Siam Garden

This is my favorite Thai restaurant. The owner, Lam Pang is such a sweet lady. Lunch is usually very busy between 12p-​1p.

It’s a nice Thai place with a welcoming sweet host. Went their for dinner got the Siam rolls and salad for appetizers, were tasty and served with the fabulous peanut sauce. For my entrée I had the red curry with tofu, it’s very well seasoned. I asked for it medium hot and that was actually hot for me, so just be careful ordering how hot you want it. Overall it’s a good place to try out!

I am a fan of this retaurant and had my lunch many times. Majority of the times ordered Thai red curry with 10 *. like the spice level. I would say. Good customer care, spacious restaurant, excellent food quality, fast service, crowded at lunch time (best measure of good taste) and good host. I will definitely come back to this restaurant !

Worst Thai restaurant and maybe even the worst restaurant I have ever been to. This is not an exaggeration. Not only was the food inedible, but the hostess who is also the owner was really rude and refused to serve us. As soon as we sat down, she asked «What you want?» My friend and I were not ready to order and asked for a few minutes. She rolled her eyes at us and left. She never came back and one of the girls working in the kitchen had to come out to help us with our orders. We ordered 3 dishes: the Pad Thai, Massaman Curry, and the Chicken Larb. The Pad Thai was soooooo overly sweet with no peanut flavor at all and tasted nothing like Pad Thais I’ve had at other Thai restaurants. I couldn’t even eat it at all and had to ask for extra peanut sauce. Even after adjusting for the nasty taste of the Pad Thai, the food was still inedible. My friend said his Massaman Curry was the worst he had ever had. The Chicken Larb was disgusting. Not only was the chicken overcooked but tasted like someone had simply just squeezed a dozen limes and put a ***load of cilantro onto it. That was all I could taste. Nevertheless, this was one of the worst eating out experiences I’ve had in my life. We went to the restaurant over 2 months ago, and I still recall all the details of the horrible service and disgusting food because it was just that terrible.
One Additional Note: The manager/​owner/​hostess was really nice to a couple of people who came in and was hugging them and talking to them nonstop. I am not sure how she formed these alliances, but the entire time she was sitting with her regulars, no one came over to take our orders. She was just one table behind us and could clearly see we had not been served.

I am definitely a fan. Very good thai food that is reasonably priced. Not way overpriced like Basil Thai is. Do not get me wrong, basil thai is very good but very overpriced.
Some menu items here are better than others. In general I like all of the curries (green, red, jungle curry). Also, the chicken cococnut soup is very good.

I was suggested this by a co-​worker on a cold rainy day for lunch. I’ve had done mediocre Thai in the past and was willing to give it a shot. Wow was I impressed. I asked for a recommendation by the greater and got the green curry it fed myself and 2 other co-​workers there was so much and it was that lovely amount of heat to make you sweat but not so hot I couldn’t enjoy it. I liked it so much I went back the next day and made my fiancé who hates curry try it and he loved it too!

My husband and I recently moved to Charlotte from Hawaii, the land of awesome Asian food! We had an undying urge for sticky rice. You know the kind you can pick up with two fingers and not a grain falls. I have had Thai food on the mainland and know that its a bit different. For example, red thai curry should not have red/​green bell peppers and baby corn as filler. Knowing that, we just wanted the rice. So we searched nearby places via Unilocal and found this one.
When we called and asked for sticky rice, she mentioned mango rice. I was confused as I have never heard that before. I said no just plain sticky rice, two orders. She said ok, she would need to make it. I found this odd as I figured sticky rice was served with meals being a Thai place and all.
We arrived, rice not quite done (no biggie), and she rang us up. I practically fell over when she said $ 10 and some change. I did not recall the change because I was hung up on the 10 bucks! What, for rice!!! Holy crap!!! I can see $ 2 per order but DAMN! We let it go. I mean she did make it fresh. So apparently the rice they make normally is mostly for dessert. I’m used to a tapioca type dessert with bananas.
Bottom line, no one should pay that much for rice. Seriously… ouch. I can’t comment on the other food items. But really, it’s rice. One ingredient.

