Green Pagoda

I was in the town for a couple of days visiting. I ordered carry out on Christmas Eve. I ordered a sushi roll and the Japanese fried rice. Both were very good. The staff were friendly and the ambience of the restaurant looked very inviting. Next time I will dine in.

Food was great, but the service is what will keep us from coming back. In their defense, it was a little bit busy. We waited about 20 minutes after being sat for someone to come and greet us (i wanted to get up and leave at that point). The table was sticky which is a huge pet peeve for us. We ordered two appetizers and two entrées, but the entrées came out before the appetizers and you could tell they forgot to ring it in because they started scrambling. We had to ask three times for silverware once our food came because we had nothing to eat with! So frustrating. I also had to ask twice for soy sauce for my sushi and it seemed like they couldn't find it.Bonus, 'restaurant' is spelled wrong on their big sign outside.

What a great new find! Asian Fusion is among our favourites when it comes to 'types' of food, and we have been looking for some new places to try out. Green Pagoda did not disappoint! Well, I say that and you probably notice I only gave them 4 stars ~ the reason that I took one star off of what would have been a 5 star review, was because their sushi menu lacks enough variety compared to their competition. I don't think I've been to any thai / sushi / Korean / Japanese places at least in Tampa Bay, that didn't have a Tampa roll on the menu. Most of the 'fish' rolls were tuna, salmon and shrimp. Between that and the fact that they didn't believe me when I said that I wanted my food thai hot or the only reasons that I gave the rating I gave. The ambiance was top-notch, and the service was beyond great! Our server Austin was charismatic, helpful and very cheerful. He seemed to like his job and that is something sorely lacking at a lot of restaurants. He was very attentive, as were a couple of the other servers who came by to offer us freshwater and extra napkins. We jumped into our dishes so quickly that I forgot to take pictures until we were mostly done. We got a crab rangoon order to split for an appetizer and it was some of the best I've had anywhere. It actually had tons of crab in it in addition to the cream cheese which most places use more than anything else. I could also taste the scallion which was nice. Even the fold on the Rangoon was different than most places! I ordered the Sizzling Flank Steak (which was funnily under the fish section), with roasted veggies, and I ordered a side of white rice. The veggies could have been roasted a tad longer but all in all it was very fresh tasting and delicious. My better half ordered the Pork Belly Clay Pot, and devoured it. Before he did so I took a taste and it was scrumptious, and it's not something that I would normally enjoy as much as him. All said, I highly recommend this place and we are very much looking forward to returning for another meal VERY soon! Oh and ladies, the bathroom was as immaculately clean as the rest of the establishment!

Yummy! I love this place for Asian food. The restaurant is beautifully decorated. The service is awesome. I always request the high energy young lady there. Forgot her name but she's the best. If you go you can't miss her. The food is phenomenal. It's fresh. It's tasty. I have absolutely nothing to say that's bad about this restaurant. It's amazing. When I'm in the area I try to go.

First time here and had a lovely time. Adequate parking outside; spacious and beautifully decorated interior. Very attentive staff.We got CHANG beers! Yassss. Our favorite Thai beer, ice cold to start. Then we ordered the pork belly hot pot and sizzling duck. That hot pot HIT IT. Whoa. Outstanding. Juicy in what seemed to be a sticky soy-based sauce, rice perfectly caramelized at the bottom. BIGGEST pork belly pieces I've ever seen in my life. All so perfectly cooked. The sizzling duck was beautifully cooked as well, but wish it had more of the curry sauce. Was not enough to wet a starchy rice side. Still delicious though and LOVED the amount of big carrots and green beans it came with.Will definitely come back!

The Thai food here is the best in the area! We stopped in for an early lunch and were the first ones here at 11:45 on a recent weekday.Quite large inside with a full service bar and plenty of tables + booths with granite tops. It is very pretty inside, well kept, and a bit fancier than some of its competitors.Drunken noodles were delicious and I loved the added broccoli and tofu. Next time, I will specify steamed tofu as the pan fried version texture is like eating a sponge! Large portion and plenty of leftovers for my hubby to enjoy for a treat.My friend enjoyed her stir fried curry which had a nice assortment of veggies including asparagus. Service was prompt, water glasses filled. Only disappointment was that they do not offer the traditional Thai condiments but chili oil was provided. I noticed on their website that they were offering a summer special for 50% off one entree - so all the more special! Enjoy- can't wait to visit again!

Green Pagoda is super cute and fun inside. The staff were all super friendly and helpful and the food was great!To start the crab rangoon and dumplings were delicious! The pork spring rolls were good but standard. The duck was amazing and the lobster of the lobster risotto was so good, it had a great grilled flavor and was cooked well, the curry sauce was delicious but the risotto was just okay. My friend found his sesame chicken to be lacking but my husband thoroughly enjoyed his sushi rolls - the rainbow and fire dragon rolls.

I stumbled upon this amazing little restaurant while traveling for work. Upon entering, I was stunned by the decor. The restaurant is beautiful. Emerald green seating with gold accents. A well appointed bar and excellent playlist rounded out the ambiance. I dined on a Sunday night, it was quiet with only a couple of other guests. The service was great. My server was attentive and gave wonderful recommendations. I chose the spicy shrimp dumplings to start. They were flavorful, but lukewarm and not spicy at all. My entree was the snapper risotto with curry sauce. It was phenomenal. The fish was cooked perfectly. The risotto had edamame which was a nice addition. The portion was good. To cap it off I had an old fashioned. It was very good. Not too sweet with high quality bourbon. I'll definitely be back when I'm in the area again.

We enjoyed Green Pagoda at lunch today. The workers are super friendly and polite. Our waitress took exceptional care of us. And the restaurant was very nice, very clean, & very roomy. The 2 of us shared an appetizer of pan-fried vegetable dumplings. In all honesty they were not the best. The dumplings were very mushy, like they had once been frozen, & then thawed & became soggy inside. The outsides were pan-fried well, but the insides of the dumplings were mushy, wet, & only mildly warm versus hot. We shared 2 entrees which were Pad Thai Chicken & Red Curry Chicken. Both those dishes were very good. The red curry chicken had a low level spicy heat to it which I liked. The sliced veggies in it though were again super mushy. The carrots & peppers disintegrated into a soft food like jarred baby food. Other than that the dish was tasty. The Pad Thai was very, very good. It tasted like a large dose of sweet & sour sauce was added to a normal pad Thai peanut sauce. It was different but I really liked it. So for great workers & for great service & for a nice place to eat, Green Pagoda gets 5 stars. But perhaps some additional attention needs to be paid to a couple of the dishes.

The food here is as tasty as it is beautiful.... The sesame chicken is possibly the best I've ever had. Beautifully prepared with onions and carrots and just an absolutely incredible soy sauce flavored base. Our waiter was Jared and he was just fantastic. No pressure sales and the restaurant itself was just beautiful.