Phu Thai Lanna

Good food (I very much enjoyed the chicken lab. The fish cake starter was also lovely. and very generous portion sizes. A great place for a byo.

Tuesday lunchtime visit. I've been here before but it was a few years ago. I seemed to remember it was quite good... but couldn't be sure.<br/ <br/ Whenever I go to a new Thai restaurant I tend to order their pad Thai For me this is a good way to judge how good they are. So many places get it so wrong. <br/ <br/ So, I ordered the chicken pad Thai $11.00). My friend ordered the Tom Yum soup. Which looked and by all accounts) was nice.<br/ <br/ The Pad Thai was nice. Good portion size, crisp bean sprouts. No chili on the side which I would have preferred but no biggy. Chicken a touch dry but plenty of it. Overall very tasty and enjoyable.

We had a BYO here last night, we got a few starters between the table fresh Vietnamese spring rolls which were delicious and the others had a mixed entree which lists four options but only comes with one of each which they found a bit misleading. I had vegetarian peanut satay which was amazingly good, one from the group had peanut chicken which was also delicious and the others had curry or noodles which they all loved. The food all out fast although it is a bit pricey for what it is (peanuts vegetables and tofu without rice) but is definitely worth it.<br/ <br/ Rice costs additional but that's fine with everyone as its typical, corkage was about $5. <br/ <br/ The staff were really accommodating they opened the doors for us because it was so hot and also didn't ask us to leave at the end we were the last ones there and they seemed happy to let us chat.

I have been here a couple of times where we have ordered similar dishes each time.<br/ <br/ Depending what you order, it can be a hit and miss.  I ordered a Pad Thai, a basic staple in which I use to judge how good a  Thai restaurant is.  Unfortunately the Pad Thai that was served up was way below standard, where the noodles were over cooked and far to saucy definitely not an authentic pad thai.<br/ <br/ Check out my website for a more indepth review.

Service was quick and food yummy. Definitely go back sometime. One downside was the owners child crying, whom probably should have been put to bed.