Tin Drum Asiacafé

The only thing that keeps this place from getting five stars is the service. The food is great. But it can take as much as 25 to 30 minutes to get your food during normal lunch time. Not many folks can wait that long so they just go on by to another place.
Slow slow slow.

Closes at 9, not 10 as listed on Saturday which was very disappointing. There were also clearly people still inside (arrived at about 9:10).

1^st time ever eating at Tin Drum. I went on the safe/​basic side and got the sesame chicken, which was great! no need to even add soy sauce with your white rice because there is already a sauce beneath the rice! the crew was really nice and everything was clean. I’d definitely come back after some shopping

I went here before a movie to grab some dinner. I have been to other locations and it’s fine for what it is, Americanized Asian fusion, but this location is terrible.
The staff: The guy taking orders who also brought out our food acted like we were imposing on him by being there. He was grumpy and acted like he didn’t want to be there. The other staff members seemed to act the same way.
The food: I ordered the Kickin’ Kimchi Steak Bowl which is supposed to be spicy. It was not spicy AT ALL. It was bland and boring. And there was maybe two small pieces of kimchi in the whole thing and about six pieces of steak. Sad.
My friend ordered the massaman curry. It looked like a bowl of peanut butter soup and he said it was pretty bland as well.
Cleanliness: Could have been better. We were there early, around 5:30, so it’s not like they were busy, but everything seemed to need to be wiped down. Also, they might want to think about fixing the employees must wash hands sign in the men’s room as some prankster has changed it to say Employees Must Wash Anus but the picture my friend showed me was good for a laugh.

I come and get take out only a few times but I would say that they are very mediocre. The first time there was a very bad communication barrier between the worker and I. I ended up getting something that I didn’t want. And the second time, the person that took my order was giving another customer the googly eyes so much, that he also put in the wrong order for me. The food is mediocre as well.

Tried it for the first time and I didn’t like it. It’s nice they give you a lot of food as the prices are around $ 7 – 8, but the taste just isn’t good.
I got the Pad Thai. The noodles left at dry and weird aftertaste, and the chicken lost flavor. Only a ton of Sriracha sauce made it edible.
My brother got the Basil something, he had similar comments. I tried a bite of my friends Panang curry and thought it wasn’t bad but still not great.
The service was slow and a little rude. They charged us for water cups?! That’s a little unprofessional.
Anyway, good if you need a lot of Asian food quick and decently cheap. Bad otherwise.

The staff at this location are rude I don’t think I will be back here at all. Am sure the food will be bad also. Come to the place didn’t say high or anything just plan rude and it was my friend first time coming here

Interesting menu… Great outside eating area… Love love the thai tea… Friendly staff…

I like Tin-​drum in general for my Thai curry fix, but the Tech Square location is way better than this one. The staff are not very friendly. Food was fine, probably slightly less good than Tech Square.
However, the perk for this location is the two entrees and sprint roll for $ 15. A good deal for a grad student!

This place is a great easy stop for some yummy, affordable Thai (yes, Americanized, doesn’t mean it’s not tasty!) food. Sometimes it’s better than others, but it’s reliably good that sometimes I find myself going several times a week, even when I’d planned to eat at home. (I live in walking distance.) A friend tonight was also telling me she knows two people obsessed with this place. In my experience, the staff is always friendly and helpful, and they will learn your name and are nice. I think perhaps they are sometimes understaffed &/​or busy, which is the only time I ever have to wait, which is never unpleasantly long. (And truly, I am not a patient person.) Any time they have been out of something or had a wait, I’ve been offered something to make it up, which is good service. Good people, good food, good prices.

How do you offer brown rice on your menu but not have brown rice at 11:30? Did I miss something or is this a rice and noodle lunch place? Unreal.

Tin Drum Asiacafe is an Asian fusion chain in Atlanta. The review reflects on the Atlantic Station location. On the menu are several noodle dishes, including Pad Thai, curry dishes, and chicken dishes.
I’ve eaten at Tin Drum on Georgia Tech’s campus and here — and the experience here doesn’t match up to the one at Tech. The location feels a little less clean and less welcoming than the Tech location. Not exactly sure why this is. In general, Tin Drum dishes are very Americanized. This time, I ordered the Chicken Pad Woon Sen noodles. The dish was definitely on the salty side. Chicken pieces were chewy. Vegetables were okay.
I enjoy eating at the other Tin Drum location — just not the biggest fan of the one in Atlantic Station.

