Very bad experience. We expected an authentic Chinese restaurant with traditional Chinese dishes,…read morebut unfortunately, it was not. The food seemed to be a mix of Chinese dishes prepared in a Thai style. Some items, like the chicken feet, clearly tasted stale and not fresh at all. The hot and sour soup had an odd, unpleasant sour flavor. After consuming it, we all experienced stomachaches and later vomited upon returning home.

I have been using this restaurant for 13+ years now and the food never fails to impress me! The…read moredecor is looking a bit worse for wear and the gents toilet needs some work but the service is good and the food excellent! Everone I take here loves it! Enjoy.....

Best Thai buffet around and if anyone wishes to visit, then please do so on a Sunday as they offer…read morethe Sunday special buffet which is fortunately a la carte. This means food is cooked to order and done with love and care. Presentation of food was superb and will definitely come visit on a Sunday again! Choosing the buffet option would mean having so many variety of food available that would've otherwise costed you bonkers amount of money. Can't wait to go back now!! :D As for the missing one star. Well that'll be due to the lack of service I received. I was made to feel unwelcome despite it being a very special occasion. In fact I was blanked by the waiter deliberately when I tried to get his attention.

Mae Ping is one of the loveliest restaurants in South Croydon, and those who know the area will…read moreknow there's some pretty stiff competition on this strip, with eateries jammed in from The Swan and Sugarloaf almost all the way into central Croydon. Mae Ping offers traditional Thai food in a traditional setting, and always a calm and delicious experience. Best of the best is The Crying Tiger dish: absolutely beautiful and will have you coming back time and time again.

They do a really great 2 course lunch for £6 - awesome value for money and well worth a lunchtime…read morevisit. I have also done takeaway in the evening and the food was just as good as the food I got a lunch, they offer good value when you compare against other Thai takeaway places. Well worth trying them.

Recently went with the family and had a really nice time, the atmosphere was warm and welcoming,…read morewell decorated and the food was delicious, the service was a little slow hence knocking off one start but it was what i would assume a peak time so can't complain!

So let me contextualise this review a little for everyone. It started with Tim L. who created a…read morethread regarding what kind of restaurant would we open and one thing lead to another or should I say one Thalie A. led to a Josy A. who led to an Ela T. and here we are talking about buffets of all types good and bad. I'll be honest the more involve I got in to this conversation the more I had a craving for a Chinese buffet, so what did I do, I hid until the sun came down and out I went in search for my closet Chinese buffet fix. Yes just like that a simple conversation through yelp led me to a table with a fork in my hands within hours. Josy A. said I should be disappointed with the quality of the food I find which was sound advise to be honest as I was out to satisfy "the eternal hunger" that was a upon me. The second I've entered this place and the first time was not good it was bad but this time was different I had "the eternal hunger" which will last forever until my craving was satisfied for Chinese. I'd almost forgot this place is not Chinese it's a selection of pan Asia dishes ranging from Thai to Indian , which also had a barbecue station for grilled meet and veg as well as a man bread station that cooked the nan bread fresh in front if you. For £15 this is a good buffet purely because it was cheaper than the amount discussed in our thread but also the vast selection of food on offer. I feel my tip was accurate when I said indulge and overload, as I am now suffering from a pan Asia food coma onslaught all because I took Tim L's thread a little too far.

A little authentic Gem in crystal palace Excellent food,…read morecozy restaurant, and great service Nice range of appetizers quite a diverse menu

This restaurant is a sleeper! Very unassuming but the food is very good and the staff is very…read moreaccommodating

I had a nice evening at this restaurant. The prices were reasonable, the service was great and…read moremost important our culinary experience was divine. We were greeted and seated very nicely. The server was patient and kind. she explained items on the menu and even gave suggestions which turned out to be one of my favorites. The restaurant was clean and quiet. I always like to add a tidbit about the bathrooms (it is said that bathrooms in restaurants usually are an indication of the cleanliness of the kitchen). this bathroom was exceptionally clean with modern decor... overall I had a nice experience...

Mantanah looks set to be yet another one of my 5 star Thai restaurants, because seriously... our…read moremeal here blew us away, and we were never expecting it here in deep south London. What you need to know is that Mantanah is way way down in Crystal Palace, run by a wonderful group of Thais and serving dishes that are just right on every level and with fresh ingredients flown in weekly from Thailand. Jackfruit, mango, coconut, banana blossom and bamboo shoots - it's a place for a foodie day trip. Trust me. It's cheap, flavourful, homely and authentic. The menu is long and full of surprises and some of the more obscure yet rewarding Thai dishes from the far North, the fiery East or the dirty South. If it's noodles you're after, they can't be beat. Curries; again, they excel. And if you're vegetarian then this will be HEAVEN for you. With almost as many meat-free dishes as the rest of the menu, with fun names and interesting flavours. Our meal was starters of fish cakes, satay and duck spring rolls, followed by coconut rice with a hot Northern chicken curry with peanuts and tumeric, an amazing dish of pork and young jackfruit and a scorching sweet red curry of pork and coconut flesh. Every mouthful tasted just right, and our only regret was not trying the rest of the menu. A recent addition to Mantanah is a phrase guide for Thai on each table, so if you'd like to learn a few words then get here for a meal. In fact, if you're heading to Thailand for any reason soon then a preparatory meal at Mantanah is a must. My dining companion and I don't need to know what's what though... we know Mantanah is Aroi Maak Maak.

