text: Lotus of Siam gets a lot of attention for being rated the Thai restaurant in the YOUS But every time I try to go there there is either a line out the door or it is closed as happened yesterday I remembered hearing about Le Thai so I went there as a Plan B Now it is my new Plan AnnIm not really a Thai food snob I usually just order pad Thaiand as anyone who is read my other reviews knows I rate restaurants more based on their atmo than the food quality anyway You can get good food at the fcking grocery store If you are PAYING to eat out you want a cool atmo to make it worth your while RIGHTnnLe Thai has a very cool atmo It is cute and teenytiny so cute and teenytiny you almost expect it to start shooting ping pong balls out itswell you know About is in the front room and the other is in this really cool sort of beergardenish courtyardtype room VERY coolnnThe windows in the front room look out onto Fremont St East so depending on the time of day you can either watch winos and crackheads shuffling down the sidewalk or drunkass college girls stumbling out of Insert Coins across the street I recommend the early show the late show is old news Although one of my fave things about this joint is that it is open til LATE midnight during the week and am on weekendsnnI went here for lunch and had a bowl of tofu pad thai a on the spiciness scale of It was GREAT Pretty spicy but tolerable and I think it was around Good dealnnI am in the process of moving downtownso I will most definitely be comign here again