Best Thai food I’ve had! 5 stars. We had one weird experience described below but have had nothing but 4.5-5 star experiences since. I think that is likely due to the boss lady in her signature red lipstick. She is always put together, incredibly kind, efficient, and ensures great service and food quality. When she’s around, the food and service are 4.5-5 stars!!! Perfect!

I am pretty particular when it comes to flavor palettes and noticing when things get Americanized — and Thai places in particular fall victim to this in my experience. I believe this place to be pretty darn authentic! I love that things aren’t too sweet and substitutions don’t degrade the layered flavors.

The red curry, massaman curry, chuchee curry, tom yum, and drunken noodle are all fantastic. Even the salad with peanut sauce is yummy. My personal favorite is tom yum and drunken noodle.

They seem to use real Thai basil (which adds that special, classic flavor to all applicable dishes), oyster sauce, fish sauce/oil, dark soy sauce, thai chilis, lemongrass, land so on. I could be wrong, but I think they even put anise in the massaman curry. Whatever it is — delicious!

The Tom Yum is the best I’ve had, but all the recipes/flavors vary each time we go which is unfortunate (thereby varying the deliciousness). I love that the tomatoes in the tom yum are small and perfectly sized for a bite. I love that curries and other dishes that come with rice have a perfectly proportionate balance of sauce to rice (so the rice absorbs the sauce perfectly, with no flavorless dry rice left over, nor soggy over-drenched rice dominated in a pool of sauce). The attention to detail like that is appreciated! Lately the tofu size has been better but used to be too big, especially when ordered soft rather than fried. We don’t get less food either when ordering take-out vs. dining in! (Except when you order a thai tea takeout it will be smaller than dining in, it appears. But, being sane, we obviously haven’t measured it.) Sometimes restaurants will jip ya, but it seems pretty even here. :)

But, one visit was not the best. Without our usual waitress or boss lady, our food quality and service plummeted. We got our own silverware, asked for water refills, got served cold food after waiting a long time (that was then microwaved — ensuring the tofu reached a babyfood-like consistency while simultaneously being cold in the middle and hot on the outside), and even forgot a drink of ours. It was not spicy as the menu stated, and was too sweet. Mind you, this would be more understandable if it was busy. But there were only three tables in use. Luckily she’s basically always steering the ship!

We have become something of regulars, so we recognize all the workers and usually deeply savor and enjoy the food. This was a steep departure from the standard flavor variations we have experienced until now.

I hope to see all waiters and cooks equally trained so the hostess and waitress we normally see can expect standards not to fall without them.

Edit: Most recently, the holiday decorations were so gorgeous and festive. The atmosphere was heavenly and so cozy. Perfect for a delicious and cute family dinner or work lunch! We also haven’t had any trouble with service since that day.

Edit: A 18% gratuity is automatic, but we wanted to tip extra on New Years. She reminded us that there’s a tip included, kindly making sure we didn’t forget! Such a sweet lady and hard worker. Support this restaurant!

My favorite restaurant. I can't recommend this place enough!

We've tried a lot of pad kee mao — and this was the best we've ever had. The chuchee, green, panang, and red curries are all phenomenal, too. I even liked their tom yum soup, which is very rare for me. The mango sticky rice is pretty small for the price, so I recommend the fried banana with coconut ice cream. :)

Ok Thai. Formerly ‘TARA THAI’ with a 3-star rating.

Portions getting smaller and smaller. Especially through Uber eats and other delivery services.

Would not recommend you order the Chicken Satay. Thin and not worth $12 for 4 sticks of chicken that equate to less than an ounce, stick included.

I'm vegetarian and I like their options. Love the vegetable and tofu soup. Requested to add cellophane noodles and it was perfect! The Pad Veg Paradise and Pad Pak Jae are really good esp the sauces. I tried the Molten cake and it was really good. Unusual desert for a Thai restaurant so happily surprised.

Veggie Pad Kapow with cellophane (glass) noodles and Thai coffee with coconut milk. Delicious food that was spicy and flavorful; and the thai coffee really balanced out the heat from the Kapow.
Everything was made vegan and I chose the glass noodles as a low calorie option instead of getting the white rice (which it usually comes with).

Very good food and service. The chef brought out our dishes and complimented our selections (chu-chee salmon curry and Pattaya noodles). While the curry was fantastic, the fish itself tasted a bit fishy, possibly not very fresh. The noodles were on point, best I've had in a while. Shrimp, scallop, and squid were great, but the mussels also tasted a bit weird. Nevertheless, looking forward to going back and trying more dishes. 18% automatic gratuity, no problem since they are clear up front.

I’d always recommend take out from here because there is an 18% service charged to dine in orders. The Thai basil fried duck was delicious and I’ll be back to try other items from their menu.

This is a beautifully decorated place, with good food but the service could use improvement. We were one of two tables and only 1 server to take to-go orders and serve tables, we had to wait a long time but the food is good. Lunch specials served until 3pm.

Really average Thai food. We were very unimpressed.

I have taken friends and family to eat at this restaurant. The recommended menu is the pork leg rice. It is delicious. You will not be disappointed. But there is only one staff. You may have to wait a bit. It is suitable for a relaxing day to sit and chat.

