Tamarind

I just went last night and got amazing food. I am a strict vegetarian/vegan so I asked to make sure nothing had fish sauce that I was going to order and when I picked it up I tried it instore before I drove home. I can immediatly tell when somethint has fish/oyster and it was clean. I got panang curry which was good but tasted off to me... i couldn't finish it, just tasted a bit fishy. Pad see ew tofu vegan with no egg and crushed peanuts on top. This was amazing. The sauce was super flavorful and the noodles were slightly charred smoky like they should be. So good!

The location and outdoor signpost (“exotic Thai and asiatic eatery”) seem sketch, but the place itself is pretty cozy. If you’ve got absolute no spice tolerance like me, the curry with the minimum spice level is still kind of spicy. (It’s good, just be prepared to drink a lot of water and bring tissues!)

Traveling through Ithaca from Toronto and looking for something tasty and authentic and but casual to break up the road-trip food rut. The reviews convinced us to try it and admittedly from the outside and surroundings we had doubts but the food was EXCELLENT. Once inside, we learned that they had recently re-opened to dine-in and were short on help, but the owner was very kind and did a great job as we could see they were very busy with take out and did their best for the dine-in guests. We had the spicy basil (beef) and yellow curry (chicken) - both tender, juicy with generous and fresh veggies and perfect flavour/spice and the rice was perfect. This would be a regular spot for sure if we were local and we did notice the take out and dine-in guests were repeat clients. Glad we didn't judge this book by the cover!!