Flying Tiger Thai Restaurant

"Great addition to the local food scene! Both traditional and unique offerings available including something for peanut sauce lovers like me! Vanessa was a very kind waitress and took good care of us! Everything is made to order so be patient and enjoy the day!"

"Ambience, check. Been to this building before because it's been a few other, albeit different cuisine, dining establishments in the past decade. Enough parking, open entrance. They decorated with lights outside, booths as well as a patio available. Cultural kitschy adorns a few walls, good environment for conversations. Anyways nice to be able to hear each other. Service, check! We were greeted in from the cold as soon as possible. Our server, Vanessa, is the daughter to the owner and was awesome. Vivacious Vanessa was insensitive, honest when she did not know something; attentive, but made sure to let us know we were free to take our sweet time with our dining experience. Speaking of sweet, we started with the sweet Thai Teas, which came in Kodak moment gigantically tall vessels. Yummy teas were as good as they looked! Drinks and food, check! The best thing is that you could tell that even though everything came out reasonably quickly, it was definitely made to order. We ordered 3 share items. Fried Avocado, while not very Thai, came out toasty and delicious with a spicy mayonnaise. Five to the order. Fried tofu were a little plain, but that's why it came paired with a great sweet + sour sauce. The triangles were a little toasty for the first few seconds, then melted into your mouth! Tom Yum Soup comes with your preference heat level from 1-5. We chose a 1. Added the shrimp. There were about 3 shrimp for the extra charge, honestly a little rubbery, soup was a little lukewarm, but the spices were on point! The entrees we selected were the Pa Woon Sen, the Thai Fried Rice, and the Yellow Curry. With barbeque pork heat level 1, chicken heat level 3, and barbeque pork again but the heat level 3, respectively. Noodles were cooked well; I know how easy it is to get those potato starch noodles mushy in a hurry! Seasoning was excellent and flavorfully tossed in with bean sprouts, eggs, peas. Thai Fried Rice was again tasty, basic with eggs, onions, peas but flavorful. High heat factor. Yellow Curry was definitely a mild heat level, with potatoes and carrots, missing some greens! They know their Thai flavors well here, the seasoning was on point again. Why missing the final star? I have to say the heat level was inconsistent, which might be very important to some serious Thai dining connoisseurs. The Yellow Curry, for example, was a 3 but had barely any heat, except one of us said he got a single spicy potato! Maybe the chili got stuck somewhere? We were commenting we could smell the spiciness from the Thai Fried Rice, in contrast to the curry, even though both were 3 heat levels. Was probably something like a 4 to 5. The Tom Yum Soup was a 1 but definitely had much more heat level and you could even eye the chili flakes. Also a 1, the Pad Woon Sen dish actually was the only dish that served like it was accurately prepared matching the heat level customization, with very mild spices. Other than that, the actual seasoning flavors for everything were marvelous. Maybe have to return to see whether the spice levels were an honest mistake, because even if they were, minor complaint from me!"

"I noticed this place on Google maps, and thinking I had tried nearly every Thai restaurant in town, I immediately browsed the few reviews that existed. A photo of the beef pad see ewe caught my attention and looked very promising. The menu had the basic Thai entrees, while offering a few new items I had not seen at other places, but once seated and browsing the menu, the garlic noodles caught my attention. I normally rank Thai restaurants by their beef pad Thai, and being this was my first visit I was hesitant to order something else, but we decided to skipped the pad Thai, and instead share some beef pad see ewe and garlic noodles. The food arrived after a short wait, maybe a little more than 10 minutes, and everything looked great. The portion of pad see ewe was large, and the amount of beef on the garlic noodles was very generous. We both took a few spoonful's of each and took our first taste. The pad see ewe was a bit different, but not odd. I've had similar pad see ewe at what was once named "The best Thai restaurant in America" Lotus of Siam in Las Vegas. Their pad see ewe had this same distinct seasoning, and after talking to that restaurant, was told they import their spices from abroad. The noodles were coated in a powdery like seasoning that leaves them a bit gritty, but gives them this flavor. The flavor while decent, was lacking something, the main problem with the pad see ewe was that the noodles were clumping together. The garlic noodles were pretty good, but the garlic had a little bit of an odd flavor. The bowl was layered with noodles on top of large lettuce leaf's, and topped with beef. The whole dish didnt taste like fresh pressed or diced garlic, but more like a garlic powder or maybe some kind of garlic paste. I wasn't sure what it was, but the flavor I feel, could have been better. I would give the pad see ewe a 7.5/10 and the garlic noodles a 7/10. The staff was very friendly, we spoke with them for a few minutes, and service was good. Food was fresh, portions were large, and prices were fair."

"Savory, fresh and generous portions! I’ve found that most Thai food places in SA are mediocre with tiny portions. This place is a hidden gem that is far from mediocre. We ordered tom yum soup, summer rolls, pad thai and cashew rice dish. Wow! The soup was perfect; fresh mushrooms, tofu, tomatoes! The summer rolls were stuffed with shrimp, imitation crab, noodles, mint and lettuce with a yummy peanut sauce. The pad thai was tangy and delicious and the cashew chicken had a healthy portion of vegetables with perfectly toasted cashews. The server/owner was very kind and communicative! We will for sure be back and highly recommend!"

"Today, Yelp popped up recommending @flyingtigerthaicastlehills. We decided to check it out for dinner, and we're so glad we did. Dad had Lemonade, I had Jasmine Tea, and hubby had the Sweet Thai Iced Tea. You're welcome to BYOB, and there's no corkage fee. We had the Shrimp Pad Thai, Shrimp Coconut Curry, and Thai Fried Rice with BBQ pork. Dad and I can't take it spicy yet the food was full of flavor! The only bummer thing is that this place is not closer to home to order delivery. Jeff was a great server, and we got to meet Pong, chef and owner. She's originally from Chon Buri, Thailand, and there's lots of love in her food. Lunch dine-in specials are only $10! Run to this place and try them out! We missed getting the Mango with sticky rice, so we have to go back."