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Seattle >Bars & Clubs > May Restaurant & Lounge
1612 N 45th St, Seattle, WA | Directions 9810347.661541 -122.338542
11:30 AM - 2:00AM Daily
Neighborhoods: Lake Union, Wallingford
Ignore negative reviews, May Restaurant is GOOD – I almost didn't visit May Restaurant because someone had written a negative review of it (unfortunately, the one featured in the short blurb that comes up when doing a Google search). What my wife and I experienced was the opposite of the negative review. The dishes we had--Larb Gai, Summer Fire and Lemongrass Chicken--were quite tasty. Nick, our waiter, was friendly, personable and prompt in serving us. And the atmosphere--a reconstructed restaurant from Thailand--was conducive to a very pleasant meal.
Wow – I drove by this place so many times and always wonder what the food is like. It reminds me of this temple in Thailand. I used to live there for 5 years, traveling to many places in Thailand and always love to try their local food. It has been 3 years since I left. I missed the food, because most Thai restarant around Seattle have Americanize food with American ingredients. I was a little sceptical about this place at first but decided to try it out anyways. I walked in and was stunned by how beautiful it looks from the inside as it looks outside. The server sat me down at a table by a window. I looked around before I even looked at the manu. The place looks like this traditional Thai house I used to live aboard while I was traveling outside the main cities, absolutly beautiful. I looked at the menu and see the price, Ouch! The items on the menu are the commond Thai food serves in any other Thai restaurant, with a few item that are different. I decided to have Gai Ho Bai Toey (appertizer) and Pad Thai (entree). I would have to say it was the best Thai Food I had ever have in America. There isn't really a word to discribe it. I understand Thai very well from living there for 5 years. The waitress are very polite and nice. Even when they talked among themselves. I over stuffed myself with Pad Thai. One trick I learn, Phad Thai is only good when you eat it fresh. When the bill came, I was more than happy to pay $25 including tip, for the testy food I devour.
THE WORST !!! – I'm a Seattle native and have eaten at almost every Thai restaurant in Seattle. I also lived in Thailand for 6 years. Thai food is my favorite cuisine. Trust me when I say that May Thai is THE WORST Thai restaurant in Seattle or surrounding areas. The food is HORRIBLE, the prices are CRAZY, and the "service" is insane how bad it is. Our waitress didn't even pretend to care. Check out reviews on other sites and you'll start to see the same things I'm saying in this review. Trust me, eat ANYWHERE but here !!!
Great Lounge Atmosphere, Snacks and Drinks! – So I've been to this place a few times now and have to say all of the reviews on this page are correct to a certain extent. The Main menu does seem to be overpriced, but the Happy hour menu (Described to us as an almost Thai Tapas Menu) is reasonable and tasty. The portions are not huge on either but there are some real gems in there. The lounge downstairs is an excellent place to relax with your friends, have a drink and listen to an eclectic mix of music. The Bartenders are friendly and make fantastic drinks which are reasonably affordable during their early and late happy hours. There was even Live Jazz which was amazingly good (I think this happens every Thursday night).
As far as the service, they seem to hire inexperienced Thai Girls with limited customer service experience upstairs. Very friendly, but not nearly as smooth as they should be for the price you pay. Downstairs the service is much better but you must be willing to accept the "lounge" atmosphere. I am, and am satisfied every time.
Pros: Drinks, Lounge, Atmosphere, Happy-Hour Menu.
Cons: Price, Inconsistant Entrees, Parking
No hospitality there.
Over priced, that's ok..... when it comes with service, but this place has opposite!
we got over charged on the bill which the server admits it was her fault, and tells us there is no way to fix it.
wrong item, cold food, over cooked food and rude service. i would never go back there.
Had good meal in the past, so very dissapointed, but it was just bad enough, we are not taking a risk to give them another chance.
