Chiang Rai - Tustin

"A Tustin local recommended this place for us to try Northern Thai food in Tustin instead of. lBC. The place was decorated really nicely. Very pleasant and clean. At first the menu was a bit overwhelming but once you navigate the through the menu, everything looked delicious. We ordered the Branzino lemon steamed fish at Market Price, papaya salad with grilled shrimp, chicken Tom Yum Kha and Prik Nam Noom(combination of green curry roasted eggplant, minced chicken with red curry typed sauce, with steamed vegetables, pork rinds and fried tofu like strips. The lemon steamed fish was good, the broth was tangy but it was good. The combination of the Nam Prik Mueng was very interesting. The papaya salad was a bit spicy for my taste and we asked for medium. Will do the mild on the next visit. All the all was good. A bit pricey for the normal dishes but it was good. The service was excellent. Our water was filled when it went down half of the glass. Very nice place."

"My favorite Thai restaurant in OC and well deserved of their Michelin credentials (although it's priced in). It can be on the expensive side for Thai food, but I thought the quality of the food and large portions alleviated the cost. The food was superb and you can really taste the freshness of the ingredients and the bold flavors. Parking is easy to find, but can be a bit of a walk because of the structure of the strip mall. Food/Drink- 5 stars Som Tum Kai Tod- everything about this dish was divine. The chicken was juicy and perfectly fried. The salad had so much flavor. And the sticky rice was perfectly cooked, and stayed warm throughout our menu due to their presentation. Highly recommend it, but expect to get your hands dirty Aom Nure- the soup was a great way to round out the whole meal. Pad Mama- this was really good, and I'm glad I tried it over the more mainstream noodle dishes. Perfect wok hei and plenty of flavor Service- 5 stars Food came out pretty quickly and servers were pretty attentive. It can be a bit crowded on the seating though because of how small the restaurant is Bottom Line Excellent food and you can see the Michelin recognition. Do expect higher prices, but the portions and quality are there"

"This place had really good food with vegetarian options. They were able to make the Kai soi options either vegetarian or vegan (asked one waiter if they could do this and they said no but then asked another waitress and she said they can). But they do have multiple vegetarian options on the menu otherwise. Everything was really flavorful! It is a smaller restaurant so depending on the day expect to wait a little (you can also add your name to the yelp waitlist before you get there). Nice decorations and good food overall!"

"Nov 2, Went there to eat dinner with family. We had the deep fried enoki mushrooms and tod mun (fish cake). Both were really good, fried mushrooms was very well cooked, crispy on the outside, soft inside and not over cooked. The tod mun was really good, but Personally, i like it with more curry. And the cucumber sauce was a great compliment. Between the two, we liked the mushrooms better. We had the phad kee mao noodles with pork, crab curry (yellow) and po kari (fried soft shelled crab in yellow egg curry And veggies) for dinner. The flavor in all the dishes was really good. The potatoes in the crab curry was a bit hard, wished it was softer, cooked longer. The crab kari was really good flavor, no spice/ heat option. They gave alot of crab, two big pieces of deep fried soft shelled crab and some cooked crab pieces. Crab was very well cooked... we'll get again. The phad kee mao, had great flavor. Ordered the medium, but it was not that hot. I like it medium spicy, but not too spicy., So I'll have to order hot option, for medium heat. We also had the mango sticky rice for dessert. It was really yummy, great flavor. The mango was really sweet, yet firm. The sticky rice was good, not the best I've had. The staff was really nice. Overall, a great place to eat, very authentic, and not Americanized. Will come back again. Recently went back there on end of Nov for take out, Ordered it ahead during busy time and only 25min wait. We got there a little after that and it was hot and waiting. ask for chopsticks or fork if you're eating away from home, since it didn't come with one. Got the phad thai with pork and tofu (extra cost). After we got to airport and had it, it was soo good, and food the next day since we didn't eat it all. The noodles weren't soft/mushy, nice and firm still, pork and tofu was tasty and wasn't over cooked. We got the spicy, which was perfect, for someone who can handle heat but not alot. Had a kick but still can taste the food. They scaled it perfect for the American pallet, it was a 3 out of 4, since they have mild, med, spicy and very spicy. 7 out of 20 in Asian scale, where 20 is make you sweat, kill me now level. We'll have to try the very spicy next time."