We ended up coming here one very cold evening and it was the first restaurant we saw. Did not…read moreregret it one tiny bit. This is the best Thai restaurant I have been to in London, not being too expensive while still serving excellent food. Now we are regular customers and this is the first place we come to when feeling like a takeaway. The meals are delicious and decent sized, perfect for sharing between a family. The staff are very friendly and provide great service. I love having the prawn pad Thai or the chicken fried rice. Best of all - they give free prawn crackers!

This is a 'must do' on any visit. I eat out most nights and must have tried most Thai restaurants…read morein london. I keep going back to this one. It is small, family run, friendly and authentic. Try to go early in the week or early in the evening because it gets very busy towards the weekend. If I can't get seat I try again after 10pm when the crowd has gone. Great value for money too. And the thai green curry is superb! Worth a visit

I have been to this pub a couple of times and enjoyed the food and the service. However, I was…read moredismayed to be turned away unceremoniously on Sunday afternoon because I had a child with me. Apparently they will not tolerate children after 5pm even on a sunny afternoon in their substantial garden. I won't be going back.

A great little lunch spot in Hounslow. The lunchtime specials are a very affordable £6 for a main…read morewith rice and spring rolls. You can choose beef, chicken, pork or tofu. They also let my friend have prawns because they don't offer halal meat. Each of the 7 of us chose something different and there wasn't a scrap left on a single plate. My chicken with cashew nuts was yum, very fresh and a perfect lunch size portion. Today was a little too cold for outside but I'll definitely be returning in summer to take advantage of the huge garden. There are a few parking places outside too so it's very convenient.

Yupa's - ummm, all good here. The lady that used to work in a pub / thai combo very close by,…read morestarted this place up and it has been a hit ever since. Not at the "trendy" end of Chiswick which is nice as you don't get all the nonsense that goes with it. Good quality food served at a good price with a nice vibe and friendly atmosphere. Can be a bit quiet at times but that isn't too much of a problem for me as I wouldn't be staying here and making a night of it, more popping in to re-fuel or to stock up before a night out. Typical thai and nothing amazingly special to this place, table and chairs outside in the summer and overall good quality food and value for money prices.

Really good Thai food that has the real taste that you only get with fresh ingredients. In many…read morethai restaurants the food tastes like bits of ithe ingredients come from a packet, or much of it was made much earlier or the day before, but this tastes fresh. Their staff give really friendly personal service and the price is very good for the quality that they offer. A definite thumbs up and I hope to return soon.

I have been to this Thai restaurant many times and I love the look of the place as you approach it…read more No idea if it looks authentique but it makes you feel like they know what they are doing. Step inside and you will find a very warm, relaxing and welcoming atmosphere with attentive staff and some great food. This is one of a few Thai offerings in Richmond but it was the first and has been here a long time. Express lunches ideal for a business meet or a quickie hour out of the office but a great place to eat in the evening and also well set up for parties or the office special occasion. Other Thai restaurants go for the sterile and enclosed feel with modern square tables and as many as they can get in. This for me leads to a canteen feel and is ideal if you don't have much time. Thai elephant is more of a family night out style of a place, somewhere you want to spend a good few hours enjoying yourself.

The only Thai place I've been to where the Chicken Larb is not made from typical…read moremystery-meat/ground chicken but rather pounded/coarsely-minced chicken breast (so no odd crunchy bits in the meat). Their soups contain noticeably fresh vegetables too.

The place looks lovely, however..... where's the A/C??? I would probably enjoy eating here more…read moreduring winter time as it is very uncomfortable to eat in any restaurant in the blasting summer while sweating. The food was so so, as it seems to be more like fast food more than a proper restaurant food. I wish they put more effort into making soup noodles too even though pad Thai seems to be their shining dishes :s. Prices were acceptable but if u ask me if is tasty or not then I would say it can be better unfortunately. I would give it another try during winter time to put my critics again, maybe the heat affected me.... I DONT recomendable this place when it is hot as the fan did no justice.

The food in this café/restaurant is gorgeous, and just like what you get in a local Thai restaurant…read morein Thailand. It really is the best I have found in the UK, and it is pretty cheap even if you pig out. The staff are friendly, the service is typically Thai; dishes arrive when they are ready. If you want Thai spicy (i.e. loads of chillies), or to order off the menu this is no problem. Look at the back of the menu for the specials (yum yum about £7 per dish). Busy on sat night, not necessarily busy during the week, but lovely relaxed atmosphere whether busy or not. They do take away too. Now does a lunch time set menu. I can't wait to go again.

I'm in accordance with the other reviewers that this isn't the place to come for the glamour or…read moresuperior comfort of the restaurant. However, it does rate highly for the speed and kindness of the service and significantly for the super-delicious and authentic Thai dishes, at surprisingly decent prices. It's a great place for a fast and warming lunch, on a bracing windswept day, for little more than the comparable cost of an unremarkable sandwich elsewhere. There's a buzzing, yet chilled, atmosphere here in the evenings; every dish I've tried from Pad Thai to curry and rice has been fresh, tasty, filling and hasn't disappointed.

