Restaurants

Busaba Eathai

Fitzrovia: 22 Store Street, WC1E 7DS

Chaopraya Eat-Thai

Unlike the hectic Bangkok river after which it is named, Chaopraya Eat-Thai is a peaceful dining oasis: an intimate space that mixes trendy western wallpaper with Thai...

Marylebone: 22 St Christopher's Place, W1U 1NP

Nahm

Truly exceptional food is produced in the chic Halkin Hotel dining room known as Nahm – but at seriously high prices, which limits many fans’ visits to special...

Belgravia: The Halkin, Halkin Street, SW1X 7DJ

Patara

This international chain of Thai restaurants has proved popular in London where it has four swanky outposts. The sleek interior, good service, relaxed atmosphere and...

Mayfair: 3&7 Maddox Street, W1S 2QB

Rosa's

Good-looking, low-budget Thai

Brick Lane: 12 Hanbury Street, E1 6QR

Amaranth

Amaranth is the busiest restaurant in Earlsfield, and booking is essential. The cacophony doesn't make it the place for a quiet tête-a-tête; people come for the low...

Earlsfield: 346-348 Garratt Lane, SW18 4ES

Blue Elephant

Can one Thai restaurant be all things to all people? The international chain Blue Elephant is certainly making a valiant attempt. After traipsing over bridges and...

Fulham: 4-6 Fulham Broadway, SW6 1AA

Busaba Eathai

Soho: 106-110 Wardour Street, W1F 0TR

Esarn Kheaw

The mint-green dining room decorated with false exposed beams, photos of the Thai royal family and an excessive seven no-smoking signs, may not win any design prizes,...

Shepherd's Bush: 314 Uxbridge Road, W12 7LJ

Mantanah

Mantanah revels in bold, contrasting and unmistakably authentic Thai flavours. Our wonderfully delicate glutinous steamed pork dumplings were accented with a...

South Norwood: 2 Orton Building, Portland Road, SE25 4UD

Nipa

Who would guess that the 1960s concrete monolith of the Royal Lancaster Hotel conceals this serene, authentic gem of a Thai restaurant? You’ll quickly forget the...

Bayswater: Royal Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster Terrace, W2 2TY

Sukho

Sukho is an intimate, stylish and peaceful retreat from the bustle of London, offering friendly, bright service and aesthetically appealing and subtly flavoured food....

Fulham: 855 Fulham Road, SW6 5HJ

Banburi

On the night we visited Banburi only one other table was occupied, but a steady stream of home deliveries indicated that this newcomer must be doing something right....

Westbourne Park: 536 Harrow Rd, W9 3QF

Charuwan

Few of London’s Thai restaurants boast a decor as evocative as this popular local. Apart from the myriad ethnic trinkets and photographs adorning the walls, a huge...

Archway: 110 Junction Road, N19 5LB

Isarn

The bustling long narrow dining room of this Upper Street joint is often packed. Judging from our experience, the attraction has more to do with the location than the...

Islington: 119 Upper Street, N1 1QP

Kwan Thai

River views and shy waiting staff give Kwan Thai a certain charm, though the pastel decor peppered with Thai art is rather characterless. City types, tourists and...

London Bridge: The Riverfront, Hay's Galleria, Tooley Street, SE1 2HD

Laicram

Down a side-street close to Blackheath station, Laicram is a great locals’ haunt and perennially busy. It has an old-fashioned look with a wooden trellis decorated...

Blackheath: 1 Blackheath Grove, SE3 0DD

Noodles

Pop-up Thai restaurant

Soho: 48 Dean Street, W1D 5BF

Patara

Soho: 15 Greek Street, W1D 4DP

Patara

South Kensington: 181 Fulham Road, SW3 6JN

Patara

Knightsbridge: 9 Beauchamp Place, SW3 1NQ

Saran Rom

It would be easy to be prejudiced against Saran Rom, hidden as it is in a soulless modern complex along the Thames. Sure, the waterside view, which can be enjoyed...

Fulham: Waterside Tower, The Boulevard, Imperial Wharf, Townmead Road, SW6 2UB

Singburi

A genuine welcome from owners Tony and Thelma Kularbwong, plus tasty home-style Thai cooking, are the hallmarks of this ever-popular caff, whose basic decor and...

Leytonstone: 593 Leytonstone High Road, E11 4PA

Som Tam House

Som Tam House is a little jewel box of a restaurant, serving well above average Thai food to a Ravenscourt Park and Acton crowd. The dining room is cosy – lined...

Shepherd's Bush: 131 Askew Road, W12 9AU

Sukho

Wimbledon: 29 Wimbledon Hill Road, SW19 7NE

Tawana

Tawana’s glass front provides great people-watching opportunities over Westbourne Grove. Inside, the decor is generic Thai: bamboo chairs, wooden panelling and...

Westbourne Grove: 3 Westbourne Grove, W2 4UA

Thai Corner Café

Good things come in small packages. This snug restaurant only holds 30 people at a time, but those lucky 30 must be the happiest diners in Dulwich. Start with a few...

East Dulwich: 44 Northcross Road, SE22 9EU

Thai Square

The ship-like copper and granite structure that surveys Putney Bridge from the west makes an architecturally impressive, if unlikely, venue for a branch of this...

Putney: Embankment, 2-4 Lower Richmond Road, SW15 1LB

Thai Square

Soho: 27-28 St Annes Court, W1F 0BN