AngloThai was awarded a Michelin star in February 2025
The much-awaited permanent spot from long-time nomads John and Desiree Chantarasak offers an original take on Thai food in a setting that feels like it was created by the lovechild of Denis Villeneuve and Pedro Almodóvar. Chantarasak is known for his reinterpretation of Thai cuisine through the lens of British ingredients, but if customers are under any illusions that that might mean restricting the thunderous spirit of Thai cooking, then the pungent sweet-and-sour broth offered to every guest will quickly undo them. The punctiliously executed menu is full of intrigue and carries the vision with intent, using impeccably sourced ingredients to represent everything from the hyper-zippy to richly warming ends of the Thai flavour spectrum. Start with an explosively enticing Carlingford oyster mantled in a vermillion-hued elixir made with sea buckthorn and fermented chilli. Continue with a pillowy flatbread topped with a medley of herbs, funky shrimp butter and saline molluscs. Other savoury highlights include radish cakes, wagyu ox tongue massaman, and a pork chop with a smoked chilli relish that’s both nectarean and sultry. If it’s unabashed ferocity you’re after, try wok-fired hogget, and follow it with a palate cleanser of milk ice cream with carrot, and an alphonso-esque sea buckthorn sauce.
Time Out tip Explore the wine list, which has been smartly crafted to meld with Thai flavours, whether that’s more expected German and Austrian Riesling, or more leftfield skin-contact rose from Greece.