I've been working in Richmond for over a year now and only recently discovered this Thai…read morerestaurant, and that was because someone else suggested it. As the previous review says, the exterior doesn't do it any favours, but perhaps they get enough custom not worry about it. I opted for the prawn red curry here. It's really unusual for me to finish every single morsel of a Thai curry, as I tend to leave the non-meaty bits, but I took it as a sign of skilful cooking that I ate every last bamboo shoot. I'd have given this place four stars, except that the green curry was off the menu. A pretty major omission for a Thai place, I reckon.

We had dinner at this place which bills itself as "the best Thai food in town," and we cannot argue…read morewith that claim. (Although, to be completely honest, we haven't been to any other ones!!). For starters, we had Paper Prawn (#9) and Crispy Aromatic Duck (#11). Both were excellent. For dinner, we had the Moo Pad Prik (#41) and the Pad Woon Sen (#62) and, once again,. both were outstanding. This is a terrific restaurant and we would happily go there again.

This place is now Pin Thai…read more Terrible service, mediocre food, and they tried to overcharge us twice. We both had variations of fried rice. 2 stars for the food. Nothing special. Asked for soy sauce and hot sauce and got about a tablespoon of each. Sat for a while before our order was taken, then no-one bothered to come make sure the food was good or ask if we needed anything else. When we got the bill they had charged for 2 beers instead of one, then added a 10% "Service Charge"! Service? What service. Made the guy take it off the bill as it was a "voluntary" charge. I don't think so! We won't be going back and I sure as anything wouldn't recommend this place.

I adore this place…read more It doesn't matter how amazing you are if I can't afford you. Food to me will never be worth it. You can drizzle this and foam that, but all I want is a good meal, good service and not to feel like I've been ripped off. On the Mrs recommendation we popped in here for dinner one night. Not having a lot of experience with Thai food at the time (aside from a Thai curry here and there in random pubs - what's with that trend) so I was a bit sceptical. The restaurant is canteen style. Individual tables but with bright simple furniture and accent pieces on the walls. This place is busy, but not overbearingly so. They offer a take away service so there were lots of people ordering at the counter at the back to take away that Thai goodness. We started with Tempura, which was divine. Second best I've ever had after Feng Sushi on the South Bank. We also had a selection of veggie nibbles which were all really interesting. For mains I had Pad Thai and she a red Thai curry. Both were gorgeous. Large, generous portions and simply but pretty presentation. There was a lovely woman serving us. She spoke barely any English but was delightful, attentive and had a warm and welcoming smile. Safe to say she's always had good tips from us. The best thing of all was the bill. Starters, mains and drinks all at around £22. I may be cheap, but the food was not. All fantastic quality and amazing value.

Saw this restaurant the first time when I was in a car and went to XX-XX Noodle Bar thought it was…read moreSilom Village by mistake. Finally went to the right one last night and ordered Yen Ta Fo, couldn't I found this dish (flat rice noodle in pink soup) in London! The food and the drink were good and authentic, very good service as well. One more thing, there were a table of 5 kept making a lot noises, clapping, shouting, laughing... Obviously the manager noticed that and went to their table and pointed to the "no noise" sign, good for him!

Great tasting food and best service we've had in town. We moved into the area last week and have…read morealready been here twice. I'm sure we'll be back here many more times in the future.

I've found my new go-to Thai! Sure, it's a bus/tube or car ride from my home but its worth it…read more Somtam is a small Thai restaurant in the middle of Askew Road, an area which seems to have become a tad gentrified. Next door, the Ginger Pig was holding an urban butchery course-very chic! But, back to Somtag. As I say, it's quite small and on weekends I would definitely book. The decor is solidly Thai but in an understated way. We were greeted by the owner who was politeness itself-he told us a little of how he came to own the place. We ordered drinks and tap water was brought for us and then constantly re-filled-very good touch. Service was generally excellent. We had: Thai fish cakes soft shelled crab (both to start) Massaman lamb curry green curry Pad Thai Both starters were really good. I love Thai fishcakes, though they can get on the greasy side. These were freshly made and non-greasy with clean flavours. The soft shelled crab was very reasonably priced at about £6 but we got 2-3 huge pieces. Not the best crab I've had but for the money they were absolutely fine. I was concerned ordering the lamb curry-I have a "thing" about lamb as it can be chewy/fatty. I needn't have worried-the lamb was slow cooked, lean and wonderfully tender. The sauce was rich and deep-a revelation. The green curry was less fireworks but very nice indeed with all the attendant flavours you would expect in a good Thai curry. Pad Thai-tick yet again-huge king prawns were buried deep in the noodles. We had no desert as we could hardly walk after this. If you live in the area or even if you don't give this friendly, very competent restaurant a bash. We will certainly return.

Siam Royal Orchid has been nominated several times for LBC radio's best-of-local competitions, and…read morewon bronze at least once. It is genuinely delicious Thai food at a really good value (all dishes between £5 and £7.50). All the furniture is large, heavy carved wood, like you're sitting on tree trunks. It's definitely unusual decor inside, but just enough to make it interesting. Remember: it's BYOB if you want booze, and they don't take cards.

Top marks. Every time. Every mouthful. Exquisite food; fantastic, attentive yet relaxed service,…read moreand a joy, every time. GO. Then go again.