Fabulous take away tonight. Keeping up the very high standards through these corona times. The Thai food at Som Tam is a cut above. The Ocean Envy and Chu Chee Prawns were full of flavour and melted in our mouths! Perfectly cooked seafood.
There is seriously something special about this place. The service is awesome, their prices are so reasonable. The space is lovely and everything is fresh and good quality. The only thing is the food needs a bit more punch of flavour and some extra herbs and spices . They could push it a bit more. The prawn spring rolls are a highlight.
Fabulous dining experience with great tasting food and friendly staff π―
I've been to Som Tam a number of times and it's alwaysΒ been consistently great.Β
Firstly it's BYO so grab a bottle...or two from Carwyn Cellars before arriving.Β The Son in Law eggs were amazing and the soft shell crab was out of this world good. The Phad Thai though, I found a bit bland and nothing special, hence just a 4 star rating.Β
Staff and atmosphere are great and I would suggest booking as they are a small restaurant.
YUM!
Maybe I'm biased as a friend works here buuuuuuut its delicious Thai food.
Certainly the best I've had in the area.
A little sweet for my tooth but that is pretty standard for the cuisine.
Offers a healthy serve, BYO is uncharged and is just excellent value for money overall
The place is quite small and lighting is poor, considering we went on a summer day and it wasn't too late yet (December 2018). Food is really nice, had the green curry fried rice and spring rolls - You'll get stuffed with their serving. The only downside of this place is that we were told off for being noisy and loud - but we booked the place for a bday celebration and obviously we had to sing a birthday song.. So I will not recommend this place for celebrating an occasion, but good food otherwise on any other night.
Cosy Thai restaurant down the cool end of Thornbury.
I think the thing that really stands out about this Thai restaurant is that everything so so fresh and nicely done. You donβt walk away feeling like you eaten stodgy food, itβs really really good.
Iβd have to say itβs the stand out Thai in the area.
Lovely food and good decor. Very attentive and polite service which was extremely efficient. Nice touch of a complementary starter while perusing the menu. We had the lemongrass beef and lamb Penang- delicious!
Among the best Thai in Melbourne! The whole fried snapper presentation and taste was stunning. We were welcomed with a taster of papaya salad. The red duck curry was not really spicy (enough for us) but rich with vegetables. Service was friendly and prompt.
The food is always fresh and full of flavour. The price is very reasonable, for the quality of food you get itβs great. Probably the best Thai restaurant i have been to in Melbourne. Canβt go wrong with this place.
Great local eat - Delicious authentic thai with no MSG. Pad se ew was the best we've had and the red duck curry was full of flavour. Definitely worth visiting, we will be back many times.
Great Thai family restaurant with awesome atmosphere. Love how the food is cooked fresh and is so tasty with no msg and is gluten free! Has a real authentic Thai taste and feel with friendly helpful staff. Must have dishes are pork belly, massamun beef curry and the ocean envy. Leave room for dessert!
Love Som Tam! Everything in the menu is really nice but the Massaman curry is absolutely fantastic! Beef is super tender and the taste is just perfect! Good service and nice atmosphere
Small modern thai restaurant with a not your ordinary asian takeaway place ambience. The place has dimmed lights, exposed bricks and plays good music. Apart from the regular menu, lunch specials are also offered - $10 for a delicious meal. A good place to have a quiet lunch but this place can get really busy during evenings.
Everyone in our group really enjoyed the dishes we ordered, very nice flavours and huge portions! Friendly staff. We were able to BYO. This is a nice busy local spot
Stumbled on this place by accident...what a find. Great food and service, recommend making a booking as it can get busy. Try the duck curry...delicious!
Delicious food!! And the staff are lovely. Food comes out quickly, and it's also BYO. The pork belly stirfry is the best! Highly recommend Som Tam for a lovely night out ππ»
A lovely little restaurant, friendly, helpful staff, very quick service. Dishes have been fresh, beautifully cooked with really interesting flavours and zingy flavours, I have twice this week with dinner companions who has also thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful little restaurant, reasonable prices.Β The space is a little cold (temperature). Very nice we will be back.
