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This is my favourite Thai restaurant in the city. In my opinion the key is asking for their homemade hot sauce, as it is perfectly paired for the pad thai. Excellent service, clean restrooms and a very feng shui interior.

Quite by chance, my wife and I had almost exactly the same lunch as sourdough and his friend (I chose chicken instead of pork).

Like him, I found the spring rolls and chicken satay to be unexceptional. I loved my chicken Pad Bai Gra Prow and my wife's Gaeng Garee Gai was also very good.

The dining room is simultaneously cozy and elegant, with carefully arranged tableware and nice paintings and plants. Super friendly service too.

We asked if they could serve Pad Kee Maow and were told that even though it isn't on the dinner menu the cook is happy to make it by request. Definitely something I will go back to try there!

Went for lunch here with a friend. I had spicy stir fried pork with holy basil (Pad Bai Gra Prow). This was stir fried with peppers and cauliflower, and was pretty tasty. I asked for the combo which mean the additions of veggie spring rolls and a satay skewer. The spring rolls and satay were nothing special, I would skip that in the future. All lunches also came with soup, which was a very nice Tom Yum broth with a couple of button mushroom pieces floating in it.

My friend had the yellow curry, and said it was quite excellent - I think I will try that next time.

This place has actually gotten a bit of buzz in media lately, but there were only 3 other parties there on a Friday lunch - not a good sign. If you are looking for Thai in Bell's Corners give this place a try, before it disappears.

Rarely am I so impressed by a restaurant.

This place has only been open since October in a tiny strip mall off the beaten path through Bell's Corners. Google and Bing still can't find it, even with the address. It's at the intersection of Robertson and Stinson, beside Dan's Automotive.

We went tonight on a whim for some Thai, and I'm glad we did.

We started with fried fish cakes and cucumber sauce. They were homemade and terrific. They were soft and pillowy, not at all rubbery, and didn't have an overpowering fish flavour. The cucumber dipping sauce was unexpected but it was both spicy and cooling at the same time.

It was followed by our salad and mains. We ordered a green papaya salad. It came loaded with peanuts and shrimp. The shrimp were steamed to perfection and were melt in your mouth delicious. The salad had just the right amount of heat.

We shared mains and both were portioned very generously. The Pad Thai noodles were not served spicy, but that's probably because it's the first choice for people when getting used to Thai food. The flavour was the right blend of slightly sweet and sour and I could see the little bits of tamarind used to flavour it- the real deal! The noodles were light and not at all greasy. It was a very filling dish for a cold day. Ask your server for some hot sauce made in house to spice things up. Our server insisted we try it.

We also had the richest red coconut chicken curry that I've ever had. It was loaded with strips of tender chicken and thick with coconut base. It was not overpoweringly spicy and it was worth every penny.

Even though it was listed as individual dishes, the food was served family style in giant portions. We took home leftovers.

The service was excellent and our server was super friendly. The food arrived very quickly and we weren't disappointed in the least. He saw that it was our first time at the restaurant and even gave my wife a beautiful elephant brooch.

I wish I could give this restaurant more than five stars. This is easily the best restaurant in Bell's Corners and certainly the best Thai in Ottawa that I've ever had, and even better than the Nokham Thai on Richmond Road which is usually very busy. We'll be back. Hopefully we will see you there- this new restaurant will need you in order to succeed!

We started with fried fish cakes and cucumber sauce. They were homemade and terrific. They were soft and pillowy, not at all rubbery, and didn't have an overpowering fish flavour. The cucumber dipping sauce was unexpected but it was both spicy and cooling at the same time.

The Pad Thai noodles were not served spicy, but that's probably because it's the first choice for people when getting used to Thai food. The flavour was the right blend of slightly sweet and sour and I could see the little bits of tamarind used to flavour it- the real deal! The noodles were light and not at all greasy. It was a very filling dish for a cold day. Ask your server for some hot sauce made in house to spice things up. Our server insisted we try it.

This was the richest red coconut chicken curry that I've ever had. It was loaded with strips of tender chicken and thick with coconut base. It was not overpoweringly spicy and it was worth every penny.

We ordered a green papaya salad. It came loaded with peanuts and shrimp. The shrimp were steamed to perfection and were melt in your mouth delicious. The salad had just the right amount of heat.