Close Thais to Sushi

Thai House Café

Comments (0) By Jen Karetnick Thursday, Aug 19 1999

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Thai House Cafe & Sushi Bar

173 Sunny Isles Blvd.
Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160-4206

Category: Restaurant > Asian

Region: Aventura/North Miami Beach

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Thai House II Restaurant and O-Shin Japanese Sushi

2250 NE 163rd St.
Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160

Category: Restaurant > Japanese

Region: Aventura/North Miami Beach

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Lunch and dinner daily from 11:30 a.m. till 10:00 p.m.

171 Sunny Isles Blvd, North Miami Beach; 305-956-3909.

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Not all the Japanese food rated and all the Thai fare failed, however. Teriyaki steak, an entrée, was served at a ruined well-done rather than the medium-rare that I ordered. And the Thai sticks we had for dessert, lightly browned fried dough napped with a honey-sesame sauce, were delightful.

But for the most part, the perceptible care the kitchen and waitstaff take with the food just about matches the shabby décor. Thai House Café has been a number of different Thai and Japanese restaurants in the past, including the most recent, a Japanese "bistro" called Daidomon. Hence the sushi bar. But with each incarnation, the place just looks worse. There are so many nicks and cuts on the baseboards that I kept looking closer to see if the dark spots were bugs. A mural of the ocean on one wall looks newish, but the amateur styling makes the human figures in low-riding boats look like herds of cows. And it appears that Russmetes didn't even bother to print up menus for this venture: The lists, stained and disintegrating, were most likely taken straight from Thai House II. Even the take-out menus say Thai House II, with that restaurant's phone number and address on them. With so little regard paid to the details at Thai House Café, why should the public be expected to give any more attention?