Very nice Burmese restaurant near Shoreditch High Street with elegant decor and good food…read more The jungle fried chicken (10 GBP) was pretty good as it was like an elevated version of normal fried chicken with a nice crispy exterior and a spicy sauce. The braised beef curry (21.50 GBP) had tender chunks of beef in a sauce but not too much other than that. I thought it could have benefited from a few more things on the plate. The coconut noodles with chicken (17.50 GBP) was sort of like a pho with the noodles and other ingredients in a flavorful coconut-infused broth. The noodles were cooked well and the chicken was tender. The interior of the restaurant is quite nice with a slightly upscale yet still casual vibe, good for a date or more intimate meal with friends. The staff are pretty friendly and the service speed is decent. Overall, Lahpet is a very good choice if you are looking for a slight twist on ordinary Southeast asian cuisine with a nice environment.

Solid Burmese restaurant with a lot of vegan friendly options and cute warm ambiance! Haven't had…read morethat much Burmese cuisine but the highlight was the tea leaf salad - sour, pickled flavors with crunch and tons of texture! So fun and dynamic to eat, I would definitely order this again. Service was great as well, I feel like the waiters came by just the right amount of times. Didn't feel rushed at all to finish the meal and they even let us overstay once already closed. Definitely curious to try other dishes on the menu

WOW! I held an event at Lahpet tonight and everything from start to finish was awesome. I worked…read morewith Amy for the planning leading up to tonight and she was responsive, helpful and very easy to work with. The day of our event came and we had to make a last minute change to where our group was going to be and she and the other Lahpet team member, Sam, were nothing but accommodating. They moved quickly and never once acted like having to move us was a bother. The food was spectacular! I could have 3 of everything. We ordered the fried tofu, sweet corn fritters, ginger salad, fried chicken bites were AMAZING. The flavors were out of this world. And the space is beautiful. Perfect lighting, lots of greenery and a downstairs and upstairs space. This was a 10 out of 10 event thanks the staff at Lahpet and the food! Highly recommend!

Lahpet is a Shoreditch-based Burmese restaurant with an outpost at Old Spitalfields Market. Dishes…read moreare cheap and cheerful, with plenty of noodles and street food. Vegetarian options available. My coconut noodles with chicken (8 pounds) were tasty and filling. Service was good and the food came out quickly. Seating can be a struggle.

Really delicious and authentic Thai food! Great location not to far from Peckham Rye station.read more

Some of the tastiest Thai food I have had outside of Thailand:)…read moreMy wife and I were very happy to share 3 small dishes and a whole salt crusted Bream. I love spicy and she doesn't and the meal was able to more than satisfy both of us. A new found London favourite!!

Very poor service, basically no one served us at all even though we've sat down for like 10…read moreminutes, in the end we went to take our own menus. Then no one came to take our orders, and when they eventually do, food took a good 20-30 mins to come out (note we only ordered a toast, a drink and a dessert), and unfortunately the dessert sago was flavourless and the drink was pretty bland... It is very unfortunate, maybe they had a bad day, but right now I cannot recommend the place at all.

I'd bookmarked this place as soon as I heard about it. Today we headed here after a movie for a…read morelateish lunch. It seemed most customers were here for their desserts (a large & impressive menu) The food menu is small in comparison, but still quite varied. There's s whole section of small plates that work well as sides or starters. I've been itching to try the Burmese fe minted tea leaf salad for awhile, Shan state has it in the menu, but today was not a salad day- so I'll have to go back to try this dish. We had starters of popcorn chicken - lovely, but could be complimented with a dipping sauce. The spicy pork gyoza came with a bit of flavoured soy sauce which worked well for dipping the chicken too. Our mains included the green pork curry - loaded with crunchy veggies and the yellow chicken noodle soup - much milder and softer to eat because everything in it is so tender. We enjoyed sharing these 2 dishes and alternating the textures. The food isn't spicy as you may expect from Asian food, but does have well blended spices, so there's loads of flavour. Desserts were the buns with condensed milk which were very good & peanut coconut balls which are like the Japanese mochi. Sticky glutinous dumplings tossed in a coconut and crushed peanut mixture. I loved it, but the partner wasn't a fan. Their milk teas (lychee & wintermelon) were more like thin milkshakes but very flavourful. And they had popping boba which I love. The space is small and cosy, service was lovely and the food was very satisfying in a way that home cooked meals are. I have to return for the tea leaf salad, but it's also worth popping into for their regular menu.

This is a local Walthamstow legend, but is it worth making the trip from elsewhere in East London?…read moreI would say yes. I would recommend this restaurant to those who love Thai and Chinese food. It was extremely busy when we went, but it was definitely worth the wait.

