Poppy's Thai Eatery Reviews Summary

Price and Value

Pros:

• "Price is very reasonable for quality of food."
• "Super value for money and with BYOB it's hard to beat."
• "Most important food. Really good, tasty and not expensive."
• "Food was super delicious and really great value."
• "The bill came to under £30 which we thought was excellent value, and we would happily come here again."
• "The prices are really really reasonable."
• "Food is great and very reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "Cuz it ain’t cheap to buy a mixed platter at £10 each."
• "I’m really getting very disappointed in the amount of restaurants post-lockdown, who think they can use the pandemic as a reason/excuse for their dummed down sub standard food and services which they’re over pricing!"
• "Rice cost £2 and it’s served in half a coconut so the portion size was small."
• "The sauces are not good lately, they taste as if water has been added."
• "The curry is so far from even resembling a curry! It’s so watery that it may as well be described as soup!"

Decor and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Very alternative decor with embalmed animals, mirrors, flowers, candelabra, portraits, statues."
• "It's tiny inside but well worth a visit for the beautiful interior."
• "Such a unique place."
• "This little place is amazing old world fashion, and china plates and silverware."
• "Quirky decor makes it feels out of the norm."
• "The restaurant is tiny so it's a good idea to get reservations. The decor is very quirky and fun."
• "BYO, super affordable, unmistakable decor - this is a very charming restaurant."

Cons:

• "The place stinks of damp."
• "Their need to constantly fill all the seats makes it quite uncomfortable."
• "Menu also includes Japanese dishes....never a good sign."
• "Quirky place but far too claustrophobic."
• "The once buzzing place was empty on a Friday night."
• "I feel a bit uneasy sitting around the taxidermy ornaments."
• "What removes the star is the draft, caused by the size of the place and how everything is near the door."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Extremely tasty and authentic Thai food."
• "The quality of the beef was absolutely fantastic, tender and tasty."
• "Their Thai is not only genuine, it's also freshly prepares and incredibly tasty."
• "The best thai food outside of Thailand! Never had so tasty saté or thai curry for a long time."
• "Absolutely stellar food."
• "Great delicious authentic Thai food."
• "The food here was amazing. The best takeaway I have ever had."

Cons:

• "Terrible food! Covered in oil and grease and tasted like it had been sat for days."
• "Food is VERY greasy."
• "It tasted disgusting as though it had been left sitting with the bamboo in it for a very long time."
• "Watery curries (green curry and matsaman), satay chicken not tasting like satay with low quality chicken."
• "The duck is soggy and tasteless."
• "The food tastes sweet and full of ketchup."
• "The pad thai with chicken had no taste."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were really Love, making sure our bottles were chilled and also making sure we didn't leave any behind at the end of the evening."
• "The staff are welcoming and the service is quick."
• "Staff very nice."
• "The service is polite and efficient."
• "Staff incredibly friendly."
• "Staff is polite and helped us picking the dishes."
• "Service was friendly and welcoming."

Cons:

• "Staff is very rude, nobody smiles here."
• "Service lazy and unfriendly."
• "Service standard has dropped considerably from the initial welcome to the long wait time for food to arrive."
• "Lord knows what the hygiene looks like behind the scenes."
• "The service here has always frosty."
• "Very rude and bad service attitude on Sat."
• "Unfriendly service, poor understanding of cleanliness."