text: Reviews for this place were really mixed so I thought I would take a chance Do not think I will be backnnVientiane Palace bills itself as LaoThai food so the menu is different from your standard Thai restaurant which makes it interesting If you go here for a greasy gutbomb guilty pleasure you might be happy But I like my vegetables fresh and well seasoned not drowning in oil Seriously I think I might have heard them crying out for helpnnI asked to get my food spicy out of stars on their scale and it was decently spicy but I bet I could have withstood the extra hot If you like heat go for the stars On the other hand you could also do this at home I tend to suspect that the reviewer was right who claimed this restaurant achieves its spice level by adding more siriracha saucennPortions also were not great for the price for two entrees Our half chili duck was actually delicious Greasy but well flavored However the container was at least half bones Our other dish curry squash with chicken had hardly any chickennnOnward in my quest for excellent Thai food in Madison