Finally a quality Thai restaurant in Thornbury! Green curry fried rice was great with delicious flavor. Massaman curry was delicious, loved that their green veggies dish was a variety of good greens with a beautiful hint of char. Will be going back for sure!
I love Som Tam! Especially their Pad Thai which is a reasonable price since it's so good. Their staff are friendly and welcoming. The restaurant is nice inside and everything is delicious
If it's authentic Thai flavours you're looking for, Som Tam is the place to go. We started with some prawns in a beautiful sweet and sour dressing that took me back to the restaurants in Thailand and my own kitchen where I love cooking my favourite Thai dishes. We also sampled a range of other dishes, all of which were satisfying in flavour and boasted fresh ingredients. My only gripe about this place is the service. The wait staff were not the most attentive to our table of 8. One of the guests did not receive their meal until the rest of us were almost finished.
Ordered take away and was not disappointed.
Tom yum soup delicious
Crispy pork with Asian greens delicious
Green curry friend rice delicious
Massamum beef curry delicious
Overall 11/10
Will definitely be going back to this little hidden gem.
GoodFood GoodMood
Had takeaways from here tonight. Quick service, reasonable prices and friendly staff. The food was great, loved the crispy pork and the duck curry, so delicious. Was excited to try the son in law eggs, these were the only disappointment, flavour great but not an item that does well for takeaway, not crispy. Will have to eat in some time to try them again. Highly recommend
Delicious food and friendly staff. Recommend the prawn spring rolls and pad Thai. My friend had the vegetarian spring rolls and a beef curry. He loved both. Recommend booking as it fills up quickly.
Splendid Thai food on the north side. Vegan options, few as they may be, are delicious. Check out the yummy yellow curry and they have another solid option or two which eludes me.
Best Thai food in melb by far. Every dish is amazing always fresh and nothing has MSG in it Winning Staff are efficient and very friendly. Can't say I have a favourite dish because they are all my favourites. Always look forward to som tam definitely the perfect go to dish. I have travelled to Thailand many times and som tam is on par or sometimes even better then Thailand itself. A credit to them.
Best thai restaurant you'll find in Melbourne. Great food, great service. Staff is very friendly and helpful. Make sure to book ahead to not miss out!
Very friendly and efficient service. Food was great and portion sizes spot on. Menu has all your traditional Thai favourites as well as some excellent specials - the corn fritters were a stand out. Definitely be going back.
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On High Street Thornbury, lies this little black complex which is Som Tam.
I came here last night with a couple of friends for one of my favourite cuisines which is THAI!
Evident when walking in by the beautiful smell my friends and I were in for a great night.
I have to admit, it's a pretty small restaurant. However the place was extremely packed.
Dishes kept on coming through vigorously and one thing caught my friends eyes which were the spring rolls.
Looking through the whole menu, most of the dishes looks appealing. My friends and I ordered as follows:
Moo Satay
Prawn Spring Rolls
"Special" (Prawn Patties)
Tom Yum Soup
Kana Moo Krob
Massamum Beef Curry
Coconut Rice
First of all, I have had lots of beautiful peanut sauce satay skewers and with regards to this restaurants skewers they seriously were a let down. The meat was cooked well but the sauce on top was really gritty, thick and didn't have a great peanut taste to it.
The spring rolls were great and the sauce had a lovely consistency and was a perfect dipping sauce for the rolls.
The Tom Yum soup had such a kick of flavour and the prawn were delicious.
In relation to the Kana Moo Krob both my friends did have different opinions on it. One though it was sickly sweet and couldn't finish the dish and the other added flat noodles with no chillies and loved it. So a bit of a hit and miss. I couldn't try it because I was allergic to one of the ingredients inside the plate.
The curry had such an extravagant flavour to it, the braised beef was perfect and the added carrot was simply genius.
Lastly the coconut rice. When it came to the table I questioned the waiter to ask if it actually was coconut rice because it was pink/black looking and didn't have no distinctive smell of coconut in it. The waiter did tell me that it was. I have to say it was my least favourite dish I ordered. It was not creamy and not what I'm used to. It exuded no purpose to my curry and really had no flavour.
All in all, a cute little place in the heart of Thornbury, had some great things on the menu. But the place needs to balance flavours and work on the coconut rice in my opinion.
