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I was amazed by thequality of foods and services at this wonderful little restaurant. The ambiance is warm and welcoming. The food is fresh and full of flavors.
Tonight we ordered, chicken stay, larb gai, prawn phad Thai, fried rice, tom yum seafood, and crispy trout salad. the stay is fresh and tender served with the most amazing peanut sauce, My favorite of the evening is the crispy trout salad, the trout in boneless, lightly battered and deep fried to golden brown then top with a mixture of green apple and cabbage slaw, with fresh mint, red onion, cilantro and peanut. we end our meal with deep fried coconut ice cream. yes folks! deep fried ice cream, the battered is light and crispy and they deep fried it with out making the ice cream melt, how did they do that? they top it of with chocolate sauce and whipping cream yumm! I saw that they have fried banana with ice cream too, I got to trey that next time.
the service is excellent, despite that we arrived at almost closing time, everyone is treated us with warm greeting and sincere smiles. the water glass are always full and we got everything we ask for. everyone that work there seem so happy. the establishment must treat them well, like the old saying " Happy workers work harder" and it showed at Bai Tong Thai. The best Thai restaurant in the south end. I will definitely be back!!!
I was pleasantly surprised by the decor of this restaurant....quite soothing to the eyes.
Food - was above average, but I've tasted better Thai dishes in CA and AZ. I asked that my panang be prepared extra spicy, but didn't get it...it was mild, not even medium at best. But their Satay was excellent...perfectly grilled with cucumber and peanut sauce on the side.
Our waiter was very nice and attentive, but it was a bit annoying having to repeat myself to him. He had such a heavy accent, I had to literally squint my eyes hoping it will help me concentrate enough to figure out what he was saying.
I work in Kent (pause for your thoughts and condolences) and this is by far one of the best places to grab lunch in the area. The food is consistently great, service is quick and the portions are just perfect. Yes, it's part of a strip mall, but take believe me, Bai Tong is definitely one of the best Thai restaurants I have ever eaten in. Check it out for yourself. you won't be disappointed
Oh and they also have a huge platter of candy by the door.. Always a big plus in my book
I hope I don't drag down the rating for this place too much because it is a sold Thai joint. I would visit if I lived down in this area of town. It's nicely decorated inside, which is a pleasant surprise due to the location. The service was good. Food came relatively quickly. Water was always full.
Hubby got the Eight Angels and I got the chicken Phad Thai. His dish won. I must say, for 9 bucks, I got dinner plus two lunches out of the Phad Thai (= awesome). However, it wasn't anything fantastic. It was actually kind of sweet. Considering the dishes, I think you should go "outside the box" here to get something tasty; the basics are just that.
Congrats Tukwila - you have a decent place to eat and it isn't a chain restaurant!
I've walked past Bai Tong several times on my way to the Chinese joint in the same strip mall. I was always curious about it, so after reading the glowing Yelp reviews I decided to give it a try.
First off the place was busy which is always a good sign. The menu had a lot of really interesting dishes. However, since I'm no connoisseur of Thai food I decided to go with the recommendations of other yelpers. We ordered guy hor bai toy for an appetizer and the crispy garlic chicken along with the pla tod rard pring for the main course. After we ordered we waited, and waited, and waited. Still no grub. I was able to find our waitress and asked when we could expect our appetizer to come out. By the look on her face I could tell she forgot about us. She was nice enough to comp us a couple of glasses of wine for the inconvenience.
When our food finally came, it was prepared and presented beautifully. The only problem was that it just wasn't all that great. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad it just didn't blow me away like I expected it too.
I will say this though, I will definitely be back again. Next time I'll order completely different. I honestly think that I just ordered the wrong things. Normally, I let the menu guide me rather than just ordering what everyone else does. Next time will be different.
