Thai Coconut - Ottawa

I have been ordering from this restaurant for years, and it definitely has the best Thai food in Ottawa.

I have visited this restaurant several times and I enjoy it a lot.

I decided to check out this restaurant for lunch on a whim one day and it turned out to be a great choice. I would have rated them 5 stars, but the lunch buffet was quite limited.

The only good thing about the place is the fish that listens to its owner and spins around in the fish tank, inside the restaurant......The set up for buffet was very shockingly disappointing for any restaurant of any standard, especially in Canada. There seemed to be no food safety measures in place.....food cold.....and worst part is that we went it at 2pm....if the buffet was closed, then don't serve us....we were offered a special price lower than the regular lunch rate, which was appreciated.....but when we picked up the food, it was not in any way Thai.....it tasted like a mix of Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine, with lots of nuts in couple of dishes....bland in all ways....not even close to any Thai cuisine, anywhere tried in all my travels across the globe.

The restaurant is tucked away on the side of the ground level of an apartment building. We came in for lunch at noon on a Monday. Some of the buffet items were low in quantity and rather fatigued. We did not find the food very tasty. There was an off smell to the restaurant itself and the place looked like it needed a new paint job.