Gaeng Daeng Thai Restaurant — Restaurant in Kloten

Update Nov 2021: Unfortunate this place has rapidly declined during the covid times. Below you can find my original review. All of the mentioned signature dishes have disappeared from the menu, placing the menu in the middle of the average range offered by many Chinese/Thai restaurants in Switzerland. The ambiance remains as it was before but that is attributable only to the interior design, they drastically reduced the staff to the point where those left over are having a hard time keeping up during peak hours. The food was ok but didnt specifically stand out for the refined specific flavors I used to like this place for. Some dishes have become unreasonably expensive compared to their peers while the portion size has not changed or in some cases even became smaller (specifically the thai salads). For me there are just too many changes that have pushed this restaurant of my radar. I wish them luck and hope they can climb back.

Old review: This place has great food. They employ an authentic chinese chef and an authentic thai chef. Dishes are excellent and authentic but there are the occasional variations. In the weekends I reccomend NOT to take the Panag curry (thai dish). Its not bad, but in the weekends tehy have a different thai chef. I eat here frequently and I prefer the flavoring of the other chef :-) The portions do tend to have small variations, sometimes they are truly huge, sometimes just about adequate. Once you know the difference, you know. The restaurant is nicely decorated and this creates a good atmosphere. An ownership change has seen a reduction of serving staff and this sometimes has a negative effect on waiting times. Surprisingly they managed to keep a high level of food quality and taste. Prices are a few swiss franks per main course higher than comparable prices in other swiss based chinese or thai restaurants but they are fully in line with Zurich prices which makes them seem expensive to some people. I find the quality and taste of the food to be authentic and at a consistently high level (even including the weekend chef) and worth every cent (or Rappen). In a lot of chinese restaurants I find that they do two or three dishes exceptionally well and the rest is mediocre. In this place I have at least 8 dishes I find they do extremely well. Recommendations: Malay Chicken, Panang Gai, Shaday (beef or chicken), Fired shrimp with Garlic and Pepper, Heijiao chicken, Duck in coconut sauce, Fried beef strips in a sour and sweet sauce (not same as sweet and sour). Let me know how you like this place and if you appreciated my review via my other social media account. Located in Kloten, close to the main airport...

Extremely disappointed, been going to this restaurant for 15 years, it had changed owners many times but was always very good in every aspect until now.

Recently it was renamed to Thai Style with new owners/management. It seems there are half the staff now, one poor waitress to serve the complete restaurant.

Meat was found in my vegetarian order, not acceptable at all. Attention to guests is almost absent. The menu is limited in comparison to previous owners but worst still there is NO dessert menu, simply an offer of ice creams.

It’s hard for the new owners to meet the previous high standards but not even offering a dessert menu is a big mistake. I hope the new owners can read their customers.

A disappointed evening for a couple who chose this restaurant on one of their very rare...

We've spent our early evening at Asia Lotus where we intended to have dinner and have a chat in a round of 3. The waitress was quite rushing when it came to ordering (as it was still early around 6 o clock there was not a lot going on) but not really when it came to coffee or dessert, however. The food was great but the price value ratio is not too great in my opinion. As usual in asian restaurants a lot of food was provided and the quality was good as well but not price worthy. The staff was overall friendly and nice. The setting and atmosphere is very nice though and the restaurant is definitely worth a try in a bigger group of maybe 8...