Currently my favorite Thai restaurant in Seattle based on the quality of their food, which is consistently great. It's on the pricey end of the scale for Thai food in Seattle but, despite its location in a Southcenter strip mall, it's not a hole-in-the-wall and the portions are larger than usual. We always order the leaf wrapped chicken. It's fantastic, and I've never seen it prepared anywhere else, so they get a point for doing something authentic and different from the ordinary repertoire of Pad Thai and Tom Yum (though they do those dishes well too).
We went during happy hour once. You have to order a drink to take advantage of the happy hour food menu - of which the choices were mostly fried appetizers and their leaf wrapped chicken. Because of their location, the restaurant isn't super crowded during dinner. If this place were in Seattle, I think they would give places like Racha a run for their money.
OH MAN! I'm getting hungry just thinking about what to write for this review.
There is no other Thai restaurant that I go to or even consider going to. Close minded, yeah, but really, five stars--- "Woohoo! As good as it gets!" describes it perfectly.
To start, when you park outside next to other restaurants... a gaming store... some sort of T-Shirt printing store... and the Toys R' Us, you don't really expect too much. However upon walking in you can't help but notice the simple yet refined details in the decor. Sure, you're in the middle of a strip mall in Tukwila but when you step inside, the cool and serene atmosphere makes you feel like you're grabbing a bite to eat somewhere downtown.
The food- MY OH MY! What do I start with? Chicken satay? Crab wontons? Herb leaf-wrapped chicken (Gai Hor Bai Toey)? Fresh rolls? Deep fried chicken wings? The spare ribs slathered in garlic and Sri Racha sauce? C'mon man! The appetizers alone cause both confusion in what to order and the problem of making yourself hold back to wait for the rest of the food...
But don't stop there- The soups are devine (Tom Kah Gai!), the entrees (Prawn garlic delight!) make me happy, the curries (Yellow, Green...DUCK CURRY AS WELL!) are wonderful, and the noodles (The classic Phad Thai!) are... yummy. This place really, truly deserves all stars possible.
Dessert's pretty good too, and I always go for the black sticky rice.
I go there so often it's gotten to the point where I'm recognized, which is always a nice touch. But I've noticed that even if I wasn't a regular, the servers are ALWAYS amazing, extra friendly, and attentive, asking if the food is okay or if I need a refill on my Diet Coke (and they even remember it's Diet!).
All in all, I urge everyone and anyone to go to Bai Tong at least once, though when you do you'll see that the urging was silly and you should have tried going there a long time ago.
WARNING: This restaurant causes the Penguin Effect in which you will be so full of food you will waddle out of the place with your arms down at your side because of both the lack of strength left in your body as well as the extreme focus you need to keep yourself walking back to your car. Wear a loose-fitting shirt!
This restaurant offers a nice atmosphere, extensive Thai and Laotion menu and the service is wonderful. I have ate here five times perhaps, always ordering something different and each time my palet has been very satisfied. SO many flavors, so wonderful and this is definately a place I would bring my special out of town guests to....
If in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia area, definately try this...
Rumor has it that the Thai pilots and flight attendants used to frequent Bai Tong when it was located by the airport. No wonder. The food is as close to the real deal as there is in Seattle.
But when I moved back to Seattle six years ago, the old location was closed down and I had no idea that they had moved. The other day, I found the new location on Yelp. Excited, I went there with the family and was greeted by some of the same faces as 18 years ago.
The food is still superb. The chicken crapped in leaves! The pork and clear noodle salad!
Good food at affordable prices and very friendly service. I recommend this place.
I would give this place a five star if they weren't so on your @$$ about tip.
There's one certain waiter, don't know his name but he's one of the older ones, he's always scheming and peering when we get our checks to make sure we leave extra money. $h!t like that pisses me off. One time, he stood at our table and counted our money in front of us to make sure we left extra money. What kind of $h!t is that?? Not just that, but another time he chased after my friends and I because we didn't leave tip... well hello we didn't leave tip because you're a freakin JERK! Everytime we go to the counter to pay he goes up to the hostess and tells her to make sure we give extra money. If only he knew I understand some Thai!!!! How RUDE!