Been going here for years. Love the owner. But my last two visits have guided my decision of not going back. When I asked for Thai spicy, the dish would be hair-​raising. Last two times had no spice. What I am going to try to not to lose sleep over is how the lunch special L5 with chicken and a glass of HOUSE chardonnay cost twenty bucks. Over charged a dollar for meal and $ 8 for a tiny house wine. While their food is not super, guess I’m sticking with Thai House and Saigon Palace from now on since I don’t like the feeling of being had.

Thai is one of my favorite international cuisines. Siam garden offers a delightful authentic menu of Thai stir fry and curry classics, I frequent this place weekly and have gotten to know the menu well. I find nothing to complain about and leave happy each time. A word of caution the food can be very spicy so watch your spice levels. The curries are done well and perfectly creamy; this place is ideally located in a corporate park so expect heavy traffic during lunch time as it is a favorite among working professionals.

It’s a nice place. Good host. But the chicken was not all that fresh. It seemed like its been frozen and microwaved.

We were in the area and decided try this place. Off course, it was good that they have late hours — open until 10, because we got there just before 9pm. Charlene had the pad ki mau with beef and I tried something new — red curry fried rice. We both like spicier than locals and I was happy to hear they had a «thai» scale in addition to the local hot scale — which only went to 4 but the thai scale went to 8. Char had a 3 on the thai scale, I had 6 and we were both happy. Loved the food! Kristin was very attentive and although the place was empty when we got there, being late Sunday, a total of 8 more people came in after 9. We will definitely come back.

I’ve come twice and first time I wasn’t overly impressed. I got pad Thai and was average. We decided to try again and based off other reviews did the yellow curry. It was really good and huge portion! It had good spice and creamy from the coconut. Yum and have become a fan. My husband got a noodle dish and it was really good too. I think pad Thai just isn’t their specialty but get the curry!

Really delicious I had the red curry with chicken and summer rolls. There was easily enough food for 3! Giving this a 4 star rating because I don’t know what the service is like, I ordered take out.

I got the vegetable Thai red curry to go. when I walked into this restaurant it was packed I like seeing that while waiting in line at the register to get my pick up the woman who worked there knew all her customers names and was pretty much friends with everyone it was really nice. I loved the red curry it was a little spicy but I didn’t mind. It had lots of flavor and a bunch of vegetables. I only gave 4 stars because I need to try more on the menu first. I will deff order from here again and its close to my house

I decided to give this place one last try. Alas, I will not go back. Ever. The owner’s attitude was worse than ever. My friend and I were so nice to her and she was just cold and rude. She acted like we were bothering her. I keep reading reviews about her being so nice. She *used* to be nice years ago. Now she can’t even crack a smile and it honestly looks like she *hates* being there. I’m sorry you hate your job so much but it’s not your customers’ fault!
I ordered my usual chicken gang massaman 4 star spicy level. I could drink that sauce it’s SO DARN GOOD. The chicken is almost always overcooked, though. When I placed my order I politely asked the server to ask the cook to not overcook my chicken. Sure enough, it was overcooked. I should have sent it back but I didn’t. That’s no one’s fault by my own but to be honest I was afraid the owner would get mad at me. :-(
The straw that broke the camel’s back yesterday was the ever so inefficient way of paying the check. I have no idea why the owner can’t follow the same systems other restaurants do. I have always been annoyed by this whenever I’ve gone. Instead of giving you a check with what you ordered, the price of each item, the tax and the total, they just write down what you ordered. That’s it. It’s not even written out; it’s the number such as L18. You have to stand in line and the owner rings you up. So if you have three people on one check, you all have to stand in line. This is terribly inefficient at lunch. There will be 10 people standing in line and people will be waiting to be seated. It’s all one big mess.
I fear that the servers do not get their tips. It’s a little hard to explain why I feel that way but the owner has complete control over the checks and the money and it’s just little things I’ve observed here and there that lead me to think that. I make it a point to leave cash on the table for a tip so that the server can take it as opposed to leaving the tip on my credit card when I pay my bill. I have a strong feeling that the owner pockets most of the tips left on credit cards. When I’ve put tips on credit cards in the past, I see her placing a little bit of money in the tip jar but it’s not what’s actually given as a tip. I VERY much hope I’m wrong about this. Someone please prove me wrong.
I can only imagine what a horrible place it is to work because the wait staff is terribly overworked and I doubt she treats them better than she does her customers!
If I could rate the soup, spring roll and gang massaman sauce by themselves I’d give them five stars. The service gets zero stars. I’d give the chicken three stars and Pad Thai two stars.

