Thai Heaven is a new restaurant just across the city line on nearby Virginia Avenue.
Open for two months, Thai Heaven was more like Thai hell, cracked one of my friends. That kind of tells you where this review is going.
Located above the Landmark Diner, at 1155 Virginia Ave., Atlanta, the parking lot is large and easy to find a parking spot. The restaurant had comfortable seating to watch the planes take off from Hartsfield Jackson International Airport. The large patio would be a nice place to sit during the warmer months. Large bamboo sticks held up by sand is the most obvious decorative touch. The restaurant includes a sushi bar.
The waitress took our drinks quickly, along with our appetizer orders. She wrote them down, but then she started to ask questions and we repeated ourselves to make sure everyone got what they wanted: curry rolls; chicken satay, on left, with peanut sauce; and a Delta sushi roll, named for the nearby airline HQ.
And that's when the visit took a turn. We waited a long time for the drinks and the food. That's when the crack about Thai Hell was uttered. Eventually, the Thai iced tea was refreshing, the sweet coconut milk and tea combo. Beer drinkers with us were pleased to see Blue Moon, but they had to ask for the pint glass with the slice of orange.
The menu had a variety of Thai food. The foursome ordered yellow curry ($10.95); pad thai ($10.95)i; basil stir fry ($10.95) and the most original dish, pineapple fried rice ($13.95).
The pineapple fried rice, photo on the left, was a mixture of shrimp, cashews, chicken, rice, bits of pineapple. And it was served in a pineapple shell. It was well liked and not overly sweet.Like the pineapple fried rice, all the other dishes were tasty, with a nice aroma. The curry started sweet with the first bite and ended with a slight spicy flavor. The basil dish was rated with three spicy peppers and it delivered. The pad thai didn't have the peanut flavor that makes Thai food special.
Basil fried rice
The price matched the amount of food served. In fact, the pad thai and the yellow curry was enough to save half and take home for a later meal.
Overall, the consensus was that the meal was good and priced right. The service would be the only hurdle that would deter a return trip.
