Firefly Bar & Thai Kitchen — Restaurant in London

It's high time I reviewed this gaff. It's not perfect, but I have to give it a 5 as a 4 just doesn't cut it. Not sure I've ever given something a 5/5 before, so that's the biggest testament I can give to this gem of a place.

Genuine Thai family in the kitchen rustling up grub that is fairly priced, especially compared to the average fare served up at most of the nearby pubs.

There's a semi-rotating set of 15 beers, all neatly listed on the blackboard with prices and abv. That's not something you see often these days & it actually encourages you to stay longer & spend more. Try not to do all 15 in the same afternoon though, as you'll end up no good to anyone. Aside from this you've got plenty of can & bottle options and a couple of decent gins and whiskys etc. They seem to look after their taps and you'll always get the correct glass for whatever you order. It's a little touch that goes a long way.

They show the football and will put the sound on for the bigger games. The sound system does need work though, as you can only hear the commentary clearly on a couple of tables. But in all fairness there's probably no compelling reason for them to alter this as they've got a good thing going on there right now in terms of clientele.

Towards the back is the sit-down dine-area where you won't be bothered by people watching sport and can have a quieter meal. Good for a date, good for groups of friends.

Toilets are always clean and there's never a Q. The bar staff are very good. There's a very agreeable 2-4-1 happy hour on selected cocktails once or twice a night.

Probably been in 100 times in my career and never seen an ounce of trouble. There's some eclectic locals mixed with the younger generation of Balhamites & I wish the owners & staff every...

As a Thai girl living in London I have been coming here for over a year. I will never go back again after the way a male member of staff spoke to my partner and I tonight. We went in to watch the football match and have dinner and drinks. We arrived and sat down at a table we were told was available. Shortly after we sat down a young male server, who I assume is the floor manager very abruptly asked us to move to a smaller table which was at the back of the restaurant with no view of the TV.

We explained we came in to watch the football and have dinner and drinks and would be happy to share the table with another group or eventually move to a smaller table with a view of the football when one became available. However he responded quite aggressively, ‘either you go to the smaller table or you need to leave. Its a friday and I can’t afford to give up a large table.’ My partner and I both got up to leave and were in complete shock. We came out tonight with the intention of spending at least £100. We were actually at there yesterday watching the England match and we shared a 6 seater with 2 other couples and there was no issue as that is the nature of a pub when you are watching the football.

Whilst we were leaving we looked around and saw there were no other groups waiting and there were at least 3 tables where couples of 2 were sitting at either 6 or 4 seater tables. However they were not asked to move.

One lovely female member of staff saw this and tried to accommodate us, however we were so taken a back by the way this man had spoken to us, we didn’t feel comfortable staying. As we were leaving a couple of bystanders who witnessed his conversation with us came over and asked if we were ok.

We sadly won’t be going...

This used to be one of our favourite places to eat in Balham. We got a takeaway the other day and unfortunately the starters were burnt to a crisp and so salty we couldn't even eat them. When we were waiting to collect and incredibly rude waitress continued talking to a colleague at the bar for over 10mins even though she could see we were waiting. All that time, we could see our food sitting there getting cold. It's a real shame they treat regular customers like this (we used to go at least twice a month pre lockdown and tried to order regularly during lockdown as to help keep them in business) but am afraid we will no longer be supporting them. The quality of the food and service has become...