Thai Tony- new south slope thai place...

carmen

Nick (7th ave bt 15-16) closed and low and behold a new thai place opened in the same location. I'm excited because Nick was next door to my apt and was open till 11, this place seems the same. I'm going to try it out for lunch today and will provide a full report.
Additionally, the japanese place going into the new Laila (sp) spot seems close to opening, although the people at Grab don't know when it's officially opening its doors. They've been working like crazy on it and it looks pretty ace from the outside, so we'll see. From what I can tell the people working on it are actually Japanese (as opposed to a lot of japanese places in the city/bk which are actually owned by koreans, in my experience.) Lets hope its not another sushi joint, but actually japanese food.


This has been your south slope food report. Over and out

filmlover44

Subject: Re: Thai Tony- new south slope thai place...

Carmen wrote: Nick (7th ave bt 15-16) closed and low and behold a new thai place opened in the same location. I'm excited because Nick was next door to my apt and was open till 11, this place seems the same. I'm going to try it out for lunch today and will provide a full report.
Additionally, the japanese place going into the new Laila (sp) spot seems close to opening, although the people at Grab don't know when it's officially opening its doors. They've been working like crazy on it and it looks pretty ace from the outside, so we'll see. From what I can tell the people working on it are actually Japanese (as opposed to a lot of japanese places in the city/bk which are actually owned by koreans, in my experience.) Lets hope its not another sushi joint, but actually japanese food.


This has been your south slope food report. Over and out

I'm not surprised that Nick closed. They had very odd hours and were never open when I wanted Thai food. They also did not deliver, so I hope that this new place (same owners? new owners?) does a little better.

carmen

^New owners, says the person I spoke to when they were doing some painting a few weeks ago. Its really kind of cute on the inside, nicer than Nick.
I liked Nick bc it was open late, although they cut their hours because biz was bad (they used to have lunch then stopped, then started opening later, then being closed weird days...)

mpmav1

I really did not like Nick personally... it was not good thai. I'm also very excited to give this new place a try tonight! PLEASE good Phai Thai.

meredithb

Hmmm, Thai Tony did have a place on Ft. Hamilton Parkway which was an odd location. I haven't been there in a while and I wonder if they just up and moved?

filmlover44

Carmen wrote: ^New owners, says the person I spoke to when they were doing some painting a few weeks ago. Its really kind of cute on the inside, nicer than Nick.
I liked Nick bc it was open late, although they cut their hours because biz was bad (they used to have lunch then stopped, then started opening later, then being closed weird days...)

Yeah, that was the problem. I used to like to run over there on weekends, and I don't think that he had his hours posted! He could have done better if he had delivered!

shishkab

yay! thanks for all the updates, carmen! +1

wtgirl

MeredithB wrote: Hmmm, Thai Tony did have a place on Ft. Hamilton Parkway which was an odd location. I haven't been there in a while and I wonder if they just up and moved?

HEY, they STILL have a location on Ft. Hamilton Parkway and we are happy to have them here! We are looking forward to another restaurant opening down here that we can support ENOUGH that they are able to open a second restaurant!

brooklynpotter

how come i walk by there almost daily and have no idea what "nick" is? was? where? huh?

simian_sam

brooklynpotter wrote: how come i walk by there almost daily and have no idea what "nick" is? was? where? huh?

It was in the space that used to house the Brawta Outpost. Would have much preferred to still have Brawta instead of more generic mediocre Thai food. :-/

stella

Not to hijack this post, but does anyone know what "Brawta" means?

The place is good, but it has pretty slow service, unfortunately.

meredithb

WTGirl wrote: [quote=MeredithB]Hmmm, Thai Tony did have a place on Ft. Hamilton Parkway which was an odd location. I haven't been there in a while and I wonder if they just up and moved?

HEY, they STILL have a location on Ft. Hamilton Parkway and we are happy to have them here! We are looking forward to another restaurant opening down here that we can support ENOUGH that they are able to open a second restaurant!

Very cool. I will have to stop by soon. I love an empty good restaurant!

smitty

It's really close to Watana Siam. Wonder how that will work out.

carmen

ok late update-
I did eat there Fri, the food was ok. I'm a pad thai freak, and it was not the worst I've had but not the best (a bit greasy) I'd say for pad thai it was about on point with Watana, which I'm not super thrilled with for that dish either. I'm planning on trying to massaman curry sometime this week, which I LOVE from Watana so I can make a better comparison.
To Tonys credit, the lunch special is reasonably priced ($6 for the main dish and a spring roll, another $1 for salad or soup) and the girl working the counter was super nice and gave me a free drink of either ginger iced tea or thai iced tea (I had ginger and it was really good.) The inside is cuter than Nick. I hope they do OK, it's nice having something that close to my apartment

filmlover44

Carmen wrote: ok late update-
I did eat there Fri, the food was ok. I'm a pad thai freak, and it was not the worst I've had but not the best (a bit greasy) I'd say for pad thai it was about on point with Watana, which I'm not super thrilled with for that dish either. I'm planning on trying to massaman curry sometime this week, which I LOVE from Watana so I can make a better comparison.
To Tonys credit, the lunch special is reasonably priced ($6 for the main dish and a spring roll, another $1 for salad or soup) and the girl working the counter was super nice and gave me a free drink of either ginger iced tea or thai iced tea (I had ginger and it was really good.) The inside is cuter than Nick. I hope they do OK, it's nice having something that close to my apartment

I lived in Thailand for a while as a child so what I think is good doesn't always match up with local tastes. The important question is do they deliver?

shishkab

filmlover44 wrote:
I lived in Thailand for a while as a child so what I think is good doesn't always match up with local tastes. The important question is do they deliver?

yep. a menu landed on my doorstep yesterday, and i plan to try them soon

8thandprez

We had pad thai from Thai Tony tonight and it was quite good. Can't beat it for a 10-minute-to-prepare take out order. Plus, the counter guy was super nice. We'll go back now that we live in the neighborhood.

raw

How is Thai Tony's $4.95 lunch special, how far do they deliver, and why don't they have any fresh, summer rolls on the menu?

How does Thai Tony compare to:
-Beet
-Lemongrass Grill
-Mango
-Rice
-Song
-Watana?

I'm not thrilled with Thai Taste's bland, small portions or Long Tan's deep fried menu or Lemongrass Grill's service.

-What's the deal with Thai Sky?

windowdressing

I eat the tofu pad se ew regularly and it's the best I've had in the neighborhood.