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This is one of my favourite Thai restaurants and I have been enjoying the food here for years. I have rated it as a 3 in comparison to the other more expensive London restaurants that I have reviewed, however this should not be seen as a negative. I love going to Thai Orchid if I want to eat locally, the food is always great and the staff are very friendly.

Great place!

As soon as you walk in the doorway and down the stairs you are already being enticed by the Arabic charm and being whisked away from London. Opening the doors you are hit with a light hint of shisha and the delightful Arabic music. The decor matches the whole Arabic feel and the tables are very close making it intimate. The belly dancers are a delight and really add to the whole experience.

We ordered from the menu to share as we wanted to sample the different dishes and we were not disappointed. Food really was good as were the cocktails. Finishing up with mint tea poured from a height!

Highly recommended and will be on our list to go again!

As said in one of the previous reviews the place is "dark and intimate" and this really adds to it's charm. Staff were very welcoming, friendly and the service was good. We ordered the mixed platter for two which was made up of satay chicken, dim sum, prawn toast (with a huge prawn on top!) spring rolls and calamari. Followed by crispy duck, chilli beef and mango, kung po chicken and rice. Food really was good and as we had ordered far too much (the starter was bigger than we expected) we ended up getting it packed for lunch!

Went to the medieval banquet for a work Christmas party at £60 per head. Evening was lots of fun due to the people that went enjoying themselves and having a laugh. The serving "wenches" were great and really provided a good service, the entertainment was somewhat lacking with a few jugglers, mock fighting and dancing girls. It was freezing outside (-2 degrees) making the venue cold at the back of the seating areas and you could really feel your legs getting cold sitting there. The plates were absolutely freezing making the lukewarm food go cold as soon as it hit the plate. The food was atrocious, the soup starter was totally bland with only the bread making up for it. The fish starter was lukewarm and tasteless. The lemon sorbet was next to clear your palate, although having eaten very little I wasn't sure what the value was! Followed by bland, lukewarm breast of duck and vegetables that had been boiled to death. Finishing off with an edible cheesecake. The highlight of the meal would have to be the lemon sorbet, now what does that say!

In summary, if you are going with a fun lively crowd you will have a great time! If you hate the people you are going with ;-) or are going thinking it will be a culinary delight then stay at home!

Fantastic place!

We stayed in London over the weekend and fancied a big English on the Saturday morning! After searching on Qype we found this place and the reviews were good so we thought let's give it a try. We arrived around 10.30 and the place was packed! We were told very nicely that we would have to wait outside, there was a queue of around six in front if us. How had we missed them walking in! Waiting outside was nice as it was a crisp sunny morning and it wasn't long before we were given a very tight table. We ordered the full Monty and the half Monty and the portions were huge, only thing missing was a sausage and this was soon rectified. The place had an energetic buzz, and the staff were very friendly. When we left about an hour and a half later the queue was around 20!

Great place, highly recommended!