Toi On Wilshire

10/19/09

No longer our favorite

by Marco Delgado at Citysearch

We used to go to Toi a couple times a month for years!

We loved it. It is local and always delicious. The wait staff was never that great, but the last few times we've been, the awful wait staff matched the awful food! Not sure what happened here but the food became inedible. The chicken in the curry was RAW! Hope they can figure it out because we will miss the great food they once served.

05/19/08

cool atmosphere, open late

by LAFoodChick at Citysearch

Toi is pretty cool. The atmosphere rocks! I love the music they play here. That's the real reason I go to Toi. Rockin' cool vibes. The food...it's ok for this side of the 405. I usually take out-of-towners here when they want some cool, non-pretentious LA vibe and cheap food. My rock band friends from SF always want to come here every time they're in town. It's cute, like our little ritual...they always look forward to hitting up Toi. I'll usually order the pad thai, pad kee mow or tom khai gai - those are safe bets. It's all about the atmosphere, not really the food, but they're open late and a good place to stop into after the bars. Gotta love the free parking!

• Pros: open late, cheap food, awesome rockin' vibes
• Cons: the food's only ok

05/21/07

Terrible service with average food

by vargas35 at Citysearch

I used to eat at Toi quite a bit, but after my last experience, I definitely do not plan to go there anymore. I had a few friends in from out of town and we ordered for takeout. The person who took the order told us it would take 10 minutes. We arrived there about 40 minutes after the order was placed and it still wasn't ready. The extremely rude guy who attended to us (and we found out took our order) just stood there blankly, never telling us that the food wasn't ready. I finally asked where the food was and he said, "it's not ready." I asked why since it should've been ready 30 minutes earlier and he again said, "it's not ready." He also told me I was wrong about it having been 40 minutes even though my cell phone had the time I called. I kept pressing him, but he ignored me although finally, a nicer lady tried to explain it was busy. Needless to say, we were all upset and the food was certainly not worth it. I feel the food was much better before (and I honestly believe that it's not inspired by my anger) and so now there is no reason to go there. Perhaps this is why the restaurant has been fairly empty the last couple times I've gone.

• Pros: Inexpensive
• Cons: Horrendous service, average food