Koh Thai Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The flavours were outstanding! Have spent some time in Thailand I wouldn't have been able to notice the difference!"
• "Food, all our 6 dishes vere very tasty, squid cooked to perfection, duck spring roll crispy and well presented."
• "LOVE the cocktails there and their tapas is very tasty."
• "So tasty and really good value."
• "Friendly staff and both times the food has been absolutely delicious."
• "Can't fault the food."
• "Food was great and portion sizes perfect as you don't want to overeat."

Cons:

• "Food quality low and portions are stupidly small."
• "I had beef panang curry it tasted like vinegar the meat was like jerky and the jasmine rice was just a bit dry and surprisingly sticky."
• "Everything tasted very sweet and made us feel sick afterwards."
• "3 out 5 dishes were inedible, either way too salty or not cooked properly."
• "We had to get a refund on 2 of our 4 tapas dishes. Mainly because they were tasteless, fatty, covered in grease."
• "The chicken was obviously brought in frozen and reheated on the day."
• "The food was so bland and boring."

Service

Pros:

• "Immediately the staff were very attentive."
• "Excellent food and excellent service as always."
• "Staff were attentive and helpful."
• "The customer service was amazing."
• "The staff are so friendly and helpful."
• "Charis service was attentive, discret, and kind."
• "Waitress Rute and every other staff member provided an amazing service and made us feel comfortable and happy."

Cons:

• "First and last time, waiting staff not very helpful, quite rude to be honest."
• "Food was nice but service a real let down. From being seated to being served our tapas, we waited 1.5 hours."
• "Waited over an hour to have our food order taken and the drinks took an hour to be served to the whole party."
• "Service was poor, slow and unintelligible at points."
• "Very slow service, I waited a long time just to order a drink."
• "Service was not good. Food was thrown in front of us."
• "Awful service, no conversation."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Clean and comfortable with a cool vibe."
• "Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff."
• "The staff are always friendly, very polite and add to the great atmosphere in the restaurant."
• "Really fresh and high quality squid with Thai sauce! Really a perfect combination!"
• "It has great atmosphere, and really friendly and knowledgeable staff."
• "Great atmosphere."
• "The ambience warm and cozy."

Cons:

• "However the only problem was because of the type of building and lack of soft furnishings it was incredibly loud as it was so busy."
• "It was very noisy with generic music downstairs."
• "The place was nice, a little loud and echoey and didn't enjoy sitting in the middle."
• "Biggest issue is the noise in the restaurant, it's great if you're a big group of friends but tricky if there's only two of you."
• "Always heaving and always noisy, and the atmosphere is as much a part of the experience as the meal."
• "Lovely atmosphere where you can chat and catch up."
• "It's a nice building which I think used to be a bank but its open plan so can feel a bit noisy but all part of the atmosphere in my eyes."

Value

Pros:

• "The price was the same as our expectations."
• "The food is absolutely incredible and at an affordable price."
• "We found the food to be really tasty and it’s also good value."
• "Quite reasonable on price, though."
• "Reasonable prices!"
• "You definitely get your money's worth."
• "Prices are also reasonable, especially if you choose from their specific lunch menu. (£12.50 if I recall)."

Cons:

• "Portion sizes were small and expensive - it feels like tapas so charge tapas prices not full main prices."
• "The only issue I had was how expensive the drinks were."
• "The gins are advertised as £1 to add a mixer but our bill showed £2.20 to add each of our g+ts."
• "It still seems like an expensive place with no great service."
• "The culinary 'experience' was overpriced."
• "Although I was a little shocked that the drink bill was nearly double what we spent on food!!"
• "Very overpriced for what we had."