Anyways, despite all that animosity, I'd have to admit this is one of my favorite Thai places in Seattle. Growing up with Thai/Laos food, I am always looking for the places that come closest to making what tastes like "home".
What I usually order and recommend: Tom Yum Koong, Khi Mao Noodle, Phad See Iew, Phad Thai, Phad Ka Prau, Green Curry, and Beef Salad. I'd have to say Bai Tong makes the best Beef Salad I've had in Seattle yet.
Sadly, I don't recommend their papaya salad... The opinion may vary depending on the person. However, it just didn't hit the spot for me.
So we were at the Seafair 2009 and wanted to grab dinner outside of the fair before the fireworks that night. We searched Yelp and found this place. We weren't sure about this place since we've never had a good experience with restaurants in a small town.
First of all, if you can't take fish sauce, you should consider somewhere else. That is the first thing you will smell when you go into the restaurant. The decor is very nice and it is packed with people devouring their food. The service was very fast and the food came quickly. The portions were very nice with great flavor. We had one of the noodle dishes and green curry, medium spice.
Caution: the medium heat is like super heat in most other restaurants. If you love hot food, you will love it here since they bring you additional 4 different kinds of hot sauces to your table.
*Food = good but be careful with the level you choose...medium = super hot
*Price = a little pricey for Thai food
*Service = good
*Decor = good
Food
The food was very appealing. I had the Crispy Garlic Chicken, Beef Pad Thai, Fried Rice, and Red Curry. The crispy garlic chicken was very flavorful, fresh, and dulcet, with some vegetables that you won't often find on other dishes. The beef Pad Thai was tasteful, with many ingredients that stand out in the dish. The fried rice was unique, with different seasonings and it had tomatoes, something that you will rarely find. The red curry was very appetizing. It had a strong coconut taste in it, and lots of flavor that was brought out. A downside, though, was that the rice cost $1.00, which is kind of a rip off, even though you are allowed free refills of it.
Service
The service was average. The waiter did not come around to check on us too often and the food took a little long until it came out, most likely because the restaurant was filled. Everyone was really nice to us, which gave us a great experience here.
Atmosphere
The restaurant was very crowded, but large. The decorations inside were very beautiful with lots of statues and decorations from Thailand.
this place deserves 6 stars. good thai food in seattle? wha?
the food here is authentic. trust me. its as close as you get to thai food in thailand. soo good i forgot i was in the states!
this place even blows thai food in LA way out of the water. the reason is bc they just make their food the way its supposed to taste. they dont cater to americans so they dont add sugar and screw up the taste like they do in LA. sorry LA! shame on you.
Wow! Bai Tong is so amazing! Every time I eat there, my mouth has a party with all of the bold and fresh flavors!
I eat Thai food very often, especially at Bai Tong. When I eat there, I always order the Tom Yum Gai (spicy prawn soup), Larb Gai (ground chicken salad), Pad Thai, and the Fried Rice! (I know that's a lot of food...But they're musts at Bai Tong!!!)
The service is great, but I must say the lighting is kind of dark, but that is totally okay!
I remember when Bai Tong was located near the airport, and they have been at their current location (Southcenter) for about 5-6 years...
I love Bai Tong, and I will keep going until I can't anymore! :)
I am all over Thai food like a fat kid on doughnut. I have been to Bai Tong several times, since they've opened; and they currently are a top Thai food option in the Southcenter area.
The food: I wasn't impressed several years ago, but now they have greatly improved.
* The Pla Tod Rard Prig (spelled differently at every restaurant) is excellent. It's a whole fish fried and covered in a homemade sauce, and it even comes with the delicious fish head!
* The Squid Salad is also surprisingly excellent and highly recommended.
* The Phad Thai was good, but the portions didn't seem too consistent during my visits.
* The Mango & Sticky rice was tasty - it could've been better - I do recommend it.
* The assorted sampler is evil-deep-fried goodness that won't help your "healthy eating" (it was tasty).
