Jitlada Thai Restaurant

9 Reviews on “Jitlada Thai Restaurant”

• Daniel Orwitz

  Ordered the pad kee mao and it wasn’t very good. It was a lunch special so it was $11.50 but that is too much for the small portion size and quality! The noodles were gummy and stuck together in a rubbery brick, there wasn’t a lot of meat, and not a lot of vegetables either. I really like basil and there were just three small basil leaves in the whole dish. The dish was bland overall and quite disappointing… I also ordered a thai iced tea which was a bit watery. Not sure why this place gets such high reviews (actually, it’s all from people who haven’t had much good Thai food, which is hard to come by in this city!)The service was very friendly and reassuring from the waiter. The lady who answered my call sounded annoyed when I wanted to confirm that my order was a lunch special lol. I ordered takeout so I didn’t spend much time in there but I was surprised by how fancy the decor looked even though their food is food court quality. If you would like to have a comparable experience minus the fancy decor (which I wasn’t a huge fan of anyways), go to a Thai fast food place at a mall. Might be cheaper too! In fact, I really discourage anyone from eating in this area of Fairview at all since it’s almost entirely expensive restaurants with mediocre food.

  December 22, 2020, 3:11 am

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• Willow Yang

  This is a small but very clean and sleek restaurant serving Thai food. I went there for their lunch specials, which are currently priced at $12 and are accompanied by a spring roll and a side salad. I’ve had their Pad Cashew Nut and Mus-A-Mun Curry. While the spring rolls are quite tasty, I found the rest of the food to be just okay, nothing to really write home about. The service was also a bit of a mixed bag: the staff are certainly quite friendly and attentive, but the wait time for your food can be quite wrong. The first time that I visited, I waited 15-20 minutes for my food, which is fairly reasonable. However, there was a table beside me that ordered before I had arrived but did not receive their food until about 10 minutes after I had received mine, meaning that they probably waited 30 minutes for their food. Overall, I can’t say that I’d personally recommend this restaurant, but I won’t discourage anyone from checking it out either.Pad Cashew Nut (Chicken, $11.95)2.5/5This was served with rice, a spring roll, and a side salad. The spring roll was fantastic: piping hot, crispy and filled with savoury vermicilli noodles and vegetables. The salad was dressed in a sweet vinegarette, and had a slightly peppery flavour that I personally didn’t like; I did however, enjoy the slices of strawberries. The rice was on the firmer side, which I actually liked. I didn’t really care cashew chicken itself however. Although it’s supposed to be stir-fried, it was quite watery and had no hint of caramelization. There was a decent amount of chicken; they used white meat (which is inferior to dark in my opinion) and it was reasonably tender. Although the flavour was okay, it was really nothing special and not at all memorable.Gaeng Mus-A-Mun (Beef, $11.95):3/5The spring roll this time came out within about 2 minutes after I had ordered. One bite into it and I knew the reason why it came out so quickly: it had apparently been sitting out for a while and was just lukewarm. Don’t get me wrong, it was still tasty, just not as good as the one that I had the day before. The salad this time contained a few slices of apple in addition to the strawberries, which I appreciated. The curry contained some potato, onion, tomatoes and beef (my choice of protein). The sauce itself was actually quite tasty: creamy, sweet with a fantastic fragrance from the coconut. Unfortunately I was less than impressed by the meat. The portion was, first of all, a bit stingy. More importantly however, the beef was a bit dry and tough, and did not have much flavour. The potatoes were also quite underseasoned. Overall, it wasn’t a bad dish, but not something that I’d reorder again.

  June 29, 2020, 6:46 am

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