Arches Thai

Came here after receiving a recommendation from a local. Stopped by during the week for lunch, but luckily came early as it got pretty busy. There are about 20 tables inside the restaurant. Walked in and host immediately greeted us and took us to the table. After scrolling the online menu, decided to start off with the Fresh Garden Roll and the Tom Kha soup. Both arrived quickly and looked great. The Fresh Garden Roll were wrapped perfectly, just like the picture. They were very fresh, crunchy, and flavorful. The Tom Kha soup was a little thin, but had overall good flavor. For the meal, ordered the Pad Thai and Green Curry. Both also arrived quickly, but were freshly made. I enjoyed how all the food was plated as they were visually appealing. Between the two, I preferred the Green Curry, but both were good. I asked for curry powder as you don't get a choice of spice levels and they weren't that spicy. After I added curry powder to the curry, it tasted better. The Pad Thai was also good, but needed a little bit of spice too. The favorite part of my meal was the desserts as they were outstanding. Ordered the Tempura Fried Banana and the Fried Ice Cream. Both were great, but I slightly favored the Tempura Fried Banana as it's hard to get a nice crust on the outside while keeping the banana a nice consistency. They did this perfectly and the ice cream was a nice cool opposite of the warm fried banana. The Fried Ice Cream was equally as good as it's also a hard dessert to make. Overall, good service, good food, and really good desserts. Surprisingly good Thai food in Moab.

Arches thai turned out to be the best dinner place during our trip. Order - pad thai with chicken, panang curry with chicken and curry noodles with tofu. All the dishes were really good. Our sever forgot to ask for spice level and then later adjusted with Chilli sauce and spice powder. Surprised to see enforced gratuity of 20% here. Overall Good service, delicious food, ample parking availability, clean restrooms.

Not sure why but there was only one person taking care of the entire restaurant (from hosting, to cleaning, to busing and taking care of the bills). The line extended outside the restaurant while there were many empty tables inside. As a result, the service was extremely slow and the quality was suffering. The food was decent however so kudos to the kitchen staff for churning out dishes after dishes. One friendly suggestion: increase your staff count during busy seasons such as memorial weekend?

We visited after our time in Arches NP, late afternoon for late lunch / early dinner. We were seated right away. It did take a slight longer than expected for someone to take our order based on the volume of people there. They did seem overwhelm for the amount of people there which in our opinion was not alot but again we are in the NY area and it's just a different culture here regarding pace. But they were really friendly and attentive after that. Food was flavorful and all there and great portions. Want to specifically shout out the Wonton Soup- best we ever had.