The service:
* They were very attentive, and we didn't have to ask for the fish-sauce tray. If you haven't tried the fish-sauce & chilies... a little goes a long way.
* Some of the staff could strive to be more friendly/proper/pleasant instead of a hurried bustle.
The environment:
* This new Bai Tong is more modern than the old-school Bai Tong. It's not decked-out to the level of Racha.
* The space is mostly open and the tables would be a bit cramped on a busy night.
The competition:
1. Mali Thai (great food)
2. Simply Thai
3. Racha (modern & stylish décor)
Mali Thai use to be my overall favorite for Southcenter, but now Bai Tong is tied.
I like my Thai food like I want my women: spicy enough to put some tingle on these nip nips.
This place is crazy tasty! I will echo the popular opinion that the crispy garlic chicken is to die for, and the green curry is a coconutty delight. Don't let the strip mall front fool you -- this place is straightup authentic. Portions are big, and if you like spicy, ask for a five-out-of-three-stars spice level.
I ordered the panko crusted (fried) boneless trout with panang, basil, bell peppers on top and broccoli on the side. I also ordered steamed rice. It was one of Bai Tong's specialty dish which I don't remember seeing on the online menu. The description of the dish made me salivate, albeit unnecessarily.
It took approximately 20 minutes to come out, and the waiter came by in between to tell me it was on the way. The portion was large (1 whole trout, halved, no head). The trout was crispy, a bit oily, and didn't have a whole a lot of taste by itself. Fortunately, the panang was good, which made the dish okay overall.
I would probably go back for curry or some of their other dishes, but won't be getting this particular dish again.
Been doing Bai Tong since about 1992 or so, through 3 locations. A couple of things never change; the great staff and great food....try the Gai hor bai toey appetizer. You may see God.
I picked up take out for dinner from here on Monday. I ordered a pineapple fried rice with shrimp- excellent and a mix vegetable with tofu with extra eggplant - also excellent. The portions were large, it was enough for two dinners; I had the leftovers the following day and they tasted good. The service was wonderful, I was provided complimentary jasmine tea and a table to sit at while I waited for my take out. I know tea is cheap but most places would not offer someone ordering takeout anything but maybe a seat in their waiting area.
My bill came to about $28 for the two items, a bit on the high side for thai food. At least the portions were good and the it tasted good.
When I go to a new restaurant, I usually like to go by myself or with just a 1 friend - mostly because I'd hate to have a group of friends suffer through bad food. However, I got to eat at Bai Tong for the first time with a group of 7 friends because the reviews from other friends about the food here were that good. Really. (In case you're wondering, the Mrs. and I wanted to take out a group of friends to lunch who had just finished helping us move into our new house).
We ordered a significant selection of the usual benchmark Thai dishes - phat thai, phad siew yu, swimming angel, etc. and they were all delicious. What stood even more though were the massamun curry (a nice blend of sweet, nutty, and spicy) and the crispy garlic chicken (between 7 people, the plate got demolished in just a few passes). To accommodate everyone's spicy preferences, all the dishes were ordered at "medium" spice. There was still plenty of flavor, though.
Decor was nice, and the group was seated on the wall with 4 tables strung together. I surprised at how fast and friendly the service was - usually with a large group it can be difficult to service, and we happened to be eating during the lunch hour (about 1:00pm).
The location next to Toys'R'Us is also a plus - it ensures you'll always find some parking to eat at this great little restaurant.
I'm already planning my next visit...
EDIT: I've since been back for several repeat visits, and DAMN! I love their crispy garlic chicken. I forgot to mention they also fry basil leaves with it, a nice, small touch.
Great eats at cheap prices! Very affordable. I was In town for business and had to take boss out for dinner, but he's a finicky eater. He'd only eaten Thai once before, hesitantly... Took him to Bai Tong. Food was so good he practically went into cardiac arrest. No question, I would go back. Only unusual thing was that, the soups on the menu are intended to be shared rather than served as an individual portion. (Won Ton was Delicious...). My colleage had the Thai Fried rice, and reported it to be highly above par. I had the Duck Curry. (It was Excellent!) Not too hot, with delicate delicious light curry flavoring, Yum! Left the place stuffed. No room for desert, but I am sure it would have been good.
