Spice Island Tea House?

 Excerpts from netnews.pgh.food: 4-Jun-97 Re: Spice Island Tea House? by
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 > I am a regular at the Tea House (I was there last Friday, yet again) and
 > have not noticed any drop in quality.  The meal was served in a reasonable
 > amount of time, and was excellent as always (I had the Beef with Basil Leaf).
 > The service is pretty much what it has been from the beginning as well.

 Unfortunately, this hasn't matched my experience at all lately.
 I too was a regular when it first started up, but I think last
 night's meal there was probably one of my last, as I think the
 food's gotten much worse over the last year.  I've tried to
 keep my hopes up, and so have continued to eat there
 occasionally.

 When it first opened, the owners were quite friendly and interested
 in how their restaurant was received.  The food was very fresh
 and quite light; a real change from other places in the area.
 The place was often packed, even on weeknights, and I was pleased
 to see them doing so well.

 Over the last year, they've added more and more oil to all of their
 dishes.  Their noodles have been somewhat greasy from the beginning,
 but now all of their dishes have a pretty gross pool of oil at the
 bottom (often more than just "at the bottom"!)  Last night I had
 the barbequed chicken, which used to be a very interesting grilled
 chicken, but now appears to be deep-fried in some heavy breading.
 The paratha I ordered with the meal was lukewarm (more like cold),
 and hard.

 I used to love the gado gado, but have found it inedibly oily the
 last two times I've gotten it.  Curry chicken also falls in this
 category.

 I've never liked tea, but SITH changed all that. :)  Unfortunately,
 even the tea last night was too strong and not as good as I remember.
 I wish I could say they just had a bad night, but this has been typical
 of my recent experience, so I'm afraid I'll have to (sadly) give up
 on them altogether.

 Someone wrote:

 > I am a regular at the Tea House (I was there last Friday, yet again) and
 > have not noticed any drop in quality.  The meal was served in a reasonable
 > amount of time, and was excellent as always (I had the Beef with Basil Leaf).
 > The service is pretty much what it has been from the beginning as well.
 >
 > Overally, still a great place to eat!
 >

 I was also a regular until some months ago.  Haven't been back in about 8
 months now.  The quality of the food has deteriorated incredibly.
 I used to love their Java fried rice.  Unfortunately, the last two times I
 ordered it, some of the vegetables appeared to be raw, the dish itself
 didn't have it's usual appeal, and was probably thrown together
 haphazardly.
 My friends and I have experienced the same with some other dishes.
 Their service has also deteriorated along with the quality of food. They
 used to be friendly and it appears they don't care too much about their
 customers anymore.
 I doubt I'll be returning to this place, which used to be quite a favorite
 among my circle of friends as well.  For the same price, there are a bunch
 of other places where the food and service are also very good.