Spice

I ate at or got take out from this restaurant at least 2 times a week when i was a student at NYU. the food is delicious and mostly consistent. if you are ordering out, order around 1-2pm because the food is most consistant after they make a few meals already. its a student fav because they give a free appetizer with your order for lunch. the atmosphere is often too crowded/suffocating because they're cramming too many tables into a tiny space. the waiters will come to you only once at the start of your meal to take orders. for anything else (like refilling your glass of water) you will have to flag them down. at lunch hours from 12:30-2pm you will have to wait 15 minutes or so. this is not a restaurant good for relaxing but the food is quality.

Spice, hands down, is my most favourite asain restaurant. The spices are incredibly tasty with just the right amount of everything. I have been going to spice for sometime now and yet to have had a bad experience in terms of the taste of the food. The only negative aspect I can think of is that they serve really small portions in beverages and rice. If you are a "healthy" eater like myself, it is always a good idea to order additional portions of rice. With that said, spice can be easily the best thai restaurant in New York City (haven't had thai food in any other city). Waiters and Waitresses I have encountered are very amiable and personable and that makes the atmosphere a whole lot better.

The delivery from spice is amazingly quick (don't run to the ATM after orderring, you'll miss them). The food is quite good, and the value is very high because their dishes are so inexpensive. The reviewer who commented that the phone service for take out orders is always too busy should realize that that's because there are a gazillion other people who are on to the value from Spice!

The decibel level was so loud, we had to lean in to the table and yell to hear each other. The sweet waitress had to lean over to hear our order. And we are talking 6 PM, midweek. The food seemed OK, nice portions and we tried two good sakes - but we didn't enjoy the experience. Won't be back. Too bad. One piece of carpet on that porthole wall would probably help.

Spice is trying to pass off their bland food for real Thai food which i think is unacceptable. Yes I know many ethnic restaurants dim down the heat of certain spices to accomodate to American taste, but you should not be taking them completely out!! gosh....also, my waiter did not seem knowledgeable at all when I asked him a question about a certain dish. he just sort of stammered and had to run back to the kitchen to find out. hey, i guess i shouldn't be expecting much from a chain restaurant....

The lunch special is about the best deal you'll get in the area. The food is great, but the delivery always takes too long, and the people on the phone are not very friendly. Still, the value is too good not to order from them again.

I haven't found a thai place I like better in the Village. I love the bangkok garlic and vegetables for dinner, and the lunch special is a great deal. Although usually crowded it is a great atmosphere inside, a really fun place to eat. However I strongly agree with what other people have said about the delivery, they will get at least one thing wrong, usually more. I also find it just doesn't taste as good when it's delivered.