For Asian fast food, was very good. It’s not fine dining; it’s fast dining. Sesame chicken on brown rice with broccoli was tasty.

Tin Drum provides a clean and decent environment to come and enjoy a fairly nice Asian style dish.
The food is great, at least the Pad Thai is.
It is a little on the high end for what you get I believe.
The portions are fair. Big enough to fill you up but not so big that you fill over stuffed.
The meals came out fairly quick so if you need a decent meal fairly quickly without having to eat fast food then this is always a best bet.
Overall, I’m happy with my meal and experience!
P. S. The orange and mango juice is worth it!

So I ordered the Thai coconut soup and the Sing Chow Men Noodles. It was cooked with a yellow curry sauce, stir-​fry rice noodle, mushrooms, cabbage, carrots, onions, scallions, jalapenos, egg, and sautéed chicken. It definitely had a kick to it. I liked that, but was not satisfied with the dish. The noodles tasted like they could be cooked longer and the curry was a little grainy. I asked for a different dish instead.
There was no problem swapping it out. I ordered the Pad Woon Sen Noodle. It had stir-​fry clear rice noodle, mushrooms, carrots, cabbage, onions, scallions, bean sprouts, egg, and sautéed chicken. I really liked this dish. It was full of flavor and the noodles were excellent.
The Thai coconut soup was nice and warm. I enjoyed my meal.
Our meals were all served pretty quickly. The service was good. too.

Giving this place another try after falling sick last time. My sister ordered the Chicken Tikka Masala (her usual, she eats this once a week almost) and it came out and it tasted like it was drenched in salt. Vom. It was so horrible. Knowing what it usually tastes like, we ask them for another and the female register clerk talked back about how that’s how it’s supposed to taste instead of trying to work with me to get another. The male manager helped us out and let me order something else instead. He was nice, helpful, and quick. I know I’m not paying top dollar for food but I am paying for food, food I have certain expectations about and if it’s not good, as a consumer I have the right to send it back. Seriously disappointed by the sassy register clerk. Just be helpful. Not that hard.
Only adding another star for the manager who helped us.

You know, you are seriously A-​OK Tin Drum! In an asian food bind, I really did enjoy what you had to offer :)
For someone who lives in the area, I very rarely eat here… my badddd! Their menu consists of a gazillion things and I am like the most indecisive person every, so of course it took me 15min to order (I absolutely let everyone cut my in line until I was ready). I settled on the panang curry. The curry was a little on the thin side and too sweet, but had some pretty good flavors. the chicken was abundant and so were the veggies (though, I wouldve liked my veggies cooked a tad longer).
I also ordered take-​out and the turn around was SUPER FAST CAT (and complete with all the *correct* utensils and hot sauce)! I’ll definitely be back – likely for the basil fried rice that my friend @Sara L. is obsessedddddd with!

Food is delicious, that being said… service is soooo slow! And the employees seem like the most laid back people I’ve ever seen with no sense of urgency.
The Tin Drum Curry is the bomb is you don’t mind a little coconut taste. You can’t go wrong with any of the house dishes. I work in the area so I frequent it due to taste, just knowing I’m going to wait 20mins for it.
But for real… they have to speed up the service.

Unexpectedly decent lunch of drunken noodles. I say unexpected because of the relatively low rating Tin Drum has garnered so far. I was drawn to eat here by a coupon flyer and because of a rare visit to Atlantic Station (IMAX movie).
As it turned out, I didn’t even use the coupon because they are running a special on the drunken noodles.
Really nice balance of spices, including a bit of heat, perfectly cooked vegetables such as broccoli, tasty chicken bits, excellent noodles.
Space is nice enough for a semi-​fast meal and the service was efficient.

There’s limited seating, but it was pretty empty when we were there, so it wasn’t bad. The food was sooo good! And the portions were very satisfying. I left full and happy!

