Jasmine Bistro - Port Angeles

I've been twice while visiting the area and the food is always so delicious. Staff is friendly and knowledgeable. The area is a little small so bigger groups should try to make a reservation! Vegetables are cooked really well, not over or underdone and they don't play about their spice levels! If it's your first time getting Thai food, I highly recommend getting a pad Thai and a curry dish! Best of both worlds :

Tl;dr go here after hiking in Olympic NP and order seafood. I picked this place mostly for proximity in Port Angeles, not having super high expectations although their menu looked a little more interesting than the average Thai place. We ordered clams hot pot (spice level 2/3), Thai paella, and dungeness crab fried rice (both spice level 3/5). Confusing spice level scale, but the clams were a low medium and the rices were a high medium to me as an East (not Southeast) Asian with decent, not abnormally high spice tolerance. If you couldn 't tell, I 'm a big fan of seafood, and this place excelled in the freshness of their seafood. Delicious sauteed clams, unique paella rice flavors, tons of high quality picked crabmeat in the fried rice. Why not 5 stars: rhubarb margarita was fine but not exceptional, and they silently substituted broccoli for the listed snow peas in the crab fried rice. Good thing I was already loving the rest of the food because I despise broccoli.

Food: My favorite dish was the Spicy Basil Noodle, I love those wide noodles. If your spice tolerance is low, I would recommend asking for either a 1 or 0, we ordered a spice level 2 and it was a bit too spicy for our friends. I however loved it. The only complaint I had would be there wasn't a lot of veggies in the noodle dish or basil stir fry. The flavors are delicious though, and the basil really does come through. Absolutely demolished the crab fried rice. Service: friendly and attentive staff. If you're sitting outside, be prepared to wait a little but it's worth it. Ambiance: we sat outdoors, but from what we could tell it was nicely decorated.

The Pad Thai tasted good but I was disappointed with the lack of toppings and veggies, it was basically just saucy noodles.

Pet friendly outdoor seating. You can tell the menu is fusion with Thai and other cuisine. We had the Seafood Paella and Pad See Ew. It was so good. The paella comes with scallops, salmons, clams and mussels with curry flavor. The lady made sure our dog has water and umbrella to covered. Although we didn't sit inside but the inside looks cute. The menu for many other interesting items. I can't wait until our next visit.