text: Let me be clear up front that this restaurants food deserves the stars that so many give it It is great But restaurants are not just about food nnSiam Garden is a logistical nightmare A front of house that is only about square feet coupled with far too many topper tables seating parties of two translates into a very inefficient setup Plus there is only one employee in the front of house so she is serving as hostess waitress and cashier at the same time nnI arrived on a Tuesday for lunch at am I was meeting two friends over our lunch hour After a minute wait we were seated Our drinks came within another minutes and we placed our orders And then we waited At with still no food my friends asked to change their orders to to go At they had to leave without food The food came out at pm minutes after arrival I paid for all the food and left the restaurant at pm to deliver the food to my friends places of employment a total of minutes from the time I arrived From the looks of the crowd this was average for that lunch service There were a lot of frustrated people nnWhy stars Mainly because Siam Gardens hours are really lunchonly If you are a lunchonly restaurant and it takes someone minutes to get in and out that is not impressive Is the food good Yes undoubtedly but it makes little difference if the dining experience takes an hour and a half when you have only ahem a lunch hour