Reviews for Sabai in Richmond, VA
We had to be in Richmond for an appointment so we decided to grab dinner while we were out there. And, if you follow me, you... know Thai is my favorite. ???????????? Small menu (for a Thai restaurant), and the staff we encountered were not what I expectof a Thai place (nor was the music for that matter), but the outdoor patio was lovely. So very pretty and authentic feeling. Iforgot to take a picture of the menu and, we ate there two weeks ago so ICR what we ate (???????), but it was delicious. Myboyfriend and I shared a meal as we often do, and there was plenty for us both. Read more
I dined in here 2 weeks ago for a Friday happy hour with a friend. I was able to get parking beside the building and it wasn?t... too busy when I first arrived (around 5:20). I truly enjoyed my food, the dumplings were great and my KAO PAD KI MAEW portionwas hefty. I also ordered the meat spring rolls but it didn?t seem like there was l much meat inside of them but when I asked myserver she assured me they weee correct. There was so much flavor to each dish that I doubt anyone would be disappointed by ameal here. If I?d had known it was going to be that much food I wouldn?t have ordered a second one to-go for my boyfriend. Thereason for 3 stars instead of 5 was due to a billing/service issue. My friend attempted to order the Satay that?s listed on theHH menu online but our server told us that wasn?t I closed in HH, so confirm before ordering. My friend and I both ordered twiceduring happy hour and when our bill came the second portion wasn?t priced as such. When we let our server know she tried to tellus that was ?impossible? because the computer doesn?t let them put anything in past 6pm (happy hour end time). We let her knowthat it was placed before then because we were looking at the happy hour menu online and after she had taken our second round ofhappy hour orders the server behind us had told another party happy hour was over at 5:59pm. A manager (I think) came to usshortly after this and tried to explain the same thing to us and we let her know what happened also. She looked a bit annoyedand ended up taking our checks without letting us know of any resolution. Our server came about 5 mins later and told us themanager? was correcting it and tended to other parties. When she brought the checks out my check still had an incorrect item sothe server took it back to get fixed. Each time she left and came back was about 5-7 minutes. When the checks were finallycorrect and brought to us it took our server at least another 10 minutes to get them back to us. Read more
I love the decor and vibe of this Thai restaurant. I loved all the plants! The hanging benches were unique, but a bit... precarious. The food was yummy, as well. The portions were HUGE! Each entree were at least enough for two people, if not three.Lots of leftovers, which isn?t a bad thing. Read more
One of the best places I?ve eaten in Richmond, VA. If you haven?t been it is a must try. The service every time I?ve been there... is incredible. The food is picture perfect, shareable portions, and absolutely delicious. If you love Thai food or wanting totry something new. This place has it. Bonus. Specialty cocktail list is amazing as well. Read more
I ordered takeout here as I had read about it in foodieflashpacker. My order took about 30 minutes to prepare. The restaurant... was crowded when I arrived to pickup on Thursday. The three entrees ordered were the pad se ew chicken, pad krapow pork, and Kiasoi gai. All dishes were very different and went very well together. These dishes were shared among two people with enough forlunch the next day. The koa soi gai was wonderfully fragrant and I like anything I had eaten before. The pad krapow waswell-spiced with mild heat, but mostly spice flavor, with delicious Thai basil. I used the sauce of this dish to flavor the padse ew, which met expectations but felt low flavor by comparison to the other dishes and may be better for those without tolerance to spice flavor. Overall everything was delicious. I only wish there was a generic tofu option that would not costadditional as I am accustomed to tofu not costing more than chicken or pork. The street front entrance is not wheel chairaccessible. Read more
Awesome thai food served here. We had pork skewer, papaya salad, curry and pad thai. They were very generously portioned tasty.... The salad is a little spicy. Watch out! ;) Read more
Update: I came back to experience a meal. Long story short. We ordered appetizer s and entrees. Our appetizer came out and then... nothing. We waited while other people around us where served. People who came in after us. A manager came by and asked us if wewere ok. I said we are waiting for our food. She looked at us and Moved on. It wasnt until I grabbed another waiter who wasbringing food for someone who sat maybe 20 minutes after us to say could you get our waiter that we saw our waiter again he saidthe food was coming but again it took forever. After all of that you would think they would have done something for us becauseof the wait. Nope. Now the food was Delicious huge portions . I had 3 meals off what they provided. I would definitely go backbut they definitely need to work on customer service. I am looking forward to returning to have a meal. We had calamari and thepork appetizer to coat the stomach before drinking at the Jungle room located outside and behind the restaurant. Our service waseh. The food was good though. Read more
The atmosphere and ambiance was nice. It's a bit dark but it was comfortable. We were able to make reservations ahead of time... and were seated right away. We were very disappointed with the drunken noodle and Pad Thai. The Pad Thai noodles wereundercooked. The drunken noodle flavors were a bit off from what we're used to, it was also very saucy. We ordered fried fishbut it was just doused in the spicy sweet sauce, you couldn't taste anything else. The appetizers were more of a favorite. Weenjoyed the crispy pork and fish cakes. We did wish the papaya salad was spicier, we were warned about the spiciness whenordering. Read more