| ambiance |
85.50999641418457% positive |
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Great taste, atmosphere & price ”
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This may not be the best Thai food ever - but it's always a fun, bustling place to be and the food is affordable and pretty good. ”
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Natalee Thai offers excellent food, nice atmosphere, good service. ”
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great atmosphere ”
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We usually order takeout and eat in front of the TV, though we have eaten at the resturant a few times, and though it's a bit small and crowded the atmosphere's pretty nice. ”
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I've had tons of fun eating Thai food in every new city or town I happen to visit and sometimes there's another restaurant that just makes the total experience more enjoyable and memorable. ”
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The atmosphere is that of eating in a airport cafeteria, but like I said, the food is good. ”
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will the say the ambience leaves you feeling shell shocked on a busy day or night, as it is all hard edges and flat surfaces. ”
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The service was good and the ambiance in the restaurant is nice. ”
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Everything else has always been great and it's a fun place for a relaxing meal. ”
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This place is known for its fantastic service, food, ambiance, and prices. ”
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love the decor and the food and service are excellent. ”
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The atmosphere so lousy. ”
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Perhaps paying more attention to the food instead of the decor would garner this place more praise. ”
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This place has pretty unique decor. ”
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it looks like a trailor from the outside, but when you go inside, the ambience is amazing. ”
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With a million Thai restaurants serving similar cuisine, this one stood out due to its tasteful decor and fairly hip atmosphere. ”
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parking is awful. ”
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Love the groovy decor. ”
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The service is always fast and friendly, which adds to the great atmosphere the new decor creates. ”
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If you want to have a nice dinner in a nice atmosphere than this is the place to go. ”
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Food & service was very good, and prices reasonable considering atmosphere. ”
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best bet is to find street parking. ”
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| drinks |
100.0% positive |
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The portions are big, the food is flavorful and super tasty and the drinks are solid! ”
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recommend the Thai iced tea, spring rolls, and the spicy beef dish (truly spicy, not for teenagers). ”
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This place rocks I been here a couple of times and I truly enjoy the food and the drinks. ”
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Although it gets really crowded, there's a bar to get a few drinks while you wait and the service is fast, so there's nothing to worry about. ”
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My favorite dish is the Flaming Chicken Dish and I love the Thai iced tea. ”
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Great traditional Thai food, and the sushi is as good as any Japanese sushi bar I've ever been too. ”
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| food quality |
84.32000160217285% positive |
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recommend the Thai iced tea, spring rolls, and the spicy beef dish (truly spicy, not for teenagers). ”
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Good food, friendly staff, reasonably priced. ”
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Service was awful, food was ok but we sorta lost our appetites in the end. ”
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The food is really good for the price. ”
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Natalee thai is a wonderful resteraunt with great, delicious food. ”
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Comparatively, it's also a little more expensive than traditional Thai places that serve better, more flavourful food. ”
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know it's supposed to be Thai, but the have decent sushi as well. ”
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Good food, and really nice servers as well! ”
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Service was fine but the food was bad quality. ”
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The food at Natalee is consistently fresh and tasty. ”
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With a million Thai restaurants serving similar cuisine, this one stood out due to its tasteful decor and fairly hip atmosphere. ”
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Even though the food is decent, they have no clue how to treat their customers. ”
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The food is delicious. ”
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The Pad Thai noodles are pretty good and the sushi lunch specials are decent; Natalee has some of the best spicy tuna rolls I've had in LA, oddly enough. ”
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The food is quite good, and the price is reasonable, but they do annoying things like charge you for rice. ”
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The food we ordered was cold, the service was slow (maybe that's why the food was cold). ”
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Many unusual and creative dishes, and the service is friendly, even though it takes awhile. ”
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Great food, below-average service and speed. ”
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Never had a bad meal here ”
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There are better places that serve some really good authentic Thai in the LA area. ”
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Great food, friendly and helpful service. ”
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Horrible service, less-than-impressive food ”
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really like natalee's food and eat take out from there about once a wek or two but i will not battle the lines. ”