I have been lucky to dine at Bai Tong since the early '90 when my dad worked at the airport. We would go have dinner here after church services nearly every other Saturday evening. The male waiter is the funniest and most friendliest guy around. I loved the old Bai Tong and have only visited the new location once or twice.
My favorite dish is there Gai Hor Bai Toey (Chicken Wraps). What an amazing dish. It's like the chicken does a little dance in my mouth!! Order two because you'll be fighting over it with who ever you are with!!
The chicken is so savory and so juicy!!
I also recommend their pad thai and their teas!!
It's a great restaurant, wonderful service and especially great food!
T
Best Pad Thai I have ever had!
Very friendly staff, reasonable prices, intimate (but not crowded) atmosphere.
The interior design reminds me of Wild Ginger in Pacific Place and the food reminds me of the dishes offered at Racha in Queen Anne. The only difference is that the chef here has never competed on Iron Chef and some of the dishes are actually $6-10 cheaper than Racha. In addition to this, you don't have to pay an obnoxious fee of $10 to park. I love the chef's specials that they have here. I tried a red curry with mouth-watering pieces of duck and curry-soaked lychee (a pleasant surprise). And the crab fried rice! A bit on the simple side, but it was better than the others I've had. If you come here, don't get the usual phad thai or phad kee mao...explore and try something different. The atmosphere is nice but my family thought the light was a bit too dim. I must agree, it was hard to read the menu. Besides that, the service was great, the food was satisfying, and the bill wasn't bad at all (~10 dishes costing $115ish (gratuity included) for a family of 7 (and we had leftovers for lunch and dinner for the following day!)
Man that CRISPY GARLIC CHICKEN was to die for! That was the best ever!
Didn't get to try the rest of their menu but you can't go wrong with the crispy garlic chicken & rice.
I would definitely return if I was in the area for the garlic chicken!
Definitely liked the tom yum goong but the trout with spicy-sweet sauce was overwhelming. We hardly can taste the fish because of the strong and excessive amount of sauce.
Authentic!
Awesome!
Well Worth It!
I love good Thai, and this is the best Seattle has to offer.
Go here first, don't go to other places...
This is definitely some of the best Thai food I have had in Seattle.
When I arrived in Seattle I began searching for a Thai place that could do Larb Gai and Ka Prau right, and it took me a long time to find it, but this place is the one. They are serving really fresh and tasty Thai food with exactly the right flavoring and ingredients. I have been back several times, and almost everything I have had is excellent, although there were a few misses for me. Just some quick comments on dishes I've had:
- Gai Hor Bai Toey- This is their signature appetizer, and it is excellent. Dark/Light boneless chicken cooked in leaves. Phenomenal flavor; I could eat a dozen.
- Tom Kah Gai- Classic Thai soup prepared perfectly. Light on mushrooms, no onions, just the proper balance of flavors kept simple. Big slices of ginger, so be careful!
- Neua Num Tok- Num Tok is hard enough to find and even harder to find well made- this one is phenomenal, although I could do with just slightly smaller and more charred pieces of beef personally.
- Larb Gai- Nice balance of citrus and fish sauce; this is the best larb gai I've ever had.
- Swimming Rama- This one was ok, not great. It is a bit too sweet and one dimmensional.
- Phad Ka Prau- This is really really good. They serve it with minced chicken which is traditional, and no green beans, which is how I prefer it. This is the dish I always want when I walk in the door.
- Ginger Beef- This one was a disappointment. I was hoping for more of a Nua Siam, which is more chargrilled beef with ginger and pickled vegetables. This meat was limp and bland, and I didn't love the mushrooms in it.
