Reviews for Tamarind Asian Grill & Sushi

11/22/2014 - Julie
One of the menus smelled like rancid food. We should have taken that as a sign. There were four of us. We ordered three bottles of wine, before they found one that actually was in stock. Then the manager/owner tried to scam us by giving us a lesser-priced wine than the one we ordered. She actually put her hand over the part of the bottle she didn't want us to see, so we wouldn't notice. Also, we had ordered sake, to be delivered before the wine; it came to the table 20 minutes after the wine.
Sushi was terrible. Hand rolls the worst. Sushi rice was cold and pasty. Salmon skin fried. Seaweed soggy. Publix makes better sushi. Thai panang sauce was the worst we've ever had - and we've had Panang sauce hundreds of times. The tofu was fried and rubber-like. The menu said the panang sauce was thick. It was thin like water and so over-sweet that it tasted like some icky, artificial dessert. The waitress said there was broccoli in it; there was none. Appetizers didn't come out together, so two of them got cold, while we waited for the third and fourth to come out. Sixty seconds after we finally received all of our appetizers, one of the entrées was delivered. We sent it back....and they looked at us like they didn't understand why. Even the 'thai jasmine' rice was not jasmine - it was some cheap, overcooked substitute rice with no flavor or aroma.
And to top it all off, we were charged over $60 a person. Nothing was credited, when we voiced our issues.
The restaurant was almost empty, on a Saturday night at 7:30. No wonder.