Great Enviroment, Great Drink, Goodfood, – I was very impressed about the restaurant when I first came there. The building is fantastic.Very easy to recognize it buz it looks like a thai temple(outside).It has a lot of cute settings, including the folk and knife(server told me they bought from Thailand), heavy but nice.Restaurant does not have any bad smell(like old food), wood floor, open window, nice! About the Drink.Love Lychee Kazi, I think they have three different bartenders, love the two guys, they make great drink, mix the drinks really well, I can taste the sweet of lychee blend well with alcohol.The Girl bartender?She makes club drinks.(heavy alcohol taste & two separate taste). Heard that she is from NY, um, maybe that's why a lot drunk ppl at NY buz their bartender put hell lot of alcohol in the drinks! She even gave us an attitude one time.(She told us we CANNOT ORDER A DISH because we HAVE TO ORDER WHAT SHE THINKS IS GOOD!!!) Isn't that ridicules? When I first taste the drink she made and told her all I tasted is sweetness, she made me another drink and said, here is your drink WITH A LOT OF ALCOHOL IN IT. OMG, I paid $16 for two trash drinks! Yup, that's why I dislike her. BUT, anyway, about the food. I love the phad thai. Our server is very patient and polite to explain the history of phad thai in thailand, and some interesting stuff about phad thai. The noodle is soft and tasty, the vegetable is fresh and crispy, the sauce is great and the server make the spice level just right! We also order a salad and Tom Yum soup, and fresh vegetable roll. All tasty and fresh. I love everything in this restaurant. The price is higher than other restaurants. ($14 for a phad thai while others only charge you $7.00-$9.00) but you get better taste food and I love the much more in your phad thai(pay attention to the big, green vegetable on the side of phad thai, it tasts really good!) Will come back again on Friday to Sunday(cuz the horrible bartender is not working on those days. ^-^
Overpriced and overrated – Don't be fooled by the enticing exterior or the Seattle Times review. The food is overpriced and nothing you can't find at any other Thai restaurant and the service was the slowest I have seen in a while.
We arrived on a Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. to find the restaurant half full. We were led to a dark table in the back after the hostess had awkwardly convinced the two parties before us to just find their own seats downstairs. The menu looked interesting as we perused it for the next 15-20 minutes sipping on our luke warm water before anyone came to take our order. We ordered an appetizer of deep-fried corn and tofu cakes, the $24 seafood entree, and the "summer fire" with chicken. About 30 minutes later, our server informed us that due to a printer problem, our appetizer order had been lost. She assured us that she would do us the favor of taking it off our bill. We waited for another 30 minutes before our entrees began to arrive piecemeal. The first to arrive was the $24 seafood dish consisting of one skewer with two scallops, two skewers with two dry shrimp each, a small lump of pieces of overcooked grilled asparagas, one grilled cherry tomato, and some other unidentifiable blackened grilled vegetable. About 10 minutes later, we finally received our second entree, an average red curry with the standard basil, onion, baby corn, and bamboo shoots.
In short, you can find better Thai food in almost every neighborhood for half the price and you don't need to have a snack ahead of time to prepare for the wait.
Nice Facility – The food is very good - and so is the atmosphere. I would recommend for in house dining but not for take out. The containers are ill suited and get soggy in the process. Some of the dishes are over priced.
Pretentious atmosphere and bland food – I heard about the place and went there expecting something special. I wasn't impressed. The atmosphere was pretentious and the food was okay (the soup) but I also ordered a vegetable dish and it tasted like the vegetable had been cooked in fish oil. I don't mind fish but I don't want everything to taste like fish! When I saw a little six-legged "critter" scamper across the floor that was enough! I didn't finish the meal and I won't be eating there again.
Good Happy Hour, Good Food! – It's been a while since I've been to Wallingford and was surprised to see such an ornate building. I stopped in for happy hour and had this tasty beer Pandan Ale (some Thai ingredient). I had several and had the duck dish. I've been back a couple of times and the Pad Kee Mao and Pandan Ale are my favorites. Bartenders are friendly too.
