Khomkhai Thai Cuisine — Restaurant in High Peak

Our first evening (25th January) on our Peak District trip, (staying at Green Lane B&B, Buxton), we'd walked about 5mins to arrive at Khomkhai Thai restaurant (almost hidden away in the back alleyway). Good choices available in the food and drinks menus. The food came out hot and quickly. However, we discovered later on that we actually didn't have any scallops with our order of the sizzling "Talay Jan Ron" (in the menu it stated: mixed seafood of prawns, scallops, mussels and squid). Which was very disappointing as the presence of the scallops would justify the high price for this dish. Some dishes were alittle on the sweet side and some on the salty side. But overall, it was cooked and tasted ok. There are two front doors! With no clear signs we had to go with trial and error and found the entrance door was the one on the right-hand side. We were warmly greeted and seated by the young waitress. We didn't book but there were plenty of tables available (at 5.40pm, Wednesday 25th January), although most of them had been reserved for later dining (7pm onwards). The dining area is lovely decorated with Thailand Buddha sculptures, paintings and plants. Service was friendly from both the waitresses and the kitchen staff. There is a public paid car park opposite which provides free...

My first review. I'm not one for public declarations but this place thoroughly deserves it!

The decor is stunning, lots to look at and appreciate. The spacing inside is very ample for moving about and although it's a big open space, you don't feel like your table is crammed.

All the staff are hard working, from front of service to the chefs in the back. I never once see anyone slacking or lingering.. The boss lady is lovely, easy to talk to and you can tell she is so passionate about being authenticly Thai, not just about the business. Saw absolute perfection in service.

The food was exceptional. The prawn toast is the best I've ever, ever had. Mains Were served with lovely presentation, so full of flavour.. thought, care and love has gone into these dishes!

I am really struggling for constructive criticism. I/We really enjoyed our experience here, already can't wait to come back and wish the boss lady every success because she undoubtedly deserves it.

Thank you to all who made our time perfect, we have already decided we'll be back as soon as we can. And to anyone wondering if you should or...

Unfortunately a strange and not too pleasant eating experience.

We picked up a range of dishes as a takeaway, and the staff in both the restaurant and the takeaway shop were lovely.

The food however was odd, and not very good.

The good points; the sticky rice and coconut rice were good, the tofu was pretty nice.

The issues; the ‘dry’ red Thai curry was a tupperware full of a thin watery liquid - much thinner than coconut milk, the marinated mixed vegetable skewers were uncooked vegetables with no chargrilling and almost no visible marinade, the stir fried vegetable dish was also very watery - with almost raw vegetables.

For almost £40 this was really disappointing, so although the restaurant may be good, for takeaway I’d advise you...