I was skeptical but my friend has a pretty good eye for picking quality restaurants so I trusted…read morehis gut. Plus, I really love mango sticky rice and hoped that they'd have it on the menu. Sadly, they did not but I understood the explanation. We ordered corn fritters, vegetable tempura, hand fried spring rolls, green curry with tofu, pad Thai, and a Tiger beer. It was good. I'm glad it was so good because it is not fast. Which means someone is actually cooking the food. Which we need to appreciate more. So go there when you're with someone whose company you enjoy and you aren't in a hurry. Sit. Have a beer or two and wait. It's coming and it'll be good. It's also good because it isn't TOO anything. My friend wanted more seasoning and asked if it would be rude to ask for salt or something. I decided that it would. This is a family spot. "You go tell him his wife's food isn't to your liking", I joked while savoring my dish. This man wanted to ask for salt or (gasp) soy sauce(!) and he had eaten the decorative vegetables on the plate. It was good solid Thai food. The server was kind and celebrated my sloppy attempts at speaking Thai. The spot is not what you'd expect, it's homey, the ceiling and walls covered in standard cultural decor but it gave speakeasy. Like a place the mob would frequent. Quiet, comfortable, private, and low traffic. This should he a neighborhood favorite.

This is honestly the BEST Thai restaurant we have EVER been to. You MUST try it. My favourite is…read morethe Green Thai curry and chicken satai. Service is a bit slow, but the food definitely worth the wait. Also, its a bit out of the way, but easy to drive and plenty of parking near by.

They do a really great 2 course lunch for £6 - awesome value for money and well worth a lunchtime…read morevisit. I have also done takeaway in the evening and the food was just as good as the food I got a lunch, they offer good value when you compare against other Thai takeaway places. Well worth trying them.

A little authentic Gem in crystal palace Excellent food,…read morecozy restaurant, and great service Nice range of appetizers quite a diverse menu

This restaurant is a sleeper! Very unassuming but the food is very good and the staff is very…read moreaccommodating

Oh I am so disappointed to have to write this update. After the last time we went, we thought we'd…read moretry it again. We walked in early on a Friday evening (7.15pm) and got a table (with the proviso that we could only have it for 2 hours, which was fine). We sat down and were immediately asked what we wanted - we actually needed a few minutes to settle and think, but we ordered diet coke to buy ourselves some time. We ordered some food and waited - it took quite a long time, so we ordered some prawn crackers. They arrived instantly, I mean the waitress turned round, grabbed them and put them back on our table. We were chatting away, so I dunked one in the sauce and ate it without really paying attention. The sauce tasted really odd, so I asked what it was. "Chicken and peanut" was the answer. Seeing as we had ordered vegetarian dishes, I thought that was quite a risk - also no warning about the peanut sauce? Since thai prawn crackers usually come with chilli sauce, I was slightly bemused - I assume it was someone else's mistaken order since it was ready instantly and cold. Anyway, we moved on to our main course. My sister ate some of her steamed rice and pulled a long black hair out of her mouth. It was not ours... then lifted a spoonful of the vegetarian red curry up to see another hair dangling from the spoonful. I called the manager over and explained that I would pay for the diet coke and the prawn crackers, but that we were leaving now and not paying for the main course. She agreed that our experience was unacceptable and didn't charge us for anything. We left and went next door to Joanna's, which was absolutely wonderful. We will never be going back there.

Wow, very mixed reviews for this place!…read more We came in for a very early dinner and shared a bunch of dishes. Fish cakes and chicken wings were tasty. The green curry with shrimp was creamy and had a nice kick. The pad thai was also good. The only slightly odd dish was the duck. The duck breast slices were battered and deep fried and then stir fried with onions and peppers. I liked the peppercorns but the duck was of varying consistency - some were tender, others were dry and leathery, like beef jerky. It wasn't bad by any means as I quite liked both but I'm not sure what the 'normal' preparation is supposed to be like. The service was polite and attentive. Nothing bad to say about Tamnag. We had a good experience!

