Tom and Toon
“This place had the right mix of food choices, excellent wait staff, great environment and the added bonus of live music.”
“Favorite dishes here are the T&T mac and cheese, the pad thai, and sweet & sour fish.”
“The service is attentive and fast, the food is delish and the express lunch is only $8 bucks.”
Tom and Toon
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
4 reviews
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I went to Tom and Toon for the lunch buffet that a number of folks touted on Yelp!, but, sadly, when I got there, I found they no longer had it. Very tragic, indeed, because I miss the Thai buffet I used to go to all of the time in North Carolina. At any rate, even though they no longer had the lunch buffet, my friends and I decided to stay and have one of their regular lunch specials instead. I ordered the Pad Thai, which tasted okay enough, but the serving size was very small. And, you know what that means–I was still way hungry after that meal. That is one of my biggest pet peeves (especially since I had saved up my hunger for a buffet that they no longer had). A friend of mine, David, who dined with us that day as well, also complained of the small portion size.
As for atmosphere, the inside of Tom and Toon is nice. Also, I hear they feature live cabaret style music at night. Maybe that's a better time to go, but I don't think I'll be returning any time soon for lunch… that is, unless they bring the buffet back!
Really people? This place didn't even come close to impressing me.
*Smelled of some sort of chemical or mildew
*Lunch menu veggie pad thai was not very good at all
*Spring rolls were good
*They were out of half of what was ordered at the table
*Waitress had a very hard time understanding what we were ordering and we ended up with an extra order of spring rolls which when we called out as a mistake, were told "too late"
*Four people ordering the lunch special and edamame (along with this extra order of spring rolls) came to $75 with tip
There is a keyboard in there that someone likely plays at some point or another. There is also a "People on Yelp Love Us" sticker in the window (Speaking of which, do business get to purchase those? Or are they awarded?), and we thought since the Thai place next door had closed down we might be in lucky. Unfortunately we weren't on the money there.
Do yourself a favor and walk over one or two more avenues for some authentic, inexpensive, kickbutt Thai food in HK.
Met some friends here for dinner on a Sat night. We were a party of 6 so we made a reservation. We were seated as soon as we arrived. There were several tables available but the place wasn't completely empty.
Our waiter came over promptly to take our drink orders and give us waters. There's a lot to choose from on the menu, but it's not too overwhelming as some large menus can be. A couple of the ladies are vegan and they had no problem finding good choices. There's also a $19.99 prix-fixe menu that comes with an appetizer, entree and dessert.
We started with the Veggie Summer Rolls (vermicelli noodle with cucumber, carrot, chive, lettuce and mint, served with sweet peanut sauce). They were very good. We all enjoyed them. There's a version with shrimp as well. Next I had the Tom Yum Pluk soup (vegetables with lime leaves and lemon grass in spicy and sour broth) which was good to the last drop and the Shrimp Pad Thai which I enjoyed as well. Some of the other dishes ordered were the Pad Si-Eew (choice of shrimp, chicken, beef or pork. sauteed broad noodle with broccoli, egg and dark soy sauce) which my friend really enjoyed and I tasted (yumm), a few more pad Thais and some large soups. Everyone enjoyed their meals.
At one point a gentleman started playing the base on the small stage up front and a woman started singing. It was quite lovely.
All in all a good experience.
Against my better judgment, I stopped by this spot which was close-by to a theater we were going to later in the evening. While I usually research my restaurants, I thought we'd just try-out this place. The food was okay…I had their Chicken Red Curry, which was just alright…there was some great flavor from the curry and fairly well seasoned chicken, but the onions and bamboo shoots tasted "off"…almost like plastic. The other odd thing about this spot is that Thai restaurants usually serve entrees with a fork and spoon, and it didn't really make sense to have a curry dish with a fork and knife, which is how all the tables were set.
It's a piano bar so you can hear some classical pop tunes in the background, which is definitely different.
I wouldn't necessarily recommend this restaurant unless you really wanted Thai food and couldn't find any other options in the area.