Thai's Smile
Thai and Oriental Restaurant
Christchurch Road, Boscombe
Our favourite local Thai restaurant, located near Boscombe High Street.
This little gem could easily be passed un-noticed; hiding alongside a bus shelter on Christchurch Road, Thai's Smile offers authentic tasty Thai cuisine at affordable prices. Try the lunchtime set menu - for under £6 choose a starter and main that will tempt your senses. Dishes are beautifully garnished and flavours really pack a punch. I can highly recommend the satay chicken, chicken wings and spare ribs starters. Although beef dishes cannot be ordered at lunchtime there is still a wide selection of stir frys, curries and noodle dishes to choose from. The Thai Green curry is out of this world, as is the Massaman and Kari curries.
Update 11/02/2013: Thai's Smile is under new ownership, apparently regular Thai customers have noticed that curry pastes are no longer freshly cooked and this has had an impact on the depth of flavour and overall taste. Sorry to say this is no longer our favourite Thai haunt.
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Sunday, 14 February 2010
Koh Thai, Bournemouth
Koh Thai
Thai Tapas and Cocktail Bar
487-489 Christchurch Rd, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH1 4AE
http://www.koh-thai.co.uk/
Thoroughly enjoyed our first visit to this relatively new Thai tapas restaurant located in Boscombe. Koh Thai offers a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, modern oriental-style decor and friendly staff. Our first visit landed on Valentines day so our food choices were limited to a 3-course set menu. My partner and I both chose the Koh Thai mixed platter which was tasty and full of flavour. Comprising of sesame prawn toast,thai chicken wing, satay chicken, mini vegetable spring roll and a sweet chilli sauce the platter was worth the 30 minute wait.
Slightly disappointed there was no beef option available as a main - and if your'e not a fan of curries then you may have been in trouble, however we both adore curry so it didn't take us long select our second course. My peanut-chicken curry was very tasty, Darren's prawn red curry was OK...
Desserts were nothing to shout about, the baileys cheesecake and tiramisu tasted pretty similar but to be honest we didn't expect out of this world desserts for £16.95 a head!
I'm sure we'll return to Koh Thai but we won't rush back - drinks are expensive, the food is not cheap and the service can be quite slow. We will continue to take advantage of the Thai Smile set lunches which offer much better value for money and 100% authentic Thai food.
Thai Tapas and Cocktail Bar
487-489 Christchurch Rd, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH1 4AE
http://www.koh-thai.co.uk/
Thoroughly enjoyed our first visit to this relatively new Thai tapas restaurant located in Boscombe. Koh Thai offers a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, modern oriental-style decor and friendly staff. Our first visit landed on Valentines day so our food choices were limited to a 3-course set menu. My partner and I both chose the Koh Thai mixed platter which was tasty and full of flavour. Comprising of sesame prawn toast,thai chicken wing, satay chicken, mini vegetable spring roll and a sweet chilli sauce the platter was worth the 30 minute wait.
Slightly disappointed there was no beef option available as a main - and if your'e not a fan of curries then you may have been in trouble, however we both adore curry so it didn't take us long select our second course. My peanut-chicken curry was very tasty, Darren's prawn red curry was OK...
Desserts were nothing to shout about, the baileys cheesecake and tiramisu tasted pretty similar but to be honest we didn't expect out of this world desserts for £16.95 a head!
I'm sure we'll return to Koh Thai but we won't rush back - drinks are expensive, the food is not cheap and the service can be quite slow. We will continue to take advantage of the Thai Smile set lunches which offer much better value for money and 100% authentic Thai food.
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