Reviews for Origin French Thai in Somerville, NJ
Stellar French-Thai fusion that might be the prime jewel of Somerville. We moved here from New York recently and Origin French... Thai is competitive with the best joints in Brooklyn, and is a notch above the average dinner menu. Fantastic monkfish withmushed potatoes and mushrooms, amazing salads, luxurious vegetarian spring rolls, fabulous Pad Thai. Subtle flavors, gorgeouspalate, comfortable dining areas, including outside. Bring your own bottle of wine (they can keep white wine chill). Read more
This place was good, I would order the jumbo shrimp grill again! The pad Thai was good, the chili sauce was lacking tho for a... Thai spot. I also found the escargot a tad bland and the sushi pizza was lacking for sure.. the curry massaman was delicious -perfect notes of curry and coconut. Our main server was great too. What turned me off is an expediter brought food and therewere empty plates which were crowding the table and when I asked her to remove them she was hostile, so much that even thesilverware fell from the plate. Other than that minor inconvenience it?s a nice ambiance and I?d return again Read more
Heads up! This place is BYOA (bring your own alcohol). They do mention this online, but I wasn't paying attention. Don't make... the mistake I did and ask for a drink menu only to have them tell you they don't serve alcohol. If you want alcohol but didn'tbring any, there is a liquor store just around the corner; a three minute walk. As for the restaurant, it was excellent! We wentfor our anniversary and weren't disappointed. Read more
We ordered the Red Curry with chicken and Crispy Duck with Tamarind sauce. Both dishes were so good and full of flavor. The... crispy duck is one of the best duck dishes I have found in Jersey. It tasted very fresh and it was nice that they prepare itboneless. Highly recommend this place! Read more
Vibes are really good at this restaurant. Super cute to eat in, but they do have outdoor seating as well. Service was not bad,... staff is very friendly. French onion soup is okay, could probably have skipped it. The pad thai was yummy! I like a wetter padthai, and this place did it well. In terms of spice, this place does a good job of having 5 (the spiciest option) be at a spotwhere you aren?t suffering but it still packs a good punch. Would probably get the noodle curry again and get a 4. I just wishthere were more noodles. Check it out if you?re in the area! Read more
The food was so yummy! The mussels appetizer tasted so good! The lamb was perfectly done. Only complaint is too dark and too... crowded. And kind of expensive. Read more
First - the street is blocked off from traffic, so only pedestrians are allowed - that's a great start. The ambiance in the... restaurant is great and the service was good. We had thd crab/shrimp spring roll appetizer and were really surprised and pleasedwith the presentation - the entire inside of the spring rolls (4 of them) were solid shrimp and crab! I could have made a mealwith just them. The other appetizer was the marinated seared tuna (5 pieces) with a salad? on the side which was also great.Dinner was Pad Thai which was one of the best I've had. Read more
Very friendly staff, great atmosphere, but unfortunately the Monkfish was dreadful. It looked sad on the plate and to say the... least? repulsing. For $30 you?d expect something better. Mashed potatoes were the only okay thing on the plate, and even thosewere covered by the nauseating scent of Monkfish along with the presence of the depressing onions lying dead on the side likeroadkill. Only descent thing about this dinner were the complimentary mints, bussin. But after all, I will give them a secondchance of redemption, stay tuned. Read more