I came here last night with three foodie friends, inspired because we had all enjoyed a fantastic meal at The Smoking Goat over a year ago, and were eager to check out the newest addition to the London Thai food scene. My first impression was that it's a big, beautiful space, with lots of outdoor tables that will be nice for the summer (only a few brave souls braving the elements at the moment) and quite a bit of room to roam in the restaurant as well. We had a round table in the corner, where we had room to put our belongings on a shelf by the window, and they offered straw baskets to store things in (though this just made everything a lot more bulky). They also didn't seem to have a cloakroom, as most people just had them on the backs of their chairs (maybe they haven't caught onto the fact that, unlike Bangkok, London is cold). Moving onto the drinks, they have a very extensive cocktail list featuring Thai liqueurs we didn't recognize, but we opted for the Prosecco, which was fairly reasonably priced at £6 / glass or £30 / bottle. As for the menu, what I liked about it was that they had giant colourful pictures, which made it pretty easy to order. We were advised to get 5-6 small dishes and 3-4 large dishes between 4 people. From that we ordered the edamame tom-sum, Greyhouse single bone wings, crab and corn pops, todmun pops, rib eye satay, weeping wolf, and vegetarian bruschetta. From the mains, we ordered the Esarn chicken, beef massamun, crab meat wok rice, and spaghetti pla khem. What the staff failed to tell us was that the small dishes would be served at the same time as the large plates, and that they would all arrive at the same time. As a result, we were furiously passing around plates as they arrived to serve them onto our individual plates, just in order to clear the table. This also made it difficult to appreciate each individual dish, as we forgot which dish was which and the sauces all ran together. That said, the most memorable was the edamame tom-sum, which they should have warned us was super spicy. We were virtually on the verge of tears, and had to desperately eat cucumbers to try and cool down. Everything else was reasonable in terms of spice level. I thought most of the small dishes were missable, save for the rib eye satay (amazing satay sauce, but they need to serve you more things to eat it with, bread and raw vegetables were a bit strange). We definitely over-ordered there, and didn't get to appreciate most of it. But all of the main dishes were fantastic and very unique. At the end of the day, I think it's a compelling restaurant with a strong track record overseas, and maybe the local staff are just going through some training and growing pains. I'm sure they will have it figured out in no time. read more