Tin Drum has changed so much in the past few years, at least in terms of menu. It’s always been a hodgepodge of various flavors in Asian cuisine — is it Chinese? Thai? vietnamese? Eh — sort of, I’d say Americanized Asian fusion is the best way to describe Tin Drum.
I stepped in the other day craving a few old favorites only to find that they’re no longer on the menu (bring back the drum rolls please!) — they’d been replaced by tacos. Tacos at an Asian (ish) restaurant? A little odd, but they feature traditional «Asian» flavors, so it’s not completely out of left field. In fact, I enjoyed them a lot more than I thought I would! For just under $ 2 each, the tacos are fairly sizeable and stuffed with rice, cabbage slaw, and they didn’t skimp on the meat protein (I chose the Teriyaki Chicken and Crispy Shrimp).
In addition to the tacos, I ordered an old standby — the crab and cheese egg rolls — standard, but so good. I also had an order of the ‘That Basil Roll’ — another old favorite — but they were not so good. They were made pretty poorly, it came apart in my hands and the wrap was borderline soggy; plus they forget the dipping sauce, which is the best part!
Overall, the service was decent — I was pretty impressed by how quickly my order was ready, but the prices have gone up a bit — For two tacos, and a few egg rolls, the total was $ 20 — I’d prefer spending that on Buford Highway!

After our nursing class finished with our tour at body worlds, my fiancée and I decided to try this place since it was right downstairs and it was something we couldn’t get in Dublin, GA. We have a motto when we go out, and it’s order something we can’t get in town. Needless to say, I was disappointed.
My friends in Houston always rave about «phở» and when I saw phở noodle soup on the menu, I got excited to finally try it. It reminded me something I could easily make at home. Boil up some vermicelli noodles in chicken/​beef broth and add some sliced steak and jalepenos. I see now from the reviews that I should have avoided this dish and tried the pad thai. Oh well. My fiancée got the mango stir fry, and it was pretty good. I’d recommend it, although it did come with like 2 cups of rice and only like 6 pieces of bite sized chicken. I think the best thing I liked here was the fresh ginger ale. I wanted to try the passion fruit tea as well, but they informed me that they no longer offered it. Sad face.
All in all, our two entrees and two drinks came out to a whopping $ 25. Next time I think I’ll head down to the frozen section in Kroger and heat up some Tai Pei for $ 1 per container.

It’s been nearly 5 years since I wrote my original review for Tin Drum Atlantic Station. I think this restaurant is accurately rated at around 3 stars. I occasionally get take-​out here since this place is close to my home.
The Tin Drum on 5^th St. was one of my favorite restaurants to eat at while going to school at Georgia Tech. I ate at the Tech Square location a lot, which I believe is also the original location. Tin Drum is Asian fast food. You aren’t going to find the most authentic dishes here, but you will find a good variety of Asian foods of OK quality.
I think the Thai dishes are some of their better dishes. Pricing is affordable at $ 7.49 to $ 7.99 for virtually all entrees. This is one of their strong points.
My favorite dishes are:
Pad Thai
Basil Fried Rice
Japanese Katsu Curry
The Pad Thai consists of noodles, egg, sauteed chicken breast, bean sprouts, green onions, carrots, and crushed peanuts. Tin Drum’s version is not bad and the chicken is fresh.
The Basil Fried Rice is a reliable standby. It comes with egg, sauteed chicken breast, basil, white onion, green beans, scallions, peas, and carrots, and stir-​fried in a savory brown sauce. Very good.
The Japanese Katsu Curry has panko-​crusted chicken breast in a yellow curry sauce with white onion, potatoes, carrots, and jalapenos. The curry is quite flavorful and hits the spot. This is a dense and hearty dish.
I used to like the Tin Drum Curry, which is a chicken curry dish with spinach and crushed peanuts. However, I’ve found this dish to be very inconsistent. Most of the times, it’s bland. Too much white rice and not enough other ingredients, namely curry.
I would stay away from the noodle soups. They used to have ramen on the menu, but not anymore. The phở is a joke. If you want real phở, go to Buford Highway or Norcross/​Duluth.
Relatively new on the menu are Asian street tacos. It’s nice to have that option. They’re about $ 3.00 to $ 3.50 per.
Service is generally good. They now have touchscreens so you can order yourself or you can order the traditional way at the register. Useless information: This is the one of the few restaurants I’ve encountered where the tip prints out on the final receipt.