Great food and friendly atmosphere. I’ve been here several times (my office is around the corner) and have never been disappointed. If you’re looking for a quick tasty lunch, this is the place. My only gripe is that checkout takes a while during lunch rush.

I’ve enjoyed my experience here. The food was fresh and tasteful. I think the food here might be the closest to authentic than any other restaurants that serves Thai food.

When you don’t mind a short drive — okay, perhaps a long drive, depending on where you live — and don’t really care about the atmosphere (because there really isn’t none), then this may be your place.
I have to say, though, I really dig Siam Garden. The service isn’t the best. Okay, it’s probably close to the worst. They are not friendly at all. You need to know what you want, and it’s on the order of the Soup Nazi. Even the Soup Nazi might be friendly compared to this place.
But the food is solid. You do have to be able to stomach looking at pictures of our former Mayor, Pat McCrory, however. Not sure why, really, as they aren’t celebrity-​style signed pictures, at least that I can tell, and this is actually before the recent issues with (now former) Mayor Cannon, so I really don’t know what’s up — maybe they just like the guy. It’s a little stalkerish, however.
The good news is that unlike many other places in town, their spice level is legit. No US vs. Thai spices here — you’ll get real spice when you ask for it, so be careful.
If you don’t mind the drive, and you don’t mind the service, and you don’t mind the atmosphere, definitely worth a trip.

The bf and I went here during what we call «the dead zone» time of day when most the best restaurants in Charlotte are closed in between lunch and dinner. I had to have some Thai and I realllly wanted Basil but this was literally the only Thai restaurant in our vicinity open at 3:30 on a weekday. When we got there we were the only customers. Little old lady guides us to a table, sets down two menus and walks away. Ooooo… kay.
She didn’t come back to get drink orders until we were ready to order our food. We ordered crab rangoon as a starter (it was really good and made with real crab) I ordered the shrimp pad thai, extra hot. It was great! The bf ordered honey chicken… it tasted ok. But then the unthinkable happened — he discovered a little DEAD FLY in the chicken. He told the server, she apologized and went to throw it away. I was grossed out – but my pad thai was delicious I kept right on eating, but not without first scrutinizing every bite that went in my mouth. All good. The lady brought him out a fresh new plate of chicken about 5 minutes later.
All in all, minus the dead fly it was ok. The authentic Thai décor was really beautiful to look at, but I think I will wait until Basil is open before going here again.

West Charlotte is a bit of a restaurant desert. Off of I-​485 this way, there aren’t many places to eat. And this is a relatively new strip plaza, so when I pulled over to let Unilocal find me a late dinner, I was pleased when this popped up.
I chose the fresh spring rolls with shrimp to start. These were prepared very quickly and were pretty good. A nice portion of shrimp in there with a bowl of cold peanut sauce for dipping.
But before I’d even manage to dig into a second spring roll, my Pad Thai with chicken arrived. Good texture and plenty of chicken, but the flavor was rather bland. No heat at all.
There were a couple of other tables, but they already had their food when I arrived. So the kitchen wasn’t very busy which might explain the poor timing. And as for the spiciness of the Pad Thai, perhaps the gal taking my order should have asked me if I wanted it spicy? Or should I have spoken up?