Sa-Wad-Dee Thai Restaurant

 

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Shagen M.

Meridian, ID

I really wanted to LOVE this place because of the other reviews I read on here.  I feel like I came in with high expectations because of what I read here.  However, I felt like the meal was just ok.  I don't think it was authentic at all.  It seemed more like Americanized Thai food.  The atmosphere was nice but also felt a little claustrophobic to me.  Also, they have a scale of like 1-10 for spiciness on their dishes.  I really love extremely spicy food and asked for a 10.  My dish was hardly spicy at all so I had to ask for additional chilies to spice it up more.  At a real Thai place that wouldn't have been an issue.  Overall it was good but not great.  Sorry!

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Nani V.

Sacramento, CA

OMG! I've never been to a Thai restaurant, until this past August. I went to visit my sister and her family in Meridian, ID. We all went to dinner at Sa-Wad-Dee. I wasn't too excited at first, because I wasn't sure what to order. The only thing I've ever eaten that was Thai, was Pad-Thai. We ordered quite a few dishes, I forgot what they were, but they were all yummy! Will definantly have to try more Thai dishes now.

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Brent S.

San Francisco, CA

I spent 12 days in Thailand on vacation. I got back, and for one day, I was sick of thai food. Then over the next week there were 3 times (in San Francisco and Seattle) when I decided I wanted thai food again, but I wasn't yet ready for the inevitable disappointment. Then after a week I found myself in Meridian, Idaho for work, and decided to go for it, since I knew my first thai meal would be disappointing anyway and Idaho thai food was already going to be bad, obviously (offensive). It turns out both of those assumptions were incorrect. I left quite happy.

The decor is very comforting and inviting. It holds together well. They have a big menu. I got an eggplant basil dish, pad see ew, and green tea, which came served in a ceramic elephant. I prefer drinking my green tea out of the trunk of a live elephant, but I was nonetheless satisfied. Both dishes came out relatively quickly, with great presentation. Delicious. The service was very nice, and if my server wasn't Thai, she was more Thai than your average server at, say, the Subway next door.

For dessert I would have ordered the rambutan stuffed with pineapple (impressive that they actually have rambutan, eh?), but I was too full. In a good way. Overall I definitely recommend it. One idea for improvement would be to have an available selection of spicy things on the table.

In conclusion, some highlights of the soundtrack to my meal included muzak versions of Killing Me Softly, Don't You Want Somebody To Love, Imagine, Is This Love, and Isn't She Lovely.

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