Address: Wharf Rd, Saint Ives, TR26 1LF, United Kingdom
Phone: +441736795157
Rating: 4.5
based on 258 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"The food was fabulous and I don't normally use that word."
"The best Thai food I've had from a restaurant and the best restaurant in St Ives IMO."
"The food was fantastic and didn't disappoint and the beer was just as good."
"The fish curry we ordered was done justice and one of the best we've eaten outside of Thailand."
"The Tom Yum Soup was one of the best I've had in the UK, almost on par with some of the ones I had in Asia."
"The food was excellent and authentic (as I’m also Thai and can confirm that the food is an authentic flavour 💯)."
"Delicious Thai food. Papaya salad was the best one I’ve had so far."
"The food was surprisingly authentic. Their red curry and green curry has fabulous flavours, is creamy and is served with egg fried rice."
Cons:
"Talay Thai serves mediocre Thai food at best. The dumplings we ordered were extremely bland and the meat was quite tough."
"The food wasn’t great but wasn’t bad, probably just personal taste. It was decent and different."
"Having substantial experience of Thai food, The seafood jungle curry was not aromatic at all and much too salty."
"Embarrassing and discriminatory experience... the second I said I had a shellfish allergy the waiter said ‘I don’t recommend you eat here, there is nothing on the menu you can eat and we don’t wash the pans thoroughly in between each dish’."
"The jungle curry was awful: there was very little meat and the sauce was insipid and thin."
"One dish, which was a mixed stirfry vegetable with cashew nuts was disproportionally expensive. It cost £10.75 and was smaller than any of the tapas dishes including some meat heavy dishes."
"The food was terrible - I asked for chicken stir fry and was given a plate of odd shaped plain chicken much the same I would serve to my two pet dogs."
"Terrible service, long wait, rude staff, Then a local had a go at us because we complained and we were asked to leave!!"
Service and Staff
Pros:
"The Thai chefs are some of the best and most hardworking people I have ever seen."
"Visited here on the 22nd of August, it was busy and we were told there would be around a 45 minute wait so me and partner decided to have a drink downstairs in the bar, after a while we were told our table was ready and the lady took our drinks up."
"Servers were highly attentive."
"The staff are very friendly and efficient."
"The only negative is the walk in only system but if you go early enough you may not need to wait for a table and this might also be seen as a positive because it improves the atmosphere with the constant stream of new diners."
"Staff are polite and dishes taste authentic. Views of the harbour are to die for."
"One of the best Thai restaurants I have been and I have travelled around a few places in Thailand as well."
"Just returned from a great holiday in St IVES Cornwall, and had to share the highlight of our holiday!! Was our visit to Tali THAI."
Cons:
"When the table with the sea views freed up, the waiters refused to let us change our tables even before we ordered our food."
"Embarrassing and discriminatory experience. My family were embarrassed by the staff and were told numerous times that Talay Thai would not accommodate my shellfish allergy."
"I'm writing this review after our last visit to this restaurant. As a continued returning customer I feel this review needs to be written due to extremely poor customer service by 2 members of staff that has left me quite unhappy and re-thinking my continued business here."
"Like many during high season we had to wait to get a table this evening (circa 1-hour), however the food is worth the wait!!! We imagine the lady on the door has a tough job, but she was very polite, added our name to the waiting list and sorted us a window seat which was really appreciated."
"We visited Cornwall for our anniversary! The restaurant is lovely and the atmosphere is great! Down side with not being able to book a table but I do understand why as they get really busy!"
"Staff are very rude, the lady on the door needs a different job as she is clearly completely unable to cope with the stress."
"We came in at 17.30 to reserve a table for the evening but were told they don't take reservations and we'd have to come back just before 19.00 to get on the waiting list."
"Absolutely terrible service. We waited 2 hours for a table after putting our name down for."
Location and Atmosphere
Pros:
"On the St. Ives Harbour front is one of the best Thai restaurants I've been to."
"The view was nice out the harbour and the service was spot on."
"A fabulous find on the harbour front with great views if you're lucky enough to get a window seat."
"Great views across Saint Ives and best of all very reasonably priced."
"What a place!!! So glad we got in."
"The location is in a beautiful spot by the beach as you can enjoy your food and the beach at the same time."
"Great place if you're a fan of Thai food. The Green Thai Curry is up there with the best I've had around Cornwall and Devon."
"The location is beautiful and the staff is very nice."
Cons:
"This may not be the most authentic Thai food I have tried overseas but it still taste pretty decent with reasonable price. Especially having a hot bowl of Tom yum goong in the cooling spring weather with the beautiful St Ives beach and waters as my view!"
"Absolutely delicious, tasty, and flavourful food! As vegans ourselves, they have a separate menu for vegan/vegetarian/gluten free! The waitress was so welcoming and lovely, food was quick to come out, still came out hot and cooked beautifully!"
"Good food but very very busy. Felt a little hectic in there."
"While all the other good St Ives restaurants need to be reserved ages in advance, this operates a walk-in only service so do expect a queue."
"Nice food but very very busy. Felt a little hectic in there."
"Yes, yes, yes to Talay Thai! Discovered this when I was hungry at St Ives and ordered some steam sea bass fillets to go."
"Some of the best Thai food we have had! The sea bream was the tastiest fish dish, perfect mix of flavour and spice."
"We just had 2 of the vegan choices from the menu. I have never had take out food like it, it was amazing."