You almost get the feeling that this resty is playing hide-and-seek with potential customers by hiding behind other restaurants along the main road running through Chevron Island on the Gold Coast. Its size doesn't help either, making it very easy to miss.
But while on the outside things, may look mediocre and sub-par, this place is still worthwhile to try, serving up average Thai food at a reasonable price and service with a smile.
I tried the coconut prawn cutlets and the golden parcels for entree. The prawns were indeed very coconutty, heavily coated in coconut and crumb batterred and fried. The parcels were shaped like a tied up bag, a sweet minced pork and nut paste inside, which sounds strangely like dessert, but with the pork and pastry, went well as an entree to get the appetite going. For mains, I tried the basil beef and duck red curry. The basil beef (supposed to be a stir fry of beef with basil and veggies) wasn't anything worth remembering (unfortunately the beef had lots of tendons still running though each piece and were therefore chewy). However, the duck red curry was very well cooked, with the duck meat being tender and the curry sauce was just amazing even though leaning a bit to much towards the sweet side (nevertheless, I could probably finish a whole rice cooker's worth of rice with just the sauce!). In fact, sweetness seems to be a common theme through the different types of curries, which may appeal to some. I however, prefer different types of curries to have something to distinguish between the types.
Overall, the food was good (minus the beef dish and curry sauce sweetness). The setting is pretty casual and relaxing, especially since the tables are set outside (which can get awkward in bad weather). The servers are nice, friendly and helpful. There are obviously good reasons why this little place is ever so popular with the locals (I have yet to see them quiet) so definitely worthy for a try. read more