| ambiance |
82.1399974822998% positive |
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The ambience isn't anything special, but if you want very tasty thai very cheap, give palms a try. ”
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This place was really fun and had great food, the added bonus was the entertainment! ”
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Good food, good fun. ”
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the place was as romantic a mc donalds. ”
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highly recommend this place for anyone who wants a nice staff, nice environment (quiet in the day, fun at night), and great food for not that much money. ”
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agree with others that the valet is quite sketchy and I feel at times that they take my car around the curves too quickly and are reckless in parking the cars. ”
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Came on a night when the karaoke guy wasn't around, but I can assume it's pretty fun. ”
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Love this place--good food, unique atmosphere. ”
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my wife and i love Thai food and while passing Palm Thai we noticed a big room with a large crowd eating so we pulled in, As we entered the parking garage the only place to park) we were stopped by the valet who informed us that we have to leave our keys ”
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YEs the parking sucks, it's a problem. ”
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ok, so the elvis impersonator is a bit weird (we hadn't read about it in advance) at the atmosphere is too, but the food is very good. ”
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The food is yummy, the entertainment is hilarious and the crowd is usually fun (but lately, a little too much of the "hipster" crowd for my taste). ”
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The valet parking connected to the restaurant is also really convenient. ”
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Awsome Thai food, great selection, friendly staff, tons of seating, easy parking, clean. ”
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| dessert |
66.66999816894531% positive |
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The dessert was a little pricey, $5 for a couple pieces fried banana but they were AMAZING with coconut ice cream (which we ordered separately for $3). ”
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Afterwards, go next door and get fresh coconut/taro cookies off the grill at the Thai bakery. ”
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Our servers were very friendly and even gave us directions to some of the best Thai dessert houses which were just down the road. ”
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| drinks |
100.0% positive |
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my wife and i love Thai food and while passing Palm Thai we noticed a big room with a large crowd eating so we pulled in, As we entered the parking garage the only place to park) we were stopped by the valet who informed us that we have to leave our keys ”
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Thai ice tea was good though. ”
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Don't forget to order some thai iced tea. ”
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| food quality |
85.86999893188477% positive |
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would recommend the spicy beef salad, shrimp salad, spicy shrimp fried rice, steamed whole fish, chinese broccoli w/oyster sauce, and the pad thai. ”
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The ambience isn't anything special, but if you want very tasty thai very cheap, give palms a try. ”
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The food is really extraordinary and the elvis impersonator is a nice bonus. ”
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The place is very busy/loud, the food is as good as it gets, and Elvis is entertaining. ”
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Anyone who says the food is bad at Palms doesn't know squat about Thai food. ”
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Palms Thai serves yummy food at cheap prices. ”
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highly recommend this place for anyone who wants a nice staff, nice environment (quiet in the day, fun at night), and great food for not that much money. ”
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Absolutely tasty Thai food, great entertainment (Thai Elvis rocks!) ”
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Trust, from someone who used to live in Thailand and still goes there often, this is good Thai food. ”
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How do they make such good food so cheaply. ”
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Variety of delicious dishes ”
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live in the Bay area in San Fran but everytime I am in LA I cannot miss out delicious food this restaurant serves. ”
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The food was absolutely amazing, but the service was horrible. ”
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The papaya salad and pad thai are both really good dishes! ”
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Good food, good fun. ”
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delicious thai food ”
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They have a huge menu and the food is really good. ”
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Oh, btw, the rice is great. ”
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like the food there especially chicken dishes. ”
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This place was really fun and had great food, the added bonus was the entertainment! ”
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Great food, with good service and incredible live entertainment. ”
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Good food, otherwise just OK ”
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The Pad See Ew is one of the best I have ever had as is the fried rice ( I like the combo). ”
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Where can you get awesome Thai food? ”
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First of all the, the food is incredible. ”
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The food is yummy, the entertainment is hilarious and the crowd is usually fun (but lately, a little too much of the "hipster" crowd for my taste). ”
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The portions were great, those 3 dishes were way too much food for us, we easily could've shared with another 2 people. ”
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They have some fo the most authentic Thai food just short of being Thailand itself. ”
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Every time i go to Palms I order only the Pad Thai noodles, Garlic beef and Fried rice. ”
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The food is not authentic and the service is horrible! ”
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When we were finally seated, my friends and I opted to order 5 dishes and eat family style. ”
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However, the food is very good, well priced, and local to us. ”
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The spicy beef salad is amazing. ”
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ok, so the elvis impersonator is a bit weird (we hadn't read about it in advance) at the atmosphere is too, but the food is very good. ”
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Their shoo shee shrimp was awesome. ”
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Overall food is awesome ”
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Yeah, the Thai Elvis is as talented as he is incongruous, but the real star of Palms is the food. ”
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Expecting a wonderful stir-fried chicken with chilli and basil, I got mouthfuls of dark, fatty chicken. ”
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Truly horrible food -- disintegrating shrimp in the TomYum, chicken that could have been any other meat under the sun, ghastly in all ways. ”
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Has really good sweet and sour chicken. ”
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It's not the best, but the food wasn't bad either. ”
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Thai Elvis is adorable and the food is amazing! ”
