Phi Thai — Restaurant in Liverpool

A nice little restaurant offering great food at a good price. I rarely comment on staff, but they were also very helpful, offering advice and generally being very friendly. Deserving of a 5* rating.

For starters I had the Tom Yam Kai soup, as recommended by the waitress. I often go for a Hot and Sour soup, but this was vastly superior. I'd highly recommend it.

For my main I decided on a Thai Red curry, which is one of my favourite Thai dishes. The portion was generous and it was a very good example of this dish.

I did consider the chocolate spring rolls, which apparently the restaurant is famous for, but I was too full to...

Cannot comment on the food. Booked a table for 2 for a Friday night, turned up and where shown to a 'table' at the back. This table was basically the pass from the kitchen and under the bar with a single chair. This certainly wasn't a table more like the area they keep the cutlery that had been tidied up and a chair placed to make a table. What do they want me to do pass the food to the waitress everytime the bell dinged? I questioned it and asked for a different table but was told it was the only one. Why not just tell me there wasn't a table avaliable and we wouldn't have come? Place is tiny and everyone on...

The menu descriptions didn't match the actual dishes, different or missing ingredients, Secondly, waitress was unaware of the menu details. I asked a few questions, but reply was “I don’t know”. I asked if the pork in a dish was minced or in pieces, but the server gave me the wrong information due to lack of any knowledge about dishes. This made it hard to know what to expect from the dishes. On the end there was a billing error, been handed bill for £65 instead of £35.90. I was hoping for a more authentic experience, especially with the kitchen staff appearing to be Thai. Only enjoyed cold Coca-cola...