- Green Curry- Great balance of flavors, not too busy with extra ingredients (no green beans, no onions, etc.). Very good.
- Pa-Nang Curry- Very nice panang, great peanut and spice flavors, plenty of basil. This is a smidgen more creamy than I like it, but still another one I'm always happy to eat. It uses sliced chicken instead of ground, which isn't traditional.
- Pad Thai- This was surprisingly bad. The sauce is quite ketchupy and overall just didn't seem right.
The service is always super friendly, even though they are almost always pretty busy.
Now that I've written this I want to go back now...and I just ate there yesterday.
Awesome restaurant, great food! Romantic setting!
I read the many great reviews about this place. Went there on a Fri night with the gf. Was greeted by the friendly hostess, they were very polite. Wait service was prompt and very polite as well. The Thai people like to bow and treat people with kindness. The crispy garlic chicken was eXcellent with a capital X!! The beef pad see ew was oh so soft and the beef's flavor was like an explosion on the palate. This place is as good as it is raved about. Nice decor, friendly staff, clean restroom and eXcellent food!!
Order:
Crispy garlic chicken 11.95
Beef pad see ew 9.95
Side order sticky rice 1.50
Dinner for two with tip for under $30 and we still had leftovers!
Ok so I lied the other day when I said I normally hit Red Robin when I'm in Southcenter and hungry I forgot about Bai Tong if I make a run to Half Price Books I make a point of grabbing a bite to eat in here if I'm hungry.
Their crab wontons are pretty good, not too big and not too greasy and served with a nice plum sauce that isn't too thick or sweet which is hard to come by if you ask me.
Their Tom Kha Gai is milky white in color and full of chicken and mushrooms I just wished they made it spicier for me but it's tasty and I seem to order it the majority of the time I go here. Their Pa-Nang Curry is also a good choice sans the bell peppers. And you can never go wrong with their Pad Sei-Iw.
When you walk in you'd never guess you were walking into a Thai restaurant in a strip mall in Tukwila they done a nice job decoration the place to make it feel like you're in a Thai restaurant. The place is always clean, the wait staff is always friendly and if you're me you'll more than likely run into some of Tukwila's finest while dining here so be sure to obey all laws while you consume you Thai food.
Since I discovered Bai Tong, I have not chosen to eat at any other Thai restaurant in the Greater Seattle area. Bai Tong has a few specials that are very creative and tasty and they have also perfected the traditional dishes. The Gai Hor Bai Toey, the Fresh Rolls and the Satay are all to die for. Their desserts are also done very well. Bai Tong offers $3 delivery for orders over $25 which I have taken advantage of many times. They are very quick with delivery and often your food arrives within 45 minutes of ordering it.
I had to leave off one star due to the spiciness of the food at Bai Tong. I'm disappointed that Ethnic (in America) restaurants feel it necessary to cater to bland tastes and they tone down their spices. If I order three stars, that food better be HOT. A lot of the time, if ordering three starts, you can't even tell there are peppers in it. I would love it if they stepped up their spiciness. Even when I have ordered three stars and went further to explain that I love my Thai food Thai-style spicy, extremely spicy, it still comes out as if I had ordered one star.
Bai Tong is still my favorite thai, and I will use the spice tray.
I have eaten at Bai Tong many times, and I enjoyed their food again on Friday. I have to say that I think that it was even better than I remembered it to be. They have an extensive menu of authentic dishes. I was glad to see a full house because they have been in business so long that it would be a shame if the economy hurt them now. The story is that Thai Airlines (Airways?) asked the owners to open an authentic Thai food restaurant 25 years ago so that their air crews could get a decent meal when they had a lay over in Seattle.
Back in the day, it was hard for my daughter to find Nintendo DS games. The nice guy at Game Crazy in my hood told us that Game Stop in the Toys R Us mini-mall south of Southcenter had a pretty good selection so off we went.
