Tup Tim Thai

06/27/09

Dissapointment strikes again.

by Yinzerjagoffs at Citysearch

We had Pad Thai. I can't speak for the rest of their offerings, but if you can't make an American-Thai basic like Pad Thai, get out of the business.

Why was it bad? Because it tasted like the sauce was made from ketchup and sugar. Lots of sugar. Read the reviews before mine. If you have to order your food with less sugar, they can't make it properly!!!! I am paying you to know how to cook so I don't have to! My prawns tasted like the freezer. (Like when you find an old Popsicle in the back of the freezer and decide to try it and it tastes like purple dry-ice.) My wife had the veggie Pad Thai and said that they tasted very dry and old.

I was also a bit annoyed by the waitress and owner. When we ordered we declined any drinks. She asked again, "You want beer?" I told her, "no thank you". She went over to the owner and they spoke, he looked over at us. A few minuites later he came over to me to ask if we were ok. "Yes", I told him. "You want beer?" says he. "No, thank you." I replied.

It's very hot today, maybe you want beer?" "No thanks, no beer today." I again replied. "You want O'douls?" (Aaagh, Odouls...really?!) "No thanks".

I love beer, but I'll be damned if I will be bullied into buying one so you can get your sales numbers up.

After slapping the food down, we never saw our server again and when we paid and left, no one said a word to us.

Go to Wild Ginger for your Pad Thai. Much nicer place and service and I think they are even cheaper.

• Pros: Sorry, I got nothing.
• Cons: Um, the food?

03/18/09

Fabulous Thai!

by kmn at Citysearch

I love this Thai place. They are always consistent and reasonably priced. The hosts and servers are always very friends and make you feel very welcome.

• Pros: Price, Friendly Staff, Great Food

09/24/08

Great Staff, Great Thai

by Paidneff at Citysearch

I've been to a bunch of Thai places in Seattle and I would suggest this one because the food is yummy and the staff is amazing. Everytime I go there I'm greeted right away and all my needs are met after I'm seated. It is a smaller place, making it feel more cozy than others but this has never been a huge factor for me.

The Phad Thai is the best I've had so far, its actually spicy! It also come with a well textured soup, sticky rice, and a small salad mix. I would recommend this dish if you enjoy a lot of spice to your food. (but you can get it at any heat level so don't be alarmed) In all I would suggest hiting this place up for a quick lunch if your in the Queen Anne area.

• Pros: Service, Food, Service time
• Cons: Parking

08/19/08

TELL them when you order not to sugar your food -- great red curry salmon

by gourmand307q at Citysearch

Whether the owners admit it or not, they have a sugar problem. I have observed that it varies from night to night, which makes me think it depends on who is in the kitchen. Since the food is at times quite good, I have not stopped eating there, but I always specify "Don't add sugar to my food beyond the minimum amount needed for authentic Thai flavor." When I spot the manager, I state my request to him personally in the (apparently vain) hope of influencing the behavior of the kitchen personnel in the long run. In the short run, MY food is almost never too sweet. Their eggplant with roasted chili paste is delicious when not ruined by excess sugar. Their "royal curry," (yellow curry chicken) is only slightly too sweet, and is of the potato style without pineapple. A real gem is their red curry salmon, truly delicious in its own right, and one of the few salmon preparations available in any Thai restaurant I've ever been in.

• Pros: location, friendly staff, many wine selections (some apt), salmon on menu
• Cons: the food is too sweet and they don't seem to care. Maybe Americans want candy food now, in which case we deserve what we get.

05/27/08

Worse every time!

by valentinel at Citysearch

I first ate at this restaurant in 2001 and it was the best Thai food in town -- it's questionable these days. Each time I go there, the more disappointed I feel. I just started eating there again after a couple years away and it certainly is not the same quality of food anymore. The Phad Kee Mao is sickeningly sweet -- not the natural sweetness of the sauce, but more like they poured a pound of sugar into it. Fried rice is now bland and tasteless -- kind of like random leftovers thrown into a wok. I miss the authentic, tasty Thai standards Tup had started wtih. Over the years it has become very Americanized -- so try it if you like Chinese food from Safeway. This is the Thai version.

• Pros: Cheap, big portions, fast
• Cons: Inconsistent quality, taste