Veena’s Kitchen — Restaurant in Waverley

This place feels more like a café than a full-service restaurant. When we booked, I had checked the older menu prices, so I was surprised to find how expensive it has become.

The food itself was mixed. The massaman curry was enjoyable, but the pad Thai was unusually orange in colour and had an odd flavour I couldn't quite place. It reminded me of one other place that makes it in a similar style I also didn’t enjoy—it just wasn’t what I was expecting from a traditional pad Thai.

The biggest issue for me, however, was the pricing and added charges. £16 for a chicken pad Thai and £17 for a beef curry already felt steep. But what really put me off was being charged £2 for sweet chilli sauce on top of £4.95 for Thai prawn crackers. It seems unreasonable not to include a small sauce with the crackers—it made the experience feel unnecessarily transactional.

To top it off, when I asked to take home the rest of my noodles, they said it would be a 50p charge for the takeaway box. I understand businesses need to cover costs, but charging for a small plastic container feels excessive. Combined with the lack of a water refill (despite asking), it all added up to a feeling that they were trying to squeeze every last penny from the customer.

In the end, I removed the tip to make up for the extra charges, which left a sour note on what I hoped would be a great experience. Overall, I left feeling disappointed and...

Secret Thai Food location! After being turned down from three chain restaurants, we decided to chance it at Veena's kitchen on a Saturday afternoon and was pleasantly surprised there was a table available. It is a small restaurant but don't let its size fool you. This is our second time coming here and the service is as warm as we remember and the food is consistently amazing! This time around we ordered pad thai and the red curry and I must say, the pad thai is probably the most delicious pad thai i've ever had. the red curry was equally tasty with the right amount of heat and meat/vegetable/sauce ratio. Someone in our party also ordered the fried rice and fried chicken and he inhaled the food with only bones left. during our first visit we only had the thai green curry and that was also delicious. i think you cannot go wrong ordering anything from the menu. we then capped off our meal with the fried banana fritters which was enough to share for a party of three. If you are ever in the Farnham area and want to try delicious thai food, i highly recommend Veena's kitchen....

Nobody wants to write a bad review, but sometimes you just have to, in the hope that it helps. The front of house people in Veena's restaurant today were lovely and the service was excellent, however this was some of the worst Thai food I'd ever experienced. We tried this restaurant because of the earlier reviews and because it advertised itself as authentic, but unfortunately there was nothing authentic about this Thai food. Everything was processed and extremely sweet and to be honest, inedible (so sickly) after a few mouthfuls. Nobody at our table finished their meal, so not sure if they were having an off day, but none of the dishes looked anything like the pictures online. For some very good reasons I know and understand decent Thai food and this was just the pits, but having said all of that, it's a lovely place to sit and chill if you...