Thai Square Islington Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Very good value Thai food."
• "I really like the food there, it tastes really nice."
• "All dishes we have ordered were delicious, especially the grilled Chicken Bang Bang (about £8) with peanut sauce was really amazing."
• "The food was so delicious- I had three courses; (Thai BBQ ribs, Thai fried rice with prawns, then salted caramel ice-cream which came with biscuit)- cannot fault either of the courses."
• "The sticky rice, coconut rice, satay chicken, desserts, everything! There is nothing here that is not mouth-watering!"
• "The Lamb Shank Massaman Curry was out of this world."
• "The fried squid is great, the red chicken curry and yellow beef curry are great, the thai square fried rice is delicious, and their drunken noodle is fantastic."

Cons:

• "Last time we set foot in this place! Food mediocre at best."
• "Still recovering from food poisoning from 3 days ago from this place! Awful!"
• "Butterfly prawns (starter) were mainly battery and not a lot of prawn, also very oily."
• "The fish was flavourless, no salt or seasonings on a bed of watery cabbage."
• "The duck curry was the biggest anti-climax, very sugary."
• "The calamari so tough we couldn't eat it, a tiny £8 bowl of broccoli, tasteless £17 sea bass and overcooked steak."
• "The sea bass for main course was totally tasteless."

Service

Pros:

• "AMAZING CUSTOMER SERVICE! Honestly had a lovely time!"
• "Service was great and quick, even when it got really busy."
• "Staff are sweet and helpful but clearly understaffed."
• "Staff were attentive without being irritating."
• "The staff were lovely, very attentive and nothing was too much trouble."
• "Staff really friendly and helpful."
• "Service was excellent and staff really welcoming and friendly - even having a laugh with us."

Cons:

• "Although I understand that hosting large groups has its difficulties the food did take a long time to be served."
• "Non-caring service and then today they told us that we could not share food with our children???"
• "Service has deteriorated so badly."
• "The waiters were not polite to us or did not have the patience for us to look at the menu."
• "The service was efficient... but soulless."
• "The staff are so rude, instead of attending you they’ll just walk pass, avoid contact and if you're lucky enough for them to acknowledge you then all you’ll get is a mumble 'it’s coming wait!'"
• "The servers were rude, unhelpful and very slow to respond."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The ambiance is nice."
• "The restaurant and ambience is very good - the location is brilliant and it's a spacious eatery with good mood lighting."
• "From the front I wasn't too sure as it looks small, but it opens up once you get in and has upstairs and downstairs."
• "The restaurant is very very clean."
• "The decor was gorgeous."
• "The ambience was cute and all green. Love love it."
• "The interior decor is vibrant and fresh, with an open space and plenty of seating which makes it perfect for groups!"

Cons:

• "Horrible ambience as well, the music was simply atrocious."
• "We sat next to dusty wall of faux plants which was gross and under a ceiling that had a massive leak and wasn’t fixed and looked moldy and bubbly."
• "I liked the decoration better before their recent refurb. Also, the music wasn't fitting the place."
• "Truly awful. Dirty sticky tables and unbothered staff."
• "The green veg curry had 1cm oil on top when I opened the plastic box."
• "The table we were shown to - while it looked clean felt very tacky feeling like it had a film on it."
• "Restaurant looks nice enough but ugly where it matters."

Value

Pros:

• "This place has been around for over a decade and always delivers quality while also being affordable."
• "For £8.95 you get a thali style tray with a good amount of everything."
• "Starters, main course, desserts all professionally and authentically prepared...very reasonably priced."
• "Not bad for the price either!"
• "Thai square on Upper Street do a lovely and very reasonably priced lunch deal."
• "Affordable and nice menu options."
• "Sunday special menu is superb value and nice selection."

Cons:

• "For the money we spent it was not worth it."
• "Overpriced food!"
• "The food was pricey and the quality was more of a 'Thai TAKEAWAY'"
• "Our bill was over £150 inc cocktails and I feel robbed."
• "The bill came to £41 and we didn’t feel great about paying it."
• "I had to pay over 70 pounds. Complete rip-off."
• "The only difference we felt this time were prices, almost 5£ for a bottle of water is a bit too much, the meal prices went up too..."