Cham Thai Cuisine at Carrboro

Ordered Basil Fried rice and came with 3 basil leaves. If the first word of the dish is Basil, shouldn’t that be highlighted in the dish? Save yourself, walk across the road to Carl Mill Plaza and have your diner at the Thai Station. You won’t regret that. My wife is even more dissatisfied with her meal that I was.

Not Bay Area but lowkey pretty decent. We enjoy coming here. What makes this place really pop is the management. They screwed up an order—happens to all of us from time to time, right?—not only did they make us a new one with apologies (pretty standard right?), they refunded it! Never before have I seen this, have you? I was floored.

Dietary restrictions: They take celiac disease really seriously—you’ll be impressed. Maybe a little too careful… like I thought the wide rice noodles were GF, but owner thought it might have a little wheat and suggested a substitute. Not sure she’s right but always prefer people be overly cautious. We will be back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pad See EW, Massaman Curry

Amazing food. The food is tasty and the display is another level of art!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Came here for lunch and had the fried rice. Portion was huge and also came with soup! Service was great as well.

Parking: We parked in the parking deck and there were plenty of spots

Tasty Thai food, excellent service sober and cool place.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Big portions of low quality food

I love the food here. The portions are huge and there are a lot of good options to choose from. I have gotten the khao moo krob, khao soi, and the Kra Prow Moo Krob all of which were really good. I would also recommend their thai green tea!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

I've been here three times now. The first two times were stellar in terms of both food and service. You get a lot of food at a decent price, and it's flavorful and steaming hot. This last time the food was awesome as usual, but the service was not so great. The waitress who brought us water and the meals was very pleasant -- she was our server the first two times we visited and was just as pleasant those times too -- but this time another waitress was in charge of our table for the most part and towards the end we got the sense that she was just kind of done with us. I then knew it to be true when we were standing up to leave because she'd stopped at our table to clear dishes and I asked if she had a to-go cup that I could put my drink in. She didn't look at me or acknowledge my question in any way, shape or form before walking away. I know she heard me because she came back a minute later with a cup.

I absolutely understand that customer-service jobs are exhausting and often not easy -- I've worked in one myself! -- but my friend and I were never rude, at any point. There was nothing that warranted my question being completely ignored.

I'd give the place another chance because the food and ambience really are top-notch, but if the service were to be like this again, that might keep me from returning in the future.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

A little hidden gem, kind of tucked away in the corner. I had the Tom Kha Kai and the larb, both were extremely delicious and very flavorful. Will definitely come back next time I'm in this part of town.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Decent food and decent portions. Got the pad Thai but wouldn’t recommend getting the chicken in it (was dry). The flavor was pretty strong. The duck soup was ok but the duck was a bit dry too.

Overall, ok food and decent portions.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

I really liked the tofu panang curry that I ordered. It was well prepared.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food were excellent ,taste as authentic thai food
recommend

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Loved the curry and papaya salad! Easy to park in the parking structure.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lower stars for the service, order wasn’t taken properly and the staff was not attending customers how they should be. Food was ok tasting, would have been better if the staff took the order properly. Will give another chance to see if things are different next time.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 2

We were so satisfied with our first-time delivery order, will definitely be back in the future and to eat-in! We ordered the beef pad see ew and chicken yellow curry - both were excellent flavor, good portions, and fair portions of protein.

Food: 5