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love this place, they have so much variety of dishes! ”
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really like the food -- can't wait to order the hot chili paste clams again! ”
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meat and curry dishes were delicious. ”
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And the pineapple friend rice was delicious. ”
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If you like spicy food you need to mix chilli paste. ”
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Love this place--good food, unique atmosphere. ”
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Me and my girlfriend drop in every time we hunger for some authentic thai food. ”
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The food here is really amazing. ”
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They have a HUGE selection of authentic Thai (pad thai is good, but there's SO much more to life guys). ”
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One of the best Thai food in Town. ”
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The Mango and sticky rice is awesome! ”
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been to Palms often, the food there are great. ”
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This place has delicious food, great entertainment, and is not pricy. ”
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Great food, lousy service every time ”
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The food was OK - nothing really bowled me over more than any other decent Thai restaurant. ”
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The panang with shrimp and the sweet and sour shrimp were so good I was practically licking the bowl afterward! ”
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don't know if LA folks just don't know good Thai food, but this is more like bad Chinese. ”
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my wife and i love Thai food and while passing Palm Thai we noticed a big room with a large crowd eating so we pulled in, As we entered the parking garage the only place to park) we were stopped by the valet who informed us that we have to leave our keys ”
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 The food is delicious -- I recommend the beef salad and duck curry. ”
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Bland food, pay to park, cheap and should be, found hair in food,,,,,,bad experience ”
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Really great Thai food at excellent price ”
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Some of their best dishes include: ”
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Some of my favorite dishes are the BBQ pork, BBQ beef with garlic and lime, and their sticky rice is to die for! ”
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just had my birthday dinner there a few weeks ago and the food was great, service was pretty good considering the size of our party, and the Thai Elvis on Saturdays is very entertaining. ”
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come here often as the food and the entertainment are terrific. ”
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Awsome Thai food, great selection, friendly staff, tons of seating, easy parking, clean. ”
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Overall the food was not bad but got worse the more you ate, The waitresses seemed hurried and talked on little earphone setups to be more efficient i guess. ”
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The best thai food that i've ever had! ”
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This food is really bad. ”
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The food was very good (with the exception of the soup, it tasted vaguely like an armpit), but if nothing else, you MUST go to see this guy perform. ”
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But more than anything, it's just good food at a great price. ”
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So, it has finally become clear to us that while Palm Thai has wonderful food, the sour, rude, innattentive, and hostile wait staff has made it easy for us to decide never to eat there again. ”
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Excellent food, and Thai Elvis! ”
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Several items were outstanding, such as the seafood soup (bursting with flavor), beef salad (great taste) and the green curry (close to perfect, in our opinion). ”
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The food is great. ”
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Great food, a thai elvis, and cheap. ”
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The food was great and cheap and the Thai Elvis was hiarious. ”
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Kevin, the Thai Elvis, rocks and the food is the best Thai I've ever had. ”
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Thai food is my favorite food and this is my favorite restaurant. ”
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It does not even approximate the wonderful Thai food I've had in DC (yes...) ”
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Great food in a cafeteria setting ”
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Erawan is also another good place too that is highend/high quality and authentic. ”
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love their more exotic menu (frog legs, wild boar), and the garnishes were very fresh. ”
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For example: one guy complaining about Palm's Mango with Sticky rice taste bad HELLO! ”
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The food is good and interesting: try the Palm juice if you're looking for something different. ”
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Fantastic food! ”
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This is the best thai place in LA...You got nice waitresses, great authentic thai food and elvis seranading you while you hang out with your friends. ”
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papaya salad was flavorful - dried crab was interesting. ”
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Service was good, except for a little mix up: server/ cook ended up making our spicy curry mild, and the mild silver noodle salad spicy. ”
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The worst Thai food in Los Angeles ”
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Pineapple fried rice and beef salad were terrible, tom-yum-kung was okay and pad thai was the only thing delicious. ”
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Those are my favorite thai dish and I always order those everytime i try a new thai restaurant. ”
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Good food and cheap ”
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like chicken stickers. ”
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Ive been to ChangMai (north) Bangkok (center) and Phuket and Samui (south) several times and the food in Palms is very authentic. ”
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Prices are more than affordable and the food is fantastic. ”
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Never mind, you are in Thai town and cute looking waitresses, better enjoy the food and head out for other activities in LA area. ”
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Highly recommend the papaya salad, shrimp tom yum soup, steamed fish, vegetable dishes, curry dishes,. ”
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The shrimp hot pot was awesome. ”
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Afterwards, go next door and get fresh coconut/taro cookies off the grill at the Thai bakery. ”
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Great food for price, slow service ”
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Good food. ”
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have a friend who once got hepatitis from eating at a thai restaurant and I'm worried because seriously this was the worst food I've ever had. ”
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| menu variety |
100.0% positive |
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love this place, they have so much variety of dishes! ”
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We had the unique opportunity to enjoy Palms with a very big group, so we got to sample a large selection of items. ”
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They have a HUGE selection of authentic Thai (pad thai is good, but there's SO much more to life guys). ”
