I moved to Providence a week ago and wanted to try out some thai food here. After reading the reviews I went to this Sadawee Thai restaurant with a couple of my friends. First of all, its a small and crowded seating room. You are almost sitting few inches away from the next table. Not a good idea if you feel claustrophobic. We ordered our respective dishes. They placed the water on the table in the beginning, however we had to remind them again and again to get the dish as it was 30 mins late. After that started the poor service of the waiters. They did not refill water even after asking thrice. My friend asked for a sauce which they also forgot (The service size was so very small for the price). When we were about to leave the waiter placed the bill on the table and was standing over to see how much tip I was going to add. I added about 12% tip as I was not happy with the service and left. Now the MOST SHOCKING part-- I with my friends had almost walked 1 blck away and the waiter came running after me and asked to increase the tip as the minimum tip should be 20%. I was very shocked and embarrassed in front of my friends. I had to tell him that the service is poor, but he still insisted and argued that 20% tip is minimum in providence and started pointing the bill and pen towards me to modify. I had to increase the tip as I was new in Providence and wasnt sure if it so (I checked online later and found that it wasnt so). I would say that this is the worst restaurant (food + service) that I have ever been to and would never ever go there again!!
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