Toot Baldon, Thai Restaurant Guide

2022 Review: SEE BREAKING NEWS - “A very different sort of Thai – Ladd (Thurston) cooks the food of her homeland, sometimes influenced by her other experiences but always so tasty and delicious” (“I could bathe in the peanut sauce!”) at this beloved casual café, rated amongst the city's best since its 2013 opening. Top Tip – “the aubergine curry is a must”.

Now of three decades’ standing, this much commented-on “family favourite” is still the spot for “reliably good authentic Thai food in a lovely environment” (“an Elizabethan house tucked down an alley off the High”). Even if it is “not the force it once was”, the food is “never below very good” (“the green chicken curry remains the benchmark”), and even for those who have patronised the place for nearly as long as it exists, “over-familiarity still does not dull the pleasure” of a visit.