Samui Thai has a catch-cry: "If ya gran was Thai, she'd cook like us". It's a comforting thought, implying home-style cooking with no bells and whistles. All the fancy touches are saved for the decor, which features an appealing hodgepodge of wooden poles and ladders, retro lighting and a floor-to-ceiling water feature to appease the feng shui gods. In contrast to these offbeat design touches, the tables are set with ornate cutlery and the walls adorned with images of women in traditional Thai dress.
A standout among the appetisers is poo-hor: crab, chicken and taro wrapped in tofu sheets and dipped in sweet chilli sauce. On the mains list, many diners' eyes are caught by the 'twin chef' seafood, a pairing of prawns and squid in house-made chilli paste, teamed with vegetables. Spicy seafood rice tempts as a side dish with the steamed jasmine variety being on hand for curries, of which there are 11 varieties.
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Tue-Sun 5pm-10.30pm
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Entree: $4.50-$7.90
Mains: $10.90-$19.90
Dessert: $6.50
Payment accepted: MasterCard, Visa, American Express and EFTPOS
Licensed. Wine is available by the glass. BYO (wine only) $7.50 corkage per bottle.
This venue accepts bookings. Group bookings are supported.
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Posted by:
mikepatton
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26 July 2010, 10.54pm
master thai chef
i read this guys previous review and i have no doubts he is an old fuddy duddy. The tom yum is brilliant follow that with a mixed entree at $8 that feeds 2!! then try the drunken noodles and you wont fit it all in i gaurantee you. Wine is half the price compared with restaurants around here. I saw wolf blass dining here so if its good enough for him its good enought for me...cheers
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Visit: Sun 25 July 2010
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Posted by:
thepalate
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15 March 2009, 11.25pm
Not my gran
Decided to give this place a try one Sunday evening. It's a casually cosy ambience with assorted Thai and local decor trying to be eclectic. Service was below average with only one waiting staff being very busy serving 3 other tables (one was waiting for takeaway though). Food arrived slow (40min for entrees, another 30min for mains, mind that this is more casual than formal). The mixed entree is good value but the much-mentioned 'por hor's crab remained undetected; its delicateness masked by the no-so-fresh deep frying oil. Petite pie-tees with shredded coconut and cashew with palm sugar dressing were more impressive. The curries were average taste-wise, almost dumbed down for Thai Cuisine 101. Excusable if that was the intent. Wonder if the curry paste was freshly prepared. The Pad-Thai fried noodles were passable in flavour but lacking ingredients (not a fresh sprig of herb in sight), wet in texture and severely lacking the stir-fried aroma of what makes the dish. I reckon if my Gran was Thai, this must be her day off.
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