Loved this street-food style Thai restaurant. Food was delicious, freshly prepared, and quick to arrive. Prices are great, and it's an easy place to get an inexpensive small meal. The atmosphere is very casual, not super comfortable, but apropos to the style of food. We'll be going back.
Food was hot from the wok but the taste could be non-consistent. We ordered Tom Kha one after another, two orders in total, but the balance of coconut milk and sour soup base was totally from a different formula, still tasty. A Thai lychee drink costed £4.40 but was only a can drink, slightly disappointed that it was not a fresh mix of Thai flavours and price was on the high side for a can. Re owner's response: 7 April 2024 between 18:35-19:55 based on receipt time.
Easily the best Thai food in Edinburgh. The service is super fast. Everything is freshly prepared. The kitchen is open and it's nice to see your food being cooked and brought out. Atmosphere is nice. No matter how busy the place is it never takes more than 10 mins to be served. I would highly recommend this place.
The food came pretty fast, the service is just okay (since there was only 1 person to handle the entire floor). But nonetheless, big portion of pad thai, the other stir fries are just okay. The prices are reasonable, the portions are big and overall just decent Thai food.
There was a hair in my pad Thai, I didn’t bother taking a pic since these things happen and I wasn’t intending on mentioning it in my review, but when I saw an eyelash in the fried sweet potatoes, I had to take a pic of that. The chips and deep fried sweet potatoes were okay, I actually kind of enjoyed them. I did not like the pad Thai, in fact I could not finish it. It was a greasy flavourless block of noodles. The chicken breast is the driest chicken I’ve had in maybe a year or more.
There was a hair in my pad Thai, I didn’t bother taking a pic since these things happen and I wasn’t intending on mentioning it in my review, but when I saw an eyelash in the fried sweet potatoes, I had to take a pic of that. The chips and deep fried sweet potatoes were okay, I actually kind of enjoyed them. I did not like the pad Thai, in fact I could not finish it. It was a greasy flavourless block of noodles. The chicken breast is the driest chicken I’ve had in maybe a year or more.
I had a mix experience at this place. Went at 6pm on a Friday night. Place was relatively empty. And service was quick. Their beef pad noodles were quite oily and were bland. The extra chilies did provide some spices but I was surprised that there was no sauce. At 10£ this was nothing great. The chicken wings at 5£ were a better deal and were crisp. Overall for 15£ per person, I’d think again..
The tofu dish was brilliant. Som tum with Thai spicy was right up my street. Tom yum soup was great as well, with proper spicy and flavour. Pha Kee Mao smelled really good, and the prawn was cooked well. The only bad thing is the noodles. Not sure if it is about the noodles they use, it's a bit less springy than I would expect. I would give 4.5 stars if possible, due to the texture of the noodles.
Thai is one of my favourites. I'm so glad to have authentic Thai here!! It tastes really good and budget! The fish cake is a real surprise, yum yum!
This is a newly opened Thai street food restaurant. The food is really delicious and the staff are amazing. It was my first time here and I liked that the food was really filling with very large portions (I had leftovers as I couldn't finish it). The desert was one of it's kind and I enjoyed every bit of it. Would go there again.
Soi 38 is located at 38 Clerk St, Edinburgh EH8 9HX, UK
You can contact Soi 38 at +44 131 667 6737
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