Thirty plus visits, but who is counting?? The management seems to have gone over to their new sushi restaurant at Polaris. Our server, at least, has been at Chi Thai for some time and she is very good. The new lunch special has replaced the "bail out special". Our food was good. The restroom was out of TP in one stall and the other hadn't been flushed. A partial roll of paper towels was on the counter. I thought about mentioning it but every last service person was on a hand held device, texting, playing or talking. The "manager"?? out front looked up from his handheld phone briefly to say, "thanks", as we were leaving. The TV was playing a rescue dog program without sound. I do wonder who chose the music for the day? There were three tables of diners. All seated right next to each other. The man in the booth backing up to us had several phone conversations - perhaps that is why he was alone??????? With not a lot of effort, Chi Thai could be an awesome restaurant.

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2 Posted By scool on 25/09/2011

I visited Wafi Pyramids on 20th January 2011 and gave the car for valet parking. We then entered Thai Chi restaurant at exactly 9:32 PM. As we approached, we were greeted by the host and welcomed in the restaurant. The host name was Wajee and she was wearing a colorful Thai traditional dress. She checked her reservation list and found our reservation. She then escorted us to our table which had a Reserved sign placed. The table was inside the restaurant which gave us a nice view of the kitchen as well as the outdoors. She gave us open menus and wished us for a pleasant evening. The first thing which we noticed is that the lighting at our table was too dim for us to read the menu comfortably. The music was filling the ambience very nicely but the dim lighting was a bit of a disappointment. We were then approached by our server whose name was Ashish. He brought the complimentary starter of Prawn Crackers with Chili Sauce and asked us for our drinks order. At 9:42 PM, we ordered a pint of Heineken Beer which was priced at 34 AED and 2 Lychee Punch which costed 26 AED each. At 9:46 PM, Ashish served us the beverages. He then asked us about the starters which we would like to have and himself recommended that we should go for the Thai Chi Sharing Platter. We enquired him about the Gai Hor Bai Toey which was a chicken dish priced at 59 AED. He told us that it was a Boneless chicken dish wrapped in Pandan Leaves and served with different Sauces. We liked the idea and ordered the same at 9:52 PM. At 9:58 PM, Ashish brought our starter. He also explained us that the chicken were wrapped in the Pandan leaves and had to be removed before eating. The chicken was cooked to perfection and the addition of the mango sauce to the chicken resulted in a delicious experience. At 10:06 PM, we decided on the main course which was a mix of Chinese and Thai, and gave the order. We selected Pad Thai Hor Kai worth 75 AED, Sweet and Sour Chicken with Lychee and Pepper for 80 AED, and the Thai Chi Supreme Fried Rice worth 59 AED. We told Ashish to exclude the Duck and Tofu from our order as we were not very fond of those. He agreed and repeated the order and went towards the kitchen. Our Main Course arrived at 10:24 PM. The Portions looked very appropriate and were enough for 2-3 people. The Phad Thai was very tempting and Ashish told us that it was made of rice noodles and was a Thai Specialty. The taste was perfectly balance and was very delicious. It was not very spicy as we expected from a Thai Dish. But thats the way we like it. The Sweet and Sour chicken was a big hit with all of us. It was extremely tasty and was sweetened and flavored in the right proportions. It was crispy enough to make the taste lurk in the mouth even more. The Fried Rice was also very tasty and complimented the chicken very well. As we were having the main Course, we were approached by the manager of the Restaurant. She was a lady dressed in Dark Blue colored Suit and was very well groomed. She seemed to be of Asian ethnicity. She asked us about the dinner and we said that it was very good. I enquired that they were serving both that and Chinese from the same kitchen. Did they have different cooks? She replied that the kitchen was divided in to two sections. She also told me that the Thai kitchen was run by all the female cooks and the Chinese, by the men. I thanked her for her time and so did she and wished us a pleasant evening. At 10:41 PM, we were finished with the dinner and at 10:43 PM, Ashish removed the plates from our table with our permission. After a while he gave us toothpicks and handed a refreshing Hot Towel which was very nicely warmed and soaked in scented water. Ashish then asked us if we would like to have any desserts and we asked him about the ice cream. He recommended that we go for the Pandan Ice cream worth 36 AED as it was their specialty. We accepted. At 10:48 PM, we received the Pandan ice-cream which was put in a bowl with lychees. The ice cream tasted different as it was not so sweet but tasted very nice. The manager again approached us and told us that the ice cream was home made with the same pandan leaved which were used to wrap the chicken in our starter. We finished the dessert and asked for the bill at 11:07 PM and got the bill at 11:10 PM. We gave the credit card and Ashish came back with the receipt and a stamped valet card at 11:13 PM and address by the name in the card. We then asked the manager about the washroom and she escorted me in that direction. I noticed that the mens washroom was located near the Vintage Bar. The washroom was extremely clean and an attendant was cleaning the washroom as and when required. At exactly 11:16 PM, We left the restaurant after a satisfactory dinner. We handed over the valet card and waited for 4 minutes for the car to arrive as there were many people waiting for their cars. The valet attended apologized for the wait and thanked us. We thanked him and left.

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