Dao Thai: User Reviews

Great Thai food in the Gold Coast
By Vikm23 from NW Burbs, December 27, 2007

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My wife and I have eaten here many times and have never been disappointed. All the entrees and appetizers we've had have been delicious and are reasonably priced. Favorites include Pad Woon Sen, Spicy Noodles with squid and Pad See Ewee. The staff is friendly and accomondating. The dining room is colorfully decorated and the unique seating makes for interesting ambiance.

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the service & the prices...
By thai thai from chicago, il, December 15, 2006

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the service & the prices were great, the food was awful. appetizers were fine (crab rangoon & chicken satay). i ordered the chicken tom yum noodle soup & it literally tasted like they poured water from a sink of dishes for the broth. but again the service was good & i didn't have to pay a lot for stinky soup.

The prices in this restaurant...
By sue from Chicago, IL, March 6, 2006

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The prices in this restaurant are ultra reasonable. I highly recommend this restaurant for food and value.

The dish I had was Rama Chicken and it was delicious. My friend had fried rice and satay appetizer.

We found our experience and food very good. However my friend did comment that sometimes the fried rice is delicious and sometimes it seems tasteless. So the quality may be uneven. In that case, I suggest you complain and have them re-do the dish if you eat in.

Haven't actually eaten at the...
By TA from Chicago, IL, December 7, 2005

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Haven't actually eaten at the restaurant (ordered delivery) but after waiting for more than 2 hours on more than one occasion i've given up and will try another restaurant. too bad - i actually enjoyed the food. sounds like they need more drivers.

Dao is your standard mid-price...
By Ken S from Chicago, IL, May 15, 2003

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Dao is your standard mid-price Thai place. Similar to Star of Siam, probably a notch below Amarit for flavor and quality of food, but good value nonetheless. American Thai staples like beef and broccoli, cashew chicken, spicey crazy noodles, and pad thai are all very good, and a good value.

The food was tasetless! ...
By Sandy vanilla from chicago, IL, May 2, 2003

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The food was tasetless! I've never had such bad Thai food in my life.

With gracious service and lovely...
By Lisa B from Skokie, IL, April 29, 2003

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With gracious service and lovely surroundings (wall tapestries & other Thai artwork abound), I wanted to love Dao Thai. But this just isn't the authentic deal. Where is the lemongrass, thai basil or other herbs, kaffir lime leaves, bird peppers - all the wonderful tastes that make for the heady hot-sour-spicy-sweetness of Thai cooking? What we got mostly in the various dishes we ordered was the flavor of fish sauce, which dominated for the lack of other flavors. Stalwart generic Asian appetizers like Vietnamese rice skin rolls and satay are done better and more generously elsewhere. And they used jalapenos for spice in the place of Thai chiles! Maybe I'm a food snob, but that right there is a warning to lovers of Tom Kha Gai and other well flavored dishes...if you can't find a more authetic place, I'd suggest a cookbook and a little Thai market in the Minelli Bros complex across the street from Jerry's Produce in Niles - the ingredients are available even out in the burbs, so you'd think a Thai restaurant would use them.