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They have a huge menu and the food is really good. ”
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Awsome Thai food, great selection, friendly staff, tons of seating, easy parking, clean. ”
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love their more exotic menu (frog legs, wild boar), and the garnishes were very fresh. ”
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| overall |
100.0% positive |
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My favorite restaurant! ”
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great place to eat and live entertainment featuring the likes of Elvis. ”
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Thai food is my favorite food and this is my favorite restaurant. ”
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Erawan is also another good place too that is highend/high quality and authentic. ”
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This is the best thai place in LA...You got nice waitresses, great authentic thai food and elvis seranading you while you hang out with your friends. ”
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Those are my favorite thai dish and I always order those everytime i try a new thai restaurant. ”
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| return potential |
0.0% positive |
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This place does not live up to the hype and I don't think I will ever go back after my last, terrible experience. ”
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| service |
76.1899995803833% positive |
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He is actually quite good and if you are even luckier, the bartender will sing a few songs (he is a great impersonator!) ”
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actually liked the service -- there was a very sweet person who took our order. ”
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Overall the food was not bad but got worse the more you ate, The waitresses seemed hurried and talked on little earphone setups to be more efficient i guess. ”
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Great food, lousy service every time ”
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This is the best thai place in LA...You got nice waitresses, great authentic thai food and elvis seranading you while you hang out with your friends. ”
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Besides the great value and unbelievable Phad Thai the service is top-notch. ”
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(even the service is authentically bad. ”
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just had my birthday dinner there a few weeks ago and the food was great, service was pretty good considering the size of our party, and the Thai Elvis on Saturdays is very entertaining. ”
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Service was good, except for a little mix up: server/ cook ended up making our spicy curry mild, and the mild silver noodle salad spicy. ”
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Great, friendly staff and waiters. ”
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Never mind, you are in Thai town and cute looking waitresses, better enjoy the food and head out for other activities in LA area. ”
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The food is not authentic and the service is horrible! ”
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highly recommend this place for anyone who wants a nice staff, nice environment (quiet in the day, fun at night), and great food for not that much money. ”
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The waitresses and buss boys are rude and impersonal! ”
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don't understand why so many people rave about this place. ”
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Awesome service ”
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:-D The service was very fast too. ”
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my wife and i love Thai food and while passing Palm Thai we noticed a big room with a large crowd eating so we pulled in, As we entered the parking garage the only place to park) we were stopped by the valet who informed us that we have to leave our keys ”
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Great food, with good service and incredible live entertainment. ”
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The portions were great, those 3 dishes were way too much food for us, we easily could've shared with another 2 people. ”
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So, it has finally become clear to us that while Palm Thai has wonderful food, the sour, rude, innattentive, and hostile wait staff has made it easy for us to decide never to eat there again. ”
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The food was absolutely amazing, but the service was horrible. ”
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Our servers were very friendly and even gave us directions to some of the best Thai dessert houses which were just down the road. ”
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Great food for price, slow service ”
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The ambieance is gone, it was ridiculously crowded, and the service was beyond terrible. ”
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thought the service was great considering how crowded it was. ”
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Awsome Thai food, great selection, friendly staff, tons of seating, easy parking, clean. ”
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Even Thai people love it too! ”
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| value |
88.10000419616699% positive |
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Great food for price, slow service ”
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Good food and cheap ”
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can get packed and always a line, but line goes fast since the store is huge ”
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The prices are extremely reasonable and affordable. ”
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The dessert was a little pricey, $5 for a couple pieces fried banana but they were AMAZING with coconut ice cream (which we ordered separately for $3). ”
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Great food, a thai elvis, and cheap. ”
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Palms Thai serves yummy food at cheap prices. ”
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Prices are more than affordable and the food is fantastic. ”
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But more than anything, it's just good food at a great price. ”
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The portions were great, those 3 dishes were way too much food for us, we easily could've shared with another 2 people. ”
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They have a huge menu and the food is really good. ”
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Really great Thai food at excellent price ”
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The food was great and cheap and the Thai Elvis was hiarious. ”
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highly recommend this place for anyone who wants a nice staff, nice environment (quiet in the day, fun at night), and great food for not that much money. ”
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Food is excellent, price is nice, cool jumpsuit elvis, easy access off freeway, and clean. ”
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Good value. ”
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Food is great for the price. ”
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Don't let the seemingly reasonable prices fool you. ”
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The ambience isn't anything special, but if you want very tasty thai very cheap, give palms a try. ”
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Besides the great value and unbelievable Phad Thai the service is top-notch. ”
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Bland food, pay to park, cheap and should be, found hair in food,,,,,,bad experience ”
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| wait time |
25.0% positive |
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Great food for price, slow service ”
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It did not happen to me at dinner, but a customer wasn't happy because they were kinda forcing him out for staying for too long. ”
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