Thai Star NC Restaurant

Unfortunately, I have to write a somewhat negative review for what was once our go-to Thai place. We always order Volcano Chicken. It was homemade using real chicken with the sauce covering it. Their sister restaurant Thai Cafe also had the same dish. It was not the frozen sweet and sour chicken nuggets you get from their competitor a mile up the road or from every Chinese place in America. We haven't eaten here in months, but apparently they've gone the way of every other Americanized Thai and Chinese and also now use the cheap mass produced fried chicken nuggets and have the volcano chicken sauce on the side for dipping. I could have made that at home on my own. Everything was separated in the to-go Styrofoam box (they nixed the plastic containers apparently). The veggies were bland, the sauce was oily, the chicken portion was small for what we use to get. Sadly, we will not return again. Now I'm wondering if Thai Cafe also decided to cut costs and quality and ditched real chicken for frozen nuggets.

My go to spot

Stopped in for a quick lunch. Ordered spicy basil beef. It was tasty enough but sadly the meat was tough. Best to stick with chicken if you decide to give it a try.

I ordered on Door dash for the first time tonight and I was very happy with the flavors and portions and the freshness of the food.

Purely based on the food, this place deserves one star. Ordered the chicken pad thai, it was dry and the noodles were stuck together like one big rice cake. No taste at all. I even found a shrimp tail in my CHICKEN pad thai. Threw put the majority of the pad thai. I won't ever come back here again. Save yourself some time, go somewhere else.

Delicious. Had Khao Soi here for the first time and it was superb.

Great food and service. Best Thai food in town.