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15 W Crystal Lake St, Orlando, FL | Directions 3280628.514792 -81.377162
Neighborhoods: South Orange, Southeast
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I just moved down here and try to look for the gym. I check out this gym on line and get the pass. First, the lady check me in is quite friendly, i do enjoy work out, except the locker room area that quite dirty and smell urine in the restroom. When i finish, the man (fitness couselor, very tall man with bald hair) gives me a hard time and quite turns me off. He told me i am not supposed to use the gym becase my driver license from other city? how can i change my ID right away while i just move down here n a short period, then he took away the pass, he then pushes me to join the gym right away "no need the ID"
I did not join the gym becaue his attitude, later on the same day, i did check out " THE GYM IN DOWNTOWN" thaT is quite surprises me in a GOOD WAYwith the professionalism and how new and beautiful the gym is. I did signed up. Check it out, Guys, i only pay half of price as the sodo charges! and IT IS 24 HOURS GYM TOO
Once again, i am professional and i did mention to him i work nearby
Best gym in Orlando by far!!!! – I will keep this simple.
Amazing how clean it is.
Friendly staff.
Free towel service.
Brand new great equipment that never seems to be broken.
Best gym for the money by far.
No contract.
No 30 day cancellation period like my last gym.
A+ rating through the Better Business Bureau. (Rare for any gym to have this and the only one in Orlando that does.
My trainer is awesome!!
I have been exercising in gyms for over 20 years and am new to 24 Hour Fitness. I know they have been around for a long time just not where I have lived. It is bar far the best all around gym I have ever been a member of and I am surprised at how inexpensive it is!
Open 24hrs, Shaq Sig Club, Friendly – I moved from Hawaii to Orlando last year and found that there's only ONE 24hr Fitness in all of Orlando, that was a bummer since this one is at least a half hr from where I live. I've been told they plan to open 1-2 more Super Sport/Sig Clubs in the area.
I had an All Sport Club membership because that's all we have in HI, so I have to pay $10 more per mo to go here. This is a "Shaquille O'Neal Signature Club" so it has a little more than the basic Sport Clubs (swimming pool, of course huge basketball area, a spinning room, etc); Parking is free & I've never had to wait for a machine, I've gone on weekends & weekdays, day or night, & never had the problem the other commenter had w/lighting.
I am 5'7 and my husband is 5'11 and again no problems w/both machines & free weights. I see people cleaning all the time both the machines & bathrooms; maybe the other person didn't see people cleaning constantly because they were going in the middle of the night. They provide towels which is great, they provide hand sanitizer and paper towels & cleaner to clean up after yourself or after someone else if you need or want to.
BTW I don't work for these guys - I just wanted to comment on the other person who said they saw it as a "meat head gym" - I'm not on steroids and I see beautiful people of all ages (18-80 w/walkers & w/c), sizes/shapes, cultures. It is definitely NOT a meat gym - every single time I've been there and that's been at least 3x a week for almost a year - I have never been intimidated or felt out of place with overdeveloped bodies. I'm a very average person who works out to improve my health. I think the person writing the other commentary was disappointed that they couldn't get a refund and that's not right, I understand as I had paid in full large amts of money to two gyms back home and they closed - along with my membership - this is why I bought my membership with 24 HR - in hopes that if I were to move/travel I could workout wherever I am - now I only pay about $50/yr + $10/mo as long as I use this upgraded gym.
All in all - i'm pretty satisfied; I wish the Kid's Club was open longer hours, but it's nice, safe, clean, and cheap for 2 hrs of child care. Target & shopping is nearby, which is a huge plus because I can do my grocery shopping after. The downside is that this bldg is surrounded by fast food when you drive out of the parking structure so bring food to munch on right after so you're not tempted. I'm going for a workout now!
Be wary, it will cost more than you think. – I signed up here because the gym I had been a membership at for two years wasn't opened late enough on weekends. When I was unable to go to the gym at all on weekends and missed my previous, better lit gym with much nicer people I decided I wanted to cancel. I canceled on December 03, 2009. They are forcing me to be a member until February 25, 2009 and of course billing me for a gym I don't want to go to. There wwere several reason I preferred my previous gym to this one, while this gym is open 24 hours, the weight benches are too high for someone shorter than 5'8" to lift off safely without a spotter. It is dimly lit. It is a meat head gym, steroid use is clearly rampant even compared to other gyms I have been to. No one wipes their machines off so its gross. (After attending the gym every day for a week I got sick for the first time in two years) They also told me I could cancel with a 30 day afterward membership which i was comfortable with. Obviously this is not true. This is a shady gym and there are better in the area.
