Giggling Squid - Leicester Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The service was impeccable ensuring any needs were met and asking just enough how our meals were throughout the evening."
• "Service - friendly and accommodating wait staff, they were very understanding of our seating requirements and had great food recommendations too."
• "The staff were very welcoming, and they were more than happy to help whenever we needed."
• "Always friendly and helpful staff, don't have to have a table booking."
• "Service was excellent, staff very attentive and polite."

Cons:

• "This is just my personal review, I have had Thai foods before but I really didn't like it here, also the service was not that great."
• "Me and hubby went in to try their lunch menu, never been it’s our first time, service was okay nothing special."
• "Waiteress who was serving us was not Thai girl. She was western girl. She was trying to flirt with my male friend and was completely and completely ignoring my orders."
• "The food and drinks were very nice but have to say that the portions are on the smaller size considering the price point. The staff that served us were good considering how busy it was on a Saturday."
• "The service is disgraceful. I have been to other branches and the dining experience is much better but the Leicester branch is a disaster."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was fantastic. I’m don’t usually photograph the food but this time to show the quality and presentation I did."
• "The Pad Thai and the skewer were so nice."
• "The food portions are really nice and the food is very tasty, I appreciate the addition of sides made for sharing as it makes group dining even more enjoyable."
• "Food - So, I’m from SE Asia and so I cannot find the food as good or close to what I’m used to but if I forgot that I was at a Thai restaurant and just thought of it as generic Asian style food, it was pretty delicious."
• "The paneang curry was beautifully fragrant and paired well with the jasmine rice. The soft shell pranee prawns were also really tasty and great to share with the table."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately though, I also ordered a pork basil stir-fry since I know that basil is quite diffident to find here, and I assume that any restaurant that puts this dish on the menu should have the ingredients to make the food they offer as authentic as possible. This was not the case here."
• "Other than the Strawberry cooler drink, the food wasn't that great."
• "I was rather disappointed with the coconut rice which I thought was a sad cop out as I was expecting nasi lemak type flavour whereas it was just rice wth some coconut milk over it?"
• "The papaya salad here was disappointing however, it had an unpleasant taste which was reminiscent of raw shellfish and the spicy element was missing."
• "The only negative which isn't really their fault is you cannot park nearby. Unless you are in the city centre already it is best to take a taxi."

Ambience and Decor

Pros:

• "The decor really makes for a calm and relaxed atmosphere when dining."
• "Ambience - Chic, classy and well kept."
• "It was busier than expected for a midweek dine in dinner. Ambience was really nice. I liked the orchids scattered around the whole place."
• "A really nice place for Thai cuisine, though I wouldn’t brand it as super authentic."
• "The restaurant itself is very versatile I felt, everything from decor to music to staff, and of course food - all made up for the perfect evening."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately, as soon as we walked in the restaurant we knew that it was not an authentic Thai restaurant as the decor is very westernised."
• "Pretty meh, nice staff nice ambience, nice smell, shame the pad that was the blandest thing I've ever had."
• "We were sat at an incredibly noisy table - the sound of every person in the restaurant seemed to be heightened, we couldn't hear each other speak and it gave my partner a headache."
• "Nice experience but was let down by the portion sizes."
• "My husband arranged my birthday meal here & the food was amazing & tasty apart from my mums dish which was the mushroom starter...the service was excellent too."