I basically gave it a 4th star mainly because of our server Joel who was excellent!

We
accidentally walked into a restaurant across the way with a similar
name and when I showed the server my groupon he graciously pointed out
our mistake and showed us where the place was.

For a Wednesday
afternoon, during season, on a cool not beach day, all of Las Olas was
pretty quiet so we weren't surprised that the Wild East Asian Bistro had
people at only 2 tables. Joel greeted us at the door and basically gave
us the opportunity to pick what table we wanted and it was a pleasure
to sit at a 4 top with plenty of room.

I
had coffee ($2) and Allen had water. We asked Joel for some suggestions
and he pointed out the more popular items. There is a separate menu
with pictures of Asian Tapas, each $6, and Allen ordered the crab wanton
with 3 wantons. I had one and found it too well fried making the
outside very hard, not crispy.

For our main courses Allen ordered
the Cashew Shrimp with brown rice ($14)  which he really enjoyed while I
ordered the Deep Blue Sea ($18) which consisted of shrimp, calamari,,
mussels, sea bass, scallops, zucchini, peppers, scallions in a spicy
bean soy and a side of brown rice. The seafood was fine but the sauce
though not spicy was very salty.

Though there is a 'bamboo
divider' between the dining room and kitchen you can see all the cooking
being done. Though it was not busy what could have been the manager or
owner spent his spare time talking to the cook instead of interacting
with the 6 customers he had.

Our
check came to $42.40 before the $30 groupon deduction which I paid $15
for so including tax  and our tip ($8+)  our total for the 2 luncheons
was $25.40 which is about average on Las Olas but without the groupon it
would be too high.

Thanks to Joel for being an excellent server because that always adds to the meal.

By
the way be careful with the square cup and saucer because if you don't
watch while you are putting the coffee cup down it could land all over
the table--no, I was careful!