Ottawa Foodies

My husband and I went for dinner with 9 friends last night. We were surprised at how busy it was on a Sunday night; the place was packed. We had some initial difficulty getting the server's attention at the beginning of the meal, but overall, the service was pretty good.

We ordered around 10 mains plus appetizers, so I don't remember all the dishes. Some of the dishes included: seafood salad, veggie spring rolls, shrimp spring rolls, fresh spring rolls, green curry (chicken and vegetable), mixed vegetables and tofu, pad thai (shrimp and tofu), grilled eggplant and a beef dish. I only tried the vegan dishes, and they were very tasty. Each had it's own very distinct flavours.

My only complaints about the food were the portion sizes (very small) and the price (high for the portion sizes). Even with all of that food and 7 individual sized rice portions (the number recommended by the server), we ended up having to order another pad thai, a second order of the beef and more rice.

I would go back again for dinner because the food was so good, but only on a special occasion and after a large lunch.

Went for lunch for the first time last week. Although have been numerous times for dinner. Food is always fresh and tasty. Their yellow curry chicken and potato dish rocks! Yum Yum. Mango salad when in season is bursting with juicy goodness. Just the right mix of spicy and sweet. I think this is one of the best thai places in the city. Which surprised me with it's prime location, (usually the down town places thrive on location not tastiness)

Four of us went for dinner on Friday night. I have been to this restaurant on many occasions and have always been happy with the food itself. I do find the prices higher and the portions smaller than Royal Thai, but the food quality is just as good and maybe a bit better.

We shared the spring rolls and I have no recollection of what they usually look like, but since I don't remember remarking on them before, then they must have been fine. This time they were embarrassingly tiny. The other three girls had never been to Khao Thai before and I was really embarrassed by how tiny and skinny they were. It was pretty chintzy if you ask me.

Other than that, our meals were good. The four mains were: Pad Thai, Gang Garee Gai (yellow curry with chicken and potatoes)X2 and mine which was the Panang Curry (Red curry with chicken and peanut sauce).

The two girls who ordered the sticky rice had had it quite a few times before and found this sticky rice to be very difficult to manage and almost hard and crunchy. Not good either.

Overall the experience was good barring those two items.
The service as always was very good and the staff is always courteous and smiling.