Extremely quick service. Sadly all the food didn't turn up at the same even though they asked us if…read morewe wanted it that way. The food was served piping hot and we had to leave it a bit before eating - not sure this is a bad thing though. The dishes tasted excellent.

From the owner: We serve fresh & tantalize Southeast Asian dishes in Stir-fry, Wok-fry noodles, Curries & Soup that…read morewill make you feel the warm of Southeast Asia Countries

This place seems to have drastically gone downhill since I was last here a few years ago…read more We started with the prawn tempura. It was pretty inedible - greasy with heavy batter that tasted of old oil. Worse, they had not cleaned the poop shoots on the prawns. I know that being fried probably kills all the bacteria, but still... it's poop! I then had the sweet and sour chicken (watery) and my fellow diner tried the pad Thai. Neither dish wowed us, but they were at least edible. We had a lovely, attentive and hard working waitress. However, the waiter who was on with her was awful. At one point I waved at him to ask if we could order some more drinks (eye contact, coughing and a strip tease had not caught his attention). He simply stood where he was (the other side of the restaurant) with his hand behind his ear indicating that I should shout my order. I made the point of getting up and walking towards him. He actually let me get all the way over to where he was standing without moving a muscle. It was an extremely disappointing visit and not one that I will be repeating.

A really nice Thai restaurant. Good service, the house red wine was really drinkable which, for…read moresome reason, it often doesn't seem to be in low and mid range Thai restaurants. Plenty of vegetarian options. Just good, tasty, fresh food. The last time I went, Saturday just gone, I had prawn crackers which are way better than the usual greasy fare, the obligatory vegetable spring rolls and jungle curry which was a bit too spicy for me (I'm out of practice!) but full of flavour underneath the heat. We used to eat in the sister restaurant in Bromley which was also good, but as that is no longer there, this will be our new local Thai of choice. Great location right opposite Beckenham Junction train station and not far from the main high street. I don't think there's parking.

I had a nice evening at this restaurant. The prices were reasonable, the service was great and…read moremost important our culinary experience was divine. We were greeted and seated very nicely. The server was patient and kind. she explained items on the menu and even gave suggestions which turned out to be one of my favorites. The restaurant was clean and quiet. I always like to add a tidbit about the bathrooms (it is said that bathrooms in restaurants usually are an indication of the cleanliness of the kitchen). this bathroom was exceptionally clean with modern decor... overall I had a nice experience...

Mantanah looks set to be yet another one of my 5 star Thai restaurants, because seriously... our…read moremeal here blew us away, and we were never expecting it here in deep south London. What you need to know is that Mantanah is way way down in Crystal Palace, run by a wonderful group of Thais and serving dishes that are just right on every level and with fresh ingredients flown in weekly from Thailand. Jackfruit, mango, coconut, banana blossom and bamboo shoots - it's a place for a foodie day trip. Trust me. It's cheap, flavourful, homely and authentic. The menu is long and full of surprises and some of the more obscure yet rewarding Thai dishes from the far North, the fiery East or the dirty South. If it's noodles you're after, they can't be beat. Curries; again, they excel. And if you're vegetarian then this will be HEAVEN for you. With almost as many meat-free dishes as the rest of the menu, with fun names and interesting flavours. Our meal was starters of fish cakes, satay and duck spring rolls, followed by coconut rice with a hot Northern chicken curry with peanuts and tumeric, an amazing dish of pork and young jackfruit and a scorching sweet red curry of pork and coconut flesh. Every mouthful tasted just right, and our only regret was not trying the rest of the menu. A recent addition to Mantanah is a phrase guide for Thai on each table, so if you'd like to learn a few words then get here for a meal. In fact, if you're heading to Thailand for any reason soon then a preparatory meal at Mantanah is a must. My dining companion and I don't need to know what's what though... we know Mantanah is Aroi Maak Maak.