Thai Orchid — Restaurant in England

🕓 I visited Thai Orchid on Thursday 2 May 2024 in the early evening, a weekday during term time.  I was with two other people.  This was my first visit.

📍I used Google Maps to find the restaurant, which was easy and led me straight to the right place.

🅿️ There is ample parking nearby at Salisbury - Central (Short Stay) Car Park - parking is free after 6pm and there's a short cut between the car park and the restaurant, passing by Salisbury Playhouse.

🍽 The restaurant comprises of one small main dining area with plenty of tables with full table service.  The restaurant was brightly decorated.

🤗 The team were friendly and welcoming and I had no issues - we got everything we expected in good time and enjoyed the experience.

🍲 I enjoyed Gai Satay for my starter and Gai Phad Priew Wan for my main course.  The food arrived hot, was well presented and tasted really good.  There was a good selection of food and I found something that appealed to me easily.  One of my party went completely off menu and enjoyed a Thai omelette which the team were more than happy to cook for her.

💷 The food was very good value for money, I paid around £26 for the two dishes plus prawn crackers and a soft drink.

⭐️ Overall I enjoyed my visit and would definitely come and visit again.

⏳️ I spent around...

Beyond words!

First, I have to say that I am a Thai person who has been living in the UK for 21 years. I visited this city with my fiancé, and we traveled from Birmingham. We both love exploring different cities, including traveling abroad. We also love dining at Thai restaurants and have been to many of them.

We have been in this city for two nights now. Last night, I suddenly had a craving for Thai food, so I searched on Google. There were many Thai restaurants in this area, but I decided to try this one.

As soon as I entered the restaurant, the staff greeted us with warm smiles, excellent service, and friendly conversation. When the food arrived at our table, I almost cried. Every dish I tasted reminded me of my childhood in Thailand. I can confidently say that most Thai restaurants I’ve been to adjust their flavors to suit foreigners' tastes rather than serving authentic Thai flavors. But this restaurant is truly different—the food is incredibly delicious!

I usually don’t write reviews unless something is truly exceptional. I highly recommend this place to anyone reading this review. If you are looking for real, authentic Thai flavors, this is the place to be! I will definitely come back again.

5 start, not enough! 🌟...

We were v disappointed with our meal at the Thai Orchid, especially as one of our party had eaten there before and had a lovely meal. After reserving a table the day before for 6 people, we arrived at our booking time and had to wait 10mins to be seated as they were busy. No worries there - busy is a good sign, we thought! We then had to wait 20 mins before e someone came to our table to take orders - hmmm... this isn't going so well. But the real disappointment was yet to come. We ordered at 7.50pm and our main courses didn't arrive until 9.15pm! when they came the food was a big disappointment - 2 of the dishes were lukewarm and had we not been so hungry at this point we would've asked them to be taken back and reheated. It was clear then that the restaurant had overbooked and had got greedy, yet the lack of any recognition or effort to compensate for this - no complimentary starter / dessert/ coffee made us feel much less inclined t come back and also to let others know of our bad experience. Maybe you'll get luckier than us - but defo be warned - this place puts profit before customer...