A number of people have suggested Thai Tai during my visit to Calgary. Considering it was literally across from my hotel so it didn't hurt to try it out. My first impression of the restaurant wasn't the greatest. It was a hole in the wall type restaurant which I didn't mind; some of the best restaurants I know of are "hole in the wall" types, but the dining area could have been better maintained as the garbage bin was overflowing. There was also a pile of garbage on the floor that might haven been forgotten about and needed to be swept up. The menu catered more towards Vietnamese dishes, ie subs and vermicelli bowls, which I found to be misleading since the restaurant was named "Thai Tai". I ordered the lemongrass chicken with prawns in a vermicelli bowl. It came rather quickly. They provide you with a slab of chicken accompanied by 3-4 plump shrimp. I've had better vermicelli, but for roughly $9, I couldn't complain.
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Good For What It Is. This Thai Tai location is better than the other one in Chinatown and probably the busiest, especially during weekday lunch hours. The service is efficient and the food is good for it's price. The food is generally ok. I usually get the ultimate bowl, tried the curry which was surprisingly good but too spicy for my sensitive taste palate, the subs are very hearty, good size using brown bread instead of white and I've tried various bubble teas from avocado, taro, watermelon (when in season), etc.. It's more of an Asian fast food place, but with a small bar section with chairs you can sit to eat your meal if you like. It gets crowded pretty fast I find. They don't have a tip option on their debit/credit machine which is ok in a way. I remember just ordering a bubble tea to go at the Chinatown location and the guy looked at my bill with disapproval that I didn't tip for a bubble tea to go (?) They do have a tip jar that I think most customers either miss or forget since most customers only have debit/credit usually. Just try to remember to leave something in the tip jar because the place is overall good for what it is.
There subs are huge!!! I couldn't even finish mine... Probably could have shared w my lunch date
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