Authentic thai food... the quality of the products used seem to be of high quality... steamed barramundi and chu chi prawn curry are highly recommended... cant wait to get back..
Not your average local Thai, these guys go the extra mile with quality ingredients and it really makes all the difference! Lovely to eat in or get take away. Keep up the great work ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½
Som Tam is great addition to the Thornbury dining scene offering a step above your average Thai food. We ordered the Massamun Beef Curry, the Pad Thai and the Som Tam. We liked all of the dishes. The Pad Thai had full size prawns that were well cooked and delicious (which goes back to the "step above" comment). The beef portions in the curry were good quality and large (which is something I always look for in Thai food) and the Som Tam was tasty with a good amount of heat. We will keep coming back!
Friendly service, clean environment, tasty food, but to be honest, nothing spectacular. I would have given them 4/5 except for the fact that they messed up our order. Will probably try again, just for luck.
Good honest Thai food, bit pricey but definitely good quality and worth it. A word of warning for faint hearted, real thai cuisine is a bit hot!
I've been looking forward to trying this place for ages. My partner and I decided to eat here last night.
It surpassed our expectations. Food was lovely and tasty with a good zing. A great menu that is a far cry from the predictable choices of many Thai restaurants. Nice staff too.
Took my parents here tonight as Dad wanted to have Thai dinner ! Very tasty, fresh ingredients , friendly staff, warm atmosphere, delicious green tea ice cream too . Will defiantly come back
Went here on a whim. Good service, reasonably priced, nice variety and lovely fresh thai food. Β The Pad Krapao could be a little spicier though! Place is great though. Casual and comfortable without being cheap and trashy. Would definitely come here again!
Chinese broc, it's a lot, comes wit the pork belly
Bit of crunch, for your lunch, gotta get inside the belly
Next up had the Fried rice with the green curry
Creative, innovative had to down it in a hurry
Very busy
So if you haven't booked it's hard to walk in
Interesting dishes - modern Thai
Nice atmosphere too
Watch out for the chillies! Some Very spicy dishes
It was a great night going out with a group of friends here and tried different dishes. The portion and taste was ok, not too bad. Food came out pretty quick and the service was nice.
This was probably one of the best Thai places i have been to. Highly reccomended the stir fry with crispy pork.. the flavour was great and the pork crispy!
Absolutely delicious, fresh Thai food. Probably the best I have had in a very long time. The service was great also which is always a bonus! A gem in the Thornbury area!
I've been wanting to try Som Tam for a while now and finally had it the other night (takeaway). It was delicious, nice and fresh flavours - the pad Thai was great as was the Massaman Curry! Will definitely be going back...
Recently got take away from Som Tam and it was full of taste! Best Thai I have had yet. I definitely recommend it! Looking forward to dining in the restaurant next :)
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+4.5
Som Tam has delivered yet again. I've been to this restaurant maybe 5 times and not once have I left disappointed. Great variety of Thai food with dishes full of amazing flavours and spices. I've never gotten excited about prawns before but those poached prawns with the spicy salad have changed the way I think about shellfish. 95% of my week has been spent reminiscing on this delicious food, I could eat here breakfast lunch and dinner. #gregontour new local Thai π»π
My local and real Thai delight. Cannot go past the beef massamun and the lamb panang!! Gets very busy so it is a good idea to book in advance. The service is always friendly and prompt also.
We have been there more than a couple of times already and it has been consistently good. Flavours are nice and fresh the service quick and friendly.
Very nice Thai food. Our group of six got takeaway and couldn't fault one dish. Very happy with the very reasonable prices too. Much to like here.
Amazing food, better than Thailand!!
Jungle curry personal favourite. Had several dishes on the menu. All amazing. So lucky to have this restaurant in our local area. Been telling all our friends about it. Sparkling house wine also nice if you enjoy a bubbly.
Went here for dinner last night - we have been meaning to try it for ages! It was definitely worth the wait! The staff were very attentive, the restaurant itself is lovely. We had a small salad to start which was great. I ordered the pork belly stir fry and couldn't fault it. We also ordered various entrees all of which were delicious. I thought the prices were reasonable for the quality of the food. I will be back here for sure, I cant wait to work my way through the rest of the menu.
