Our first impression was good. Clean, freshly painted and with a touch of Asian authenticity. At first we were seated in the corner, with myself looking straight into the walls. Not being happy with my view we asked to be moved to a different table. We were offered another table where I would be looking into a wall. Eventually we got to choose - great, this evening we could have a table that would normally be for four people. Room to move!
We decided to share our main meals and get a fried rice to complement them.
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| Royal Thai Massaman |
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| Chicken Fried Rice |
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| Chicken Pad Thai |
Thai style fried noodle with bean sprouts and peanuts, at $19 this was the best meal for value we had on the night. Quite delicious.
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| Prawn Chu Chee |
Tiger prawns with spicy coconut sauce, $27.00. We counted 10 prawns, they were delicious. I could have eaten the whole plate myself. The spicy coconut sauce being the nicest I've ever tasted.
The meals at this restaurant are not big, make sure you order extra to fill the gap. It's a pity they don't serve their meals with steamed rice.
Desserts range from $7 to $8.50 and are mostly made up with western style icecream desserts. We had wanted to try the glutinous rice balls with coconut milk, the only Asian style dessert on offer, but they weren't available.
They also have a comprehensive wine list.
We were disappointed with the service, they were very slow to attend to us. Our meals weren't brought out at the same time. It's just as well we were sharing meals and could start on the first one.
Brrrrr - this is a very cold restaurant. The air-conditioning is powerful. Our meals were nearly cold when served, most likely because the air-conditioning chills them off too quickly.
Some of our meals had peanuts in them and they weren't advertised with peanuts. If you have an allergy, make sure you ask about each meal.
We ended our evening with tea and coffee. Be prepared for another lengthy wait, they only have a small coffee machine. No pots of tea, only a tea bag. Shame!
I found that sitting at the table was quite uncomfortable. The chairs are too low for the tables and there is no way you can tuck your legs under the chair because of their design. The tables have four splayed feet, like cafe tables. This makes it quite awkward when placing your feet.
Overall, I was a little disappointed with the Bahn Tai Restaurant but I'd be prepared to try them again. Next time I'll order steamed rice to fill the gap...and take a shawl.
It was definitely cool, but apart from the fact that the meals cooled very quickly, this is not a bother for me, I could however see people throughout the restaurant struggling with it.
ReplyDeleteThe flavours of our dishes were all lovely, let down by the small serves and huge chunks of tasteless meat in the curry.
I enjoyed my meal, but left hungry.
I was disappointed that a pokey little cafe (Rendesvous) could serve Jasmine tea in a pot, made with loose leaves,and with a chinese teacup to drink from, whilst this more upmarket Restaurant plonked a cup full of hot water in front of me with a Liptons teabag on the saucer!!
I was really looking forward to eating at the Bahn Thai as I had been watching its development for some time. Unfortunately I have some issues; the biggest being the very slow service. It wasn’t overly busy on the night but the service was excruciatingly slow. Similar comments were heard being made throughout the Restaurant. One diner actually went to check if his order had been forgotten. Issue number 2: we were seated at a fully set table that we requested to be moved from. While seated we absentmindedly fiddled with cutlery and crockery. Not only were they not removed when we vacated the table but one of the settings was moved to another table for a diner to use. The same settings were left on the table for the diners who followed us. This was a major error on the part of the staff. Issue number 3: my goodness it was cold. Other diners agreed.
ReplyDeleteIssue 4: the portion sizes of the food were not in proportion with the prices charged. I felt that the serves were far too small. You really did need to order a side of rice to make a meal of the dish ordered. By far the best value dish ordered was the Chicken Pad Thai. The sauce the prawns were cooked in was very tasty and made for delicious eating.
Issue number 5: The dessert we ordered wasn’t available but we had to wait quite some time before the waitress returned with this disappointing tidbit. It really is beyond me as to why the Kitchen can’t advise wait staff that items are unavailable. Being provided this information before ordering would alleviate the disappointment of ordering a dish and then being told, ‘Sorry. It’s off tonight.’
I really hope that these were teething problems and not the standard the Bahn Thai has set for itself.
Hungry, Hungry Hippo