Tom Yum Thai Kitchen — Restaurant in Amber Valley

Firstly the service is great can’t fault that.

However this is the worst quality Thai food I’ve ever had. The platter for two vegetarian tempura was full of grease. Other Thai I’ve had tempura is light no grease oil. Spring rolls were heavy greasy hardly any filling. Fried tofu was so oily.

My past Thai experience I’ve had a few, has all been good, it’s light healthy freshly cooked, not this heavy oily thick battered greasy stuff.

Mains, massaman curry, too much chilli used on mine and my friends, I had vegan tofu he had beef. The flavour was not great. My tofu was so greasy again not pleasant. I couldn’t finish mine at all. If it’s good I can easily finish a dish and want more.

I’ve had great massaman in a Thai chain in Spain and that was full of flavour minimal chilli, taste the coconut and cashews, but Tom yum all you got was heat from chilli on both. The roti was just pure fried grease, I couldn’t touch that it didn’t even look nice.

Also when we got home my friends stomach wasn’t good and he was sick that night and bad the next day also. It was definitely this meal that caused him to be ill.

My stomach hasn’t been great either from the greasy food the following day.

So I don’t know where all these great reviews come from as this is the worst Thai food I’ve ever had.

The best so far was a Thai place in a village in wales and in a Thai chain in puerto banus Spain, also many years ago a Thai takeaway van at craft show outdoor, her spring rolls were light covered in broccoli flower batter, so light full of vegetables, delicious, no grease from frying at all.

You’ve put my friend of trying Thai food now, with him being bad for a night and day.

If only the food matched the service. We should of complained more...

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