Thai Square South Kensington Reviews Summary

Category: Thai restaurant London

Address: 19 Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London, SW7 2HE, United Kingdom

Phone: +442075848359

Rating: 3.6
based on 224 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Good grub, weird opening times. Good service, wide variety on the menu, and you shouldn't be waiting long at all for your food to turn up."
  • "Server was nice."
  • "Waitress was friendly and patient giving advice on which sides go best with different dishes."
  • "Lovely, friendly staff. Couldn't recommend it more."
  • "Staff were brilliant, really helpful and friendly."
  • "The servers were polite and offered good service."
  • "The staff were very pleasant and attentive."

Cons:

  • "Absolute terrible service."
  • "Can't actually find a single good thing about this place."
  • "Disgraceful service and experience."
  • "Awful service and we will never go there again."
  • "The food was ok. Service was rushed and inattentive."
  • "The waitresses were unfriendly."
  • "They seem stressed about it and told us that we will have to go at 10 even if we haven't finished."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The oyster stir fry and drunken duck was great."
  • "The appetizers were delicious."
  • "The food is probably some of the best Tai food in London and I will highly recommend Tai Square to anyone visiting this marvelous city and wanting the best at affordable prices."
  • "Both my wife and I said it was the best meal we have had in London."
  • "The 'Pad Si ew' was exceptional."
  • "The food was amazing and fresh, with good portion sizes as well."
  • "Delicious vegetarian food. Cocktails were fantastic."

Cons:

  • "The vegetable green curry was pretty bad."
  • "The curries were very average but quite watery."
  • "The curry lacked flavour and the coconut rice was completely overcooked and hard with barely any coconut flavour."
  • "The food ordered wasn't anything remarkable."
  • "The 'Massaman Curry' was barely edible."
  • "The food isn't the worst, comes out really quick which is good. I love Thai food but really average."
  • "Food is not authentic Thai at all, there are many restaurants nearby, try them, don’t go in this one, you will throw your money in water."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

  • "Centrally located in South Kensington, and a lovely place to recharge in after a day at the museums."
  • "Great location near the other restaurants around South Kensington station, nice and intimate setting inside."
  • "A smaller restaurant than you get at other Thai Squares around London, but there is also seating upstairs."
  • "Great location, easy to find."
  • "Great location near the Natural History and V & A Museums."
  • "Lovely little find, its surprisingly small inside but is over 3 floors."
  • "A lovely little restaurant in Sth Kensington a stone's throw from the station."

Cons:

  • "At Kensington we were sat on top floor, alone so no atmosphere."
  • "The place is cramped and you can literally over hear conversations as people are just next to you."
  • "The place is very small, and very busy, so it is not easy to move around from and to chair."
  • "The one thing that’ll lose this place point might be the ambiance."
  • "Restaurant was cramped and lacked ambiance."
  • "The space is limited so it is quite compact."
  • "The restaurant’s ambience was not good. The tables were too small and the entire place was crammed and filthy with numerous fruit flies swarming over the food."

Value

Pros:

  • "Very good prices."
  • "Fantastic food at reasonable prices considering the restaurant's location."
  • "Prices are very reasonable in this area of London."
  • "They've got a menu with starters, soup, main and two sides for 11 pounds, so that's great."
  • "Good quality food at a reasonable price."
  • "The food tasted great and it was a reasonable price for the portions served."
  • "Prices are perhaps a little lower than average and the portion sizes pretty good."

Cons:

  • "Menu deceiving. The set menu which looked to be a cheaper option ended up being double the cost."
  • "This price is absolutely disgusting for what we got."
  • "Poor lunch. Food tepid: small portions and over priced."
  • "They don’t have high chairs for kids."
  • "Fish cakes starter unimpressive and priced at more than seven pounds."
  • "Not sure why a small bowl of rice costs £7?"
  • "Incredibly overpriced."

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