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It's something totally different to pitch a shutout in the title game and to be misidentified from start to recap.
Devon Smith can smile about it now, but she took some pretty good teasing this week at school.
The junior goalkeeper for Marian's girls soccer team was on her game Saturday when the Knights captured the Class 1-A state championship with a 2-0 win over Clarksville Providence. Six saves. Solid effort. A few diving stops.
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Yet, from the opening introductions before the game to the story in Sunday's Tribune, Smith was identified as Makaela Douglas, Marian's senior goalie with whom she split time this season.
Smith wears No. 00. Douglas wears No. 0. In the official program, neither's number is listed.
"Nobody (from the IHSAA) ever came and asked me for my starting lineup," said Marian coach Djamel Charmat.
"I thought it was strange when I was introduced as Makaela," Smith said.
Who cares? This was the moment she'd been waiting for all season. For as focused as she was on the task at hand, they could have called her John Jacob Jingleheimer-Schmidt.
Smith and Douglas have shared the goalkeeping duties for the past two years. During the regular season, they divvy up playing time by halves. They flip-flop starting from game to game.
"The two of them get along so well," Charmat said. "The chemistry is great."
Once the tournament begins, Charmat makes the decision. He goes with the hot hand. Smith played well in a 4-1 semistate championship win over Fort Wayne Luers. Like normal, Smith found out shortly before the game she was going to start.
"(Smith's) performance has been peaking in the tournament," Charmat said. "Devon has stepped in and did a fantastic job."
Charmat's gut feeling paid off. Smith was solid, and, when necessary, spectacular.
With about five minutes left in the game and the title all but in hand, Charmat turned to Douglas to have her loosen up in order to finish her high school career on the field.
"Makaela said, 'I got to play the whole (state championship) game last year (when Marian was runner-up). Let Devon finish,'" Charmat said. "I almost had tears in my eyes. That's really a great relationship between the two of them."
"We cheer for each other," Smith said. "Whoever's in, the other's there for support. We know what the other's going through.
"Sometimes, it's hard to stand there and watch. But I've got faith in my teammates. Sometimes my job is to be a supporter."
Marian and Providence have already established historical significance within the IHSAA. They will be the first two teams to be elevated a class because of the success rule that was recently passed.
Teams are allotted points for winning each stage of the tournament. A state title is worth four points. In a two-year classification period, any team with six or more points has to move up a class for the next two years. Both Marian and Providence now have seven points and will play in Class 2-A next year.
"I got bored when we won by a lot," said Smith. "I'm looking forward to the tougher competition. It's more fun. You feel more involved."
"When the other team doesn't even get into the box, it can get kind of boring for the goalie," Charmat said. "Devon's someone who likes the action."
No matter the competition, it won't change the way Smith plays the game.
"As a goalie, you always have to be confident and aggressive," said Smith, a 3.5 student who started playing goalie at age 10 because she hated to run. "A goalie has to keep control of the game.
"I've learned to always trust myself; go with my first instinct. Let the experience I've had help me in a tough situation."
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As the St. Cloud State Men's Hockey team enters 2011, several players will be notably absent from the squad's roster. News broke yesterday that Senior Defenseman Chris Hepp has left the St. Cloud State Huskies and has signed a pro contract with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL. KVSC can now also confirm that senior forward Tony Mosey has been dismissed from the team for a violation of team rules.
Hepp made his pro debut last night and has two shots on goal in the Steelheads 6-3 win over Utah. Idaho is also the home of former Huskies Jase Weslosky and John Swanson. Hepp had played in all 20 games this year for SCSU and was in good academic standing as he was previously a WCHA All-Scholar Athlete.
Mosey had appeared in 17 games this season for SCSU with three goals and three assists. The senior had a breakout season last year scoring 14 goals and adding 26 assists for 40 points. He also scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime of SCSU's first NCAA tournament win last year versus Northern Michigan.
In regards to if Mosey or Hepp's departures from the team had anything to do with a rumored off-ice incident while in Florida last week at the Florida College Hockey Classic, SCSU Athletic Media Relations had no comment or information.
