Address: Amenbury Ln, Harpenden, AL5 2BT, United Kingdom
Phone: +441582461210
Rating: 4.5
based on 137 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"The spring rolls are crispy and delicately flavoured, absolutely delicious!"
"The gra pao had a subtle hint of basil and chilli with every mouthful, the vegetables cooked to perfection."
"Super Thai food - as good as I've had in Bangkok. Nice and spicy. Fresh."
"Interesting and extensive menu, hard to choose what to have as everything sounds so nice."
"The flavours are always beautiful with the dishes. Can't fault this place."
"The starters were amazing, mains weren't 100% my kind of meal."
"The food was simply delicious, great atmosphere, Aod, Ella, Jay, Sanas, William and Lisa let me feel like at home."
"The food is always good. Tasty."
Cons:
"Wouldn’t personally recommend the sesame ice cream but at least they tried something different."
"For me the food lacked the intensity of flavours of Thai food. It was like it had been watered down for British taste."
"Flavours are basic and lack authenticity."
"However, portions are small. It’s a little pricey for what we got and the curry looked so sad, with the beef being quite tough."
"Service was very good and attentive. The menu is mouthwatering with some great options. I would say, however, that some of the food lacked a little something."
"The food was OK. The service was pleasant but awful."
"Food was average and the staff were unfriendly and didn't seem to know what they were doing."
"The main course was good. The downside is you have to pay for crackers where other restaurants it's free."
Service
Pros:
"Great atmosphere, great food, and great service every time. Definitely recommend."
"Staff was really friendly, there’s a car park near by but it was paid parking, it was really hard to find parking on the streets."
"Service was excellent too. Atmosphere was decent and the place is nicely designed."
"Service was great. It was quiet so little atmosphere per sé but don't let that put you off for lunch."
"The service was brilliant, our waitress was really friendly and welcoming."
"Service was great the team are very attentive and sweet."
"Fantastic food and service .. staff were excellent, especially Kim she was amazing and we had a good giggle, atmosphere was great, thank you for a lovely evening we will be back 😀"
"Lovely staff, very attentive too although only been lunchtime when not busy."
Cons:
"When making the booking we had mentioned that it’s was our first anniversary. When nothing was made to make it extra special."
"Staff were really friendly but had to ask 3x for an extra round of drinks."
"Unfortunately the service was extremely slow, the vegetarian starter choices disappointing and I would say slightly overpriced."
"Speedy and friendly service. My partner had a shrimp dish but the shrimps had the tails on and the shell on."
"Service was excellent but I wasn't blown away by the food. We had duck spring rolls followed by duck confit with egg fried rice and roti."
"Staff were extremely rude, didn't look like they wanted to be there and kept whispering to each other and looking over at our table."
"We then had a waitress ask us to do a review online at the end of the meal and wouldn't leave the table until we did, this made me and my friend feel really uncomfortable."
"We ordered a meal for 4 people, 2 of whom are vegetarian. The vegetarian meal was filled with small pieces of chicken which we didn’t realise was meat until we found a large chunk."
Atmosphere and Ambiance
Pros:
"Great atmosphere, great food, and great service every time. Definitely recommend."
"Atmosphere was decent and the place is nicely designed."
"Giggling Squid is one of those restaurants that you will remember because of the name."
"This is an amazing place. The ambience is amazing."
"The place is very bright and has a modern cosy feel to it. The staff are very friendly, warm and welcoming."
"Lovely place to meet up with friends. The Giggling Squid team were excellent."
"The restaurant is very pretty outside and inside and very clean as well which we love."
"Beautiful, airy interior. When you step inside the restaurant you smell lovely Thai flavours throughout the restaurant."
Cons:
"It was quite busy but the servers were excellent and the food was delivered quickly. For me the food lacked the intensity of flavours of Thai food."
"It was really loud inside, hard to hear someone across the table."
"The only drawback is that during busy periods, the service can be quite slow and food can be a little on the cooler side."
"A little noisy as the noise echo's around you."
"The only downside is the acoustics of the place. There are a lot of hard surfaces and noise from other tables really carries."
"Being Sunday full of noisy kids which staff decided to sit us in the middle of."
"We arrived at the restaurant for our 9.15pm reservation and once we were seated we were given a list of twenty to thirty items which were unavailable."
"Decor ok, starters were good, mains were not anything special, one of our party left hers as it wasnt very nice."