chiang mai thai restaurant

the food was good,servicehorrible. they did the ol’ dump the food and run and never saw anyone again until the check. we had wasabi and spicy grouper with no drinks at all... (we paid for the them.) should have eaten from the food trucks.

had some of the best thai food last night that i've eaten in forever at chiang mai thai & sushi. the place is located in a newish strip mall, smack-dab in the middle of scientologyland, but the interior ambiance was not short on far-eastern zen elegance. reading reviews online, i found that the restaurant generally received a composite score of less than four stars on major review sites (usually a red flag for me). reading further, i surmised that theservicewas keeping chiang from reaching its full potential, as that's what most folks b!+c#ed about. i figured our group of four wasn't in any hurry, so we took the plunge.

wonderful surprise. we just moved to this area and are discovering new (for us) restaurants. from the outside you can't tell much about the restaurant, but it's lovely inside. theservicewas friendly and fast and the server answered any questions we had about the food. i had one of my favorite dishes, the chicken in red curry sauce—which was perfect—and my husband had the pepper steak. that was also good but the beef (as often happens) was a bit tough. i forgot the name of the soup but it was the coconut based chicken soup that is spicy sweet and delicious. we're going back today for a second taste test.

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 and order $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 bestserviceand 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 usually order thai 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.serviceis always good. the atmosphere is very inviting , we just love to go there.

good food, deceptive receipt. i have eaten at chiang mai many times and the food is consistently good, the restaurant and presentation of the food are exceptional. we like the thai curries, chinese dishes, pad thai, sushi, and thai salads.

however, the last two times i have been there after giving my credit card i have been presented with a receipt that says in all caps "pre-tip amt" only to find out that a 15% tip has already been added to the total. this last time i was there, one of the servers told me it was included, but otherwise i might have thought that i would have the opportunity to add the tip i felt was appropriate, based on theservicei received. i don't like having the tip added ahead, especially when the group eating is not large, and particularly when the receipt makes it appear that this is not the case. nor would i appreciate tipping a server twice unknowingly.

great lunch value, too!. aside from the yummy pad thai, they also have an awesome panang chicken! the atmosphere is very authentic and elaborate and theserviceis great. their lunch menu is a great value with generous portions, plus soup! as a side note, they also have sushi and it's surprisingly fresh and tasty!