Rosa's Thai Spitalfields Reviews Summary

Category: Thai restaurant London

Address: 12 Hanbury St, London, E1 6QR, United Kingdom

Phone: +442072471093

Rating: 4.6
based on 359 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "The service was super fast and the food was super fresh."
  • "Service was efficient."
  • "Nat in particular was amazing, gave us recommendations based on our preferences and provided the best service I've ever encountered in London."
  • "Excellent service from Tam, a real credit to Rosas."
  • "Our server Sam was very friendly, helpful, and our food came out quickly, it was nice and hot."
  • "We was served by Nat who provided an amazing service."
  • "Member of staff Sam is lovely and deserves recognition by the management :-)"

Cons:

  • "However the service could be nicer and a bit faster."
  • "Service kinda bad, they didn’t care and they were kind of slow and they made a mistake with my order."
  • "They only brought half of our order at first."
  • "Manager or supervisor made us feel a bit rushed on top."
  • "One of the waiters was difficult to understand - he mumbled and was unclear when asking us questions."
  • "The service at this branch was absolutely appalling tonight."
  • "We mentioned that we had been waiting for an hour and a half with no food to the waitress and she just muttered that the kitchen was busy."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The Pad Thai is great and the Papaya Salad a must try."
  • "The food was excellent."
  • "The food is amazing."
  • "The food was sooo delicious! It was a trip back to Thailand!"
  • "The food in Rosas is consistently very good! All of the curries are delicious (the jungle curry is a broth just so people are aware)."
  • "Authentic thai food is good in taste."
  • "The food was amazing! Aswin our waiter was attentive and courteous and the chef TJ worked up a green curry and a pad Thai that certainly lived up to the highest standards!!!"

Cons:

  • "The Penang curry was one of the worse I’ve ever tried- watered down, chicken was over cooked, and lacking in depth of flavour."
  • "Extremely overcooked sticky rice, extremely over cooked masaman curry (chicken texture chalky/powdery and very oily curry sauce)."
  • "The panang was pretty watery and didn't taste of much, and my colleagues pad thai had a burnt flavour."
  • "Cross contamination between meat and vegetarian options."
  • "Rice overcooked."
  • "The calamari and prawns were also nothing to shout about, quite bland."
  • "The reason for the low ranking was mainly for worst pad krapow gai ever, well it wasn't even THAT dish and I can't believe they served it that way."

Value

Pros:

  • "It’s chill vibes not too fancy and middle level priced not cheap or expensive but worth it!"
  • "I ordered of the lunch offer, a starter and main for about £10. Reasonable portion."
  • "Really good value for money considering the quality."
  • "The staff is very friendly, prices reasonable."
  • "Would definitely come here again, portion sizes are big."
  • "The food was perfect, good amount and we’ve been full afterwards."
  • "Superb value too."

Cons:

  • "Prices were a bit pricey."
  • "Almost 6 pounds for a can of beer is disappointing."
  • "Price wise it was pretty expensive."
  • "We paid £75 for 2 people."
  • "The only regret was that the portions were a bit small."
  • "Portions are just enough (not big/generous)."
  • "The price for three was reasonable and we were charged a 12.5% service charge."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "The atmosphere here was chill and relaxed."
  • "A cute cosy restaurant really close to Spitafields."
  • "Great atmosphere downstairs, friendly staffs, amazing / authentic Thai foods and cozy vibe."
  • "The ambiance is intimate."
  • "Always cosy with a nice atmosphere."
  • "Cosy with great atmosphere with everyone packed in on small tables."
  • "The atmosphere is great as the place is nice and cosy."

Cons:

  • "Indoor environment is great although some seats are stools with no backrest which makes it uncomfortable for those dining in for a long time."
  • "Sitting on a stool is not my ideal way of eating."
  • "Very cramped space in the basement."
  • "Only downside was because of how small it is inside, lots of people walk in and stand around waiting to be seated / lots of delivery drivers coming in and out."
  • "During the meal, it was really difficult to have a conversation because it was extremely loud in the restaurant due to the small space."
  • "In fact it was so noisy that we could hardly hear each other across our small table."
  • "Good food, but not the best seating and space. Sort of cramped and sort of open kitchen that looks cheap."

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