Best Thai food in I've had in Arizona
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 11/13/07
I love all types of ethnic food, Thai being one of my favorites, so I consider myself a tough critic. I've tried about five Thai restaurants since I moved to Phoenix and at most, one restaurant was "pretty good," the rest were average. None came close to Thai Spices, which was absolutely delicious! Fresh, flavorful, unique-tasting dishes, nothing bland or generic here. Order mild if you are sensitive to spice, we ordered our dishes medium spicy, a 6 out of 10, and my lips were (pleasantly) burning throughout the meal.
As for the service, I didn't see the rude gentleman others have mentioned, we had a very nice young lady wait on us. We got there at 5pm on a Saturday, minutes after they had opened for dinner. We were probably the third table to put in our order, and we were so glad we arrived when we did. By the time we left, the tiny place was nearly full and our sole server had at least 10 tables while also handling several takeout orders by phone and from walk-ins.
My companion and I having been servers ourselves, could see she was doing an excellent job considering the circumstances. She kept up with the fast pace, between seating people, taking orders, running the food, dropping checks. She was not rude once, stayed pleasant, still took the time to answer questions and ask if things were okay, and never seemed stressed or annoyed, just obviously crazy busy.
Anyone who can't see that and still expects to be treated as if they're the only person in the restaurant? Yep, that would be the "difficult table" that monopolizes the server's time, and makes all the other guests' service suffer while she holds their hands.
We remarked to our server how busy the place was and she said she did have a busser coming in at 6pm. I hope that enabled her to have a smoother night and everyone in general to have a pleasant experience, because the food is clearly a huge hit.
Don't miss it, call 20 mins or so ahead and get take out if you're skeptical about the service.