I heard great things about Home Thai, but there was a line out the door that looked frighteningly long. Fortunately for me, I was smart, and I read the Yelp reviews that informed that Home Thai owned a café down the street with the same quality food and no lines. Could it possibly be true?
Well, the café and the lines are true, but I'm not so sure about the food. I never got to go to Home Thai, but I cannot say that I was impressed by the food at the Home Café. I ordered some duck spring rolls that tasted more or less like plain vegetable spring rolls (I seriously couldn't find the duck) and, even as vegetable spring rolls, were only OK, nothing like what I've had in Thailand. Without considering the fact that I was doubling up on duck, I'd also ordered duck for the main course, in red curry sauce. It was painfully spicy and had only about two or three little pieces of duck, and then some vegetables (and some very good lychees, which was about the best part of the meal). I ordered two duck dishes and got hardly any duck! The service was pretty bad overall; I felt like none of the waiters had been there very long or had much experience. As my mouth was on fire, I asked our waiter for water, but he forgot and I had to remind him, after which point it still took five or ten minutes to get it to me. The food was not inedible, and I feel like I may have just been unlucky, but overall I was very disappointed, particularly after having read the great reviews of Home Thai. Maybe their coffee is good; if you're just coming here for that, I'm sure it's fine. But don't come here expecting great Thai food, because you won't get it. read more