Thai Orchid — Restaurant in England

I took my son out for the buffet all you can eat meal yesterday (Sunday 7th August 2022) His birthday is on the 9th so i did some research into all you can eat buffet restaurants in the area and a google search came up with Thai Orchid. The reviews were excellent so i decided it would be the perfect place for us to try. WOW, it was a real revelation, an Aladdin's cave of Thai art, elephants and food. Immediately you are hit with a real cacophony of amazing aromas and an amazing selection of food delights waiting to be enjoyed. Our waiter was a real character, he took us up to "business class", which was upstairs. There was lots to choose from and all the available space was well utilised. However, the choice wasn't thankfully overwhelming, i think there was about 50 dishes from starters to mains to choose from. We chose a plate of starters each and our waiter was on hand to take several pictures of us with our food, a nice touch. We returned to business class to find that this part of the restaurant was filling up nicely. We ate our starters which were a real treat to start the proceedings. My son and i needed a well earned breather before heading down for our next plateful. We are real foodies so discussion was how good the food was. We went back downstairs and the restaurant was full now. There wasn't an empty seat in sight. This is a really good indication of how good a restaurant is in my opinion. I got talking to a few people and they were there for the first time also. We all agreed how good it was. We ate so much amazing and flavourful food it was unbelievable. I would recommend a bowl of the thick satay sauce, which was loaded with nuts, lemongrass and of course coconut milk, an amazing accompaniment to lots of the dishes or just to serve as a dip for the starters. We wished we could have taken a container of this home but alas not. Our waiter took more pictures of us eating, again another nice touch. I didn't mention, all the tables are glass topped with the most amazing wooden carvings underneath. Certainly lots to discuss while we were there and lots to discuss afterwards and definitely an all you can eat buffet experience to be savoured for a long time to come. I would say personally that we have filtered out a lot of truly awful all you can eat buffets, but this may now have taken the new crown for us. My son and i were literally gobsmacked by the outstanding appearance of everything, the décor, the food and of course the friendliness of our waiter. My son said I'd chosen an amazing location and restaurant and we both agreed we will be returning again and again and possibly again. Thai Orchid also offer a menu service and now also a take away service, both of which I'm sure are just as good. There will always be people who have good and bad experiences and people whose taste expectations dont match the restaurant and yes you have to go there to find out but i speak for myself as well as my son when we say that this was a truly unique all you can eat buffet easily within reach locally. We have nothing bad to say at all, however the only time for the buffet is 1200-1430 on a Sunday, which for some might be too early, but judging on how rammed the restaurant was it certainly didn't put anyone off and at £20 per person was excellent value. The other great thing is the restaurant is located opposite the Thames at Maidenhead so you have a nice place to walk off a full tummy afterwards. This is a completely genuine review, written without bias. I write from my personal experience and thought it was that good, i should let everyone else know too how good it is too. I guess if you don't like or appreciate Thai cuisine then this isn't for you, but if like my son and i and all of the other happy customers yesterday we loved it. Thank you Thai Orchid, we will most definitely...

I went here for a family birthday meal.

We went for 6 set menu B and 2 set menu A.

The starters on both set menus are identical and by far the best things in the set menu. The ribs, sprig roles and chicken satay are all very good and I'd probably give the starters an overall 4.5 out of 5 rating. Personally I could go there just for the starters.

For the B menu there was a soup after the starters but before the mains. This was a spicy chicken broth style soup and I loved it I'd give this a 4.5.

The mains were good, especially the curry style dishes. Personally I though out beef dish was on the chewy side of well done. I also though the noodles were slightly below average, they tasted like noodles with ketchup....I'd give the Thai curry style dishes a solid 4 out of 5, the duck dish a 4.9 with the noodles at a 1.5 and all the other main dishes at a 3.5

The deserts here are probably the weirdest desserts I have ever seen. I don't think people go here for the desserts. All of the desserts were unrecognizable but hey had common names like lemon meringue. I think I'd give these all a 2.5.

Overall 26 quid or 29 quid per person just for the food isn't unreasonable, however for the quality of the food I'd say this is overpriced.

I would come back again however I'd be looking to order the dishes I definitely wanted and I wouldn't even consider...

This was my first visit to Thai Orchid as my kids and myself was very hungry. The restaurant is relatively smaller in the entrance and unable to house people who wanted to be seated. Moreover they have dishes on either side making it very uncomfortable to stand. But the person who was making the seating arrangements just welcomed only people who had already reserved the tables. As I had not reserved any table he just ignored me and my kids who were already hungry when they saw the buffet. I was made just made to stand in a corner but he seemed to be making arrangements to people who came after me. After having waited for 10 mins when I asked him for a table he point blank said that there was no table and also no takeaways as well. My children were just hungry and did not want to move out. There was no apology as well from this guy.I just dont want to go to this restaurant again where the service is utterly rubbish and if people working here do not know how to treat their customers especially the ones with kids...Beware if you have to drop in here when you...