Giggling Squid - Kingston upon Thames Reviews Summary

Ambience and Decor

Pros:

• "I absolutely LOVED the interior of the restaurant, it set such a nice tone throughout out with a sophisticated, elegant yet, cool and calm ambience."
• "The decoration is beautiful as well!"
• "Vibrant decor and good Thai food for the price point."
• "A lot of effort has been put into creating a garden style feeling, equally a lot of effort has been put into their food creations."

Cons:

• "The decor and lighting always feels not right in some way."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was fantastic. Very attentive, everyone smiling and friendly."
• "We had multiple servers and they all looked after us during the course of our stay."
• "Staff were so attentive checking on my dietary requirements in the kitchen."
• "The staff were friendly, helpful and prompt."

Cons:

• "Long wait to get our order taken."
• "Unfortunately the night we were there they were understaffed."
• "His attitude stunk and I wouldn't recommend going there again."
• "Service was appoling and food very dissapinting when it finally arrived."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was delicious, nice variety on the menu and very reasonable prices."
• "The food was presented well and it was delicious!"
• "Fantastic food and cocktails, and the staff are so kind and friendly!"
• "The food is just amazing and I strongly recommend to visit it."

Cons:

• "My noodles were lovely, just needed a tad more oomph of flavour/seasoning."
• "Food standard wasn’t as great either but maybe because it was busy on Fathers Day."
• "The food was tepid, and I was too embarrassed to complain."
• "Ordered green Thai curry, received a green coloured soup. Wasn't even really spicy."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Very reasonably priced lunch menu."
• "Prices very reasonable and voila the Giggling Squid has that too."
• "We used to go to Busaba so often but due to price increases we stopped to go there."

Cons:

• "Drinks were a little on the pricier side, especially the cocktails."
• "For it being such a high bill per person I'd wish we got a little bit more out of our money."
• "£3.25 a can of coke, £7 a can of beer 440ml and £35 bottle of prosecco.. very expensive for what it is!!!"
• "£41.32 for a meal that was only really enough for one person. Poor."