I’ve heard a lot about Thaila Thai. It’s one of Brunswick’s most popular haunts and has a reputation for great food and great prices. The price is certainly right.
Perhaps the popularity is a Brunswick idiosyncrancy because the food, while tasty enough, wasn’t anything to rave about. Take the stirfry, the vegetables were chunky, roughly cut and in big size portions. Too big to cook through which is fine if you fancy raw veggies.
Let’s be fair – the food is fine, I just didn’t get the reason for the hype.
Thaila Thai is certainly busy, people queued the footpath for the take-away while the tables outside were packed. I’m not sure why the the take-away couldn’t be better organised as the crowd milling about was almost intimidating to diners outside.
I was there as part of a family gathering and we began to feel uncomfortable wondering if we were outstaying our welcome. There’s only so much room on the footpath as well and my chair was perilously close to the kerb where cars kept backing in to park.
I intend to return when it’s not so crowded although, with summer coming on and Melbourne people so enamoured of dining alfresco, that may prove a little difficult.