This restaurant is Thai owned so the food is very authentic, with a large menu. Nice intimate…read moresetting. Open Tuesday to Saturday

The Nipa Thai restaurant is part of the Barton Marina Complex and is quite a large spacious…read morerestaurant with high ceilings and magnificent decoration throughout; it even has a small waterfall running through the centre, which makes for a magnificent backdrop to an evening's dining. The restaurant could probably seat at least 70 people comfortably. They have a fixed price buffet lunch menu, and a sizeable menu in the evening, including set meals and a myriad of other dishes. There were 15 of us with varying tastes, so everybody chose independently, either with individual dishes or to go with the set meals - A,B,C or D or varying price, the cheapest being around £20 a head. They roughly went up a £5 per person as you ascended the alphabet, the latter two being for a minimum of 4 people. I however, shared Set Meal V with a colleague, the vegetarian set menu (£20.50 per person); I am no vegetarian by any means, but its always a good test of a restaurants credentials to see if their vegetarian food matches up to the rest of the menu. Lets just say I was most impressed! After perusing the menu and the waiter taking copious notes of our order, the starters arrived very promptly and thanks to some most impressive note making, everybody not only got the correct dish, they was also given directly to them, very impressive. Our mixed starter was a real triumph, won-tons, battered vegetables, vegetarian fritters was some of the highlights, all accompanied with a rather spicy fresh salad, resplendent with chilli seeds. A great start; other starters included spicy broths, chicken satay and a plentiful basket of won-tons in a potato bird's nest. All dishes on the menu had a guide to spiciness, one, two or three chillis, whilst most dishes had none. Some of our party were brave enough to try the three chillis, quite warm apparently! Our main courses, of which there were four as part of our very impressive set meal, were mixed vegetables in an oyster sauce (a good accompaniment to the other dishes), mushroom, cashews and vegetables in black bean type sauce, tofu in a the most wonderful sweet and sour sauce and spicy Thai green curry packed with crunchy vegetables. All fantastic dishes, but the tofu was a real highlight, the accompany sauce was wonderfully flavoursome. All washed down with a couple of bottles of Singha. What a great restaurant: attentive service, a relaxed atmosphere, good company and some of the best Thai food I've had for a long time.

This place is amazing in every way. The food is superb, service is beyond amazing, atmosphere is…read morefantastic...what more could you ask for???

We had chicken red curry and my husband had duck green curry and they were both amazing. We…read morealso got dessert which I wouldn't recommend it was like a hot banana soup. It was also boring after such a good meal but if you just order the mains you'll be fine.

By far the best Thai food I have eaten in the UK (and it also compares very favourably to the food…read moreI had in Thailand!). This restaurant is an absolute gem. The menu is huge and everything I have ever tried has been great. Favourites include fish cakes, sweetcorn cakes and chicken satay for starters (they also do a Thai platter for two or more to share, which would be a great introduction for people unfamilar to Thai cuisine). For the main course the green curry is to die for! Prices are quite reasonable (about £6/£7 for a main course). Set menus are also available. Staff are really friendly. The decor is fairly traditional and not really my cup of tea, although the chairs are very comfortable! If you fancy somewhere more modern the same people also run a Thai restaurant in Quorn in Leicestershire which is much more funky, modern and upmarket - although that's also reflected in the prices. I cannot rate this place highly enough - it's worth going for the free prawn and spicy rice crackers alone!

Great place to eat. Wonderful food, always well prepared, cooked and served. I have been many times…read moreover the last few years and yet to have any kind of dissapointment. That's quite rare as some of the other top places in Ashby can be quite hit or miss depending on how busy they are, the day of the week, season, lunar cycle, whatever. The menu is quite extensive and the wine list is decent. Try the Gai Yang, chargrilled chicken with sweet chilli sauce succulent, tender, full of flavour Yum!!!!

Very friendly service (Although we were the only patrons). The food was nice but did not have the…read more'wow' factor of a five star restaurant. There are some discrepancies between prices on the website and prices in the restaurant that need rectifying, i.e website states steamed rice as costing £1.50 whereas on the night it cost £2.95 This should not deter people as there was nothing fundamentally wrong with the meal.

