99, no mention of this appetizer on this site's menu whatsoever. our total tab amounted to $56.00 w/ tax & tip, which we considered a good value.

rude manager. food is ok but the manager was soooooooooooo rude. she honored my groupon but was a real jerk about it. nowhere in the fine print did it say we were limited to the dinner menu and tip was included. my boyfriend and i asked if we could pull out a separate bill andorder$30+ worth of full priced extra food from the lunch menu. at first she was perfectly happy about it and put in our order. she changes her mind and comes back 10 minutes later. i kept asking our server whats wrong about not using our groupon for some other items; he would just come back and say "sorry, my manager says it's not ok." it was a bit pricey as well; $7 curry puffs, $11 pad see ew/pad thai. did not refill my water once. i find thai restaurants usually have the best service and kindest servers, but not at this place.. was not worth the drive from st. pete and i'll just continue to eat at thai am.

long story short, curry puffs great, pad thai/pad see ew mediocre, worst management i've ever seen at a thai restaurant.

great dining experience !!!. don't hesitate to go there. i have tried so many thai restaurant in the bay and this place is absolutely the best. i usuallyorderthai food but got convinced to try sushi this time by our server. those sushi pieces are yummy and very creative . tried the sweet dragon roll and t.n.t roll. service is always good. the atmosphere is very inviting , we just love to go there.

forced toorderoff dinner menu to use a groupon. had a groupon to use. only restriction was that you must dine in and cannot be used for specials or fourth fridays. restaurant would not let usorderoff the lunch menu. so it cost us $10 more but it cost them a customer and who knows how many people will read this. food did not taste good after this experience. they also have signs up in the dining area stating that they may choose to impose a 15% tip for parties of less than five regardless of the service. 20% for parties of five or more. regardless of service?