ฉันเคยพาเพื่อน และ ครอบครัวไปทานอาหารที่ร้านแห่งนี้ เมนูแนะนำ คือ ข้าวขาหมู อร่อย . คุณจะไม่ผิดหวัง แต่พนักงานมีเพียงคนเดียว คุณอาจต้อง รอสักหน่อย เหมาะสำหรับวันชีวๆ นั่งคุยไปเรื่อยๆ

Ok Thai. Formerly ‘TARA THAI’ with a 3-star rating.

Portions getting smaller and smaller. Especially through Uber eats and other delivery services.

Would not recommend you order the Chicken Satay. Thin and not worth $12 for 4 sticks of chicken that equate to less than an ounce, stick included.

The food is mediocre at best, but what we really have an issue with is the 18% Service Charge added to our bill with no written notification anywhere in the menu or the website.

Just ate here after new owners took it over - the last owner was good but the new place has upped its game

Best Thai food I’ve had! 5 stars. We had one weird experience described below but have had nothing but 4.5-5 star experiences since. I think that is likely due to the boss lady in her signature red lipstick. She is always put together, incredibly kind, efficient, and ensures great service and food quality. When she’s around, the food and service are 4.5-5 stars!!! Perfect!

I am pretty particular when it comes to flavor palettes and noticing when things get Americanized — and Thai places in particular fall victim to this in my experience. I believe this place to be pretty darn authentic! I love that things aren’t too sweet and substitutions don’t degrade the layered flavors.

The red curry, massaman curry, chuchee curry, tom yum, and drunken noodle are all fantastic. Even the salad with peanut sauce is yummy. My personal favorite is tom yum and drunken noodle.

They seem to use real Thai basil (which adds that special, classic flavor to all applicable dishes), oyster sauce, fish sauce/oil, dark soy sauce, thai chilis, lemongrass, land so on. I could be wrong, but I think they even put anise in the massaman curry. Whatever it is — delicious!

The Tom Yum is the best I’ve had, but all the recipes/flavors vary each time we go which is unfortunate (thereby varying the deliciousness). I love that the tomatoes in the tom yum are small and perfectly sized for a bite. I love that curries and other dishes that come with rice have a perfectly proportionate balance of sauce to rice (so the rice absorbs the sauce perfectly, with no flavorless dry rice left over, nor soggy over-drenched rice dominated in a pool of sauce). The attention to detail like that is appreciated! Lately the tofu size has been better but used to be too big, especially when ordered soft rather than fried. We don’t get less food either when ordering take-out vs. dining in! (Except when you order a thai tea takeout it will be smaller than dining in, it appears. But, being sane, we obviously haven’t measured it.) Sometimes restaurants will jip ya, but it seems pretty even here. :)

But, one visit was not the best. Without our usual waitress or boss lady, our food quality and service plummeted. We got our own silverware, asked for water refills, got served cold food after waiting a long time (that was then microwaved — ensuring the tofu reached a babyfood-like consistency while simultaneously being cold in the middle and hot on the outside), and even forgot a drink of ours. It was not spicy as the menu stated, and was too sweet. Mind you, this would be more understandable if it was busy. But there were only three tables in use. Luckily she’s basically always steering the ship!

We have become something of regulars, so we recognize all the workers and usually deeply savor and enjoy the food. This was a steep departure from the standard flavor variations we have experienced until now.

I hope to see all waiters and cooks equally trained so the hostess and waitress we normally see can expect standards not to fall without them.

Edit: Most recently, the holiday decorations were so gorgeous and festive. The atmosphere was heavenly and so cozy. Perfect for a delicious and cute family dinner or work lunch! We also haven’t had any trouble with service since that day.

Edit: A 18% gratuity is automatic, but we wanted to tip extra on New Years. She reminded us that there’s a tip included, kindly making sure we didn’t forget! Such a sweet lady and hard worker. Support this restaurant!

I'm vegetarian and I like their options. Love the vegetable and tofu soup. Requested to add cellophane noodles and it was perfect! The Pad Veg Paradise and Pad Pak Jae are really good esp the sauces. I tried the Molten cake and it was really good. Unusual desert for a Thai restaurant so happily surprised.

Delicious!!!

I’d always recommend take out from here because there is an 18% service charged to dine in orders. The Thai basil fried duck was delicious and I’ll be back to try other items from their menu.

My favorite restaurant. I can't recommend this place enough!

We've tried a lot of pad kee mao — and this was the best we've ever had. The chuchee, green, panang, and red curries are all phenomenal, too. I even liked their tom yum soup, which is very rare for me. The mango sticky rice is pretty small for the price, so I recommend the fried banana with coconut ice cream. :)

Really good thai food! We also enjoyed the Lychee Martinis!

This is a beautifully decorated place, with good food but the service could use improvement. We were one of two tables and only 1 server to take to-go orders and serve tables, we had to wait a long time but the food is good. Lunch specials served until 3pm.

Very good food and service. The chef brought out our dishes and complimented our selections (chu-chee salmon curry and Pattaya noodles). While the curry was fantastic, the fish itself tasted a bit fishy, possibly not very fresh. The noodles were on point, best I've had in a while. Shrimp, scallop, and squid were great, but the mussels also tasted a bit weird. Nevertheless, looking forward to going back and trying more dishes. 18% automatic gratuity, no problem since they are clear up front.

Veggie Pad Kapow with cellophane (glass) noodles and Thai coffee with coconut milk. Delicious food that was spicy and flavorful; and the thai coffee really balanced out the heat from the Kapow.
Everything was made vegan and I chose the glass noodles as a low calorie option instead of getting the white rice (which it usually comes with).

New Thai spot

Kinda real thai food around DMV