KVSC can also confirm that Bryce Johnson has left St. Cloud State to return to juniors and play for Omaha of the USHL. Johnson has already suited up in two games for the Lancers after only appearing in three games at SCSU in his first season. Johnson's departure appears to be unrelated to any rumored incident.
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From all the films that I have seen, pictures and paintings I have looked at, from everything I have watched on the internet and all the songs that I have ever heard, that one simple foto of Lennys' feet in the water and the caption above it has toped everything I have witnessed before.
It sums up Lenny in just one picture and it sums up my world view too and now I need nothing else, for I now have. no need to search anymore.
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At the core of the human soul is a passionate desire to give back to the world to make it a better place. Never in the course of human history have so many people been driven to devote their resources to their passionate cause. In my recent book, Generation BIG, Bold, Innovative and Generous, The Rising Tide of Dreams to Action, I document this massive grassroots movement. BIG people are aligning their time and money in every way possible to have the most meaningful impact. This includes being intentional in their portfolios, expenditures, giving and estate plans. Further, there is a changing notion of retirement itself. Our conclusion: The world is headed toward a very bright future. Your involvement with NIAF and other charities evidences these notions.
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I dont have a tax problem, Mr. Ferraro said brashly. You see, Im on board with Warren Buffetts philosophy: Im giving each of my four kids $1 million when we die and the rest goes to charity. He then slid his financial statement over to me. A $50 million estate to start the week.
Great, another guy whos here to get affirmation on his plan and waste my time, thought I on a Monday morning six years ago. I asked if he brought his tax return, which he promptly produced. I glanced at the first two pages.
Let me see if Ive got this straight: Iif you and Mrs. Ferraro got hit by a flaming gas truck as you leave my office, your estate plan would leave $4 million to your heirs and $46 million in cash to charity?
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I dont care who you are, $20 million is real money. Let me just say that I had Mr. Ferraros attention.
What was it on his tax return that lead to my conclusion? It was the Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) of $4 million, which he affirmed as a normal range of AGI. You see, you can only deduct in any given year half your AGI for cash gifts. So had they died with their existing plan, only half of the $4 million AGI, or $2 million, could be deducted. They couldnt carry the balance forward because, well, theyd be dead. By not deducting the remaining $44 million, about $20 million in tax savings is lost.
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Investigation performed at University Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock; Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride; Information Services Division Scotland, Edinburgh; and University of Aberdeen Medical School, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Hip fracture is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. As the risk factors for hip fracture often persist after the original injury, patients remain at risk for sequential fractures. Our aim was to report the incidence, epidemiology, and outcome of sequential hip fracture in the elderly.
Data were collected during the acute hospital stay and at 120 days after admission from twenty-two acute orthopaedic units across Scotland between January 1998 and December 2005. These data were analyzed according to two separate time periods: by six-month intervals up to eight years after the primary fracture and by twenty-day intervals for the first two years after the primary fracture.
The risk of sequential fracture was highest in the first twelve months, affecting 3% of surviving patients and decreasing to 2% per survival year thereafter. Survival to twelve months after sequential fracture was 63% compared with 68% for those with a single fracture (p = 0.03). Sequential hip fracture was also associated with greater loss of independent mobility and changes in residential status compared with single fractures.
Sequential hip fracture is a relatively rare injury. Individuals who sustain this injury combination have poorer outcomes both in terms of survival and functional status.
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Triangles indicate the percentage of surviving patients who had a second fracture in a given twenty-day period after the primary fracture. Horizontal bars represent the standard error (binomial distribution). The cohort consists of surviving patients and excludes those who had already sustained a second fracture before the start of the subsequent twenty-day period. Regression lines are shown separately for data points in the first and second years following the original fracture.
Combined estimate of second fracture rates with use of data collected both within and between periods of continuous data collection. Circles indicate the rate of second fracture within periods of continuous hospital participation as also presented in the Appendix (Fig. E-3). Triangles indicate the rate of second fracture between periods of continuous hospital participation. Squares indicate the combined rate, with 95% confidence interval bars.
Percentage of patients who had a second fracture within twelve months in relation to prefracture residence and indoor mobility.
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