Tasty Thai - Vernon Hills

Have eaten here several times with no issues until today. Picked up my food, went back to my office and discovered that my chicken was still RAW! Called to let them know what happened and SAM so RUDELY told me that the chicken was not RAW but he would give me a refund. Well you, SAM, have just lost a loyal customer!! Hopefully, you improve on your customer service skills!!!

Our family was in town for a basketball tournament and I was craving Thai food. This place popped up right behind our hotel and I had to try. When I go to Thai restaurants, I now ask if they serve their Pad Thai sweet. I ask, because that is what I avoid personally. Every Thai place is different and there seems to be about half that serve it this way. Nothing against, just not for me. I ordered mine to go but staff was friendly and answered my question about the sweetness. They affirmed that theirs is sweeter. So I went with the basil fried rice (hot) and an order of egg rolls. My food was excellent and I would totally come back to get more of what I had. I see plenty of reviews saying the food was too sweet and left negative reviews. I think this is tough because they are probably just used to their local place that doesn’t serve it this way.

Everything we had was crazy sweet. Maybe we just don’t eat enough sugar but this did not taste authentic at all. I had the Pad Thai and it was inedible. Sopping wet, sickly sweet. The tofu had been frozen and was very chewy. Plate was hot like it had been microwaved. Gordon Ramsay gives this two fu* thumbs down.

We did not originally intend to visit this restaurant but our original choice was closed. Service comprised of 1 table busser counter worker and who presumed to be the owner in the kitchen. The building was mostly empty but while waiting for our food there were multiple pick-up orders to-go for takeout customers, so might just be empty cause covid. Food was pretty reasonably priced at about $12 for curry beef and other meats than chicken are a $1 or similar upcharge). They were out of beef for my red curry but they gave me a drink from the mini fridge for free $1 allegedly, which is pretty good a full size drink) Red curry was excellent once loaded with rice, but was quite thin and watery in the container. The yellow curry was also great but also suffered from being thin and a little watery. Would definitely think about grabbing takeout again from here if I was in the area!

Tempura vegetables came with three pieces of broccoli and three pieces of thin sweet potato that was hardly worth the near $7 the sauce that accompanied it was overwhelming sweet Pad Thai was doused in sugar Tom Kar Soup was very very sweet with no lime like it was described on the menu and was lacking in flavor. Vegetables were essentially raw and uncooked in soup. Thai iced tea was very sweet too even for someone who likes sugar Overall experience was very lacking, restaurant smelled dirty and table was sticky. No table touches after food arrived. Left to go find lunch elsewhere. Food is overpriced and not pleasing in any way