Oh I am so disappointed to have to write this update. After the last time we went, we thought we'd…read moretry it again. We walked in early on a Friday evening (7.15pm) and got a table (with the proviso that we could only have it for 2 hours, which was fine). We sat down and were immediately asked what we wanted - we actually needed a few minutes to settle and think, but we ordered diet coke to buy ourselves some time. We ordered some food and waited - it took quite a long time, so we ordered some prawn crackers. They arrived instantly, I mean the waitress turned round, grabbed them and put them back on our table. We were chatting away, so I dunked one in the sauce and ate it without really paying attention. The sauce tasted really odd, so I asked what it was. "Chicken and peanut" was the answer. Seeing as we had ordered vegetarian dishes, I thought that was quite a risk - also no warning about the peanut sauce? Since thai prawn crackers usually come with chilli sauce, I was slightly bemused - I assume it was someone else's mistaken order since it was ready instantly and cold. Anyway, we moved on to our main course. My sister ate some of her steamed rice and pulled a long black hair out of her mouth. It was not ours... then lifted a spoonful of the vegetarian red curry up to see another hair dangling from the spoonful. I called the manager over and explained that I would pay for the diet coke and the prawn crackers, but that we were leaving now and not paying for the main course. She agreed that our experience was unacceptable and didn't charge us for anything. We left and went next door to Joanna's, which was absolutely wonderful. We will never be going back there.

This is a beautiful restaurant…read more Bright, airy, clean and big. However, it suffers from poor service and average food. 6pm on a Saturday and the restaurant is deserted. The Mrs and I go in and we have to wait 10 mins at the door for the host to find a floor manager, to find another floor manager to see if we can have a table. We then get told we can have a table *ohthankyouverymuch* provided we vacate it in 2 hours and 45 mins. I doubt I've ever spent 3 hours in a restaurant just for a main. After eventually being seated, we can see a flurry of staff milling around. By the time we were approached we knew what we wanted, but they just took our drink orders. A small glass or red and an ice tea for the missus. After another tables drinks being served before ours, I get my red wine and they take our order. It takes 20 more mins and the one starter we ordered to come out before the Mrs gets her ice tea. - Apparently it was lovely. We share the spicy fish cakes. They were nice. Very lemony and a bit chewy but overall a OK from us. Before we get our mains there's a lot of faffing with tea lights and plate warmers and more cutlery. We play it safe and order a Tofu Pad Thai and Prawn Red Curry and Jasmine rice. The food came out and we were utterly underwhelmed. Bland. The portion sizes were perfect, but the food was just so uninspiring. I've paid half the price for tastier food. My tofu was so small and overcooked. The Mrs Rice like boil in a bag. This is the sort of restaurant where they have elaborate cutlery, place your napkin on your lap and serve everything in an elaborate manner. But it lacks substance and good service. By the time we left, the restaurant was not much busier. I can see why they warned us about the 2 hours 45 mins we had to vacate the table by because the entire process was unnecessarily slow. With so many staff we wonder why things took so long and was so lacklustre. I was glad service charge was not included on the bill, because in all honestly I wouldn't have paid it. It's really disappointing because the Tamnag Thai really gives off the air of fine Thai dining. The price did not reflect the quality of the food or ingredients and I doubt I'll be rushing back there when there are lots of alternatives in the area - albeit not as pretty.

Extremely quick service. Sadly all the food didn't turn up at the same even though they asked us if…read morewe wanted it that way. The food was served piping hot and we had to leave it a bit before eating - not sure this is a bad thing though. The dishes tasted excellent.

From the owner: We serve fresh & tantalize Southeast Asian dishes in Stir-fry, Wok-fry noodles, Curries & Soup that…read morewill make you feel the warm of Southeast Asia Countries

This place seems to have drastically gone downhill since I was last here a few years ago…read more We started with the prawn tempura. It was pretty inedible - greasy with heavy batter that tasted of old oil. Worse, they had not cleaned the poop shoots on the prawns. I know that being fried probably kills all the bacteria, but still... it's poop! I then had the sweet and sour chicken (watery) and my fellow diner tried the pad Thai. Neither dish wowed us, but they were at least edible. We had a lovely, attentive and hard working waitress. However, the waiter who was on with her was awful. At one point I waved at him to ask if we could order some more drinks (eye contact, coughing and a strip tease had not caught his attention). He simply stood where he was (the other side of the restaurant) with his hand behind his ear indicating that I should shout my order. I made the point of getting up and walking towards him. He actually let me get all the way over to where he was standing without moving a muscle. It was an extremely disappointing visit and not one that I will be repeating.

A really nice Thai restaurant. Good service, the house red wine was really drinkable which, for…read moresome reason, it often doesn't seem to be in low and mid range Thai restaurants. Plenty of vegetarian options. Just good, tasty, fresh food. The last time I went, Saturday just gone, I had prawn crackers which are way better than the usual greasy fare, the obligatory vegetable spring rolls and jungle curry which was a bit too spicy for me (I'm out of practice!) but full of flavour underneath the heat. We used to eat in the sister restaurant in Bromley which was also good, but as that is no longer there, this will be our new local Thai of choice. Great location right opposite Beckenham Junction train station and not far from the main high street. I don't think there's parking.