Crystal Thai Restaurant
| Address: | 9191 Reisterstown Rd, Owings Mills, MD 21117, USA |
| Phone: | +1 410-581-0444 |
| Site: | mycrystalthai.net |
| Rating: | 3.8 |
| Working: | 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–10PM 12–10PM 4–9PM |
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Miss Jools
I have never written a review like this before. We ate here last night.... 6:00 pm on a Friday night and we were the only people in the restaurant. We ordered Calamari Appetizer. It took 30 minutes,,, but no big deal. The batter was great but neither of us could chew the calamari so we had a plate of what resembled chewed up rubber bands. I had spring rolls that were SO GREASY through and through that I could not eat them. I tried. I tried to soak up the oil but it was all the way through to the cabbage. The cabbage was dripping with oil. Hubby said the fryer probably was not hot enough. I didnt complain. I dont like to send food back. I had WonTon Soup that looked and tasted like what is left over in the kitchen sink after you do the dishes. I tried hard to eat it because I was so hungry! My palette was NOT cooperating. My husband ordered a noodle chicken dish and discussed the HEAT factor with the waiter. He told us that on a scale of 1-5 it was a 1 (one). After a few bites my husband drank his entire drink and mine. His face looked like he was going to have a heart attack. I took a tiny noodle and put it on my tongue. Big mistake. We had no more to drink. Thankfully I had a diet pepsi in my bag. The waiter never returned so I grabbed that soda and filled his empty glass up. At the point I was hungry, pissed off because we were the ONLY ones in the place and couldnt even get water! My tongue was on fire and I was only imagining what my husband was going through. I just kept telling him I was SO SORRY ( I picked the restaurant) I looked down at my food. Everything was picked through. I ate the batter off my calamari and left a plate of bald squid! My soup was mushy noodles with cabbage floating in a cloud of yellow liquid. All I could taste was salt. And the spring rolls were starting to coagulate in their own oil. My husbands plate was 1/4 gone. I could see he was in pain. A guy who was not our waiter came over and I asked for the check. $45 and we were still hungry and needed water badly. We stopped at 7-11 on the way home and my husband bought ICE CREAM b/c he said he needed something COLD and MILKEY. This morning we have a funeral to attend. (My husbands aunt was struck and killed by a drunk driver). My husband has been up all night long with heart burn and Montezumas revenge. He has not slept at all. We wont be going to the funeral because its in PA and he wont be able to go without a bathroom every 30 minutes. I am off to WALLGREENS to buy Antacid and Imodium. I just wanted to document our experience. Upon leaving there were two people who were bringing back their TAKE OUT because it was not what they ordered. Of course under my breath I said "That is the Universe trying to spare you a very bad experience... RUN RUN RUN!
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A Private User
I ate drunken noodles. They were mediocre and not at all spicy. The menu had them labeled as spicy but they were bland. The Thai iced tea was not very good--watery. The worst was the sticky rice with mango which I ordered to go. The mango was so old that it was mushy and nearly rotten. It was brown on some edges. I am sure they had to cut rotting parts off of it in places to serve it to me. It was sliced very strangely in some places so I am sure there were rotten parts on it that they cut off. It was only a third or quarter of a mango instead of the about half I have always received before at Thai restaurants. The mango was so old that it was not even sweet anymore and it was flavorless. Green mangos are tart, ripe mangos are sweet and flavorful, old mangos that are near decomposition stage or in the early process of rotting stop being sweet because the sugars are even breaking down and the flavors are breaking down so it tastes like mushy nothing. It was in this latter stage. I cant even believe they served it to me. If I would have discovered that at the restaurant, I would have refused it. I guess that is why they put that mango in a to go order. Maybe they figured (correctly) that the customer wouldnt know until it was too late.
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Rich Coccoli
Ive had Thai food in 17 different states. This is possibly the worst Thai Ive ever had. I ordered Pad Prik King. 3/4 of the plate was filled with over-cooked string beans. There were a few pieces of overcooked chicken and a couple peppers. It is usually the waitresses duty to check a couple of minutes after youve been server to see if the food is being enjoyed. She of course skipped that step. I ate a few pieces of chicken (since I was hungry) and asked for the check. I will never return..
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Thea Siozon
Went out of our way to come here only to find out that they wouldnt be opening till 2pm today, no warning on the website or anything. so we waited for an hour and when 2 came they were still closed with no people in sight so we waited an extra 30 mins and finally just left. It is without a doubt that We will not be coming back here again as I have already wasted so much time. Very unprofessional.
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Jen G
I wouldnt rate this place too highly. I have had much better thai food in the area, and this one is quite pricy in comparison. Fried calamari appetizer was overcooked, as were the chicken and pork in the entrees. They did have good pad thai and chicken satay, but other entrees (pad see ew, ginger pork, garlic shrimp) were bland and lackluster. The plain rice was by far the best thing ordered. :/
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Josh Brenner
I had the pineapple chicken today 7/15/2010 and I was in heaven. It was incredible, the best meal Ive eaten in a month! The restaurant is nice enough, the service just okay, young guy in flip flops (took about 10 minutes for my food to come out which was fine) . . . but Im not going for a $7 lunch lunch special and expecting a white table cloth experience. Really really good food.
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Zack S
First time having Thai and the food here was pretty good! I ordered the L12 special, Drunken Noodle (Pad Kee Mao) with chicken. Perfect serving size, and I still had a little bit left to take home. Waitress couldve checked on us once or twice more, as I was waiting a little while for a refill as I ate my meal. All in all, this is definitely a spot you should check out.
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Spenser Villwock
Ordered three entrees and a bowl of soup for take out at 4:30pm on a Sunday. They said 30minutes. Arrived at 35minutes and told that they still need to prepare two entrees for our order. The restaurant was empty. No one else waiting. If possible to give zero stars, I would.
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Lucas Wright
It was some or the best thai food i have ever had. i had some kind of yellow curry, cant remember what is was called but the waiter always knows what Im talking about. It was great. the service was fine nothing special, but the food made up for everything and more.
