@siam - City of London,Westminster

Good tasty thai food. Quick to serve. Good selection and some varied dishes that I did not expect. Happy that we stumbled on this place

Ate here as offered a two course pre theatre menu for a very reasonable £12 starter, main plus jasmin rice. Good choice of items at least 6 starters and 6 mains. As we were under time pressure asked for starters to be served with the mains. Apart from the tables being sticky had no complaints. Service was swift, friendly and efficient. A few people came in even later than us for the pre theatre menu and were immediately served. Decor was quite bland candles on table would not go amiss. Would re visit again for the pre theatre menu

I ate at the restaurant on two occasions at lunch and dinner. The lunch menu was good I asked for spicy vegetable green curry which I got almost too spicy but delicious unfortunately the fish cakes were leathery. I left them uneaten. It would have been nice if the waiter asked why I had left them feedback for the chef? but he didn 't. As the rest of the food and the service was very good and the prices reasonable, I booked for the pre theatre menu on a week day evening for a group of friends. We had a very pleasant evening. It was extremely good value and though there was a mix up with my specific table reservation the staff handled it well allocating me a better table than the one I had reserved so I was impressed. The service was unobtrusive but efficient as it should be. However the decor in the restaurant let it down. As you enter the section the right hand side is passable with bright scatter cushions though a little cramped however the corridor has no pictures or flowers surely little pots of orchids could be set on the tables or what about some Thai wall hangings? The maagement could use a little imagination with the surroundings which though small could be put to better use. When I made a reservation I insisted on a specific table in the area on the right!

To be clear, we happened upon @Siam because other Soho eateries that we had in mind were full. Lowered expectation only added to the satisfaction the many dishes that we shared at the table were without exception quite good light, direct and tasty. What was particularly noteworthy was that they neither dumbed down nor beat you on the head with the spices. The spicier entries were led but not overwhelmed by spice. Therefore, I would particularly reccomend this to anyone with an affinity for spicy curries, etc.. The tempura squid was also greaseless and not chewy.The place itself is small but by Soho standards) clean. I think next time I might go here on purpose. The staff is really Thai, so english communication is not always a strong suit.

It was uncomfortably warm near the door because a cheap electric heater was blowing straight at us. The table was sticky and the smell of the restaurant was explicit. An investment in table linnen is a must. And cleaning a table, specially when you work with sticky sauses Isn't done with a left over piece of paper tissue as I saw them do several times inbetween services, but with a cloth, water and soap. I know it's not the eastern way but please...how lazy can you get? Anyway the wine, I had an Argentinian Malbec, was good and surprisingly the food was tasty and well balanced in flavour and texture.