Ting Thai Teviot Place — Restaurant in City of Edinburgh

Disappointing My mate had really bigged this place up. The first thing I noticed was that you can't choose how spicy you want your food. REAL Thai food is generally very spicy, none of this was. Spice level is just enough to know there's some in it. The portions are really small, which price wise is fine if you buy directly from Ting Thai but if you get a delivery the prices are ridiculous for the portions. The Scottish touch was apparent in the sweet potato crispies (which were soggies rather crispy). Who batters sweet potato? If anyone has ever seen anything battered in Thailand my apologies. I found them weird, way too greasy and the worst way I have ever been served sweet potato - which I love. The same can be said of the chicken wings, (usually love them, hated them here). They came swimming in a weird (not spicy) liquid - I will assume that was the 'Bangkok' bit, but again I never had chicken wings served like that when I was in Bangkok. The seafood noodles my mates favourite was OK, well and authentically flavoured but unimpressive. The fried egg perfect (& extra) It irritated me that they decide which meat you could have with which dish. So some dishes you couldn't have pork with and others you couldn't have duck with. That irritated the bejesus out of me. I ordered something with rice and duck. The duck was cooked to perfection, it was well balanced and there was sufficient if not generous amount of meat. The crowning fail of the evening was 2 slabs of overcooked pork (pretty much everything was done to death), described as caramelised and sticky in the menu. Not sticky, not caramelised, not spicy. Even my mate couldn't make any excuse. Next time I'm in Edinburgh, I won't be eating Thai cos most people agree this is one of the best in the city.

I had a very negative experience here which was very disappointing. Went in around half 5, plenty of time to eat and pay up before our train home. The atmosphere is very casual. We were sat at high stools facing a window. Service was good at first, we were quickly able to order and get our drinks. We decided to go for a starter and a main. One main was served in a box - very casual style dining. I was very much looking forward to my food. Because we were sat in front of the window, we could see a steady stream of Deliveroo and UberEats drivers taking orders. Probably saw about 7-8 in the space of 20 minutes. I thought this may lead to a delay in our food as the takeaway orders tend to be prioritised - this wasn't a problem at first. After 30 minutes we still didn't have our starter. There was no acknowledgement from the staff that we had been waiting. After 40 minutes we started to get restless - I don't appreciate not being communicated to about the wait but not wanting to put pressure on the wait staff we left it. 45 minutes in, a couple wandered in and sat next to us. We were shocked to see that their food arrived 10 minutes after they ordered. I was very irritated at this point. We were told that the ticket order must have been mixed up. Given we waited 50 minutes for a starter at a casual dining place without any communication from the wait staff we then had to leave as we would probably have not made our train. It was clear that the takeaway orders were being prioritised above the sit-in customers. However, once the people next to us got their food within 10 minutes that was really the straw that broke the camel's back. Extremely disappointing experience.

This used to be my regular lunch spot for years now but after a somewhat disappointing meal in summer I took a break from Ting Thai Caravan. But since the memories of many many delicious lunches before were calling decided to give the place another chance . Huge mistake . The food was truly not good!! I ordered my usual sea bass dish with a side of jasmine rice . The fish was bad - dry , overcooked yet cold !! Full of bones . The once delicious and fragrant sauce- tasteless, bland , cold , one cashew nut - what was that about?? Usually there were at least 7-8 in a serving. No cherry tomatoes but I guess to make up for that the chef decided to leave endless lemongrass cuttings (those are not edible !) which made for an interesting fishing experience. This paired with again - cold rice made for a very sorry and tedious lunch . I didn’t complain as my friend who ordered chicken pad Thai did raise the issue of dry inedible chicken in her dish and the reaction she got from the waiting staff was that of mild disinterest so decided there is no point of voicing my displeasure at the sea bass Meklong dish. One disappointing and bad lunch experience is ok things can happen . Twice - tells me the something changed and food quality went down . I don’t want to complain at all at the waiting staff as they are always nice and efficient and it is a very fast paced environment but did leave a 3 star rating just em because I think someone from senior should address patrons complaints , so the 3 stars is not in regards to the floor staff but management!