So all you can eat at £14.99 where can you go wrong!! Almost nowhere if truth be known, the food…read morewas plentiful and filling. Unlike some buffet places I have been to this one you actually order what you want and they cook it bring it to out for you. The service was not the quickest but it was ok. Basically you order your starters they bring it out, you eat it, you want more you order more starters. Once you have had enough of starters you move onto a middle course which once again is cooked to order. I did wonder how they would cope if it was busy as there were only a hand full of people in the restaurant and a the service was not the quickest but the food was always hot when it arrived, which is always a bonus! We did dwell on the middle course for a bit, but as with food you always find you have to move on to the next course. We again ordered a variety of mains, and the food was tasteful and bearing in mind you could order more it was plentiful. The only exception was the fact that they advertise a pad thai. Its not pad thai it is a chow mien at best. To say I was disappointed was an understatement, I was looking forward to the Pad Thai and then I saw it and all was lost. They may well have got 4 stars as I liked the way they had the restaurant set up the service was ok and the food was good, but if you are going to advertise a dish please please please actually serve the dish...

This is an interesting variant of the "all-you-can-eat" Chinese buffet meal. For £13.99 you can…read moreorder as much as you want from the menu (a few dishes at a time) and it is then freshly cooked for you. The menu is pretty standard Chinese with a bit of Thai and Japanese if that takes your fancy and the decor is modern and easy on the eye. Most importantly the food was fresh and well cooked. I would definitely go again.

We decided to go to this restaurant after reading the great reviews, but were really disappointed…read more My husband's favorite dish is pad thai, and he orders it at every Thai restaurant. This by far was one of the worst ones we've tried. It just wasn't good. I had a duck entree, and it lacked flavor. The service was good though, our waiter was friendly and attentive. The decor was also beautiful and provided a comfortable atmosphere. I just wish the food matched everything else. I would recommend eating at "Thai Dusit" also in Derby for better Thai food.

We went to Thai Dusit on a Sunday evening. We had booked the table for 4 a few days before but it…read morewasn't over busy so we could have fitted in without booking. Its very conveniently located with Bold Lane Parksafe Car Park across the road. It is quite a small place but everything fits in well. Its pleasant decor and the staff are traditionally dressed, which adds to the Thai theme. Whilst we were studying the menu, there was a small basket of thai crackers placed on the table, which is a nice touch. We had 3 courses. 2 platters for 2, one meat and the other vegetarian as a starter. Both were delicious, my favourite part being the satay sauce (because I LOVE it!!). We all completely loved our main courses. I had Massaman Gai, which is a curry I have had before in another restaurant, and it was perfect. I would have loved to have been given the sauce in a flask to take away with me!! The quantity was great (my mum had the red thai curry and couldn't finish it so asked for a doggy bag!). We just had enough room for pudding. They were nice but simple. Either frozen desserts or I had banana fritters. It was the starters and main course that made it for me. And I can highly recommend finishing with the Jasmine Tea. Delicious. The service from the staff was just right, no hassling and very polite. For four of us, 3 courses and a few drinks each, it came to less than £100 which I think is very reasonable. I will definitely be returning to this place.

This is one of my favourite restaurants. On a relatively quiet street in Derby it is easy to park…read morenear if driving. It is also very close to the city centre if you want to go and have a few drinks in the hustle and bustle! This thai is one of the best I have been to for many miles around. Just really tasty, real thai food.... I am getting hungry just thinking about it. The service is fantastic. Set in an authentic decorated restaurant... you can almost imagine you are in thailand itself- well not quite but you know what I mean! A must do.......and not too expensive, you pay for what you get!

One of the best Chinese takeaways in Derby. all the usual fayre but very nice. Excellent range of…read morestarters from £2.50 and soups from £1.80. Not open on tuesdays. Open from 4.30 to 11.00 on every other day. They also deliver within 3 miles free for orders over £15. They also do some Thai curries.

My favourite Chinese takeaway. Always top quality food & very friendly staff.read more