#Magic Kitchen - Thai - Springfield, IL - Reviews - Photos

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Love this place!

We cam at a recommendation from a bartender at another bar, she was right!

The Bumee soup was to die for and I loved the chili paste chicken and the white pepper pork.  I often have them add an order of mixed vegetables to my food because although the flavors are wonderful, it s a lot of just rice and meat dishes.

We briefly (a little over a year) lived in Springfield, IL six years ago, but we ve always had fond memories of Magic Kitchen.  The green curry chicken was to DIE for, and my husband craved their pad Thai long after we left.  We returned to Springfield this past week-end to visit family, and to re-visit our favorite restaurants in the area,  Magic Kitchen being one of them.

To say it was a disappointment would be a HUGE understatement.  Every single aspect of our meal was horrible.  We walked in the door and had no idea whether we were intended to wait for a hostess, or to seat ourselves. Since there was no sign and no sign of a hostess, we made our way to a table.  We waited only briefly before a very awkward, uncomfortable server showed up to take our drink orders and leave menus for us.  My husband decided to shake things up a bit and order the Three-Flavor fish; I ordered my favorite, green curry chicken, and my mother-in-law ordered cashew chicken.

As soon as our food arrived, I knew something was drastically wrong.  My green curry chicken bore no resemblance to the dish I remembered; a sweet, spicy delight in a creamy sauce served over rice.  Instead, I was served a dry dish consisting mainly of bamboo shoots and tiny slivers of chicken coated in green curry paste and served over rice.  There was no sauce; the dish was extremely dry.  My husband s three-flavor fish consisted of a few chunks of EXTREMELY pungent fish in a strange sweet and sour sauce served over rice.  My MIL s cashew chicken had no discernible traces of chicken, and precious few cashews.  I took two bites of mine, then set it aside.  My husband and MIL powered through and ate most of their meals.

I m ashamed to admit that none of us felt comfortable in telling our server, Look. this  is horrible.  I d like to order something that you know to be edible, or you can remove my entree from the bill.  But no. my husband paid for our meal and we went on our merry way, stopping at Taco Bell to get something for me to eat.

Since we no longer live there, I have no idea what happened to this place.  New ownership?  New chef?  All I know is that we will never, ever, EVER go back, and I would strongly discourage anyone from trying this restaurant if they have a craving for Thai food.

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