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This place rocks I been here a couple of times and I truly enjoy the food and the drinks. ”
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would not say that the food is spectacular but for the price and the fast service, it is a very good deal. ”
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particularly like the curries (california chicken curry - yum!) ”
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The food is consistently great, but the service could use some speeding up. ”
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Everything else has always been great and it's a fun place for a relaxing meal. ”
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Our server was nice and was able to substitute white meat chicken for dark meat at no x-tra charge. ”
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Natalee Thai offers excellent food, nice atmosphere, good service. ”
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Crazy weekends but awesome food! ”
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love the decor and the food and service are excellent. ”
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got the pad thai, which wasn't as sweet as I'd like, and some other dishes that weren't so memorable. ”
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great thai food, great $$ ”
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the price is not bad and the food is not bad either. ”
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The food is fresh, tasty, unique and satisfying. ”
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it is good but i think that the best appetizer is the gulf of thailand shrimp roll. ”
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The place is really new and clean, compared to most Thai establishments, but the food was so-so (isn't it always the dirty places that taste the best? ”
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recommend the sushi here too. ”
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The food is very good (try some of the spicy dishes) and the prices are extremely reasonable. ”
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and my favorite is beef salad. ”
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The place is nicely decorated and clean The food is good and consistent. ”
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My thought was, "wow, this is a beautiful restaurant", and then the food came. ”
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Some good food, Poor Service, Too Crowded ”
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food is mediocre. ”
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My friend said it smelled like fresh garbage, and she couldnt even finish one third of he portion( By the way, each sushi is pricey, plus damn small). ”
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Everything is very tasty and spicy. ”
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We recommend the brown (natural) rice. ”
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The pad thai is so delicious. ”
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recommend the padthai and any kind of tofu dish. ”
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And the noodles were mushy and the was not what I expect from a restaurant but rather a bad Chinese take-out place. ”
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Perhaps paying more attention to the food instead of the decor would garner this place more praise. ”
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There are two ways of looking at this: 1) that the garnish was fresh and 2) that this was seriously disgusting. ”
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My second fav is this korean bbq in culver city called gyenari. ”
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Great food, but bad acoustics. ”
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They service big portions, but sometimes the food comes a little slowly. ”
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It's got all the Thai ingredients and the food is fresh, but it lacks taste. ”
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The Pad-See-Ew with shrimp had about 5 shrimp in it, but the yellow curry with chicken had HUGE chunks of chicken with little to no vegetables (which some people may like but unfortunately, I planned on picking out the chicken). ”
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The food is excellent, though I've heard complaints from some friends that the curry is too hot. ”
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authentic thai food. ”
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However, the food is very very good. ”
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love the food. ”
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particularly love the California curry (it's like yellow curry) with chicken and the Korean BBQ beef. ”
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My favorite dish is the Flaming Chicken Dish and I love the Thai iced tea. ”
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Go find some place else for good Thai food. ”
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This Thai restaurant was so amazing, their noodles with the spicy peanut sauce is mm mmmm good! ”
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Horrible food ”
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The only drawback is that its NOISY in there, so don't try to have an intimate conversation while you enjoy your pad thai noodles. ”
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Just when you need it, each dish has it's own delightful burn. ”
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We enjoy eating out, eating authentic ethnic food. ”
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cool design, great food! ”
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Lame food, worst service. ”
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visited my friend and she recommend me to eat at Natalee because she loves chicken Sa-te, tsunami, and hot stuff. ”
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The prices are a bit higher and the portions a bit smaller than other Thai restaurants of equal quality, but their food is consistently good. ”
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The atmosphere is that of eating in a airport cafeteria, but like I said, the food is good. ”
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Yet, we keep going back because the ingredients are so fresh and tasty. ”
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And it's a shame because this place used to have the best Thai food in town in my opinion. ”
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Great place, good food, not expensive. ”
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Portionas are good sized and I often cannot finish my whole meal. ”
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The portions are big, the food is flavorful and super tasty and the drinks are solid! ”
