Kao Gaeng - Darien

First time visitor to restaurant. Ordered food at 5:30pm and I was told 20 mins. Showed up 20 minutes later and was told they were swamped with orders so go and come back. Ok. Waited in car and went back in. The lady up front was completely frazzled. Their system of tracking orders and the kitchen is outdated. She brings 3 bags of food out and spend five minutes trying to match the bags with telephone numbers while 3 people are waiting. She disappears into the kitchen. She comes out while customers come and leave without ordering. Meanwhile my order did on the counter getting cold. Finally after an hour and 215 mins after opening the order, she comes out asks for my phone number and says Ah order is ready and hands me a bag sitting on the table and tells me I owe her $xx.xx. I hand her my credit card and she asked me if I need a receipt and she prints it for me and I leave. So what about the food? I ordered that classic Pad Thai so that I can compare the most commonly ordered that food we Americans are familiar with. I asked for spicy, it was meh. Flavor was ok but not the best Pad Thai I have had. That is the reason for my rating. Ok but not great. There are better Thai restaurants out there, but in a pinch this one will work. That 's my rating and I 'm sticking to it!

Love the food here! The pad krapao and the papaya salad are my favorites- SO good! Update from earlier I believe their default on the papaya salad is no or very little chili spice so you have to specify how hot you want it. We SO appreciate you!!! Ordering again tonight.

This small place in Darien has excellent food! Right now they are only open for take out. I order regularly and their food is always hot and tasty. They have some of the best Pad Thai I have had. Oh, and Joe says, To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

Pad see ew gets a 10/10. The pad Thai however was very disappointing. Coming from Asia, this doesn't taste authentic , the flavor itself wasn't bad but I've had better.

Pretty good food from Kao Gaeng. Our food was ready really quickly and we got it to go. We got the Pad See Ew which had a lot of flavor. The portion sizes weren't huge for the price, but it would be a good lunch size. There are lots of good options in the menu for everyone!