Thai Recipe - Carson City

I visited Thai Recipe with a group of friends in December, and we were honestly shocked with how bad the service was. I ordered a *Chicken* Pad Se-Iew, and when we eventually got our food, they gave me a beef Pad Se-Iew. Nobody else at our table had ordered a Pad See-Iew. I brought this up to the waitress, who then asked if I had any of it. I said I had some, because I didn't want them to serve another table this dish that already came to our table. It was really apparent that they wanted to cut corners. My friend's Masaman curry had large chunks of onion in it, when the onion is usually supposed to be caramelized/sauteed and not noticeable. The curry had too much peanut sauce in it. As an appetizer, we ordered a fried tofu dish. This was unfortunately really dry and bland. Now comes the *worst* part of the service: Three of my friends ordered curries (green curry, masaman curry, and evil jungle recipe). Each come with rice. However, when the rice was given with the bowls of curry, they brought out 1 bowl of rice. We were told by the server that this was 2 orders of rice and that he would be bringing out one more order of rice. After waiting for a while without getting that third rice order, we asked the waitress if we could have that third bowl of rice since only two came with the bowls of curry. She later brought a bowl of rice. When paying, she charged us for the extra rice and insisted that the initial bowl was 3 servings of rice and that the server was incorrect. She then brought me an empty bowl and gestured how this was the size of one rice. I think this was extremely unprofessional since she threw her server under the bus, and was really disrespectful to my group. All over a bowl of rice. Overall, this was subpar Thai food and I'd recommend elsewhere. It may seem authentic to some, but comparing this to other Thai restaurants in the SF Bay Area, LA, and SD, this restaurant was disappointing.

Poor service as we waited 15 minutes for our order to be taken. Food was also horrible- the masaman curry had large chunks of onion in it, and it tasted like they put way too much peanut butter in the sauce. We also ordered a fried tofu as an appetizer and it was one of the blandest fried tofus I have had. They also messed up one of our orders, and insisted they brought us three rice portions (which should have been included with our entrees) when there were clearly only 2 (they combined them in a single bowl). Would not recommend. If you have had even decent Thai food, you will be disappointed by the food here. I imagine the positive reviews are from people who don't eat Thai food often.

This was a treasure find! It's a hidden gem in a small strip mall and unless you know where it is, you may miss it! Decor is basic but authentic. The service was good however our dishes didn't come out together. The food, however, was excellent! We quickly forgot about the timing of our plates to the table because it was so good! I only took a photo of my plate lettuce wraps. We also ordered a vegetarian curry, pad Thai, drunken noodles orange chicken. All was flavorful and the right sized portions. I will definitely go back when I'm in the North Tahoe area!

Thai Recipe is definitely a five star little restaurant. They are understaffed, but the more than reasonable prices do reflect that. Even though there was only one waitress serving the whole restaurant, answering the phone, and dealing with the takeouts, she was very diligent, courteous, and attentive. We had their chicken satay, lettuce wraps with pork, green curry chicken, Panang curry beef, Pattaya seafood, spicy pork with green beans, Hawaiian fried rice with shrimps, and Pad Thai with chicken and shrimps. Everything was absolutely delicious and perfectly cooked. The chicken satay was really tender and tasty. The Pad Thai was outstanding. The decor is Thai, very clean and comfortable. With eight dishes, a Thai coffee, and a big beer the bill was only $150.38 before tips! Hard to find prices like these post pandemic. I highly recommend Thai Recipe.

We came in at 6pm on a Saturday evening. The place is incredibly understaffed and thus getting our food was unreasonably slow for a place that wasn't too crowded. It seemed like the chefs were prioritizing call in orders, because neither us nor any of the customers in the restaurant were being served for about a 30 minute period. When the food came it also was disappointing. The pork in the pad ke iew was very tough and hard to chew and there were also very few pieces. The sauce also tasted sweeter and worse than many other thai places.