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great prices, excellent food, and very friendly staff. ”
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Me and my family always order food from Natalee's. ”
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The soups are good too. ”
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This may not be the best Thai food ever - but it's always a fun, bustling place to be and the food is affordable and pretty good. ”
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Great traditional Thai food, and the sushi is as good as any Japanese sushi bar I've ever been too. ”
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For a Thai restaurant, the sushi's actually not half bad! ”
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Tastes delicious, and prices are reasonable. ”
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great food with great price ”
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Try Kra Thong Tong for a good appetizer, Adaman soup for loads of seafood, and the Maha Jumlong curry for a veggie fix -- but then again, everything is great! ”
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great food- for takeout. ”
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I've had tons of fun eating Thai food in every new city or town I happen to visit and sometimes there's another restaurant that just makes the total experience more enjoyable and memorable. ”
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found a nasty insect in my tom yum soup. ”
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The food is not good anymore nor is the service. ”
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other dishes are very good too. ”
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reccomend either dining there or taking out b/c despite their wonderful food, the one thing they are teeeerrible about it delivery. ”
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All types of sushi is very expensive, and fish on top was. ”
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Thai food is one of my favorites and this restaurant has it. ”
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This place is known for its fantastic service, food, ambiance, and prices. ”
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The food is excellent and so cheap! ”
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still come here because the food is really good, though in ”
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This place has got the best Thai food in LA. ”
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| overall |
85.19000053405762% positive |
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This WAS my favorite restaurant for nearly 2 years. ”
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Everything else has always been great and it's a fun place for a relaxing meal. ”
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This may not be the best Thai food ever - but it's always a fun, bustling place to be and the food is affordable and pretty good. ”
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it is a nice place and you can get. ”
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nice place to go for lunch. ”
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Would recommend Natalee Thai as a great place to celebrate a sp. ”
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Natalee is best Thai restaurant in L.A.I like a pad thai. ”
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If you want to have a nice dinner in a nice atmosphere than this is the place to go. ”
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This used to be my favorite Thai restaurant in L.A. before I moved out of town four years ago but upon returning to the restaurant last night, it's now the worst. ”
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| service |
68.88999938964844% positive |
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We often order Natalee for lunch as they have an excellent delivery service. ”
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thought this place would be rocking considering how many people rave about it. ”
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Great food, below-average service and speed. ”
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service is pretty bad when it gets busy. ”
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The service is always fast and friendly, which adds to the great atmosphere the new decor creates. ”
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Our server was nice and was able to substitute white meat chicken for dark meat at no x-tra charge. ”
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customer service is HORRIBLE ”
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The waitstaff is very friendly. ”
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would not say that the food is spectacular but for the price and the fast service, it is a very good deal. ”
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They service big portions, but sometimes the food comes a little slowly. ”
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The service is good. ”
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Terrible customer service. ”
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Service were friendly and decent. ”
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The place is nice and hip and you see a lot of people that look like they work for the studios. ”
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it could get hectic during the peak hours but the servers are generally friendly. ”
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Food & service was very good, and prices reasonable considering atmosphere. ”
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Many unusual and creative dishes, and the service is friendly, even though it takes awhile. ”
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The food is not good anymore nor is the service. ”
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The food is consistently great, but the service could use some speeding up. ”
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long wait and not so friendly waiters. ”
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terrible customer service. ”
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Good food, and really nice servers as well! ”
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Manager was so rude. ”
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The food we ordered was cold, the service was slow (maybe that's why the food was cold). ”
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have been there several times and have always been impressed with the service, that staff is very friendly. ”
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Lame food, worst service. ”
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The service was good and the ambiance in the restaurant is nice. ”
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The customer service is horrible. ”