Have Hunger, Will Travel
+4
You can't beat this place for quality and freshness. When I eat at Som Tam, I don't leave with the lingering feeling that I was just served Mae Ploy with a little Palm Sugar and veg. But, the servings are just too small, even for someone who considers themself a light eater. This food is so good, I want more. But that's just what you won't get here.
Was here last week on a rainy day which wasnt fit for the thornbury foodtruck..
Quirky little restaurant on high st. Very inviting. The service is lovely, the girls are thai i think?? Only problem was it was a very humidy day so the restaurant got a bit too stuffy..
Shared with a few girls and we ordered a variety of the usual thai dishes like roti/chicken skewers and peanut sauce which was delicious! Definitely a must for starters even though we got it throughout the service not as entree? Dont know what happened there...
Gave us sticky rice which if we had realised we would have ordered less rice servings because we had way too much.. But the coconut rice was really tasty!
Duck curry and green chicken curry was delicious. Good size serving for 4 people. The pad thai looked ok and tasted better. The soft shell crab papaya salad is a must try also!
Nomnom... Will definitely return when i have another thai craving!
Overall a good thai place in the north.
Soooo excited to be at Som Tam tonight. We enjoyed our experience.
Venue/service - faultless.
Food - impeccable quality. Sometimes a bit rich in flavor.
Ambience - chilled Jazz music, most pleasant!
Dishes:
- "Red curry roast duck" with jasmine red rice - tasty, not memorable.
- "Jungle curry" with coconut red rice. (I asked for it to be hot "Try to kill me" was what i told the waitress. As if people say that everyday, she noted my request without missing a beat). And it was super chili hot, so i didn't need to pull out the sauce in my bag. With the coconut rice the flavours were a tad rich. May be better with a plain rice.
Value for money - pricey We feel that for the price, rice should be included. Also the serving size was a bit small.
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After tasting one dish, awesomely Authentic Thai Food, just BYO your wines ....
This place is located along what could be the longest esplanade of food in Melbourne or Australia or even the world .... the building doesn't looked prominent, must really looked for it or have the address on your GPS.
I just happened to drive pass, the name is so catchy Som Tam which is Papaya Salad in Thai so I stop for lunch.
It was a great decision, this Vintage building is tastely renovated, not over-doing it, very smart, great layout, the interior is so simple yet warm and very inviting, just a great ambiance. All those vintage elements are still there blending in with the modern decor. The long dining table at the back Courtyard is stunning.
You will enjoy their Toilets too, stunningly renovated and fitted, WELL DONE!
On the wine by the glass, the Riesling was a disappointment though, next time I shall BYO.
Now to the food, based on one dish alone, Massaman Beef Curry with Jasberry Rice (Red Rice) at $10.90 - Lunch Special Menu, I can say that the Chef can cook authentic Thai. Curry flavour was balanced, not overpowering sweet nor too coconutty, other spices are prominent, just right, Beef was tender, Sweet potatoes not mushy.Β Enough curiosity to come back for more.
Looking forward to coming back for either Lunch or Dinner so I can order more.
Quite an enjoyable lunch, thank you Chef!
Two Bears And A Fork
+4.5
We can't believe we haven't done a review for Som Tam yet! We've been here at least half-a-dozen times and have tried heaps on the menu! The food standouts? The green papaya salad is DELICIOUS! I always get the Yellow Curry which is pretty standard, but my carnivore hubby and friends say the winning meat dishes are: Red Curry Roast Duck and the Fried Snapper. The fit-out is trendy, minimal and it can get really loud in there (especially if we're there! haha!) but is a great example of what Thai restaurants should be. I don't want to forget mentioning the service here too - amazing! I know this is a once-off circumstance, but I lost a diamond hoop earring (gift from my mother) and was quite bummed as I couldn't find it after tearing through the entire restaurant. So I left my name & number (and a little drawing of what it looked like) and then a couple of weeks later they rang to tell me they found it - that was so awesome they kept my details and called! Food - two thumbs up! Service - two thumbs up!
One of the best Pad Thai noodles I have ever had...it is something I regularly order here and in Thailand!
everything we ordered had really nice flavours, reasonably priced and nice decor.
service is also great.