After what seemed like hours and hours of one of us contemplating the games and the other contemplating ripping giant chunks of hair out of her scalp to relieve the tedium we'd both worked up an appetite. We asked the patient and helpful pimply game geek boy behind the counter where we could find something - anything - for lunch. He recommended Bai Tong right next door.
Ugh. Okay pimply game geek boy, sounds like a plan: Thai food from the Toys R Us mini-mall. But we were starving and one of us was close to a melt down. So I sucked it up and we went in.
That's when lunchtime immediately looked up for us. We were the ONLY whiteys in the whole place. And the interior is very attractive - not at all what you'd expect in some random mini-mall Thai place. But what about the food? Hand to gawd, the food was really good. Some of it excellent. Everything we ordered was super fresh and delicious.
This is now our go-to resto whenever my daughter craves the Thai. Totally worth the drive, even though Game Crazy in my hood now has an excellent selection of Nintendo DS games.
Okay, so you're trapped in Tukwilla, perhaps you're on your way to Southcenter or en route to Ikea or, maybe, you live there! You're thinking about grabbing lunch. Which contribution to America's Obsesity Epidemic are you going to support with your dollars today? Claim Jumper, Applebee's, or TGI Friday's. While you imagine what variation of fried chicken you'll have to consume--Jack Daniels(TM) Oriental Fried Chicken salad, perhaps?--think again!
Nestled in a strip mall next to an Office Depot and Toys R Us is Bai Tong, perhaps one of Seattle's better Thai restaurants. It's up there with Jamjuree in Capital Hill or Top Tim Thai in Queen Anne. You'll dig it. The Tom Ka Ga soup is complex: tart, savory, and spicy. The Pad See Yuew is excellent, as is the Green Curry, and all the usual Thai standards. Even if this place wasn't in a veritable wasteland of chain restaurants, it would be a stand-out. As it is, it's a godsend.
Thank you, Yelp, for reuniting an out-of-towner with a moved restaurant. I couldn't remember the name, and all the addresses were wrong, but thanks to you wonderful reviewers I now know the name of our Seattle salvation.
We flew up to Seattle over Halloween 2004 for a friend's wedding, and had no idea where to eat the rest of the weekend. Very close to our cheap motel was the original location of Bai Tong, which was quite fortuitous, as almost everywhere else we tried was disappointing. At the end of our stay we didn't bother eating anywhere else--we even went twice in one day and lunch before our flight.
What I remember is that the fishcake was one of the best if not the best I've ever had. Good pad thai, pretty good beef salad. Great soup, though now I've had better at Thai Princess in Westminster, CA, much closer to home. Friendly, attentive service and a homey atmosphere. Obviously I can't tell you if those have survived the move, but as long as they took their recipe book with them you should be happy!
I didn't realize Bai Tong had moved here. We wandered in while looking for parking to go somewhere else and decided to have lunch here.
It was packed inside but service was prompt. My friend's phad thai looked kinda runny, while my curry was pretty good. But, I'm subtracting one star for not getting any rice with my dish. The second star was lost just because the food was just okay, and not as good as I remembered it being in the past.
At least there was plenty of parking on a crowded Saturday afternoon.
SO full! A great little place close to the airport with tasty food! I went for the Pineapple Prawn Curry. yummmmmm.
Okay, I don't know what happened, but a few visits back when we went to Bai Tong we talked with one of the waiters about how I need to take my husband back to Thailand with me b/c he has never been there. That must have broke the ice or something, because he was so excited and started talking to my husband about going to Thailand, brought out a Thai tourist book, and started telling my hubby all the places he needed to see when he goes. Now everytime we go they are so happy to see me AND my husband. So Bai Tong you have earned your 5 stars.
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Simply put, the best Thai around! I am extremely picky when it comes to Thai food. I rate how good a Thai Restaurant is based on how good their Green Curry Chicken is. If it is fresh and spicy with out being chocked full of chili flakes to give it a fake heat...etc. Theirs is amazing!!! Wouldn't eat Thai anywhere else and its always great to see the place always full and usually of Thai origin, that has to be a good sign too!
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