I'm new to town and wanted to find a Thai restaurant downtown. There's hype from my office about Nickys being a great cozy place for lunch or dinner with amazing Thai food.\n\nMy boyfriend and I ordered the Pad Thai with Shrimp as well as the Red Curry with Pork. We choose to have one entree come with a basic chicken and rice soup that had minimal chicken or rice but filled with strips of ginger. Our other entree came with a salad that had something similar to a french dressing with a hint of fish sauce, a slice of tomato, a small strip of mango and one chunk of canned pineapple with iceburg lettuce.\n\nI would have much rather skipped these two appetizers and saved room to try a dessert. \n\nOur Pad Thai was a reasonable portion size but I was thrown off by the short broken pieces of noodles that tasted like they were soaked in fish sauce. Ew. The shrimp was fine, nothing special. \n\nOur Red Curry was a typical Thai restaurant portion size. A small bowl serving of rice was placed next to a soup bowl of curry. The pork pieces are not fresh and the curry had peas and carrots, most likely from a frozen bag, with some bamboo. The actual curry tasted like coconut milk mixed with water.\n\nOur sever was nice and our water was refilled frequently. I asked for additional spices on the side which he was able to bring out quickly. \n\nNot sure what the hype is about or why the restaurant was a packed house. I'd never go back and now I need to find some real Thai food in Pittsburgh.
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