ThaiGrr! — Restaurant in Reading

The food is absolutely delicious, and the changing specials are dishes you'd rarely ever find in Thai restaurants in the UK: Khaow Moo Daeng, Khaow Kaa Moo, Khaow Man Gai. The crispy chicken salad was 10/10, the crispy chicken 10/10, Massaman curry 10/10, Som Tam 9/10 (the seasoning sauce was a bit different to what I'm used to) and the Salt/Pepper squid also 10/10.

The staff are super friendly and it's run by Thai chefs/owners, so you won't find any Anglo-Chinese-Thai fusion dishes.

I'm really excited to see what they do - I'd love to see some regional speciality weeks, where the menu flips and showcases a different จังหวัด - so pleased we have an authentic Thai in Reading now.

I'd normally never compare in a review, but when looking at Thai places in Reading: Rosa's Thai is delicious, but since their chefs left and it's made at the Deliveroo kitchen, it's not the same as you'd get in their Brixton/Liverpool/etc branches. Thai Corner is also excellent, but the menu is not as authentic and "street food" style as ThaiGrr! As for Thai Now, Paya, Bolan, My Wok - I'd class them as Thai/Asian-inspired. I'm basing my judgement on living in Bangkok for a number of years and comparing to what...

From the outside ThaiGrr! looks like just another Wasabi or Kokoro, but the taste and the attention to care is something else entirely. They have their ready-to-eat curries and stews in hot basins, my favourite being the authentic moo pad prik (pork belly stir fried in red chilli paste), but really the stars of the show are their made-to-order specials like their kor moo yang (grilled pork neck), a dish that I had not yet found outside of Thailand.

At normal restaurant prices, it's not cheap for the bare surroundings, but what's lacking in decor is more than made up for by the flavours and service. Their khao kha moo (stewed pork leg) comes with beautifully fatty, fall-apart-in-your-mouth skin. Both their fried chicken and crispy squid come fresh and hot, and if you manage to catch their summer special dessert of mango sticky rice then count yourself lucky.

What a fantastic and daring new addition to Reading, I hope they do well and continue to churn out courageous new specials to...

I've ordered through deliveroo twice.

The first order, the starters were great, I got sweetcorn cakes and gyoza, which I highly recommend. However the main, I'd ordered garlic chicken and there was nothing garlic about it.. Nothing like the picture. Tasted slightly sweet and that was about it. The chicken was also NOT battered as it was said to be in the description. I'm still torn as to whether they sent me the wrong thing or not.

Second order, I ordered the same starters which, were still great - the quality did not change. I enjoy the sweetcorn cake and gyoza a lot - however the main again, I ordered the red curry and the the chicken was inedible.. It was almost black, and it tasted very strange and everything it touched got that taste. I had to push it all to the side and eat the aubergine and the rice which was covered in the very watered down sauce.. If you want a good red curry Bolan does it MUCH better..

Quite disappointed, I wish the mains lived up to the starters...