The Similans Thai Eatery - Fairfax

I am a thai cuisine reviewer, i travel around NVA, DC, and MD trying the best thai food. I stopped at this place for dinner and was seated quickly and served efficiently. I ordered Tom Yum Shrimp, fried calamari and drunken noodles. The appetizers were excellent and tasty, The entree was not. I am disappointed to say that this place does not know how to make authentic drunken noodles. Their drunken noodles lacked spices and it was like i was eating a drunken noodle made by a rookie chef. I hope they do something about the drunken noodles as soon as possible.

This is the kind of spot you bring your out of town friends to when they want some delicious Thai food. I took one of my girlfriends here and we were both so pleasantly taken aback by the chill atmosphere, easy and attentive service and the amazing food. One thing I appreciate is that they don 't play about their spice. Thai spice is the HIGHEST level us mere mortals should attempt but not without warning. For truly terrifying individuals, there exists double Thai spicy. My advice is do not undertake anything in the Thai Spice realm without a Thai milk tea and upmost serious love and appreciation for spicy.Our recommendations are as follows:•Extreme Drunken Noodles (can 't go wrong with an Thai classic. Although next time, we will go the more authentic route with a dish from their Thai-licious menu) with beef.•Street wings (these sweet spicy wings were BOMB. We got medium spicy)•Thai Tea (this milky classic was a perfect addition to our hot dishes)The place was super clean, pleasant, not crowded at all on a Sunday afternoon/early evening. Staff were informative and attentive. It happened to be my birthday and they brought out an extra treat. I feel lucky to have found such a sweet spot!I eat hot Cheetos and usually get the spiciest dish on most menus. I was not afraid and I got Thai Spice for my entree. I have never had something so hot and it took me a few Thai teas to handle it. As someone who rarely sweats, I am happy to be perspiring for the first time. Next time however, I will be going with Hot instead of Thai spice lol. Can 't wait to come back again!

WHERE DO I EVEN START... the food was totally not worth it it was expensive and the taste and quality was horrible we ordered some crispy duck and it WASNT EVEN DUCK or CRISPY??? what a rip off the rest of the food wasn 't up to par either with how much it cost such a disappointed what happenuh???

First time at Similans. Waitress was very welcoming, and atmosphere was pleasant. My appetizer looked like a sample, with three small spring rolls. My meal was prepared fast, and tasty, but way overpriced for the amount you receive. The white rice was like two table spoons, and they charge you like $4 for extra rice, that should be free considering the $19.00 you payed for your meal, a meal that not only didn't fill me up, but was looking at wife's meal to help supplement me. I don't know if these Thai people are aware of this, but Americans like to eat a lot, and actually have left overs because the meal is too filling. Thank you for the tasty food, but unfortunately most of the Thai Restaurants I've visited over the years; have tasty food, but not enough, especially for the price. Sorry I will not return to any more Thai Restaurants.

Ordered the ginger entree with shrimp. It came with WAYYYYY too much ginger. Strips of it, chunks of it. WAY too much onion and not enough mushroom (which is what sold me on the dish in the first place). Portion was small, I noticed the rice container was smaller than other rice portions at other Thai places. Won’t be ordering again.