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4th visit
My favourite local Thai restaurant, friendly and attentive staff.
Deep fried snapper, love the side salad, very refreshing but I think the spicyness was overpowered the flavour, love the cashew nut, very fresh and crunchy, love the chilies prepared on the side bowl, so you can adjust how much to eat.
The stir fried basil with chicken, personally I don't like chicken breast as it can be quite dry but not in this dish, love the fact they sliced the chicken quite thinly, very well balanced dish.
I always love the jasmine rice- jerryberry rice I think it called on the menu.
3rd visit
This time ordered lamb panang curry with pumpkin, i wish it could be a little more spicer, the lamb was soft and tender.
The stir fried broccoli with roast pork, very crunchy snd fresh broccoli, personally find it a little salty by eating alone, but mix well with rice. I think they also used some black bean sauce which quite flavoursome.
Great as always.
2nd visit
This time ordered the stir fried noodle with chicken, peppercorn and basil leave, taste good but I wish to have more chillies to lift up the spicyness. Partner ordered stir fried rice with dried shrimp paste and pork, taste good too.
If you compare the price with other restaurants, their price is relatively higher with the food portion.
Just realised the take away dishes are $1- $3 cheaper than dining in, no wonder so many came in to take away instead.
1st visit
Som Tam complimentary dish papaya salad 10/10
Larb Tod deep fried chopped chicken with Asian herbs 9/10
Deep fried corn patties 10/10 I like this one more than the deep fried chicken although the dish quite similar, very crunchy
Red curry roast duck 9/10 if they put lychee and add a little more spicy would be great
Tom som pla soup 1/10 I only can score this as too salty to me that I can't really taste anything else, but good to see they use good fish fillet for the soup rather than the standard basa fish fillet
Staff friendly and nice 10/10
Environment 10/10
Great decor and booking definitely is required to avoid disappointment.
We managed to get a table when our previous dining plan fell through. Judging by the reviews we were lucky. They started with complimentary Som Tam special green papaya salad which was very tasty. The food was very nice we had starters of Son in Law Eggs which were very good and prawn spring roll, which was a solid piece of prawn in spring roll wrapper. For mains a Massaman Beef Curry which was very mild, a flavoursome Lemongrass Beef stir fry and the Som Tam with soft shell crab. The salad part was good (but we had already had that's) and the crab wasn't bad but I probably wouldn't choose it again. It cost $100 for four of us to leave satisfied. The staff were friendly and very attentive.
Wow food here is amazing! Love this place and what it stands for with all good clean of msg..love the curries and the complimentary som tam. Fit out very cool and staff all very friendly. Som Tam has set the benchmark for all Thai restaurants.
Fit out was fantastic as was the service but we found the food to be Β just above average. Pad See Ew, whilst cooked well lacked flavour and the Green Curry was a bit too sweet for our liking. That being said the ingredients were of high quality so we are keen to work our way through the menu.
Amazing Thai food! Som Tam salad was delicious!! Service fantastic! A must for people living in the north and people looking for a northern suburbs adventure!
Authentic Thai cooking in a nice-friendly place.. Authentic Thai cooking techniques just like the foods I've had in my home country. The healthy food tasted great. The place is well decorated and clean. A good place to hang out in the night time.
Good food & nice friendly staff. So glad a good Thai is now in my local area! Only problem is too many people know about this place now - it's hard to get in!!!!
The food at som tam is awesome!! There's also a great atmosphere and the staff are so friendly and welcoming
Little gem!. The best service I have had anywhere in melbourne! Delicious well proved food as well.
One the best Thai restaurants I have ever been to and excellent service. Pad Thai was very impressive and green curry yummy. Excellent value and amazing flavour - win win!
Amazinggggg thai food!. You really can not go past the Ocean Envy. Beautifully cooked seafood in a tasty sauce.
Thai fried rice had real prawns! not those tiny shrimp that most places use.
High recommended to book and eat in, rather than get takeaway :)
Best Thai in Melbourne!. Beautiful Thai food, packed with flavour. It's far and away the best Thai food I've found outside of Thailand. Add an added bonus, it's pretty cheap too! Seems to be a victim of its own success, so book ahead! Can't wait to go back!