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The Pad-See-Ew with shrimp had about 5 shrimp in it, but the yellow curry with chicken had HUGE chunks of chicken with little to no vegetables (which some people may like but unfortunately, I planned on picking out the chicken). ”
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love the decor and the food and service are excellent. ”
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Natalee Thai offers excellent food, nice atmosphere, good service. ”
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Although it gets really crowded, there's a bar to get a few drinks while you wait and the service is fast, so there's nothing to worry about. ”
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This place is known for its fantastic service, food, ambiance, and prices. ”
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Some ladies on the phone was shockingly rude. ”
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Great service and Clean but NEED to be Consistent of quality and TASTE! ”
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don't get why the place is always soo packed (I guess many people prefer the cleanliness over the taste)---maybe it's the pretty waitresses? ”
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Horrible service, less-than-impressive food ”
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Shortly the waitress brought my Pad se ew and I immediately noticed the order was half the size of my brother's serving and asked her why. ”
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Good food, friendly staff, reasonably priced. ”
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have to say that they have the WORST customer service ever! ”
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great prices, excellent food, and very friendly staff. ”
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After this treatment, our waiter was curt, brought things out in a weird order, and basically rushed us out even though it was only around 9:30pm and the restaurant was fairly full. ”
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Great food, friendly and helpful service. ”
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Over-crowded, poor customer service, have to wait way too long for the check (probably why tables don't turn over). ”
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Very nice staff, but you can't eat them either. ”
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| value |
90.2299976348877% positive |
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Great taste, atmosphere & price ”
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My friend said it smelled like fresh garbage, and she couldnt even finish one third of he portion( By the way, each sushi is pricey, plus damn small). ”
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The Curry Panang is a must, and the price is more than reasonable. ”
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The prices are amazingly reasonable for Los Angeles. ”
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Comparatively, it's also a little more expensive than traditional Thai places that serve better, more flavourful food. ”
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Not only that -- the plates were huge while the portions were normal, but there was no room on the table to put it all! ”
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They service big portions, but sometimes the food comes a little slowly. ”
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Food & service was very good, and prices reasonable considering atmosphere. ”
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The prices are a bit higher and the portions a bit smaller than other Thai restaurants of equal quality, but their food is consistently good. ”
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feel like I'm indulging in a much more expensive night out when I go here- but the price is very affordable. ”
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Versatile Menu, great prices! ”
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All types of sushi is very expensive, and fish on top was. ”
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The food is quite good, and the price is reasonable, but they do annoying things like charge you for rice. ”
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The food is really good for the price. ”
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This may not be the best Thai food ever - but it's always a fun, bustling place to be and the food is affordable and pretty good. ”
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Tastes delicious, and prices are reasonable. ”
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The portions are big, the food is flavorful and super tasty and the drinks are solid! ”
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The food is excellent and so cheap! ”
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would not say that the food is spectacular but for the price and the fast service, it is a very good deal. ”
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Emrald Thai, just up the block, is a just as good, less expensive option. ”
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great food with great price ”
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This is not a fine dining restaurant, but if your expectations are kept in check, you cannot deny that this restaurant offers excellent value. ”
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Great place, good food, not expensive. ”
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This place is known for its fantastic service, food, ambiance, and prices. ”
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It isnt the best thai ive had but for the not so bad LA price its good with me. ”
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the past portions were larger and the price was more reasonable. ”
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the price is not bad and the food is not bad either. ”
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great prices, excellent food, and very friendly staff. ”
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The food is very good (try some of the spicy dishes) and the prices are extremely reasonable. ”
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| wait time |
20.0% positive |
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Our waitiress was slow and couldn't handle more than one question at a time. ”
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My only other complaint is that the kitchen is really slow. ”
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Over-crowded, poor customer service, have to wait way too long for the check (probably why tables don't turn over). ”
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long wait and not so friendly waiters. ”
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The food we ordered was cold, the service was slow (maybe that's why the food was cold). ”
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