Thai Cuisine - Potsdam

I hadn't been in several years. The servings seemed bigger. The food was delicious. Now you order and pay before sitting, but they served the meal and checked back to see if you needed anything. I will be back. Some seats have a river view.

I didn't have high hopes of authentic Thai but I was really hoping that it would be at least manageable. In my experience I have not really ever have food I using eat well.... I ordered beef w broccoli, brown rice and spring rolls. First, beef was bland and unseasoned but tolerable after I poured about a half of a cup of sauce aka brown water that had no seasoning at all like the broccoli was boiled and not strained well which water downed the entire meal. The brown rice was sub par, over cooked brown minute rice at best. Now, the spring rolls were not edible and I never throw food away food (big guys like me never do)! This is literally what I opened up to. It was like someone had chewed already. Clearly, the staff need better training because they are not even rolls. The wrap was sticky and gooey which was a horrible texture to eat. It was gelatinous!!! Now, I typically would have called the restaurant and politely shared my feedback but this restaurant may not have a good business culture. My order was about $21 and to go. I know some people don't even tip to go orders because the person get a tip basically for 2 min to take your order, not a lot of work like sitting down. But, I try to support people and share the small privileges that I'm afforded. I'm very lucky to travel for work and to see such lovely communities like this one. I'm from NY and have an appreciation for small communities. I was shocked and disappointed that after leaving a $5 cash tip that usually wait staff where I'm from appreciate. With cash they don't have to wait like with CC tips. Now I know $5 isn't a lot but it's also the kind thought that matters especially to people who work for tips. Here's the worst no thank you or acknowledgment that's an oh well whatever but then don't tell me that I have to pay .50 cents for a little extra sauce that is made in house and probably cost pennies to make. So, it sucks to have a bad meal but that's not why I'm writing this. If I'm going to have a bad meal let it be from people who are not so greedy they can't treat people like humans and be grateful when kindness is shown to them. Ugly unkind humans have no place for my energy and patronage.

The restaurant has changed a lot since their mother's passing, and not for the positive. : I ordered take out here Saturday night Thai Fried Spring Rolls, Chicken Satay, Basil Stir fry with shrimp), and Red Curry with chicken). The spring rolls came four to the order and smaller than the circumference of my ring finger. Mostly all spring roll wrappers with a little vegetable in them and the sauce bland. The chicken satay was good, but the peanut sauce was pretty watery. This is a common theme for the rest of the meal watery. I was expecting a thickish brown sauce with the Basil Stir fry, but it was the consistency of water. It came with a LOT of onion and green pepper, a few mushrooms, and only five small shrimp. Not good. The red curry, also something I expect to be thicker, was like water. It had more chicken in it, but the whole dish was bland with no spice at all. The bright spot was the Thai Tea it was velvety and sweet, delicious. A note on the POS system for take out, the tip is set to the options of 20%, 25%, and 30% by default. : For a 20% tip on take out, your meal better be very good. This was WAY off the mark. This is the third time I've tried in 1.5 years hoping for improvement. Sadly I'll stick to Thum's or Thai Khmer in Cornwall.

If there were a 0 star rating it would fit! I have been eating Thai food here since it opened, before the now owners Mother died. She was a very nice lady, very hospitable and did a great 5 star job in comparison. This guy has ruined his mother's great reputation. The food used to be excellent the restaurant was clean comfortable furniture and importantly served on dishes with silverware. Now the food is thrown together on plastic or paper containers like take out stuff. The interior was de-renovated the furniture is cheap uncomfortable and doesn't even look nice. You pay for the food TIP before seeing or tasting the food. So he expects you to tip before you get the service upon which the tip is decided. I've told the different waiters of my displeasure. He apparently goes through staff maybe chef's quickly which may account for the food quality repeatability. I will not go again unless this restaurant changes hands. It's a shame to lose what was a great restaurant with so few decent restaurants in the area. McDonalds is looking better! One other thing, when I went to write this review, I noticed most if not all the pictures were when this guy's mother was running the place it looked nice, the food was excellent, served on plates with real silverware!

Bopping music, rad servers, Instagram worthy wall, not to mention tasty (and fast) food. On a lucky night the water will have lemon slices in there. I personally love the pa ram longsong, but I hear the cashew stir fry is good too. I recommend the tofu. Great.