Top Southeast Asian Restaurant in Merced
Thai Star
57 W Alexander Ave, Merced, CA 95348, United States
I have gone to this restaurant many times since it has opened as a dining in experience. The service and the food has always been very good. What I was very disappointed in was the rudeness during the service as a take out customer. We stopped by as we were tired after a long day and asked if we could get some take out. When I asked for a menu she would not give me one to take to my car so we could decide what to order. When I ordered the waitress was curt and unfriendly. I asked her after I paid her how long and she said 15 to 20 minutes. I waited and came in after 20 and my purchase was ready but she did not even let me know when I was right outside their door.I can tell you that even though I enjoy their food I will no longer frequent them either as a take out or dine in customer. There are many other local businesses that would be more then happy to give me good service with good food.
Bangkok Thai Restaurant
235 W Main St, Merced, CA 95340, United States
We have always had pretty fair service here, but today was not the case. We came in and the tables were dirty, we waited for it to be cleaned. One of the experienced waiter told us she could clean the table or we could sit somewhere else, we decided to sit elsewhere. It took at least 5-8 min for another server to come to our table. She came and asked us what we wanted, took our order. My husband had to go and ask if he could wipe our table down because it was still dirty, the server came and wiped it down and stated the tables dont get cleaned all day so the food gets stuck. My husband asked her I will clean it please give me the towel and she said she would do it however she did with an attitude. She then left. I told my husband lets go. We cancelled the order and left.This restaurant has had decent service, but today was horrible. Our server seemed as though she didnt want to be there and had a rude attitude towards everything.My suggestion to you reading this, you dont have to put up with rudeness. This is a business of serving people, families come here to eat and if you have servers like this young girl, people will go somewhere else like we did.
Banana Island
273 Lake Merced Blvd, Daly City, CA 94015, United States
The menu is huge and the flavors are undeniably unauthentic. Its also a good value for the amount you get. That said, not all the dishes are winners and the service can be slow. You may also have to wave down a waiter to be serviced. Overall, good spot if you have a hankering for Southeast Asian flavors, but not necessarily good if you want that solid restaurant experience
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Houa Khong 2
3518 G St, Merced, CA 95340, United States
Just as good as their other restaurant on 13th street.. & this one is closer to where I live. Great food, great service. Best SouthEast Asian food around! Highly recommend!
New Thai Cuisine
909 W 16th St, Merced, CA 95340, United States
I really enjoy New Thai Cuisine. Most of the time we order take out and pick it up. This time we came to dine in around 630. Tonight happened to be a busy night (Friday and the first). We didnt have to wait too long for a table and were informed that food was taking 15 to 30 minute wait. We did not mind waiting bc we know the food is really good. We ordered an orange chicken, pad Thai, and fried rice. Fifteen minutes later the waitress came over and was real sympathetic about their rice maker not coming properly. We ended up ordering bed and broccoli and instead of sticky rice we got steamed vegetables instead. I must say that I was extremely happy with the broccoli and beef, it had lots of garlic and I could taste the fish sauce and the steamed veggies were delicious. The shrimp pad Thai was wonderful as was the orange chichen, as it always is. This is a place that my picky eater 13 year old will eat at. The three dishes and a soda was a whopping $35, you cant beat that! We even had left overs! We will definitely be returning.
Coconut Cafe
3368 N State Hwy 59 STE N, Merced, CA 95348, United States
A very nice thai, southeast Asian restaurant in Merced. The food was quite good, service very friendly and the facilities were clean and spotless. A hidden treasure to most Mercedians I suspect.
Houakhong Restaurant
85 E 13th St, Merced, CA 95341, United States
Weve gone a four times, and each time it got worse. This last time was the absolute worst service I have ever received. When we came in there was a party of 12 and us (2 and child). Right after we ordered an appetizer the large party received their food, so they werent really holding anything up for us.We ordered our food and a hot tea. The foot came in a timely manner, but the hot tea took 40 minutes. We never received a refill on our waters, and waited about twenty minutes for our server to come back so we could get boxes. There was a lot of noise coming from the front room, so I figured they were busy. I eventually went to the front to ask for a few boxes, and I was right they were busy. The two servers were busy chatting loudly with some guy who brought in KFC. I asked for boxes and went to pack up. My husband went to ask for a to go cup for his hot tea, and the server rolled her eyes at him.When I asked for a manager, it was made clear there was none. I proceeded to tell the servers about how awful their service was, and how unhappy I was. Ive been in the restaurant business since I was knee high, and this is not how you handle an upset customer. She laughed at me, and when I told her I would not be coming back she told me, Thats fine.To be clear, I dont expect a lot. I expect to see my server at least once or twice during the meal, to see other tables bussed (not left piled high with dirty dishes for an hour), and when there is an issue to see it acknowledged. I didnt even wanna refund, I wanted them to acknowledge their rudeness and apologize (at the very least).Never coming back, and with service like that Im surprised its still open.