Sweet Tooth Cafe

Review only for their Thai Food.
Ordered
PAD Thai with chicken (7.95)
Spring rolls (small) (3.95)
Pad Thai — one of the worst pad thai’s I’ve ever had. They don’t use ketchup, nor tamarind (I think) for the noodle sauce. If they do use tamarind, I can hardly taste it. Portion was small, pad thai’s aren’t like chow Mein, so I do understand that for the same price, you’ll be getting less, but heck, at least increase the price of a couple of dollars so I get a bigger portion. I was still hungry walking out. There’s also way too much chopped peanuts that made the experience not very enjoyable. It was also not sweet enough.
Spring rolls — Major ripoff. There was no meat, only veggies. Further more, the size of the spring roll is HALF the size you usually get at dimsum or phở joints. Basically, I got one and a half of a regular sized spring roll for $ 4. Not impressed. The taste was OK, the sweet sauce was homemade, it was also Ok cause, once again, there’s way too much peanuts in the sauce.
Seems like the theme of sweet tooth is throw lots of chopped peanuts in everything.
I won’t be going again.

This little café that serves coffee and treats also makes amazing Thai food. I finally tried it after a friend said the food was really good and it was delicious. I tried the tofu curry and love it. Just the right amount of food too. Well worth the $ 9.95! A must try if you’re in the area.

I was outraged.
I came here with my significant other for lunch. I had been here once between 2010 and 2011 when the food was decent. This time around, before I ordered, I peeped into the kitchen, and saw the same mother/​chef cooking away, I felt safe. Thinking I could relive these memories and have decent Thai food I ordered without hesitation. Amongst the two of us we ordered a deep fried tofu salad, a pad gra prao (stir fried meat with basil, long beans, chili peppers) with ground chicken, fried egg with white rice, and #14 stir fried broad rice noodles.
After a good fifteen minutes of patient waiting our salad arrived. The fried tofu was the firm tofu blocks (available in most Asian super markets) cut into thin thumb-​size pieces and fried. They were extremely dry. My brother’s ugly toe nails would look better. The salad, which comprised of pre-​washed boxed greens, were randomly mixed with dried up celery ribs and green onions. The cross-​section of the celery ribs even formed a white barrier, revealing its visible dehydrated stems like enlarged pores on the face of hormone-​raged adolescents. The salad was a total fail.
Next came the #14. The plate came to the table like a used wet diaper. There were boneless chicken breast bits, cauliflower and broccoli florets, julienne bell peppers, white onions, mixed in with flat broad rice noodles with lumps sitting on a pool of gooey oily sauce. The portion was so small it was literally 5 bites. I had to go back to the kitchen and asked the mother/​chef if this was the «correct» portion. She responded saying this was indeed the «correct» portion serving 1 person. Fantastic, you charge me $ 7.95 for a plate of «food» which I can go to the food court and get at least twice the size with the same price. You can’t even feed ½ a person with that kind of food portion. Now if your food had excellent flavor, sure, but your didn’t have it either. The gooey sauce was a pure disgust. The flavor tasted like cheap expired generic soy sauce tainted with sprinkles of MSG. It was sickening greasy. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN VANCOUVER I HAD TO RINSE FOOD IN A CUP OF HOT WATER TO REMOVE THE GROSS TASTE AND OIL. Simon K. posted a photo of the cup that looked like broth, but it was merely nothing but a combination of hot water + grease + sluggish goo (cooked corn starch water).
The pad gra prao was a tad better but not by far. The chef didn’t even bother using the traditional long beans, instead, substituting with the regular beans. There was a little bit of a basil but mostly the food tasted like cheap soy sauce and not much of any authentic Thai flavor. I wonder if fish sauce was used, if any. Seriously my man can cook WAY BETTER pad gra prao by following Pok Pok’s recipe book.
The food was cooked terribly. The food portions are small. The bill came to around $ 30. There is zero value for dining here.
I left feeling cheated, and livid. You can’t even pay me to come back. The end.

