Sunday, August 5, 2007

Roxby Thai, Willetton, 2 stars

Roxby Thai Cafe Restaurant Willetton
20-06-2007
I, like one of the other reviewers, have always had a soft spot for Thai cooking. This restaurant did not generally meet my needs.

The place was busy and that is always a good sign and the service to start was prompt so everything pointed to a great meal.

Unfortunately the food was generally disappointing. The mixed starter place was reasonable although nothing really amazing and out of the 4 of us no one actually finished their meals which is very unusual for me at least. The food did not really taste of much. It was spicy enough, but kind of hollow without any other flavours particularly. We had the yellow curry, the regular green curry, stir fried shrimp with lime and lemon grass, and one other thing in the shape of a swan that I cannot remember. Overall the company was great, the food was not noticeable, I realized half way through that I was just eating for the sake of it and not enjoying the food at all.

The service to was poor. That is it basically disappeared toward the end of the evening. I just don’t like it when the plates aren’t cleared and the water is not topped up and there is no one it sight even as the restaurant emptied.

At $40 each it does not even remotely compare to the Bluewater grill at less than $60 each (although more alcohol was consumed for the $40 so it is a little unfair).

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