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$ - inexpensive
Thai
Vegan Thai
All vegan Thai cuisine.
They offer a buffet from 11:30 to 3:30 every day but Sunday.
The restaurant is two separated rooms each with about 6-8 tables. It's decorated with various Buddhist and Thai related pictures.
Added by Lindsay on Sep 23 03 (updated Mar 30 06)
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One of the worst vegan places I have ever dined at. I not only found my food bland but a bit sickening. The food was cold and when I asked for more water... the waitress never came back.
Terrible in every sense of the word
Great food in a pleasant environment. This is the only place I go for Thai food in the area and it's totally vegan. Parking is definitely a bonus. Never had a mediocre meal here - always fantastic.
The food at Araya's is awesome. I had the vegetable cakes, which are rice flour pancakes/dumplings stuffed with chinese leeks (smaller than the typical grocery store ones) and pan-fried. I also tried the avocado curry, which is green curry with avocado, peppers, tofu, and mock meat.
Both of these dishes were delicious. Sometimes Asian vegetarian food has a strong Buddhist influence, and it's too light for my taste. This is especially disappointing with Thai food, since I love the strong flavors in it. Araya's doesn't go this route, instead just preparing vegan variations of familiar (and some less familiar) Thai dishes.
I'll look forward to my next trip here.
Wow! This food was amazing! The spring rolls were the best I've ever had. I can't remember the name of my dinner--I just kind of randomly picked a dish--but it was really good. My husband ordered a green coconut curry and loved it.
You can order your food as spicy as you like, using a 1 to 5 scale. I ordered a 2, but the dish was spicier than most, so that was fairly hot. My husband's curry was ordered as a 3 and it was comparatively mild. Ask the server for guidance if you're not sure how spicy you want your food.
On top of the excellent food, the atmosphere was inviting with warm lighting and interesting Thai decorations throughout.
Yummy vegan thai restuarant we happened to stumble upon while visiting Seattle. Friendly people, tasty food, nice decor. They had vegan wontons and mock meats. Definately recommend.
This is my favorite restaurant in the Pacific NW. The buffet is delicious and extremely reasonable at $5.99, and goes from 11:30 to 3:30 every day but Sunday. From the menu, try the pumpkin curry or taro root a la bangkok. The leek cakes are also exceptionally good. Actually, everything on the menu is heavenly.
I want to comment about the service only. The food is pretty decent and for a vegetarian/vegan is dependable and consistent.
I have been to Araya's at least 6 times since I moved to the Seattle area in early 2007. I love the food, and always thought the service needed improvement.
This past weekend, the service was particularly bad. We were a group of 6 adults and 2 kids. We had the buffet and essentially there was no service, which usually means only serving water during a buffet. The fact that they couldn't re-serve water for an hour to a group of 8 ppl shows their commitment to consumers.
And finally, in paying for the buffet, they charged me for $9 for the 2 kids who hardly had one spring roll each. Fine, policy et al, I am willing to buy it. And on top of this, they add an 18% gratuity for the group! WHAT? For a buffet, and NO SERVICE? And on top of this, Ms. Araya's son is purely rude! Is is this customer service? Do you really care about your customers?
I think Araya's is at a stage where they are taking customers for granted and charging as they please. I am going to stay away from them.