The staff here are so kind and friendly that really hope this place does well, but something tells…read moreme they're catering for a market that's maybe a little too exclusive. It's a halal restaurant owned and staffed by Muslims, so neither pork dishes or alcohol are available. It's not that big a deal the food's good but non-meat options are extremely limited too, with just four dishes in the menu's vegetarian list. Although almost any SE Asian dish can be prepared with vegetables and/or a meat substitute by their very accommodating chef, this wasn't clear from the menu. Tofu 'wasn't delivered today' so their one Tofu-based dish wasn't available, so the chef made me an off-menu Thai Red curry with vegetables, which was very good, but not spectacular and at £9.50 (inc rice) seemed expensive, for its location the small stretch of nowhere on Hoe St between the Baker's Arms and Walthamstow, opposite a Tesco garage. Interestingly, a selection of lobster dishes were listed, and I wondered how many customers would shell out £44 to eat crustacea in the E17 hinterland. Decor is interesting but seating is uncomfortable walls artexed in a sand colour to evoke a desert setting, wooden chairs and tables, with benches/booths at the back where it's not quite possible to sit up to the tables because they're solid. Walthamstow has become extremely cosmopolitan, so there's something very apt about a restaurant that's owned by a Burmese guy, staffed by young men from Pakistan, and that serves food from Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Burma. I was psyched to discover it as only the two other places I know of Chequers pub in the High St. and a greasy spoon near the bottom of Queens Rd on Markhouse Rd serve Thai food, and not all the time. I rarely drink and I don't eat meat, so at first Thainese seemed like an ideal choice, but its lack of vegetarian choices, uncomfortable seating and high prices for the area wouldn't have me rushing back for dinner. Pad Thai is missing from the menu a plate of this for £6.50 probably would.

The Basil Leaf is right next to Baron's Court tube stop and isn't a bad place to stop in to grab…read moresomething if you are about to enjoy a long tube ride. The shop is a cross between a deli and corner store. The corner store side sells water, fruit, canned goods and other goodies. You will find a few surprises like some great chocolate and high end cookie brands. At the deli counter you will find a number of items but I have to suggest the samosa! The beef samosa are really good and they are not too big and not too small. They are perfect if you are a little hungry but not up for anything big. This is a great place to pop in; the down side is that they never seem to keep their hours. You'll want to grab a coffee or something light only to find the shop closed, when it should be open, with zero note. I find that irritating, but it doesn't keep me from dropping in when they are open.

Verdict: It's... Ok. Definitely wouldn't get a reservation or wait longer than 10 minutes to get…read moreseated. I don't think I'll be back, and I wouldn't recommend this unless you were extremely uncultured and didn't know what real Asian food was like. Non-Asian folks may love this place - so take other reviews with a grain of salt (I personally am shocked at how highly rated this place is). The missus rates it lower than me (3/5 from me), so I give this place her rating cuz we were both... very sad about this. Missus and I showed up at 4pm on a Saturday in May. It was hella busy when we arrived, but quickly emptied out after we started getting our food. This place claims its Thai but they only have the spice part down... I doubt this is actually authentic. Maybe it's Southeast Asian inspired?? If anyone else knows please comment. The portion sizes are predictably small, and I don't think we ordered enough for two to be full, even though it was quite pricey (given the portion size). We ordered the rump cap, curry, clay pot, and a lager to drink. Nothing was that memorable - the rump cap was well made but the curry definitely made us question the cultural authenticity of this place. I wouldn't order the curries here - the meat dishes seem decent though. The ambiance in here is definitely loud, since sound carries - any conversation gets amplified and you can hear every word - even the annoying laughs or coughs are at volume 11 (so try to keep your voices down!). There's a background music track but it's faint and you can only barely hear it when anyone is talking. The restaurant layout is very good for communal dining, but really bad for intimate settings. If I were a dating man (I'm not), I wouldn't bring a date here. The service is also extremely slow - from when we ordered to when we got all of our food was roughly 45 min - which, given how hungry we were, and how empty the place was - inexcusable and really disappointing. Note: mandatory 12.5% service charge on top of your meal.

Food was excellent. Unique flavours and very well priced. Service was also very good, great…read morerecommendations. Lovely vibe in the restaurant.

The fish was my favorite dish of our meal. My co-worker and I met here for dinner and the…read morerestaurant is near Old Spitalfields which is my favorite market in London. My co-worker made reservations, I'm glad she did because it was crowded but there were still some available seats. The staff are friendly and accommodating. The veggies was sauteed kale which doesn't seem very Thai but I needed something green in my meal.

We came for dinner on a Sunday night, and the place was packed! My friend essentially ordered the…read morewhole menu, and before I knew it, our table was overflowing with dishes. I absolutely loved the nang gai thort, gaeng khiao waan jay, and nahm dtok pla thort. For rice, both the khao nieo and khao hom mali were fantastic! And we couldn't resist getting the mango sticky rice for dessert--it was a must! ENJOY! PS: Make sure you get a reservation!

Delicious chicken curry soup, fresh and crisp ginger salad and great service! I come here every…read moretime I am in London and it's consistently solid experience. Deffo recommend.

I could eat tea leaf salad everyday! The prawn curry is spicy but that is the way I like it. My…read morehusband had the mutton curry and couldn't stop raving how tender it was.