text: My wife and I are from the Detroit area and are used to award winning Thai food Since moving to Charlotte we had yet to find a good Thai place We got some carry out tonight and after paying for small to average size portions I figuredhoped that the food would be worth the price I really wanted it to be great Not even closennI ordered one of the signature dishes Thai Lover and asked for it to be spiced HOT What I got was a bland Masaman sauce with zero heat whatsoever The vegetables were soggy and did not seem fresh The chicken and shrimp were underwhelming as well nnMy wife got the broccoli w tofu We sautue fresh broccoli weekly in our house and know what fresh broccoli iswhat she got was small dark little shrubs of broccoli with little to no crunch The brown sauce was basically a very salty soy sauce which made every bite a salty letdown The tofu was cooked decently but was mushy inside nnI called them back after a few bites just to politely discuss the matter I was told by a manager that all produce is selected daily and prepared and all sauces are made in house She hesitantly offered to make us something else but we saw little to no hope that this place can actually produce authentic Thai dishes so we declined I stated that we would appreciate a refund and would be happy to return the food I was told that she would speak to the owner and call me back after dinner rush PMno call Not surprised This food was MAYBE worth per dishnnNeedless to say one and done with Thai First Bistro