Thai Town

Despite the fact that Thai Food is one of my favourite things in the world, I don’t eat at Thai restaurants very often. If I ever go to a Thai place it’s usually Bai Bui Thai on Hastings and Nanaimo but we weren’t in the area so we decided to try out Thai Town in International Village (Tinsel Town) instead.

Going in I wasn’t sure what to expect but Thai Town’s pricing looked decent and they were MSG-free. Grayson went with the dinner combo for $12. It was worth it because it came with fried wonton, spring rolls, rice and his beef and veggies with peanut sauce.

Thai tom yum noodle soup

★★★

I decided to go for the Tom Yum noodle soup with vermicelli noodles. The soup was quite good, but it wasn’t worth $11. It wasn’t very filling and the chicken looked like it was ripped up by hand because it was oddly torn. So disappointing.

We saw our server all of 2 times and the restaurant was practically empty. When we were paying by card at the counter, they set the minimum tip standard to 18% which was unreasonable. It wasn’t fine-dining, we weren’t given particularly good service and were disappointed with our visit. It was ridiculous to have to tip so much for no reason really.

Quick bites

1. Ridiculous amount of pre-set tipping
2. Hit and miss on the portions
3. Service? What service?