Tai Reviews Summary

Price and Value

Pros:

• "It was great to find a fully vegan buffet and the price was also great."
• "£10 pp buffet. Food is good for the price."
• "Amazing value for money for an all you can eat, all vegan too."
• "This is the best price for value place in UK! So tasty, big variety and only £8-9 for unlimited amount of food!!"
• "Great value for what of course not the best quality food but is still very nice for what you pay. Cheap and cheerful no frills."
• "All you can eat, vegan Chinese food for £8.99... unbeatable for value, and still tasty!"
• "Very good place to eat. The staff is kind and the food is delicious."
• "Lovely place, such a treat for vegans/ vegetarians to have a buffet where you can enjoy everything."

Cons:

• "Was excited to try the soya beef and the noodles but apparently all the food on the left side is cold, didn't taste good in my opinion."
• "Food taste good. Unfortunately rude male staff that works by the till nearly spoiled our meal."
• "The absolute racism in this restaurant is outrageous."
• "Food was cold and when we asked to warm the food they just become aggressive."
• "Food is ok it's nice to go there to try different variety of Thai and Chinese food. In this place you can't pay by card only cash."
• "Money was taken first before start of buffet. varieties of dishes were minimum. no desserts and for price 8 pounds it is not worth it."
• "horrible experience, they only accept cash and i was turned away very rudely when i said i am not carrying cash food is also pricey."
• "The food was cold and it was not seasoned enough and they keep the door open and a pigeon flew in and ate the food."

Food Quality and Variety

Pros:

• "There was a surprising amount of choice for such a small place and everything I tried was good."
• "Some people in these reviews are clearly quite snobby this is a great independent business with brilliant value for money."
• "Do not expect a nice interior as the buffet price for an all you can eat dinner/lunch is under £10."
• "The staff makes all the meals in front of your eyes but not like a cooking show. They just don't hide it."
• "If you're vegan and you miss a greasy Chinese buffet then this is the place to go."
• "A good selection of vegan meats, vegetables, and noodles. My favourite is the mock duck pancakes."
• "Tasty vegan buffet at a low cost with lots of options: mock duck pancakes, vegetable tempura, spring rolls, noodles, mock meat dishes with different sauces etc."
• "This place serves some amazing vegan food! Everything tastes amazing and is very affordable."

Cons:

• "The food: one word, terrible. They should scrap the 'meat alternative' soya things and use vegetables cause they were not good."
• "Most of the food was either cold or stale; or both. Even the rice was stale and clumpy."
• "It's a bit of a hole in the wall. Not a fan of buffets as the food is always the same quality."
• "I visited this restaurant after seeing a recommendation from an influencer and my experience was not good. The food is really cheap horrible to be frank."
• "The food was alright for the price, some of it left me feeling a bit betrayed though... Some grains of rice were hard from being kept on the hot plate."
• "The food was cold and it was not seasoned enough and the keep the door open and a pigeon flew in and ate the food and the people did nothing about they only took out the feathers and expected us to eat that just ewwwwwww !!!!!!!"
• "Filling, vegan, cheap and cheerful and healthy if you pick your dishes. Tai buffet is a great, easy and quick option for those who prefer to eat meat-free."
• "It says Vegan but the staff fries egg for their consumption same place they prepare Vegan. It’s not a clean place."