Bangkok Paradise

2 Reviews on “Bangkok Paradise”

• Sony LPizzle

  1st time customer. I am new to the area moving in from out of state due to an assignment change (military). I come from a family where we enjoy cooking home cooked meals of authentic Thai/Laotian dishes. When I am not around my family, my next favorite thing to do is eat out at a Thai restaurant. So off I go in search of the food I love in my new home area. I did an online search for Thai places and yielded Bangkok Paradise. I was very excited to try my first California Thai restaurant except my initial experience was a disappointment. I ordered Papaya salad (or som thum if you’re Thai), Lad Na, and Beef Lop.Dish #1 – Papaya Salad/Som Thum. The papaya salad/som thum was mediocre at best, failing to meet in the flavor department. The salad tasted much like shredded papaya smashed in overly spicy red pepper. I’ve had many great papaya salads in my life ranging from states of Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee and even the countries of Laos and Thailand. Maybe Bangkok Paradise had a new chef in the kitchen responsible for making such the essential papaya salad. I’m remained sure but gave them the free pass because I had not yet tried the Lad Na and beef lop.Side note: Thumbs down for the stinginess of their sticky rice. Stick rice was added upon request however the portion they provide was barely enough to feed an infant. Every place I’ve been to prior has served a reasonable amount of sticky rice.Dish #2 – Lad Na – Lad na has been one of my favorite dishes to eat ever since I can remember. I was hoping Bangkok Paradise would redeem itself from the lackluster papaya salad but the Lad Na also disappointed. The vegetables were well overcooked.. all I could taste was spicy pepper. Bite after bite I searched for a punch of lad na delicious flavor but could not find it because I found myself looking for water. I like my food spicy… Thai spicy… but not straight peppers and no flavor. Dish #3 – Beef Lop – It is extremely hard to mess up a Lop dish. Only thing I have to complain about the lop is that it’s called Beef Lop but I’m pretty sure my dish was only 10% of actual beef and the rest filled was filled with cheap filler. Whatever they could throw in to take up space. CUSTOMER SERVICE – All I can say is WOW. I took maybe 45 minutes for the food to come out and another half hour if I wanted refills on my drink. I would have to say my experience was a big let down. ‘Til next time..

  July 7, 2012, 1:05 am

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• Chris

  Yummy Pad Thai.

  October 30, 2011, 10:44 pm

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