Thai Orchid Restaurant

Pretty good curry, but definitely not the best in town. Had the drunken noodle and was disappointed by their lack in flavor. However, our appetizer plate was pretty delicious.

This food was horrible. I ordered a dish with peanut sauce and the peanut sauce was so watered down that I couldn't eat it. Our daughter ordered the orange chicken which was more batter than anything and it was delivered cold. We all ordered sticky rice but 20 minutes into waiting for our food the waiter came to us and said they only had 1 order of sticky rice so 2 of us couldn't have it. We waited a long time for our horrible food. To be fair, the waiter did offer us drinks on the house to compensate for the wait. The restroom was so dirty that I decided not to use it.

This place was ok. Salad rolls were good...

If you order the Larb; take a big wiiffffff!

So I haven't been there in a little while, but...the experience was so singular the last night we went in that we haven't been back, and we still tell stories about it.

So it wasn't our first choice the night we went, but our planned venue had had an unfortunate kitchen fire that night. So Thai Orchid was close & I'd been once before.

There was almost no one in the restaurant when we went in - it was a Tuesday, not right after work, so we thought, okay, this will let us talk & enjoy our dinner in a leisurely fashion. The other lone diner got up & left while we were still waiting for menus.

And waited. And waited. In fact, that was the theme of the whole night. We got plenty of talking done. We were just too exhausted & had had a tough time getting together for this meeting to get up & leave, and after a certain point, it got hilarious.

It seemed that the lone waitress spoke only English, and the lone cook spoke only Thai, or some other Asian language. They could not communicate, and one or both would vanish for long periods of time. We came up with all kinds of wild theories as to what they were doing when they weren't visible. I mean, it was a case of "could've taken cash drawer & walked out in a leisurely manner" if we were that kind of people.

It took like 45 minutes to get simple drinks - Thai iced teas & coffees - and then 15 minutes after that before our lone appetizer appeared - guess they had to chase down & kill the chickens for the satay. Then 25 more minutes till dinner came.

The saving grace: the food was pretty good, and despite my misgivings, mostly correct. One person didn't get the fried rice they asked for specially instead of the steamed, but it was now after 9 PM and we just didn't want to take a chance that someone would be sent to Laos to harvest rice. My husband's pad thai was good, my curry was decent if not spectacular, and not watery.

Hence, no return and not a great review.

I always get Pad Thai and I absolutely love it. The flavors in that dish are so awesome! The servers are always super nice, and always check on us to make sure we are doing good at our table! I like to come here pretty often!

I love this place spicey pho number 90 is the best soup by far and the staff is always friendly and accommodating will definitely return and or recommend

I am going to try to be as polite as possible here, because the people that run this place seem perfectly nice.

Food was mediocre. Service was abysmal.

We went today, Mother's Day, with a party of 9, with a reservation. Our server was sweet but when it came time for food to arrive, it was an absolute train wreck. We received 2 plates every 10 minutes until our server stopped delivering. Then three of us sat there with nothing. With a gentle reminder, 2 more were served. My brother never got anything. The server didn't even notice he was sitting there with no plate.

I get that mistakes are made and the kitchen is sometimes slow, but the worst part of the experience is that no real apologies were made and no manager ever came to follow up or offer to make things right. My brother was charged for his app even after they completely forgot his entree. As an afterthought, the server gave him a free app to go. Cause that's what you want for lunch. How about the entree that you forgot?!

We had to ask to speak to management. I think they are husband and wife; I KNOW they are both deer in headlights. They tried to blame the server by saying that they can't keep track of the entire restaurant. Uh, isn't that your job? They said the server wanted to take one plate at a time so she wouldn't get confused. ?? When I asked why other servers don't help carry out food to large parties, the manager actually said "I am going to write that down. That's a good idea." Seriously? Pitiful. Oh and they offered to give me 50% off my entree, not my entire bill, mind you. Oh but wait, you had a hair in your salad so we will happily take that off too. Gee, thanks. These people need help.

To be honest, I eat here a lot. While I really enjoy their food, they are in my office building, so are really convenient. With that said, they are the best Thai food in town. I generally have one of their curries, with their pumpkin curry being my favorite. Everything on the menu is good, and you really can't go wrong with anything.

Well, this time around was better than the last. Panang curry, Pad thai noodles, veggie fried rice, and egg roll. The spicing is far better than before. But the flavor is just not there. Service was fine. Glad to say that it was relatively cheap. I will eat here again when I am downtown, but there are better choices around, e.g., Thai Cuisine of Salem and Red Curry in the south Portland suburbs.

Dining in is fine, but there to go service is a mess. Every time they put liquid in the paper boxes and it leaks everywhere. And if you have any special requests to your order, good luck. Better to just go in and eat. Foods great when they get it right.