It was a dark stormy day… screw it. it was not. but this experience afterwards could definitely count as a horror story for the tastebuds, and the day, when we stepped in was becoming sunny… that was only the weather unfortunately. Their have been some middle of the line reviews here, and since I am a part of this neighbourhood, this has always been on my radar to try… as my significant other has been here once upon a time… and said she had a pleasant ‘pad-​thai’ experience… we decided to not walk anymore after circling the block a few times (first choice was actually to go to Laksa King… big mistake). and since the car was close to here… and there was a nice Unilocal sticker on the door… this was our lunch option.
Let’s get the pleasant things out of the way first, this place is cute, wooden looking floor boards, old style chairs, small tables, local artwork hanging, a dual type of place, where it’s part coffee and pastry shop, part Thai restaurant… yes, like a Tim Horton’s and Wendy’s… it’s a weird combo! Our minds were set on the Pad Gra Pow, a personal craving, and also something that not many Thai restaurants in Vancouver make (it’s too bad we are limited in good Thai cuisine here). I let my signficant other make the call on our lunch orders while I snapped pictures, and enjoy the ambience, of this place with the sunlight coming in. She also added a spicy tofu dish, and an order of the Pad Kee Mao (I think this is what she ordered)… and the wait begins.
The woman who runs the kitchen, or how my dear says. the ‘mom’… started cooking, and you can see this from wherever you sit in this place. We were hungry, and excited to see what was going to come from this kitchen… The first to come was a small bowl… the spicy tofu, it was made like a small salad, where the tofu bits were deep fried, but still had a good chew, a good crunch from chopped celery, green and white onions, all mixed with this sweet chili sauce. it was an ok starter as the rest of the food was cooking.
The second dish that arrived at our table was the stir-​fried noodles (Pad Kee Mao… as it still could be the Lard Nah. from the menu description)… and I had to do a double take as to the size of this thing. Sure this was a single order for one, and for $ 9… I understand that you usually only ordering for yourself, and lucky for this restaurant you are dealing with two Chinese small appetites, but when my dear has to go question you on the size of the offering. there is a problem. and that’s before even putting this sludge in! Why am I calling it some greasy mess, cause I’ve cooked things that have looked better than what was presented. This thing looked like a soup dish more than stir fry, and this is coming from a kitchen that is charging you money? The scene that I saw right across from me, is my dear taking each bite and dipping it into the water that she was supposed to drink… to clean off the sauces, oil’s. unknown MSG’s… you should have seen what the water looked like afterwards… like some broth cooked over 24 hours. this is not something that should happen… let alone. rinsing your food (note: the last time I saw this was in China. due to over oily greens!).
The last dish (thank goodness) was the Pad Gra Pow… a mixture of chicken bits, onions, chili, fish sauce, served with rice, and a fried egg on top. I thought I was at Manchu Wok (yes. the foodcourt stall… for piss poor Chinese food) when I saw this… at least at a food court, I paid for what I got. and I didn’t pay that much! I have made this dish on many occassion… through internet recipes, and also doing it with the Pok Pok recipe (search if you do not know!!!) and if this is what I am getting served. I might as well open a restaurant. It was your Thai version of what Chinese called ‘chop-​suey’… nothing special.
I had to go back home and brush my teeth, as the aftertaste would not go away… my poor dear… she looked all angry from a bad experience. and who could blame her… $ 30. This was not it though… we had to pull over the side of the road later… as the after-​effects knocked us out… we had to nap on the side of the road… for almost an hour!
Take that Unilocal sticker away… I’ll bring the exacto-​knife and help you scrape that off the door… oh. my poor internal systems subjected to bad food!

Sweet Tooth is a cozy place to grab an almond milk latte and a takeaway breakfast bagel. They make the sandwiches to order, and sometimes only have one or two people on staff, so if there is a line be prepared to wait. It’s worth it if you have the extra 5 min though, they are fresh and delicious. (My Favorite so far is the spinach and feta.)
They have told me a few times now that the mayo is made in-​house with no preservatives, so I thought I’d share it with all of you hungry readers. Mayo. Give it a go.
The people who work there are completely lovely and make for a pleasant start to the day.

Nice menu choices. Everything from Breakfast to dinner options all for under $ 10.
All the coffee is organic and fair trade.
WiFi free
The toast that accompanied the omelette was very small but nice and grainy. My friend had the breakfast bagel. You have some toping choices like ham cheese tomato, bacon cheese tomato, spinach and feta and a few other items.

Just came in here to get some tea and other refreshment while waiting for a place down the way to open. But friendly, nice and anyone who plays the entirety of the Wall gets 4 stars no matter what!
Tea was good and other things looked interesting. Seemed like an interesting place with the mix of asian things and normal coffee/​tea house baked goods. Lots of people came in for ice cream while we listened to side two of The Wall.

Just a comfortable place to sit back, relax & chill for the day without worrying about anything. have these cute mini-​booth seating along the right side of the wall but only good for a couple. Several tables at the front.
Known more for its desserts, pastries, etc. but the menu board does offer sandwiches & breakfast. What’s even more peculiar is seeing another Thai food menu beneath, which piqued my curiosity. Saw that the chef looked Thai, so what the hey, the young server recommended the Pad Thai.
Good choice: a distinct, almost like a unique flavour of seasoning, with plenty of chopped peanuts, green onions, sprouts, so basically some good texture along with the chicken. And what a huge portion. for under $ 8!
Another star for having a patio at this busy intersection.
Plus they have A&W floats too. ;)