Som Saa

Solid meal overall in a nice atmosphere. Service was friendly but very slow. We did the tasting menu option, which does all come out at once as opposed to coursed out which we would have preferred. Chicken salad is super spicy but delicious, beef curry is great. The dessert (banana with sesame and ice cream) was ok.

Probably my favourite Thai restaurant in London. The atmosphere is great, the staff are efficient and friendly, the food is delicious and the cocktails and wine list have obviously had a lot of time and thought put into them. It's not the cheapest but I'd say it's worth spending the extra for the quality.

Out of all the Thai restaurants I have been to in London so far, this is my absolute personal favourite! It was an interesting greeting process where the receptionist guided us to the waiting area before getting seated in the restaurant behind the bar. It's a very spacious restaurant with a modern vibe of wooden everything and I liked it a lot. My friend had already been a few times and highly recommended the deep fried sea bass, so we had to go with that. Alongside that, we also ordered the dinner set menu with sirloin steak in Thai spices as a starter, then stir fry vegetables, duck curry and fried plaice as mains, with both sticky rice and jasmine rice on the side. Finally, to wrap up the meal dessert was palm sugar ice cream with banana. I genuinely thoroughly enjoyed every single dish that was served to us. The food was absolutely phenomenal and completely blew me away! Thai spices went so well with steak and such a great starter to stimulate your appetite ahead of the mains. Duck curry and deep fried sea bass were my personal highlights - so aromatic and flavourful. The sauce that came with the sea bass was sour because of the tamarind and so so savoury. Combined with the crunchy texture of the sea bass it was absolutely fantastic! Stir fry veggies were average so nothing to comment there. Fried plaice was very tender and soft with the deep fried texture and spices. Sticky rice is always a fun texture to eat. The dessert was so rich with palm sugar, such an unique flavour and the banana nicely balanced out the sweetness of the ice cream. Service was great, attentive staff who were patient and friendly to explain the menu to us. The only downside for me was the price level, it's definitely not cheap at all but it's a great place for special occasions or anyone who have the budget for this. I do think the portions were quite generous as we couldn't finish everything and I had to take some of the food away but I did think we got greedy and overordered so just pace yourself. Overall, this was an all-rounder restaurant that I absolutely loved and would be very happy to come back asap!

Extremely crowded Friday evening. Best to book a table. Was rather overcrowded and noisy which affected the ambiance. Had the tasting menu of a start and two meat dishes and veg with two types of rice for £46 in Hindsight probably better getting the Ala carte as table if four gets two of each of the mains- which could have been different dishes from the Ala carte. The starter was good albeit too small. Nice prawn and crab. Mains for beef- nice sauce ever huge pieces of meat which could be cut down a bit more. The chicken salad with peanuts was excellent. Pad pam greens was very average. Jasmine rice was ok, the coconut rice was very nice. Desert was below average- sesame with banana and brown sugar was very simple and was not a great combination. Felt rather disappointed by it. Cocktails was good - had the Rak tong ham. Service was ok.

Most dishes that we order are great. I love the grilled chicken and the fried sea bass. The Palow (slow cooked pork belly) is more like Khao kha moo than Palow itself, but it tastes good with the sour sauce. Kuakling can be added more spices. Cocktails look too simple, not much garnishing and colors, we order 'Apirom', 'Sangdad' and the other one, but feel fresh after sipping 'Apirom'. Too few for desserts, but those two dishes that they offer are great.