We loved it! Ordered the chicken satay entree as others had suggested, and they were really yummy. Ordered the steamed fish and green curry fried rice, perfect, authentic flavours. Lovely staff, interior and prices are reasonable. Great work!
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Great food & atmosphere - Recommended. It was probably the 2nd or 3rd time I have eaten Thai food. My friend had recommended Som Tam for the next time we go out so we went. He kept telling me that this place doesn't use MSG and to keep it in mind. Anyway, we arrived there at around 8pm expecting things to have died down a little but we were wrong. I don't usually like crowded places; it gets too hot and noisy but to my liking this was not the case. The atmosphere was great, not too formal but nice. Now I wasn't sure what to expect with the food. As I said my friend kept telling me there is no MSG in the food and that it will taste more natural. I wasn't sure what he meant until we ate the food. It was really great! Everything was fresh and gave flavour. The roti bread with the peanut sauce was great (Make sure you try that peanut sauce!). We also had Som Tam (my first time), Red Curry Roast duck (Duck was moist) and the black rice to go with it (comes in a mini chassuer pot and flavour went well with the sauce from the red curry). The staff were great and also friendly.
I really did enjoy the Som Tam experience. Everything was great from my point of view. I don't eat a lot of Thai or Asian food but I really did enjoy it. I am glad my friend brought me here and would recommend you give this place a try.
Thai Heaven. We have tried without luck to get into Som Tam for several months and after finally thanks to making a booking we got our table. So, I will start with the service and I have to be honest, it was a little lacking. We were sat for sometime surrounded by our BYO wine (no corkage!!) before catching the waiter's attention to get our bottles opened. Apparently the owner was not in on our night and the service is normally quite slick.
Anyway, onto the food and this is the good bit. The food is delicious!! The Son-in-law egg is a must have as is the larb. For main you must have the pork belly stir-fry - it is sweet and caramelised to perfection. The som tam special salad is incredibly flavorsome and the beef mussaman curry is one of the best we have tasted. We also had the pad Thai which lived up to our expectations.
Stuffed with food, the bill was $30 a head, cheap as chips but oh so much better!
Remember your booking as you won't get in otherwise and now we know why.....
Great Thai restaurant in Thornbury. Four of us went to Som Tam for dinner. We were so impressed with the food served. Awesome food and lovely attentive service. This restaurant is one of the best Thai place we have tried in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. I will definitely go back there soon.
Best Thai!. I'm just disappointed we took so long to get to Som Tam given it is at the end of our street. The duck curry was sublime, will definitely be going back for more.
Delicious food! Portions a little smaller than some places, but this just means you have the right amount of food rather than too much. Will be going back!
Venue: cosy and small. Great atmosphere.
Staff are friendly and attentive, and the service is fast.
Food : delicious ! So many flavours in each meal. We basically ordered the whole menu.
Everything came out fresh and in a timely manner.
Highly recommend.
I must say this place is the best Thai resto in the area. The service was fast with complimentary Som Tam salad. The staff were very friendly. One of them even remembered me haha. I had to dine here twice to make sure I wasn't just spellbound the first time and so I can make an unbiased review. And Yes, Som Tam did not disappoint. The food was so amazing. You can really experience the tangy taste of lemon and fish sauce in some of their dishes. All in all, If you're in Thornbury, Som Tam is a must try. Cheers!
Delicious and affordable Thai Food. We will definitely be back to try other dishes.
Always have the best authentic Thai food when I come here and leave so satisfied! Regularly return to this place and it never fails as well as the excellent staff and service. The menu has something for everyone and is certainly the best Thai restaurant Iβve been too! A must try!
Best Thai food in Melbourne with flavours that remind you of eating in the streets of Bangkok. Kitchen staff happy to make any dish as hot as they serve in Thailand. Very reasonable prices given such high quality food. All the waiters and waitresses very friendly and happy to accommodate any special requests.
We really had an excellent night at SOMTAM! The food was amazing and so were the services. Even tho there were lots of customers, the food still came on a good time. Weβll definitely go back again.βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
I really enjoyed the food. The Thai is some of the best I've had in a while. Service was honest and friendly.
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