Leela Thai - Santee

My husband and I ordered the sampler and drunken noodles to share. The food surpassed my expectations. Most surprisingly was the Tempura shrimp, I'm typically not a fan of seafood. However their shrimp was cooked to melt in your mouth perfection. We picked up in Santee and drove 15 minutes home, everything was still piping hot. Perhaps best of all, the servings were big enough for lunch tomorrow Service: Take out Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Drunken Noodles with Chicken, Fried Spring Rolls

Service was terrible when we got takeout. I placed an order directly from their site which I like to do because it gives the restaurant more money compared to sites that take a cut like DoorDash or GrubHub. After we place the order, it said it would be ready in approximately 30 minutes. When we got to the restaurant to pick up 40 minutes after placing the order, they said that they didn't have the order. We showed them the receipt and they said OK and started taking notes on what we had ordered. After a few minutes, they came back and said oh the order just came in. It'll be about 30 minutes now. We came back after 30 minutes and they said oh another 15 minutes. We came back in 15 minutes and they said almost ready. An hour after they took our order, which was an hour and a half, after we had actually ordered it online, it was ready. They didn't apologize even once throughout all the checking back in. I'm a pretty understanding person, and I would understand if they were slammed on a Saturday night, however, there were two parties which was a total of four people inside there. The people that got there when I was trying to get them to find my order ordered, got their food, and left before my takeout was ready. I only ordered 4 things. It's pretty crazy to wait an hour and a half for a take-out order. It's even crazier for them to not explain or apologize for why this would happen. I guess that's just how their service is normally since they didn't seem apologetic. We definitely won't be back no matter how good the food is. There's not really any take out that should take an hour and a half, especially when they told you half an hour. 0/10 just based on the service. Service: 1

Awesome pad thai and Avocado curry dishes were authentic and delicious!! Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Chicken Pad Thai, Avocado Curry

Unfortunately, they don't know how to do an egg drop soup anymore. I basically had a whole egg dropped in that was overpoached. Not appetizing at all, especially for $14. The broth itself was satisfactory. Their spring rolls, noodles, and curries are good. Service: Take out Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20 Food: 3 Service: 3

Food is pretty good. Don't even bother asking for some limes or any other condiments- they're super stingy when it comes to that. Thai tea is not very good at all.