This is the only time I have ever felt deceived by a high star number on Yelp. My husband and I were walking around Southend pub hopping, and when it was time for dinner we pulled out the 'ol Yelp app and found this place right around the corner and with a solid four star rating. We LOVE thai food, and we know that it is always a good option for vegetarians in unknown restaurant areas. Unfortunately we were completely underwhelmed.\n\nThe restaurant itself is really cute - lots of wood paneling, Thai themed decor and paintings, wood tables and chairs. The staff was also very friendly. That's about where anything resembling four starts ends for me. I ordered the Pad Thai as I have found this to be steadily good in the twenty or so other Thai restaurants I have eaten at around the country. Here, it tasted like it was mixed up with a weird sweet and sour sauce. Pad Thai should not be sweet. At all. They also did not give us the option for hotness levels, which I didn't think of until after we ordered, so our food came out very mild. My husband ordered the Pad Woon Sen, which while better than my Pad Thai, was still unimpressive. I left disappointed with a sticky sweet taste in my mouth.\n\nIf this had come up on the app as a three star restaurant, our experience would have been much more explainable. Hopefully the food is better other times, though what was coming out to other tables looked much like what we were served so I don't know. I would give the ambiance, location and service a four, but the food a one or two. I can't give this place a three star review, because I really don't feel that it's \"A-ok\". So we'll go with the two star \"Meh, I've experienced better\", because that's exactly how I feel.
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