Addie's Thai Restaurant — Restaurant in London

Came to London with my friend for a long weekend - Friday 8th to Monday 11th December inclusive.

I had booked a slot for us to get into The Hyde Park Winter Wonderland on the Friday evening and we didn’t know how long we’d be staying, but we wanted somewhere good to eat afterwards. We also wanted somewhere close to our Earl’s Court accommodation, so that we didn’t have too far to go afterwards.

I googled restaurants, this had good reviews, we both like Thai food - so I booked it up. The gentleman who took my phone booking was friendly and courteous.

We were having such a great time at Winter Wonderland, that we lost track of time and knew we were going to be late for our reservation. My daughter is studying at King’s College in London and had told me London restaurants won’t hold a table longer than 15 minutes if you’re late. We were going to be longer than that.

I thought- can’t be any different to anywhere else, so I rang them and told them we were running late, but on our way. They said they’d hold the table- but stopped serving at a certain time.

Fortunately the restaurant was close to the Earl’s Court tube- so we just a 2 minute walk. It was warm, welcoming and in an intimate setting. We ordered quickly and got chatting to a lovely couple on the next table.

The food tasted great and was exactly what we...

To provide some context, Addie’s is one of the few places that provide raw marinated seafood in London. This is definitely London’s problem because Paris and Barcelona have loads more (high quality and arguably cheaper) raw fish restaurants. I’m not discounting Addie’s due to London’s problem.

Now I discuss Addie’s specifically. I wish its service could be much better. I was happily travelling quite a far distance for the raw crab, only to find that the restaurant is closed today on 9 Oct 2023. But neither google map nor its website disclosed this information. Their lack of disclosure caused a wasted time of two hours and led a hungry guy to disappointedly post what happened today on his way back home. This guy had to order something else online just to make sure there’s food at dinner time. I’d been here for many times before today. The service from the younger waiters and waitresses were great. But the older waitress aged around 50-65 was a bit inhospitable. She responded to my warm on the raw crabs with nothing… Tbh I wouldn’t have gone here after that if Addie’s weren’t the only option. (ie, there’s a strong demand inelasticity for this particular type of food, not for the service) Food quality. As mentioned before, it’s one of the two restaurants in London that provide raw fish. The quality is quite good—I rated...

I learnt about Addie's from people who generally don't ever go to Earl's Court. Yes, it's got a reputation that has spread far and wide. I've only been here twice so far as I don't live in the area (the most recent visit being this week), but it's well worth a visit.

Anyway, let's get down to the restaurant itself. Addie's has got great decor but is rather small. Hence, if you're able to book, you should. Staff... well, I think 90% of them are incredibly friendly, while there was one who seemed a bit surly and abrupt while taking our order, saying "And then?" in a rather sharp tone after every item we ordered. Still, the rest of the staff were friendly and smile-y so it wasn't enough to put us off.

The food was absolutely divine. I'd gone for the pork neck in tamarind sauce as a side dish and it was delicious. The sauce was very spicy though and almost killed me. My friend's masamman curry was not bad, but he said he'd had better elsewhere. The pad thai, which every Thai restaurant has to serve, was good, and looked very pretty with an egg lattice over the top. Be sure to mix in the chicken floss and crushed peanuts on the side before eating though. My friend didn't and missed out on the crunchy, savoury extras.

Our bill wasn't too bad. Came up to £22 each including a drink and service for quite a fair...